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Was there any doubt, dude was a fraud!

I’m mainly posting this 411 on Mitt “flip flop panderman” Romney because during Rush these two horrible irritating women called in an just gushed like a couple of school girls about Romney and how he is this conservative and he stands for American values, bla, bla, bla bullshit. I’m like shut your fucken trap, you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about.
So Romney won Michigan bit fucken deal, who cares, I sure as hell don’t.

I’m already exceedingly pissed off because as the days roll on I am more convinced that one of these RINO, fake ass, ass kissing, sycophant, spineless, closet liberal flunky bastards is going to become the GOP nominee, mainly because I am convinced, as I have ranted about before that today’s typical Republican is ignorant, grossly uninformed and gullible. I’m like screw it, if you are going to get on these talks shows and bark about the “conservatism” of McCain, Romney, Huckabee and Giuliani you are either a volunteer for one of these people, a family member or you are willingly clueless, fucken pick one.

I must freely admit this campaign and what I am afraid of will be the eventual outcome is wearing thin with me. I am getting sick of reading and listening to these people.
Maybe that tis what the MSM and Democrats and fans of these RINO’s want. To destroy the collective will of individuals like me.

The fact that I am a moody and cranky bastard does not help and my meds are not even helping me cure my increasing angst and disgust with this campaign.
Despite having access to a worlds worth of information (thus the truth) on these candidates people don’t give a shit. Skanks swoon over Romney’s good looks and charm, others admire the hostage tales of McCain, and other Christian robots are easily sucked in by Huckabee’s Mayberry and backwoods preacher charm.
Also after listening to Rush yesterday and hearing Newt of all people apparently caving into liberal conspiracy theories and buying into Democrat political logic further illustrates how far in the tank the GOP has fallen, and frankly I believe its a hole the party is not likely to get itself out of anytime soon.

ABORTION

From the Left:

Romney ran against Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1994. During a debate, Romney declared: “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”

  - Boston Globe, March 2, 2006

“I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.”

  -2002 Questionnaire for the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)

  Boston Globe, July 3, 2005

From the Right:

“I am pro-life. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate.”

  - Boston Globe, Op-Ed, July 26, 2005

More from the Right:

“Every decision I have made as Governor in a very liberal state has been on the side of favoring life.” – Governor Romney

- Robert Behre, “Romney Gets S.C. Support,” Charleston Post-Courier, January 30, 2007

STEM CELL RESEARCH

From the Left:

“Romney has decided to support experimentation on surplus frozen embryos from in-vitro fertilization procedures.”

  - National Review Online, February 11, 2005

“At a campaign appearance at Brandeis University in June 2002, Romney strongly endorsed stem cell research.”

  - Boston Globe, December 17, 2006  Read the article

From the Center:

“Governor Mitt Romney set off a storm of criticism yesterday after he declared in a published interview that he favored banning a specific type of stem cell research. Scientists and the leader of the state Senate accused him of trying to block a promising avenue of research, even as antiabortion groups assailed him for declaring that he did not object to stem cell research involving embryos from fertility clinics.”

  - Boston Globe, February 11, 2005  Read the article

    From the Right:

“I studied the issue for many months, and entered into conversation with experts from across the nation who were looking for consensus solutions, like Stanford’s Dr. William Hurlbut.  In the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise, and that the way through it was around it: by the use of scientific techniques that could produce the equivalent of embryonic stem cells but without cloning, creating, harming, or destroying developing human lives.”

  - Governor Mitt Romney, Op-Ed, “A Stem-Cell Solution,” National Review Online, June 15, 2007

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

From the Left:

“When he ran for governor in 2002, Romney said he supported expanding access to the emergency contraception pill, a high dose of hormones that women can take to prevent pregnancy up to five days after sex . . . On a questionnaire Planned Parenthood gave to the gubernatorial candidates in 2002, Romney answered ‘yes’ to the question, ‘Do you support efforts to increase access to emergency contraception?’ “

  - Boston Globe, July 7, 2005

From the Right:

“Yesterday I vetoed a bill that the Legislature forwarded to my desk. Though described by its sponsors as a measure relating to contraception, there is more to it than that. The bill does not involve only the prevention of conception: The drug it authorizes would also terminate life after conception.”

  - Governor Mitt Romney, Op-Ed, “Why I Vetoed The Contraception Bill,” Boston Globe, July 26, 2005  Read the article

GAY RIGHTS

From the Left:

“All citizens deserve equal rights, regardless of their sexual orientation. While he does not support gay marriage, Mitt Romney believes domestic partnership status should be recognized in a way that includes the potential for health benefits and rights of survivorship.”

  - Romney’s 2002 campaign website

“Mitt and Kerry Wish You a Great Pride Weekend! All citizens deserve equal rights, regardless of their sexual preference”

  - A flier handed out at “Gay Pride” by the Romney/Healey Campaign  See the flier here

“We have discussed a number of important issues such as the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which I have agreed to co-sponsor, and if possible broaden to include housing and credit, and a bill to create a federal panel to find ways to reduce gay and lesbian youth suicide, which I also support. One issue I want to clarify concerns [grammar in context] President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share…”

  - Governor Romney letter to Log Cabin Republicans, October 6, 1994  Read the letter here

From the Right:

Lopez: “And what about the 1994 letter to the Log Cabin Republicans where you indicated you would support the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and seemed open to changing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military? Are those your positions today?

Gov. Romney: “No. I don’t see the need for new or special legislation. My experience over the past several years as governor has convinced me that ENDA would be an overly broad law that would open a litigation floodgate and unfairly penalize employers at the hands of activist judges…As for military policy and the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, I trust the counsel of those in uniform who have set these policies over a dozen years ago. I agree with President Bush’s decision to maintain this policy and I would do the same.”

