Do what before? You mean ask questions of candidates?
Concord Monitor. ConcordApr 4, 2007.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ended a long day of presidential campaigning yesterday at the Derry Opera House offering nearly 200 voters the chance to "Ask Mitt Anything."That's anything, Romney teased. The crowd was enthusiastic, and most questions were easy: What to do about illegal immigration, health care and failing schools? Afterward, Eileen Williams of Dover praised Romney's business background and conservative values, but then she got right to the point. "And he's drop-dead gorgeous," she added. "And the American public likes lookers."
But Romney made even the harder questions from the less effusive audience members look easy yesterday, including one from Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien of Derry, who wanted to know why Romney had gone from from being pro-choice to pro-life.
"I've always been personally pro-life," Romney said. "For me the role of government (on that issue) was what was uncertain." Romney said as president he would let state governments decide individually whether to legalize, outlaw or restrict abortion.
Romney reminded the crowd that other Republicans - former presidents Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush - were also pro-choice before they were pro-life.
Reagan Man--I just noticed the last paragraph. So Romney is spreading lies about Reagan, too? (I haven't been following Romney much).
Good Spot!
I hadn't been following Romney closely either, calcowgirl. On the Aug 12 edition of Fox News Sunday, Romney said that Reagan was "adamantly pro-choice". That got me ticked off. Everyone knows Reagan was adamantly pro-life. Even liberals have never made such a dumb remark about Reagan.
When I raised the issue with Mitt`s supporters, they got angry and for the last 10 ten days have been making excuses as to why Romney said that. The excuses further attacked the Reagan legacy and amplified the issue. I think Romney said what he did, as a way of covering his support for Roe v Wade and abortion on demand over 30+ years. If it had been an honest mistake he should've apologized. Reagan is dead and can't defend himslef. We conservatives have to defend Reagan whenever anyone fabricates falsehoods about his pro-life record.
Now I remember her. Judicial Watch took up for her after she had an IRS audit right after her questions to a Democrat candidate about Juantia Brodderick’s rape. She comes out swinging every election.