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Romney on Flip-Flopping: ‘I’ve Been as Consistent as Human Beings Can Be’

In a recent video that has been making the rounds, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney claims that he has been “as consistent as human beings can be” on wide array of issues that face the country.

Watch the video where he claims he’s consistent.

However, one could argue that his claim is untrue based on the fact that there have been several occasion when he has been proven to be inconsistent.

Take, for instance, the issue of abortion. During his 2002 senatorial campaign, Romney promised to “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose“ and ”protect the current pro-choice status quo in Massachusetts.”

Or when Romney assured NARAL officers in 2002 that he would be a “good voice in the party” for their cause, and his moderation on the issue would be “widely written about,” according the Washington Post. He even told them that any attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade would be a “serious mistake for our country.”

“You need someone like me in Washington,” several participants recalled Romney saying in 2002.

Fast forward 10 years and Romney is saying the opposite, repeatedly reassuring voters that he is staunchly “pro-life” and supports overturning Roe v. Wade, reports Business Insider.

Then there are issues concerning global warming, when Romney first said that “the world’s getting warmer“ and that he believed ”that humans contribute to that,” but later said, “we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet.”

It might benefit Romney to explain himself on occasions where he has changed his position. Otherwise, critics could argue that he altered his stance on issues not because he believes it is right, but because he thinks it will help him win the presidency.

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  • dgremark12
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:14pm

    Ronald reagan was a Dem once also! Not saying Mitt is a RR (then who could fill thoe shoes) but Mitt may be our best hope!

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:20pm

      ABORTION AND GLOBAL WARMING ARE PERFECT EXAMPLES OF ROMNEY’S CONSISTENCIES… Look at my post below, it proves it.

      He is a man who has changed direction, not flip-flopped, and now he knows how stupid liberalism is. So good for him for making those changes from a moderate-liberal to a conservative.

      Let us not deny that their is repentance and redemption. And for liberals there is conservativism’s path.

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    • familyofsix
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:35pm

      Mitt is a great individual, a great leader with experience, skill, and smarts. He’ll make a great conservative President.

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    • wheels
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:36pm

      Ron Paul 2012 if you want consistency, 30 years of him saying the exact same thing the TeaParty has been pushing can be found all over youtube & the net. If you take the time to “hear” what he’s saying about defense (of home) instead of “OMG hes a truther, defense cutter” you would absolutely find yourself in agreement. Avoid the typical liberal overdramatic response to what you “think” you heard in a 20s soundbite & watch/read/listen. He is to liberty what Obummer is to socialism, read his book from 2008 “Revolution” it will open your eyes. Dont be a sheeple, make up your own, informed mind, friends. Jussayin!

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:50pm

      Reagan could articulate why he changed his views. Romney is against Obamacare, but can’t well articulate why because it is very close to Romneycare. The state vs. federal argument is weak, because the issue is INDIVIDUAL rights, not what level those are squashed.

      With that said he is NOT even close to the best choice this time and the poll numbers make it very clear that he like McCain would be a lesser of evils for the Conservative base, and will likely deliver 4 more years of Obama.

      Why would I say this? Because the attacks are clearly focused elsewhere now, the left would prefer a Romney vs. Obama race.

      Obama can point out the basis for unpopular Obamacare was based on Romney care, and since Romney still does NOT see the error of his ways on that one, it will stick. This discourages the Conservative base.

      Next Obama would love to point out that Romney is Wall Street, 1%, son of a Governor, long involved in politics. This energizes Obama’s base.

      Then there is one more reality, like it or not, it is what it is. The Evangelicals have some serious concerns about the Mormon church. You can bet the agents of Obama are going to play that card, and it will further discourage the Conservative base, and again energize the left base.

      All the above is NOT possible with Cain, Bachman, Santorum, Gingrich, even Ron Paul (but he has other issues).
      You see, in the race Romney is the dream candidate for the Progressive. He all but guarantees four more o

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    • PGMike
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:57pm

      First of all I would really like to hear the question he was answering. Were they asking him if he had ever changed his position on anything or were they talking specifics? One thing we know for sure, MItt Romney used to be pro-choice. That is a flip flop I can live with. Some of the other charges made about him are bogus:
      1) He was somehow a big supporter of gay righst. False. He said that he would fight against discrimination against gays. That is a good thing. We should not discriminate against anyone. When the subject of gay marriage came up he fought that all the way.
      2) He flipped flopped on Global warming. False. He earlier said, “I think the earth is getting warmer, I think that man is contributing to that but I do not know how much.” he went on to say in the next sentece that he was against cap and trade but nobody plays that part. Later he said he does not believe in Man made Global Warming and oposed cap and trade. This is an example of him saying very similar things and people crying flip flop. Mitt Romney has proven a success in every part of his life. Great family man. Very good business man. Great Olympic manager. Good Governor of a liberal state. He is the right man at the right time

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:09pm

      familyofsix
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:35pm

      Mitt is a great individual, a great leader with experience, skill, and smarts. He’ll make a great conservative President.
      ================================================

      He’s still a flip-flopper though:

      “How Well Do You Know Your Romney?”
      http://www.whichmitt.com/which-mitt

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    • SHOWMESTATEGUY
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:14pm

      @PGMIKE—————

      Your statement “good governor of a liberal state” just doesn’t warm my heart.

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    • PGMike
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:29pm

      You would rather he was a poor governor of a conservative state? Then Hunstman must be your man.

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    • VERYCONCERNEDCHRISTIANPATRIOT
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:42pm

      I personally will vote for whoever the candidate is. I will say that I have really lost a lot of respect and faith in Herman Cain and do not like Perry. That said I will vote for the nominee and even provide donations and volunteer on their behalf as I really want Obama defeated.

      I do think Mitt Romney will give us the best chance to defeat the Marxist in Chief. I would really like to see a Romney/Rubio ticket I think that would win in a landslide.

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    • jzs
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:43pm

      Romney is the nominee. Get used to it.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:09pm

      Oh please.. Obama can’t wait to run against Romney … they will destroy him like Herman Cain, Bachmann, and anyone else who dares threaten their agenda! I still support Herman Cain .. all so far is we have the MSM trashing someone with inuendo and unsubstanciated accusations from third parties!

      TEA!

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:22pm

      If you are wanting more information on Mitt and would like to discuss issues or have questions about where he stands on certain issues this is an excellent on going chat room: Many of the people who frequent this are Mitt Romney volunteers and many have met Mitt and some even know him personally. http://mittromneycentral.com/community/chat/

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:39pm

      If you want to play that game, should we mention all the position changes of Ron Paul, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich. They all have and all very consistently. Everyone changes positions, hundreds – thousands of times throughout their life time. I challenge everyone that says Romney has flip-flopped, to join Project Flip-Flop, where they are planning to go through every flip flop of Romney’s over the next month. http://www.thedailycandidate.com/projects/nov/flip_flop_central.html Check it out, they are suppose to start tomorrow.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:40pm

      Romney has flip flopped on everything pretty much….If you need quotes for any of these I’ll gladly provide them. The ad below also sums it up quite well. 

      For cap n trade, now against it
      -Pro Choice, now Pro Life
      -Romneycare, now obamacare is wrong
      -For Auto Bailouts, then against it
      -For campaign spending limits, now against it
      -For Tarp and now against it
      -Against Captial gains tax cut, now for them
      -For stem cell research and now against it
      -For Amnesty, now against it.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjlsXHQAhJk

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:52pm

      I will go third party or stay home if the republicans run Romney.
      I thought I was a Republican – maybe I’m not.
      I do not want Obama to continue to destroy my country – but I want my side to destroy it less. If Obama repeats, enormous damage will be done. But, if anyone damages our country, I don’t want it to be my side. Maybe the republicans are not on my side.

