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Romney: Women should be allowed to join Augusta
cnn.com ^ | April 5, 2012 | CNN Political Unit

Posted on 04/05/2012 1:27:47 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

(CNN) – Mitt Romney added his voice to the chorus calling for women to be allowed to join Augusta National Golf Club.

When asked if women should be admitted, the Republican presidential frontrunner responded: "Of course."

"I am not a member of Augusta. I don't know if I would qualify. My golf game is not that good," Romney told reporters after an energy-themed event in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. "Certainly if I were a member, if I could run Augusta, which isn't likely to happen, of course I'd have women into Augusta."

Earlier Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said President Barack Obama's "personal opinion is women should be admitted."

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: freedomofassociation; golf; romney; tradition; women
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To: Free ThinkerNY
This is just wrong. These places like this are a private company. Here we go again, this political correctness. social engineering. they did it with the VMI etc, now, going after private companies. Doesn't anyone have any rigths in owning their own buisness/making their rules. Romney and Obama are so weak.
61 posted on 04/05/2012 2:13:08 PM PDT by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: what's up

> And the next question would be “so if a golf club has rules
> against admitting blacks that would be OK with you too”?

To which the response should be another question.

“How many white folks are in the Black Congressional Caucus? The NBPP? The Nation of Islam?”

A long, long time ago, I was the only white guy in a black band. I went with the bandleader to talk to the owner of a black nightclub hoping to get a gig. The owner looked at me and asked the bandleader, “Is this a mixed band?” The bandleader answered, “Yes.” Then the owner asked, “How mixed?”

We did that one gig, but some of the customers complained that there were white folks in the band. I remember some of them glowering at me. It was the last time we were allowed to play there.

You know, I respected their right of free association. They only wanted “bruthahs” to be paid with “black money” to perform there. Tha’s ok, tha’s ok.


62 posted on 04/05/2012 2:13:34 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: cripplecreek
"After all, this is the genius who felt that it was necessary to explain that there were no sharks in the great lakes and that the ocean is salt water."

Wait, he did what? I missed this.

63 posted on 04/05/2012 2:16:42 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And I, as a female golfer, think they should not be admitted. Would everybody PLEASE stay out of things that they have no business messing with.


64 posted on 04/05/2012 2:22:27 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I don’t want to defend Mitten’s but he was put in a corner on this one. Obama came out specifically and commented on this because he is having trouble with women voters. If Romney would come out and say it is a private club he would get hammered.


65 posted on 04/05/2012 2:23:05 PM PDT by mmanager (NEWT - The Chruchill of our time!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

It was back when he was campaigning here in Michigan and telling us how perfect the height of our trees was.


66 posted on 04/05/2012 2:24:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

*Groan*


67 posted on 04/05/2012 2:25:22 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Here, fold these shirts.


68 posted on 04/05/2012 2:26:10 PM PDT by Gator113 (** President Newt Gingrich-"Our beloved republic deserves nothing less." ~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: what's up

Every leftist media loon question can be a trap but you don’t have to play into it with the assumptions of the left.

“I’m runnning for President and as President we will enforce the laws passed by Congress. The civil rights acts have settled issues of public accomodation as they apply for race, ethnicity, religion and gender. It would be against the concepts of this nation’s seperation of powers for an executive to introduce his personal preferences into executing the laws of the land.”

That’s how it should have been answered.


69 posted on 04/05/2012 2:27:32 PM PDT by KC Burke (Newton's New First Law, Repeal and Restore!)
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

more often than not older women 4somes are a drag to play behind.”

Excuse me - our foursome played this morning, average age 62 - we had to wait on every hole for the MEN in front of us. Finally called the Marshall after 12 holes of waiting and we were allowed to play through. When we came off of 18, they were just teeing off on #16. So there!!!


70 posted on 04/05/2012 2:27:40 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Non-LDS should be allowed in all of those “secret” LDS meetings.


71 posted on 04/05/2012 2:30:40 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Jaidyn

There are 300 members of the Augusta Club. Not all play golf. The purpose of the club is to sponsor The Masters. The course is only open for five months after the tournament for reconstruction. There are no applications for membership. You are invited. Memberships become available due to death. There are also no Red Tees on the course.


72 posted on 04/05/2012 2:37:02 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Jaidyn

There are 300 members of the Augusta Club. Not all play golf. The purpose of the club is to sponsor The Masters. The course is only open for five months after the tournament for reconstruction. There are no applications for membership. You are invited. Memberships become available due to death. There are also no Red Tees on the course.


73 posted on 04/05/2012 2:37:20 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Westbrook
To which the response should be another question. “How many white folks are in the Black Congressional Caucus? The NBPP? The Nation of Islam?”

No, that's just an open invitation for the MSM/Dems to start a fight with Romney over race.

Let's not interrupt Obama when he's having a terrible couple of weeks. Let's keep the headlines on his gaffes and not get the guns trained on Romney.

74 posted on 04/05/2012 2:49:55 PM PDT by what's up
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

He’ll just tell people he did.


75 posted on 04/05/2012 3:16:15 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
feh...
76 posted on 04/05/2012 3:43:05 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: HokieMom

Exactly!

So now, according to Romney AND Obama, boys can join the girl scouts.


77 posted on 04/05/2012 3:46:47 PM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et al., STFU. Thank you.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Expect the Etch a Sketch to take increasingly left wing positions here on out.


78 posted on 04/05/2012 3:51:45 PM PDT by ConservativeTeen (Proud Right Wing Extremist)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Also, I wonder if the Mittbotts who bashed Santorum when he dared to speak about social conservatism will bash Mitt for straying from talking about the economy.


79 posted on 04/05/2012 3:54:39 PM PDT by ConservativeTeen (Proud Right Wing Extremist)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What a knee jerk, easily rattled, pandering ASS.


80 posted on 04/05/2012 5:13:28 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Archiving the most VIRULENT, FACT-FILLED Anti-Romney FR Articles (So Many of them) For Later Release)
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