Posted on 03/19/2002 6:22:56 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
Sources: Swift Dropping Out Of Governor's Race
Cites Family Reasons For Leaving GOP Field To Romney
BOSTON -- Sources tell NewsCenter 5 that Acting Gov. Jane Swift has decided to drop out of the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination this fall.
Swift, a mother of three, including twin girls who were born last June, cited family reasons for her decision not to run.
Aides said she is expected to make a formal announcement later Tuesday.
Swift's decision comes on the heels of a news that Olympic chief Mitt Romney plans to formally announce his candidacy for the corner office. He returned to his hometown of Belmont, Mass., this weekend after three years organizing the 2002 Olympic Winter games in Salt Lake city.
That's true, you know.
She couldn't find anyone in her own family who would vote for her.
It amazes me that you put faith in a few words about Romney from a rather unfair slander piece about Rush Limbaugh. Read the whole article, there are dozens of inacurracies in it. I hope you are not surprised that they stretch the truth about Romney.
Romney, a leader in the Mormon Church, disavowed his Church's teachings regarding abortion
Romney disclosed that he became committed to legalized abortion after a relative died during an illegal abortion. The disclosure came after Romney, who said he is personally opposed to abortion, was asked to reconcile his beliefs with his political support for abortion rights. "It is since that time that my family will not force our beliefs on that matter," He said the abortion made him see "that regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal."Source: Joe Battenfeld in Boston Herald Oct 26, 1994
[and] . . . endorsed the integration of homosexuals into the [Boy Scouts]
"I support the right of the Boy Scouts of America to decide what it wants to do on that issue. I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation."Source: Peter Gosselin in Boston Globe Oct 27, 1994
So we see your post that you have pasted on every Romney thread has just a few problems. Basically, it is WRONG!
Oh BTW, his statement that, "all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation" is in fact a policy that the Boy Scouts of America also supports! The Scouts have a don't ask, don't tell policy. They do not have a homosexual witch hunt, they demand the highest honorable conduct from all in the Scouting program. The Boy Scouts have a policy against the behaviors and lifestyles of homosexuals. If you can separate behavior from sexual orientation, you are not removed from Scouting.
"I would never have an abortion myself--I'm Catholic (in his case, Mormon), but who am I to judge anyone else?"
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