The Truth About Mitt Romney

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Here's the deal with Romney:

McCain will be announcing his choice for VP soon. I think he has an excellent chance of beating Obama, but only if he chooses a GENUINE social conservative, someone like Huckabee.

Like most of you, I'm not thrilled about McCain, but he is the only obvious choice for us if we want any shot at overturning Roe Vs. Wade and keeping the veto power over Pelosi & Reed (which is the only thing stopping them at the moment from launching a fast-track barrage of successful liberal legislation.)

There are many ways Huckabee would offer the best choice to McCain, but 2 stand out to me that make him the polar opposite of a choice like Mitt Romney.

1. Huckabee as VP would set up a viable 8 year run of a socially conservative president from 2012-2020. McCain is not likely to run in 2012 for re-election, and the GOP not only needs to keep the White House, but groom for the future by positioning an heir apparent.

2. Because McCain has tendencies that are undoubtedly immoral, our best shot at salvaging the moral character of our next president is someone who will have a righteous influence on him, and will not compromise their convictions. Every secular King or Pharaoh needs a Daniel or Joseph, in order to bring God's blessing on a nation that has chosen their leaders foolishly.

As it stands, Romney appears to be the VP favorite, despite many flaws that could very well cost the GOP everything for the next 4-12 years. Even if the GOP does find success with this moderate combination, it will surely spell trouble for the true conservative movement within the Party. For these reasons, and many more listed below, I suggest that everyone who supported Mike Huckabee (or any other true social conservative) get busy sending constant signals of disagreement with the Romney-loving media. The McCain camp, the GOP, the media and the Internet community must hear this rejection loud and clear.

We are running out of time to try and influence this decision. Please check out and pass along the items below. Every Republican needs to see this info ... ESPECIALLY JOHN McCAIN!!!

The truth about Romney is compelling at http://www.trueromney.com/

What Romney said about McCain that gives Dems great attack ad material if they team up. See it here http://romneyonmccain.blogspot.com/

This is a post I wrote about McCain/Romney in May that you may find interesting: http://mikefordperspective.blogspot.com/2008/05/romney-sees-vp-chances-slipping-away.html
Romney Sees VP Chances Slipping Away
"Despite the hype around the Memorial Weekend gathering in Sedona at Sen. John McCain's ranch, only Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is being given serious consideration for the vice presidential nomination, say McCain insiders with knowledge of the ongoing vetting process. And even that serious consideration can only go so far.

"Jindal is the only one, but there seems to be general agreement that we need him to be the best governor he can be and a leader of the Republican Party more," says one McCain campaign adviser. "McCain has gotten a good look at [Mitt] Romney as a competitor and as someone who is running in support of his candidacy, and frankly he can't tell the difference. It's been a very educational process. Let's just leave it at that." -The American Spectator

READ FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13271

Hmmm. I'll go out on the edge here and risk irritating some of our readers who may have supported Romney. There are several valid points that seem to be ignored by the "establishment" Republicans who are obviously in unanimous awe of this guy. http://www.trueromney.com/ I will touch on a few because it's important. Loosen those ties, boys! I'll try to go easy on him.

His most valuable "potential employees" have been pimping him hard on the airwaves since January. I suppose if I had the financial security that Rush, Hannity, Coulter and Beck have, I might be tempted to support the flirtatious tycoon just in case he attempts to buy my contract again, a la Clear Channel/Bain Capital buyout. Several RNC members want to see him locked in. And, he had a decent following for those who couldn't swallow the Giuliani pill but can't be seen with a right winger in public.

Point blank: McCain/Romney would be a disaster for the GOP in a year when we can ill afford any more setbacks, although many are in the forecast. While we may be in hot water on Capitol Hill, I believe the easiest candidate to beat since Jimmy Carter 2.0 is on the way to the slaughter, compliments of the Democrats. That is, of course, Barack Hussein Obama.


I thank God for no more perfect storms like Clinton/Perot to derail us from the White House, but one of these days our luck will run out. Despite having an unstoppable pattern of weak candidates to represent the GOP in EVERY election after Reagan, the liberal shot callers have managed to produce the primary energy necessary to offer up the same old disaster for the last 12 years: The most liberal pinko socialist they can find.


America will not elect someone so liberal and out of touch with every day America as Gore, Kerry, She-Clinton or Obama. They come close, and regardless of how weak Bush 1 and 2 were, or Dole was, or McCain is, they cannot close the deal. They never learn.


But neither do we. Something has got to give soon. And, while it looks like the Dems are hell bent on another losing Marxist, they would be winning by landslides with another moderate and traditional candidate like JFK. Not because America wants or needs another JFK, but because we have been determined to offer the poster boy for the GOP country club negative stereotype that keeps us from growing into America's majority party.


Suit & tie. Expensive education. Wealthy family. Lot's of special interest. Elite to the core. Out of touch with most Americans.

Sure, we'll produce an "American Hero" if we have to, but it's still another dose of Washington that fails to inspire the masses. It's a shame that we have to be attacked by terrorists or lose some astronauts in a tragic accident in order to get goosebumps when a Republican leader speaks these days. Close your mouth, it's true.



Now, Romney has all the goods, if you're looking for the Manchurian Candidate. Good looking, lot's of money, fresh new slogans, a positive demeanor, wink and a smile (probably an excellent baby kisser), financial background, good speaker, etc, etc, etc.



However, he falls apart on the conservative principles that drive the Party. Sure, he says he's pro-life and pro-gun. He says he's a fiscal conservative and supports the War On Terror. He says he loves (his) Jesus, family and the American way. "Washington is broken", and he claims he can fix it.

