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Romney to speak at Reagan Ranch (wants to "harness" conservatives)
CNN - Political Ticker ^ | 2009-11-10

Posted on 11/10/2009 3:27:09 PM PST by rabscuttle385

Mitt Romney is heading to Reagan country.

The former Massachusetts governor is scheduled to speak this Friday to the Young America's Foundation at the Ronald Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California. Romney is expected to be the dinner banquet speaker for the foundation's West Coast Leadership Conference, which consists of young conservatives from 44 colleges and universities across 12 states.

"Young people provide much of the energy in the conservative movement, and if we are going to be successful as a party we need to harness that energy and put it work on behalf of the principles we all believe in – more freedom, lower taxes and limited government," says Romney Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


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To: rabscuttle385




Social issues aside, Romney proved he was no conservative during the Michigan primary when he promised billions to bail the auto companies -- a grander give away than Obama did.

He is a complete fake.
21 posted on 11/10/2009 3:40:34 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: rabscuttle385; ejonesie22

One has to wonder what the monetary donation from Romney will (or has been) to the group for the opportunity to Mitt to put himself in the spotlight.


22 posted on 11/10/2009 3:41:31 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (The House health care bill that is dropping contains the word “shall” 3,425 times...)
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To: rabscuttle385
Mitt Romney: "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush."

Mitt Romney: "I'm not a partisan politician. My hope is that, after this election, it will be the moderates of both parties who will control the Senate, not the Jesse Helmses."

Mitt Romney:"One issue I want to clarify concerns President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share."

Mitt Romney:"These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense," "They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."

23 posted on 11/10/2009 3:43:00 PM PST by ansel12 (Scozzafava/Romney 2012)
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To: rabscuttle385
Romney, whose team attacked Gov. Palin and her helpless,
handicapped children on the eve of Election 2008 to throw the election to Obama,
feigning a coy look, said,
"The country, in my view, is being taken a direction
that is very damaging, and I think people want to see
a strong return of fundamental American principles."


The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser “I am Myth” Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided …… to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) Early Show appearance."


David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."


David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician… I will support him without qualm."


Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."


The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.


Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."


"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."


Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney


"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"



24 posted on 11/10/2009 3:43:27 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: rabscuttle385
Rino Alert!


25 posted on 11/10/2009 3:43:40 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: rabscuttle385

...Romney is expected to be the dinner banquet speaker....

&&&
Why?


26 posted on 11/10/2009 3:43:43 PM PST by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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To: rabscuttle385

A harness..does he think we are all dogs or something


27 posted on 11/10/2009 3:44:11 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rabscuttle385

Yeah, the joke’s on all of the Romneyites.


28 posted on 11/10/2009 3:45:28 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: rabscuttle385

If all we have for 2112 is Romney or Huckleberry FORGET GET it

We are going to need a REAGAN on Steroids to get this country back together


29 posted on 11/10/2009 3:45:33 PM PST by uncbob
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Someone needs to tell Willard, before you can speak to conservatives with honesty and authority, you first have to be a principled conservative.

Romney is a faux conservative, at best. A fraud and a phony in my book.

30 posted on 11/10/2009 3:46:01 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: rabscuttle385

LOL shall I go get fitted for my saddle?


31 posted on 11/10/2009 3:47:31 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Maybe Romney is into harnesses because of his past animal abuse.
He has an inadequacy that he tries to make up for by controlling others.

"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."


"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?"


"Romney's dog - This is a distinction Mitt Romney probably could do without, but he is surely
the first presidential candidate to be attacked for putting a dog with diarrhea
in a carrier and tying it to the top of a station wagon.
Romney's defense: Seamus liked it. "He scrambled up there every time we went on trips,"
the Republican said during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh. "He got in all by himself and enjoyed it."


"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."


"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"


Romney's bad behavior Exposed by Seamus

"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."



32 posted on 11/10/2009 3:47:41 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: rabscuttle385

Romney, isn’t he the guy who created Obamacare in Mass?

Just another RINO


33 posted on 11/10/2009 3:51:08 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Go away Romney.


34 posted on 11/10/2009 3:51:40 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Diogenesis

Mike Huckabee of Sarah Palin: “At least she’s not a Mormon.”


35 posted on 11/10/2009 3:54:42 PM PST by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: uncbob

If Romney or Huckabee are what the republicans plan on offering us in 2012 we may as well give up now.

I held my nose and voted for McCain, I wont do it again for another RINO.


36 posted on 11/10/2009 3:55:29 PM PST by Venturer
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To: rabscuttle385

I will not be “harnessed” by any politician.
We harness them; the ones we choose to.

And Romney is not worthy of our saddle.


37 posted on 11/10/2009 3:55:58 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (The End of an Error - 01/20/2013)
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To: rabscuttle385

What if this is just a ruse to drive Conservatives in another direction? Were any of the candidates in the last election really conservative or just DC hacks playing the same old power games?

I don’t want to argue but I’m interested in what the rest of you think.


38 posted on 11/10/2009 3:57:45 PM PST by dljordan
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To: AFreeBird

He wants to tie us to the roof of his car like his dog.


39 posted on 11/10/2009 3:58:50 PM PST by donna (The fruits of Feminism: Angry fathers, bitter mothers, fat kids.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Does Romney take us for fools? It certainly seems so.


40 posted on 11/10/2009 4:00:24 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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