Posted on 03/23/2012 11:26:15 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
With his conservative credentials still taking fire over “Etch A Sketchgate,” Mitt Romney is facing a new potential obstacle to his argument that he is unfailingly a Republican.
A 2002 clip, posted Friday on BuzzFeed, shows then-Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Romney declaring that his “only connection” to the Republican Party in the state is that “I’m registered as a Republican.”
Watch below, via BuzzFeed:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/romney-in-02-only-connection-to-the-republican-party-is-my-party-registration/
Don’t know much about Mormonism do you?
BTW, I don’t hate Mormons, I pray for them and I cry for them, but I don’t hate them.
I do hate Romney, but I would hate him regardless of his religion. He could be a born again Christian and I would SILL hate him just as much. I hate him because he is an evil socialist who is lying to make people think he is a Republican.
I can’t believe how many people on here are so stupid as to be falling for the idea that Romney will be any better than Obama. He won’t.
The Massachusetts health plan, Romneycare if you prefer, was put together by the health policy guy at the Heritage Foundation. In fact, he was there for the signing of it. Heritage is hardly a leftist organization. There is a difference between what a state does for its people and what the federal government requires of them.
Those who want conservative purity will always come up short, as peoples views change as do the context for their decisions. If you think Romney was too liberal in Massachusetts, consider that his legislature was about 80% Democrat. Yet he balanced the budgets there while governor, during economic times when none of us would have cared if he hadn’t. Santorum never made control of spending a priority while he was in Washington, and he voted for No Child Left Behind and the Medicare prescription drug legislation. Why does he get a pass and Romney doesn’t.
And please remember that our model of conservatism, Ronald Reagan, raised enormous taxes during his term as governor of California. Yet he was able to get tax cuts through a Democratic Congress while president.
Not sure why you can call him a Crony Capitalist, since those people tend to have to spend lots of time in government to provide tax deals etc, that benefit their cronies.
The Massachusetts health plan, Romneycare if you prefer, was put together by the health policy guy at the Heritage Foundation. In fact, he was there for the signing of it. Heritage is hardly a leftist organization. There is a difference between what a state does for its people and what the federal government requires of them.
Those who want conservative purity will always come up short, as peoples views change as do the context for their decisions. If you think Romney was too liberal in Massachusetts, consider that his legislature was about 80% Democrat. Yet he balanced the budgets there while governor, during economic times when none of us would have cared if he hadn’t. Santorum never made control of spending a priority while he was in Washington, and he voted for No Child Left Behind and the Medicare prescription drug legislation. Why does he get a pass and Romney doesn’t.
And please remember that our model of conservatism, Ronald Reagan, raised enormous taxes during his term as governor of California. Yet he was able to get tax cuts through a Democratic Congress while president.
Not sure why you can call him a Crony Capitalist, since those people tend to have to spend lots of time in government to provide tax deals etc, that benefit their cronies.
Nice try, you disagree with me and I’m a “sleeper troll”. That’s original. And you support who?
You can’t be helped. There’s a difference between Romney not being conservative and Romney being no different from Obama. His past executive experience should be indicative of what he would do as President.
If you believe that’s no different than Obama, then you’re not living in the real world.
I will pray for you that you lose that hate.
I have at least 10 Mormon friends. My ex-daughter-in-law was raised in a Mormon family. Yes, I do know something about their religion. I don’t agree with it, but I certainly don’t hate them.
I must tell you that hate you feel comes across in your posts. Anyone who is not filled with hate can see it plain as day.
I wish you well and hope you can overcome that hatefulness you feel towards Romney. God be with you.
I agree, he (Romney) has real world experience in business. Obama has now real experience other than riling up the less educated to get them more food stamps, welfare and to hate rich white folks.
He is still doing the only job he knows only know he’s doing it from our WH.
I don’t believe for a moment that Romney would be inciting race riots and encouraging people to avoid work and draw unemployment for years at a time.
There are so many differences in the two men that anyone who isn’t filled with hate for Romney would see that.
