Mitt Romney: Things That Might Interest You

January 19, 2012 Filed under Elections Posted by JJac

From David Codrea at Gun Rights Examiner:

”A document found online by BuzzFeed appears to be John McCain’s entire, 200-page opposition research file – or ‘book’- on Mitt Romney from 2008, the year they were bitter rivals.” Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed

SECOND AMENDMENT ISSUES

In 1994 Senate Race, Romney Backed Brady Bill And Assault Weapons Ban, Saying “I Don’t Line Up With The NRA”

In 1994, Romney Backed Brady Bill. [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)

Romney, In 1994: “I Don’t Line Up With The NRA.” (Scott Helman, “Romney Retreats On Gun Control,” The Boston Globe, 1/14/07)

Romney Called Clinton Crime Bill “A Big Step Forward.” “Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday’s Metro/Region section about the taping of a debate between Republican gubernatorial candidates incorrectly attributed to John Lakian a quote about the federal crime bill. It was Mitt Romney who said: ‘This legislation isn’t perfect. But if we think we’re going to go to Washington and only vote for things that are perfect, I think we’d be making a big mistake. This bill is a big step forward.’” (“Correction,” The Boston Globe, 8/28/94)

“Romney Said He Supports The Ban On 19 Assault Weapons Included In The Bill…”” (Scot Lehigh,

“Kennedy’s Rivals Say Crime Bill Was Too Weak For Them,” The Boston Globe, 8/13/94)

When will the republican establishment rid themselves of this deeply flawed candidate who is so completely out of touch with American conservatives?

2 Responses to Mitt Romney: Things That Might Interest You

Igor Prohorov

January 19, 2012 - 11:18 pm

Ron Paul is definitely the only true conservative running. Please vote for Ron Paul on March 6.
els666

January 22, 2012 - 12:33 am

… so, how to balance the issues at stake?:

the guy with a stable single marriage, who helped build a prosperous corporation, who doesn’t have a perfect score with the NRA

vs.

the guy who is/was a doctor ( probably ‘was’, since we don’t suppose he still sees patients, although he must keep up his license ), who mimics the rhetoric of early 20th century Nativist isolationism, and channels a magical belief in gold

vs.

the guy with the sweaters, and the working class background, who seems to think the Catholic Cathechism is part of the Constitution

vs.

the Renaissance intellectual in the group, who role-models serial marriage, followed by serial adultery/keeping mistresses ( behaving like a French monarch or French socialist), followed by serial hypocrisy about other people’s marriages ( behaving like sexual creeps like Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, and scores more evangelical preachers while criticizing gay people in wholesome relationships who are asking to to have a civil marriage )

… humhhh