But, as a Huckabee organizer, one of my primary jobs was to research the heck out of the guy, and I have been beside myself at how "too perfect" he is to the media and many social conservatives who fail to research or just ignore this man's profile.

http://www.trueromney.com/ will give you a glimpse of some, just some, of the baggage that comes with this guy.

But even without the facts that he voted for Paul Tsongas, has a record of pro-gay & pro-abortion support, admits he is not a Reagan-Bush Republican, was not even registered Republican in the 90's, favors socialist health care like Hillary, raised taxes/fees in Massachusetts by over $740 million, lied repeatedly during the presidential primary, failed to leave the Governor's office with a favorable approval rating, and just flat out ran a nasty campaign, (whew! I'm out of breath!) I can still give a logical analysis of why he could likely burn the GOP at the worst possible time if he is picked as VP.

First off, and most importantly, the GOP must have a Socially Conservative Southern Evangelical Christian on the ticket if they want to win. Having 2 moderate to liberal Republicans on the ticket that favor the Northeast and Washington DC wing of the Party won't cut it. History has shown time and time again that it is a recipe for disaster. (Remember Dole/Kemp?)



And having a "Progressive -Yankee- Mormon" to add insult to injury along with McCain on the ticket would be asking for a nightmare of resentment and distrust from the base of the American voters in both parties, who as Christians, make up 68% of the nation's electorate. I know that's an unpopular thing to say in this era of political correctness, but it is a legitimate factor that we must address. Whether it should matter is a debatable issue that is irrelevant to winning and losing. Race, gender and religion have always played a factor in politics, and 2008 is no exception.



Secondly, since Mitt refused to honor the 11th Commandment of Ronald Reagan, "Thou shall not speak evil of thy fellow Republican", and ran one of the worst smear campaigns in GOP primary history, he has successfully given the Democrats hours of soundbites that rip McCain. And they will use them, too. The market is very promising to Democratic strategists this year. They have the opportunity to run an inexpensive TV campaign without giving the appearance of Obama being a mud-slinger. Just roll the tape of the Republican VP candidate telling you in his own words why John McCain would be a bad president!

Can you imagine a McCain/Romney ticket where Mitt is traveling the country to promote McCain and debate why he should be the next president? Either his topics would be extremely limited or he would have to lie and say he had a change of heart. The guy left no stone unturned in his onslaught to publicly demonize McCain on social, economic and legislative issues. So, what's left? "Obama is wrong for America, McCain knows the military and the weather is very nice today." Is that the gist of it? Heck, put me on the VP list!

Reagan knew what he was talking about here. And the talk radio gods, who ignored the Gipper's 11th Commandment advice, will only assist in making the GOP look more schizophrenic. Rush, Hannity, Beck and Coulter can give the Dems even more countless hours of ammo because of their hypocritical approach to this primary season.

You reap what you sow, and they were not sowing Reaganisms. They were sowing vicious slurs against McCain and Mike Huckabee more than they were against Clinton and Obama. Whoops! It must be a reality check to learn that they don't have nearly the influence they thought they did to swing an election. And now, most of the exclusive interviews and ratings will go to the competitors of these so called "conservative icons". Welcome back to Earth, you sold out blowhards!

And since Romney has backed his VP options into a corner by limiting his ability to promote McCain, we know he can sure talk about himself! The only problem is that, the more this guy is under the national microscope, the more of a liability he will become to the GOP.

How long will it be before Obama decides to disarm his social health care program like he did Hillary's? After doing a little research on Mitt's plan (that provides $50 abortions, subsidized by the state taxpayers), we find that they are no longer offering it to everyone. It has cost the citizens of Massachusetts 40% more than he projected and has left their state in a financial crisis.

It's no wonder Romney failed to build the Republican Party in his home state. The Massachusetts GOP is not exactly the national model, and as Bush and Cheney have proven, our presidential teams can make or break registration trends for both parties. (FYI- Democrats have 3 million more new registrations than we do now).

Known for being a "money man", Mitt has gained the respect of the Party elite. But, once those stats go public, we might find that he has lost his magic touch with investing your money into his dream. Just ask his campaign contributors how much he spent on each vote, and compare it to the other candidates. Or, as it really matters, how much money was spent per delegate?

Romney came in dead last in campaign finance efficiency of the entire GOP pack, spending over $289,256 for each delegate.
What does this say to tax payers?
"Washington is broken, and I propose we buy another one!"

By comparison, Huckabee came in first in CFE (and finished second place behind McCain in winning delegates) spending $48,951 per delegate.
What does this say to voters?
"Let's see if Super Glue and Duct Tape will hold Washington together and we'll invest the rest into America's needs!"

Romney is a ticket killer. We have to win the Evangelical South, or it's going to be a long 4 years of the Obama Administration.

I will soon post some thoughts on Mike Huckabee's potential value to the McCain ticket. Until then, if you are thinking what I'm thinking, or would like to explore why Huck would be a legit VP option, check out http://teamhuck.com/ .

-Mike Ford,
Un-associated Press
Contributing to Rare, Conservative Media
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Who’s the best Manager??
HUCKABEE SPENT SEVEN TIMES LESS PER VOTE THAN ROMNEY
Huckabee $11.77 per vote, Romney $77.44 per vote
DEBT: Romney $44.3 million, Huckabee ends in black

Based on quarterly filings with the FEC, Mike Huckabee has been the best financial manager of his campaign of the GOP candidates. Mitt Romney has not lived up to his reputation as a “great financial manager” — his campaign has the worst efficiency and debt problems.