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    • joiseycop
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:55pm

      For all you Romney hating purists who lie and smear… maybe you should check this out…it sets the record straight http://www.whyromney.com

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:18pm

      You know what, many of you are reminding me more and more of the far left, no kidding. You can bash Romney all you want, but you are not a man or a woman capable of growth and change if you want to lambaste him with this flip-floper BS. Personally, I have to change my view on a great deal of aspects of my life. I had to or else I would have died. I will be the first to tell you, my ego and pride did nearly kill me though and I still have areas where I have to stand on my heels, biting the bit to no end, for the soul reason that I am afraid if I let my guard down, I will susceptible to some idea or way of life that could ruin me. That isn’t faith, that is fear. All you evanglicals/born agains or whatever Christian denomination you are that has the superior insight to label the Mormons a cult, remind me perfectly of the elitist intellects who have the only game in town in the land of “thinkers”. What I see on here is why I have walked away from organized religion, and rightfully so. I know the spirit and I know faith, I live by it every day. I know faith and fear are opposites and that nearly all Religions use fear to direct their followers. How does that work ? How do you use that which is of the tree of knowledge to direct those to the tree of life ?? Knowledge vs. wisdom. That is no better than what the left offers. Those of you Paulians are correct, we will need are military back home. We will need them to fend off half our citizens as revolt in the streets. seriously

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:27pm

      Ron Paul is consistently a dope

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:43pm

      WHEELS
      “Ron Paul 2012 if you want consistency, 30 years” RP is the only man in America with a copy of the Constitution but he never taken a case to the supreme court. Why? All mouth and no show that’s why! But he does have code pink, Alex Jones, Jesse Ventura & Kucinich backing him. Birds of a feather, coo coo’s flock together.

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    • norway1516
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:30am

      Mitt a conservative? my a** the guys about as conservative as Obama atleast obama is an open marxist…mittens is everything thats been wrong with the republican and blue blooded elites. We dont need him and this nation will be better when hes rejected again.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:17am

      Romney’s a JFK era democrat.

      Do you know Romney?
      youtube.com/watch?v=KBXe3Kvg-qU

      Who Are You Mitt?
      youtube.com/watch?v=JIeekoQfqVU

      Mitt Romney’s Greatest Liberal Hits: What Mitt Romney Doesn’t Want You to See
      youtube.com/watch?v=jDBVikQ6H5E

      Which Mitt Romney will you be for Halloween?
      youtube.com/watch?v=QBxZhXMYri4

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:37am

      Yah… the same hope… as Dewy… against Truman!

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:35am

      When fools like JZS are on your side you should take pause and think about that.

      The liberal media has been calling Romney the front runner for a long time.
      He is being sold to us as inevitable by the very same people that sold us Obama and McCain.

      Wake up people, while I’d support Romney over Obama, and did support him in 2008, I KNOW this is likely a losing bid this time, and that is why the elites are trying to force him on us. I think they know full well they can defeat him just like McCain, and they have insurance that if they don‘t they’ll still have influence with him (much like McCain). LOOK AT HIS DONORS! That should tell you this. WAKE UP! Now is not the time to settle for an inconsistent politician. MAKE THE best choice, not the one the elites tell you is inevitable!

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:23pm

      If you liked the baleouts of wallstreet, banks, and others, Mitt is for you.

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    • imreddog
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:56pm

      As consistant as a human can be? Hey Mitt, are you really that stupid?… or do you just think that we are? Romney is a lying, two bit, POS. I will never vote for the “government owns your body” POS. I’m not interested in Romnobama Care.

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    • lthm
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 11:05pm

      Romney was built by the media as a candidate. He’s a RINO just like McCain. He will be destroyed by the media as surely as McCain (who was also built by the media) was destroyed. Any Republican who has a chance of winning the presidency must be a self-built icon, not a media darling. Otherwise the media will take the stardom away and and hand the presidency back to Obama. If a candidate isn’t built by the mainstream media, then the media has no power to take his or her stature away when it’s time to immaculate Obama again.

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    • BubbaT
      Posted on November 5, 2011 at 12:46am

      You’re kidding right? People like you scare me. Because being politically naive is the same as being politically stupid.

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  • Bakko Bomma
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:09pm

    Romney is as consistent as a guy in a goofy cult can be.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:13pm

      I don’t see any candidates I like. They are going to have to be very God driven, just, and meaner than a junk-yard dog. I’m not seeing it.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:17pm

      I’d like to see a candidate for once not stoop to their childish media games, and when someone asks a gotcha question or one of the other childish candidates tries to maneuver them into a corner, they just stay “Stuff it, I’m not playing your silly little games.”

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:21pm

      I know, that’s too much to ask in this age because we have babes running the nation, and greedy wicked people changing their diapers.

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    • etoddt
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:36pm

      CULT is the wrong word for Mormons. It insinuates more than simply being theologically different than traditional Christians. It suggests something secretive, suspicious, nefarious, dark, unwholesome, unfriendly, evil-intentioned, and ultimately anti-Christian in nature. None of that is a fair or an accurate representation of the faith.

      Mormons are unorthodox religious Christians. They’re people who believe in Christ, but who don’t adhere to orthodox Christian positions. That’s not demeaning, it’s true.

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:51pm

      @ etpddt

      They are not part of the Christian faith. They belive god used to be a man and now is exalted. They do have many shady things that circle their faith. I will give it to Mormons they are very faithful people, unfortunately they are faithful to a false god.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:51pm

      The only thing I don’t like about LDS is their founder.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:56pm

      LQQK at these Golden Plates…oops they disappeared. But apparently somehow the element gold is in heaven.

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    • etoddt
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:00pm

      @martinez012577

      False God? They believe in Jesus Christ – is he false?

      I was saying they don’t believe in the orthodox traditions many Christians do.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:09pm

      Just like John pointed out even in the times following immediately after Jesus’ crucifixion there are people who were and are Antichrist and that is anyone who denies Jesus is the son of God. But that “One” Antichrist knows Jesus is the Son of God and still denies Jesus and his followers.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:10pm

      Yes, a goofy cult. This is my main concern about Romney. He also believes in man made global warming.

      I will stick with Herman Cain through thick and thin.

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    • PGMike
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:11pm

      Goofy cult? Mormons are about as normal as you can get. Mormons practice what the rest of mainstream Christianity used to support. Abstinance before marriage and fidelity after marriage. Moderation in food. No smoking, drugs or alchohol. Use clean language and be honest in your dealings with others. And by the way, there has not been a major scandal involving any of the national leadership of the Mormon Church for over a hundred years. No sex scandals, no ebezzlement charges, nothing.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:13pm

      I can say this pretty confidently, that anyone who thinks Jesus died for their sins (and it can only mean that they think they can go on sinning, and it’s all good), every rotten one of them are Antichrist.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:16pm

      Because Jesus died to subdue the earth, and to be a wonderful advocate for men.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:27pm

      And while Jesus may advocate for men, and they have to go through Jesus to get to the Father. The Father will still smack them straight to hell if they don’t know why Jesus was crucified.

