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

[tnvoter]

As a Romney supported, ask him why he would deny cancer patients the right to medical marijuana. Thanks

 

[Danke]

Thanks for steping up and posting Dan. BTW, what were your other login names?

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Welcome to the forums! I know I am glad to have you here and I do hope that you stick around and contribute to our big dysfunctional family.

I believe a lot of the hostility you may see here is a result of a lot of our folks being shut out of the GOP. They treated us a the political equivalent of the bubonic plague and there are still a lot of hard feelings about that. I hope that you will spread the message that we are not a bunch of raving lunatics and that we deserve (and demand) to be heard by the party that has shunned us.

 

[Johnnybags]

Of course he will

The thought of having to listen to another year of 2011-12 debates with Romney on stage spewing "jihadism" buzzwords and pandering is enough to make me sick. Romney do us a favor and don't do it.

He will be in Iowa in a year starting the wheels in motion. And much to our dismay he will be in it again at the end. He is the country club Republican of choice. I would however respect him if he would stop playing debate freeze out of all Republican voices but for the same tired actors. The Reagan debate with him and McCain jabbing at eachother like babies while Huck and Ron were twiddling their thumbs showed me what a setup the whole game is.

 

[specsaregood]

For all this business knowledge Romney supposedly has and is often cited as one of his major strengths. There was only one candidate last primary season that kept on warning about the dire straights our economy was entering. His name was not Mitt Romney. In fact, I believe during the Michigan debate, he claimed it was a one-state recession....yeah, way to see the writing on the wall...

If Mitt had the reverance for the Constitution and strength of principles to actually stand up and protect it -- as many mormons do -- he probably would have gotten my support. But, that is not the case. This is what he stands for:

Q: If you were president, would you need to go to Congress to get authorization to take military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities?
A: You sit down with your attorneys and tell you what you have to do, but obviously, the president has to do what’s in the best interest of the US to protect us against a potential threat. The president did that as he was planning on moving into Iraq and received the authorization of Congress.

Q: Did he need it?

A: You know, we’re going to let the lawyers sort out what he needed to do and what he didn’t need to do, but certainly what you want to do is to have the agreement of all the people in leadership of our government, as well as our friends around the world. But the key thing here is to make sure that we don’t have to use military action against Iran. And that’s why we’re going to have to put a lot tougher sanctions on Iran, economic sanctions, credit sanctions, and treating Ahmadinejad like the rogue and the buffoon that he is.

No offense to Romney supporters; but the president's lawyers shouldn't be telling him what he can and can't do, that is for congress and the constitution to decide.

Compare the above quote to Ron Paul's answer:

Q: If you were president, would you need to go to Congress to get authorization to take military action against Iran's nuclear facilities?

PAUL: Absolutely. This idea of going & talking to attorneys totally baffles me. Why don't we just open up the Constitution & read it? You're not allowed to go to war without a declaration of war. Now, as far as fleeting enemies go, yes, if there's an imminent attack on us, we'd never had that happen in 220 years. The thought that the Iranians could pose an imminent attack on the US is preposterous. There's no way.

That is why I can't take Mitt seriously.....

 

[ItsTime]

Romney said he likes mandates in a debate. Wish I could find a youtube!

 

[Epic]

Romney supports all the financial bailouts and wants the government to spend even more money on health care. I think that ends most peoples' interest in him. As for what type of politician he is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7y1HMZNJy0.

And when people say, oh he's good at economics, I laugh. He's never mentioned the Federal Reserve. And he won't touch the drug war, which is a huge economic waste. And he wants big defense spending and wars, which is a huge economic waste.

 

[Truth Warrior]

It means at least as much as sitting around on a forum, attempting to explain how the world works to people

Ahh, NOTHING, just as I've pretty much suspected all along.

 

[specsaregood]

This Mitt radio interview always frustrated me. He was rather insulting to Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lAFfLy05_Y

Wow, I had forgotten about that one. Yeah, screw Mitt, the Radio show host had it right!

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Romney was for bailouts, for the war, shilled for the war in the debates, mocked Paul in the debates, for socialized health care, for banning certain guns in Massachusetts, for the PATRIOT act, for domestic spying, for torture.....

Paul and Romney do have more in common than, say; Paul and Obama. But I'd really rather not try and mix water and oil and deal with a bunch of Romney supporters.

This here goes beyond Paul himself too. As long as Romney supports some pretty major anti-Constitutional policies, I don't really want much to do with him.

 

[V4Vendetta]

Here's something for you, How the HELL CAN A CONSERVATIVE SUPPORT ROMNEY?
I guess you support gay marraige, abortion, gun control?

