The Real Romney

American Clarion ^ | January 18, 2012 | Bob Ellis

[SoConPubbie]

The Daily Caller reports a huge 200-page research document has hit the internet, and it reveals Mitt Romney utterly and damningly for the flip-flopping opportunistic liberal that he is.

The paper was compiled during the 2008 presidential race and is believed to be from the McCain campaign (not the most conservative source itself). Among some of the interesting tidbits that blow a hole in his claims about being pro-life, pro-marriage, and generally conservative:

Abortion

• Romney says he changed his mind on abortion meeting with Harvard stem cell researcher - Romney claims the doctor said scientists "kill" embryos after 14 days, but doctor later said Romney "mischaracterized my position."
• Months after his "conversion," Romney stated his commitment to upholding Massachusetts’ abortion laws and appointed pro-choice judge to state district court.
• In October 2005, Romney signed bill expanding family planning services, including abortion counseling and morning-after pill.
• In December 2005, Romney "abruptly ordered his administration to reverse course . . . and require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception medication to rape victims."
• Romney health insurance plan expanded access to abortion, required Planned Parenthood representative on state panel.
• Romney endorsed legalization of abortion pill RU-486 access during his 1994 Senate race and backed federal funding of abortion, saying "I think it’s important that people see me not as a pro-life candidate."
• In 1994 and 2002, Romney confirmed his support for Roe v. Wade decision and forcefully positioned himself as pro-choice in 1994 Senate race, saying "you will not see me wavering on that."
• Romney has refused to comment on bill pending in South Carolina legislature requiring that abortion doctors offer pregnant women option of viewing ultrasound.

Gay Rights

• Romney endorsed Rep. Barney Frank’s Employment Nondiscrimination Act in 1994.
• In 1994, Romney called "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy first step toward having gays and lesbians "able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military" and said he would provide "more effective leadership" on gay rights issues than Ted Kennedy.
• In 2003, Washington Times reported Romney "would support a Vermont-style civil union law in Massachusetts."
• As governor, Romney said health coverage benefits and hospital visitation rights should be provided to gay couples.
• Romney promised to make gay partnership benefits a "hallmark of my leadership as governor" and has said he would attend gay weddings if invited.
• Romney publicly opposed Boy Scouts’ ban on homosexuals in 1994 and 2002 campaigns.
• In 2002, Romney backed hate crimes legislation that included sexual orientation provisions.
• In 2007, Romney praised gay parent who confronted him over gay marriage issue, but in 2005 remarked to South Carolina audience that some gay couples "are actually having children" and called it "wrong."

Gun Control

• In 1994 Senate race, Romney backed Brady bill and assault weapons ban, saying "I don’t line up with the NRA" and "that’s not going to make me the hero of the NRA."
• Romney called Clinton crime bill "a big step forward."
• As governor, Romney quadrupled gun licensing fees and vowed not to "chip away" at tough gun laws
• In 2004, Romney signed permanent state-level ban on assault weapons that was mirrored after federal assault weapons ban. • In January 2006, Romney said he owned a gun - then two days later admitted he did not and the gun belonged to his son.
• Romney bragged about being member of the NRA but later revealed he didn’t join until August 2006, just before launching his presidential campaign.
• Romney recently said he’s "been a hunter pretty much all my life" but later admitted he hunted only twice in his life, later clarifying remarks by claiming he has hunted "small varmints . . . more than two times."
• In 2006 press conference, Romney claimed he had been hunting "many times" after returning from quail hunt in Georgia.

The paper also goes on to provide much greater details about these facts also. You should be sure to read the whole thing.

If Republicans allow themselves to be duped into believing Mitt "RomneyCare" Romney is a real Republican (much less a real conservative), they will be sorely disappointed if given a chance to find the truth once he’s in the White House.

If Republicans allow the "mainstream" media and RINO elites to scare them into settling for this poor excuse for a Republican, they are going to kick themselves later. With Americans having gotten a clear look at liberalism under Barack Obama and his Democrat Congress, there will never be a better time to elect a real Republican, a conservative who understands how America was designed to operate. With the damage done by liberals to our great nation, there has never been a time when we have more desperately needed a conservative who knows what makes this country tick . . . not one who will only reduce - but not stop - the level of liberal poison being injected into our society.

