That's him signing it. He voted parts of the bill and had the vetoes overriden but gleefully signed the unacceptable bill and defends the epic fail program to this day.
Posted on 08/26/2009 12:21:02 AM PDT by Chet 99
(CBS) Although Sen. Ted Kennedy had sought to expedite the process of choosing his replacement to the U.S. Senate, it appears the process will be at least three to four months away.
As CBS chief political correspondent Steve Chaggaris reports, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick must set a date for a special election to occur between 145 and 160 days from now to fill the vacancy created by Kennedy's death. The two likely dates for a special election would be on the Tuesdays that fall within this range: January 19, 2010 and January 26, 2010.
Thanks to a law change in 2004, Gov. Patrick is not allowed to appoint a temporary replacement, meaning that seat will be vacant until the special election.
Last week, Sen. Kennedy sent a letter urging Patrick and the state legislature to amend that law change to allow for the governor to appoint someone for that interim period, someone who would not be allowed to run in the special election.
The Boston Globe reported over the weekend that the state Senate president, a Democrat, has changed her mind on opposing this idea and has been working to drum up support for that measure.
The state legislature is on recess until Labor Day, so no action is expected before then.
In his letter, Kennedy wrote: "it is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election."
While Democrats hold a potentially filibuster-proof margin in Congress, the outcome of a health care reform bill could hinge on a single vote.
In his letter, Kennedy suggested the governor ensure the fairness of any appointment to replace him by seeking an "explicit personal commitment" his appointee will not seek the position on a permanent basis.
“He tried to out-liberal Ted, and with predictable results. He was an unprecedented disaster as Governor and buried the state GOP. Slick Willard can disappear, that’s the best thing he can do for us.”
Have you ever noticed that when liberals run in conservative areas (which is most of the country) that they try to sound conservative? Candidates tend to play to what they perceive their audience wishes to hear. Do you hear liberals slashing and burning their candidates who go out and try to sound conservative, and they when they are elected show themselves to be socialists? Of course not. If a conservative in an ultra liberal state plays to the middle in order to get elected but is still basically conservative when the rubber hits the road in office, it will serve the country better than going down in flames at the ballot box and then watch the ultra leftist democrats run and ruin everything.
Romney is not a rino. He actually vetoed the health bill he is being attacked about. But think for a moment. Even if he were a rino and ten more like him replaced democrats, republicans would control the chairmanships of all the committees, and then only conservative legislation would ever even reach the floor for a vote. That would surely be an improvement over the situation now where we are dangerously close to a filibuster proof rubber stamp for der fuhrer’s Fourth Reich.
To govern, you first have to be ELECTED.
Quite so. He's a Democrat. You're a troll. Have a nice day.
“http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2294955/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2241437/posts
I suggest you read these threads.”
I just read read all the threads in both posts and saw a lot of opinion and blind hatred. Missing were concrete facts necessary to affect a thinking man’s position. Show me a vote. Show me something concrete. Flaming and ridicule is not how conservatives are going to take this country back. Showing citizens why the current government is wrong for them and then showing them a clear free enterprise alternative is the key to success. Slashing and burning someone that you perceive to be only 99% right when he may be the only one on our team who stands a chance to win an election may be the path to throwing away our opportunity to stop the Obama socialist program.
Even though we may be hard core purists, we have to have enough of us AND those close enough to us in office or we are doomed. Few are perfect, but many are needed.
I will always back the most conservative candidate that stands a chance of winning. If Romney is the most conservative candidate in Massachusetts that can possibly win, then you should hold your nose and vote for him and even donate to the campaign. He may not run, but I hope he does. Who else is there to take the seat from the democrats who will surely put up a 100% socialist rubber stamp for Obama?
I am as conservative as anyone you will ever find. My hard core credentials go back to 1962 when I worked my first campaign. I have elected more conservatives to office than anyone else you will ever find. Once in a while you have to settle for the best available. We probably all held our nose in the hope McCain would die in office and Sarah would become president, so we voted for the republican. I suspect we will not find a more conservative candidate in Massachusetts than Romney THAT CAN ACTUALLY WIN THE SEAT VACATED BY THE “LYIN’ LIBERAL KENNEDY”.
Obama must be stopped. We have to use all the political weapons in our arsenal. Fratricidal conflict that self defeats our potential allies only guarantees our defeat. Someone that votes with us most of the time is far better than one that votes with us none of the time.
I remember some conservatives complaining that Reagan was not conservative enough. I hear people complain that Rush Limbaugh is not this or that. I have heard that Newt Gingrich is not charismatic enough. The simple truth is that these men have done more to promote freedom and assure our safety in the modern era than any others. They molded public opinion and taught Americans that a free constitutional republic must be maintained in spite of the avalanche of criticism from the left and the backbiting from small minded purists on the right.
To govern, you have to get elected.
Who do you think can be the most conservative candidate in Massachusetts that can be ELECTED? Show me who.
Bye, troll.
“Bye, troll”
People who call others names when they are trying to have a reasoned dialog are like people who curse. They are people with weak and feeble minds who are attempting to express themselves forcefully.
Mitt Romney is a flip-flopping socialist bum!
vanity | July 17, 2009 | Jim Robinson
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2009 1:37:43 PM by Jim Robinson
Don’t trust him. He’s a RINO. Worse than a RINO. He’s the enemy within.