Huckabee spent a thrifty $11.77 per vote so far. Romney splurged, spending almost seven times as much as Huckabee per vote, a whopping $77.44 each.

”Can you buy the White House? Mitt Romney sure gave it a try,” said Lucas Roebuck, Public Affairs Officer for HucksArmy.com. “If you want someone who can make your tax dollars stretch, it would be Huckabee.”

Romney’s campaign also has the biggest credit card. His campaign reported $35 million in debt, more than 360 times the amount of debt carried by Huckabee ($97,000), and he still couldn't make the sale.

“If Romney were helping run this country like he ran his campaign, our national debt and budget deficits would be astronomical,” said Roebuck. “Only Huckabee ran a surplus operation.”

Much of Romney’s debt came from personal loans to his campaign.

*Sources: AP, CNN.
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Under Federal Election Commission regulations, candidates cannot close their committees until they repay their debts or have a repayment agreement approved by the Commission. These rules are why many of these financial obligations are lingering from previous campaigns. (FEC RULES: http://www.fec.gov/law/law.shtml)
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As quoted by Trucker Randy from Michigan: "Romney or Hillary can't run for Dogcatcher until they pay off their campaign debt." So Romney has removed all obstacles to being VP, and offered the carrot of his huge donor network to McCain.
Now Romney is seen as being so noble as to covering his own-induced debt, so he can show McCain that he is shifting his fundraisers to his campaign. Now, Sen. McCain, this will be your HUGE TEST OF CHARACTER. Is it all about MONEY? We don't think you think so, or you wouldn't have worked so hard all these years to cut corruption and spending!
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Romney will Eat Campaign Loanshttp://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/romney_will_eat.html
[quote] July 16, 2008 08:00 PM

By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney, whose prospects to be John McCain’s running mate appear on the rise, is preparing to formally declare he will not seek donations to repay $45 million in personal loans he made to his failed presidential bid — the biggest ever made by a candidate in a primary campaign.

The move could clear away the last remnants of a divisive primary race, insuring that he and his financial supporters are focused on helping McCain, but it could also put him at odds with McCain’s campaign reform message.

Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said today that the former Massachusetts governor is preparing to have the loans ‘‘reclassified as contributions’’ and will write a letter to the Federal Election Commission explaining that he is ‘‘forgiving the outstanding loans.’’

Some analysts said McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, might undermine his reform message if he picks someone who bankrolled so much of his own campaign.

‘‘Democrats would use it as an issue,’’ political analyst Stuart Rothenberg said today. ‘‘They would they try to undermine his reputation as ‘Mr. Reformer.’ "

He said it might also undercut McCain’s effort to criticize Democratic rival Barack Obama for switching his position and rejecting public financing for the general election.

Still, Romney’s investment in his own campaign and the donor network he built may have helped his vice presidential stock go up. The $45 million helped win widespread name recognition for Romney, who also raised more than $65 million from donors. Since McCain clinched the nomination in March, Romney has asked his supporters to contribute to a Republican National Committee fund that will be used to help McCain’s candidacy and he has urged his campaign finance team to work for McCain.

If Romney became the vice presidential nominee, the rules appear to allow him to give or loan unlimited funds to McCain if the ticket rejects public funds, according to Michael J. Malbin, executive director of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute. McCain, however, has said he will take public funds for the general election, a decision expected to translate into a major financial disadvantage for the Republican ticket.

Romney declined a request today from The Globe to talk about his campaign loans.

During the primaries, he and McCain had unkind words for each other as they skirmished over illegal immigration, the economy, and other issues. They had some of their most bitter arguments over McCain’s landmark campaign finance reform legislation. Romney said the 2002 law ‘‘hurt my party, it hurts First Amendment rights. I think it was a bad bill.’’

McCain responded that the legislation is at the core of his candidacy, and after Obama last month rejected public financing for the fall campaign, he is highlighting the measure in a just-released TV ad that touts him as a ‘‘maverick’’ who ‘‘tackled campaign reform.’’

The 2002 law that McCain cosponsored with Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, eliminated unlimited donations to political parties, tried to lessen the advantage of wealthy candidates financing their own congressional campaigns, but did not restrict how much money a presidential candidate could loan or contribute to his or her own campaign.
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Here's the MI Democrats attack ad against Romney. They're just getting warmed up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKLOSsPoyIw

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Dick Morris makes valid points about McCain's running mate below (particularly those I highlighted red). But Morris fails to mention that Colin Powell, Condi Rice & Joe Lieberman are all pro-abortion. Also, Morris could have included Romney's recent pro-homosexual statement on Dec 16, 2007 on Meet The Press. Transcript & link pasted at bottom. Romney expressed support for state ENDA laws---Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

ENDA is dangerous legislation that would force employers---including Christian businesses, schools & daycare centers---to hire LGBT, transgenders, transvestites & cross-dressers, or face a $25,000 fine. No religious exemptions. Romney expressed support for this 7 months ago---well after his convenient "conversion" on conservative issues. Since then, similar ENDA legislation has been introduced in the Ohio House & Ohio Senate.
~Lori Viars, Warren County, Ohio

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Romney: A mistake for McCain by Dick Morris July 23, 2008

You've probably heard the story about the tycoon who wanted to bring out a new kind of dog food. He spent lavishly. He hired the best marketing person, the top PR firm, the best ad agency, the No. 1 packaging expert, the most powerful distributor -- but the sales were flat after six months. He summoned his consultants to a meeting and asked why the food wasn't selling. "The dogs won't eat it," was the answer that came back.

And so it is with Mitt Romney. Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries, the dogs won't eat it. He lost Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and California. The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states; and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals couldn't spare the cash to advertise. Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.