The truth is, Romney almost certainly will not get a chance to show his true face. Enough Republicans already understand that he’s nothing but a liberal with an "R" after his name, which means that even if people allow the "mainstream" media and the GOP establishment to fool them into supporting him in the primary, there will not be enough support from Republicans who know the truth to push him over the top in the general election. Principled Republicans will not vote for a fraud like Romney, and when "independents" are given a choice between a liberal with an "R" after his name and a liberal who proudly embraces the liberal Democrat Party, they’ll go for the genuine article every time.

Republicans, let’s throw this pretender onto the side of the road while there is still time, and choose a real Republican like Rick Santorum. Half-measures and "the lesser of two evils" will not be enough to save our ailing country; we must have decisive leadership that understands the need to return to the traditional American values that are PROVEN to work. Rick Santorum understands that; Mitt Romney just doesn’t get it.

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792

[humblegunner]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I guess this means I have to vote for Ubama.

When Hell freezes over.

[cripplecreek]

There is no real Romney.

[Sybeck1]

I think we all know we are screwed.

[NEMDF]

Write in. If 0bama wins, only he can be blamed for the road he takes us down. If Romney wins, the whole of the GOP and all who voted for him will be blamed, for the road will potentially be very similar....

[DesertRenegade]

What I’ve never heard explained is what is the spirit behind Mormonism? Some of its tenets seem similar to Scientology and make we wonder what is the source? I’m by no means some fundamentalist, but it scares the hell out of me to vote for a cultist and deceiver. Why the hell did Santorum drop out? I still think he could have blown the convention wide open.

[rman04554]

all this might be true...but it’s pointless. The first priority is to defeat Obama...nothing else matters for the future of the country

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You do whatever you little heart tells you to do, and all will be rainbows and unicorns. And Tahleebahn.

[kosciusko51]

I am a fan of Quinn and Rose. The following joke has been running for their commercials:

A liberal, a conservative, and a moderate walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Hi, Mitt!"

[SoConPubbie]

all this might be true...but it’s pointless. The first priority is to defeat Obama...nothing else matters for the future of the country

Sorry, not following the chicken little routine.

Give me someone I can vote for, and I'm with you.

[cripplecreek]

A liberal, a conservative, and a moderate walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Hi, Mitt!"

LOL THat's the joke Foster Freiss told at CPAC.

[Leaning Right]

all this might be true...but it’s pointless. The first priority is to defeat Obama...nothing else matters for the future of the country

There's a lot of truth in that. Now if Santorum had bowed out early in favor of Newt...

[cripplecreek]

Romney stands less chance of winning that John McCain had. He lost two of my neighbors with his plan to screw people buying a second home.

[SoConPubbie]

all this might be true...but it’s pointless. The first priority is to defeat Obama...nothing else matters for the future of the country

Get back to me when you have a candidate to pitch whose record doesn't match up so well to Obama's:

[Talisker]

Romney’s purpose is not to be a RINO president.

Romney’s purpose is being enacted right now - to split the Republican Party between RINO’s and conservatives, and thereby lose the election to the Democrats, in EXACTLY the same way McCain threw the election to Obama the last time.

We NEED a brokered convention - or a third Party able to outvote the other two. Because if it’s not Romney, it will always be some other RINO. That’s what the machine DOES - and it’s the Democrat machine I’m talking about. Who other than the Democrats could so perfectly pick, protect and annoint their preferred competition? The fact of the matter is that a RINO Republican Party IS NO Republican Party - it’s merely a closely-held adjunct of the Democrat Party.

What people are starting to dimly perceive is that there’s only ONE Party at this time, and that’s the problem.

[kosciusko51]

I didn’t hear her say it on the show, nor did I follow the speakers at CPAC. Maybe she gave Foster Freiss credit for it at the time when she told it.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t think Freiss cares about credit one way or the other. He seems like a pretty easy going billionaire.

[rman04554]

Romney is not a threat to our constitutional republic...Obama is. Vote accordingly. Attempts to convince us how bad Romney is just help Obama at this point. Newt is over, any other conclusion is denial.

[JediJones]

Romney stands less chance of winning that John McCain had. He lost two of my neighbors with his plan to screw people buying a second home.

The government's screwing me because I don't get a tax deduction for buying Oreos. See, I like Oreos, and I deserve to be rewarded for it by paying less taxes than my neighbor who doesn't eat Oreos.