Mitt Romney for President--Part something

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  1. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    Sep 5, 2000
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    Continued from here, I think.
     
  2. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

    Nov 5, 2002
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    I'm supporting Romney now...
     
  3. biggyv

    biggyv Member

    May 18, 2000
    PGH PA
    There it is! This endorsement will bump Obama's win in SC off the front page. Brilliant!
     
  4. Autogolazo

    Autogolazo BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 19, 2000
    Bombay Beach, CA
    You'll probably want to look away when some of the actual positions he took as Governor of Massachusetts are brought to the fore.

    The flip-flops you brought out a the convention for Kerry in '04 would have to be redistributed for your OWN candidate.

    Don't you guys understand that McCain is your only hope?
     
  5. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    The reason I supported Thompson was that HE was the only conservative in race... absent HIM, Mitt Romney represents our only choice for the GOP! McCain's open borders position is intolerable. True conservatives will not back him. He wants amnesty for illegals. Romney will enforce our borders and hold illegals responsible for their lawbreaking. On immigration Mitt Romney stands out! He best represents our core as Republicans. Mitt Romney can beat Obama!
     
  6. biggyv

    biggyv Member

    May 18, 2000
    PGH PA
    In all seriousness, don't you have problems with Romney being publicly pro-choice until 2006?
     
  7. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    Romney is the ONLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE saying that it would be an "absolute good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed," regardless what his past position was, I am voting for the guy now and his positions now. Since abortion is a key issue to me, Romney best represents my belief.
     
  8. biggyv

    biggyv Member

    May 18, 2000
    PGH PA
    But you're saying that you believe him? At every other point in his public life, he was pro-choice. Now that he's running for the GOP nomination, he's pro-life. You believe this isn't just lip service on his part?
     
  9. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    To a certain extent what you say may be true... all the candidates are lying to a certain extent... Sen. Obama is lying through his teeth on several issues; so is Clinton, McCain, Romney, and Edwards. But what they say is all we have with no virtuous candidates in the race. We need to pick the best of what is left. Romney seems the best of what we have...
     
  10. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
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    Ah, yes, the lesser of the evils.
     
  11. scaryice

    scaryice Member

    Jan 25, 2001
    Romney said what he had to in order to get elected in Massachusetts. Probably more of a liar than a flip-flopper.
     
  12. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    QED.....

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  13. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
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    Not much of a hope, but you're right. McCain is the best republican hope, but it's still a long shot. A Democrat will win. I am reduced to hoping that the democrats don't pick Hillary Clinton.
     
  14. biggyv

    biggyv Member

    May 18, 2000
    PGH PA
    You're right, actually. To call him a flip-flopper would suggest that he actually has a position on these things.
     
  15. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    Romney is closer on all conservative issues and Romney is way ahead on delegates won so far.

    Neither Hillary nor Barack has managed a budget and neither has foreign policy experience. Neither has yet had to answer tough questions that they will be forced to do in general election. Once we narrow down the field and have Romney in debate against either Hillary or Barack you will see a shift against the Democrats nationally. The GOP has been saving its condemnation of the Democrat field and in the general election such tools (Horton-type ad/swiftboat/et al.) will be used to graphically illustrate the folly of electing an unexperienced Democrat such as Hillary or Barack. Conversely, Romney's Olympic experience and Govenor experience will triumph in the general election against first term senator opposition and his presidential appearance/personality will engender him the populace. Since the leftist youth that rallied behind Obama rarely vote in general election, Obama's base of support will crumble (similar to what happened to Dean). Conversely, Mitt Romney will make a strong appeal to the Hispanic and Latin majority that traditionally do not support African-American candidates (they did not support Obama in Nevada).. This Hispanic Latin group will break from Democrats and support Romney; it is all very clear...
     
  16. BenReilly

    BenReilly New Member

    Apr 8, 2002
    Seeing conservatives rush to the Romney camp is one of the weirdest things I've ever witnessed in American Presidential politics. I realize they don't like McCain, but geez. Romney?

    I'm not complaining much. He'd probably be my current choice. Giuliani has proven to be a bit stranger than I realized and a lot less competent when it comes to the art of persuasion, which is a required skill in Washington. I believe McCain when he says he can win the war in Iraq, which is a lot scarier than losing it. Huckabee has a little too much Ayatollah in him. Actually, way too much. And Ron Paul. heh heh I said Ron Paul. heh heh.
     
