Mitt Romney is the most despicable Republican running. He is at his heart, a Progressive Republican. His attempts to be a Conservative are laughable if it wasn’t dangerous. He is demagogue on the social security issue. He’s also using nativist language to demagogue the illegal issue. He is using the Bush blueprint of using red meat to whip up the base.
Roger Stone takes Mitt Romney to task for his hypocrisy.
This column is about hypocrisy. As a libertarian, I support marriage equality for gays and abortion rights although I admit I have struggled mightily with the latter and my views have changed after the birth of my grandchildren. I have always been and remain a Second Amendment man.
Mitt Romney once agreed with me. When running for the US Senate in 1994, Romney supported abortion on demand, gay marriage and gun control. That same year he attacked President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush saying “I don’t want to take us back to that, to Reagan-Bush.”
Now suddenly Mitt Romney wants us to believe he is not only a fiscal conservative but a social conservative who “has always been pro-life” and now opposes same sex marriage. Can you say chameleon?
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1994: Romney backed federal funding of abortion and the codification of Roe v. Wade
1999: Romney said, “When I am asked if am I pro-choice or pro-life, I say I refuse to accept either label.”
2002: Running for Massachusetts Governor, Romney said he was “devoted” to the pro-choice position.
2005: Romney Considered Abortion-Rights Supporter By Pro-Life Groups – Aide Claimed His Position Had Not Changed.
2006: Romneycare provides taxpayer-funded abortions.
2006: Romneycare guarantees Planned Parenthood a seat at the table
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Mitt Romney also has a record of supporting gun control and has supported anti-second amendment initiatives:
1994: Romney supported the Brady Bill and Assault Weapons Ban, bragging his stance was “not going to make me the hero of the NRA.” “[Romney] said he will take stands that put him at odds with some traditional ultra-conservative groups, and cited his support for the assault rifle ban and the Brady gun control law. ‘That’s not going to make me the hero of the NRA,’ he said. ‘I don’t line up with a lot of special interest groups.'” (Andrew Miga, “Mitt Rejects Right-Wing Aid,” Boston Herald, 9/23/94)
Mitt Romney must be defeated at all costs. He is a walking electoral disaster and a demagogue. He is a vile and evil human
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