  - Interview with National Review, December 14, 2006  Read the interview

MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

From the Left:

In 2002, before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared same-sex marriage protected by the Constitution, Romney denounced as “too extreme” the effort by pro-family groups to enact a preemptive state Marriage Protection Amendment prohibiting homosexual marriage, civil unions and same-sex public employee benefits.

  - Boston Phoenix, May 14-20, 2004

From the Right:

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough: “Do you support a national constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage?”

Governor Romney: “Boy, I sure do. You know, that’s a topic that’s really, I think, very important to the country because marriage is not just about adults. Marriage is about the development and nurturing of kids, and in my view, the development of a child is enhanced by having a mom and dad. And so, I think it’s very important that we have a national standard because marriage is a status. You get married in one place and then you move to another, you’re still married at least in the eyes of the community and the children and the benefits may not follow you, but ultimately we’re going to have one standard of marriage in this country and that standard ought to be one man and one woman.”

  - MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” September 17, 2007

GUN RIGHTS

From the Left:

“He [Romney] is a supporter of the federal assault weapons ban.”

  - Romney 2002 campaign website

More from the Left:

In his 1994 US Senate run, Romney backed two gun-control measures strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups: the Brady Bill, which imposed a five-day waiting period on gun sales, and a ban on certain assault weapons.

“That’s not going to make me the hero of the NRA,” Romney told the Boston Herald in 1994.

At another campaign stop that year, he told reporters: “I don’t line up with the NRA.”

  - Boston Globe, January 14, 2007  Read the article

From the Right:

“Americans should have the right to own and possess firearms as guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution,” said Governor Romney. “I’m proud to be among the many decent, law-abiding men and women who safely use firearms.”

  - Governor Romney, News Release, January 12, 2007

WAITING PERIODS FOR GUNS

From the Left:

Regarding the Brady Bill which required waiting periods to buy a handgun, Romney stated, “I don’t think [the waiting period] will have a massive effect on crime but I think it will have a positive effect.”

  - Boston Herald, August 1, 1994

From the Right:

“Romney says he still backs the ban on assault weapons, but he won’t say whether he stands by the Brady Bill.  And after the gun show tour, his campaign declined to say whether he would still describe himself as a supporter of tough gun laws.”

  - Boston Globe, January 14, 2007  Read the article

MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

From the Left:

“The minimum wage is important to our economy and Mitt Romney supports minimum wage increase, at least in line with inflation.”

  - Romney 2002 campaign website

From the Right:

Governor Mitt Romney yesterday rejected the Legislature’s plan to raise the state minimum wage to $8 an hour over two years, angering Democratic lawmakers and advocates who accused him of abandoning a 2002 campaign pledge to significantly boost the pay of low-wage workers.

  - Boston Globe, July 22, 2006  Read the article

EDUCATION

During his 1994 campaign for Senate he continually called for the abolishment of the Department of Education.

  - Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney

Governor Romney now supports the No Child Left Behind Act.

  - Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney

IMMIGRATION

From the Left:

In a November 2005 interview with the Boston Globe, Romney described immigration proposals by McCain and others as “quite different” from amnesty, because they required illegal immigrants to register with the government, work for years, pay taxes, not take public benefits, and pay a fine before applying for citizenship.

“That’s very different than amnesty, where you literally say, ‘OK, everybody here gets to stay,’ ” Romney said in the interview. “It’s saying you could work your way into becoming a legal resident of the country by working here without taking benefits and then applying and then paying a fine.”

Romney did not specifically endorse McCain’s bill, saying he had not yet formulated a full position on immigration. But he did speak approvingly of efforts by McCain and Bush to solve the nation’s immigration crisis, calling them “reasonable proposals.”

Romney also said in the interview that it was not “practical or economic for the country” to deport the estimated 12 million immigrants living in the US illegally. “These people contribute in many cases to our economy and to our society,” he said. “In some cases, they do not. But that’s a whole group we’re going to have to determine how to deal with.”

  - Boston Globe, March 16, 2007  Read the article

From the Right:

In his appeals to conservative voters, Romney has made the Arizona senator’s work on immigration one of his favorite targets. When McCain and other senators unveiled the latest reform bill two weeks ago, Romney called it the “wrong approach” and immediately launched a television ad slamming “amnesty” for illegal immigrants.

  - Boston Globe, June 1, 2007  Read the article

TAXES

From the Left:

“Governor Romney…imposed a slew of fee hikes and tax ‘loophole’ closures….The largest of these was $259 million worth of fee hikes in FY 2004, the bulk of which came from higher Registry of Deeds fees.  Smaller fee hikes, including higher charges for boaters and golfers, we imposed in FY 2003 and FY 2005.  Romney also sought $128 million worth of so-called tax loophole closures for FY 2004; $70 million for FY 2005; and $170 million for FY 2006, which were later reduced to $85 million due to backlash from business leaders.”

  - Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney

“Romney continues to oppose the flat tax with harsh language, calling the tax ‘unfair.’”

  - Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney

Romney didn’t support President Bush’s tax cuts in 2003.  That earned him praise from liberal Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) 

  - Boston Globe, April 11, 2003.

From the Right:

“I said no to a tax hike; raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs. I also said no to more borrowing; borrowing just shifts our problems to the backs of our kids…Instead, I went after waste, inefficiency, duplication, and patronage.”

  - Governor Romney, Boston Globe, October 24, 2005

NO NEW TAXES PLEDGE

From the Left:

In 2002, Romney broke with his predecessor, Jane Swift, and Republican governors before her by declining to sign a written vow not to raise taxes once in office.

- Boston Globe, January 5, 2007  Read the article

From the Right:

Almost five years after he refused to sign a “no new taxes” pledge during his campaign for governor, Mitt Romney announced yesterday that he had done just that, as his campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination began in earnest.