  17. Kobranzilla

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    Sep 6, 2001
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    Ladies and gentlemen, this is YOUR Republican party!

    ha ha...what a freaking mess

    Love that ITN is reduced to justifying Mittmentum in ways only he could!

    beautiful
     
  18. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    Well, compared to McCain, it's a no-brainer.

    Personally, I don't want 50 million more illegal immigrants,4 expanded wars halfway around the world, and unlimited visas by the time McCain leaves office.

    With Mitt, you know the borders will be closed, he'll find a solution to the wars, and he'll work on the economy with his broad impressive experience in the real world. And he's not a Washington insider (I won't be seeing Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, and other permanently entrenched Washington insiders permeating the Presidency).

    I also don't want somebody that will never, ever change his mind about anything. That's McCain. Romney's more flexible and would go by what he learns in office. McCain would just say "that way" and not look back. I'm tired of Bush being unresponsive, I don't want more with McCain.
     
  19. saosebastiao

    saosebastiao New Member

    May 22, 2005
    He was the GOP nomination when he ran for governor too. He was still a moderate conservative in Massachusetts, regardless of what his position on abortion might have been. And seeing how abortion is a federal issue now, I don't see how his position on abortion at the time would have helped him win any election for governor.

    I know everybody loves to call him a flip-flopper, but I don't see why it is such a problem to change your mind about a few issues, especially as you become more experienced as a politician.
     
  20. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    ABSOLUTELY.

    Too many voters can't imagine a politician who actually thinks and reacts instead of decrees.
     
  21. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    That's absurd. If abortion is really a key issue to you, then Huckabee is your man.

    I have no idea what you're saying here.

    Where in the hell would 50 million illegal aliens come from?

    In theory, I agree with you. It's just that Romney seemed to change his mind on a whole lot of issues all at once.

    That said, I don't find a Romney presidency all that troubling. I'd prefer him to Hillary, that's for sure.
     
  22. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    Where did the 50 million who are here now come from?
     
  23. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    Small nation south of Texas; surely you've heard of it...

    Romney has better credentials on anti-abortion stands as Governor; besides Huck is against smoking and all other sorts of rights...

    btw: Rasmussen has Florida: Mitt 33, McCain 27, Rudy 18, just as I thought!
     
  24. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    If you want to know why I'm liking Romney so far it's comments like these from the Florida debate:
    http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=b3d7dc51-bf81-49a1-97d8-277e8006e9ba

    What I'll do is I'll run away from the record of
    Washington. You see, Washington is fundamentally broken. Washington
    has made promises to us over the last decade that they just haven't
    been able to fulfill.

    You can go down the list. They said they'd solve the problem of
    Social Security. They haven't. They said they'd rein in spending.
    We got all sorts of people, almost every congressman and senator says
    they're going to cut spending, cut those earmarks, cut that mentality
    in Washington. But somehow, every year more and more and more money
    goes in.

    They said they'd live by high ethics. They haven't. They said
    they'd solve the problem of illegal immigration. They haven't. They
    said they'd get us off of foreign oil. They haven't.

    Issue after issue that's been raised over the past couple of
    three decades have -- has been spoken about, and Washington has failed
    to deliver. And I'm not going to...

    RUSSERT: Both parties?

    ROMNEY: Both parties. And change is going to have to begin with
    us in our party. We are the party of change. We are the party of
    fiscal responsibility.

    And when Republicans act like Democrats, America loses. And
    you've seen that over the last several years. We're going to have to
    make sure that we rein in spending. It's not just -- we all agree,
    the earmarks and the pork barrel spending and the bridge to nowhere,
    that's an easy one to take a shot at. But the big one is entitlements
    and reining in entitlement costs. And that's where the big dollars
    are.
    And then you go on to say how are we going to bring down
    taxation, because we have the highest tax rate next to Japan in the
    world? That hurts our economy.

    What you're seeing in the weakening dollar, in the declining
    stock market, in foreign countries coming here to buy into our banks,
    you are seeing an underground -- the foundation of our economy being
    shaken by the fact that we haven't been doing the job that needs to be
    done in Washington.

    And I'm going to Washington to change Washington.
     
  25. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    There are 50 million illegal aliens here? Fully one-sixth of our nation's population? When did that happen? It seems to me the number keeps going up.
     

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