Romney Speaks

strandinthewind · #1 12-14-2006, 02:44 PM

CAN YOU SAY FLIP FLOP

What a maroon!

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Romney Again Says He's Anti-Gay Marriage

Thursday, December 14, 2006

WASHINGTON — Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, who is weighing a White House bid, dismissed criticism that he has flip-flopped on the issues of gay marriage and abortion and reaffirmed his opposition to both.

"Like the vast majority of Americans, I've opposed same-sex marriage, but I've also opposed unjust discrimination against anyone, for racial or religious reasons, or for sexual preference," Romney said in an interview with the National Review magazine published online Thursday.

Regarding abortion, Romney said _ as he has said previously _ that although he campaigned for governor as an abortion-rights supporter, he changed his position several years ago after being briefed on embryonic stem-cell research.

"I'm committed to promoting the culture of life," the Massachusetts governor told the conservative magazine. "Like Ronald Reagan and Henry Hyde and others who became pro-life, I had this issue wrong in the past."

The comments were Romney's first public explanation of his stance on the two key social issues since the publication last week of a 1994 letter _ sent in the final weeks of his failed campaign against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy _ in which he cited his sensitivity to the concerns of Log Cabin Republicans, the gay GOP group.

The governor returned earlier this week from a trip to Asia.

"As a result of our discussions and other interactions with gay and lesbian voters across the state, I am more convinced than ever before that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gays and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent," Romney wrote in the letter.

During that same campaign, Romney also stated his personal opposition to abortion, but said he would not seek to change state abortion laws. As proof, he cited his mother's own 1970 candidacy for the U.S. Senate as an abortion rights supporter.

The letter and his history on abortion have prompted conservative religious activists _ a key constituency in the GOP _ to question whether Romney is truly committed to a conservative social agenda and to demand he explain his positions.

Also in the magazine interview, Romney rejected the findings of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which called for a new U.S. diplomatic initiative to engage Syria and Iran in finding a solution to the violence in Iraq and a withdrawal of most U.S. troops by spring 2008.

"Their recommendations real like the product of a flawed process _ one more focused on reaching consensus for the sake of reaching consensus," said Romney, who leaves office in January.

"Inferring that our troops may be withdrawn from combat positions before Iraq is secure runs counter to my view and the views I have heard from some of America's most accomplished military leaders," Romney said.

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SuzeQuze · #2 12-14-2006, 02:56 PM

I find it more surprising that he is dismissing the findings of the Iraq study group.

DavidMn · #3 12-14-2006, 02:56 PM

Huh??????

What a twat!

strandinthewind · #4 12-14-2006, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I find it more surprising that he is dismissing the findings of the Iraq study group.

Yep -- and THAT prohibits any chance he may have had of being the pres. even if a Mormon could be elected.

DavidMn · #5 12-14-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Yep -- and THAT prohibits any chance he may have had of being the pres. even if a Mormon could be elected.

Damn!!! I'll miss the hair.

SuzeQuze · #6 12-14-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Yep -- and THAT prohibits any chance he may have had of being the pres. even if a Mormon could be elected.

Dude, love your sig! That was on one of the first records I ever bought, might have even been THE first.

I don't think a Mormon is electable. (I first read that as Moron.)

strandinthewind · #7 12-14-2006, 03:51 PM

^^^

Alas, my sig quote was spun out last night when I was defended by a knight riding in on a fiery steed - fast, strong, and full of light!

Swoon and Le Sigh indeed (tha thump tha thump tha thump)

markolas · #8 12-14-2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I don't think a Mormon is electable. (I first read that as Moron.)

A couple of months ago, I would've agreed, but given that two Buddhists and a Muslim (of all things) were just elected to Congress...now, I wonder.

Rickypt · #9 12-15-2006, 12:31 PM

Romney is a pig.