Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?

Mark your calendars as RINO season is only 6 months away! Oops, sorry, I mean The Republican Primaries. Of course, already many have thrown their hats in the ring. I could write about which candidates I am favoring so far, but I am not. Those who know me best already know who I like and for those who don't, I have a much more important message that needs to be addressed. This message is who you should NOT even consider voting for and why.

Many candidates would make my list of who not to vote for. However, today I am going to single out the worst one.... Mitt Romney! What is funny is that if you first look at Romney on the surface, he seems like a natural choice as a Republican candidate.

Romney and his cronies, I mean supporters,  would like to portray Romney as a successful business man with the political experiences to put America on the right track. They would also like to portray him as a religious man, with strong conservative, pro-family values, yet, a guy who is a hipster. A cool guy who wears skinny jeans from The Gap and even knows the words to the coolest songs of our times like "Who let the dogs out?" (Lord, help me, I can not say that while keeping a straight face. LOL) They even go further to claim Romney as a man's man, who is an avid hunter, lifetime NRA member, and a guy who attends NASCAR events.

Wow, sounds like a real conservative dreamboat, right? :-D Well, this would strongly depend on which incarnation of Mitt you are getting, because there are many. Some like to refer to Romney as "Multiple choice Mitt", or even a flip-flopper. I believe it was Edward "Ted" Kennedy who coined the term "multiple choice" when referring to Mitt. Kennedy said, "I am pro-choice. My opponent is multiple choice." Whoa, the pot calls the kettle black. As funny as names like "Multiple Choice Mitt" are, they are not too far from the truth.

Let us further examine this "multiple choice" using words straight from the RINOs mouth. Oops, I did it again, I mean HORSES mouth.

Mitt Romney on bail outs:

  • "The TARP program... was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures."
  •  "When government is... bailing out banks... we have every good reason to be alarmed."

Okay, so which is it Mitt?

Mitt Romney on stimulus:
  • "The all-Democrat stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the timing of the start of the recovery..."
  • "The all-Democrat stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure."
Interesting, so did this stimulus accelerate the recovery or did it result in a failure?

Mitt Romney on "Don't ask, don't tell":
  • "When I first heard of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly."
  • ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell has worked well."
Hmm, he seems unclear on DADT also...

Mitt Romney on raising children:
  • "It does take a village."
  • "It takes a family."
Gee, with flexible morals like this, I hope you have very little part in raising children. They may grow up to be as confused as you.

Mitt Romney on capital gains tax:
  • "I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero."
  • "It's a tax cut for fat cats."
Sorry Mitt, but not everyone is a rich, fat cat, business man like you. May who own businesses are far from being fat cats.

Mitt Romney on his "Romney Care", his government run, state health care mandate (the one Obama Care was modeled after):
  • "...the costs of health care will be reduced."
  • "We were unable to deal with... health care costs in Massachusetts."
I am confused on this one also, did it reduce health care cost or make them sky rocket?
  • "If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation."
  • "What works in one state may not be the answer for another."
So how is this a model for the nation exactly if it works only in some places?

Mitt Romney on The National Rifle Association (NRA):

  • "I don't line up with the NRA."
  • "I'm a member of the NRA."
So you became a lifetime member of the NRA in 2006 but yet you don't line up with them? Am I missing something here???

Mitt Romney on Osama bin Laden:
  • "It's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person."
  • "He's going to pay, and he will die."
Mitt Romney on Ronald Reagan:
  • "I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush."
  • "Ronald Reagan is... my hero."
Why would someone not want to be like their own hero?

Mitt Romey on defending his actions of strapping his dog in a kennel on the roof of his car while driving:
  • "This is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car."
  • "They're not happy that my dog loves fresh air."
That's right, you tell 'em Mitt! Everyone loves the fresh air of an AIRTIGHT compartment!

Mitt Romney on stem cell research:
  • "I will work and fight for stem cell research."
  • "In the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise."
Maybe you just meant you will work and fight to end stem cell research? Should I give you the benefit of the doubt here?

Mitt Romney on Roe VS Wade:
  • "Roe versus Wade has gone too far."
  • "I believe that since Roe versus Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it"
Roe V Wade has gone too far! Perhaps this is in reference to how expensive an abortion is these days. Yes, I am sure this is exactly the reason why your state health care law offers abortions at a $50 co-pay? Yay, abortions for all at affordable prices, right Mitt?

Mitt Romney on carbon emissions:
  • "These carbon emission limits will provide real and immediate progress."
  • "Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore."
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Mitt Romney on immigration:
  • "Those... paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship."
  • "Amnesty only led to more people coming into the country."
Okay, I really think I understand Mitt on this one. So the illegal immigrants who would cut your lawn should receive citizenship as long as they pay their taxes and not take benefits... So long as they to not talk any of their buddies into coming over. Yes, Score one for multiple choices!

Mitt Romney on his hunting experience:
  • "I've been a hunter pretty much all my life."
  • "Any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability."
Okay, not sure where to begin with this one...

Mitt Romney on minimum wage:
  • "I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation."
  • "There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs."
I think I understand here, let's raise minimum wage at the expense of jobs!

Mitt Romney on being a flip-flopper:
  • "I'm a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering."
  • "I changed my position."
By golly, I think I got it, in other words, you do not waver from being a flip-flopper!

Mitt Romney on gun control:
  • "I will not support any gun control legislation"
  • "I supported the assault weapons ban.'
Okay enough already, I am getting sea sick from all this swaying!
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Another thing about Romney that makes me want to throw up in my mouth was when he was recently in my native Florida on June 16. This is something I completely find indicative of Romney's character also.....

On June 16th, Romney was in Tampa which is close to my other home in the Orlando area. Romney was at a Buddy Brew Coffee shop sitting at the head of the table talking to unemployed Floridians about the difficulty they are having. (Unemployment in my home state of Florida is very high. It is over 10% statewide and in many counties it is over 13%!) After these people finished with their tales of woe, Romney chimed in “I should tell my story,” Mr. Romney said. “I’m also unemployed.... I have my sight on a particular job... I may be unemployed for longer than I’d like.” (Obviously, this is a reference to him running for president.)

So, 5 days later on the 21st of June, Romney is again out on the campaign trail. A little boy walks over to Romney and hands him a $1 bill folded in some type of origami shape. The little boy tells Romney this is for good luck. Romney not wanting to take the little boy's money gets his wallet out. Then, our "UN-EMPLOYED" Mitt Romney has so many hundreds in his wallet that he could not even find a small bill to give to the boy. One of Romney's aids found a $5 bill and gave it to Romney to give to the little boy.

Boohoo, for our "unemployed" millionaire who has a wallet full of hundreds. OMG, what a schmuck!