As far as "Winning" overseas.... looks to me like they are winning, I mean after all. They are bankrupting our country. In a large part to this out of control war. Remember the fall of the sovient union? Well guess what...... they are doing it to us now. There comes a time for wise men to know when to say "enough is enough"

 

[Matt Collins]

I have been coming to this site on and off with different login names for a couple years now. I am a huge political junkie and I try to stay informed about what all of the potential candidate's supporters are doing. That said, I am an avid Romney supporter and certainly one of the most influential Romney grassroots supporters.

Glad to have you. It's good that you are open-minded enough to lurk here. Just be aware that not everything or everyone on here represents Ron Paul's views.

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.

As a proffessional audio engineer and talk radio producer I can tell you that's not necessarily true. I can also tell you that G Gordon Liddy has someone whispering in his ear all the time and it does come through on the radio. Do I believe Mitt was being prompted with an in-ear piece? Not necessecarily but that bit of audio is very curious. My guess is that it was a host or someone in the crowd whispering to themselves outloud. If you search this forum I have written a great deal more about this.

I heard Ron Paul say he didn't plan on winning and wasn't really even trying to.

That was in the beginning before he started gaining significant support. His plan was to be a campaign of education and to affect the dialog of the debates and maybe even affect the outcome of the campaign. Once the money and grassroots started rolling in he realized "there was a chance he could win" and even said so on Leno.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1260660082 is my facebook account and probably the easiest way to contact me.

Will do.

 

[Jeremy]

As far as "Winning" overseas.... looks to me like they are winning, I mean after all. They are bankrupting our country. In a large part to this out of control war. Remember the fall of the sovient union? Well guess what...... they are doing it to us now. There comes a time for wise men to know when to say "enough is enough"

And supporting wars like Iraq isn't a conservative position. It's a Wilsonian (liberal) position. Robert Taft, one of the greatest American conservatives is probably the most famous anti-war senator in US history.

 

[Matt Collins]

This Mitt radio interview always frustrated me. He was rather insulting to Ron Paul

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

Yeah... Larsen is AWESOME! I just heard that for the first time.

 

[canadian4ronpaul]

welcome to the boards...some of these guys are assholes with no class i see....blaming you for things romney did... but nevertheless...welcome!

I dont agree with romney on a whole lot. Particularly how he would not allow sick people to use marijuana, that really disgusted me, and made me think he was a huge asshole. On the other hand, Mitt is a smart guy. He is very business savy and is...hes just smart. Mccain was one of the biggest morons i've ever laid eyes on i can still hardly believe that jackass was the republican candidate.

yes.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Why are so many of you being downright rude to this guy? Granted, we all agree that he is backing the wrong horse but at least he came here with a desire to talk to us when we have all complained before about the rest of the GOP hoping we would go away. Ladies and Gentleman, we have a REAL chance to make progress but berating people and bashing their beliefs is not going to win us friends OR win us elections. Everyone deserves a chance to see real liberty and perhaps we could explain to our visitor (and future friend) why we are so committed to our cause and explain why we do not subscribe to Romney Republicanism in a calm and rational way. There is no reason to make fun of him or berate him and when we do that we just make ourselves look like immature little jerks. Would Ron Paul act this way?

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Thank you for reaching out, but we are men and women of principle, not personality. This means a humble post as you have done will be good at making friendships, but none of us will be supporting Romney. We, that includes you, have a man of principle to support that WILL turn our nation around, and we all urge you to join forces and gather around principle to elect a man that will to a very large degree destroy the 2-party duopoly and give America real choice, real freedom again.

The bottom line is this, Romney is an establishment figure if ever there was one, Dr Paul is anti-establishment.

I ask that you join us and get your fellow supporters to join us, just as one of Obama's biggest grassroots organizers did just before the primaries. If he could do it, so can you.

Thank for coming thus far, let's press on, together...

 

[specsaregood]

Why are so many of you being downright rude to this guy?

I don't think that many people here are being rude to him, if anything we are being rude/ridiculing Romney. I don't think my post was rude; but it is silly to but Mitt in the same league as RP in regards to creditibility and foresight.....

 

[ktorp18]

That was a thoughtful, respectful post, but it didn't change Romney's policies, so I still don't like him. Until Romney speaks of sound money, peace, civil liberties, abolishing the income tax, or the War on Drugs, I will still look at him as just another politician.

 

[Bryan]

Thanks for the great message Dan- and welcome to the forum.

Everyone- please follow the forum guidelines as best possible here. Thanks!

IMO, attacking Romney personally isn't doing us any good. Attack ideas (the bad ones).