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    • JL320
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:31pm

      @eliasim, I have a feeling your opinion is going to change a couple of seconds after you die. 1 John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. You sir are an antichrist.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:51pm

      JL320,
      Exactly, for the sins of the whole world up to the point that he was crucified. Therefore sir, you are the Antichrist, and not me. And you know how I can prove to you that it was just up to the point he was crucified? Because if it had been for all times, then Jesus wouldn’t have told Peter to make sure he feeds the flock, and also Jesus would not have come to them to say, “Children do you have any fish for me?” Because Jesus is the vine and the Apostles were the branches. Therefore if it were for Jesus to die for our sins for all time, then there wouldn’t be any point in feeding the flock now would there be?

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:53pm

      JL320,
      Therefore don‘t take your chosen bits of scripture to use as a sword in your malice to use against me because you will lose big time since you don’t understand the entire story.

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:24pm

      If you are not sure who you are supporting or wanting more information on Mitt and would like to discuss issues or have questions about where he stands on certain issues this is an excellent on going chat room: Many of the people who frequent this are Mitt Romney volunteers and many have met Mitt and some even know him personally. http://mittromneycentral.com/community/chat/

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    • JL320
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:26pm

      @eliasim, LOL I’ll stick to what the simple scripture says, and you keep believing your theories. “Exactly, for the sins of the whole world up to the point that he was crucified.” Never read that in the Bible. Like I said, I think your opinion will change shortly after you die.

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    • marvel
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:32pm

      @MARTINEZ012577

      You just described Jesus Christ. He was once a Man who now has the fulness of the Father (exaltation). Mormons also believe that Jesus was God before and during his mortal ministry, and that He is God son Son, even today.

      I am a Mormon and I worship the Son like I do the Father, in Spirit and truth. I worship a living God, who indeed has a resurrected body of flesh and bone.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:58pm

      JL320,
      Yes “Lol” but just ask yourself, when you see Jesus someday, and he asks “Why was I crucified”, and the Father asks “Why did I give up my son?” ask yourself what your answer will be? Because you will be asked that question. And that’s really the only question that has to be asked, and the Father will know the truth in your heart because he always knows.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:26pm

      Because acquiring the Kingdom of Heaven is as a King preparing for the marriage of his son and his bride. And the King will send his servants out into the Kingdom, but if they come back with not enough guests the King will send them out to invite all the people they come upon. And when all the guests show up to the wedding the King will throw out all the guests not wearing their proper wedding garments. Much the same way the King threw them all out of the Garden of Eden.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:36am

      Jesus is what Israel failed to be. All you Mormons can stand with Israel, it’s Jesus that Christians stand with, unbelief is a conscience choice to be deceived. God has already made his promise to Israel, and extends to all nations. Only faith in Jesus Christ will lead to the Kingdom of God.

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  • Founding Father2
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:05pm

    PERFECT EXAMPLE IS ABORTION…

    Another word for flip-flop is to waffle or change position multiple times. Romney has not done this. He went from a moderate-liberal and learned how dumb liberalism is, then he began to change. He didn’t flip-flop he course corrected. Which is a good thing, so did so many other greats including Reagan.

    More power to Romney for changing those liberal positions. Lets look more into the abortion claim. In 2002 he was pro-choice, true. He took that position due to his family being hurt by a death of someone during an illegal abortion. So his family, starting with his mother was pro-choice. The choice of the woman not the killing of the baby, which she was strict about. (debatable)

    Go forward to about 2005, there was a bill going through Mass. about embryonic stem cells. Romney researched it, he went to talk to a scientist about this and came out denouncing stem cells and abortion. This is significant because it was after that that Romney’s wife was diagnosed with MS. The doctors said she could be cured with an injection of stem cells and they both said no. This supposedly could save her life and yet they still said no. Since that point Romney has been fundraising and working to further the pro-life cause. Even pushing pro-life legislation through the legislature until he was out of office.

    That shows the positive of changing directions and sticking to the convictions, even though his wife could be ‘cured.’

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:17pm

      TheBlaze has a gap in quoting Romney about Global Warming, he said ”that humans contribute to that,”
      the part they left out is very important “I don’t know how much” meaning that we are not the cause of it but we can contribute to it. Very big difference.

      So his quote of “we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet” is completely consistent, we contribute but are we causing it… he has been consistent on this point as well… “I don’t know.’

      Check out the missed quotes: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/may/romney_climate_change.html

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:29pm

      There are NO embryonic stem cells that are used in any cure. Only adult stem cells have been successful in treatments, so I don’t know how your story works out.
      The problem I have with any pro-choice person of faith is the two are incompatible.
      You can’t understand the gift of life from the creator, then think it is OK to kill it.
      When I was an atheist I was pro-abortion, but can articulate why I’m not so now. I don’t understand Romney’s change in stance. I was instantly against abortion the minute I saw my first child on ultrasound. That was a human. My wife and I were faced with a possible Downs baby, but we never seriously considered abortion, much like Sarah Palin. Lucky for us, our child was fine, but the thought was difficult. This was before I even found faith in God, and now I finally know with depth the reason why.
      So if Romney figured this out that late in life after all those kids, and all those years in a Conservative church, what does that say about the man? It gives me reason to think he is yet another slick politician looking for power who will say what he needs to say to get elected.
      With that said, he is WAY better than Obama, and better than McCain and even Huckabee, but this year we have much better options, now is not the time to compromise, let the primaries run their course.

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    • Pappypatriot
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:32pm

      Mitt gives a speech and all the Blaze covers is a 47sec soundbyte, yet claims that truth has no agenda. If you wanted to make a point why not post entire video and emphasize where in the video the point you were wanting to make was? This is very terrible reporting I would expect better of the Blaze.

      Mitt may not be totally consistent on every issue, who is? The attacks on Mitt have been very unfair for the most part. He consistently leads in the polls, has by far the most organized and professional team who is staying on message. Mitt has a clean record so you do not see women coming out of the woodwork making accusations. Mitt has changed on issues but it was after he studied them out and gained additional facts. Like Mitt said recently “In the private sector if you do not change your position when the facts change you are fired for being stubborn and stupid.”

      Our economy and the world’s economy is spinning out of control and all the Blaze can contribute on behalf of a very honorable and competent leader is a 47 sec soundbyte. Shame on you Blaze.

      Romney: How I’ll tackle spending, debt http://usat.ly/vT9sRS

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:34pm

      That is what has been proven now but you have heard the left claim that e. stem cells will cure also. Especially when it was first getting popular in the last 10 years. A doctor claimed the same thing for a close family member. Though it has never been proven.

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:37pm

      You didn’t read the post, it was due to a family members death due to an illegal abortion. And it wasn’t the killing of babies it was the making of abortion possible through hospitals and not illegally. Why can’t someone make that change, no matter what age. How many people convert to a faith in their old age. Thousands. And late 40-50‘s isn’t old.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:59am

      FF,
      Anyone can make the change, but if it is real they can EXPLAIN it as I did earlier. I don’t buy the explanation you gave. How can you be a lifelong member of a Church and faith that is clearly against killing the unborn, then only take sides in mid life? Does that mean you have a long history of not being deeply rooting in personal convictions? Yes, that is what is says. The quest for the Presidency is his attempt to fulfill what is Governor Dad could not. Some might wonder if it is not to fulfill what the founder of his Church attempted many years ago. It gives plenty of reasons to question his real motivations. This will undermine his ability to win. He is a Dewey of our day, Glenn pretty much made that point yesterday. The problem is, Obama is not Truman! We can’t afford four more of Obama.

