I wasn’t sold on Mitt Romney in the primaries. I am now.
Mitt Romney is a good and decent man. He performs many acts of charities that go unnoticed (Unlike his challenger, who’s every act of charity is staged, recorded and played back on the nightly news.)
Yeah, I know Romney’s got a liberal record as governor of Massachusetts. Reagan had a liberal record as governor of California. But I like what Romney said (when he thought it was off the record) about the 47%. He’s right. Compare what Obama said about the 53% of us who cling to our guns and God.
I also like the fact that Romney’s been successful as a businessman. I want a businessman in the White House - as opposed to the “Constitutional scholar” we have now. I want someone who understands how the free markets work and how this country can use it to our advantage.
A lot of people aren’t voting for Romney - they’re voting against Obama. I am not one of those. I think Romney is the right guy for the times.
I call bullsh!t.
"In his first term, he froze government hiring and approved tax hikes to balance the budget. [...]
"Reagan was involved in high-profile conflicts with the protest movements of the era. On May 15, 1969, during the People's Park protests at UC Berkeley, Reagan sent the California Highway Patrol and other officers to quell the protests [...] Reagan then called out 2,200 state National Guard troops to occupy the city of Berkeley for two weeks to crack down on the protesters. [...]
"[...] Reagan had been in office for only four months when he signed the bill [the "Therapeutic Abortion Act"], and stated that had he been more experienced as governor, it would not have been signed. [...]
"[...] One of Reagan's greatest frustrations in office concerned capital punishment, which he strongly supported. His efforts to enforce the state's laws in this area were thwarted when the Supreme Court of California issued its People v. Anderson decision, which invalidated all death sentences issued in California prior to 1972, though the decision was later overturned by a constitutional amendment. The only execution during Reagan's governorship was on April 12, 1967, when Aaron Mitchell's sentence was carried out by the state in San Quentin's gas chamber."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_reagan#Governor_of_California.2C_1967.E2.80.931975