  - Boston Globe, January 5, 2007  Read the article

CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS

From the Left:

Governor Romney has changed his position on key campaign finance reform issues several times during public life. During his 1994 Senate campaign, he held far left positions that advocated for abolishing PACs and creating strict campaign spending limits.

- Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney

From the Right:

As he runs for President, Romney abandoned his previous stance and has come out as a harsh critic of McCain-Feingold, and those presidential candidates who support it. His transformation has even propelled him to call for the legislation’s repeal.

  - Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney

ON HIS FAVORITE BOOK

From the Left:

He told Fox News his favorite book is L. Ron Hubbard’s “Battlefield Earth”

From the Right:

He also told Fox news his favorite book is the The Bible

Or

Who Knows:

His MySpace page said his favorite book is “Huckleberry Finn”

Romney on the economy while governor:

During his four-year term as Massachusetts governor, which began in the depths of a recession, the number of jobs grew by just 0.5 percent, compared with 5.5 percent nationally, according to Labor Department statistics. Only three states did worse: Ohio, Louisiana, and Michigan.
Manufacturing employment in Massachusetts slid 12 percent, more than double the national average; the state fared only slightly better than Michigan, which lost more than 15 percent of manufacturing jobs during that period.

Said illegal immigrants contribute greatly to the economy.

Romney Raised Taxes and Fees Repeatedly. “In [Romney’s] first year in office, the state increased hundreds of fees, making it more expensive to get a driver’s license, marry, or buy a house.” In 2003, Romney signed off on more tax and fee hikes than any other governor. [Boston Globe, 10/24/05; Congress Daily, 8/28/03]

Massachusetts Taxes Increased by 5 Percent. During the Romney’s administration, Bay Staters saw their taxes burden increase by 5.1 percent in real terms. [Massachusetts State-Local Tax Burden Compared to National Average (1970-20060, The Tax Foundation]

Romney Raised Taxes on Businesses. “Governor Romney has taken great pride in forcing businesses to pay a more equitable share of state taxes over the past two years. Last January he filed a bill to tighten the tax code for the third time.” [Editorial, Boston Globe, 5/6/05]
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This from Michelle Malkin

No, they’re not blaming Diebold, but there are some questions…

The results of Republican nonbinding straw polls in some Wyoming counties Saturday don’t jibe with the statewide delegate selection results in favor of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.In Johnson County, for example, former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee came in first in the straw poll, while Romney was in fourth place.

Johnson County Republican precinct voters chose as an alternate delegate Bob Snowdon, who is uncommitted and was the only person nominated to attend the national GOP convention, said Jerry Eastwood, chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party.

Johnson County Republicans who contacted the Star-Tribune Monday, including Ruth Osborn of Buffalo, questioned why statewide straw poll results had not been publicized.

Osborn, a state GOP committeewoman, said in a telephone interview Monday that people were asking why the national news media were reporting Wyoming voted for Romney when her county’s straw poll gave him fourth place.

“I’ve had several people say to me, ‘Why did it come out for Romney? I’m not in favor of Romney,’” she said.

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Romney pulls a Clinton

Listen to what was said before…

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Looks like Romney stuff a few dead presidents in Tancredo’s pocket as dude slinks out of the race.
I knew something was not right with dude.

From Michelle Malkin

 More from the Des Moines Register:

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo announced today he’s ending his long-shot bid for the White House.

The Colorado Republican made his exit from the race official at a press conference this afternoon in downtown Des Moines. He’ll throw his support behind GOP candidate Mitt Romney, he said.

And via Allah, Rep. Tancredo will be on Neil Cavuto’s show today at 4pm Eastern to talk about his decision.

Will be interesting to see how he squares his endorsement now with his campaign’s criticism of Romney for supporting amnesty in July.

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From The Phoenix

In the most-watched speech of his political career, speaking on “Faith in America” at College Station, Texas, earlier this month, Mitt Romney evoked the strongest of all symbolic claims to civil-rights credentials: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”He has repeated the claim several times recently, most prominently to Tim Russert on Meet the Press . But, while the late George W. Romney, a four-term governor of Michigan, can lay claim to a strong record on civil rights, the Phoenix can find no evidence that the senior Romney actually marched with King, nor anything in the public record suggesting that he ever claimed to do so.Nor did Mitt Romney ever previously claim that this took place, until long after his father passed away in 1995 — not even when defending accusations of the Mormon church’s discriminatory past during his 1994 Senate campaign.

Asked about the specifics of George Romney’s march with MLK, Mitt Romney’s campaign told the Phoenix that it took place in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. That jibes with the description proffered by David S. Broder in a Washington Post column written days after Mitt’s College Station speech.

Broder, in that column, references a 1967 book he co-authored on the Republican Party, which included a chapter on George Romney. It includes a one-line statement that the senior Romney “has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit.”

But that account is incorrect. King never marched in Grosse Pointe, according to the Grosse Pointe Historical Society, and had not appeared in the town at all at the time the Broder book was published. “I’m quite certain of that,” says Suzy Berschback, curator of the Grosse Pointe Historical Society. (Border was not immediately available for comment.)

Berschback also believes that George Romney never appeared at a protest, march, or rally in Grosse Pointe. “We’re a small town,” she says. “Governors don’t come here very often, except for fundraisers.”

In fact, King’s only appearance in Grosse Pointe, according to Berschback, took place after Broder’s book was published.