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    • Mohammed Is A Lie
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 4:19pm

      Yes. I like Romney too.
      The nice people on the TEEVEE tell me that he is the most electable, and they would NEVER lie to me. Romney has the nicest hair, and even looks like he could play the President on TEEVEE.
      Surely HE’LL be different than Ohmamma. That’s what the “fair and balanced” nice TEEVEE people tell me.
      I believe them because I am too lazy to do any research for myself, and it is much easier for the TEEVEE to do my thinking for me.

      Romney is a WINNER!!
      I don‘t care that he’s changed his positions like underwear.
      I don‘t care that he’s more flippy than a fish!
      I don’t care that he voted for TARP and the bailouts.
      I don’t care about his shady business dealings.
      HE LOOKS PRESIDENTIAL!!

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  • fatjack
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:04pm

    I’m a Bachmann supporter leaning Gingrich.

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  • brntout
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:55pm

    Why is the Ann Coulter story closed to comment your next post?

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    • brntout
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:03pm

      add(sic)your next post

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:11pm

      I get the same message…….. “closed”

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    • drago
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:46pm

      Brntout
      I asked the same question, maybe because of the ex-huffpo editor?

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:58pm

      I emailed the author. She said it’s a tech glitch at the site & that they are working on it. I believe her.

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    • drago
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:11pm

      @82nd
      Thanks for the info.

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  • SageInWaiting
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:50pm

    While it’s been a while, I spent six years in MA. The first thing I noticed was that I was being taxed on my taxes. The town I lived in went six months without a city budget; they wrote one before the fiscal year started but it took the politburo in Boston that long to “approve” it. I attended the Eagle Award ceremony for a coworker’s son. There was polite acknowledgement when a Republican President‘s proclamation was read but there were OOOHHHHH’s and AAAAAHHHHHH‘s when Senator Kennedy’s proclamation was read. It was a “I don‘t think we’re in Kansas any more, Toto” moment. I can neither support nor vote in a primary for ANYONE who has won state-wide office in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.

    I PRAY this will not be ANOTHER election I’m going to need to hold my nose as I pull that lever for president.

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  • Founding Father2
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:44pm

    ROMNEY HAS CHANGED DIRECTIONS SINCE 1994 AND THAT IS A GOOD THING…

    I am a Romney supporter and agree that he has changed position, that is one of the reasons I am voting for him. He has changed positions from being a moderate-liberal in 1994 when he went against Senator Kennedy and then became more conservative over the years and ran for Governor, where his actions as governor speak louder than his words. He fought for pro-life causes, he shut down the regional cap and trade legislation that was going through Massachusetts in 2005, right after he read it and before it was put into place. He has been a steady fiscal conservative shutting down two Massachusetts State Departments and shrinking many more, turning a $3B deficit into a $2T rainy day fund. He spoke out strongly against bailing out the car companies and told them to go through bankruptcy, which he was right. Unlike everyone likes to say he is consistent with Global Warming, he believes the earth is warming (I question that) but he questions how much man has to do with that and he won’t hurt the economy by passing a cap and trade bill instead he wants to strip the EPA into what it was designed to do not what it is today. He is consistent on Health Care, the system he set up was an experiment (WSJ op-ed written in 2006) now it has been changed and has problems with is 2011. So yes he has changed directions and good for him for accepting this, he isn’t hiding and neither did Reagan. More power to him.

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:57pm

      Don’t you see the problem there? Why isn’t he at least honest about all these “epiphanies” he had after he was elected governor? Instead he says he is the most consistent human ever to roam the earth. Another problem… any politician who runs on one platform, and governs on a totally opposite platform, is immoral. He pandered to the gays, the pro-choice, the gun grabbers, and then he governed against that which he said in order to get elected. Even if he did the correct things as governor, he is still a flop for being dishonest to get elected. That is exactly what Obama did. How do we know that Mitt won’t have a bunch of liberal epiphanies after he is elected? That should worry all voters.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:00pm

      Let me start by saying that in 2008 I was supporting Romney over McCain and Huckabee.
      With that said he is NOT even close to the best choice this time and the poll numbers make it very clear that he like McCain would be a lesser of evils for the Conservative base, and will likely deliver 4 more years of Obama.
      Why would I say this? Because the attacks are clearly focused elsewhere now, the left would prefer a Romney vs. Obama in the general.

      Obama can point out the basis for unpopular Obamacare was based on Romney care, and since Romney still does NOT see the error of his ways on that one, it will stick. This discourages the Conservative base.

      Next Obama would love to point out that Romney is Wall Street, 1%, son of a Governor, long involved in politics. This energizes Obama’s base.

      Then there is one more reality, like it or not, it is what it is. The Evangelicals have some serious concerns about the Mormon church. You can bet the agents of Obama are going to play that card, and it will further discourage the Conservative base, and again energize the left base.

      All the above is NOT possible with Cain, Bachman, Santorum, Gingrich, even Ron Paul (but he has other issues).

      You see, in the race Romney is the dream candidate for the Progressive. He all but guarantees four more of Obama, and he may be what it takes to make Ron Paul go 3rd party.

      THINK ABOUT THIS…

      I would support Romney if he wins, but I think it will be futile, like McCain,

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:04pm

      Read my next post above, it explains the change and why. And it was him sticking to his convictions… with his wife’s life on the line.

      About the epiphanies, he has, during the last campaign he made many speeches on this and it didn’t help him, McCain simply used it against him, so why should he try if no one is going to listen.

      READ MY POST ABOVE

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:05pm

      GilbertAcct,
      Good point, if you study history, you find Nixon claimed to be Conservative to get elected, then became a Progressive and brought us the EPA and other problems.
      Jimmy Carter courted the evangelicals, then stabbed them in the back once elected, a moment that made Michelle Bachmann become a Republican.
      History is littered with such deceptions, this is why so many have come to despise politicians, and I think this is what has led to the Cain surge, and to some degree gives Ron Paul his fanatical and loyal following. They both are clearly not part of the larger political establishment.

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:17pm

      Founding Father… I tend to give Romney the benefit of a doubt on abortion… Great, he is pro-life now. What about all the other simultaneous epiphanies? That is just a little too much for me. But let’s give him the same treatment on those. Perhaps they were all genuine, and just happened to be timed perfectly with his Presidential aspirations… What about his views now? He said he wants to shove 5 executive orders down America’s throat on his first day in office. One of which would unarguable start trade war with China and would destroy the poor and middle class in America. What about his support for TARP? You will argue, “but he didn’t agree with how it was implemented.” Well if he knew economics and was a true free market advocate, he would have disagreed with the initial idea of the bailouts.

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:27pm

      I love how people claim the left want him in the general election. That is why Obama is already spending millions to kick him out and sending his attack dogs from MSNBC and CNN both after him. That is why the MSM is spreading lies about his flip-flopping. It is because they fear him.

      THE FEAR SHOW THEIR FEAR IN WHO THEY ATTACK… ROMNEY AND CAIN

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    • Founding Father2
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:31pm

      GILBERTACCT

      Please read my quote above, it will show you that on the two ‘flip-flops’ mentioned he has stayed strong to his convictions. If you want to disprove him The Daily Candidate is opening the opportunity with the Flip Flop Project. Here is a link that will get you connected: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/nov/perry_name_drop_ad.html Read the blue part. I may be part of the panel.

