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Before
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Why do you invoke Reagan now after distancing yourself from Reagan when you were running for political office in liberal Massachusetts? Why were only 9 of your 36 Massachusetts judicial nominees Republicans? Why do you support pro-homosexual state laws? Are you going to use federal funds like you used state funds to organize a "Youth Pride Day"? Are you going to implement federal universal health care? Why do your hometown newspapers who know you best endorse John McCain? What happened to the Massachusetts' Republican Party? Why do you inflate your immigration record? |
Did the NRA really endorse you? How Much Did You Raise Fees (er, Taxes) as Governor? Why were you registered as an Independent in the 90s when you claimed that you were always a Republican? Do you normally "personally" attack other Republicans? Was there really a "hidden camera"? Are your supporters "arrogant"? Is it important to you that the facts be correct when you attack a fellow Republican candidate? Why
does American Right to Life say: |
Why did you cut first responders' budgets and make a "shortage"? Why did 59 percent of Massachusetts citizens surveyed DISAPPROVE of your performance as governor? If America has nothing wrong with it, then what do you plan to change as President? Nothing? Why did you put your dog on the roof of your car for 12 hours? Why did you slash AIDS funding? Why did you distance yourself from the Mass Citizens For Life endorsement? Why are you attacking Mike Huckabee so harshly when you said in 2005, "He’d make a fine president" Why did 64% of MA Republican's say "Governor Mitt Romney has been doing a fair-to-poor job? |
"Romney similarly backtracked after telling a national television audience Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that "I received the endorsement of the NRA" in 2002 while running for governor of Massachusetts. The gun rights group did not endorse either candidate, and gave a higher issues rating to his Democratic opponent." Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22361410/
FACTCHECK.ORG: "Mitt Romney casts himself as tough on illegal immigration in a new ad in which he says that, as Massachusetts governor, "I authorized the State Police to enforce immigration laws." He doesn't mention that his order never took effect. It came in the closing days of his administration and was rescinded by his successor, as we wrote back in August. He also promises, "As President, I'll . . . cut funding for sanctuary cities." Maybe so, but as governor he took no action against several such towns in his state. We find Romney misleading on both counts." Read on... Source: http://www.factcheck.org/tough_guy_on_immigration.html
"he (Romney) evokes Ronald Reagan in almost every airplane-hangar rally, every restaurant backroom, everywhere he can." Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/377386.html Romney: "Look, I was an Independent at the time of Reagan-Bush. I am not trying to return to Reagan-Bush." WATCH:
So it was "figurative"...got
it... WATCH: Had George Romney ever marched with Martin Luther King Jr., it almost certainly would have been documented. From the mid-’50s through 1962, Romney was one of the country’s most prominent business leaders — for him to travel South for a civil-rights march would have been remarkable. From January 1963 on, as governor of Michigan and a presumed Presidential candidate, Romney was one of the most visible political figures in the country. Source: http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid53200.aspx The latest: A spokesperson for Mitt Romney now tells the Phoenix that George W. Romney and Martin Luther King Jr. marched together in June, 1963 -- although possibly not on the same day or in the same city. Source: http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid53200.aspx
If the Republican Party was so important to you, why were you not a part of it? Romney: "I was a Republican through and through. My dad ran for President. I was in the Republican club in college. I am a Republican and always have been." Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/377386.html
THEN ASK: If America has nothing wrong with it, then what do you plan to change as President? Nothing? Romney: "It's
time for a change and change begins with us" Romney: "It
is time to have change in Washington" So is change needed or not? Do you even know what you would change or what is even wrong?
"Given Romney's extensive pro-homosexual record and willingness now to depart from principle on this crucial issue, should we trust a 'President Romney' not to reverse course again on federal pro-homosexual laws such as 'Hate Crimes' and ENDA (Employment Nondiscrimination Act)?" LaBarbera said. The following is excerpted from Romney's "Meet the Press" interview December 16 with Tim Russert: MR. RUSSERT: You said [in 1994] that you would sponsor [Sen. Ted Kennedy's federal] Employment Nondiscrimination Act. Do you still support it? GOV. ROMNEY: At the state level. I think it makes sense at the state level for states to put in provision of this. MR. RUSSERT: Now, you said you would sponsor it at the federal level. GOV. ROMNEY: I would not support at the federal level, and I changed in that regard because I think that policy makes more sense to be evaluated or to be implemented at the state level. Source: http://www.earnedmedia.org/rffv1226.htm Notice how Romney does not say that he opposes the pro-homosexual legislation, just that he does not think the federal government should handle it.
"According to Federal Election Commission records, ClubForGrowth.net received $200,000 this month from Bob Perry, a Houston homebuilder who in 2004 pumped nearly $4.5 million into the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth to pay for unsubstantiated ads that questioned Kerry's Vietnam service." Perry contributed $2,300, the maximum allowed, to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jXuBTF5xriUeYFGRmVtXPA1mvaywD8TPG9SO0
MR. RUSSERT: And we're back with Governor Mitt Romney. As you campaign around the country, you talk about your record in Massachusetts with budgets and taxes and so forth. The Cato Institute, a conservative think tank, gave you a C as governor of Massachusetts. And they say, "His first budget, presented under the cloud of a $2 billion deficit, balanced the budget with some spending cuts, but" "$500 million increase in various fees was the largest component of the budget fix." The AP says it this way: "When Romney wanted to balance the Massachusetts budget, the blind, mentally retarded and gun owners were asked to help pay. In all, then-Gov. Romney proposed creating 33 new fees," "increasing 57 others." The head of the Bay State Council of the Blind said that your name was "Fee-Fee"; that you just raised fee after fee after fee. That's a tax. GOV. ROMNEY: Well, let's, let's step back and get all the numbers right. First of all, it was nearly a $3 billion budget gap that we faced as we came into office, my team and I. Secondly, we raised fees, and we generated about $240 million worth of increased revenue. So of a $3 billion budget gap, we raised fees of about $240 million. Now, these were not broad-based fees. I said I'm not going to go after driver's license fees or automobile fees for registration because these apply to everybody, and any... MR. RUSSERT: Duplicate driver's license fee. GOV. ROMNEY: Because, because if they're broad, broad-based, they, they have the--they have a sense, a feeling like a tax. But a fee is different than a tax in that it's for a particular service. And we had some fees that hadn't been changed in over a decade. For instance, people who had signs on the interstate pointing out where a gas station was or where McDonald's was, McDonald's might pay us a fee of $200 a year for such a sign. We upped that pretty dramatically. And so, of the roughly $3 billion of shortfall, we raised fees by about $240 million. We were able to balance our budget in a very difficult time without raising taxes... MR. RUSSERT: A fee's not a tax? GOV. ROMNEY: A fee--well, a fee--if it were a tax, it'd be called--it'd be called a tax. But... MR. RUSSERT: Governor, that's, that's gimmick. WATCH: (Start at 7:30)
Apparently if you are in Massachusetts, a fee is a fee, but if you are criticizing Governor Huckabee on a bed fee that was implemented in Arkansas, you label that a tax. Isn't that a double standard for political expediency? Romney: "He (Huckabee) raised sales taxes, gasoline taxes, grocery taxes, even taxes on nursing home beds." Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ii0GEC0qu0KzqOTwGftASuVs9wTAD8T89Q0O0
"Sen. McCain here, for instance, in N.H., attacked me on a personal basis in a mailing he sent out," Romney said while speaking with reporters. Romney argued his comments were only meant to "compare and contrast positions on issues," rather than attack on personal basis. According to campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom, the mailing Romney referred to was issued by the McCain campaign, referring to illegal immigrants employed by Romney's landscaper, working on Romney's Belmont, Mass., property. Romney's campaign claims this was a "personal attack," and that Romney couldn't control who was hired by the company." Source: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/12/romney-goes-aft.html Were you really "personally attacked"? Do you think you have the toughness to stand up to liberal Democrats? Of course, Romney instead of taking the high road said that he may launch personal attacks of his own. Romney also didn't rule out personal attacks in the future, saying, "I've had personal attacks launched on me both in Iowa and in N.H., and at this stage, I haven't responded on a personal basis, but I'm not making any guarantees. I haven't decided what we're doing down the road." Source: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/12/romney-goes-aft.html
Gov. Romney's "Governor's Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth", (which gets hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars) organized schoolchildren from their school-based "Gay-Straight Alliance" clubs to participate in a "Youth Pride Day" parade through downtown Boston. Source: http://www.article8.org/docs/news_events/youth_pride_052105/index.htm
There
was an interview several months ago with Jan Mickelson of
WHO Radio in which Romney and the host have an "intense" conversation. Recently, in a CBS interview, Romney said: I become intense. Well, there was a TV or radio talk show host the other day in Iowa that began drilling me about my faith. And I became intense in confronting what he had said. And we went back and forth. Unbeknownst to me, he had a hidden camera on the console. So this then popped up on the Internet - as our exchange. And I was intense. I wasn't angry. I wasn't out of control. But I was intense. Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/17/eveningnews/main3626872_page2.shtml The problem, there wasn’t really a hidden camera and the Romney campaign's official YouTube account ended up putting up the original exchange between Romney and Jan Mickelson after asking WHO Radio to remove their version of it. If this all doesn't make sense then listen to the following audio from the Jan Mickelson show which explains the situation and Romney's, well, odd understanding.
