comMITTed to Romney!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all of you who have contributed to contribute to Governor Romney’s presidential campaign. He needs to build the war chest for next Tuesday.   We are still short about $5,000 in the committed bucket (see commitment to Gov. Romney below).

Governor Romney is running against three HUGE opponents in these primaries:

1 — The Mainstream Media. Clearly, in the Republican Primary in Florida and beyond, John McCain is the MSM darling. Many political experts outside Governor Romney’s camp have even stated as much. They are all pulling for McDarling.

2 — Washington, D.C. Establishment. People like Lindsay Graham (senator from South Carolina) and many others are directly threatened by Mitt Romney if he is able to follow through on his promises of turning Washington, D.C. inside-out to completely reform it.

3 — John McCain. In the last several days, the driver of the “Straight Talk Express” has been blatantly lying about Governor Romney’s statements. We now know he is able, and more than willing, to do or say whatever he thinks he needs to in order to gain supreme power in Washington, D.C.

4 — Religious Bigotry.

Below is a reader’s comment left at this blog about seven days ago. I decided to post it, front and center, to make a point. Many, many of you have sacrificed greatly to assist Governor Romney in this cause to fundamentally alter the course of America for good. Many thousands of grassroots hours of work have been given by many of you in placing the get-out-the-vote calls. So many of you have been contacting neighbors, friends, and associates to influence. I have spoken to many of you who have done these things. THANK YOU!

I made a commitment over a week ago to raise a significant amount of money toward the February 5th primary states to get Governor Romney’s message out properly. I intend to keep that commitment to the campaign, but I will need a lot of help — FROM YOU. You can imagine that for Governor Romney to campaign against all three of the above opponents in Florida, he has had to spend a considerable amount.

In the last few days, I have contacted people who told me months ago they would one day contribute to Governor Romney’s campaign when it looked like he was really viable. Well guess what? He has always been viable, but now is their time to step up. I have called them on it and they will contribute. There are always early trail blazers — those have already blazed the trails for Governor Romney. We now need those who have been waiting and watching.

Please make a contribution today. Click below to do so (in the “Source Code” box, please type in ECA064):

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OFFICIAL ROMNEY ONLINE CONTRIBUTION FORM — PLEASE DONATE NOW

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Using the above online form sends the needed funds directly to the campaign chest immediately. People always ask me how much they should donate. Frankly, that is a private matter — this I will say: No contribution is too small. If all you can afford today is $25, then [click Continue Reading below]

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Hat tip to Rush Limbaugh for this one! There are some great lines in here about the nature of McCain’s changes.

CAMPOS: McCain’s the real flip-flopper

By Paul Campos, Rocky Mountain News 

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

One of the curiosities of American politics is the media’s ongoing infatuation with John McCain. A bit of this is based on things such as McCain’s opposition to torture (unfortunately we can no longer treat opposing torture like opposing child molestation, i.e., something one assumes is standard equipment in a presidential candidate rather than a luxury upgrade). Yet most of the journalistic love affair with McCain is based on other factors.

Consider this typical endorsement from The Orlando Sentinel: While McCain “has stuck to his principles at the risk of sinking his campaign,” Mitt Romney “has abandoned positions that would have alienated his party’s conservative base.” (Indeed I checked a computer database and discovered that, in the national media, Romney is at least six times more likely to be described as a flip-flopper than McCain).

This does not merely ignore but actually inverts the truth. The fact is that no presidential candidate in either party has flip-flopped as egregiously as McCain on such a wide range of issues. Here’s just a small sample of Sen. Straight Talk’s recent series of remarkable conversions to politically convenient stances:

* On abortion rights, McCain has done a 180-degree turn, from favoring only the most minor restrictions and opposing the overturning of Roe v. Wade, to supporting an almost total ban, while advocating that the Supreme Court reverse Roe immediately.

* McCain has transformed himself from a deficit hawk who mocked supply-side economics, into someone who sounds like he’s drunk deeply from the wackiest vats of supply-side Kool-Aid, to the point where he now claims raising taxes decreases revenues (a claim so wildly in conflict with the facts - for example federal tax revenues almost doubled in real terms after the Clinton tax increases - that it’s either a shameless lie or a product of astounding ignorance).

* In regard to ethanol subsidies, McCain has gone from treating them as the worst sort of pork, to becoming a strong supporter of a program despised by economists, but beloved of Iowa farmers and the good people at Archer Daniels Midland.

* Six years ago McCain sternly condemned Jerry Falwell as “an agent of intolerance.” Eighteen months ago he gave the commencement address at Falwell’s university, while openly embracing one of the most noxious figures of the religious right.

These are just a few examples from a far longer list. On topics ranging from immigration, to campaign finance reform, to gay marriage, to accepting support from various sleazy characters he previously shunned, McCain has either completely reversed his views, or seriously equivocated regarding what they are this week.

Yet the media continue to lavish him with worshipful paeans to his supposedly uncompromising commitment to principled leadership no matter what the political cost etc., etc.

Part of this is accounted for by lazy autopilot journalism, which stops people from bothering to check whether the story line they’ve repeated for years still has any relationship to reality.

But part of it is something worse. When it comes to McCain, many of the sophisticates at the top of the media pyramid are like a masochistic spouse who treats open infidelity as a twisted sort of faithfulness. They love McCain because when he lies to their face he doesn’t even pretend to be doing otherwise. According to the pretzel logic of a certain kind of journalism, that counts as candor.

