I think he is more make than a three dollar bill. The guy hasn't done jack-shit for the Commonwealth except plaster his fake smile all over the place. So being a Democrat, I'd LOVE it if he'd run in '08.
ah short....i still can figure out how you are a dem...but most women in MA vote that way just bustin' ballz.
mitt...he's a dorky politician. but he made his money in a legit way and not one can say he doesn't have great biz sense.
and sure, he really hasn't done a lot for MA, but he has a Dem house...tough to pass anything new when it always gets shot down. but its a good balance i think. (and really, what was the last monumental thing a politician did?)
i figured you'd love him..he's got the dems and reps in MA together and is rolling out the countries first global healthcare plan for all MA residents. i like it because at least he's trying something. socialist policies always scare me, but its interesting and it will be a good case study to see if it works.
i like politicians that try radical things...maybe it works and maybe it doesn't but at least you'll know the answer, rather than talking about it forever.
as for as for Pres...it will be tough, although if his health care works, that will be a MAJOR feather in this cap.
religion... will the south elect a mormon? i guess we never thought there'd be a catholic and Kennedy got elected so we'll see.
but for me...i love old Mitt for one reason...he FINALLY legalized alcohol sales on SUNDAY!!! i'll follow him into any battle!!!
Posts: 1540 | Location: Boston | Registered: February 28, 2003
That's his Chinese half-brother, Minn-ie Mouse Nee.
Romney is trying to base his rise to nationwide status on this "everybody get healthcare" thing. The jury is still out on whether the implementation of this is wise or not, but IMHO, he's probably a one-trick smilin' pony.
We need to see more of what he would be about for the country.
Posts: 818 | Location: Central New Jersey | Registered: March 15, 2005
When he ran for governor, he made much of his pro-choice stance, avowing that abortion should be "safe and legal". Now, knowing he needs to position himself to the right of John McCain and giving in to demands by his party's conservative wing whose support he's seeking, he's changed his mind and now favors reversing Roe v. Wade. For the same reason, he now says he's had 'an epithany' and opposes stem cell research, though he staunchly supported it while in the Massachusetts state house. Ditto campaign finance reform.
No one knows who Mitt Romney really is any more, or just what he does believe.
'Question authority. Think for yourself. Filter out the spin. Engage elected officials critically. Make them defend what they're doing in your name. Derive the truth. Speak truth to power.'
Posts: 4061 | Location: Boston | Registered: April 16, 2005
He'd be easier to beat than McCain or Rudy, me thinks.
I thought finally a presidential election would be run with abortion off of the table, but alas. LEAVE IT ALONE! Get to some real issues like universal insurance availability, social security reform (waste reform, not privatization), education (leave no child behind has done nothing but leave children behind), and Iraq.
The presidential race fought over social issues make the US seem archaic and backwards- let individuals decide for themselves regarding marriage, abortion, and other social issues.
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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. -H. L. Mencken
Posts: 1460 | Location: Bugtussle, MS | Registered: August 24, 2006
Originally posted by MeanWillieGreen: He'd be easier to beat than McCain or Rudy, me thinks.
I thought finally a presidential election would be run with abortion off of the table, but alas. LEAVE IT ALONE! Get to some real issues like universal insurance availability, social security reform (waste reform, not privatization), education (leave no child behind has done nothing but leave children behind), and Iraq.
Sounds like a democrate
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The presidential race fought over social issues make the US seem archaic and backwards- let individuals decide for themselves regarding marriage, abortion, and other social issues.
This sounds like a republican
Posts: 2433 | Location: 9th Plain of Hell | Registered: March 10, 2003
Originally posted by shortsqueeze: I think he is more make than a three dollar bill. The guy hasn't done jack-shit for the Commonwealth except plaster his fake smile all over the place. So being a Democrat, I'd LOVE it if he'd run in '08.
Are you speaking of Romney or Obama?
"Lord, please let me be the person my dog thinks I am"
Posts: 419 | Location: Lost in Space | Registered: June 17, 2006
Actually, it sounds like somebody intelligent who's gonna decide his position on issues by listening and thinking for himself, rather than by party-line ideology.
