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To: nowandlater
Mitt Romney Ran as a Liberal in the 1994 Senate Race Against Ted Kennedy??? WRONG!!!

Well, it seems Mitt disagrees with you, and with himself:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16575748/

Romney says he was wrong on 1994 issues
Retracts then-stance on abortion, gays in Boy Scouts and Reagan

Josh Reynolds / AP

Former Massachusetts Gov., Mitt Romney, R-Mass., who has launched a fundraising campaign for the 2008 presidential race, says he was wrong on some issues in the 1990s.

Updated: 10:08 a.m. CT Jan 11, 2007

BOSTON - A 1994 videotape mysteriously posted on YouTube.com prompted Republican Mitt Romney to declare Wednesday, "I was wrong on some issues back then," while also insisting to social conservatives key to his presidential campaign that he is one of them.

The tape of a Senate debate between Romney and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy showed Romney defending a woman's right to abortion, saying he supported allowing gays in the Boy Scouts and distancing himself from former President Reagan by noting he was a registered independent during the period the conservative icon was leading the nation.

All of the material has been previously published, but its presentation in video form - and on the easily shared YouTube medium - prompted an immediate response from Romney, who formed a presidential exploratory committee last week.

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A tape of Romney's call was immediately posted on YouTube. Asked whom the campaign suspected of posting the tape, Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said: "It doesn't matter. We used the very same mediums made available to those seeking to attack Governor Romney to set the record straight in his own words with the facts."

'Multiple choice' Romney?

In the 1994 tape, Romney is asked about abortion rights and responds: "One of the great things about our nation is we're each entitled to have strong personal beliefs - and we encourage other people to do the same. ... I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country."

Kennedy retorted that while he was "pro-choice," Romney was "multiple choice."

At another point, Romney was asked if he ever publicly opposed the Boy Scouts' exclusion of gay members while he served on its executive board.

"I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation," Romney replied.

On a third point, Kennedy accused Romney of harboring the same economic philosophy as Reagan and former President George H.W. Bush.

Romney replied: "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush; I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.

Romney/Kennedy debate

"I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it." - Mitt Romney

96 posted on 03/13/2007 10:41:08 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Stephen Douglas won a Senate seat. Abe Lincoln became an immortal...)
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To: EternalVigilance

Romney doesn't deny saying what he said 12 years ago. If you had the guts to post his record as a governor of a blue state, we'll all see who is playing the fool.


103 posted on 03/13/2007 10:43:43 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: EternalVigilance

You have got to be joking . So who do you support ?


105 posted on 03/13/2007 10:44:06 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (LIBERALS : -- ROMNEY DEFEATS THEM -- RUDY EMBRACES THEM !)
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To: EternalVigilance

Kennedy vs Romney? LOTS OF DIFFERENCES ...
Mass pro-life group endorsed Romney, and there was this:

http://iowansforromney.blogspot.com/2007/02/romney-never-was-liberal-no-not-even.html

I think it is fair to put the Romney statements out there.

It's ALSO fair to point out Romney 2005 ...
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/women/articles/2005/07/26/why_i_vetoed_contraception_bill/

"YESTERDAY I vetoed a bill that the Legislature forwarded to my desk. Though described by its sponsors as a measure relating to contraception, there is more to it than that. The bill does not involve only the prevention of conception: The drug it authorizes would also terminate life after conception....

I understand that my views on laws governing abortion set me in the minority in our Commonwealth. I am prolife. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate.

Because Massachusetts is decidedly prochoice, I have respected the state's democratically held view. I have not attempted to impose my own views on the prochoice majority.

For all the conflicting views on this issue, it speaks well of our country that we recognize abortion as a problem. The law may call it a right, but no one ever called it a good, and, in the quiet of conscience people of both political parties know that more than a million abortions a year cannot be squared with the good heart of America."


154 posted on 03/13/2007 11:08:22 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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