Troubling Evidence Of Social Liberalism Lurking In Romney's Past
Here's a bit more for you on Mitt Romney's budding Presidential run. Romney is positioning himself as the true conservative alternative to Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. But uh-oh -- it turns out that there's some very troubling evidence of social liberalism lurking in his past:
Where Romney may take some heat, especially from the social conservatives who are instrumental in early primary voting, is over his positions on same-sex marriage and abortion.Romney ran as a moderate during his 2002 gubernatorial campaign. Despite saying he personally opposed abortion, he not only pledged to leave the state's abortion laws intact, but noted his mother, Lenore, ran for U.S. Senate in 1970 as a supporter of abortion rights.
He now stresses his opposition to abortion in speeches across the country.
In 2002, Romney's supporters also handed out fliers with well wishes from him and his running mate during Boston's annual Gay Pride Parade. He was endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay party activists. In 2003, he signed a proclamation hailing a gay youth parade.
So Romney's mom ran for office as a pro-choice candidate 36 years ago, and Romney himself said some friendly things to gays a couple of times. How will he ever overcome such glaring liabilities?
What kind of name is Mitt?
November 22, 2006 11:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Romney is another one of these jerks who comes from liberal Republican roots (anyone remember his dad, governor of Michigan?) and morphs into a neocon for political purposes. After Dubya, it's getting old and the people are going in a different direction.
November 22, 2006 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, you have to admit, a name like "Mitt" does tend to set you apart from the crowd!
According to Wikipedia, his full name is "Willard Mitt Romney," so I suspect Mitt may be a surname from one branch of his family.
November 22, 2006 12:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ironically enough, in the 2006 gubernatorial election, the Log Cabineers here in Massachusetts refused to endorce the Republican candidate for Governor, who was Romney's selected lieutenant governor, Kerry Healy.
The Log Cabineers endorsed only one of the 69 candidates that the Republicans put up for the state legislature (about a third of the seats in the legislature). And that candidate--a very young neophyte candidate--was the only Republican who supported same-sex marriage.
November 22, 2006 12:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't imagine what it must feel like for a Republican to have been exposed as a potentially thoughtful, tolerant leader. The horror, the shame. Perhaps he can say he was a "Closeted Republican," and they can feel pride in him coming out to assume the mantle of Party Leader?
Watching from just above the water line. . . .
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November 22, 2006 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
I seem to recall reading some time back that Mitt had a number of friends in Massachussetts who were gay and he'd even been to a gay wedding/commitment ceremony (not sure which one - but either way, an implicit approval of the whole concept of gay coupling).
When he first started all this anti-gay stuff a couple of years ago, those same gay friends were astonished that he was saying it, given his previous friendly posture towards them and their union.
But do you think I can find reference to this on the web anymore? Of course not! Perhaps someone more adept at searching than I am can find it, then we can locate the couple and make Mitt look like the fraud that he truly is.
November 22, 2006 3:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Romney has become famous here in MA for saying anything to get his way, no matter what his true feelings might be. His flip flops on the abortion issue are legendary around here, for example. The gay issue, because of its interest to the conservative block of voters desired by a Romney candidacy, has become a ripe target for his crashing rhetoric. Another thing he is fond of doing is make harsh, sarcastic statements, either himself, or through his mouthpieces, then when the inevitible outcry comes, blame it on being 'misunderstood', or the words of someone 'not authorized' to speak for him on this issue. Of course, he has no problem basking in the intended benefit of the barbs. An example of this is a crack he made a few years ago bringing up the Ted Kennedy/Chappaquidick tragedy. It was uncalled for, flippant, and quickly backtracked from, but his rightwing target loved it.
As for his name, I hadn't thought of it, but slb's explanation that it might be a surname from another branch of his family makes sense. He has a son named Tagg (short for Taggart) which could also have the same reason.
November 22, 2006 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink