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Is Mitt Becoming More Conservative?
The American Thinker ^ | August 31, 2012 | Rosslyn Smith

Posted on 08/31/2012 12:49:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

...Protecting the middle class might be the theme of Obama's campaign ads, but the defining movement of this campaign came when Obama belittled the efforts of Main Street America when he stated that "you didn't build that." Those sneering words about smart, hardworking people revealed the ugly side of Obama's redistributionalist ideology. As in 2008, most of the media accept all the carefully scripted images of Obama as Gospel truth while they busy themselves trying to either hide or spin away all those extemporaneous words and deeds that display Obama's true beliefs and character as being either out of context or aberrational....

This campaign is coming down to two competing views of America. As it plays out, I think something very profound may be happening to Mitt Romney. Romney reminds me of a good many smart businessmen I have known. They live their own lives by a set of solid small-c conservative rules, but they are too busy solving smaller daily problems to think much about political conservatism as a coherent system. Such people often pay lip service to the left-of-center conventional media wisdom about big government and public morality even as they rigorously practice all the bourgeois virtues of thrift, hard work, neighborliness, sobriety, and sexual continence in their personal affairs.

....this very smart, very competitive man is facing an opponent who is perhaps the most rigidly ideological man ever to become president. Romney doesn't like what he sees happening to the nation, nor does he much like the person he is running against. Confronted with the problem of beating not just the person, but also the ideology, and then fixing what is broken, Romney may be discovering for the very first time that he is actually far more ideological than he ever thought he was.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: america; faith; morals; romney2012; values
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To: mkjessup; Admin Moderator
Ansel12 is a lying, hate filled bag o' sh*t and demonstrates that with every anti-Mormon post they make.

Yeah, nasty, personal attacks like that sure makes me want to vote for Romney and the GOP-E.

101 posted on 08/31/2012 4:54:01 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Good morning, Cinci.

Here you go...you need to read this. It is important!

Romney’s “RNC Power Grab”: What Really Happened

http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/dean-clancy/romneys-rnc-power-grab-what-happened?source=facebook


102 posted on 08/31/2012 4:54:30 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Crazieman
Crazieman,
You're Crazie man.
103 posted on 08/31/2012 4:55:27 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: mkjessup

Touched a nerve, did I? Sorry about that.


104 posted on 08/31/2012 4:55:34 AM PDT by Delhi Rebels (There was a row in Silver Street - the regiments was out.)
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To: tsowellfan

“As conservatives our job is to try to educate people about conservatism so that we can move them to our side. Anybody who believes that task is impossible is nothing but deadwood.”

Cogent comment. Those that are true believers believe that only force works. I say it never works for the long haul. Education is the only way, Laws don’t work you have to convince people something is good for them...


105 posted on 08/31/2012 4:55:34 AM PDT by A Strict Constructionist (We're an Oligrachy...Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: sf4dubya
But people throwing the baby out with the bath water need to seriously get out of the way and stop disrupting every stinking conversation with their anti-Palin conspiracy theories.

Like this one?

Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin

106 posted on 08/31/2012 4:56:09 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: libertarian27

Thank-you for making my morning/day with your comments!

This summer I had to deal with a life/health threatening illness that landed me in the hospital. Having fought my biggest battle, I am more focus on getting Obama OUT.


108 posted on 08/31/2012 4:57:43 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: USS Alaska

Yes.


109 posted on 08/31/2012 4:57:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Timber Rattler

Condoning bigotry and stupidity does not reflect well on you.


110 posted on 08/31/2012 4:59:38 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: bert
Condoning bigotry and stupidity does not reflect well on you.

Well, get back to me when you see it, Bert.

111 posted on 08/31/2012 5:01:14 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: ansel12
Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land since the '70's. Get over it. You're trying to inject something into this election that isn't, and will never be, an issue in this election.
112 posted on 08/31/2012 5:04:21 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: Timber Rattler; ansel12
Ansel12 is a lying, hate filled bag o' sh*t and demonstrates that with every anti-Mormon post they make.
Yeah, nasty, personal attacks like that sure makes me want to vote for Romney and the GOP-E.


You weren't going to vote for them anyway Virginia. How much good do you think your pal Ansel12 does with his hate filled bigotry posts based on anti-Mormon sites, Huffington Post, Ron Paul sites, etc.?

Does the date October 5, 2011 mean anything to you?
113 posted on 08/31/2012 5:06:31 AM PDT by mkjessup (Finley Peter Dunne - "Politics ain't beanbag")
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To: norwaypinesavage
Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land since the '70's. Get over it.

So you have no problems with Roe V. Wade and are perfectly willing to accept it as final? You do know that this is a Conservative site, right?

114 posted on 08/31/2012 5:07:23 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: mkjessup

Wow, there’s that Mormon card again. Got anything new, like, say Romney’s liberal record?


116 posted on 08/31/2012 5:08:40 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Delhi Rebels
Touched a nerve, did I? Sorry about that.

The day hasn't dawned, nor will it dawn when a little n00b troll like you touches any nerves over in my FR 'hood. I predict you'll be riding the lightning between now and November 6th, so make the most of it.
117 posted on 08/31/2012 5:10:02 AM PDT by mkjessup (Finley Peter Dunne - "Politics ain't beanbag")
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To: Biggirl
Stay well Biggirl *hugs*

ABO
that's what we must rally now, Mittens is not the perfect candidate but Øbama, Mr King of the Executive Order, must be stopped.

118 posted on 08/31/2012 5:10:47 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: sf4dubya
So, just because Romney plasters something on his website makes it certain that he actually means it?

Wow, some people are dense and/or willfully blind.


119 posted on 08/31/2012 5:11:06 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I have always seen Romney as the more conservative version of Bill Clinton (without the sexual issues).

He is a political animal who knows how to morph into what is required to win.

That means he is not a hardcore ideologue, which many on both sides want from their nominee.

But the reason I have some faith in Romney is based on what he did when nobody was looking. He raised 5 fine sons and did not spoil them with wealth. He helped those in need around him. He showed compassion by personally sacrificing, not just making a donation.

The character of man named Romney is solid.


120 posted on 08/31/2012 5:11:52 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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