Fine job on twisting my words and my message. You not only missed the point, your reading comprehension is apparently stalled somewhere around the second grade level.

That’s tough talk from someone who can’t spell “rabid,” “discussion” or “Romney.”

Get a grip.

…..                   ..Pat Hynes                     &…

“This is indeed Mitt Romney’s Willie Horton”

L.N. Smithee:

If you want to deliberately ignorant, maybe. For the rest of us, we tend to look at facts.

Jim M:

What a tool.

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…the public is not going to get into the hair splitting exercise of rebid (sic) Romney supporters who point out “differences” between the Romney and Dukakis situation.

This is precisely what I am talking about.

When provided with the facts proving the shorthand description “Romney’s Horton” is misleading at best, you suggested “the public” will swallow the concept whole and won’t be able to tell the difference, damaging Romney’s candidacy. So you’re talking about people who can’t be bothered to think about the vast difference between the Constitutional process of appointing judges (whom are not remotely-controlled by the executive branch once they are on the bench), and the voluntary continuing of bad policy that originated in the Governor’s office and had already caused pain, suffering, and death among innocent people.

Such non-inquisitive, gullible people are, in other words, deliberately ignorant. And unlike your referring to me “a tool,” that’s not “name-calling,” it’s a description.

One of the reasons why I visit Michelle Malkin daily is because I believe the facts DO matter, unlike many bloggers on the left, who practice outcome-based reporting in which “Facts Don’t Matter.”

Some states have a 3 time looser policy that every now & then put offenders away for a relatively minor 3rd offense… (too bad for them). Your plan is better than any other I have heard of.

“It’s because of stupidity in Massachusetts that my daughter is dead.” And the mother uses more colorful language than that. Yes, another murderer released because of the easy-on-crime policies of Massachusetts goes on to murder someone else. In ano…

On November 21st, 2007 at 4:41 pm, L.N. Smithee said:
“This is indeed Mitt Romney’s Willie Horton”
If you want to deliberately ignorant, maybe. For the rest of us, we tend to look at facts.

What a tool.

Fact – Romney appointed the judge;

Fact – the judge released the killer;

Fact – the appointment of judges is a significant issue in Presidential Politics;

Fact – there is a history of excoriating candidates for the actions of their judicial appointments.

I have nothing against Romney. In fact, I am still undecided in terms of a Republican candidate. To me, he is just as viable as anyone else.

But this type of incident has sunk the ships of Presidential hopefuls before. And the public is not going to get into the hair splitting exercise of rebid Romney supporters who point out “differences” between the Romney and Dukakis situation. Those differences are going to be lost in the equation of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. All the Romney supporters will do by highlighting the differences is to keep publicizing the fact that a judge Romney appointed let a killer go.

I believe the public believes the buck stops with the chief executive. It was Romeny’s decision as chief executive to appoint this judge.

So, despite the name calling tactics, there is ample support that this is indeed Romeny’s “Willie Horton” moment. The only ignorance creeping into the dicsussion is the ignorance evidenced by name calling and a demonstrated lack of cogent thought.

When you commit a traffic offense you can be fined and/or jailed. You will also be assessed points on your license. accumulate enough points you lose your license. Lets treat felonies the same way.

Create a five tier felony classification system.

Class A Felony, 16 years to life in prison. 16 Points.

Class B Felony, 8 – 15 years in prison 8 Points.

Class C Felony, 4 – 7 years in prison 4 Points.

Class D Felony, 2 – 3 years in prison 2 Points.

Class E Felony, 1 – 2 years in prison 1 Point.

When an offender accumulates 20 points He/She shall be incarcerated for the rest of there natural life. An offender who accumulates 25 points shall be put to death.

Under this system there is no parole, no furloughs and no time off for good behavior. Points are automatic, they are not subject to a judges dissression.

But just the facts, I understand. That should be sufficient. I am beginning to think that the appointment of judges is the most crucial function of a president, governor, etc. If Romney did a lame, whatever job on this, then he should pay the political consequences. Just as anyone else should.

When are we going to hold our masters accountable? We have to start somewhere, somewhen. Right? But I will await the results of the investigation.