Posted on 04/29/2012 4:25:34 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The Daily Caller reports a huge 200-page research document has hit the internet, and it reveals Mitt Romney utterly and damningly for the flip-flopping opportunistic liberal that he is.
The paper was compiled during the 2008 presidential race and is believed to be from the McCain campaign (not the most conservative source itself). Among some of the interesting tidbits that blow a hole in his claims about being pro-life, pro-marriage, and generally conservative:
Abortion
• Romney says he changed his mind on abortion meeting with Harvard stem cell researcher - Romney claims the doctor said scientists "kill" embryos after 14 days, but doctor later said Romney "mischaracterized my position."
• Months after his "conversion," Romney stated his commitment to upholding Massachusetts’ abortion laws and appointed pro-choice judge to state district court.
• In October 2005, Romney signed bill expanding family planning services, including abortion counseling and morning-after pill.
• In December 2005, Romney "abruptly ordered his administration to reverse course . . . and require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception medication to rape victims."
• Romney health insurance plan expanded access to abortion, required Planned Parenthood representative on state panel.
• Romney endorsed legalization of abortion pill RU-486 access during his 1994 Senate race and backed federal funding of abortion, saying "I think it’s important that people see me not as a pro-life candidate."
• In 1994 and 2002, Romney confirmed his support for Roe v. Wade decision and forcefully positioned himself as pro-choice in 1994 Senate race, saying "you will not see me wavering on that."
• Romney has refused to comment on bill pending in South Carolina legislature requiring that abortion doctors offer pregnant women option of viewing ultrasound.
Gay Rights
• Romney endorsed Rep. Barney Frank’s Employment Nondiscrimination Act in 1994.
• In 1994, Romney called "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy first step toward having gays and lesbians "able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military" and said he would provide "more effective leadership" on gay rights issues than Ted Kennedy.
• In 2003, Washington Times reported Romney "would support a Vermont-style civil union law in Massachusetts."
• As governor, Romney said health coverage benefits and hospital visitation rights should be provided to gay couples.
• Romney promised to make gay partnership benefits a "hallmark of my leadership as governor" and has said he would attend gay weddings if invited.
• Romney publicly opposed Boy Scouts’ ban on homosexuals in 1994 and 2002 campaigns.
• In 2002, Romney backed hate crimes legislation that included sexual orientation provisions.
• In 2007, Romney praised gay parent who confronted him over gay marriage issue, but in 2005 remarked to South Carolina audience that some gay couples "are actually having children" and called it "wrong."
Gun Control
• In 1994 Senate race, Romney backed Brady bill and assault weapons ban, saying "I don’t line up with the NRA" and "that’s not going to make me the hero of the NRA."
• Romney called Clinton crime bill "a big step forward."
• As governor, Romney quadrupled gun licensing fees and vowed not to "chip away" at tough gun laws
• In 2004, Romney signed permanent state-level ban on assault weapons that was mirrored after federal assault weapons ban. • In January 2006, Romney said he owned a gun - then two days later admitted he did not and the gun belonged to his son.
• Romney bragged about being member of the NRA but later revealed he didn’t join until August 2006, just before launching his presidential campaign.
• Romney recently said he’s "been a hunter pretty much all my life" but later admitted he hunted only twice in his life, later clarifying remarks by claiming he has hunted "small varmints . . . more than two times."
• In 2006 press conference, Romney claimed he had been hunting "many times" after returning from quail hunt in Georgia.
The paper also goes on to provide much greater details about these facts also. You should be sure to read the whole thing.
If Republicans allow themselves to be duped into believing Mitt "RomneyCare" Romney is a real Republican (much less a real conservative), they will be sorely disappointed if given a chance to find the truth once he’s in the White House.
If Republicans allow the "mainstream" media and RINO elites to scare them into settling for this poor excuse for a Republican, they are going to kick themselves later. With Americans having gotten a clear look at liberalism under Barack Obama and his Democrat Congress, there will never be a better time to elect a real Republican, a conservative who understands how America was designed to operate. With the damage done by liberals to our great nation, there has never been a time when we have more desperately needed a conservative who knows what makes this country tick . . . not one who will only reduce - but not stop - the level of liberal poison being injected into our society.