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    • garyM
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:37pm

      Doesn’t it bother you that your candidate could not beat McCain who got his butt beat by Obama, Romney also he got beat in the primary by Huckabee who had a fraction of the campaign money that Romney had. You want 4 more years of Obama or what?

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:41pm

      FF,
      You might have missed it but the attacked Santorum very early on, Bachman as well. Both targets of the radical gays. They have worked to make Michelle look stupid, like they did to Quayle. They also dismissed Gingrinch, but somehow he has risen. They know how to manipulate the masses, even the conservatives. They dominate the media, and even Fox is now part of this as well.

      While those attacks were taking place they ignored Romney for the most part. Then when they succeeded, in part by the media early calling Romney the front runner, while trying to make it so. They only started after Romney when they thought the pulled it off. They out of nowhere comes Cain, now it is VERY clear he is target number 1 while the largely ignore Romney, again trying to make him the front runner. Think about this for a minute…

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    • Grey Eagle
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:26am

      Mitt gives flip floppers a bad name.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:52am

      Jeff65,
      Thanks for the link, It makes my point. He compares Iran to the Soviets. There is NO COMPARISON.
      Soviets did fear a counter strike, Iran is BEGGING for it. It is called the 12ers. Look it up.
      He also foolishly thinks it will take Iran 10 years to get nukes. That is based on nothing, because all the assessments I’ve seen say it is imminent. I would not be surprised if they either test one or launch one on Israel next year. Oddly he then talks about Pakistan and Nukes, who is to say Pakistan doesn’t GIVE one to Iran? Or even North Korea? That they have not is due to our very close monitoring of this, not because it would not happen otherwise. People are starving in North Korea…
      He has a point about Pakistan, but he again misses the larger point. We buy influence and control to prevent the spread of Nukes out of Pakistan. Is it effective? That is a fair debate.
      Then he foolishly thinks that missile defense is not needed? They have missiles! They are working to NUKES!
      We have had Chamberlin before. He is right about the economic collapse, but he fails to realize the economic problems are a symptom of the INTERNAL attacks on this nation, the Nukes and Iran are the external threats. BOTH are real and credible, and BOTH need to be addressed, but he ignores one, and that is FOOLISH. Study you history. This is why Glenn is not a fan of Ron Paul, he sees BOTH threats.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:33pm

      @MINORITY Iran’s military is a joke. They don’t have an air force or navy, or one capable of reaching us here, and much less, one to compete with any highly developed nation. Their missiles, what missiles? Certainly none that can reach us here, half way around the world. I don‘t think you’re taking into consideration how difficult it is to even use a nuclear weapon. It is much more difficult to comprehend how to control and utilize a live nuclear weapon than it is to start its construction. They don’t have the money or technology for half of these things. This is fear mongering and war propaganda. Say, they do create one nuclear weapon, what then? They set it off, after getting passed through all our high security and intelligence networks (like if that’s going to happen), in one major city. The US and every allied Nation would obliterate any small existence of Iran within minutes. Third, there have always been reports, as far back as 4 decades ago and even longer, that there are cells or small suitcases of WMD strategically placed around the US. Our FBI and other intelligence agencies have confirmed these rumors to at least have some validity to its possibility. Whether by Russian, Chinese or Al Qaeda, no one knows for certain who’s they are. The US Government would to their advantage blame anyone in such an incident to further their foreign interests.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 10:46pm

      @MINORITYRIGHTSADVOCATE We could have started out with true differences in how foreign policies worked, but instead you took the typical path of destruction and discredited yourself completely.

      1) You started with standard soundbite statements on what Paul thinks — I proved that you were totally wrong, therefore it is clear that when you say you “studied Paul” that either you lied about studying him or you comprehension is low.

      2) You say Iran is more of a threat than the Soviet Union was. Lets put this 12er thing in perspective. Do you think that Hitler or Stalin needed to be a 12er to do their thing? Iran is a threat, but for you to say that Iran was a greater threat puts you in the kook category. I lived through the Soviet threat and I can tell you that they were infinitely a greater threat than Iran will ever be.

      3) You degrade further by insulting Paul supporters and start talking about 911 conspiracies — as if that has anything to do with anything. Since you “studied Paul” then you should know he doesn’t think it was an inside job, and nor do I. Some supporters may think otherwise, but who cares?

      4) Did you predict if economic mess or that there would be greater internal terrorism back in 1997 and 98, 2003? Ron Paul did. He told us what would happen, how it would happen, and why it would happen. He was right on all accounts. Your analysis of his —- 2 0 0 7 —– interview was insultingly pathetic. Didn’t know it was from 2007 did you? 10

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  • scoter
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:40pm

    http://www.helpfireobama.com Please give $20.12

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:27pm

      If you are wanting more information on Mitt and would like to discuss issues or have questions about where he stands on certain issues this is an excellent on going chat room: The adjoining website called MittRomneycentral has one of the largest archives on the internet all things Mitt. Many of the people who frequent this are Mitt Romney volunteers and many have met Mitt and some even know him personally. http://mittromneycentral.com/community/chat/

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:50am

      @MINORITYRIGHTSADVOCATE instead of relying on sound bites, here is an in depth interview on the issue of Iran on youtube — watch?v=SsJkCx8sq1c

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 6:05am

      Jeff65,
      My reply was posted in the comment above (newest to oldest). You link confirmed my concerns about Ron Paul. It is not a sound bite that concerns me, I’ve studied his views. Economically, he is solid, internationally and foreign policy, he is clueless.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 7:31am

      Willard Romney flip-flops so much because he does what the banks/military GOP tells him to do. They told Romney if he pulled out last elections, so McCain could have the nomination, they would give Romney their backing for 2012. Romney is a puppet, plain and simple.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 8:27am

      While you’re “learning more about Mitt Romney” you can google “Democrats for Mitt Romney”

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 10:12am

      Minorityrightsadvocate… They have been claiming “imminent” nuclear weapons from Iran for decades now. Let us not forget all the lies and propaganda that got us into the Iraq war. They had “confirmed” WMDs and links to Al Qaeda… total lies. The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate by 16 US intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency, assessed with fair confidence that Iran has no nuclear weapons research program. They’ve also agreed to have all their nuclear plants inspected regularly. When looked at rationally one realizes that Iran’s military spending per year is less than half of what we spend on ours per WEEK. Do you think Khamenei is suicidal? If so, under what precedent? He actual has a doctrine of “no first strike”, and he has stood by it… even when facing Hussein. Khamenei has also issued a fatwa saying the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons was forbidden under Islam.
      You’ll notice that right now, Israel is the one talking about attacking Iran, not the other way around. In war, the truth is the first casualty… Be as critical on our foreign policy as you are on our domestic policy and maybe you’ll be able to see through the lies.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:06pm

      GilbertAcct,
      I’m likely wasting time with you.
      If you don’t understand why we intervened in Iraq, you show the ignorance that has permeated the left.
      WMD was not the sole reason, it was the fact that Iraq violated the ceasefire and was in-fact supporting terrorists. The fraud of the UN oil for food program, and there were direct payments to families of suicide bombers.
      That made Iraq a legitimate target.
      I happen to know firsthand about nuclear weapons, it takes a long time to develop a program, and Iran has had a long time to do just that. They have delivery systems, all they need is a warhead, and they likely will have one in less than a year. The 2007 assessment was seriously flawed, more recent intelligence countered that report, making that report no longer valid.
      I’ve read the newer reports.
      They have not opened all their facilities for inspection, that is just not true. They have deeply buried facilities to protect them from attack, meaning they have something they will NOT show, because they have ADMITTED to developing nuclear weapons, it is not speculation.
      If you believe an Islamist is telling you the truth, you are a real fool. They “faith” permits them to lie, cheat, steal, enslave and kill infidels. It is in the Quran, look it up. The fight with radical Islam dates back to the early days of this nation, this is why there was a translated copy of the Quran that Jefferson read to try to understand why we kept having our merchant s

