Romney: I’m ‘Very Proud’ of Romneycare

National Review ^ | August 26, 2012 | Eliana Johnson

[nickcarraway]

Today, on Fox News Sunday:

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[nickcarraway]

Where did I ever say I give Mittens a blank check?

You keep telling me I shouldn't criticize Romney. That's giving him a blank check. You keep saying it's okay that he's proud or Romneycare because it's allegedly Constitutional. I saw he needs to be slammed on this, and realize he will not be elected if he continues on his current path. I'm not even clear he wants to win. No on in their right mind would do what he is doing.

[nickcarraway]

I will work to make him a one term president come 2016.

How will you do that? By backing the Democrat? He's already changed the rules to block conservatives and moderates. By 2016, conservative will have no power in the GOP. Plus, all the massive entitlement programs will be in place and firmly entrenched.

[KMAJ2]

I have a question for you: if a Democrat was running for president and said exactly what Romney said, would you support them? If a Democrat had created slaverycare, would you still be saying it’s okay? No, you would be bashing it completely. But because Romney says it, you are not bashing it. Shame on you. You are giving Romney cover to do whatever he wants. I hope you don’t work for a small business that Obama has clobbered, and Romney would finish off.

I don't deal in false hypotheticals, that is a seriously flawed debate tactic. Where does bashing become the prerequisite for stating a position? I have stated repeatedly I do not support Romneycare. A vote for Romney does not mean I do. As far as what I do for a living, I handle legal settlements.

[KMAJ2]

Romney intends to name Lawrence Tribe and/or Cass Sunstein to the Supreme Court. When that happens, what are you going to say?

I am going to have to ask you to support that statement. If you cannot, then you are engaging fraudulent argumentation putting forth ridiculous hypotheticals.

[KMAJ2]

Where did I ever say I give Mittens a blank check?

You keep telling me I shouldn't criticize Romney. That's giving him a blank check. You keep saying it's okay that he's proud or Romneycare because it's allegedly Constitutional. I saw he needs to be slammed on this, and realize he will not be elected if he continues on his current path. I'm not even clear he wants to win. No on in their right mind would do what he is doing.

There you go again, where did I ever say you should not criticize him? Are you confusing me with someone else? Where did I say it was ok he was proud of Romneycare? I did say it was Constitutional, I did not say you shouldn't criticize it. I also won't claim he is running a smart campaign.

[KMAJ2]

Have you ever heard of Jon Corzine? Most big company CEOs are diehard Democrats. Ad hominem argument.

[9YearLurker]

I agree, Romney’s the only option at this point.

And I had high hopes for him when I was in the MA GOP and he came in as governor. I know now that he’s a big government technocrat, unfortunately.

[Woodsman27]

Mitt may talk a good game but his actual proven record is as a liberal.