And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries. Using his gigantic money advantage to dominate television, he seized early leads in virtually all of the primary states, only to lose them later on. And, when they started slipping away, he resorted to unfair, distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges.

Would Romney help McCain? I don't see how. Social conservatives and evangelicals cannot but smart over his former earnest declarations of his determination to "protect a woman's right to choose" and his famous statement during a campaign debate that he would be a better senator for gays than Ted Kennedy. In the primaries, evangelicals all backed Huckabee rather than Romney.

Would he help McCain win fiscal conservatives? If Obama's tax plans don't accomplish that, one has to wonder about their sanity. McCain should, at a minimum, choose a candidate who won't cost him votes. And, at a maximum, he should go with a vice presidential choice that redefines his candidacy.

With the nation in the grip of a fundamental re-appraisal of its past rule by white men, both Condi Rice and Colin Powell suggest themselves as excellent alternatives. They would excite voters, turn them on and give them a way to vote against Obama without ruffling their consciences. Either candidate would make an excellent spokesman in putting down Obama's lack of foreign policy experience or expertise and would make the statement, by his or her very presence on the ticket, that national security concerns should impel McCain's election.

Or McCain could send a statement to Democrats and independents and become the first candidate since Abraham Lincoln to cross party lines and put a person from the opposite party on his ticket by selecting Joe Lieberman. By making his ticket a kind of coalition or fusion, he would tell moderates from both parties and those who follow neither one that McCain is the place to go. Putting Lieberman on his ticket would be a coup of immense proportions.

Any of these three choices would make a "wow" statement that would make voters see McCain in a new light. If McCain wants a slightly less radical course, he should select Mike Huckabee. During the primaries and caucuses, Mike demonstrated an appeal to voters that went far beyond the limited logistics of his campaign. If Romney had the worst cash-delegate ratio, Huckabee had the best.

With almost nothing but his innate skill as a speaker and his warm, friendly personality, Huckabee was able to energize the evangelical base as nobody has since Pat Robertson. But, in the process, he challenged it to move on to new issues and embrace causes like global hunger as ardently as the right to life.
Powell, Rice, Lieberman, Huckabee -- but not Romney!
---Dick Morris [Red Emphasis Added]

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TRANSCRIPT: MEET THE PRESS with Tim Russert - December 16, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22273924/page/6/

MR. RUSSERT: You said (in 1994) that you would sponsor (Sen. Ted Kennedy's federal) Employment Nondiscrimination Act. Do you still support it?
GOV. ROMNEY: At the state level. I think it makes sense at the state level for states to put in provision of this.

MR. RUSSERT: Now, you said you would sponsor it at the federal level.

GOV. ROMNEY: I would not support at the federal level, and I changed in that regard because I think that policy makes more sense to be evaluated or to be implemented at the state level.

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What You Would Get in a VP Romney
(You might want to consider bookmarking this site. Gregg Jackson is pretty good!)

http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/07/what-you-would-get-in-a-vice-president-romney.html
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Obama Considering Romney As V-P Choice: No, McCain Considering Romney As V-P Choice: The Former A Better Fit by Gregg Jackson and John Haskins

BUYER BEWARE! What You Would Get In a Vice-President Romney

(Hint: A demagogue who has already changed history)

When Ann Coulter endorsed Mitt Romney she called the former Massachusetts governor "manifestly our best candidate" -- though the paper for which she is "chief legal correspondent," Human Events, ranked Romney the #8 RINO (Republican In Name Only) in the nation in 2005.

GOP establishment pom pom girl Laura Ingraham and water boy Sean Hannity evangelize Romney on their radio shows as the second coming of Ronald Reagan.

Curiouser and curiouser!

Romney the wallflower bats his eyelashes and coyly pretends not to notice the increasing speculation of a McCain-Romney ticket--even as he criss-crosses the country campaigning and fundraising for McCain--the same John McCain who Romney said during the primaries was "almost indistinguishable" from Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

But perhaps Romney intended that as a compliment, since Romney was a virtual GOP clone of Barack Obama, until he repackaged himself to seduce conservatives.

As a Boston talk radio host and writer-researcher (respectively), who both initially supported Romney (author Gregg Jackson lived out of state in 2002 and co-author John Haskins voted for him in 2002), we have followed Romney closely and know the truth about his record as very few people in America do. The truth is that many of the leading "conservative" lawyers, radio pundits and pro-family leaders whom we trusted for years have ruthlessly distorted and suppressed the truth about Romney's hideous record as governor -- even after all his "conversions."

It took one hundred million dollars of Romney's personal fortune to waterboard Americans with Orwellian propaganda from "conservative" talk radio, Fox News and "pro-family" lawyers and religious mercenaries. Their consensus is they've rewritten enough history enough to fool enough of the people enough of the time.

Many pundits and political prognosticators are now calling Romney the odds-on favorite to be chosen as McCain's running mate--making it more urgent than ever conservatives--the field slaves of the Republican Party--know the true record of this man.

After reading the truth about this soulless demagogue, whom most of the GOP elites have airbrushed into a quasi-conservative, ask yourself if Mitt Romney is somebody, who as Dr. James Dobson of "Focus on the Family" stated, "is a man pro-family voters could support?"

1. Romney illegally imposed homosexual marriage as he had secretly promised "Log Cabin Republicans" a homosexual activist group he would, given the pretext of a legally meaningless court opinion. He publicly admitted that the four outlaw judges who belched forth the Goodridge opinion (urging the legislature to make sodomy-based "marriage" legal) had violated the state Constitution and their oaths of office. But bizarrely, he flatly contradicted the state constitution he had sworn to uphold by pretending he was bound by this opinion. He also opposed a citizen-led effort to remove the four judges!

