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 |
Uh oh...romney is worse than obama!
(But I already knew that.)
He will be the end of conservatism. How can a conservative in honor reject obama’s abortion record but accept romney’s?
How can he reject obama’s support for the gay agenda and accept romney’s?
How can he reject obama’s support for higher taxes and accept romney’s huge increases as governor?
A conservative voting for romney is a hypocrite.
I know, just a pet peeve. I just was arguing with a Paultard on another forum regarding Paul’s commentary in Liberty Defined that he is fine with a state level individual mandate because the Constitution only restricts the fed, not States (except where clearly implied)...
..it is the flawed belief that rights are not inalienable but are just things at the whim of big brother.
A vote for Romney IS a vote for Obama. They are one and the same.
Excellent job.
GO NEWT GO......
It may be near impossible, but we need to fight on for the survival of our Republic.
I'll vote for Obama, just to make a statement.
You’re nuts.
The convention changes nothing. The chart will remain the same. Obama and Romney will still be the abortionist, homosexual agenda pushing, global warming hoax pushing, gun grabbing, big government, mandate pushing, liberal judge appointing, Keynesian stimulus pushing, inalienable rights denying, statist/socialist/fascist bastards they are today!
That is just great, Jim. Thanks.
Until Saturday, I didn’t like any of the candidates. I watched Newt’s NRA speech and changed my mind. I will vote for Newt, unless Palin gets the nomination in the convention.
I hope Newt wins the nomination but I am not holding my breath!
I ask only one question. Do y'all really believe that Mittens would nominate a Pagan or Sotomayor to the SC? I call that quit significant.
I counted 18 exclamation points in your last post. 18.
I have no idea what you were raving about, but it sounded like you want me to vote for a back-stabbing, abortion supporting, gay marriage mandating, tax raising, job killing, anti-gun, Socialist.
Did I hear you right?
Every politician has warts, it is the nature of who politics attracts. You aren’t going to get a perfect candidate. But, considering we looking for someone to be Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces, I’ll take Newt’s warts over Obama’s disease any day.
I have no doubt that Newt could be trusted as Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces and considering he would have a re-election in 2016, we would have something we can hold his feet to the fire on for the issues he is not Conservative on.
Imagine, however, Obama winning re-election. If you think it is bad now, imagine Obama with no re-election to think about.
Imagine Obama knowing he has just four more years to do what he wants, that’s it, all or nothing.
Imagine Obama knowing he never has to face the judgment of voters again. He’ll believe he has unlimited power.
Imagine Obama believing that he was given a blank check by the voters for his positions via a ‘mandate’.
Imagine Obama and Congress knowing they won.
Imagine Obama filling up the courts- positions that last decades beyond his terms.
Imagining Obama being re-elected with what is basically absolute power makes Newt’s warts seem trivial.
“A conservative voting for romney is a hypocrite.”
Anyone voting for Romney is not a real conservative.... not in my book.
If Newt does not succeed at the convention, who will FReepers be voting for on the Presidential line? Would having a Free Republic endorsed third-party candidate help to send a message?
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