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Here are your presidential choices as it stands today
April 16, 2012 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 04/16/2012 10:47:55 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

Here are their positions on some major issues important to conservatives based on their actual records in government or past boasts.

Issue Obama Romney Newt
Advocated that abortion s/b safe & legal in America y y n
Defended Roe v Wade as settled law y y n
Advocated for abortion for underage girls without parental approval with judge's ok y y n
Supported planned parenthood y y n
Introduced $50 taxpayer funded abortion y y n
Supports homosexual agenda y y n
Better for homosexuals than Ted Kennedy y y n
Ok with homosexuals in Scouts y y n
Ok with homosexuals in military y y n
Supported and still supports global warming hoax y y n
Supports gun control (so-called "assault weapons" ban) y y n
Supports amnesty for illegal aliens (by any other name it's still amnesty) y y n
Is undeniable father of RomneyCare n y n
Is undeniable grandfather of ObamaCare n y n
Still boasts that RomneyCare is great! y y n
Still boasts that RomneyCare is a "conservative solution" n y n
Still believes RomneyCare is constitutional y y n
Still believes individual mandate ok at state level y y n
Believes state forcing individuals to buy health insurance is a conservative idea n y n
Believes compulsory health insurance with mandates and penalties s/b imposed on all states at state level n y n
Believes compulsory health insurance at state level is constitutional (states rights) ? y n
Believes the state has constitutional power to force you into a private contract against your will for no other reason than you live there y y n
Supports government "stimulus" spending claims more is necessary y y n
Believes personal income tax should be cut drastically (15% flat tax) n n y
Believes corp income tax should be cut drastically (12.5% corp rate) n n y
Believes capital expenditures should be 100% expensed in first year n n y
Believes capital gains tax should be eliminated n n y
Believes estate tax (death tax) should be eliminated n n y
Believes federal government must be drastically cut per constitutional limits n n y
Believes unconstitutional federal functions like education should be returned to the states and people per tenth amendment n n y
Believes social security/medicare s/b phased out/privatized/returned to states and people n n y
Believes everyone at EPA should be fired and start over as an agency to look for solutions/not hinder industry n n y
Believes the constitution restricts the government from infringing on inalienable rights n n y
Appoints/supports/cowers to liberal activist judges y y n
Will challenge activist judiciary n n y
Believes in founding principles and has best conservative record to back it up n n y


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To: caww; SoConPubbie; MHGinTN; svcw; Elsie

Ok.

But I don’t need to know anything about Mormonism to be a Christian (even though I’ve now been told on this thread that I’m not a “serious Christian”,) and yet I also didn’t know anything about “Branch Davidians” either.

Still I’d vote for David Koresh for President before I’d vote for Obama. Because with a 2nd term of Obama, there’s going to be a lot more “stockpilers” set on fire I suspect.

There’s nothing wrong with voting against someone for having the “wrong” faith I guess if that’s the root problem. Just seems like there’s a lot of other reasons to worry about first so that you don’t have to go there.

Obama’s muslim-childhood and anti-American Christian preachers and atheist-mentors give me pause, but there’s thousands of problems with the guy to disqualify him my vote before I have to get to that.


381 posted on 04/16/2012 4:12:25 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: FatherofFive; ShadowAce
So if I don't vote for President it shows up as a vote for Obama? I don't think so.

Romney is NOT the nominee. He does NOT have 1144.

382 posted on 04/16/2012 4:13:21 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: ShadowAce

I agree. Mitt is probably worse than McCain was.


383 posted on 04/16/2012 4:14:57 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: edcoil
So a Mormon backed a Mormon? I'm so surprised!

Obamney is NOT the nominee. He does NOT have 1144. The primaries are not over and Gingrich can still stop Obamney from getting 1144.

384 posted on 04/16/2012 4:16:46 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: flintsilver7; svcw
Just wash your hands of it, Pontius, and pretend that your inaction has no consequences.

I'm confused, which actions of our Lord and Savior convinced you that he would be OK with the "Lessor of two evils" approach?
385 posted on 04/16/2012 4:17:26 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m hoping and praying that Newt can pull off some type of miracle, but if Romney is the nominee, I WILL vote for him.


386 posted on 04/16/2012 4:17:34 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Jim Robinson; flintsilver7; klute; DJ MacWoW; FReepers; FRiends
Obama’s gonna eat Romney’s lunch (if he’s the nominee). Nothing to differentiate them. Their records are almost identical. Romney’s a total fraud and everyone knows it.

That's an all but certain guarantee. Businessman Romney filed for a Tax extension today, which guarantees his own October surprise...LOL. October 15, 2012 to be precise.

Provided Romney is successful buying the GOP-E nomination, he will have bought it without our support and votes, so he can damn well buy the presidency without our votes and support too.