Are your supporters "arrogant"? After calling on Gov. Huckabee to apologize to the Bush administration for saying their approach to foreign affairs has included an "arrogant bunker mentality", Mitt Romney forgot to realize that many of HIS supporters had used the same language about the administration's policies. Interesting. For the full story.... Source: http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=941
John McCain has been endorsed by both of Mitt Romney's hometown newspapers, a blow to the former Massachusetts governor who often taunts his opponents with negative e-mails titled, "Those who know him best." The Boston Herald, the state's conservative tabloid, endorsed Arizona Sen. McCain for President in an editorial posted online Thursday. Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/21/america/McCain-Endorsement.php
Romney arrived on the scene with great promise, but is leaving the Republican Party here in shambles. Not only are the Republicans yielding the governor's office for the first time in 16 years, but registered Republicans have fallen by 31,000 since Romney took office, and their legislative presence is at historic lows. Source: http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/11/08/after_romney/
FACTCHECK.ORG: "Romney attacks Huckabee again with false and misleading claims." Source: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/romney_on_huckabee_ii.html And apparently, this wasn't the first time. Just 6 days earlier: FACTCHECK.ORG "His (Romney's) ad strains to create black-and-white contrasts from blurry shades of gray." Source: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/romney_on_huckabee.html
Source: http://romneyfacts.com/issue_tax.php
BOSTON.COM: "Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show. In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters, and 14 registered Democrats." Source: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/25/romney_jurist_picks_not_tilted_to_gop/
BOSTON.COM: "Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, towns and cities statewide have collectively shed 945 police officers and 798 firefighters because of layoffs or attrition, and 83 percent of police chiefs and 92 percent of fire chiefs say their departments are unprepared for a terror attack Pacheco, a Taunton Democrat, blamed deep cuts in the amount of state money distributed to cities and towns for what he calculated to be a 5 percent drop statewide in the number of public safety officers in three years. He said the administration of Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, insisted on those cuts while glossing over the impact on public safety preparedness." Source: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/05/13/1st_responder_shortage_cited/
Source: http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=454ada23-20dc-41f0-9c0c-a8a2a45d653c BOSTON GLOBE: "In the latest Globe poll, 54 percent of those surveyed have an unfavorable view of Romney as governor. The Massachusetts view of the Romney regime hurts Kerry Healey, the lieutenant governor who is trying to succeed Romney as governor. She is part of an administration that postured for political gain, that cared about power, not performance." Source: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/29/mitt_caught_in_the_act/
What gives?
ROMNEY: "We need to make sure that we have a strong person who can take the baton from President Bush, and Gov. Huckabee is certainly one of those individuals. He’d make a fine president" Source: http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/12/11/week_in_review/news/sunday/news04.txt
BOSTON (CBS4): A new poll finds that 70% of Massachusetts residents -- and 64% of Republicans -- say Governor Mitt Romney has been doing a fair-to-poor job. The public opinion survey, to be released Thursday, shows that voters are losing faith in elected officials while nearly half of those polled believe the state is "on the wrong track." Source: http://wbztv.com/local/Mass.Insight.Boston.2.578841.html If
Mitt does ever answer all your questions, here are some
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