The man presents himself very well. He speaks well, always dressed to the T and has impeccable, some might even say presidential posture. The thing is, he talks out of all sides of his mouth. The man does not seem to have one position; rather he says whatever pleases the audience that he is speaking to. That being said, he seems to be much more consistently in the Center, maybe even on the Left on some issues.
I can see why the Main Stream Media props him up as the next big GOP thing. He fits into the role of "next one in line" in the game political heir apparent. He also fits their agenda. He seems to be easily manipulated if he can smell votes and will bend to the left on a whim. One of the most telling examples of this happened while Mitt Romney was taking questions at a campaign stop in early June where he fielded a question about Global Warming. Here is a video of his response via Think Progress:
This is simply one of the most recent examples. There still remains the big, black cloud looming over Romney's head: RomneyCare. There's no question at this point that RomneyCare set the stage as a template for ObamaCare, as even President Obama himself has said as much. Candidate Romney remains steadfast in support if his decision to give health care to the state in Massachusetts, a egregious move after the outrage that was sparked when the wildly unpopular ObamaCare was shoved down the country's throat, leaving most of Romney's national voting block with more than a bad taste in their mouth about state-run health care. At this point, it is clear that state-run health care is something Romney supports, regardless of his campaign talking points against Obama's plan.
Romney has flipped, or maybe flopped, on other issues important to the Conservative base as well. These issues include abortion, gay marriage, gun rights and fiscal policy. He was Massachusetts governor during "The Big Dig" controversy which was an example of poor leadership throughout his administration, including him. Mitt Romney is a registered Republican, but it ends there. Sure there's a few conservative tendencies mixed in there, but these do nothing but plant him firmly in the middle of the political spectrum which is not what the GOP needs and certainly not what the country needs.
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This is but a synopsis of Mitt Romney and why he is not a strong conservative candidate and ought not to be the front runner for the Republican nomination. I would be remiss not to mention a very in depth piece written by @KLSouth on twitter (aka Kelly). I must recommend that you read his piece, "Romney is No Conservative" as soon as possible.
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I respect your opinion. I am still on the fence about Romney. For me it's between him and Paul. I'm trying to get on board with Ron Paul because I believe he's sincere, but he comes off as crazy. I want Congress to be able to support his ideas because I believe he's the only way we're going to get back to our roots and out of this mess.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to thank you, though, for not touting Romney's faith as a reason to distrust him. I know it sounds stupid that anyone would do this, but plenty of people have and do (Hermann Cain being one of them most recently). Religion has nothing to do with one's electability.
Glad to see other young conservatives out there.
I've made my thoughts about Romney pretty clear. I can't support Paul. He doesn't come off as crazy, he kinda is haha! It the blogosphere we call his supporters Paulbots because they seem to be programmed mechanically follow his every whim. He has some outstanding libertarian ideas, but his isolationism is harmful foreign policy and some of his social issues are kind of off. That being said I want the next president to put as much pressure on the Fed as he does.
ReplyDeleteAs far as religion goes, I honestly don't care what the candidate is. I don't judge by creed or color, but by content of character. That being said, (and please take no offense to this, it is simply an observation) I've seen many of our classmates from G-Town seemingly blindly supporting Romney simply because he shares their Mormon faith. I've seen them espouse conservative ideas that Romney does not support, yet they have his back 100%. Even after I make arguments about facts that strongly support that he is not a conservative, they won't budge. Is this something you've noticed as well? I mean not to offend, but I feel you would have a better perspective than I. What is your honest opinion of what I just said?
Btw... Thanks so much for reading!! Means A LOT!!