We will vote TEA Party conservative up and down our respective ballots. Our turn out is imperative.

In the interim, support and VOTE Newt. Pray and trust in Him.

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387 posted on 04/16/2012 4:17:44 PM PDT by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Can't believe the amount of people, even here on FR, who still fall for MSM garbage with all the articles exposing it being posted.
I just don't understand it.
Romney ain't the nominee yet and therefore can be stopped, the hell with the MSM pontifications.
388 posted on 04/16/2012 4:20:58 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
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To: edcoil
“While listening to Glen Beck today he kept noting that while you don’t like the choices, at least Mitt is not a communist.”

“Sitting out is the worst option.”
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Exactly!

I'm taking the advice of Sarah Palin: “ABO!”

That being said, I'm a huge Newt supporter and hope he can energize some of the Santorum supporters to get on board with him. Newt will slaughter the Jug-Eared Marxist in a debate!

389 posted on 04/16/2012 4:23:29 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Defiant

Why isn’t there any conservative representation in Washington? :(:(:(:(:(


390 posted on 04/16/2012 4:24:17 PM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
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To: Jim Robinson

Axlegrease has to be sitting in his new $1.7 million house on Michigan Ave. thinking “I’m the luckiest sumb!tch in history”

I’m gonna get credit for re-electing a guy with $4 gas, 16% real unemployment, recurring $1.5 trillion deficits, massive real-world inflation, and the foreign policy of Jimmy Carter.


391 posted on 04/16/2012 4:24:49 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: seekthetruth

Sounds like the Lancaster deal is $150 a plate and you can still call 717-392-4165 to get your ticket. Mitt, Rick and Newt will all speak.

Order of Speakers — Though the program order is scheduled to change, at the moment, Gov. Romney is scheduled to speak first. His remarks are scheduled to begin between 7 and 7:15 p.m., with dinner to follow. Sen. Rick Santorum is scheduled to speak following dinner and Speaker Gingrich will close the evening and make himself available in the VIP reception following the event.

http://www.lancasterrepublicans.com/2012/04/spring-event-updates/


392 posted on 04/16/2012 4:25:13 PM PDT by JediJones (From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)
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To: Jim Robinson

GREAT post...bookmarking for future reference! :)


393 posted on 04/16/2012 4:25:13 PM PDT by luvie (This space reserved for heroes)
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To: FatherofFive; ShadowAce
Then you are voting for the communist who will work to destroy America.

ABO. Anybody But Obama


There are 46% of the delegates still to be won in the remaining primaries.

You are posting on a website devoted to conservatism, not the Republican party (unless they are moving in a conservative direction).

The assumption is that you are a conservative or you wouldn't be here.

Jim Robinson just broke it down to you in terms only an idiot could not understand as to why sincere conservatives would never vote for Romney.

And his analysis doesn't even factor in the myriad and consistant lies that Romney tells.

And yet, here you are Promoting Mitt Romney.


What part of the following statement by Jim Robinson don't you understand?


A reminder for those who are not receiving the message:

Romney is a pathological compulsive liar. Lie after lie papered over with more lies. Doesn’t even flinch when caught in bald faced lies, simply tells another big whopper to cover up or dodge the issue. Funny thing, the man actually seems to believe his own latest lies and simply ignores the glaring record of his past actions/lies. And you have true blue establishment elite RINO Republicans like Karl Rove enabling and backing up his lies. Their motivation is simply to hang on to power (and riches) any way they can.

I’ve stated many times since Romney started running for the presidency way back when that I’d never vote for him and I will not. He cannot lie his way out of his decades long record of support for abortion, Roe v Wade, planned parenthood, gay rights, gun control, global warming, amnesty, liberal judges, big government, compulsory or socialized health care (RomneyCommieCare), mandates, Keynesian economics, support and approval of TARP, bailouts, stimulus packages, i.e, every damn liberal progressive issue that comes down the pike.

C’mon. These are the reasons the tea party sprang up and the reasons he and Rove loathe the tea party and our tea party conservative candidates. Romney famously expressed his loathing for Reagan-Bush conservatism several years ago when he was trying to run to the left of Ted Kennedy and now he’s cloaking himself in Reagan conservatism, knowing full well that it’s a lie, but he knows it’s the only way he can possibly win, er buy the Republican nomination.

Screw Romney!! I absolutely will not support or vote for a proven compulsive liar with a known record of abortion and big government socialism, liberal appointments, etc. He still lies about RomneyCommieCare today. Calls it a “conservative solution.” Get real!!

Listen to what Ronald Reagan had to say about the elites pushing socialism on America via compulsory health insurance:

Ronald Reagan speaks out against RomneyCommieCare

There will be no campaign for this Massachusetts liberal liar on FR!!
394 posted on 04/16/2012 4:26:34 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: FatherofFive
Then you are voting for the communist who will work to destroy America.

