For Romney, now's the time to sweat

The Boston Globe ^ | July 22nd | Globe Staff

[ConservativeMan55]

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney is a shrewd businessman, known for his cautious approach to the nerve-rattling takeover business. Romney's colleagues even came up for a name for what happened when Romney's inner worries began to ruffle his carefully groomed appearance - "pitting," for when the armpits of his expensive blue shirts would start to darken from perspiration.

[Diogenesis]

Romney is a fascist dictator - no citizen voted. Got that?

Romney the Dictator installed HillaryCARE = ROmneyCARE. Got that?

Romney the Dictator did not fix the problem of the illegal aliens he invited by the millions. Got that?

Romney got the government into healthcare to the delight of the Democrats and YOU. Got that?

Please feel free to paint all the lipstick you want on Romney and his fascist, socialist schemes.

But in the end....

Your candidate, the Dictator, and his fascist program
which needs a federal bailout (like all Romney's SCHEMES)
is still a .... pig.

Sen. John Kerry to Don Imus on RomneyCARE=HillaryCARE: "I like this health care bill".

Sen. Hillary Clinton on RomneyCARE=HillaryCARE: "To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable."

Romney is a liberal Democrat's Liberal.

[Hi Heels]

"If you want to tell me I cannot post here according to my heart, my beliefs, and my character - I will tell you to go pound sand."

Ditto. It appears I may have that right as well. *checks citizenship status* Yup!

Let's rewind. A thread is started about Romney getting the VP nod. I read 3 threads previously that had flushed right into LDS debate. I see YOUR post on one of those threads. I come here and in reply to a thread that contained NO reference to LDS you post "give it a rest". I suggested the same. Perhaps we can actually read something about Mitt Romney that does not include the LDS was my point. Instead, I was called names by the resident Christians.

· MHGinTN to Hi Heels Hi there hypocrite, you're the one bringing up mormonism on the Romney thread (You jumped in at post #16 to be first at inserting 'mormon' and 'hate' in the thread). But that was a nice try at deceiving folks, hypocrite. It is becoming obvious that the Romeny ites use the issue of his mormonism to divert from his too liberal past. [BTW, aren't you the woman who claims to be a pastor?]

Do I know where this is going? Not really. Many of the LDS threads are started by the very people you pinged. Ask them.

[ConservativeMan55]

Thank you for bringing some sanity to this thread. :)

[TAdams8591]

A very thoughtful post and a wise decision not to go through all that effort. It’s most decidedly a waste of time. As you can read, most of the anti-Romney posts are arrogant and filled with irrational hatred. Sad.

[TAdams8591]

Believe me, many of the same posters who cry that Mitt's health plan is socialized, would be crying bloody murder if they could sit in an ER for one day, and see the number of people who come in without any health care, or with government health care insurance. In either case those patients won't pay a dime. Who will pay for them? You and I the taxpayer.

What ever happened to the conservative idea, that people should be responsible for themselves?

[Reno232]

I respect your opinion. I respect the opinion of Rush, et al more. Their opinions & decisions aren’t rooted in religious bigotry. I feel pretty confident they know more than you. But to each his own.

[fieldmarshaldj]

You mean filled to the brim with irrefutable points about Slick Willard’s liberal record. I wonder how you guys, if you really are Conservative, can write half your responses with a straight face. If you can defend Slick Willard and claim he’s a Conservative, you can do the same for Judas Jim Jeffords, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Mike Dukakis and... *drumroll please*, Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

[ConservativeMan55]

And with all due respect I’ll take Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity’s opinion over yours.

[Reno232]

If you could stomach the debate, you would answer the questions. Tell us once & for all, how & why do you know more than Rush & all the other conservative standard bearers who support Romney.

You don't like the Reagan comparisons b/c they're such salient points. If they weren't, you would address them rather than hiding behind the lark that I'm obfuscating.

I'm asking questions. You're not answering them. That's obfuscation.

[Diogenesis]

What ever happened to the conservative idea, that people should be responsible for themselves?

Why that was wiped out by Myth Romney, Socialist Dictator-at-Large.

[Reno232]

It is sad. Especially for a conservative board. I would expect the hatred over on DU, KOS, or Huffington Post, not here.

[Zevonismymuse]

Romney is a fascist dictator - no citizen voted. Got that?

What is with all the "Got That?"...it seems like you are trying to act like some dime store thug, using some sort of intimidation to make a point.

More importantly, we live in a Democratic Republic. We elect people who work together with other elected officials to craft legislation. Calling Romney a "fascist dictator" reveals more about you and your lack of understanding of civics than it does about Romney.

