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Exactly how Reaganesque is Romney? [Mitt Romney is NOT a Republican]
Deseret News ^ | 12/25/07 | Me

Posted on 12/25/2007 5:33:32 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus

It never ceases to amaze me how a person who has decided to support a candidate all too often arrives at a point where FACTS are meaningless to them. Such is true with those who support this Romney character. There has been one example after another that proves that Mitt Romney isn't even a Republican much less a conservative and that he has repeatedly lied about his positions. Yet, well meaning Republicans still support this flip-flopping liar. Here is yet another article that shows that Mitt Romney is the single worse candidate the GOP field has today.

David Lightman of the McClatchy Newspaper chain asks this question: Exactly how Reaganesque is Romney? And the answer is a decided NOT AT ALL.

A few excerpts of this article:

"I take inspiration from the strength Ronald Reagan talked about," Romney said. "It was his view that the right way to overcome challenges was for the country to strengthen itself."

Yet Romney wasn't always such a Reagan fan.

In 1994, when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, he said, "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush."

And...
Romney spent years in the state registered as "unenrolled," or unaffiliated with a political party, and in 1992 he voted for former Sen. Paul Tsongas, a liberal Democrat, in the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary.
And...
Romney replied: "Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush. My positions don't talk about the things you suggest they talk about. This isn't a political issue."
Romney has lied about being a hunter, he has lied about his not supporting the baby killers at Planned Parenthood, he even lied about his father marching with Martin Luther King, Jr. He led as Governor of Massachusetts as a center left executive yet now claims that he is a conservative.

Yet, all these flip-flops, all these lies and his supporters stick their fingers in their ears and scream "LA LA LA" at the top of their voices. So, here is the thing. Romney is not Reagan, he is far more like Clinton. Because during the first Clinton run lie after lie was revealed and his supporters simply refused to take stock of their man. They voted for him despite the lies, the rapes, all his past troubles were ignored.

Mitt Romney is Bill Clinton without the sex crimes.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; blowmemobilevulgus; bogusheadline; lookatmelookatme; mittromney; mythbuster; rinomittwitt; romney; vanitycrap
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To: redrock; Rock&RollRepublican; claudiustg; Mobile Vulgus
"...and STOP changing the title of the article and adding your own "remarks" as if they were part of the article.

Thanks for pointing that out!

The real title was:

Exactly how Reaganesque is Romney?

Shame on you Mobile Vulgus!

161 posted on 12/25/2007 8:46:08 PM PST by TheLion
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To: indianrightwinger
Agreed. I prefer Hunter, but I am also a realist.

One thing that separates Romney from the rest is his business experience and success. He at least has an understanding of what works and what doesn't. It would be intriguing to see what a consulting firm such as Bain could do in straightening out the dead weight of the federal government.

162 posted on 12/25/2007 8:46:42 PM PST by Hoodat (Ask Ted Kennedy his views on waterboarding.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus; Spiff; Reaganesque; elizabetty; bethtopaz; restornu; lonevoice; ...

What the heck kind of a thread is this you do an editorial and post a different title to the link.

You check off News and current event etc you don’t check vanity and you want to call Mitt the deceiver!

It seems you have no concept of what you are doing.

This is void of all common decency and borders on behavior of a social path!


163 posted on 12/25/2007 8:47:44 PM PST by restornu (Harry Reid is going to get Daschled! You're on your own, Harry!)
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To: libbylu

He didn’t POST the article, he posted his opinion misusing a couple of quotes from the article.


164 posted on 12/25/2007 8:48:37 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: buccaneer81

Sit the election out and let Hillary win? Nice. I at least gave Bush Sr. a chance in ‘88 before voting 3rd party four years later.


165 posted on 12/25/2007 8:49:02 PM PST by Hoodat (Ask Ted Kennedy his views on waterboarding.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
He ... was a liberal for most of his political life, and the last year he has SUDDENLY "become: a conservative. His record is HORRIBLE!

Can you please provide specifics, instead of repeating the same type of mindless generalities I can read on DU.

166 posted on 12/25/2007 8:49:24 PM PST by Edit35
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

It was not socialized medicine. It was private insurance based coverage.

You posted a lie.

Of course he attended that event....He admitted his stance some time ago and some dummy goes back in time to find a picture that proved he told the truth....sheer genius.

