[katiedidit1]

Heard a little bit of Rush today on my way to town. He said that Romney held a closed door fund raiser in Palm Beach and Rush was NOT happy with Romney’s tax proposals such as doing away with tax deductions on both state and federal levels for property owned..the governor’s surely would oppose that! have to find the entire link later on Rush. Also some news on Romney reaching out to the hispanics.

[GeronL]

The GOP is abandoning and all conservative positions and some people will still vote for them. This will prove to the RINO’s that they can take your vote for granted in future elections.

The talk of “pressuring” Romney to the right after proving you’ll vote for them anyway, is no pressure at all. What will you threaten them with after you have abandoned your principles??

[Pollster1]

http://www.mittromney.com/issues/gun-rights Mitt claims, "As the Supreme Court recently reaffirmed, the Second Amendment protects one of the American people’s most basic and fundamental individual rights: “the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.” The Second Amendment is essential to the functioning of our free society. Mitt strongly supports the right of all law-abiding Americans to exercise their constitutionally protected right to own firearms and to use them for lawful purposes, including hunting, recreational shooting, self-defense, and the protection of family and property. Like the majority of Americans, Mitt does not believe that the United States needs additional laws that restrict the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms . . ."

http://www.mittromney.com/issues/health-care "On his first day in office, Mitt Romney will issue an executive order that paves the way for the federal government to issue Obamacare waivers to all fifty states. He will then work with Congress to repeal the full legislation as quickly as possible. In place of Obamacare, Mitt will pursue policies that give each state the power to craft a health care reform plan that is best for its own citizens. The federal government’s role will be to help markets work by creating a level playing field for competition. Mitt will begin by returning states to their proper place in charge of regulating local insurance markets and caring for the poor, uninsured, and chronically ill. States will have both the incentive and the flexibility to experiment, learn from one another, and craft the approaches best suited to their own citizens."

http://www.mittromney.com/issues/spending "Getting our fiscal house in order has become more than just an economic issue; it’s a moral imperative. Every dollar of deficit spending must be borrowed, with the bill sent to our children to pay back. As president, Mitt Romney will ask a simple question about every federal program: is it so important, so critical, that it is worth borrowing money from China to pay for it? Excessive government spending is also harming the economy by skewing the market place and creating high levels of uncertainty. As federal funds slosh through the economy, they lift up some enterprises at the expense of others. In an environment where the government is picking winners and investing huge sums in projects of questionable value, private entrepreneurs across the economy cannot have confidence that their own investments will pay off. Aware that such spending cannot continue indefinitely, business owners also have a difficult time predicting how demand will shift from year to year and how to invest accordingly. The only recipe for fiscal health and a thriving private economy is a government that spends within its means."

http://www.mittromney.com/issues/values "Mitt Romney is pro-life. He believes it speaks well of the country that almost all Americans recognize that abortion is a problem. And in the quiet of conscience, people of both political parties know that more than a million abortions a year cannot be squared with the good heart of America. Mitt believes that life begins at conception and wishes that the laws of our nation reflected that view. But while the nation remains so divided, he believes that the right next step is for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade – a case of blatant judicial activism that took a decision that should be left to the people and placed it in the hands of unelected judges. With Roe overturned, states will be empowered through the democratic process to determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate."

It's a shame that none of the above, and very little on the rest of his web site matches anything that Mitt has actually done as governor of Massachusetts. I am not quoting Romney's propaganda to try to convince FReepers that Mitt is acceptable. I assume the sensible ones will compare Mitt 2012 with the rest of Romney's long and liberal life. I'm posting it because these claims illustrate why he's able to fool a third of republicans into voting for him.