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:07pm

      GilbertAcct,
      (cont.)
      and our people held for ransom or worse. For many years we paid of the Barbary Pirates, until it was just too much and we attacked them, that is where the “shores of Tripoli” in the USMC hymn comes from.
      Your hate for the “military industrial complex” has blinded you to the truth. If you think spending is out of control, consider that spending in the military is tiny compared to the every growing entitlements, that is what is bringing us down. You might also need to consider spending as compared to GDP to have any relevance, and Iran does not fight toe to toe, they use asymmetrical warfare, such as infiltration and terrorism.
      You like Ron Paul fail to see a threat, likely you are inclined also to believe the “inside job” lies about 9/11. Again, I’m likely wasting my time, you need to do some homework away from the conspiracy sites.

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:14pm

      Are you joking? Yes Iraq violated their ceasefire agreement in the 90′s, but the issue that sold the American people on the going to war with Iraq were the claims that they had WMDs and that they were directly tied to the 9/11 attacks and al qaeda. That is widely accepted. Both of these were completely fabricated and that is no conspiracy theory (please read my other responses about the crazy sleeper cell conspiracy which you believe in). I’ve read the IAEA reports and their main beef is that Iran has not completely suspended all enrichment related activities and heavy water related activities (to produce electricity and such)… They have not inspected the new facilities being built and have been waiting on a response for about a year. Uh-oh! We’d better go bomb the crap out of them and send our young men to die! They won’t bend over to all of our insane and useless suggestions and sanctions! Again, they spend per year about half as much as we spend per week on military. They are not a serious threat. Did you look at any of my suggested google searches in the post below? Look, I don’t trust these governments and their leaders… That goes for nearly all the countries in the world, but that does not mean we need to go to war with them. Have you served in Iraq? If so, kudos. I sure haven’t, but I know that most of the politically active soldiers and their families who have served there overwhelmingly support Ron Paul.

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:22pm

      Minority… here is a nice little quiz I recently found on Iraq… pretty interesting!
      Which nation financially supported Iraq’s Baath Party’s rise to power in the 1960’s?
      Which nation allied itself with Saddam Hussein from 1980 to 1990?
      Which nation’s ambassador to Iraq pledged that it would remain on the sidelines when Hussein inquired about the reaction to invading Kuwait in 1990?
      Which country was the first to gas Iraqis?
      Who drew the borders of Iraq?
      The most secular government in the Middle East in the 1990’s was:
      Which of these countries has been the most tolerant of Christians during the last 20 years?
      Which of the following countries was not represented among the 19 hijackers of 9-11?
      Which country supplied Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons during the 1980’s?
      Which country’s intelligence operatives helped overthrow the only Islamic democracy in the Middle East in 1953?
      Which country’s intelligence information supplied to the UN weapons inspectors in Iraq was concluded to be “garbage after garbage after garbage.”?
      After the 1991 Gulf War, who encouraged the Kurds to revolt against Saddam Hussein only to withdraw support after the revolt began?
      Who made the decision for UN weapons inspectors to leave Iraq in 1998?
      The number of American combat deaths during the first 12 months of which conflict was the greatest?

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:34pm

      By the way, why don’t you cite the verses in the quran where you get your “lying, cheating, stealing, killing” info from. Try reading the whole verse and maybe the ones before and after… you may learn something important. It’s easy to sit there and spout out anti-islam lines, but lets discuss the actual verses…

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  • saranda
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:40pm

    And so begins the destruction of the repubs chances to bring down Obama. We need to unite behind whichever candidate can and will beat O. And squirmin’ Herman is beating himself.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:53pm

      The destruction had already started when the people don’t care about content or character, but care only about the party. Get behind the freedom revolution if you really care. Ron Paul as the current appointed “leader” of the revolution is the man with content and character. Glen Beck was totally behind him until he branched off on to some other strange agenda.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:18pm

      Jeff65,
      Taking a clear side in the battle of Good vs. Evil is not a “strange agenda”. You see what is at stake is the survival of Western civilization.
      Ron Paul is clueless on this nation’s external threats. Iran is run by mad men that are NOT dettered by a US counter strike. They will get nukes and they will use them. You can live in ignorant bliss and doubt this all you want, but when it happens what will you say then? What excuse will you have then? Will you like Ron Paul continue to blame the USA for getting hit with a Nuke?
      Want to know why we are afraid to strike Iran, and don’t want Israel to do so either? Because Iran has countless sleeper cells in the US ready to strike internally against places like schools and daycares to cause mass terror and break our will to fight. I have no doubt about this, and I’ve seen plenty of evidence, as have those making decisions.
      So instead of figuring how to counter this, we submit to the radical Islamic extremists. Think about that? It is all around us now if you dare to connect the dots.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:45pm

      @MINORITYRIGHTSADVOCATE I don‘t know where you get the idea that Ron Paul doesn’t consider elements of Islam a threat. He has specifically said that he does see the threat and he considers the politics in the region as totally irrational. He has listen to the CIA Bin Ladin unit head, the 911 commission, and examined the only comprehensive study on all terrorist activity. Everything from the intelligence agencies is what he has been repeating, but you then mock him for it. Do you really want a president that ignores all that intelligence?

      If the threat is internal, then why are you so willing to be messing with things external? You seemed to have just built up the case to support Ron Paul’s foreign policy. Does the current external policy calm or aggravate the problems you are talking about?

      Get the troops home to where they are needed. Build a strong defense. Improve the intelligence.

      All the political correctness that is occurring is what is helping these “sleeper cells” that you are talking about. Paul‘s focus on the Constitution doesn’t support the political correctness.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:58pm

      Jeff65,
      I’ve studied Ron Paul. I know what he stands for, much of it I think is OK.
      He is totally wrong on Iran, he thinks it is OK for them to have Nukes, his own words in an debate this year. This is WRONG, and dangerous.
      He doesn’t think we should take out terrorist leaders who are attacking us! OBL, and others included.
      How is that rational understanding of the threats? I find it hard to believe he has studied the intel, because if he did, he’d know better.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:00pm

      @MINORITYRIGHTSADVOCATE You seem to be implying that Ron Paul blames the US for the 911 attack, by you comment on Iran nuking the US.

      Have you ever heard that in a decision making process, you need to find out reasons for “failures”. It is not about determining blame. I have to deal with this everyday in my business. Sometimes when I’m in the process of finding the problem, there are some immature customers that get upset because they think I’m blaming them. After a bit of explaining of what I’m doing, I can usually calm them.

      Ron Paul was giving reasons to the public for why he would have a different foreign policy — but it appears there are many immature people around wanting to twist things to make it look like he is blaming the US. Ron Paul is NOT BLAMING the US for anything. He is using proper reasoning and deduction to come up with an appropriate foreign policy. He has already come out and harshly condemned radical Islam for the actions taken and the only difference in what Ron Paul would do if there was another 911 is that he would NOT do nation building. If he were president instead of Bush, he would have went in and destroyed the terrorist with full force and then come home.

