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 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.
Ditto, I’m really getting over this crap on here.
I refuse to support Obama, nor anyone who works for him.
Whoever is the Republican nominee, will receive my vote.
Romney’s not the only person with a chance to beat Obama. America’s Party has nominated FReeper EternalVigilance — Tom Hoefling.
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Puleeze!!! I’m sure Mr. Hoefling is a very fine gentleman; but, can we be realistic here? 99% of Americans have never heard of the American Party. And, 99.999999999999999% have never heard of Tom Hoefling. Stop being silly. You’re losing your credibility.
I refuse to support Obama, nor anyone who works for him.
Whoever is the Republican nominee, will receive my vote.
I refuse to support Obama, nor anyone who works for him.
Whoever is the Republican nominee, will receive my vote.
I refuse to support Obama, nor anyone who works for him.
Whoever is the Republican nominee, will receive my vote.
You need to understand that you’re siding with the Loyalists here.
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This Loyalist doesnt intend to vote for king Willard Mitt Romney either...
So burn down my house and steal my property...
There is no doubt FR has been infiltrated by the enemy
JimRob is the enemy?
Keep repeating that. You’re really winning over converts, I’m sure.
On the contrary, he's on the right page. And when your post gets yanked as mine and other similar posts did on SoConPubbie's many other Romney-bashing threads, you'll understand.
And management wonders where the money went...
The only thing the American Party might succeed at is helping B. Hussein Obama stay in the White House. Just like Ross Perot lost the Election for George H. W. Bush, and gave us the Clintons for life, and Ralph Nader did to that meat-head Al Gore and cost him Florida. If you do accomplish that, and B. Hussein Obama has four more years to totally finish destroying this great Republic, you will be the most hated people in America this go ‘round; promise.
George H.W. Bush gave us the Clintons.
Yes, I know, he’s Mormon, you wont vote for him.
Well, evidently JimRob is the enemy to all the MittWits who will sacrifice any conservative principles if it provides the mirage of some short-term political gain. If you try to explain to them what an absolute disaster Romney would be, they plug their ears and shout "ENEMY"!
Well, till the guns start shooting, it’s all just talk.
America should be scared. Romney is just Obama running as a republican. No difference.
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Dear God in Heaven: The more of the comments I read here on FR, I’m beginning to understand why we’re losing our nation to the Radical, Left-wing, Socialist/Communist who are destroying this great nation. I NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY DUMBASS, IGNORANT PEOPLE THERE ARE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CONSERVATIVES AND PATRIOTS. If you were a true Patriot, you’d vote for Forrest Gump if it would get that Marxist Muslim out of the White House.
Go ahead folks.... help B. Hussein Obama stay in the White House for four more years and finish destroying The U.S.A.
I’VE GOT TO TRY AND FIND A CONSERVATIVE WEBSITE THAT HAS SOME SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE SOME INTELLECT AND REASONING BECAUSE MOST OF YOU BELONG ON THE DEMOCRAT UNDERGROUND.
JimRob brought us the single best site on the Interwebz.
Bar none.
I wish every poster can think for a moment, how their world suddenly stops in utter frustration when FR is down for some reason.
That said, Romney will be (far) better than Obama. Obama is an egogistical wannabe dictator, actively supported by a fawning propaganda operation otherwise know as America’s “free press”
(brainwashed a$$hole propagandists, every one)
Romney will not be so supported by the press. From his first day in office, they’ll become that mysteriously OPPOSITE media, the “opposition press”, as if nothing has changed since the administration of George W Bush.
Romney will be lucky to last four years.
At which point, he can be soundly defeated by ... Sarah Palin ... in the 2016 GOP primary.
If Obama has four more years to damage America every way he can imagine - he’ll probably try to become dictator for life, with many of the same tactics Hugo Chavez used.
Are you really so confused, as to which is preferable?
Anybody working to get Obama re-elected is the enemy.
I'm sure JimRob will not shed a tear if you leave. Hey! Perhaps you can create your own website: MittWits.com!
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