“Romney’s campaign distributed pro-gay rights campaign literature during Boston’s ‘Gay Pride’ events,” issuing pink fliers stating, “Mitt and Kerry [running mate Kerry Healey] wish you a great Pride weekend! All citizens deserve equal rights, regardless of their sexual preference.”

- Romney advocated governmental recognition of homosexual adoption rights, domestic partnerships and homosexual civil unions.

- Romney opposed the Boy Scouts’ policy prohibiting homosexuals from serving as scoutmasters and prevented the organization from participating publicly in the 2002 Olympics.

– The Boston Globe wrote in 2005, “Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans, has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced, instead tapping registered Democrats or independents – including two gay lawyers who have supported expanded same-sex rights.”

- Romney promoted homosexual propaganda in Massachusetts schools through the “Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth,” funding this bureaucracy of social engineering instead of eliminating it.

Do I even have to bring up his universal health care scheme? SHUDDER.

If people don’t want Republicans to stay home or vote third party in record numbers on election day, pick someone beside Rudy McRomney. It’s that simple.

I see that YOU have drunk the Mitt Romney Kool-Aid, in any case.

My condolences.

Funny, I didn’t see a counterargument there.

Two words: “OH YEAH!”

And I’m drinking Kool-Aid?

Your criticisms are unfounded, in other words.

I see that YOU have drunk the Mitt Romney Kool-Aid, in any case.

My condolences.

However, like Joseph Farah, I have deep reservations about Romney — if nominated, he will be labelled a flip-flopper on a number of issues, but especially on abortion.

Strike one. When Mitt ran for Governor, his promise was to keep current laws the same. Which he did. He Vetoed any bills that would expand abortion or other anti-life messages.

He also was arguably an enabler for gay marriage in Massachusetts via some of his administrative moves (though he never campaigned for it).

Strike two. Governors can’t veto court rulings, and Democrats run the legislature. Mitt did everything in his power to damage control the ruling, restricting it’s influence to Massachusetts alone and making sure gays couldn’t just elope here, get a certificate, and fly away. Not bad for a guy “checked and balanced” by two other Democrat-run branches.

Your criticisms are unfounded, in other words.

Hey, “Mitt Happens”!

Hey, great line!

However, like Joseph Farah, I have deep reservations about Romney — if nominated, he will be labelled a flip-flopper on a number of issues, but especially on abortion.

He also was arguably an enabler for gay marriage in Massachusetts via some of his administrative moves (though he never campaigned for it).

Fred Barnes echoes Martinezes idiotic stance and attacks the base. I have fisked the story here. Enjoy

I noticed this article, as well. I can tell you that there are PLENTY of Hispanics who not only are NOT alienated by a strong stance on ILLEGAL immigration, but who wholeheartedly SUPPORT cracking down on illegal immigration.

I wonder if Fred Barnes knows any Hispanics besides his cleaning lady and lawnkeeper?

What were those quotas, & when did they disappear?

I think — if you research it — you will find Teddy Kennedy’s political fingerprints all over the removal of those old quotas — and it happened awhile back — in the 1960 or 1970s, I believe.

What were those quotas, & when did they disappear?

Michelle, it was a good interview… thanks.

Governor Romney, thanks for your time and your answers.

http://thecitytroll.blogspot.com/2007/08/fred-barnes-is-wrong.html

On August 18th, 2007 at 9:40 am, runningonfumes said:
Is it just me? Or, has Michelle Malkin already drunk the Mitt Romney Kool-Aid?

Hey, “Mitt Happens”!

Seriously, based on the fact that Rudy has some serious skeletons in a large Ivana Trump-type closet – including his many pictures in drag, which will be plastered all over the place if he is the nominee (want a leader of the free world to be seen as the new J. Edgar Hoover?) – anyone of a conservative mind needs to keep an open mind at this point.

Fred? The man can’t even get a campaign together to announce his candidacy – how’s he going to fare in the real time real world?

And the rest of the crowd has so little appeal that the Democrats would consider it to be divine intervention if any of them received the nomination.

For me personally, the jury is still out on all of them. Let the vetting process run its course.

I do strongly agree with the comments on Martinez. The man is grinding a personal agenda at the expense of losing the entire base of the Republican party. He needs to go, NOW, if the Republicans want to a serious chance in 2008. No money these days is no votes.

This is a case of Mr. Martinez putting his own personal views and his loyalty to President Bush above the serious responsibilities of his chairmanship. He has just driven a wedge between himself and the two men most likely at this point to contend for the Republican presidential nomination. To what end? He is at odds with his party. He sounds bitter.

He is also damaging Republicans’ chances for 2008 because no one is giving the RNC any money. As long as he is there, they are going to get no contributions. He needs to be fired NOW. I can see him and President Bush so bitter about immigration that they try to undermine Republicans’ chances in 2008. If the average person starts to think that Republicans are the amnesty party (thanks to Bush and the RNC), we will have no chance.

Rudy Giuliani, not only converted NY city into a sanctuary city

Not defending Giuliani but you are mistaken as to the origins of the sanctuary city policy in NYC …

The sanctuary policy was proposed and went into effect in 1989 under Ed Koch (D) and continued under David Dinkins (D) after that …when Giuliani became the mayor of NYC he continued to enforce the sanctuary policy that was already in place … this has continued with Bloomberg as mayor …

Just pointing out that Giuliani did not start the NYC sanctuary city policy … but he also did not do anything to end it …