Posted on 02/14/2008 9:12:59 AM PST by JRochelle
Snip Let us not forget that Romney snapped his fingers before the election and decided to become a conservative by switching his positions on a litany of key issues, even though his past record was moderate. There were endless gaffes throughout the campaign in which he reinforced the well-earned perception that he would say anything to get elected--from describing himself as a lifelong hunter even though he had hunted only twice, for saying he watched his father march with MLK, for claiming an endorsement of the NRA he never received, etc.
He also failed to emotionally connect with voters. I would go to Romney speeches all year, and talk to audience members after who would tell me they agreed with what he said, but he was "too slick" and "too packaged." It never ceased to amaze me how emotionally tone deaf he was as a candidate, most notable was when he said his sons were serving their country by working to get him elected. I went to a townhall meeting just days before the New Hampshire primary in which a woman said her 26-year old cousin had been paralyzed in a rugby accident, and she asked Romney for his position on stem cell research. Romney responded, "Great, thank you for the question" and he went on with a textbook answer about pluripotent cells without offering any sympathy. Romney's checklist conservatism appealed to desperate conservatives on a cerebral level, but he never reached people emotionally as Huckabee and McCain did. If you want to know why McCain beat Romney, look no further than the final debate between them at the Reagan Library. When they were asked why Reagan would endorse them, Romney recited a laundry list of issues on which Reagan would have agreed with him, while McCain
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Yes, Mitt had the best plan.
Others just don’t want to acknowledge that.
It’s plain as day, Mike Huckabee waged a religious war and won. Period.
But not the end of the story.
He never proposed a bailout of the industry. He proposed increased government funding for research and development. There’s nothing wrong with that, nor anything inconsistent with conservatism.
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yes it is wrong. There’s a difference between basic research vs research that specifically helps corporations. That’s corporate welfare. They should pay for their own research.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb105-9.html
“Go over to DU where you belong.”
Not up to you to tell him where to go - he has every right in the world to be on this site. You are tiresome!
Fred had a real chance, but Romney never did. Romney never could have beaten either Hillary or Obama. I hope we can all muster support for John McCain, because, right now Obama has some scary superb chances at becoming our next President. There's no way I could ever vote for a Democrat.
i disagree
i think in national interest sometimes in helps to subsidize some industries..
energy, defense and drugs are the first that come to mind
we sure did that large in the buildup to WWII and it helped
Also, conservatives (myself included) waited until it was too late to get behind Romney. None of the radio talk show hosts endorsed Romney until McCain started winning primaries. Nobody thought McCain had a chance of getting the Republican nomination and instead, they all went after Giuliani.
You are not seriously comparing MR to GW?
What cult?
Oh, by the way we are all bigots about something.
It does not matter how much you yell it out MR lost because of his political history.
Yup. He looked like he was central casting. Too good to be true.
I am a dyed-in-the-wool evangelical, but would have voted for him in a minute if he had won the nomination. I voted Thompson in the primary here in MI, would have voted Romney in the general without having to hold my nose.
Now I'm faced with the dilemma of having to pull the lever for mclame. Not sure I'll be able to do it.
Religion has NOTHING to do with my decision.
I'd let a Mormon fix my car if he was the better mechanic, why wouldn't I apply the same standard when choosing a president?
I honestly don't want mclame, hillary! or obama as POTUS.
None of the arguments hold water about mclame being the only reasonable option for me.
I DON"T like mclame, and I don't want to vote for him.
I DON'T like hillary, and I WON"T vote for her. I WILL campaign against her.
I DO like obama, but I WON'T vote for him
I DON'T want mclame or hillary! in my living room for the next 4 years. I'll be throwing things and screaming at the TV.
The linguine-spined pubbies in the House and SINate will roll over either way and give the RATS what they want They did that when they were in the minority, and in the majority. I think Rush is right, we need to do some HOUSE cleaning, and some SINate cleaning.
Why should I pull the lever for mclame?
His nominees for the SC would not move the court to the right. Squishy moderate choices would be the most he could nominate and get approved, and we all know where they would side when push comes to shove.
“It’s plain as day, Mike Huckabee waged a religious war and won. Period.
But not the end of the story.”
One thing for sure, Romney looked like the gracious grown-up. Huckabee looks like the immature loser, heading down to the Cayman Islands for his “paid speech” hocking his paperback book, I’m not getting out of the race because I’m a believer of miracles bumpkin he is.
Frightening!!
Worse yet, we have to hear mcCain say “my friends” umpteen million times a day...
AAAARGHHHHH......!!!!!
15 minutes of fame are worth enough to some to sell their soul for. Some preacher.
Not the auto industry. Not to get votes in Michigan.
Even then, as unbalanced as the legislature is in Arkansas (75-25 in the house, 27-8 in the senate), it is even more unbalanced in Massachusetts (138-19 in the house, 35-5 in the senate).
Why do you people keeping lying when your lies have been debunked over and over and over?!?
Immigration isn't a major issue?
The Second Amendment?
First Amendment campaign finance restrictions?
Romney's Global Warming nonsense?
All Romney's divergent statements on foreign policy?
You can’t conceal your CLASS ENVY!
Why am I not surprised you want a GOVERNMENT PLANNED ECONOMY that redistributes what others work for!
Silly boy ... .
We are VERY choosy on who our friends are and he isn’t one of them. He can go butter up someone else that might feel complimented by that slander.
The problem of the discussion of flip-flopping was that many of the claims were lies, distortions and exaggerations.
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