That was for a March 14 speech he delivered at Grosse Pointe High School, just three weeks before King was assassinated. But there was no march, and George Romney was not there.
Read the rest of this here

Also check out: Romney camp backpedals on MLK march claim

Romney fields questions on King - Campaign says claim not literal

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Quick rant!Man I’m just amazed. Amazed at just how astonishing ignorant the voting public is today. It’s obvious that some of you folks don’t give a shit about the future of this country.
Look who is leading in the polls on both sides of the political divide:

• A crackpot religious zealot.
• A confused conniving woman where her only claim to fame is that she sometimes screwed a former president.
• A liberal ex-mayor who took advantage of the fact that terrorist decided to strike his particular city.
• A habitual liar Mormon who routinely lies about everything.
• A man with virtually no record, routinely touted as an empty suit, who still has yet to articulate his stances on the issues and his biggest claim to fame is that a famous talk show host endorses him.
• A total fraud of a man, who very likely sacrificed his campaign because he chooses to screw some skank bimbo groupie despite the fact that is Cancer stricken wife works hard on his campaign.
• And the leading internet money pimp is a weasel sounding closet anti-Semite, who amazingly is still raising shit loads of money from internet geeks despite the fact that he is ZERO chance at capturing the Republican nomination.

Oh don’t get mad people, Don’t start calling me names, and accusing me of being unfair and biased. If I’m making any of this up, please feel free to comment or send me an e-mail. I will post your full responses on the top of this blog and will issue a genuine apology.

I’m just ranting but it seems like every day we get revelations like this MLK march lie from the Romney camp and it does not seem to matter. You fucken sheep will still support these moronic people to run this nation.

Unfortunately you have someone like Duncan Hunter, who clearly is a better candidate that any of these individuals is barely registering in the polls and campaign contributions.
Forget about my favorite candidate, he will be ok in the long, run. I don’t buy into the doom and gloom bullshit I read.

All of this information available to you people on these frauds but somehow they still get your support.
All I can say is wow!

Duncan Hunter on the issues

Blogs for Hunter

Hunter for defending the fence

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While trolling some liberal blogs I found this from the blog Blue Mass Group

BMG has obtained a photograph showing Mitt Romney at a house party to benefit Planned Parenthood that was held in June of 1994, during his campaign for US Senate against Ted Kennedy.  And, BMG has learned, Ann Romney’s $150 check to Planned Parenthood that was in the news a few months back was related to this event.

In case you forgot; ABC quoted [Romney spokesman Kevin Madden] as saying that “[t]he governor has not donated to Planned Parenthood or abortion-rights groups.”

Read the rest here, y’all already know what I think about this fraud ass!

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DES MOINES, Iowa–Stepping out for a press conference here Monday, Mike Huckabee fielded the ultimate question. Just how conservative are you?”I’m as conservative as anyone could hope to be, or want to be, or needs to be,” replied the smiling former Arkansas governor, never missing a beat, and following up with a boilerplate summary of his belief in “lower taxes,” the “sanctity of human life” and a “strong military”–before moving ever so swiftly on to the next question.

It was trademark Huckabee: Sounds great, explains little. It’s a strategy that has so far served him well, rocketing his campaign in recent weeks to the top ranks of the Republican presidential field. The question is whether he can continue to pull off that trick, now that he’s receiving belated media scrutiny. A few days following the candidate on the Iowa campaign trail suggests it could prove tough. If Mr. Huckabee does turn out to be everything Republicans “want” or “need” in a conservative, it will only be because the definition of a conservative has morphed to include tax hiking, protectionism, corporate scolding and an unserious approach to foreign policy.

What aren’t in doubt are Mr. Huckabee’s social-values credentials. He has an undisputed record on questions of abortion and gay marriage, and he’s spent no small portion of his limited advertising money making sure Iowa voters know it. Christian conservatives make up an estimated 40% of the state’s GOP vote, and by all accounts he’s slowly locking up that vote. That alone accounts for a fair share of his recent rise in the polls.

Mr. Huckabee is the charisma candidate. Like another man from Hope, Ark., the onetime pastor is an extraordinary speaker. He’s self-deprecating and funny, has perfect timing, and never struggles for an answer. He has that rare ability to pull out just the right story in response to any situation, and to deliver it in a folksy, Southern way.

Read the rest of this article here, but let me first just say this; Folks I’m angry, as angry as someone can be on Lexapro, and drinking Irish Cream on the rocks at 9:00a.m.
As this piece points out we are allowing people to redefine conservatism, this article focuses on Huck but the same can be said for 3 faux Republicans and what is worse far too many of you are allowing it.

As of today, December 18, 2007 I still have the utmost confidence that Fred Thompson will be the Republican Party’s nominee for President of the United States.
One reason why I believe that is because the major networks are completely ignoring him. Snoop WTF? I’ll explain.
Virtually every pundit on Fox goes out of their way to dismiss him and call him irrelevant. Republican pundits on interviews won’t even mention him.
I have even heard a couple of Democratic strategist say if he does not win South Carolina he will be out of the race.
Ask yourself this, if Fred Thompson’s campaign is in its final days, they why go out of your way to mention that?
Basically the media and the pundits are working awfully hard to discredit “an irrelevant” candidate.

Lets get real here; the Democrats do not want to run against Thompson, because he is not a closet liberal, because he has never advocated for big government, opening our boarders to illegal immigrants, reducing our military, backing away from the war against Islamic terrorist pimps, granting clemency to murderers and the list goes on.
He is not flashy, not a smooth talker, he looks like a worn out grandpa on most days, has this annoying clearing of the throat thingy he does, and dude needs to STILL get some good designer to have his suites tailored to fit him better.
But most of all I respect and admire an individual who is one of the Thompson’s campaigns most important individuals. I have said this before and I will say again, he has said to me that Thompson is a good man and a sincere man and could make a great president. He believes in him. From this individual, that is enough for me.

Every Republican pundit pulling for one of the three frauds dismisses him, because they want to avoid the conservative comparisons.
My anger comes from the people who claim to be Republican and some TV and blog pundits who proclaim themselves to be on the “conservative” bandwagon touting the faux conservative credentials of candidates like Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani? What the fuck are you people drinking in the morning?

