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By: Frumious Bandersnatch

Frumious Bandersnatch — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:50:54 +0000

Mitt obscures his record? I have my issues with him, but at least he has not run from his record like Huckabe and McCain have.

Whenever those two are called on their past actions and record, they go ballistic in the argumentum ad-hominum department.

I agree that Romney appears slick (or polished, depending on your preference), but are you going to focus on his appearance or his platform?

By: jeanie

jeanie — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:24:46 +0000

I’m wondering if MA is more than a little dissatisfied with Deval Patrick. Some of the local talk shows are less than kind to him lately.

By: 29Victor

29Victor — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:45:35 +0000

I’m not horribly impressed with any of the Rep. front runners, but Mitt is the only one that I don’t trust. He obscures his record instead of running on it and he’s just too darn slick.

He reminds me of Clinton.

By: blues

blues — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:22:19 +0000

Tavares would have served one more year-so two innocent people would have been butchered one year later.I think we are missing the point here folks.He had no business being released at all.Whoever you choice to blame for the early release,the fact remains that he would kill again.

By: Jim M.

Jim M. — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:30:34 +0000

I am certainly no Romney fan, but let’s be fair here. The Tavares case is more a revelation on the liberal cesspool Massachusetts has become than an indictment on Romney.

Tavares murdered his mother. Yet a jury of his peers found that he should only receive a paltry 16 year sentence for a murder. 16 years for murder? Give me a break. The jury and judge in the case have a fair share of the blame here.

Massachusetts allows a murderer to accumulate good time credits. So the legislature of Massachusetts in its infinite liberal wisdom allows murderers out early if they are good boys and girls. Those men and women involved in passing this law share a portion of the blame.

The prison in which he was incarcerated apparently did not document all of his cases of violent behavior, which should have led to his losing his credits. The prison gets some of the blame here as well as an idiotic process that does not automatically rescind good time credits but instead requires some sort of hearing. Blame again to the legislature.

The a judge releases him against the strong objections of the State. The judicial system gets part of the blame here. Of course, the DA’s office screwed up by not arresting him for assault while he was still behind bars. And the parole system never had a clue as to where he was and allowed him to waltz out of the State. And the Massachusetts authorities couldn’t find him. Lots of blame here.

So, in light of all of this, Romney is now on the hot seat for not having some administrator sign a paper? Sorry, but the way I see it, it is Massachusetts’s out of control liberalism that caused the deaths of the young couple in Washington. If you need more evidence, just look at who they elected as governor – Deval Patrick.

By: meatpieandtatters

meatpieandtatters — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:07:22 +0000

Liberalism ALWAYS creates the exact OPPOSITE of its stated intent.

By: meatpieandtatters

meatpieandtatters — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:06:54 +0000

Reaping what they sowed, indeed.

By: ArmoredCAV

ArmoredCAV — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:15:23 +0000

How can anyone point out that Government should not handle health care because it is an inefficient bureaucracy, but then hold the governor accountable for decisions made about ten echelons below him by a flunky in the prison system? Come on now. Say what you will about the man, but do you really expect the governor to personally track the status of every prisoner? Of course not. At some point, the decision makers and executers are outside of his sphere of influence. That would appear to be the case here.

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:33:10 +0000

Gee, wasn’t there someone asking what the big deal was about letting the 22,000 guys out in California 2 years early was?

Well here is our argument, where is yours?

By: blues

blues — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:55:03 +0000

The phrase “ex-con killer” says it all as far as I’m concerned.If he was a killer,how did he become anything but”ex-alive”?The death penalty is not a deterent if it is not used.Two people are dead because a POS like that was kept alive.
The history of mankind has been created by the living,not by the dead.Will the future of mankind be created by the righteuos or the degenerate?It appears as though our future is is going to be determined by the dregs of society,if the libidiots have their way.

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:04:59 +0000

Biggest Liberal state in the Union complaining about a Liberal law? Now if that isn’t the funniest damn thing I have heard all week I just don’t know what is.

By: puhiawa

puhiawa — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:36:46 +0000

The only thing I have to add is that this Tavares knew he could commit murder with impunity because the lame people of Massachusetts feel that murderous humans are a protected species. He should die ASAP. In front of every other murderer. Let them all watch.

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:59:12 +0000

If I read that correctly, it was the administration OFFICIALS that made the mistakes, not necessarily Romney himself. There are people in his administration that are supposed to do that sort of work and stay on top of such things. Not to make excuses, but the Governor, Mayor, Senator, President cannot be expected to know every single solitary item that goes on at every single solitary moment of the day. If someone drops the ball, and the head guy is not informed of it, then it is hardly the head guys fault.

Now, if Romney was informed of it, and decided to not let him stay behind bars, to allow him to get off with the good behaviour, then of course Romney should be held accountable. However, if there was a timeperwork, and the guy that was to be handling that paperwork dropped the ball and missed the timeline, then I hardly see how that was Mit’s fault. If this is supposed to be the Democrat’s “Willie Horton” moment, it ain’t gonna fly kids. They are going to have to do a great deal more than this. his is a governmental error, not a gubernatorial mandate. BIIIIIG difference.

By: Blind_Mule

Blind_Mule — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:03:17 +0000

Rick Moran said:
If you’re not proud of of how you have conducted yourself in public life – your positions on issues, your public personae – then why bother running for President?

Exactly, I could’nt of said it any better than that. This is one of the problem’s I have with Romney beside getting in a who’s a better Christian shooting match with the Huckster.