I'm a Romney Supporter and I Have a Message for All of You

[angelatc]

1. Mitt never said he likes mandates.

He absolutely did say it. From ABC's debate:

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GIBSON: But Government Romney’s system has mandates in Massachusetts, although you backed away from mandates on a national basis.

ROMNEY: No, no, I like mandates. The mandates work.

I am happy you're willing to look at some of the conservatives we're going to embrace. But I am not going to vote for Mitt.

 

[Mani]

Welcome Dan,

Thanks for your open dialog that's really nice. I apologize if you feel bringing an olive branch to the discussion is getting turned to ash with a blow torch.

What happened to RP during the debates was wrong and unfortunately Mitt played a role in trying to marginalize him. Out of the other candidates Mitt was a very distant second for me, for many of the same reasons that have already been brought up in this thread, but he was better than the others.

I did notice some Romney supporters did agree with RP supporters on issues, as well as some Huckabee supporters agreed with RP supporters on some issues.

Yes RP supporters follow the principals of Ron Paul so they view things very strictly by the constitution. This is a foreign concept to most politicians which is why you won't see any other candidate live up to RP supporters beliefs.

That being said, I hope we can still work together on the GREATER GOOD that needs to be accomplished. As you mentioned we are in DARK TIMES, and we need to work together on some common goals.

One such goal is auditing the Federal Reserve. HR1207. We've been working hard to get congress to support this bill and pass it. Maybe you can help pick up the torch to your grassroots people and get them to realize these are the types of steps we need to take, to get our country back!

We've been having success communicating with our local representatives that they should support and sponsor this bill. I think working together on objectives such as these are ways in which we can work together, even if we don't agree on philosophy 100%.

As you've probably seen, even within the RP forum there is not 100% agreement on everything, but that's not the point. We have some basic common principals and I believe you have some of them too.

Let's try to agree to disagree on some things, and work together on the important tasks to help this country.

We need to shake up the establishment! They are taking us down a dangerous path, and our combined efforts can go a long way in stopping it from happening...

I'm hopeful we can work together for the greater good of the country and bring the country back to the people. Only a grassroots effort can make it happen.

Once again, welcome to the forums!

 

[micahnelson]

He absolutely did say it. From ABC's debate:

I am happy you're willing to look at some of the conservatives we're going to embrace. But I am not going to vote for Mitt.

You stink! beat me to it

GIBSON: But Government Romney’s system has mandates in Massachusetts, although you backed away from mandates on a national basis.

ROMNEY: No, no, I like mandates. The mandates work.

THOMPSON: I beg your pardon? I didn’t know you were going to admit that. You like mandates.

ROMNEY: Let me — let me — oh, absolutely. Let me tell you what kind of mandates I like, Fred, which is this. If it weren’t…

THOMPSON: The ones you come up with. Bingo.

(LAUGHTER)

Best quote from the whole campaign season, i thought. Thompson, who had lost at this point, was just there to get his message out and have fun. The implication was Romney liked "Man Dates" and Fred Thompson acted like an 8th grader making a homo joke.

lawlz.

 

[Bryan]

Great post Mani! IMO there is no doubt that the most important thing for us right now is to work together to stop all these bailouts, nationalization, the move to socialism and dealing with the Federal Reserve (the mother-of-all-problems ). We can't do this alone. I'm still happy to discuss other issues here as well.

One quick note- the best Romney moment in the campaign for me was the video of him being pranked called- I was on that one. That was funny and personable. Anyone know if that video is still online?

 

[kathy88]

Dan, welcome. It's very refreshing for someone to come here with such honesty and lay out their position. I've enjoyed this thread immensely. I had some catching up to do after being computerless over the weekend.

When you're ready to come to the dark side, let us know

 

[slacker921]

Dan -

Please get involved in your local GOP if you aren't already. The neoconservatives need to be outnumbered or the GOP will continue driving off into the ditch.

I have lots of friends who supported Romney. I'd much rather talk to them than those who supported McCain.

 

[Zolah]

The only thing I'll remember Romney for is claiming that "they're attacking us for our freedom" - and this wasn't Winter 2001 or in the lead up to the invasions...he said this late 2008 when he suspended his campaign. Being stupid is one thing, we were all stupid once, but to willfully remain ignorant is quite another thing.