We need to stop trying to redefine conservatism, maybe some of you need to go back and understand what that actually means.
If you people who have given your support to these frauds don’t wake up this party will be on the outside looking in the next 8 plus years, because you allowed fictitious poll numbers, Sunday morning Baptist preaching rhetoric, New York shyster slick talking points, and a lying ass LDS fraud to redefine conservatism.

Unlike a great number of bloggers and pundits who pimp for these campaigns, I’m not in Thompson’s pocket, I’m not paid to put a bunch of banner bullshit on my site, I don’t work for his campaign, not a family member, a friend from back in the day, has never been invited to interview or spend time with a candidate, I don’t have exclusive access to a campaign, never been invited to a campaign rally or party, not a pimp for the Republican Party.
Not paid to post my opinions on my blog or any other blog, do not receive one dime of money from blogging.
I do it because I love blogging, I have fun doing it, and I love to share my opinions. What you read and see is what I am.

If Fred does not get the nomination, the world will not end, I will be greatly disappointed, and I will be forced to support one of these frauds.
The only thing I can hope for is a Republican majority in one or both of the chambers.
Hopefully some Republican discipline will be administered.
Bottom line I’m just a brotha tryin’ to make sense of this campaign bullshit and seriously is not liking what he is seeing.

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UPDATE: “I wanted to say that I thought Romney was excellent on “Meet the Press” - Folks I’m speechless, fucking amazing!

Romney on Meet the Press: Gun rights/immigration positions under fire

Then of course there are the clueless blind supporters

Evangelicals for Mitt

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Folks I have been a political junkie for a long time. At 44 years of age, I have followed politics fairly closely since I was in Junior High. Not obsessively or anything, but I grew up around a number of individuals who were well known in political circles in the Bay Area back in the day and I have mentioned these individuals before.My political “give a shit meter” went up significantly during the Reagan presidency and I got to the point of actually studying candidates and scrutinizing them more and more particularly individual on the other side of the political aisle.My political views have not changed much, but I have seen a change in the quality of politicians.

Having said that, I often wonder - could the politicians of yesteryear survive the white hot spotlight of today’s campaigns with You Tube, podcasts, blogs, and all the legions of political pundits who pimp their fictitious knowledge to any interested media outlet eager to fill program time?

I know I’m naïve in saying it, but I would have thought that today’s politicians would have a basic understanding of the media magnifying glass that hovers above them on a daily basis.

Mitt Romney is either totally clueless about this fact or he just does not give a fuck.
He is counting on the fact that the average American citizen is a complete idiot and is not paying attention to the political grind; because he hopes that they are much too busy raising their children, working hard on getting that degree, hard at that nine to five just trying to make ends meet.

Maybe voters aren’t paying attention. Not paying attention because of that long subway ride home, or that tiring bumper to bumper traffic on the 405 or the 95.

Not paying attention because they are focused on that new relationship, or maybe preparing that award wining menu for the upcoming Christmas Party.

Not paying attention because mom or dad may be sick, there has been an untimely death in the family, grief from depression, not being able to get your kids all they want this Christmas.

Not paying attention because they are too busy scheming, trying to figure out the story to tell the wife, while the mistress makes the hotel reservation or busy finding that perfect dress to wear on the town because her friend has found the perfect one for you.

Mitt Romney is counting on the fact that there is just so much to occupy our time and so precious few hours in the day.

Oddly enough there are people like me paying way too much attention to liars like Romney and in addition we are willing to devote some of those precious moments that could be devoted to giving my wife a kiss and a big hug to thank her for being the perfect wife. Or playing with the grandchildren or playing my favorite video game. All of the attention being paid to politicians over the years and I have NEVER ever witnessed a politician that was a big a liar as Mitt Romney.

With apologies to Hillary and Bill Clinton, Mitt Romney is by far the best trained monkey politician I have ever seen.

None of my disdain for Romney should matter. His appearance on Meet the Press this morning should kill his run for the presidency. If it does not, people are simply not paying attention.

I have never heard a politician change a position on a topic in the middle of a sentence as many times as Mitt. What makes this morning’s performance more incredible is that I’m sure he was prepared for what Russert was going to ask him and he still failed miserably.
I had a clip of a recent appearance by Michael Dukakis where he called Mitt Romney a huge fraud. I don’t think that goes far enough. This is a man without any political soul whatsoever. His is incapable of telling the truth on where he stands on an issue, because he doesn’t know where he stands; it depends on who he is trying to convince.
Is it a bunch of Iowa farmers, Christians in South Carolina, the NRA, a group of left leaning types in New Hampshire or an anti-abortion group in Pennsylvania? His position shifts to fit his audience.

He is the most deceitful sack of shit in American politics today.

Now those of you who have been peeping this blog for awhile, should already know that I have never ever given Romney any chance in receiving the Republican nomination, mainly because he was Mormon and I have been ranting about that for awhile.
But I will finally admit that his Mormon, Oops…. Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints background will have NOTHING to do with him not receiving the nomination.

He will not receive the nomination because he is a fucken chronic liar. He is more then a chronic flip-flopper. He is a trained monkey, crediting his parents for all his thoughts and motivations, and he truly has no core beliefs of his own.

Oh I did not forget folks the line in the interview where he said that he “literally wept” in 1978 when he heard that the Mormon church had finally decided that blacks could be equal members of that faith.

This has to go down as one of the biggest lies ever told in presidential campaign history.

Almost a bigger load of crap than William Jefferson’s “depends on what the meaning of (is) is”

Although I may disagree with a person’s choice for president during this campaign cycle I can understand the support of virtually all of the candidates on both sides of the political divide. I clearly don’t understand how anybody who is paying attention can support Romney’s candidacy.
This man completely devoid of any core principals should not appeal to any relatively rational voter.

Anybody who after watching “Meet the Press” this morning who would still say that they can support this man for president of the United States is frankly either not wrapped too tight or is an individual who believes that saying whatever needs to be said to get you to your desired goals is a noble endeavor.

