Posted on 01/31/2008 9:02:43 PM PST by jdm
Here’s a fun little video of a younger Mitt saying he’s not trying to return to the Reagan/Bush era, as he was an independent at that time:
Here’s Mitt from tonight:
[W]e’re in the house that Reagan built. It’s important that we, as Republicans, stay in the house that Reagan built. If we want to take the White House again, social, economic and foreign policy conservatives have to come together.
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I would be with Ronald Reagan. And this party, it has a choice, what the heart and soul of this party is going to be, and it’s going to have to be in the house that Ronald Reagan built.
Now watch the video again.
It’s short, and perhaps it’s ripped out of context. It’s hard to imagine how context could help much — but you never know.
UPDATE: The same YouTube poster has an effective little video showing Mitt supporting a woman’s right to choose — time and time and time again:
I CAN’T TRUST HUCKABEE.
He didn’t work his whole life after graduating college to focus on being a senator or president
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Lazy welfare whore Romney has never worked ???
Boy, welfare pays good, doesnt it ????
He's changed a lot of positions, becoming more conservative, as he himself will tell you. These changes mostly happened a few years ago. I don't care that someone used to believe something different some time back. It wasn't recent.
Remember, Reagan was a Democrat for many years. I guess we shouldn't have supported him. Not trustworthy, I guess.
If Romney is indeed a phony, and he winds up being as liberal as McCain, then at the very least he won’t also happen to be crazy.
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LOL. He’s also much better looking, sorry, I know that sounds superficial, but at least for us ladies we’ll be looking forward to looking at him :-).
I think Romney will try to please his base, I doubt McCain will care whether or not he pisses of the base.
I doubt it, but in any case, he’s right now, and was wrong in 1994.
I like it when people have come to the right side.
If another conservative was available and showed ANY chance of stopping McCain, I’d listen.
But the only people left are Huckabee and Paul. Paul is unacceptable to most for a variety of reasons I don’t expect to change.
And Huckabee? Well it doesn’t look like even a bump from the owner here has actually made people want to support him. If Huckabee can’t get 60% support from FR with the founder endorsing him, there’s no way he can be the guy to pull us together.
But Romney already hit that 60% here. It’s unfortunate the founder opposes him, because his platform is conservative, and he’s got most of the remaining conservative community — but we really need everything.
It’s unfortunate that people believe a brokered convention holds any hope for conservatives. It might rid us of McCain, except that if McCain goes into the convention and has a plurality of delegates but is NOT given the nomination, he will bolt the party, run 3rd-party, or worse simply endorse the democrat and work for them.
McCain has to be beat, not thrown out by manipulation at a convention.
And in any case, the replacement at the convention isn’t going to be Fred, who has proven he can’t get votes, or Hunter, ho proved that Fred wasn’t the worst candidate. It will be a proven vote-getter from a big state.
Perry? Crist? Jeb Bush? Owens? one of the Governors, and probably not a conservative one.
I ping Jim because I mentioned him, out of courtesy, not to draw him into the discussion.
Well, Michael Reagan thinks so.
He’s also much better looking, sorry, I know that sounds superficial, but at least for us ladies we’ll be looking forward to looking at him :-).
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honey, reeeeeeeaaaaally good, strong glasses will take care of that problem
Thank me
Romney In November 2005: “I think an amnesty program is what — which is all the illegal immigrants who are here are now citizens, and walk up and get your citizenship. What the president has proposed, and what Senator McCain and Cornyn have proposed, are quite different than that. They require people signing up for a — well, registering and receiving a, if you will, a number — a registration number. Then working here for six years and paying taxes — not taking benefits. Health, Medicaid, food stamps and so forth, not taking benefits. And then at the end of that period, registering to become a citizen, or applying to become a citizen and paying a fee. And those are things that are being considered. And I think that that’s — that those are reasonable proposals.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDVKWBVk6xA
Did you hear what Michael Reagan had to say about the debate?
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Not yet...
Call me, Michael...
I don’t see McCain has being a good president. He loves to be loved, and he loves to be seen as “bipartisan” and a “savior”. Not good for an executive. He has not had any real executive experience.
Huckabee at least was a governor. He is naive and unprepared for national play, but at least has proven he can run an organization.
Romney has business experience, AND executive experience. His debate performances show that he will not screw up and he WILL win the debates against the democrats.
And he will do so by espousing conservative principles, with a sound pragmatic edge that could win over moderates and independents.
I don’t see Ron Paul as an executive either.
And that’s it for our side now. Only one candidate who has the backing of the conservative movement — Romney. You think you can get Huckabee elected with all the conservative pundits against him?
You can say the conservatives oppose Romney now, but each individual conservative can change his mind easily enough by november.
But the public statements of the talk show hosts makes it very hard for them to change their positions, and to be believed if they do. They’ve already convinced their audience, and it shows. I doubt Huckabee could get 50% support here, even with just McCain as the alternative.
He was never more liberal than McCain is now. He had one or two positions that were liberal compared to McCain.
Which one do you think is Romney. Gerry Ford? he was a boring senator who wasn’t very bright. That’s not Romney at all. You may be comparing political views, but Ford’s problem was a lack of substance, and Romney has that covered.
You got sick about someone claiming Reagan was the heart of our party? Wow.
LOL.
all these changes on all these issues? And just in time for the republican campaign? Are you really that gullible? He’s playin’ you for a fool man
I haven’t seen any changes “just in time for the Republican campaign.” I suspect that if you look at it honestly, you haven’t either. This is the McCain-Democrat party line.
BTW, I’m not a romney supporter, though I vastly prefer him to McCain or Huckabee, both of whom are liberal frauds, IMO.
I’m sure he’ll say he’s now against that...he converted...seen the light
hahaha
I considered Romney after Fred dropped out. I tried to overlook some things... after all the conservative bandwagon was behind him so he must be ok, right? But after listening to his own words, it became obvious this guy is just going to be bad news.
Listen to his passion and conviction
1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI
note the last part (3:40). That is creepy
fast forward to the debate last night
“We’ll start with Governor Romney.
Would, and if so, why — why would Ronald Reagan endorse you? Would Ronald Reagan endorse you? And if so, why?
ROMNEY: Absolutely.”
what a prick
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