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."
Posted on 10/29/2008 6:34:55 AM PDT by Reaganesque
If anyone has been arrogant during this campaign (other than Obama) it's people like Tom Ridge:
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, speaking to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, said the race would have been different in his state, which has 21 electoral votes, if McCain had chosen him as running mate instead of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
"I think we'd be foolish not to admit it publicly," he said...
Mitt Romney would never say anything that arrogant or classless in a million years. Yet, he is attacked and Tom Ridge ignored. Hmmm.
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."
Here's more from Lopez on NR's Corner:
The Anti-Romney Campaign [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
I feel like the primary campaign isn't over as fingers point to Mitt Romney supposedly trying to take down Sarah Palin. The whole thing is a distraction Dems must be grateful for.
If the former Massachusetts governor is trying to do Palin in for the sake of his future, why has he been on TV and radio defending her? (Thanklessly, too; conservatives don't even see him when he's on David Gregory's show — just my hunch.)
People — e-mailers have been since I wrote on this last night — will point to items on the web about his former campaign spokesman, Kevin Madden, who is now with the Glover Park Group, being critical of Palin as evidence Team Romney is moving full-speed ahead toward 2012. But Kevin's back in D.C., in his and his family's post-Romney mode. He's also been a Palin defender on TV — including in an interview where he has been accused of trashing her — but also offers honest analysis of the campaign, missteps and all. But whatever Kevin says, wherever he says it, that's Madden speaking now, not Mitt Romney. The primary actually is long over.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjhlZDExN2VmODYxZDM1OTUzYzM2Y2MyZjNkMTk4MDM=
Same c**p, different day from a bunch of Pharisees.
The IQ level around here has dropped with the rise of hysteria.
Part of it is anti-Mormonism, but a larger part is jealousy. Mitt represents everything they will never have and never be.
Go back to that thread and see my comment which is #93. Without going back and reading the entire thread, my recollection is that almost every comment on the thread was negative about Ridge. I don't know how anyone could conclude that somehow Ridge's comment was ignored.
That’s a shame. In a Utopian world, those types would only be found on the liberal side, on the DU, etc., not here. Perhaps there are enemies among us indeed.
Let me rephrase. I missed that thread. While Ridge has come out and directly insulted Palin there has been one article (same one posted twice) on FR and little to no controversy in the blogosphere. On the other hand, while Mitt Romney has continuously sung Palin’s praises and campaigned around the country for her, there are countless threads smearing Mitt Romney on FR for days on end and a conspiracy theory hysteria in the blogosphere.
Being pro-abortion and pro-socialized healthcare are liberal positions. That’s his history.
I oppose anyone who supports those things, regardless of what religious affiliation they claim.
I oppose Romney for those reasons just as I opposed Clinton for those reasons, even though Clinton called himself a Christian.
When their actions belie their words, they’re hypocrites and can’t be trusted, no matter WHO it is.
When someone with a history all of a sudden changes his or her position right at election time, my only thought is that that person is merely saying what they think people want to hear so they can get into office.
IOW, I think that they’re lying. Trust needs to be earned. It’s not earned by saying one thing and doing another.
“Where’s Mitt?” you ask?
Well, dummy me forgot to mention that Mitt Romney and Jack Kemp were with John McCain on Monday holding an economic event in the building directly across the street from where I work:
http://www.newsnet5.com/politics/17810382/detail.html
So, how do you feel about Reagan? I feel he was one of the greatest Presidents we've ever had despite these issues. You? Many trusted Reagan despite all this just as many trust Romney as well. Remember as well, Reagan was a Dem. just 4 years before running as Governor.
BTW, the Romney health care plan WAS NOT SOCIALIZED HEALYHCARE. His health care (i.e. hospitals, doctors, etc.) was not run by the government. Respected conservatives helped Romney craft it. Just the facts mam.
You might want to get ready to rephrase again.
I did a search on the Free Republic using the word "Romney" which showed 15 threads in October with several of them positively commenting about his actions on the campaign trail for McCain/Palin or other Republican candidates. By my count, there were three which complained about Romney's associates attacking Palin. Two of those were posted today, the other Monday. That doesn't seem to be countless threads going on for days.
BTW, if go back to post #47, you'll see that I complimented Romney on his campaigning. I don't know about his associates so I withhold judgment on them. Three different conservative authors have recently raised this issue in the three threads noted above. I wouldn't dismiss this too quickly. There's enough smoke that there could be a fire here.
Sure.
True. Only Mitt Romney has been a shape-shifting backstabber.
FReepers are not like that.
I appreciate your opinion here, but Madden's public quotes are not what is coming into question. There are other former Romney staffers on the McCain campaign, and yes, I think they are involved. This isn't about Romney, except that I would expect him to get to the bottom of it and straighten out his guys if he seeks to work with them in the future. As for McCain, he might want to consider sacking them or finding a mail room for them to spend the duration of their service to his campaign. As for your assertion that I should be spending my time to volunteer for McCain and stop an Obama presidency, you obviously didn't read the blog I included on my comment.
In the past 5 days, I've traveled 4 states away (on my own money, and own time) to volunteer in a battleground state. Since my arrival here, I've made 1,783 calls, recruited 15 new volunteers and put them to work, attended 2 rallies, spent 6 hours street-side campaigning, and get hundreds of visitors a day to my blog in support of this campaign.
I think I'm doing a lot and don't at all appreciate your comparison of my comments resembling "the left." Since I'm working my tail off to win AND at the same time, I want the saboteurs out of the McCain/Palin campaign.
I stand by my last comment. If you only searched "Romney" then you would have missed many of the threads. You would have missed all of the Palin threads about her being "irked by aides" or going "rogue" or "off script" or the ones about "2012" which all devolved into anti-Romney conspiracy threads as well.
In any event, a good deal of time and effort has been spent smearing a man who has done more campaigning/fundraising for the ticket than all of the other former candidates. It's sad.
Lastly, not sure which conservative authors you are referring to, but suffice it to say, the American Spectator - Prowler, which started this frenzy, has been no friend of Mitt Romney's throughout this election process. Additionally, several other conservative authors/bloggers have always supported other candidates or have been outright anti-Romney. So I consider the source and their motivations.
Well then; YOU will have to point out the ones YOU think are lies, from the rest of the facts, or folks will not be able to tell which is which and have to assume that it is ALL the truth.
Now we're getting somewhere!
SURE we can!!
KJV Matthew 22:11-13
11. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
But...
Which is WHICH??
The lurkers have NO way of knowing unless it is pointed out quite accurately.
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