I wonder if these people are just blinded by hate or actually leftist plants. I mean, if you took the absolute worst of all of Romney’s executive experience both in business and as the head of a very liberal state, it would still be objectively far better than anything Obama has done.
Yes, I support Romney. That doesn’t make me an apologist for him.
I would hope that on a website like this, we could disagree without lighting the torches to burn each other’s castle down.
So, who do YOU support? Or are you the only one to ask the questions?
I am not crazy about Santorum or Newt, but both are head and shoulders above Mittens.
I hope for a Brokered convention and would not be unhappy if selection of Romney caused a donnybrook inside the convention between the RINOs and Patriots.....that finally either sounds the death knell for the Republican Party or resurrection of the Republican Party.
you can be with the RINOs.
I like Romney so I have to be a RINO? Whatever
Perhaps you should verify the Heritage Foundation’s role in Romneycare. It’s all verifiable. An insurance mandate at the state level is a bit different than an insurance mandate at the federal level. And an healthcare program that covers all Americans is probably a good thing. What screws it up is when politicians add to what is mandated as coverage, as this is what increases the cost and makes it unaffordable.
If Romney wins 1144 votes, why would that bother you? Each state voted. Why deny the will of the voters? And if you think a brokered convention would produce a better candidate, someone who wasn’t interested enough in running during the primary, but will step in three months before the election. That would be a heyday for the Democrats, who could drag every piece of tripe about the candidate in the three months before the election. At least with the present candidates, pretty much everything that has been said has already been said, so the Dems won’t be able to make as much hay out of it.
You ought not to let RINOs out loose. They’re liable to hurt someone.
You didn’t just drink the Romney Kool-Aid, your snorted it directly out of the envelope and up your nose.
I repeat: you support Romney means you’re a sell out and NO conservative. You can kid yourself but don’t try to sell the rest of us that bill of goods.
I know this is a conservative site and not a Republican site but this vile hatred of a man who is on our side of the aisle is just beyond belief.
Perhaps you are right, they must be leftists trying to split the vote in favor of Obama.
I certainly hope this hatred isn’t because of his religion. That seems to be the only other possiblity. I would rather believe they are all leftists.
I wasn’t aware Free Republic was into ethnic cleansing for political purity.
You support Newt, you say. What about his public service announcements about the crisis of Global Warming? I believe those were with Pelosi. Sponsored by Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Change. Supporting cleaner energy. He now says it was a mistake. So I presume you forgive him for that?
Romney changed his stance on abortion. Rather than praise him as a convert, you convict him for his former view. How can you be sure Newt won’t go for the Globaloney and Green energy crap?
Romneycare was created with extensive help from the Heritage Foundation. Not exactly a bastion of Liberalism. And Newt supported individual mandates before he didn’t support them.
Is Romney perfect? No. But none of the others are either. Its just a matter of how much in each candidate you’re willing to overlook.
If Free Republic chooses to block me, so be it.
you nailed it- not ONLY a RINO but AN ADMITTED ONE
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL
Gingrich/Santorum or Santorum/Gingrich
or Palin/Either at the convention (as long as Gingrich is a very vocal member of the team during the race!!!!!)
While Obamacare was being debated, Newt was taking a million bucks from Fannie or Freddie doing “consulting” work, or as others might interpret it, lobbying conservatives on Capitol Hill to take a favorable view to them.
Newt supported the personal mandate. Not sure how you get around that one.
Newt has redeemed himself with conservatives for his global warming video with Pelosi? OK, and he thought Ryan’s budget plan last June was “conservative social engineering”. I think Ryan’s plans have been reasonable and worthy of discussion.
I have enjoyed this website for 13 years. If participating is now dependent on which Republican candidate I support, then I think it is a sad day for conservatism. If you and I can’t disagree without you suggesting I “opus my Romney-lovin’ ass right on outta here”, then what is there left for you to discuss if everyone here is a Newt-lover? Maybe we can share a room when Newt colonizes the moon.
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