The truth is, Romney almost certainly will not get a chance to show his true face. Enough Republicans already understand that he’s nothing but a liberal with an "R" after his name, which means that even if people allow the "mainstream" media and the GOP establishment to fool them into supporting him in the primary, there will not be enough support from Republicans who know the truth to push him over the top in the general election. Principled Republicans will not vote for a fraud like Romney, and when "independents" are given a choice between a liberal with an "R" after his name and a liberal who proudly embraces the liberal Democrat Party, they’ll go for the genuine article every time.
Republicans, let’s throw this pretender onto the side of the road while there is still time, and choose a real Republican like Rick Santorum. Half-measures and "the lesser of two evils" will not be enough to save our ailing country; we must have decisive leadership that understands the need to return to the traditional American values that are PROVEN to work. Rick Santorum understands that; Mitt Romney just doesn’t get it.
What secret handshake ???
Isnt it enough that Barry wants to tax my $20,000 ???
Now I dont get the memos ???
I know there is nothing listed there. And I know why you arent voting for him.
So, three wannabe insults count as debate now? Thats interesting. But seriously, this isnt the Revolution.
See post #22, those are the reasons I am not voting for the liberal called Romney.
Mittfans can’t even wait till Romney clinches to celebrate. Pathetic. Forced all the other good candidates out.
It sure isn't 'just another election', as you posited.
Look around you. Nothing about these times is normal. There are forces working to undo our constitutional republic once and for all, and institute in its place, a totalitarian socialistic state.
You'd better hope for a revolution.
Its just like every other election. Its always “the worst” or “weve never seen anything like this” or “the last one well have.” Absolutely no perspective, just paranoia.
That crap the GOP-E trotted out every election used to work on me, after 2008, NEVER AGAIN!
Thats fine, but acting like this is the same as the Revolution is silly.
You appear to have an 'Ivory Tower' perspective on the current state of the nation and our politics. I'm perceiving that your life hasn't been significantly impacted by what's gone on over the last three years, which is why you think others are being 'paranoid'.
Perhaps they are, but they have every right to be so, given the fundamental changes that have recently occurred in our country. The fact that the sky is still blue, and the birds still sing every morning outside your window, doesn't mean that a truly Orwellian age isn't upon us. It simply hasn't broken through your front door yet.
But it will, unless all of us get a grip on what's being done, and do everything in our power to stop it. I suggest you begin thinking like the Revolution is at hand, because it is.
Quit trying to marginalize people in debates by using insults, all it does is cut off debate.
As for what is going on now (assuming you are speaking of the economy), it is not as bad as the 70’s or the 30’s. Just because we are in a recession doesnt mean that these times are special or worse than they have been in the past. And there was no revolution then. But as of now, all I see is a rampant paranoia that is whipping people into a frenzy.
That is truly one of the most ill-informed statements I've seen on FR in a long time. If that's where your level of awareness about our current situation is, then I've got nothing to work with. You're too far behind the curve for anything I'm trying to impart to you, to bite.
Enjoy your bliss, wherever that is.
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where I say anything good about Romney.
Add this to your list too:
a$$hat
mojitojoe is not a “mittwitt”. He’s simply made a different choice than you have.
Because you are a freak and have OCD regarding mittens. Spend some of the energy exposing the Kenyan Marxist usurper. There is tons of material, very easily found, but you don’t want to do that do you? Why? Because you want Soetoro to win and you will probably vote for him. I’ve always thought you were a sleeper troll.
Just look at socons past posting history. Look at the profile page, it’s all anti McCain crap. Now it’s all anti-Romney crap. I’m still trying to find some anti- o bama crap he posted. If this isn’t a troll, and this is what the normal FR poster is now like, now I understand why everyone else is leaving.
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After the 2008 elections, here's what we know:
Russia funded Obama.
Wikileaks emails show that McCain knew of massive vote fraud and did nothing.
Obamas lawyers admitted in a NJ court that the BC is a fraud but convinced a willing court that it didn't matter.
Spain will count the votes.
The military seldom gets to vote.
I don't think it matters who we do or don't vote for. We need more drastic efforts elsewhere. But we need more aware citizens and louder voices.
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