All this would be merely amusing if McCain were not a genuinely tragic figure. The young man who showed such exemplary courage in the face of his North Vietnamese tormenters has become an old man whose courage abandoned him when subjected to the more subtle tortures of worldly ambition.

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For fellow conservatives considering Mitt for the first time, it’s important to understand Mitt’s staunch support of the pro-life platform.  The media has tried to downplay and negate Mitt’s position on this.  They’ve managed to stick a big old post-it note on Mitt’s forehead labelled “Flip Flopper” in permanent ink.  They’ve asserted that he lacks conviction.  They’re wrong.  As Governor, Mitt consistently stuck to conservative principles.  On abortion, marriage, health care, economy and other important issues, Mitt consistenly made conservative decisions.  For a great summary on Mitt’s real record, see Ann Marie’s post back in November 2007.

On Monday, the 35th anniversay of Roe v. Wade, Mitt once again committed to overturning this decision:

After 35 years of Roe v. Wade, we are again reminded why this decision should be overturned,” Romney said in a statement provided to LifeNews.com.

“We recognize the worth and dignity of every person, a fact that is ingrained in our hearts and etched in our national purpose,” Romney added. “Unelected judges should not be the final arbiters on these important decisions which define who we are as a people.”

Recently, Romney told Nevada voters that he wanted the high court to overturn the infamous decision allowing virtually unlimited abortions.

“I am pro-life, and I would welcome a time when the people of America concluded that abortion was wrong, but that’s not where America is, and that’s why I believe that the next right step for America is for the court to overturn Roe v. Wade,” he said then.

“That would return to the states and to the elected representatives of the people the ability to set their own laws related to abortion,” he said.

“Today, as Americans from across this country participate in the annual March for Life, my thoughts are with all those whose dedication and compassionate concern have done so much to educate and assist others in creating a genuine culture of life,” he said.

The last phrase is a very telling remark.  As he does with so many issues, Mitt is able to look at the broader implications and ramifications of following a certain path.  When he discusses his decision to become politically pro-life, Mitt often states that as Governor he realized that the effects of Roe v. Wade weren’t just limited to abortion.  They extended to issues like embryonic stem cell research and teenage pregnancy, and to the very basic fabric of our culture.  The question, “Are we a culture of life, or of death,” has strong ramifications for our children, their education, their government, their health, their society and their future.  Mitt understood (and has helped me understand) that the issue of abortion isn’t solely about choice or murder or rights - it’s about the kind of culture, society and country we are creating (or destroying) for the next generation.

If you are unsure about Mitt’s conviction on this or other social issues such as marriage, please DO NOT believe the picture the media has painted.  Please take a few minutes to visit Mitt’s site where he discusses his belief in “promoting a culture of life,” or visit the Encyclopedia Mittanica, where you can scroll down and find Mitt’s answers to just about any question, all neatly alphabetized according to issue. 

Warning:  if you take a few minutes to do this - to objectively look at Mitt’s platform and record, you WILL find he is a true Reagan conservative, and you WILL most likely want to join, sign up, contribute, campaign for, blog and in all other ways become a Mitt supporter!  Let us know when you do - we’d love to hear your story!

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Hat tip to reader Sadie for this article! 

Looks like Morning Joe isn’t the only one finally saying something about this.  Glenn Beck had this to say yesterday:

Apparently we do have some sort of a rule developing here that I just don’t understand. The truly important primaries are the ones that Romney doesn’t win….This is the new rule. It’s very hard, but once they put it up in a chart with just a slogan, if Romney wins, it’s not important. You mark my words. Florida is suddenly not going to be important.

I found this next part on Nevada very interesting.  Living in Nevada, and hearing the polls here, I really was worried that Mitt might not win here.  I’m still trying to figure out how the polls could have been THAT FAR off:

Nevada, however, is a different story. I mean, it’s obvious now. This is what they’re reporting. It is obvious that Romney was going to win, wildly expected, spent so much money. Romney was the man to win, wildly expected. Really? It was? That’s weird. Six days, six days before the caucus in Nevada, it was a 4-point lead for John McCain. By the way, that lead was not over Romney. That lead was over Giuliani. Romney was not only behind McCain at 22%, Giuliani at 18%. He was also behind Huckabee at 16%. Romney in Nevada, six days before the election at 15%. Some polls had him with a lead but nothing like the 51/14 win he wound up pulling off, Ron Paul coming in second. Now, does this give him any momentum? Of course not. People today are saying if he doesn’t win Florida, he should drop out.

Click below to read the entire article (hope I do this right).

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I’m not sure if you’ve noticed that Jonathan Martin of The Politico’s blatant disregard for Romney and the Republican Presidential Nomination. Today for example Not A Single Mention of Romney’s 5pt lead over McCain in Florida.

Here are an example of other posts not exactly favorable to Governor Romney:

• Huckahelpeer
• Split decisions set up GOP fight for Florida
• The Rest of ‘Em
• The Preemptive Romney Spin
• Large Mormon Turnout Powers Mitt (which is nuts, because as Governor Romney said from FL…if you took out every single Mormon vote he still would have won Nevada).

There are several others, just go back into his archives. This guy has nothing but contempt for Romney, and I felt the strong need to call him out on it.

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With all the media bias swarming against Romney these days…and Governor Romney’s run-in with Glenn Johnson of the AP, I wanted to show you this Romney Classic that I’ve pulled from the YouTube Vault (laughs). It shows Governor Romney putting a reporter in his place. Make sure and watch the entire thing (smile).

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