Posted on 04/29/2012 4:25:34 PM PDT by 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 its 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 Franks Employment Nondiscrimination Act in 1994.
In 1994, Romney called "dont ask, dont tell" policy first step toward having gays and lesbians "able to serve openly and honestly in our nations 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 dont line up with the NRA" and "thats 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 didnt join until August 2006, just before launching his presidential campaign.
Romney recently said hes "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 hes 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 hes 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, theyll go for the genuine article every time.
Republicans, lets 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 doesnt get it.
Dang!
That was supposed to be CLINTON!!
Gosh!
I'd better watch out; for so am I!
(As well as other stuff...)
Uh-oh someone didn’t get the “no more dancing on zot graves” memo. Now we just trash them when they can’t defend themselves semi-privately in threads with the cool kids.
I pray FR gets an ignore button. It desperately needs it, especially for people like you that post the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
He was a hypocrite, a liar, a character assassin, an Alinskyite Troll who would make personal attacks against other FReepers and then whine like a child, complaining that it “interfered with discussion” when he got even a hint of it back.
I guess his behavior on this thread is acceptable to you and the others “high fiving” each other over your peurile attempts to demean and ridicule those you disagree with vs. engaging in legitimate discussion?
Yeah, that’s “conservative”.
But most of all, he was an unprincipled party hack, a pro-Romney, pro-abortion, anti-2nd amendment, socialist loving sycophant.
Thank you for your great posts...
The truth about Willard Mitt Romney needs to be exposed continually for the good of our great country...
the voters need to be warned about his anti-American politics..
That memo was never issued.
We can laugh and dance anytime some creep gets his posting privileges revoked.
If you’d open your eyes and stop whining about every zot, you might learn something. How you can possibly defend such a reviled disruptor troll is beyond me.
If you can’t bear a site without him, I respectfully suggest that you join him wherever he may have gone. If you can’t bear our laughter, don’t read the thread. But GET OFF OUR BACKS.
This is Free Republic, not DU or TB.
"Judging ... by the behavior of his core supporters, he is every bit as capable of tyranny and progressivism as Obama..."
All you have to do is look at a few of the posters on this thread who are Romney sycophants to get a taste of this.
"Romney is arrogant and ruthless."
The ruthlessness displayed on this thread has already resulted in a so-called conservative getting the zot. But I suspect that many are just party loyalists and don't have the stomach nor the wherewithal to tell the e-GOP to GTH.
As for those who are resisting the "party", well look around, the vilification, the personal attacks, the demonization, the peurile and petulant behavior on display is quite enlightening and startling.
I am not having much of a problem identifying the TRUE Conservatives from the FAUX Conservatives lately.
Ooops, my bad
We can laugh and dance anytime some creep gets his posting privileges revoked. If youd open your eyes and stop whining about every zot, you might learn something. How you can possibly defend such a reviled disruptor troll is beyond me.
Dance all you like, it's just not becoming and I will continue to point that out. He wasn't a troll and his posts were about learning something. Turning a blind eye to facts in order to defend any position is a weakness, not a strength.
But GET OFF OUR BACKS. This is Free Republic, not DU or TB.
That's why I don't think I will,this used to be better than DU and that is no longer the case.
Oh cry me an effin river. If someone doesn't want to get "trashed" without being able to defend themselves, them maybe they ought to act like civilized CONSERVATIVE adults when engaging other FReepers.
Make even a half-hearted attempt at maintaining proper decorum and their account vs. getting zotted by the mods. The fact that not only would he not, he absolutely refused to hold himself to the same standards he tried to hold others to.
Do you go on to all of the Zot threads and point this out to all of those who "dance" when a troll gets zotted?
Many have (me, too) posted that banning has gotten out of hand, and now POOF that ping list is no more. Things that make you go hmmmm?
Your opinion, which is disingenuous and designed to suppress what has been a FR institution since before I got here, is worthless and trollish. You’re here to make us feel bad about taking out the trash.
Your expression “not becoming,” you have stolen from me, and if you aren’t any more creative than that, then you should go back to your TB masters and tell them that you were defeated by a senile old lady.
Oh! I am just delighted to hear that you think DU is so much better than FR! I assume that since you feel that way, you will absent yourself immediately and get to that other site right away.
It would make no sense at all for you to stay here where it is so awful.
Did you read them?
You never DID answer my simple question: What does Romney's Mormonism have to do with my rejecting him as a Christian because of his documented record of supporting abortion and the gay "outreach" to schoolchildren?
Hint: It's the abortion and the gay agenda that go against my Christian values; I'd reject Romney just as soundly if he was a Catholic, a Hindu, a Presbyterian, a Muslim, or a Wiccan with the same record of enabling both forms of moral abandon and depravity.
It's not about you, female veteran (you're no lady), nor is it about me. It's about the hard reality that Romney is the antithesis of a conservative.
And my point remains: whatever team you're on must be the wrong one because you are so wrong-headed, veteran or not. I thank you for your service -- however, I don't deify you for it. You are managing to do that all by yourself.
The ping list is still here. I’m waiting for you cockroaches to vacate the premises before I expose my friends to your insane complaints and whining again.
yes, I read through the whole thread...RS and a couple of others have exhibited little to no restraint in their outright contempt for SoCon...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=15#15
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=35#35
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=103#103 (cognitive dissonance, thin skinned)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=112#112 (more of the same)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=175#175 (still more of the same, a victim of his own behavior.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=180#180 (still staying on point here as well...typical Alinskyite tactic trying to force the OP to defend himself as not being a troll.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=187#187 (starting to see the trend yet?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=195#195 (strawman, again trying to get the OP to defend himself vs. debating the OP)
And then there’s this one...a flat out distortion of the facts. How do I know? I engaged him numerous times on some of those threads and his purpose and actions were exactly what he claimed the others of.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=206#206
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2877938/posts?page=217#217 (Engaging in mocking and derisive comments without having the courage to ping those who he’s referring to. Hiding in the shadows.)
Shall I go on? Even when SoCon rebutted RS’s posts, RS moved the posts, again and again.
Sorry, I stand by my original assessment of RS that was borne out of my experiences with it (not a typo) on previous threads and topics.
YMMV and apparently it does...
Great, you reject him. How does voting for Obama help the very issues your so passionate about? Never mind, this is pointless. I leave you now. Buckle up because if we get four more years of Obama you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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