He then authorized illegal changes to, and issuance of, still legally null and void marriage licenses to homosexuals in violation of the marriage laws which the state constitution explicitly says only the legislature can change (the same court has admitted this). But Romney and his hired "conservatives" falsely claimed that "everybody (knew) that the (judges) legalized same-sex 'marriage'."

2. AFTER his stage-managed "pro-life conversion" Romney's signature healthcare plan established abortion, with a taxpayer-subsidized $50 co-pay, as a "healthcare benefit." He also created a permanent, official government role for an unelected Planned Parenthood representative on his healthcare board -- but no pro-life appointee. (Again, AFTER HIS PURPORTED "PRO-LIFE CONVERSION").

3. Romney increased government funding for anti-family, anti-morality homosexual propaganda, starting in kindergarten, and refused to defend school children and parents' rights against this indoctrination. When running for the Senate in 1994, Romney promised the homosexual Log Cabin Republicans that as Senator he would be more pro-gay than Ted Kennedy stating in a letter to them, "As we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent."

4. Romney opposes a ban on homosexual boy scoutmasters and supports sexual orientation non-discrimination laws that would force private businesses and religious institutions to, for example, hire cross-dressers and transvestites or face criminal fines and punishment.

5. Romney's former staff member and others have revealed that in 2002, in return for the homosexual "Log Cabin Republicans" endorsement, Romney secretly promised to let judges exceed their legal power and unconstitutionally impose homosexual "marriage."

6. Romney cited a non-existent state law to force Catholic Charities, the state's largest adoption and foster care agency, to provide children to homosexuals even when normal mother-father families were lined up to give them a home. Even former governor liberal Democrat Mike Dukakis pointed out that this "law" Romney was using was no "law," but merely an executive regulation that a governor can cancel with a stroke of his pen.

7. Romney's GOP mercenaries pass him off as a "fiscal conservative." Yet his "signature" achievement as governor, his government-run "universal" healthcare plan that was endorsed by Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and Planned Parenthood, has been a total economic failure according to the Wall St. Journal, Boston Globe, and Cato Institute.
8. Romney increased taxes and fees by over $800 million which devastated the Massachusetts economy. He also opposed the Bush Tax Cuts earning him praise from uber-liberal Barney Frank.
9. Romney lies without apparent shame, and has boasted falsely of "seeing his father march with MLK," being a "life-long hunter," having earned the "NRA's endorsement," always "being for life," etc....

10. Romney supported McCain-Feingold "campaign finance reform" which shamelessly outlaws political speech -- an unalienable right guaranteed under our state and federal constitutions and for which countless of our young soldiers and sailors have died.

11. Romney backed the McCain-Kennedy "comprehensive immigration reform" (i.e. amnesty), and parts of the McCain-Lieberman "carbon cap and trade" bill.

Here's the bottom line: The ruthlessly ambitious and greedy GOP elites have been claiming that Mitt Romney is a fiscal and social conservative who would aid McCain in shoring up grassroots conservative support among Evangelicals and "pocket book conservatives." But McCain would be selecting a soulless and ruthless snake oil salesman, a Republican Barack Obama -- to the left of even McCain himself. After all, Romney, as the Founding Father of Sodomy-Based "Marriage" and $50 dollar taxpayer-funded abortions alone, has accomplished what no Democrat has been able to, much less John McCain.

The charade required to successfully portray Romney as a conservative who bravely resisted homosexual "marriage," who opposed the giving of parent-less children to homosexuals and opposed his own $50 abortions involved a massive media campaign of bare-faced lying about the law, the powers conferred upon judges and the legal obligations of the governor himself under the brutally clear Massachusetts Constitution. It required perpetual and overwhelming propaganda assistance from the fervently pro-homosexuality and anti-family news mafia and commentariat (can you even tell the difference anymore?).

That the self-styled "conservative" elites took the lead in this Bolshevik-style subversion of a state constitution and in enabling government funding of industrial scale abortion is a frightening indication of why America is slipping into tyranny. Romney's bare-faced lies about the law, his criminal subversion of the oldest functioning constitution in the world -- and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's (similarly illegal) copy-catting -- mark the unofficial end of any semblance of the rule of law in America on the issues that define any society.

As every senior homosexual activist and Democrat strategist understands, the consequences will be sweeping: the end of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of association and parents' rights, as already evident in Canada and much of Europe.

As Justice Antonin Scalia warned of the Lawrence v. Texas opinion in which a United States Supreme Court majority pretended to have the constitutional authority and power to "strike down" the anti-sodomy laws of states, "this could be the one that swallows the rule of law."

It is still swallowing. Lawrence invited Goodridge. Goodridge invited the anti-constitutional and legally void California opinion that Schwarzenegger has used as a justification for trashing the constitution he swore to defend and uphold. And long before the swallowing is done, it will be too late to reverse it.

"Citizens, please return to your shopping. All is under control."

This is what we call "conservatism" today.

Caveat Emptor. Voter Beware!

Gregg Jackson is the author of "Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies: Issue by Issue Responses to the Most Common Claims of the Left from A to Z" and talk radio show host on WRKO in Boston.
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"Vertical Day" 2008

Today, 7/23/08 is "Vertical Day". This was originated by former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas as a day to put aside divisive and partisan discussions that inflame the struggle between left vs. right, and focus on common sense solutions that lift all Americans up.

