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To: WOSG
It has something to do with being a great candidate with a great background running on fiscal conservative pro-family agenda

You're claiming that Mitt Romney was elected as a "fiscal conservative pro-family" in 2002 -- when he pledged his support for government funding of abortion????

That's the furthest thing from "fiscal conservative pro-family" there is!

73 posted on 10/30/2007 3:00:43 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Romney : "not really trying to define what is technically amnesty. I'll let the lawyers decide.")
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To: JohnnyZ

He ran on 2002 in a way that respected the majority views of the Massachusetts voters on a topic he would be powerless to change anyway. It was a great way to defang an issue the liberal Democrats would have used to gain power with. At the same time, he opposed abortion liberalization and supported parental notification.

In 2005, he said this:

“I am pro-life. 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.”

- Governor Romney, Boston Globe, Op-Ed, July 26, 2005

... Amazingly, Romney both (a) kept his promise and (b) moved as prolife as possible....

“Even with all the 2002 quotes, I’ve yet to see someone state the most important move Governor Romney made in 2002. He created a moratorium on the Abortion issue. So he ran as a pro-choice candidate, but stated to those pro-choice voters that he would not change any of the laws in regards to the issue. For four years (2002-2006), he kept his promise and veto’d any bill that attempted to make the abortion laws more liberal. If this came as a shock to any pro-choice supporter of Romney, then they were not listening to his promises made during the campaign. He promised a moratorium and he kept his promise. He had a total conversion experience later and choose Life. If you want to know how “stable” Romney’s word is, then look at his promises and his record. He made promises, he kept his promises and his record proves it.
Posted by: Nathan W. on January 31, 2007 11:30 AM”
http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2007/01/mitt_romneys_pr_1.php


74 posted on 10/30/2007 3:13:57 PM PDT by WOSG (Pro-life, pro-family, pro-freedom, pro-national sovereignty, pro-strong national defense, PRO-troops)
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