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To: SDGOP

"When he ran for office against kennedy he was pro choice, pro gay rights(wanted to be a leader on this issue, even moreso than kennedy), pro aff action, pro civil unions, pro quotas in the work place, pro gun control. On top of that he urinated on national republicans, the contract with america, reagan and bush."

Can you back up each and everyone of these accusations?


176 posted on 09/27/2006 12:33:55 PM PDT by Checkers
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To: Checkers

"Can you back up each and everyone of these accusations?"

Queue the cricket sounds.


177 posted on 09/27/2006 12:36:23 PM PDT by teddyballgame (red man in a blue state)
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To: Checkers; All

Yes, as a matter of fact i can:

HEADLINE: Strategies shaped an epic race;
A look behind Kennedy-Romney;

SPECIAL REPORT / INSIDE THE KENNEDY-ROMNEY RACE / ELECTION 94
In a state where only 13 percent of the electorate is Republican, Romney's strategists wanted to avoid a campaign along party lines. Like Bill Weld in 1990, they believed, Romney needed to appeal to independents with a combination of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism.

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Romney also sought to appeal to working women by asking Kennedy about the "glass ceiling" facing them. But the question allowed Kennedy to tout his own credentials on women's rights. "That question was like asking Babe Ruth how to hit a ball," said Shrum.
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HEADLINE: ELECTION GUIDE; Romney gives Kennedy fight of his life

Romney has sought to cast himself in the mold of Gov. William F. Weld: conservative on fiscal matters and more moderate on social issues such as abortion and gay rights.

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HEADLINE: Romney makes TV appeal;
While one questioner was a former aide to state Democratic party chairwoman Joan Menard, another was Abner Mason, a leader in the Log Cabin Club, a gay Republican group. He asked Romney to explain his views on abortion and gay rights. The local Log Cabin group has already endorsed Romney - and Mason has personally pitched that endorsement to reporters.

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HEADLINE: Senator and his challenger both exploit Romney remark;

Kennedy attacked Romney for what he characterized as flip-flops on the minimum wage, family leave and education funding, suggesting that his opponent was "a little Halloween ghost . . . he's not there sometimes, and then he's there."


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HEADLINE: Once Again, Kennedy's the One to Beat;

After Two Debates, GOP's Romney Is Left Playing Catch-Up


Last night was not nearly as one-sided, but a string of questions from obvious Kennedy sympathizers on college-student loans, preschool programs, affordable housing and other made-to-order topics for the senator kept Romney in a me-too posture through much of the hour. The Boston Globe's Martin F. Nolan wrote today that it was "less a debate than an ambush" of the Republican.

On conservative talk shows, Romney was being derided today for "throwing the fight," by blurring his differences with the Democrat. Eager to show that he is a moderate independent and no ideologue, Romney stressed his support for universal health insurance and abortion rights, criticized the Republican "Contract With America" promoted by the party's congressional leaders and, at Faneuil Hall, was more outspoken than Kennedy in arguing that the Boy Scouts should not exclude homosexual youths.

Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate challenging Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, was asked in one of their debates what his position was on health care.

"I want universal coverage," he replied. And, he said, Americans should be able to move without losing their insurance and should not be excluded because of pre-existing medical conditions.


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HEADLINE: ANALYSIS; GOP contender puts fire back in campaign


Earlier, when challenged by a panelist whether he would side with Republican filibuster attempts, Romney deftly replied he was not a "party politician" - a clear appeal to independent voters.


"I am not going to Washington to toe the line," Romney said.

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HEADLINE: Conservative group yanks its support for Mitt

A national conservative group yesterday attacked Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney for espousing a "left-wing agenda" and urged its followers not to support his candidacy.

The group said Romney's nationally televised debate performance against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy showed he is "anti-family" and running away from conservative Republican themes.


The GOP candidate warmly praised President Clinton. "I think the president does a lot of things that make a lot of sense," he said. "I support him in many ways. I hope he gets changed, but I'll still support him while he is there for the next two years."

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Romney adviser Charles Manning last night dismissed Bozell's group as a right-wing organization that has not been involved in Romney's campaign.

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He said he now regrets asking his group members to contribute to Romney because the debate "demonstrated very clearly that (Romney) has more in common with liberal Democrats than he does with conservatives."

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Other conservative leaders in Washington also were reportedly upset with Romney for voicing support on Tuesday night for gay rights, abortion rights and forcing employers to release information on their hiring record of women and minorities.


"Any man who runs on quotas for women is not one of us," Bozell said

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Romney objected to the characterizations, saying: "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush."

Romney has sought throughout the campaign to portray himself as a "Bill Weld Republican" who is is liberal on social issues and conservative on fiscal matters.



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That's just barely scratching the surface, the guy is a complete rino. THat's just his 1994 campaign but the articles go on and on and on. Once people see romney's real record, he will go down in flames.


242 posted on 09/27/2006 2:23:42 PM PDT by SDGOP
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