Mike Huckabee's HuckPAC (www.huckpac.com) was created to promote Republican conservatives, and today he is featuring his endorsed candidates by allowing them to post on the site.

HuckPAC Oklahoma is proud to support George Faught of Muskogee in his efforts to retain his office in House District 14. We also support Senator Jim Inhofe for his re-election bid. These men will be featured on this site today.

Our Common Ground
- a post by George Faught, Oklahoma State Representative

I would like to thank Mike Ford for giving me the opportunity to join him for Vertical Day. I appreciate the chance to share some of my views on building up our grand state of Oklahoma.

During the past two years in the State House, I stood up in favor of making English the official language of Oklahoma by filing legislation to that end. You might ask “why?” First of all, we live in the greatest country in the world. We have, in place, the greatest form of government that is a perfect blend of individuality and unity. We have the opportunity to mold the future for ourselves with our own efforts and yet we protect the rights of individuals to chart their own course.

The effectiveness of our society is that although we are different, we have so much in common. We have a common love of family and traditions, we have common goals of success that are gauged differently by each individual, we have common fears and struggles. We are ruled by common laws that provide safety and peace in our neighborhoods, common currency that we can freely buy and sell in the marketplace.

The most important thing that ties us all together is the ability to communicate in a common language. That common, unifying language historically has been English. It is as American as apple pie and baseball.

If someone wants to participate in the free market place of ideas and hard work, it greatly depends on their ability to speak the common language. All too often the things we cherish the most are neglected until it is too late to save them. That is why I urged the legislature to pass my ‘English Official Language’ measures, which would have been sent to a vote of the people of Oklahoma, giving them a chance to have their voices heard. Polls show that up to 85% of Oklahomans want English to be the official language.

In generations past, when immigrants came to America it was understood that they should learn English if they wanted to make a successful life in a new land. They would even write home to their homeland and warn relatives not to wait until they arrived in America to learn English, but to start learning it before their journey began. Our goal is for people to integrate into society so they can be productive and not be handicapped because of their inability to communicate.

We create a slave labor market that has no greater expectation than to continue in poverty and low economic status. The ability to speak and be understood is one of the foundation stones that a successful life is built upon.

America is called a ‘melting pot’ and it is true that people from all over the world yearn and struggle just to get to our shores or across our borders, sometimes risking all they have to get here. Our melting pot is flavored by the many cultures and heritages that are stirred together. But they must have a common base by which we can join together, and that is the ability to communicate and assimilate into society to become part of the stew that is called America.

Accountability in Government
By Oklahoma State Rep. George Faught

Oklahoma has had far too many elected officials who, once in office, have ignored the needs of the citizens. They often use their position to climb the political ladder, get sweetheart deals for cronies, intimidate those who disagree with them, and even fatten their own pockets.

This must stop. Oklahoma does not need any more politicians. We need statesmen; people who will sacrifice their career for the greater good, to advance our state. People who will not be looking towards the next election, but will be focused on doing their job as an elected official to the best of their ability.

That’s why I strongly supported House Bill 2196, a measure that prohibits “pay for play” campaign contributions from lobbyists during the legislative session. This vital reform erects a much-needed barrier between campaign donations and the business of making law. No longer will lobbying groups be able to give legislators large contributions before a critical vote, in an effort to influence them.

It’s high time to make our government more transparent and responsible. We can do this by streamlining state agencies to make the state government more cost effective, continuing to enact true ethics reform to eliminate influence peddling, and by adequately funding state needs while preventing wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. By becoming more transparent, the public will be able to see where the State’s resources are spent, and hold elected officials accountable to those who have placed them in their positions.

I strongly believe that those in leadership should be held to a higher standard. We must demand integrity from all of our elected officials.

Term Limits
By Oklahoma State Rep. George Faught

It has been said that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." No more clearly is that seen than in government. All too often we hear of another politician, or elected official in trouble because of ethics violations, or questionable activities. 'Special Projects', or 'Earmarks' as some people call them, are inserted into bills in an attempt to buy a legislator's vote. I believe the lack of across-the-board term limits helps foster this mindset.

Many times well intentioned individuals have entered the political realm with high ideals, only to slowly fall prey to the status quo, eventually morphing into the power hungry career politicians they swore never to become. Ultimately, it becomes more important to get elected than to do what is right, and as such, members will sell their votes for favors they can use in their next political campaign.

Term limits would discourage such actions. With only a limited time to serve, legislators could focus on accomplishing goals instead of grasping for power. Term limits would also encourage more involvement in the political process, as potential candidates would be more likely to run for an open seat than against a sitting office-holder. This serves two purposes: a fresh infusion of new ideas and the cultivation of the citizen-legislator, which was modeled for us by our first President, George Washington.

Term limits does not fix the problem of corrupt or unethical politicians. However, it can be a tool that the voters use to discourage those seeking political office for the wrong motivations.

Representative George Faught is running for re-election to Oklahoma State House District 14. Please visit www.GeorgeFaught.com for more information.

PRO-LIFE WITHOUT APOLOGY
By Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe

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25 Reasons Why Huckabee Should Be McCain's VP Choice

July 03
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Twenty Five Reasons why Huckabee should be McCain's Vice President

"Sure, he’s a wonderful person ... He’d make a great vice president." - Mitt Romney, December, 2007


1. His Experience and Record: He has ten and a half years experience running a government as the Chief Executive. This is a longer tenure of governmental Chief Executive experience than any other 2008 Presidential candidate and is longer than the tenure of any current governor of either party. In 2005, he was named by Time Magazine as one of America's five best Governors.

