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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: TheLion
You insult everyone with every post you make...

False.

I attack Willard's lies, his supporters attack me personally (or anyone else similarly critical).

221 posted on 12/25/2007 9:59:37 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 47% negatives)
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To: Petronski

Maybe if you stopped posting lies, you wouldn’t get attacked.


222 posted on 12/25/2007 10:01:10 PM PST by TheLion
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To: TheLion

The premise of your suggestion is false.


223 posted on 12/25/2007 10:02:22 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 47% negatives)
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To: Admin Moderator

I’m just saying that it would appear to me that all the rules were broken when the original poster started this thread. The title of the article was changed, the poster listed himself as author. He mixed his own quotes with quotes from the article in the post of the post.


224 posted on 12/25/2007 10:03:01 PM PST by claudiustg (You know it. I know it.)
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To: TheLion

actually, it is often you who insults people who post facts,
rather than simply rebutting the facts, or posting your own.


225 posted on 12/25/2007 10:05:28 PM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Admin Moderator

And it wasn’t posted as a vanity.


226 posted on 12/25/2007 10:05:45 PM PST by claudiustg (You know it. I know it.)
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To: Diogenesis

Facts?....you must be kidding.


227 posted on 12/25/2007 10:07:26 PM PST by TheLion
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To: claudiustg

Get over it!


228 posted on 12/25/2007 10:09:11 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator

It’s only politics. As I said earlier, we will be magnanimous when Mitt wins. And, I’ve said elsewhere I’m committed to supporting Fred if he’s the candidate.


229 posted on 12/25/2007 10:14:28 PM PST by claudiustg (You know it. I know it.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

I guess I didn’t answer that exact question because I’m not sure it’s accurate.

If I had to make an argument why it might be true, the only thing I could come up with is that if Fred can’t get the conservatives right now, when he really has no argument from a conservative perspective, there must be something else that makes people not support him, and that won’t go away just because he gets the nomination.

Meanwhile, if Romney’s problem is the fear factor, that goes away after the nomination, since whatever you fear is less than the real danger of a liberal democrat.

But like I said, I imagine that if Fred COULD get the nomination, he’d pull us together well enough.

The only thing I worry about is whether we’d lose a good number of the evangelicals due to his position on faith and practice. But I don’t think he’d drive them to a 3rd party or anything, just that if a good number of evangelicals stayed home we’d lose.


230 posted on 12/25/2007 10:15:35 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Petronski

He said he had the endorsement of the NRA for his actions as governor, when discussing the PBA bill, and the NRA did work with him and endorse his actions on that bill.

He also said he had their support running for governor, and he’s noted that it wasn’t an endorsement, but just some support like phone banks.

Fred Thompson has said he appreciates my support. I sent him money and got signatures for him. But I don’t endorse him, and I don’t think he’s wrong to say I support him.

And I endorse his social security plan. And if he said I endorsed his plan, I wouldn’t call him a liar, even though I don’t endorse him for President.


231 posted on 12/25/2007 10:17:53 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: restornu; TheLion

You should tread lightly, and follow the forum rules to the letter. Otherwise, I’ll have a lot fewer friends here to help defend Romney against false accusations. Some who were not so careful are not with us now, and longevity is not a protection.

This shouldn’t be a problem, while it’s easy to lapse into unkind responses, it is actually better for argument to keep to the facts.


232 posted on 12/25/2007 10:20:56 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg

Excellent post. I agree completely. The Repubs that wanted to do the right things,Tancredo,Humter, and King, had to fight the Dems and Bush.


233 posted on 12/25/2007 10:21:46 PM PST by calvo (Your strength isn't what you can do, but what you can endure.)
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To: Shamrock-DW
Go easy on yourself.....before any of the elections, consider getting the sharpest steak knife you can find and cut your throat. You just might be doing the nation and future citizens a favor.... your narrowmindness helps nothing for the Conservatives.

Stupidest and most hateful post of the day and perhaps the year.

234 posted on 12/25/2007 10:37:19 PM PST by L.N. Smithee (Edward M. Kennedy High School -- Home of the Killer Whales!)
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To: TheLion

Shame on YOU for pretending to be a conservative. I think your pals at the Daily Koz are missing you.


235 posted on 12/25/2007 10:45:58 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
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To: malia

Merry Christmas Malia :)


236 posted on 12/25/2007 10:56:22 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: jveritas

Merry Christmas!

And a Merry Christmas to all!


237 posted on 12/25/2007 11:27:50 PM PST by claudiustg (You know it. I know it. I'm optimittstic!)
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To: claudiustg

Merry Christmas :)


238 posted on 12/25/2007 11:51:49 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: TheLion; Petronski

“You insult everyone with every post you make....obvious to anyone who reads these threads.”

What one person views as an insult another sees it as posting facts. Seems you just don’t like facts about your candidate do you? Since you are bothered by these facts about your candidate maybe you need to reconsider your support for him.


239 posted on 12/26/2007 4:35:55 AM PST by dmw (Aren't you glad you use common sense? Don't you wish everybody did?)
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To: indianrightwinger

I would not count Fred out just yet...


240 posted on 12/26/2007 4:58:50 AM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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