People who support Mitt Romney; but don’t want to work for such an individual, be married to or in a relationship with such an individual or raising such an individual, are hypocrites. Chronic lying is wrong and would not be tolerated in any relationship particularly and especially the relationship between this nations president and the American people.

Watch program

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Romney: I don’t flip-flop, I learn from experience:

Here’s a key quote from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s appearance this morning on NBC-TV’s Meet the Press, during which most of host Tim Russert’s questions focused on whether Romney has flip-flopped on issues such as abortion, gun control, taxes and health care. Romney said the only issue he’s changed much on is abortion — from effectively “pro-choice” to his current “pro-life” stance. Then, he had this to say:

“Tim, if you’re looking for someone who’s never changed any positions on any policies, then I’m not your guy. I do learn from experience. If you want someone who doesn’t learn from experience — who stubbornly takes a position on a particular act and says ‘well, I’m never changing my view based on what I’ve learned’ — that doesn’t make sense to me.”

Some other things Romney said:

• In his recent speech about religion, his Mormon faith and the role of faith in public life, Romney said “freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom.” Pressed by Russert, Romney said that does not mean atheists cannot also be moral persons.

“On an individual basis you have many individuals of great morality that don’t have a particular faith,” he said. He also said he would not require that Supreme Court nominees be men or women of faith.

• He wept with joy the day in 1978 when he heard that the Mormon church had finally decided that blacks could be equal members of that faith. “You can see what I believed and what my family believed,” he said. “My dad (former Michigan Governor George Romney) marched Martin Luther King. … Those are my fundamental core beliefs.” He was driving when he heard the news and “I pulled over and literally wept.”

• As president he would not seek to outlaw the use of so-called “surplus embryos” for stem-cell research.

• He continues to believe that rival Republican contender Mike Huckabee “owes the president an apology” for saying the Bush administration has been arrogant and has a bunker mentality when it comes to foreign policy. That’s different, Romney insisted, from his criticism of the administration’s handling of the post-combat operations phase of the war in Iraq.

“It is a mess,” he said of the situation in Iraq. “If you’re suggesting that it’s equivalent to say we’ve made a lot of errors … and that the president is arrogant and has a bunker mentality … that’s where (Huckabee) went over the line.”

Russert, by the way, said his guest next week will be Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul. Meet the Press is archiving its interviews with the presidential contenders here.

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What I was thinking… 

From Wonkette  

My Bullshit Meter — the standards for which Mitt Romney had already raised dramatically — is blinking furiously:

I can remember when, when I heard about the change being made. I was driving home from, I think, it was law school, but I was driving home, going through the Fresh Pond rotary in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I heard it on the radio, and I pulled over and, and literally wept.

Awww, It gave him an opportunity to get fathers for all those immoral Negroes and their gunshootingness.

In case you forgot:
Ann Romney Doesn’t Recall Contribution to Abortion Group

Romney: Gay couples raising kids is the American way

Romney, self-described lifelong hunter, has hunted on two occasions

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Mormon Mitt on the Today Show…today

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.NATIONAL REVIEW ENDORSES: MITT…

Fucking idiots, my opinion of National Review just went into the toilet.

Mitt Romney, the classic political opportunist, on the abortion alone willing to take one side of a life and death issue when seeking liberal votes and quite willing to take the other side of the same issue when seeking conservative votes.

Mitt Romney at one point in his political career would have to run to the LEFT of Ted Kennedy, who so much symbolizes the catchphrase “big government.”

Romney once stated; “If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,” Romney wrote. “My opponent cannot do this. I can and will.”

Years later, the same liberal Ted Kennedy who actually supports “equality for gays and lesbians” as he has been a forthright backer of gay marriage and an outspoken opponent of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, made himself the poster boy for conservative opposition to gay marriage, conveniently positioned himself at the geographical epicenter of the debate. The thought of Romney attending a gay pride parade today is unthinkable.

Hypocrisy as far as I’m concerned is an unforgivable sin in American politics. Romney plays this role better than any Republican in the field. From guns, abortion, stem cell research, fidelity to Reagan, tax pledges-all Romney positions reversed, modified, “evolved” or faked.
This is a man adept to faking his views to polish his “conservative” credentials.

If that isn’t bad enough, this jackass even has a change of positions when it comes to his favorite book saying in an interview on national TV that his favorite novel is Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s “Battlefield Earth.”
Forget that he told Fox News his favorite book was the Bible but his favorite novel was the science fiction tome “Battlefield Earth.”
On his My Space page the Mark Twain novel “Huckleberry Finn” topped his book list.

Imagine someone so fucked up and lacking in conviction that he can’t even come clean on something as simple as his favorite book.
Frankly I would even question his commitment on his Mormon convictions.

Folks who peep this blog know I’m a Thompson supporter, so this is not just me using my personal format to attack a Thompson opponent. But what I want in a candidate is someone with integrity, someone willing to open the curtain to reveal his or her personal and political convictions AND someone willing to stand resolute by those convictions.

Any true Republican and certainly any true conservative could not possible support Romney.
Like I said National Review in my mind has lost considerable credibility. Romney has deep $$$ pockets and it looks as though National Review has slipped their hands into them.

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Ok I have to get this off my chest, as I have said many time that I am a long time listener of Rush. But his pimping and flowering of the speech gave by Romney is just sickening.
Glenn Beck is also pimping the virtues of the speech. I’m tired about hearing about his fucken speech, so what the hell, I’ll post more rants about him and his Mormon homies.

You know folks there have been many individuals both political and not who have given great inspiring speeches. Although I love a good speech and marvel at a good delivery in most instances the words that are sung from the lips of most humans are simply flawed rhetoric.

Yes there have been oratories from individuals that gave me goose bumps and made me smile, others made me cringe. But good speeches don’t necessarily translate into meaningful action.