As Governor, Huckabee managed to deal with many of the major issues that Americans are asking the next Administration to handle. He was the first Governor in his state's history to institute a broad-based tax cut and was criticized for refusing to raise taxes at a time of budget deficit. He created a program that offered health insurance to poor children. He reduced the percentage of uninsured Arkansans so that it was a fourth less than the national average. He cut welfare rolls in half and even with all of these things, his state's economy grew at a rate faster than the national average.

2. His reputation among his peers: He was trusted by his Governor peers of both parties to serve as the Chairman of the bipartisan National Governor’s Association, one of the nation’s most respected public policy organizations.

3. His Chief Executive experience: Because historically, Presidents who have been Governors have performed better than those who were not, McCain would be wise to pick a long-term Governor like Huckabee. Presidents who never held Executive offices but who had running mates who did have performed better than Presidents who never held Executive offices but did not have running mates with Executive Experience either.

4. His Youth: Although he has more experience running a government than any other national politician, he is actually less than six years older than Barack Obama. And in spite of this, his presence on the ticket won't blunt McCain's argument that Obama isn't experienced enough (the "if experience is important, how can you make this person one heartbeat away from the Presidency" response). Despite their closeness in age, Huckabee has four times as much experience as Obama.

5. His Clean Lifestyle: In a time when many politicians of both parties have been ensnared in tawdry personal scandals, Huckabee has a very stable family life, having been married to the same woman for 34 years and being the father of three grown children who are still close to him and who have helped run his campaign.

6. His Leadership Capabilities: In addition to his long experience in Government, Huckabee has a variety of leadership experience outside of politics. He was a successful and popular Pastor and was also elected to be the President of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. He is also the author of six books and is in the process of completing his seventh.

And as the national Republican Party is still suffering image problems in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Huckabee is an example of what people want their leaders to do in a time of crisis. During the disaster, Huckabee's government helped do all that it could do to accommodate the evacuees. It helped make room in hotels and motels for needy families. Huckabee released state funds to assist some of the shelters. He also provided free emergency prescriptions and access to dialysis machines to those who were in medical need.

7. Their Combined Electability: There have been five bellwether states - Ohio, Missouri, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas - that have correctly predicted the winner of the General Election for each of the past eight elections (dating back to 1976). Of those, in the GOP Primaries, Huckabee won the popular vote in two of them (Arkansas and Louisiana), coming in second to McCain in the other three.

McCain won the popular vote in three of them (Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky), coming in second to Huckabee in the other two. The margin between the two in the state of Missouri was extremely narrow. And in the state of Kentucky, Huckabee even managed to come in second to John McCain three and a half months after he suspended his campaign and endorsed McCain. So, the McCain/Huckabee ticket is the one that performs best in the places that matter the most.

8. His Long-Held Support Among Conservatives: Huckabee's national support among conservatives is not just a recent phenomenon but a constant. In 1998, Huckabee came in second (to John Ashcroft) in a Christian Coalition Presidential Straw Poll. (He actually came in higher than then-Governor George W. Bush). Edward Walsh wrote for the Washington Post (2/17/1998) that “It's settled. The Christian Coalition has surveyed its leadership and decided that Sen. John D. Ashcroft (R-Mo.) should be the next president and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) should be his vice president.”

9. His Support among Influential Politicians: J.C. Watts, who represents both the concerns of Evangelicals and conservative African Americans, has expressed dismay at the Republican Party’s failure to reach out to both groups. But the inclusion of Huckabee on the ticket would do a lot to shore up this support and even lure voters from some traditional Democratic groups to the Republican ticket.

10. Even His Enemies Want Him Around: Remember the Club For Growth and their endless attacks on Mike Huckabee? Isn’t it interesting that some of these same people, who called Huckabee a liberal, were begging him to run for the U.S. Senate – or even to become the head of the RNC – within a week of him ending his Presidential bid. One might ask “why would self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives want a liberal to take over the party?” The answer is that their opposition to him was not substantive in nature. And just as they wanted to promote Huckabee into higher levels of responsibility, they would very likely get behind a McCain/Huckabee ticket, no matter how much they’re kicking and screaming now.

11. His Geographical support: With Barack Obama making progress in the south, Mike Huckabee, as a long-term and popular southern Governor, secures this backbone of Republican support. There was even a story in the news about some Alabama politicians almost fighting over which one of them would get Huckabee’s endorsement.

12. His Media Savvy: Mike Huckabee has many years of experience in communicating with the public over the mass media. His first job was reading the news on the local radio station at age 14. He started two full-time television stations at the churches he pastured and has recently been awarded a contract at Fox News.

13. His ability to win in hostile environments: He achieved cross-party popularity, becoming only the second Republican Governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction and remaining in the job until term limits forced him out. He won two elections for Lieutenant Governor and two as Governor – in the heart of the Clinton political machine and at a time when Clinton was a popular President who supported his opponents.

14. His success in winning all many voter segments: In Arkansas, Huckabee won with voters of every age group, all voters making more than $15,000 a year, and won or nearly tied voters of every education level. He also won almost all Republicans voters, the majority of Independents and more than a third of Democrats.

15. His unusual (for a Republican) success with black voters: He has the greatest support among African Americans of any national Republican politician in decades. He won 48% of the black vote in Arkansas. He is very highly regarded by black voters nationwide. Since several of the southern states that have large black populations are showing surprising strength by Obama, Huckabee would appeal to these many of these voters who are conservative, disagree with Obama on the issues, but feel rejected by the Republican Party.

16. Many fiscal conservatives actually do like him: In addition to Evangelicals, blacks, blue collar voters and southerners, Huckabee is a favorite of the ultimate fiscal conservatives – supporters of the Fair Tax. These are the people who don’t just complain about the unfairness of the tax code but actually want to do something about it.