You never know where he honestly stands on any issue. What he promises today, he flips on tomorrow. It all depends on which way the political winds are blowing and which office he’s running for. He’s a liar.
He’s a big government socialist. His RomneyCare state run health care system is a big government boondoggle. It’s tyranny. Government provided, er, forced health care is tyranny not freedom or free markets. Do not believe the socialist propaganda supporting such nonsense.
Socialized medicine is simply another step to socialized government. Government solutions at the point of a gun are the opposite of what we need. This is socialism! Fascism! Mitt Romney is proud of his big government socialist creation and thinks it would be great for all of America. He wants to force you to accept what the state says is right for you. Your taxes will go up as government costs soar and the quality of the care you receive declines. High costs, long waits, rationing, poor or no service, big government force in other areas is where it leads.
“Hello, we’re from the government and we’re here to help you.” Believe that and you are a sucker!
Say NO to socialism! NO to RINOism! NO to Mitt Romney!!
Rebellion is brewing!!
“Romney is not a rino.”
Is.
“He actually vetoed the health bill he is being attacked about. “
No, signed it, still defends it, was a terrible Governor.
Did you even read the post at the link I provided you? I did not write it——the illustrious owner of Free Republic wrote it and represents the forum’s policy on Romney.
“You disagree for one of three reasons:
1) You’re misinformed.
2) You’re just too obtuse to accept the reality that he is a liberal.
3) You’re a drooling idiot.
Which is it?”
Keep digging. Classy, persuasive, rational arguments such as these make you shine. The same goes for all the other ad hominems heaved on this thread.
ReadTheLaw
Since Jun 29, 2009
So RINO Romney just might have got to be US Senator after all..
But he dont live in MASS any more ...
Oh noes...
:(
Sorry Charlie Romney...
In 1992 you made Teddy look conservative...
Need some help, troll ? What say it's time to get a new mantra, eh ? You've dug all the way to China with your Slick Willardbot-approved talking points. How 'bout you fetch me some noodles, chop chop. And get the lead out.
I’m impressed.
“Appears “ReadTheLaw” is a liberal troll.”
You sir are either ignorant or a liar. Just because someone has a difference of opinion on one single issue does not make that person either a liberal or a troll. I have done more to advance the cause of conservatism than would even be capable of doing. I have been converting liberals into conservatives for fifty years and I have directly provided the major help needed for many conservatives to be elected. I have put my life on the line, taken a great deal of time off from work to run campaigns, and even built precinct walking organizations for conservative candidates as far back as 1964 when I built from scratch an organization of 2000 people that contacted voters constantly right up to the day of the general election. I was active getting Reagan elected both as governor and as president. There are a great many more examples I could offer. For you to ignorantly trash somebody’s reputation without knowing the facts causes me to wonder if you in fact are sincere about helping our nation in this great hour of need.
Did you read the link from the National Review endorsement of Romney that I posted? Perhaps the truth is somewhere in the middle when so many strong conservatives have differing views on the worthiness of supporting a candidate.
I talked to a close friend (also a conservative) that said Romney proposed a plan, then the legislature drastically changed it to something unacceptable and that is why he vetoed it. After his veto, the legislature overrode the veto by an 80% vote and that is why it is law. Romney’s proposal took nothing away from private enterprise. The bastard version the democrats actually forced through is something else altogether. Please let me know if my friend is mistaken in his facts.
“Socialized medicine is simply another step to socialized government. Government solutions at the point of a gun are the opposite of what we need.”
Absolutely agree with this statement. I have been burning up the internet attacking Obama and his health care plan, which is no reform, but rather a step toward socializing America. Obama is evil. His health proposal would destroy our medical system.
We should concentrate on attacking Obama and his proposals.
“You don’t have to have a public option,”
“You don’t have to have the government getting into the insurance business to make it work.”
Those last two quotes are from Mitt Romney
The source is Insurance News Net...
http://www.insurancenewsnet.org/html/HealthInsurance/2009/0821/-Romney-Care—Touted-As-A-Model-For-National-Health-Care-Reform.html
Romney is not perfect and not my first choice for president by a long shot, but he is on our side in opposing Obamacare.
As Jack Webb would say... “Just the facts, Maam”
I ask because you post an article where Mitt is praising his health care plan NOW, well after it passed, and posted such right after posting that you and a “conservative friend” discuss “The bastard version the democrats actually forced through is something else altogether.”
You friend is not mistaken in his facts.
However neither are we.
Mitt still loves the little bastard, says so right in the article you post. The fact the such CURRENT praise has come from Romney for his already discredited plan should be the death knell for Conservative who were still on the fence for the guy. I know it shut more than a few doors here.
There is more, and I will address it later with the new(?)Mitt Crew members who have shown up in this thread, still spouting the same articles and such from the past years. I guess the old "try try again" motto sign is still up at Romney HQ.
However for now the low hanging fruit satiated my needs...
That's him signing it. He voted parts of the bill and had the vetoes overriden but gleefully signed the unacceptable bill and defends the epic fail program to this day.
Thank you for that clarification.
Looks like Romney will not be a candidate in Massachusetts. I hope we can field a candidate who can win there.
You may want to look at my recent post concerning converting liberals to conservatives....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326018/posts
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