Posted on 08/08/2012 5:35:12 AM PDT by IbJensen
LAS VEGAS, August 7, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mitt Romney’s decision not to condemn mayors threatening to deny Chick-fil-A the right to do business was a missed opportunity and may cost him votes in November, a growing chorus of social conservatives warn.
Last Friday in Las Vegas, when a reporter asked the Republican presidential nominee about the controversy over Chick-fil-A and charges about a diplomat’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, he replied, “Those are not things that are part of my campaign.”
After company president Dan Cathy said he supported Biblical marriage, homosexual organizations called for a boycott, and several prominent Democratic mayors threatened to withhold permits for the Christian business to operate in their cities. The fast food chain broke sales records during the August 1 “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” called by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Christian radio talk show host Bryan Fischer asked, “Well, governor, exactly what was not a part of your campaign? The part about natural marriage? The part about freedom of religion? The part about freedom of speech? The part about freedom of entrepreneurship? What? If you will not publicly stand for those values, what will you stand for?” These questions were echoed by talk show host Mark Levin.
“Social conservatives have to make up their mind whether they should just simply stay at home, or go out there and vote for Romney,” Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said. “I’m astonished that he couldn’t even come to grips with the question. Leaving gays out of it, do we want the chief executives, the mayors of large cities trying to intimidate, using the power of government against private enterprises whose politics they disagree with? I think it’s a pretty simple issue.”
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Several conservative writers confessed to being flummoxed by Romney’s absence, calling it a “missed opportunity.”
“I don’t understand why Mitt Romney doesn’t just get his Secret Service detail and take his press corps down to a Chicken-fil-A and show solidarity with these people,” said columnist and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. “It’s instinct. Reagan would have walked right on down there naturally.”
To excite the party’s base, Richard Viguerie, a conservative activist for more than 50 years, has suggested the GOP invite Dan Cathy to address the Republican National Convention. “Republicans should oblige President Obama’s desire to make same-sex marriage a central issue in the November election, and campaign unequivocally as the party of the traditional values Dan Cathy stood for,” Viguerie wrote.
Even prominent members of the party’s neoconservative wing, which has little time for social issues and generally supports the homosexual lobby, encouraged Romney to stop at Chick-fil-A. “Didn’t happen,” wrote Bill Kristol.
Some supporters of same-sex “marriage” have defended the beleaguered chicken chain.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a social liberal who considered running against Romney as an independent presidential candidate, said “it’s inappropriate for a city government or a state government or the federal government to look at somebody’s political views and decide whether or not they can live in the city or operate a business in the city or work for somebody in the city.”
Congressman Barney Frank, who recently “married” his boyfriend, agreed, “I don’t think government should discriminate against Chick-fil-A because of the views of the owner.”/
Even Antoine Dodson, the flamboyantly homosexual subject of a viral video, has said, “A lot of people from the gay community was [sic] actually telling me not to eat at Chick-fil-A and then you know, I started having these flashbacks, because I started believing like, the gay community — we have went [sic] from being bullied to becoming bullies,” he said. “And I don’t think that that is fair, because I’m like, aren’t we like in America? Like, we have freedom of speech.”
“I don’t think it’s American,” he said.
He not only doesn't toe the conservative line, he isn't even near that line and never was and never will be.
Surrender, and save the Obamanists the trouble of defeating America. Is that what you call a plan?
Yep he ran against Ted in 1994, as a republican running to the left of Ted on homosexual issues and for homosexualizing the military and boy scouts, Mitt was less timid on gay issues then.
Romney had reregistered republican for that 1994 campaign, after leaving the GOP because of Reagan and conservatism in 1979.
Mitt does have convictions, strong ones, too bad they are against ours.
He’s NOT Obama!
Why would Romney support people who support traditional marriage?
Right! I would have been shocked if he had played this Chick-Fil-A thing any other way. It's the Romney way.
“What a wimp. He must be a plant from the democrats. They base their health care system on his Massachusetts plan. Oh, this is just great. At a time when this country is begging for leadership we get Mr oatmeal!
There goes the election.”
The problem with establishment Republican candidates is that “fighting back” with an intentionally visceral response is “below themselves” and their breeding.
After all, they are “gentlemen”, and gentleman do not dirty their hands or sensibilities with unsavory arguments about issues such as homosexuality, do they?
Fine. Be stuck in your ‘ideological’ straight-jacket while we have a worse problem to worry about.
Romney is a cluster fu** waiting to happen, Obama’s has happened. WTF now America?
You're more worried about Romney than Obama. That's wonderful!!!
No I will not vote for an abortionist for president. Period. It’s no secret. I’ve been posting that I will not vote for Rudy/Romney abortionist for many years.
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Romney does not qualify on any count!
Jim Robinson.
Mr. RomneyCARE CREATED gay marriage.
Mr. RomneyCARE INSTALLED gay marriage.
Mr. RomneyCARE THREATENED CLERKS TO IMPOSE gay marriage.
Mr. RomneyCARE is the author of gay marriage, and death panels, and ObamaCARE.
Mr. RomneyCARE's unwavering support of the global warming hoax, TARP and Sharia
also show how useless and vacant of ideas the GOP is today.
To you it makes no difference who wins this election. Nice.
I am not in a straight jacket, as I am not dwelling in obamahysteria.
The straight jacket belongs to those who do not see Romney as he is a liberal.
I will vote down the ticket, I will not vote for Romney or Obama for president as I do not vote for liberals.
His handlers are very smart. They made sure he made millions at Bain, they saved the Olympics in Colorado and they're now propping him up in his campaign. Romney didn't do all that alone. It's his handlers who deserve the credit.
Mr. RomneyCARE is being ignored like Obama 4 years ago.
America cannot survive another phoney.
The first order of business is to get the Marxist out of the presidency. The survival of the country depends on it.
The next order of business is to get rid of his successor after one term and get a conservative in office. By 2016, the TEA Party may be strong enough to dump the Republican Party into the dustbin of history. God knows they deserve it.
hi ladyjane,
Mr. RomneyCARE did not save the Olympics,
he charged the US taxpayer.
Just like RomneyCARE.
Just like BAIN after Mr. RomneyCARE removed
those poor peoples’ heathcare during his
vulture corporatism.
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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
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