17. He brings social conservatives and then some: As some journalists who have bothered to actually talk to Huckabee supporters have discovered, we’re not all Evangelicals. Huckabee won four million votes but did it without even getting the majority of the Evangelical vote, which was split among multiple candidates.

18. His loudest critics realize that he resonated with voters: Even Huckabee’s harshest critics, such as Rich Lowry of the National Review, grudgingly acknowledge that Huckabee would be “just the right Republican for this particular moment, when pocketbook concerns are looming so large.” Even though they continue to slam him and question his economic credentials, they clearly understand that his message has resonated with the public that is so disenchanted with the status quo.

19. His success in dealing with the health care crisis: At a time that the nation is concerned with health care, Huckabee is both an advocate for preventive health through a healthy lifestyle and an example of it – he lost 110 pounds after being diagnosed with diabetes. He wrote a book on losing weight and launched a childhood obesity campaign with the American Heart Association. And he even offers a personal example of lowering health care costs – he stopped needing to take diabetes medication when he lost weight.

20. He knows how to campaign competitively while at a financial disadvantage: Huckabee spent less money per vote than any candidate in the 2008 Campaign and perhaps less money per vote than any candidate in the past three decades. In a time that McCain finds himself severely underfunded in comparison with Barack Obama, Huckabee has experience in capitalizing on free media and stretching campaign dollars to the extent of outperforming better funded rivals.

He also never had to take any campaign loans and ended his campaign in the black - after outlasting and outperforming almost all of his better-funded rivals.

21. His online grassroots network: On any ticket that includes Huckabee, his bloggers come with him. Huckabee has a massive web of grassroots activists, including Huck’s Army, a dedicated group of volunteers who like to share with other people why we think this guy is so cool. We aren’t paid. We spend some of our valuable free time advocating issues that are important to us, doing lots of research and in some cases providing the type of good press that no ad agency or political consultant can buy.

During the primaries, whenever anyone said anything false about Huckabee, we were on it within minutes. We also ran phone banks, made our own bumper stickers, etc (and yes, thank you, we actually do have lives). And if our guy is on the ticket, we will work just as hard for McCain/Huckabee as we did for Huckabee.

22. His other grassroots networks: It’s not all about Huckabee’s online supporters. There are also truckers for Huckabee, Homeschoolers for Huckabee, conservative blacks for Huckabee. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. While a good number of these people might vote for a ticket that didn’t include Huckabee, they definitely would vote for one that would include him. And more important than that, they would get out and fight and work hard for it. In a close election, there is a big difference between having a good number of lukewarm supporters and a greater number of fired-up supporters.

23. He knows how to campaign with class: Huckabee’s urging of his party to approach their differences with Senator Obama with civility and focus on the issues instead of personal attacks has earned him praise from a wide variety of groups whose support will be important in the General Election.

24. He is liked even by people who totally disagree with him on issues: Although Huckabee has unshakable socially conservative credentials, a lock on the south, and support from many who oppose the Federal Tax Code, he is also personally liked by many who disagree with him on almost every issue. On the liberal blog the Huffington Post, Drew Westin wrote “from the first time I watched Huckabee, he made me nervous, because I disliked most of what he said but I liked him anyway” and called him “the most politically intelligent of the candidates on the Republican side in 2008” and praised his “sense of humor” and “genuineness.” Many Democrats have spoken kindly of Huckabee especially as he urged his party to campaign against Obama on the issues instead of through personal attacks and as he defended Hillary Clinton against pressure to drop out.

25. He has shown class and respect to McCain - even when they were rivals: He hasn’t made statements against McCain that could be used against McCain by the Obama camp during the General Election.

and ...

There actually is one more very important reason for including Huckabee on the ticket, beyond the factually verifiable reasons listed above. Chuck Norris wants him on the ticket. Stop smiling - he means it. (You didn't just read this last reason. Chuck Norris just read it to you.)

Same-sex divorce ruling issued in Oklahoma

GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 01, 2008 @ 11:20 PM
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. —
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a Tulsa judge had the right throw out a same-sex divorce decree he unknowingly granted, but should have notified the parties in the case so they could appeal his decision.
The court remanded the case back to Tulsa County district court for a hearing. The trial court was instructed to notify the parties and the attorney general.
The case involves two women who were married in Canada in 2002. Four years later, one of the women filed for divorce in Tulsa.
A judge granted the divorce after a hearing during which no one mentioned the petitioner, Cait O’Darling, was wed to another woman, identified as Stephanie O’Darling.
A constitutional amendment adopted by voters in 2004 bans same-sex marriages in Oklahoma. A state statute also prohibits official recognition of same-sex marriages that take place outside Oklahoma.
Laurie Phillips, attorney for Cait O’Darling, was not surprised by the Supreme Court decision. “It was what I expected. Everybody is entitled to their day in court,” she said.
Phillips declined to say whether she would raise constitutional issues when a new hearing is granted.
The Supreme Court said the trial judge became aware that he had granted a divorce to a woman married to another woman only after he was informed of that fact by a reporter for the Tulsa World.
“The fact that the marriage was between two women was not mentioned at this hearing,” the state high court said.
“The court has power to vacate when the successful party acted improperly to obtain the decree, or if there was irregularity in obtaining the decree. Such actions are shown in the facts in the present matter,” the Supreme Court continued.
Cait O’Darling claimed she was denied her due process rights by the judge’s ruling and should have had the opportunity to appear before the judge to present evidence on the legality of her foreign marriage.
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