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

Great to see you Dan. I would have MUCH rather had Romney than McLame. What I want to know, since Romney is such a great business man, what his stance is on the Federal Reserve? I never heard him talk about the Fed. I consider the Fed and central bank system to be the root of all evil. tones

 

[Carole]

I respect the OP's right to think what he thinks about Mr. Romney. However, he fails to discern that Romney is just another version of what we have had for years.

Romney is just another big government neocon. The difference between him and Obama is that he might take us to socialism/corporatocracy a little slower than O.

Unfortunately, it may already be too late. Everything that has been done in the past six months toa year by the government-all branches including the private Fed, has been in support of facsism.

Sorry OP, Romney is NOT the right guy.

 

[specsaregood]

I consider the Fed and central bank system to be the root of all evil. tones

And you would be correct sir. And since Romney is either too scared to mention it or unwise to see it, that totally invalidates his "business knowledge" in my mind.

 

[devil21]

Oh yeah I almost forgot.

NO MORE RINOS! The GOP can't win with false conservatives any more. I think McCain's giant loss (6 million votes) shows that.

 

[Athan]

To be fair, we couldn't do it without our fellow American Revolutionary Patriots.
I'm glad these times finally are showing our numbers and organization.

 

[Catatonic]

Oh yeah I almost forgot.

NO MORE RINOS! The GOP can't win with false conservatives any more. I think McCain's giant loss (6 million votes) shows that.

This.

How does Romney qualify as a conservative in any way?

 

[Dripping Rain]

Also, during one of the debates, a lot was made about Romney having an earpiece and getting answers to questions that way. That could not be true because if a microphone was able to pick up the audio coming from an earpiece, Mitt Romney's eardrum would have exploded so it was have come from one of the moderators or candidates on stage.

Im sure you all use cellphones. Howmany times did you hear your friends mom speaking when it wasnt even on speaker?
How many times where you in school and could hear some girls ipod all the way accross the hallway?
howcome their ears dont blow up

 

[Zera]

Oh yeah I almost forgot.

NO MORE RINOS! The GOP can't win with false conservatives any more. I think McCain's giant loss (6 million votes) shows that.

Actually, he lost by nearly 10 million votes.

 

[Joe3113]

We appreciate your courtesy. Unfortunetly Mitt's assholeness to Ron Paul is documented ....

Here's Mitt bashing Ron for no reason ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lAFfLy05_Y

"I sure am laughing at Ron Paul" - Mitt Romney

 

[Joe3113]

Here's Romney being an asshole to a medical marijuana guy in a wheelchair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6UTnS6Z-A&NR=1

 

[Joe3113]

What Mitt needs to do to to have respect:

1. Apologise openly to Ron Paul in at least 5 television interviews
2. Renounce the Iraq war
3. Admit Ron Paul is a more principled conservative than him
4. He needs to start talking about how the Federal Reserve caused the crisis
5. He needs to say something like "The Mises/Hayek business cycle is absolutely correct"
6. He needs to support Ron Paul on auditing the fed and phasing it out
7. He needs to support Ron Paul on alternative currencies and repealing legal tender laws
8. He needs to renounce the Trotskyite, Straussian Neocons that he is in bed with. (Communists should not be allowed in the Republican Pary).

If he does all that then he's good to go.

 

[Theocrat]

Enjoy

Great post Mani! IMO there is no doubt that the most important thing for us right now is to work together to stop all these bailouts, nationalization, the move to socialism and dealing with the Federal Reserve (the mother-of-all-problems ). We can't do this alone. I'm still happy to discuss other issues here as well.

One quick note- the best Romney moment in the campaign for me was the video of him being pranked called- I was on that one. That was funny and personable. Anyone know if that video is still online?

Here it is, Bryan: "Prank Call From Governor Schwarzenegger"

 

[purplechoe]

Mitt was the socialist I was gonna hold my nose and vote for untill a friend of mine mentioned a guy named Ron Paul running on the republican ticket. As soon as I did some research on the guy, I was blow away. I no longer had to support a socialist and could actually get behind a man who has stood by his principles for 30 years!

OP. You're not gonna grow intelectually unless you admit to yourself that the person you are campaigning for is a socialist. I should know, I left communist Poland in the late 80's to escape the horrors of central economic planning.