Y’all who have read my rants about Romney and Mormons know that I have placed a personal scrutiny on both.
Rush and some media folks have mentioned that both Senators Harry Reid and Orin Hatch are also Mormons and have inquired whether or not these two individuals must answer the anti Mormonism charges levied at Romney.
As far as I’m concerned, no. They are not running for “president”, Romney is.

Let me make something clear here. Would I choose someone like Romney or some enterprising Mormon to run my business? Sure. If I were hiring someone for employment and knew they were Mormon would I consider them? Absolutely.
Would I have a problem with a Mormon teacher, doctor, or mechanic? Not at all.
Could a Mormon be my mayor, city councilman, and congressman, hell why not, depending on what I know about him and what he has done for the community.
Ok, governor? As far as I’m concerned no, president again NO!
Yes I’m a biased bastard, sue me!

So then again Snoop what is your beef with Mormons? PPP readers skip ahead…

THEY “TAUGHT” THAT PEOPLE WITH MY SKIN PIGMENTATION WERE INHERENTLY EVIL.

Representing a district or a municipality is one thing representing a state or this nation is another. Yes, I can hear, oh Snoop that’s just stupid. Well would I consider Robert Byrd for president (hypothetical folks work with me here), Christian man and all, fuck no, he still thinks darkies should be sent back to Africa. What is the difference in Byrd’s view of blacks and Mormons view of blacks?

If there were a Buddhist, a Jew, Quaker, Jehovah Witness, Southern Baptist, Hindu running for president I would not give a shit unless they were liberal Democrats of course.
These examples as far as I know did not teach their parishioners that dark skinned people are somehow “cursed.” And I keep reading, “ah, well they don’t teach that anymore.”
Ah yes the beauty of smorgous board worshiping. Just take out the parts that are cool to you and leave out the questionable stuff. Yes way too many “religious” zealots love to pick and choose parts of the bible and their faith that suits them.

So what did the Mormon elders decide, did they have secret meetings around the country or issue memos to Mormons across America to “invite a Negro to church”, tell them they are all welcomed now, we gotta help our brother Mitt.

In my mind I ask myself, does the individual that I choose to vote for in 2008 have a basic level of respect for me as a human being and others that share my skin color.
Does your religion of choice, see all people as equals or as all part of the same human family.
Does your religion come with strings attached; I’m not talking about the morality of good deeds in teaching you how to treat your fellow man, or doctrine like the 10 commandments that outline basic common sense principals on how to govern your life.
I’m talking about, religions that come with man made dogma, secret codes and the hidden rhetoric that can only come from “mans” over processed imagination.

Most of these hidden “rules” and codes come from wanting a particular religion to remain “pure” free of individuals who may destroy the race or religious family.
Although not as religious as most folks, you see I know God feels that he did not make an inherently evil or lesser individual to occupy this earth.
Atheists can argue the existence of a God if they want I could care less, but this is precisely why I would never consider an Atheist for president either.
Basically atheists think that people who even consider a higher power are fools pure and simple and the notion that an individual can run this nation while mocking 90 percent of this population is simple laughable.

As for my belief in God and how he feels about me, I don’t have to attend some ridiculous ceremony or conduct some weekly ritual or throw my money into the coffers of some mega evangelist so they can build these huge churches with Starbucks signs in the shadow of the alter.

But back to Mormonism, I find what they believe offensive, and as much as they try to mask it today I will still be strongly outspoken about it until someone either on the radio, or TV or I finally read in print someone address the real issues with Mormonism.
Yes I have read countless websites and text from Mormons and they quietly dismiss rhetoric like mine as bore out of simple ignorance.
Sorry, wrong Negro, my knowledge of Mormons goes back to my junior high and high school days. I use to study various religions on the side; I was always fascinated as to why certain people would gravitate to one source of religious teaching over another.

As for Romney’s little bullshit speech, it was just that, bullshit; give props to his speech writer for masking the true issue and concerns that Americans have about the notion of a Mormon president.

If and when he decides to tackle the issue head on and be honest about what is likely my ignorance about his true beliefs then I will be willing to consider the man who wants to lead this nation.

He did say that his beliefs were the beliefs of his fathers and his fathers before him, then fine, let your nomination live or die with those beliefs, but I have a right as a voter to
scrutinize and point out the flaws as I see it. And no radio/TV talk show host, high brow blogger or TV pundit is going browbeat me or guilt me into doing otherwise. If they don’t like it, well pucker up, while I pull down the jammies.

This is America, is it not?! Ah but the beauty of blogging is if there is someone, anyone out there who can educate me, please feel free.

The floor is now yours. Hell someone contact Mitt, and have him send me something.
I’ll post Mitt 2008 buttons on my blog if I could get a reasoned and logical response from a Mormon out there who wants to set me straight.

I’ll be waiting.

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This from my buddy El Borak

Mitt seems a bit confused about the Constitution:

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney declares in a speech being delivered Thursday that he shares “moral convictions” with Americans of all faiths, but should not have to explain his own religion just because he’s striving to become the first Mormon elected president.

“To do so would enable the very religious test the founders prohibited in the Constitution…,” Romney said in remarks prepared for delivery at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

Article VI of the Constitution reads, in part, “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” But Romney seems to share the typical politician’s misunderstanding of the purpose of the Constitution, which is to limit the government, not the people.

Many governments have legally excluded people from holding office for religious reasons. In fact, the New Jersey Constitution of 1776 said that only Protestant Christians could be elected:

all persons, professing a belief in the faith of any Protestant sect…shall be capable of being elected into any office of profit or trust, or being a member of either branch of the Legislature…

READ THE REST HERE

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Ricardo Saenz, owner of the company that employed illegal immigrants, worked on Romney’s lawn recently.

By Maria Cramer and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff; and Connie Paige, Globe Correspondent

Standing on stage at a Republican debate on the Gulf Coast of Florida last week, Mitt Romney repeatedly lashed out at rival Rudy Giuliani for providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants in New York City.