      His words for how he would handle things with another 911 was “different but tougher”.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:08pm

      @MINORITYRIGHTSADVOCATE If you really did study Ron Paul then you would know that not only did he vote for the war in Afghanistan, but he also make up a bill of his own to mark OBL as a target.

      Also he doesn‘t think it is OK for Iran to have nukes since he doesn’t think it is Ok for anyone to have them. Those were not his exact words and they are also out of context with the bigger picture he as trying to explain to a war mongering group of people. The problem is that he understands the threat much better than the others. Haven’t you noticed how the others are ignoring the intelligence? Why are you ignore the intelligence?

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:36am

      @MINORITYRIGHTSADVOCATE instead of relying on sound bites, here is an in depth interview on the issue of Iran on youtube — watch?v=SsJkCx8sq1c

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 7:32am

      For those struggling with American foreign policy:
      Foreign troops on American soil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YRGXnkqeNE

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 8:28am

      I figure after the Cain/Newt debate, that will be the end of Mr. Cain. I can’t imagine why Mr. Cain would agree to that debate with only the two of them.

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 10:24am

      Minority… Jeff is right. You claim to be some Ron Paul expert, yet you miss his basic stance on the killing of OBL. He voted to take him out… He also said that he would have taken the CIA up on the 8 or 9 chances they had to capture bin Laden in the late 90′s. Google Michael Scheuer… he is a former CIA agent and Chief of the OBL unit. He’ll enlighten you on the truth of our foreign policy. Google Robert Pape, who conducted a study (funded by our DoD) which proves that 95% of suicide bombings are in response to occupation… not the hatred of freedom like we are told. Google Wesley Clark a former four star general and NATO commander. Our own government intelligence shows that Ron Paul’s stance on the motivation behind “terrorism” against the US is completely uncontroversial.

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 10:32am

      Minority… I see also that you buy into this “sleeper cell” conspiracy theory. Don Rumsfeld told the same lies about the Soviets in the 70s and 80s to keep the public in constant fear. Just like he explained to us that there are hundreds of high tech, multi-level caves all over the middle east where OBL and Al Qaeda plan their attacks. Truth: we have yet to find ONE such cave. Not one! After you finish my previous google challenge, try looking up Leo Strauss and his philosophy of keeping the American public in fear in order to fight rugged individualism, which he hated… you may learn that Paul Wolfowitz and Donny Rumsfeld, among others, were students of Leo Strauss. I’m confident that if you take an honest look at all these things, you may lighten your criticism of Dr. Paul… even if you don’t completely agree with him.

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    • MinorityRightsAdvocate
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:52pm

      I’ve had it with the intolerable about Paulbots.
      They assume they have all the answers and know all the “real” information, but you get it all from fringe kook sites.
      Many believe the 9/11 conspiracies, even though they are all BS.
      I’ve seen the real information in many cases and access to non-public source information and detailed analysis. My sources are solid and I do work to confirm things, often talking to the boots on the front lines, like the border patrol, or troops on the front lines. I’m not forming opinions from fringe kook sites and conspiracy theories.
      About the only thing I’ve seen Paulbots get about right is their opposition to the FED, that is one organization that I tend to think they rightly oppose, but when it comes to foreign affairs and the military, they are dangerously naive.
      This is why they are and always will be fringe, they don’t discuss, they proclaim and all from shaky at best sources, and you can’t reason with them, they are Paulbots, because the blindly follow Paul, much like the Obama zombies.
      By the way, Wesley Clark is a fool!

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    • GilbertAcct
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:37pm

      Minority… The funny thing about you is that you’ll believe in these sleeper cell and islamophobic conspiracy theories, but you don’t see them as such. You believed in the Bush conspiracy theory about the Iraq/Al Qaeda link and the WMDs. You pick and choose the conspiracy theories which suit your fancy and you call them fact… and any other discussion you call a kooky conspiracy theory. Have you listened to Michael Scheuer? He’s not a conspiracy theorist, and he doesn’t even agree with Ron Paul on all foreign matters. What about Robert Pape? He has absolutely no affiliation with Dr. Paul and was funded by the DoD! Interesting how you tend to not want to discuss Pape‘s study because it doesn’t fit with your Islamophobic conspiracy theory. Go ahead and keep disregarding anything that doesn’t fit your views, and then hypocritically vilify those who disagree with you. You say, “They don’t discuss, they proclaim” when that is exactly what you are doing. “Shaky sources”… you don’t even cite your sources… you just say that they are non-public and solid as a rock. I‘ve given you my sources and you’ve given me nothing. I’m all for discussion, but you are obviously some sort of self-proclaimed higher level than everyone else.

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  • 2smart
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:40pm

    I would think that the decision about whether he flip-flops is something that the voters will have to decide. And golly gee whiz I am a voter and flip-flopping is but one of the reasons I am not in the Romney camp. The only vote I couldl give Romney is if he is the republican candidate. And I will do the same as I did in Nov 2011 when I had to hold my nose and vote for Rick Perry as Govenor because he was the Republican candidate. I am really tired of this, so currently I like Herman Cain because he has shown me so far that he believes in America. Please keep your arguments about why I have made such a disasterous decision and why your candidate is soooooo much better to yourselves. I don’t care. You make your decision, I’ll make mine. And with the election over a year away things can change drastically. So settle your happy axe down and honor someone else’s decision without the verbal assaults.

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  • koyettsu
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:36pm

    Hell no, Romney consistant? lol the only person worse than Romney on flip flopping is the entire population of Democrats and they are not far apart.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:46pm

      He’s in trouble with his flip flopping. That and his more liberal stances and big government stances.

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  • pizzaguypa
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:34pm

    so is Ron Paul not human because he has been a little more consistent. Im just saying, if we are talking consistent he is the guy might not agree with everything he says but he is consistent.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:01pm

      As important consistency is, lets not ignore the importance of his understanding on the issues. In 2003 he predicted this economic mess. He explained how and why it would happen —- and it did.

      Now all that understand that — notice he is making more predictions that nobody is taking seriously.

      All who say they don’t agree with all that he says – did you know what was going to happen back in 2003? Or did you laugh like the rest? I think sometimes that I disagree with him, but I have to bite my tongue less I make a fool of myself.

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  • GilbertAcct
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:31pm

    Mitt’s liberal friend Rocky Anderson, former Mayor of Salt Lake City recently had this to say about Romney, “Obviously the positions that Mitt’s taking now are different than the positions he did when he ran for and served as Governor of Massachusetts… his handlers got to him and said, ‘This is what you need to do.‘ And that’s what he’s doing to get elected.”

    The article doesn‘t mention half of Romney’s flip flops. I find it appalling for him to say he has been as consistent as human beings can be. He just insulted a lot of human beings! So Mitt Romney has been as consistent as a human being is capable of being? There never was a human being who has been more consistent than Mitt? Gay rights, gun control, abortion, health care, flat tax, “I cut taxes and spending in MA”, “2/3 of the people in MA love RomneyCare”… Sorry I switched from flip flops to lies at the end of that list.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:31pm

    Folks settle down now,do we really want four more years of the Marxist in chief? Anybody would be better than the man made disaster we have now, he’s a disgrace to the office and hates America as founded.