Oh good Lord, not this bovine excrement again...

Hey, Dad! Click on some links and educate yourself. Get out of the RomneyBot echo chamber. You're embarrassing yourself.

395 posted on 04/16/2012 4:28:21 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: SoConPubbie
BTTT!

396 posted on 04/16/2012 4:29:25 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: The Cajun

Party elites and the MSM are using fear. And it’s working. I’m appalled at the defeatism. It’s like we never won the Revolution against great odds. And you can’t win if you don’t fight.


397 posted on 04/16/2012 4:29:42 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: D-fendr
The party didn't make the field weak and didn't make voters split the notRomney vote.

That's flat out not true. The party is the one that went all in for Myth from the get go, with money, their hack consultants and ad men, with media coverage and the punditocracy. Money has been central to Mitt's success, he used the money from the GOPe to outspend Newt and destroy anyone that stood in his way. He will never do to Obama what he did to Newt, Santorum, Perry and Bachmann.

Even more significantly than his money, though was the GOPe's control over the process. Ever since Reagan stole the RNC from the Bush family, the Republican elites have worked desperately to ensure that no conservative could ever possibly wrest the nomination from the elites again. How do they do that? Easy, look at the timing of primaries and the rules for securing delegates. Conservatives, and the GOP in general, are located in the southeast and states like Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho. There are purple states like Iowa and Ohio. And then there are solidly blue states, like in New England, Minnesota, California, the Pacific Northwest.

What would a party that wanted to field a candidate representative of its values do? Well, it would hold a primary process in which the core of its base was most prominent in choosing the candidate. States like Texas and Alabama would lead the way, both in temporal terms and in terms of the number of delegates awarded. A state like California, that has ZERO chance of voting for the Republican candidate, should not have much say in who the Republican candidate is. A state like Texas, that is GUARANTEED to vote for the Republican, should have an outsized say in who that will be.

But, ever since GHW Bush's loyal service to the Gipper earned him the nomination, and thus control of the RNC, the RNC has diligently worked to ensure that the process is front-loaded with liberal states and with states from the Northeast, where the GOPe has its base. The RNC ensures that delegates from liberal states get the same value as those from conservative states.

This was the case to some extent before Reagan, but not so pronounced, which is why he was able to get through the early primaries and secure the nomination down the road against an RNC that was decidedly against him. He also had some advantages that are not available to candidates today, due to financing laws. He had an independent source of funds and was able to use alternative ways to get his message out, due to his ability to communicate. It would be very difficult to get any conservative nominated today.

Thus, the GOPe has a lock on the nomination. That gave us Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush, Bush, McCain and now, probably, Romney. I said last time that McCain was my last RNC hold my nose vote, and that was only because of Palin. That if the party could not be reformed in a way that allowed a conservative to get the nomination, then the party had to be abandoned by conservatives.

Well, the party has proven that it is not about to allow a conservative to get the nomination. Whatever it takes, the RNC will do it to ensure that the progressive wing of the party gets the nomination. For conservatives, that means that there is no future in the Republican party, at least at the Presidential level, and with Boehner and McConnell running things, at the Congressional level, too. The question is at what point do we dump the RNC. Now, or next time. Or the time after that? Or maybe in 2024?

I decided in 2008 that 2008 was my last vote for a Progressive. I am sticking with that at the Presidential level, and voting solidly Republican down the line. For this election, I am hoping for a third party to rise up. This thread has certainly exposed the reasons why it is needed, and why it has a chance to supplant the GOPe.

398 posted on 04/16/2012 4:30:09 PM PDT by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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399 posted on 04/16/2012 4:30:33 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: EGPWS; itsahoot

Again:

The party didn’t make the field weak and didn’t make voters split the notRomney vote. The party didn’t pull the voting levers. The weak field and lack of unity in opposition got us here.

We need to recruit and develop strong candidates, support them - they need to actually run for office. And we need to unite behind them, get their message out, communicate, educate and convince voters to join, contribute and vote for them. Effective political action.

The party is an apparatus that can be used by whomever organizes and executes most effectively. The party wasn’t a problem under Reagan because Reagan forces took control of the party, bottom up. I watched it happen.

And it happened against strong opposition, entrenched, that had to be pushed aside. Do you think you get to take over without opposition? Is it supposed to be that easy? No, never is when a lot of power is involved.

A weak field, constant infighting, complete lack of any kind of unity...

This won’t work in any party. Won’t work tomorrow if you pick another party or start your own.

The party ain’t the problem. If we owned the party all along this primary, we’d still be where we are now.


400 posted on 04/16/2012 4:30:58 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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