Mitt Romney : A Republican Stimulus Plan

National Review ^ | Dec 19,2008 | Mitt Romney

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yup, that’s the M.O. of leftist Democrat agents deep within the GOP.

[Captain Kirk]

It's what Romney knows. The massive taxpayer funded bailout of the Olympic games Willard engineered was his original ticket to the national spotlight.

Very good point. I'm not even sure Romney understands the utter statism of his past record. He doesn't strike me as too bright in that regard.

[Edit35]

Maybe you can post this picture another 2,000 or so times just to remind yourself and everyone else how obsessed you are with having photos of Romney at your fingertips.

I mean, we just haven’t seen it enough.

Don’t you have any other arguments except the health care plan (that was endorsed/supported by the Heritage Foundation) and a few dumb comments he made nearly 16 years ago.

By that standard, ALL Republicans should spark such hatred and derision.

Why don’t you post the 10,000 pictures of McCain playing kissie kissie legislation with liberal anti-American politicians FAR WORSE than anything Romney ever did?

Why is you hate focused solely on Romney, and not the other God-awful Republicans who ARE IN OFFICE RIGHT NOW!!!!!

Whether you like or hate the Massachusetts health care plan Romney and the Democratic legislature enacted, at least it is an effort involving the private sector ... NOT a single payer Hillary care boondoggle that Romney haters claim.

[Finny]

... the government can’t just make itself bigger and more oppressive in the guise of stimulating the economy. That would make matters worse. Nor should we forget that fiscal stimulus is but one part of the solution. As Christina Romer, Barack Obama’s designee as chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors concluded ...

(He just had to get in that little kiss ...)

"Fiscal stimulus" as envisioned by this suck-up is part of the problem. He's a manager, for Pete's sake. Romney fails to grasp that government is the problem. He thinks it's part of the solution -- you just have to do it right, like:

We should also invest to free us from our dependence on foreign oil, not by playing venture capitalist, but by funding basic research in renewables, material science, combustion, nuclear reprocessing, and the like.

WHAT A PUTZ.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Because Juan is finished running for President. Slick Willard persists on keeping up with his farce. We’re gonna drive a stake through that Socialist vampire’s heart.

[broncobilly]

No he is not. You just make things up and assume no one knows better.

[Finny]

Dear Santa,
Please make this loser, socialist, phony, "I'm not sure if I own a gun or not" Romney joker go away for all of 2009. I promise to be really good next year, I really, really do.

DITTO

[Diogenesis]

EVERYONE knows better than Romney.

FLASHBACK: Romney's lack of good judgment:

First, who else but Romney would install gay marriage and socialized medicine.

Second:

As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon,
keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble.
''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window,
payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.
As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust,
Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station.
There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car,
then hopped back onto the highway.

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Third, it was illegal, but Romney is always "above the law (see fake badges, impersonating LEO in multiple states)"

But the details of the event are more than unseemly — they may, in fact, be illegal.
Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone
from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel
or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the
animal carried thereon." An officer for the Massachusetts Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation
saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out." The officer,
Nadia Branca, declined to give a definitive opinion on whether Romney broke the law
but did note that it's against state law to have a dog in an open bed of a pick-up truck,
and "if the dog was being carried in a way that endangers it, that would be illegal."

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Fourth, it was classic ROmney.

"Romney Loses Nomination Over Dog Abuse?
Romney was traveling that summer with his wife, five sons, and Seamus to his parent's cottage on Lake Huron.
But hours into the ride, Seamus apparently suffered diarrhea,
which ran down the back window of the car. Romney's sons, all under 13, howled in disgust.
Romney pulled off the road into a service station.
There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, and they drove on to Ontario.
.....David Kravitz wrote on BlueMassGroup, a liberal blog.
"It also strikes me as classic Romney: it solves a problem efficiently,
in a business-like manner, and with no regard whatsoever
for the suffering that the solution may cause."

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Story about dog on car roof comes back to bite Romney
Critics, jokesters make issue of tale
TIME.com's Swampland blog has been flooded with more than 200 comments
from readers complaining of animal cruelty,

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Dog on Roof? What Was It Like for Romney's Pooch?
Scientists Say Dog Likely Experienced Wind-Whipped, Uncomfortable Trip
"Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter,
in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack.
e'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog," read the article.
Jordan Kaplan, the owner of Petaholics, a dog walking service in New York City,
and a lifelong dog owner and dog lover, said Romney's actions were uncalled for.
....What Happens to a Dog on a Roof Traveling 50 MPH?

[FastCoyote]

[One can only hope that Evangelicals and other bigots will get over themselves and vote for Mitt.]

And one can only hope that Mormon bigots would not vote 97% Mormon so we don’t get stuck with Willard next time around.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Slick Willard’s nomination in 2012 assures his good friend, the False Messiah of Kenya, a 2nd term. And if folks don’t believe that, just ask the other Black Socialist from Chicago he helped elect to the Governorship of Massachusetts.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Top 10 RINOs (Republicans in Name Only)

Ranked by the editors of Human Events on 12/27/2005

 

1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.)
Once approached by Democratic Leader Harry Reid to switch parties, Chafee has long supported liberal policies. He backs legal abortion, gay rights, federal-funded health care, strict environmental protections and a higher minimum wage. Opposes ANWR drilling. Also was the only Republican in Congress not to endorse the President’s reelection and one of three who tried to gut Bush’s tax cuts.

2. Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine)
A self-described “centrist,” Snowe scored a 100% pro-choice voting record as scored by NARAL and consistently votes with Democrats on social issues. 

3. Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.)
“Snarlin’ Arlen” warned Bush not to nominate judges who might overturn Roe v. Wade, joined Chaffee reducing tax cuts and supported Democrats on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, HMO and overtime regulation. Also opposed school choice in Washington, D.C.

4. Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)
Voted with liberals on the 1999 tax cut, campaign finance reform and the partial-birth abortion ban. Also advocated “pay-as-you-go” tax cuts with spending increases in 2004, leading to a budget never agreed upon between the House and Senate.

5. Rep. Christopher Shays (Conn.)
He led the House fight for McCain-Feingold campaign finance “reform.”  He’s also prone to back environmental causes, gun control and abortion rights. He had no GOP challenger in 2004, but narrowly escaped defeat, 52% to 48%, by a Democratic opponent in the general election.  

6. Gov. George Pataki (N.Y.)
Helped unions raise pay and unionize Indian casinos.  Has said, “I believe in a limited government, low taxes, a tough approach to crime. ... But I also believe in an activist government. I’m not one of those laissez-faire types.”

7. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (N.Y.)
Over the course of his 23-year career, he’s gained considerable power (chairman of the Science Committee), despite amassing one of the most liberal voting records of any House Republican. Fought back conservative challengers in 2000 and 2002 and could face a GOP challenge in ’06.

8. Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.)
Has said, “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country.”  Supports civil unions and stringent gun laws. After visiting Houston, he criticized the city’s aesthetics, saying, “This is what happens when you don’t have zoning.”  

9. Rep. Michael Castle (Del.)
As president of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and key player in the so-called Tuesday Group lunches, he is a ring-leader of RINOs. He’s teamed with Democrats to make federal funding of embryonic stem cell research one of his top priorities.  

10. Rep. Jim Leach (Iowa)
One of only six House Republicans to vote against the Iraq War resolution in 2002, he was also the only Republican to vote against President Bush’s 2003 tax cuts. His support for environmental causes and abortion rights has won him liberal fans.

[Finny]

... using this as an opportunity to show how we are different, that we have ideas that can work.

But he's wrong. Your Hero has no clothes. He's naked -- he thinks government is the answer. He's arrogant enough to think that he can direct -- manage -- government for we taxpayers better as a businessman who works in and for government. Government is part of the problem.

Romney is part of the problem.

[broncobilly]

It is because of your fantastic “good judgment” that we ended up with the loser McCain.

[Finny]

How about “refurbish and modernize our military equipment”? I did not support Mitt for POTUS and would rather see him as SECTREAS in a Palin administration. He still has some good ideas.

You're easily impressed.

Hey, and he's for energy independence, too! Brilliant! Too bad he thinks getting there involves "investing" in alternative energy sources. The putz.

[Leisler]

Deval Patrick is planning to dismantle the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and cut all tolls west of Route 128 except at two state border....

Deval Patrick is delaying salary increases for 30000 human services workers. The Patrick administration is refusing to release $23 million in this year’s ...

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick to cut $1 billion from budget in wake of financial turmoil....

[Leisler]

Mass gets its Natural Gas from off its coast, but just inside Canadian Waters, so it goes up to Canada and piped down to Mass. We could just drill for decades of gas within Mass waters. Good pay jobs, taxes.

Mitt did nothing to push this. Zip. Zero. Nada.

But, now, like conservatism, he's all gung-ho for energy.

Just not when he had the chance as Governor.

[Leisler]

Mormons have a strong identity. People vote identity politics. By religion, race, ethnic and class.

If Mitt was a Protestant, he'd have a hard time. He's too stiff, uncomfortable, odd in an way.

Blacks wouldn't be drawn to him, nor Jews, nor blue collar ethnics.

Now throw in the Mormon card.

Just not happening on a national scale for him. He can write all the NR papers his writers can write. Eight people read NR, WSJ.(just kidding, but that's the popular effect)

[nowandlater]

These actions by Deval have been called the Romney plan, because they were the actions Romney called for in his first year of Governorship but were denied by the legislature.

“Deval Patrick is planning to dismantle the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and cut all tolls west of Route 128 except at two state border....

Deval Patrick is delaying salary increases for 30000 human services workers. The Patrick administration is refusing to release $23 million in this year’s ...

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick to cut $1 billion from budget in wake of financial turmoil....”

[Leisler]

I always said Mitt talks good.

Deval is doing it. No one can say he's a mean old Republican. Which is a very effective tactic against wimpy RINOs.

[Mojave]

Maybe you can post this picture another 2,000 or so

Once was sufficient to get your panties in a knot, while demonstrating how dishonest your claim was that Romney stands up to leftists. He sits down laughing with them as he spits on conservatives.

Why don’t you post the 10,000 pictures of McCain playing kissie kissie legislation with liberal anti-American politicians

Okay.