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    • Rajabear1
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:57pm

      Hello @progressiveslayer, first, just like to say I agree w/ many of your posts and get a laugh every so often. I have to say I’m torn on this one though. I agree that we can‘t have o in office again and that if the nominees don’t quit this back biting out and deal with facts and ideas it‘ll put such a bad taste in the middle lefts mouth and they won’t make a switch in 2012. But I have a real hard time thinking that someone like Mitt will be better only because it will be the same thing in slow motion and in 4 more years (if we last that long) they will switch back to the left in control and the coffin will be sealed on us. I fear that if a progressive is placed in office that is Obama lite, they will not reverse anything that is in place right now and only put up window dressing, but the shadow infrastructure will still be in place and be strengthened behind closed doors. It is quite a quandary, but I think in my heart of hearts this is all but distractions and it won’t matter who is in office. It breaks my heart and I pray each night that it isn’t so.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:10pm

      @RAJABEAR1 If Ron Paul’s predictions are correct, the destruction of the US economy and the dollar will take place before the end of the next presidents first term unless there is a dramatic change of direction in policies. He has been right about everything else, so I would be careful about ignoring his current predictions. It may even be too late for Ron Paul to turn things around, but the chances are infinitely better than anyone else.

      So choose wisely. then stand firm.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:37pm

      @Rajabear1 I now what you mean Romney would be obama lite,I like a lot of Rep. Paul’s positions like ending the fed and getting our troops out of other countries,and dramatically cutting spending.

      As for the rest they’re pretty much all obama lite with the exception of Gingrich,although he has a lot of baggage, I like most of of his positions.We are indeed living in perilous times and I to pray for the preservation of the republic,God save us all.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:25pm

      @PROGRESSIVESLAYER

      What has mostly gone by without notice is that a large part of Ron Paul’s economic predictions had to do with his predictions about the wars and changing foreign policy. Back as for as 1997 he was warning that there would be increased terror attacks IN THE US. He explained how and why the war mongering would increase and how this would affect the economy and he explained how the FED would have a part in the increased warring.

      Listening to his old speeches on the house floor is kinda eerie. Then you get fools saying he is crazy on foreign policy.

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  • garyM
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:27pm

    Thanks Blaze now post all those stories about the times that Romney has settle cases like Cain’s out of court and you will be close to catching the negative Romney stories up with Cain and Perry stories and be the news media where the truth lives here and has no agenda!

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  • Chappy123
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:22pm

    So that is the problem!!! Rinomey is not human.

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  • Jimbo
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:22pm

    The Blaze has become so bias. This is old news. He has explained his change in the abortion issue over and over. Would you prefer that he stayed pro choice? To Flip Flop is to change back and forth. To change for the right reasons is good. Again let me state the truth for you. Romney is Mormon and you can’t deal with that. Each week somebody new is promoted to the top, anyone who can keep that Mormon out of office. Its clear to see. If he were southern Baptist he would have the south locked up and be everyone’s favorite guy. I don’t know who I am going to vote for, anyone but Obama, but the sick truth is the republican party will tear its self up and give all the ammunition that the Dems need to win. 4 more years of Obama and the final nail in the coffin for America, thank you republicans. Man I wish Reagan were here.

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    • garyM
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:33pm

      There is plenty of negative Romney stories out there the Blaze hasn’t covered, no one can convince me as much money as Romney has that he hasn’t settled some case out of court. We haven’t heard about any of those. As good as the Blaze is at investigative reporting they are either sitting on them or haven’t looked for them!

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    • Chappy123
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:33pm

      There is always Michael.

      He’s the good Reagan son. Dad would not agree with liberal Jr. boy.

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:47pm

      Well said Jimbo, the way Herman Cain cannot make up his mind what he believes or what happened when and did not even know that China has nuclear weapons. Cain can get away with anything and he always is given a pass. I am beginning to come to the same conclusion, if Mitt was a Southern Baptist with his conservative record he would be at 70% support and I you all know that is true. Mitt is 98% Conservative, not only that he has a proven record of making changes he promises to make before he is elected.

      Anyone who says that Mitt Romney has not been attacked as much on the Blaze as others is a total lie and obviously has missed a lot of stories on this site. He has been attacked many times on the Blaze. Even when there is positive news to report on him which is every day it never gets reported and when on rare occasions it does it is done with a negative slant. Mitt is only serious candidate in this race. Cain is less knowledgeable on Foreign policy than a 5th grader. Most 5th graders know that China has nuclear weapons.

      If anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt it is Mitt Romney. He served 4 years as Gov. of Ma. He insisted on only taking $1.00 a year and only took that because he legally had to. So he made $4.00 for his entire political career. He was asked and even begged to run for Gov. of Mass. because the Dems had ran put the state on the verge of bankrupcy. When he took over there was a $3Billion deficit and balanced the budget leaving a $2Billion surplus.

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    • We are Americans
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:03pm

      What I believed in when I was twenty or thirty
      years old isn’t what I believe in now.
      You can grow as a person and if somebody
      presents you with a solid fact based argument you
      can change your mind. As an aside, satellites show
      the polar ice caps melting. Earth is warming. Not
      saying it‘s man’s fault but the melting ice shows
      it’s warming. Unless NASA is doctoring photos

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  • cous1933
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:22pm

    Romney must not consider Ron Paul a human being. Either that or he is just taking the establishment position on Ron Paul….never mention his name – he doesn’t exist.

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    • Jeff65
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:31pm

      Sometimes when I’m looking at what Ron Paul does, I think he isn’t human. Not that there aren’t other people like him, but to see a person like him in leadership in politics – it doesn’t compute.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:01pm

      Jeff,

      You are right. He is a very very rare specimen in the political world. Honest, consistent, and true to the Constitution. I believe the reason the rest pretend he doesn’t exist is because if the public would look objectively at those qualities, none of the other candidates could come close.

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  • Get off your butt and join the Marines
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:20pm

    Really? “as consistent as human beings can be”

    Mitt is a typical GOPTP mouthpiece who would continue the USA on a course of destruction that Bush began!

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  • ROE-SMELLEN
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:19pm

    I so let down by Rommy. He promise to protect my right to choose.
    Before, could choose between beating or de-clitting. Now smelly
    goat-herd husband say only de-clitting suitable punishment.
    Damm you Rommy!

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    • Rajabear1
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:58pm

      Oh my…

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    • llotus
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:27pm

      ROE-SMELLEN……….damn right girly. Tell Rose Ellen how it is. Lotus.

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    • llotus
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:30pm

      Thank you Smelly for the chuckle……I havnt had one all week. Lotus.

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  • Get off your butt and join the Marines
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:17pm

    The Mitt man says that he is “as consistent as human beings can be”. If that is the case then Romney does not know a single truth about human beings and he has no place near the White House! Mitt is a typical GOPTP politician who talks out of both sides of his mouth, sometimes in the same speech!

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  • byehlik
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:17pm

    Romney is a RINO!

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    • byehlik
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:22pm

      Romney is a professional politician translation…. Politician. I do not want someone who knows how to play the game. I want someone in there to say the game is up! Don’t want to vote for this fool.

      We really only have one shot at this. 2012 is BIG! It is for all the marbles. If the socialists are successful there will be war. If the Constitution is shredded, there will be war! Be prepared.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:17pm

    How is this : in printed word (paper and electronic) state your case, what & why you believe what you do. How you intend to fix / promote things that you believe need changing. AND where the money is coming from….my household has to.

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  • brntout
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:15pm

    Yeah a consistent flip-floper.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:13pm

    You LIE!

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