Is Mitt Becoming More Conservative?

The American Thinker ^ | August 31, 2012 | Rosslyn Smith

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...Protecting the middle class might be the theme of Obama's campaign ads, but the defining movement of this campaign came when Obama belittled the efforts of Main Street America when he stated that "you didn't build that." Those sneering words about smart, hardworking people revealed the ugly side of Obama's redistributionalist ideology. As in 2008, most of the media accept all the carefully scripted images of Obama as Gospel truth while they busy themselves trying to either hide or spin away all those extemporaneous words and deeds that display Obama's true beliefs and character as being either out of context or aberrational....

This campaign is coming down to two competing views of America. As it plays out, I think something very profound may be happening to Mitt Romney. Romney reminds me of a good many smart businessmen I have known. They live their own lives by a set of solid small-c conservative rules, but they are too busy solving smaller daily problems to think much about political conservatism as a coherent system. Such people often pay lip service to the left-of-center conventional media wisdom about big government and public morality even as they rigorously practice all the bourgeois virtues of thrift, hard work, neighborliness, sobriety, and sexual continence in their personal affairs.

....this very smart, very competitive man is facing an opponent who is perhaps the most rigidly ideological man ever to become president. Romney doesn't like what he sees happening to the nation, nor does he much like the person he is running against. Confronted with the problem of beating not just the person, but also the ideology, and then fixing what is broken, Romney may be discovering for the very first time that he is actually far more ideological than he ever thought he was.

[Timber Rattler]

Ansel12 is a lying, hate filled bag o' sh*t and demonstrates that with every anti-Mormon post they make.

Yeah, nasty, personal attacks like that sure makes me want to vote for Romney and the GOP-E.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Good morning, Cinci.

Here you go...you need to read this. It is important!

Romney’s “RNC Power Grab”: What Really Happened

http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/dean-clancy/romneys-rnc-power-grab-what-happened?source=facebook

[norwaypinesavage]

Crazieman,
You're Crazie man.

[Delhi Rebels]

Touched a nerve, did I? Sorry about that.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“As conservatives our job is to try to educate people about conservatism so that we can move them to our side. Anybody who believes that task is impossible is nothing but deadwood.”

Cogent comment. Those that are true believers believe that only force works. I say it never works for the long haul. Education is the only way, Laws don’t work you have to convince people something is good for them...

[Timber Rattler]

But people throwing the baby out with the bath water need to seriously get out of the way and stop disrupting every stinking conversation with their anti-Palin conspiracy theories.

Like this one?

Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin

[Biggirl]

Thank-you for making my morning/day with your comments!

This summer I had to deal with a life/health threatening illness that landed me in the hospital. Having fought my biggest battle, I am more focus on getting Obama OUT.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes.

[bert]

Condoning bigotry and stupidity does not reflect well on you.

[Timber Rattler]

Condoning bigotry and stupidity does not reflect well on you.

Well, get back to me when you see it, Bert.

[norwaypinesavage]

Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land since the '70's. Get over it. You're trying to inject something into this election that isn't, and will never be, an issue in this election.

[mkjessup]

Ansel12 is a lying, hate filled bag o' sh*t and demonstrates that with every anti-Mormon post they make.
Yeah, nasty, personal attacks like that sure makes me want to vote for Romney and the GOP-E.

You weren't going to vote for them anyway Virginia. How much good do you think your pal Ansel12 does with his hate filled bigotry posts based on anti-Mormon sites, Huffington Post, Ron Paul sites, etc.?

Does the date October 5, 2011 mean anything to you?

[Timber Rattler]

Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land since the '70's. Get over it.

So you have no problems with Roe V. Wade and are perfectly willing to accept it as final? You do know that this is a Conservative site, right?

[Timber Rattler]

Wow, there’s that Mormon card again. Got anything new, like, say Romney’s liberal record?

[mkjessup]

Touched a nerve, did I? Sorry about that.

The day hasn't dawned, nor will it dawn when a little n00b troll like you touches any nerves over in my FR 'hood. I predict you'll be riding the lightning between now and November 6th, so make the most of it.

[libertarian27]

Stay well Biggirl *hugs*

ABO
that's what we must rally now, Mittens is not the perfect candidate but Øbama, Mr King of the Executive Order, must be stopped.

[Timber Rattler]

So, just because Romney plasters something on his website makes it certain that he actually means it?

Wow, some people are dense and/or willfully blind.

[Erik Latranyi]

I have always seen Romney as the more conservative version of Bill Clinton (without the sexual issues).

He is a political animal who knows how to morph into what is required to win.

That means he is not a hardcore ideologue, which many on both sides want from their nominee.

But the reason I have some faith in Romney is based on what he did when nobody was looking. He raised 5 fine sons and did not spoil them with wealth. He helped those in need around him. He showed compassion by personally sacrificing, not just making a donation.

The character of man named Romney is solid.