Go here to learn the facts.
http://www.freerepublic.com/~unmarkedpackage/


167 posted on 12/25/2007 8:50:26 PM PST by TheLion
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To: delacoert

“Do people of your intellectual level make their voting decisions like that?”

LOL! My thoughts exactly!


168 posted on 12/25/2007 8:50:27 PM PST by dmw (Aren't you glad you use common sense? Don't you wish everybody did?)
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To: Petronski

No he didn’t.


169 posted on 12/25/2007 8:50:50 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Rock&RollRepublican

Well stated. Nice summation, and my sentiments exactly.


170 posted on 12/25/2007 8:51:19 PM PST by Hoodat (Ask Ted Kennedy his views on waterboarding.)
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To: bw17

Rules don’t matter if you are attacking Mitt Romney. Nothing matters if you can attack Mitt Romney — rules, using actual quotes, the facts, nothing.


171 posted on 12/25/2007 8:51:44 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: liege

ping


172 posted on 12/25/2007 8:53:53 PM PST by bubbacluck
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To: Mobile Vulgus; Admin Moderator; Spiff; Reaganesque; elizabetty; bethtopaz; restornu; lonevoice; ...

David Lightman is the reporter for Deseret News not Mobile Vulgus

This not part of the report of the author it is Mobile Vulgus editorial and should be made aware of this.

“It never ceases to amaze me how a person who has decided to support a candidate all too often arrives at a point where
FACTS are meaningless to them. Such is true with those who support this Romney character. There has been one example after another that proves that Mitt Romney isn’t even a Republican much less a conservative and that he has repeatedly lied about his positions. Yet, well meaning Republicans still support this flip-flopping liar. Here is yet another article that shows that Mitt Romney is the single worse candidate the GOP field has today.” ~ Mobile Vulgus

And why do I catch so many mistakes on Romney threads not that you mods are prejudice or anything like that it also happens on other thread like the LDS ones!


173 posted on 12/25/2007 8:54:52 PM PST by restornu (Harry Reid is going to get Daschled! You're on your own, Harry!)
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To: indianrightwinger

“There are very few conservatives in this race.”

And you call Mitt a conservative? What a joke.


174 posted on 12/25/2007 8:55:07 PM PST by dmw (Aren't you glad you use common sense? Don't you wish everybody did?)
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To: TheLion
Massachusetts HAD private insurance.
Romney installed HillaryCARE=ROmneyCARE1 which is
state-enforced socialized medicine without choice
and without a vote (in the RomneyDICTATORway).

Here is Romney with his DNC base.


The shortfall for the state is a large fraction of a billion dollars
because of the millions of illegal aliens
the Romney invited to Massachusetts where they dont need driver's licenses, medical or car insurance, and can practice medicine without a license (like NY).

[Was not Romney's own father born in Mexico?]

175 posted on 12/25/2007 8:55:59 PM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: restornu

-—What the heck kind of a thread is this you do an editorial and post a different title to the link.

You check off News and current event etc you don’t check vanity and you want to call Mitt the deceiver!

It seems you have no concept of what you are doing.

This is void of all common decency and borders on behavior of a social path!-—

And the moderators let him get away with it...and still are.


176 posted on 12/25/2007 8:56:29 PM PST by claudiustg (You know it. I know it.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

“Rules don’t matter if you are attacking Mitt Romney. Nothing matters if you can attack Mitt Romney — rules, using actual quotes, the facts, nothing.”

(Needs repeating)


177 posted on 12/25/2007 8:57:06 PM PST by bw17
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To: Diogenesis

The more they learn of Romney, the more the liberal voters of Massachusetts decide to support the democrat instead.

What’s Fred polling against Clinton in Mass?


178 posted on 12/25/2007 8:57:30 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Diogenesis

Your posts are pretty sick fellow.


179 posted on 12/25/2007 8:58:08 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Mobile Vulgus
RINOS in the Republican Party are The Manchurian Candidate for the Liberals/Democrats/DNC/MSM... RUDY, MITT, HUCK and to some extent, MCCAIN

The only true and real conservatives are : FRED THOMPSON and DUNCAN HUNTER.
180 posted on 12/25/2007 9:00:39 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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