Yet, the very next morning, on Thursday, at least two illegal immigrants stepped out of a hulking maroon pickup truck in the driveway of Romney’s Belmont house, then proceeded to spend several hours raking leaves, clearing debris from Romney’s tennis court, and loading the refuse back on to the truck.

In fact, their work was part of a regular pattern. Despite a Globe story in Dec. 2006 that highlighted Romney’s use of illegal immigrants to tend to his lawn, Romney continued to employ the same landscaping company — until today. The landscaping company, in turn, continued to employ illegal immigrants.

Read the rest if you want but the point is made, Romney is a flip flopping liar hypocrite.

Man has anyone noticed that ole Snoop seems to be bitch slapping Republicans more than Democrats these days. Wonder what that says about the party, but more importantly why the Fred campaign needs to get in gear. His candidacy is becoming increasingly more important.

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From the American Spectator Blog via Ankle Biting Pundits

Romney is trying to deflect criticism from a number of opponents about his healthcare reform and releases this. His basic argument: we enacted universal health care without taxes and the courts made us pay for abortions. Well, there are arguments on the other side. He quotes Club for Growth as saying he “deserves credit” for a plan encouraging individually-owed health care.

But the Club for Growth also noted: “To be sure, Commonwealth Care is a far cry from free-market healthcare. Besides the individual and employer mandates, the program expands Medicaid, does not deregulate enough, and will likely cost more than the current system, which despite all its flaws, does, after all, already provide universal healthcare on demand. Most of the blame for the deficiencies in the Massachusetts plan lies with the liberal Legislature which, absent the resistance of Governor Romney, almost certainly would have enacted a major tax increase while moving healthcare reform in the worst possible direction.

 Nevertheless, given its massively regulatory nature and likely high cost, the Massachusetts healthcare plan is not a model upon which a national plan should be built.” As for abortions, one of the quotes Romney uses actually support the argument made by Thompson: Massachusetts was only legally required to pay for “medically necessary” abortions but Romney’s plan paid for ALL abortions. Romney also argues,” Hey not me, it was the independent Connector Authority which did it.”

Despite his argument that the Connector Authority was “independent” of the Romney, he in fact appointed key members of the board and the executive director was chosen by Romney’s Administration and Finance Secretary. Plenty of fodder for everyone in this one.

Also check out:  And don’t forget about those $50 abortions.

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Hmmm was checking out some random blogs and found this about Mitt on Pandagon

Surfing over at Mitt Romney’s campaign web site, I came across the former Massachusetts governor’s proud statement of his goal of protecting marriage (he doesn’t believe in civil unions now, either.

“I will work with the people in this room, as I have for the past four years, to champion a federal marriage amendment to protect marriage as the union of a man and a woman. … Make no mistake: a federal amendment is the only way we can protect marriage from liberal, unelected judges.” - Gov. Mitt Romney

(Gov. Mitt Romney, Address To The Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, 10/19/07)

 In A 2006 Letter To All 100 U.S. Senators, Gov. Romney Stressed Traditional Marriage As “The Ideal Setting For Nurturing And Developing Children.” GOV. ROMNEY: “Our society, like all known civilizations in recorded history, has favored the union of a man and a woman with the special designation and benefits of marriage. In this respect, it has elevated the relationship of a legally bound man and woman over other relationships. This recognizes that the ideal setting for nurturing and developing children is a home where there is a mother and a father.”

 (Gov. Mitt Romney, Letter To United States Senators, 6/2/06)

Strange, though, I didn’t see this up at the site —

I still say way too many people would simply not vote for a Mormon anyway and they damm sure won’t vote for a politically challenged flip floppin’ Mormon.

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From NBC/NJ’s Erin McPike

SPARKS, Nev. – Ron Paul won the GOP presidential straw poll conducted by organizers at the Conservative Leadership Conference held at the Nugget Casino this weekend “by a large margin,” according to an organizer.

Paul won with 33 percent, Romney came in second with 16 percent and Duncan Hunter was just behind with 15 percent. “Undecided” was fourth with 11 percent, and Thompson and Giuliani were next and ahead of the rest of the pack — all in single digits. Raw numbers haven’t been provided, but there were approximately 430 registrants at the opening of the conference.

Although many of the Republican presidential teams had surrogates representing them at the conference, Mitt Romney and Duncan Hunter were the only candidates to speak at the conference, and the victor himself was not there.

Libertarian sentiment dominated the conference, and a number of attendees expressed disappointment with the Republican Party for not catering to many of their views. Several speakers explained that they were looking to move on, echoing much of the discontent that came out of the meeting of the Council for National Policy in Salt Lake City late last month.

Read the rest, but why bother, Romney, DUDE,  I think it tis time you packed up the tent and went home.

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Found this on the Tube. Posting for my man Weed Smoker, I’m curious what you think. 

Found this on the blog eyeon08.com via Conservative Grapevine

Todd Harris said what everyone has been thinking for a while:

The statement from Todd Harris, communications director for Fred Thompson, accuses Mitt Romney’s campaign of a “half-baked cover-up” of what he alleges is the association between a Romney consultant and a hastily pulled website that said nasty things about Thompson.

Harris concluded with the kind of rhetoric that tends to warm Democratic hearts: “This latest episode only serves to prove what many voters are already figuring out: Mitt Romney will do anything, say anything, smear any opponent and flip flop on any position in order to win. The American people in general and the Republican Party in particular deserve better than this.”

More here

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Found on the blog FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog  

Another Flip Flop for Mitt Romney?

The Washington Post says Yes!

Add it to the other flip flops:

Illegal Immigration

Illegal aliens mowing his lawn

Flip on Abortion

Flip on Gay Marriage

Lied about hunting

Scientology book one of his favorites

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