[Zevonismymuse]

I would expect the hatred over on DU, KOS, or Huffington Post, not here.

I think these people could possibly be infiltrators. Their style of confrontation is typical of people who are emotional rather than intellectual in their arguments. I have spent my life time working for conservative candidates and causes and these folks are unlike any I have ever encountered in the conservative movement.

[Diogenesis]

"More importantly, we live in a Democratic Republic."

Apparently, you feign lack of awareness of Mitt Romney, Dictator,
who did NOT take a citizens vote before he imposed his socialized medicine.
Nor did he take a vote before he imposed gay marriage (when he ordered the clerks to disobey the Mass. Constitution).
Your acquiescence to Romney's dictatorial tendencies
heralds that you obey him religiously, doesn't it?

You people HATE freedom, don't you? Just like Myth.

[BillyBoy]

>> Is Bork an entertainer? How about Tancredo, Santorum, Hewitt, Rove, Buckley? Care to extend & revise your remarks? <<

We're supposed to feel good with Romney on the ticket because Tancredo, Santorum, Hewitt, Rove, and Buckley (the latter apparently from beyond the grave) feel good about the idea?

You could make the same argument about Huckabee, with "bonafide conservative icons" Duncan Hunter, Jim Gilchrist, Paul Weyrich, Dr. James Dobson, Mike Rounds, John Boozman, John Linder, David Beasley, Asa Hutchinson, Ed Rollins, Marco Rubio, Daniel Webster (the Florida Senate Majority Leader, not the NH politician from the 1840s), Ted Nugent, Rick Scarborough, Star Parker, Keith Butler, AND the founder of Free Republic himself, Jim Robinson, ALL endorsing Huckabee, but freepers still wouldn't give him the time of day.

So even though freepers could care less if Duncan Hunter endorsed Huckabee, we should care that Tancredo endorsed Romney? That makes no sense to me.

I'm not sure what fieldmarshaldj is talking about with Lindsey Graham's "endorsement" either. I think Graham simply said that Romney is well qualified for veep and would make a good Vice President. That's sort of like saying I endorse Pepperoni Pizza as THE ideal dinner choice simply because I ate a slice today and liked it. I suspect alot of these so-called Romney "endorsements" are simply commentators saying they like Romney and believe he would make a fine veep. Simply believing someone is a good fit for the position does not mean you are advocating they are the BEST choice for the job.

So it sounds to me like Romney's fan club here are overstating his "endorsements" anyway.

However, I do know South Carolina's other Senator, Jim DeMint, has actually endorsed Romney though and spent most of the primary season promoting him. I wonder how Fieldmarshaldj feels about that.

[Zevonismymuse]

Mitt Romney, Dictator, who did NOT take a citizens vote before he imposed his socialized medicine.

Mitt Romney, an elected Governor, helped craft, then signed into law, a bill requiring all citizens in his state to have health insurance. Many conservatives think this was a bold step toward addressing a very serious problem. How do you think we should deal with all the people who are entitled to health care but unwilling to pay for it?

Can you please define socialized medicine for us?

[TAdams8591]

I meant my McCain pom poms, Gomer.

[Diogenesis]

Many conservatives think this was a bold step toward addressing a very serious problem.

There is not one (1) real conservative who thinks that
socialized medicine -imposed without a vote to boot-
is a good idea. And furthermore, Mr. Liberal, it did not solve the problem
which was that Myth Romney did NOTHING about
the millions of illegal aliens flooding the
emergency rooms (including those working at his Belmont sanctuary over years).

Admit it. Romney, YOU, and the rest of the RomneyBOTs
are on the same side as Hillary Clinton and Obama on this matter.

[ComeUpHigher]

Don't waste your effort. AMPU applies a religious litmus test for his candidates.

Based upon his religious litmus test, AMPU would have refused to vote for many of the founding fathers (including John Adams and Thomas Jefferson) who, according to AMPU’s religious litmus test, weren't Christians, but instead were heretics because of their nonbelief in the trinity.

John Adams, a Unitarian, who rejected the trinity responded to the religious zealots of his day as follows: “Howl, snarl, bite, Ye Calvinistick! Ye Athanasian Divines, if you will. Ye will say, I am no Christian: I say ye are no Christians: and there the account is balanced. Yet I believe all the honest men among you, are Christians in my sense of the word.”

It is sadly pathetic that John Adams had to have his faith disparaged by the religious zealots of his day and, if possible, such religious zealots would have denied him the office of President. It is equally sad and pathetic that even though our nation was founded upon the principles of religious freedom and tolerance, we, as a nation, are still dealing with the same religious zealots, isn't it?

[ConservativeMan55]

It’s very sad that people are using religion as a litmus test.