'Question authority. Think for yourself. Filter out the spin. Engage elected officials critically. Make them defend what they're doing in your name. Derive the truth. Speak truth to power.'
Posts: 4061 | Location: Boston | Registered: April 16, 2005
Originally posted by Jack White: Actually, it sounds like somebody intelligent who's gonna decide his position on issues by listening and thinking for himself, rather than by party-line ideology.
It is democrate all the way. I just broke it up so that others could see how perhaps the lines are not always black and white...
Posts: 2433 | Location: 9th Plain of Hell | Registered: March 10, 2003
Monk, you ask what people think, they tell you, and becauce you don't agree, your retort is "sounds like a Democrat". Nice. Seems to me your looking for misguided confirmation.
Originally posted by tcbrewu: Monk, you ask what people think, they tell you, and becauce you don't agree, your retort is "sounds like a Democrat". Nice. Seems to me your looking for misguided confirmation.
I guess it is the typing. I did not retort anything. I was looking only to discuss the man putting his hat in the ring and that is what we are doing. A democrate is a democrate and a republican is a republican. I only split his post as two quotes so some would not see everything so black and white.
Posts: 2433 | Location: 9th Plain of Hell | Registered: March 10, 2003
I am a Rudy fan on some issues, a McCain fan on some issues, an Obama fan on some issues, a Biden fan on some issues- I'd be fine with any of the four of those men.
It would be thrilling to have Obama be elected, however. He seems very smart and not overly scripted.
_____________________________________ The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly.
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. -H. L. Mencken
Posts: 1460 | Location: Bugtussle, MS | Registered: August 24, 2006
Mitt Romney would not have been elected Governor without the support of Dems and Independents here in Ma. He ran as a fiscal conservative but liberal on social issues. For the right to choose, pro stem cell, strong on gay rights, all of the typical items on the liberal agenda.
Romney has done more flip flops than a fish out of water. Epiphany my a$$, he's playing to the conservative electorate, because he knows that's his only hope of victory.
There is a classic clip of his debate in his run against Ted Kennedy for the senate back in 94(?), where he touts his own liberal leanings on the issues above. That clip is starting to get some air time up here, and you know it's gonna get a lot of play in South Carolina, Iowa and other conservative states.
While he led the fight for health care reform here, and he deserves much credit for that, he is a classic opportunist, who spent the better part of the last 2 years out of Mass laying the groundwork for his presidential run.
Funny thing is, 2 years ago, before his epiphany, I might have supported him. Now I'm glad he's gone.
Don't sell him short. If McCain is as disliked as many main stream republicans say, and Rudy is too far to the left for the conservatives, Mitt could be the go to guy.
Bill
"There is no recession, my friends, no downturn, no hard times. The rich are wallowing in loot-and now they wanna make sure you don't come a-lookin' for your piece of the pie"...Michael Moore
Posts: 1292 | Location: boston ma | Registered: October 27, 2002
He made his announcement at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan today, and because once upon a time Henry Ford made an anti-semetic statement, that made him inline with Hitler and being that Mitt made his statement at the museum that makes him a close friend of Hitler. Atleast that is what I got out of talk radio this morning. God I love the thought pattern of our country. And in case the sarcasm was not sensed I do not believe Mitt is an anti semite.
"They're not real Cubans. They're Dominicans." Yeah. I'm a little worried. When there's no work, and the people get restless, who do you think they come after?... El Presidente!
Posts: 764 | Location: South Lyon, MI | Registered: February 08, 2007
Originally posted by sarctonpsu: He made his announcement at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan today, and because once upon a time Henry Ford made an anti-semetic statement, that made him inline with Hitler and being that Mitt made his statement at the museum that makes him a close friend of Hitler. Atleast that is what I got out of talk radio this morning. God I love the thought pattern of our country. And in case the sarcasm was not sensed I do not believe Mitt is an anti semite.
I really don't know why he picked this place. It is a very nice Museum. It does sound silly to make this type of jump.
Posts: 2433 | Location: 9th Plain of Hell | Registered: March 10, 2003
just bustin' ballz.
