Romney Skips Values Voter Presidential Debate
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Decision comes as no surprise, given Mitt’s weak record
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – While U.S. Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback proudly gathers with pro-family voters for today’s important Values Voter debate, Mitt Romney decided to skip the event. Given his liberal record taking stands as being pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-embryonic stem research and pro-taxpayer funding of abortion, Romney’s decision to shun Values Voters comes as no surprise.
“The only values Romney has consistently cared about are in his stock portfolio,” said Rob Wasinger, National Campaign Manager of Brownback for President.
Pro-Family Leaders Have Pointed out Romney’s
Poor Record on Values Issues
ony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, on Romney’s letter pledging support for gay rights: “This is quite disturbing. This type of information is going to create a lot of problems for Governor Romney.” (Adam Nagourney and David D. Kirkpatrick, “Romney’s Gay Rights Stance Draws Ire,” New York Times, 12/9/06)
Perkins: “He talks about core values … but I’m troubled by his changing views on abortion.” (John J. Miller, “Evangelicals for Romney?” National Review, 12/18/06)
Michael Farris, founder of Patrick Henry College: “[W]here has he been on pro-family issues over the years? I want to see candidates with arrows in their backs. I’m not looking for an Olympic-year conservative.” (John J. Miller, “Evangelicals for Romney?” National Review, 12/18/06)
Paul Weyrich, Chief Executive Officer of the Free Congress Foundation: “Unless he comes out with an abject repudiation of [his letter supporting gay rights], I think it makes him out to be a hypocrite. And if he totally repudiates this, you have to ask, on what grounds?” (Adam Nagourney and David D. Kirkpatrick, “Romney’s Gay Rights Stance Draws Ire,” New York Times, 12/9/06)
Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention: “Christians believe in conversion, and so they’re open to listen, but when a candidate twelve years ago says he is more of a champion on these issues than Ted Kennedy, that needs to be explained.” (Glen Johnson, “Romney’s Record on Gay Rights Questioned,” The Associated Press, 12/12/06)
Romney Has Even Flip-Flopped on Ronald Reagan
“Romney’s repeated references to the nation’s 40th president illustrate how the governor, as he builds toward a 2008 presidential bid, is increasingly trying to cast himself in the Reagan mold.” (Scott Helman, “Romney Reaches for Reagan Touch,” The Boston Globe, 11/25/06)
“The day after the midterm elections, Governor Mitt Romney, reflecting on the GOP’s punishing losses, issued a clarion call to conservatives: ‘We must return to the common-sense Reagan Republican ideals.’” (Scott Helman, “Romney Reaches for Reagan Touch,” The Boston Globe, 11/25/06)
“Three days later, at a state house veterans day ceremony, Romney invoked the former president again, saying, ‘as Ronald Reagan once said, ‘I have seen four wars during my lifetime and none of them began because America was too strong.’” (Scott Helman, “Romney Reaches for Reagan Touch,” The Boston Globe, 11/25/06)
“And then asked by a Fox News interviewer whether he was running for president, Romney said he was giving it some serious thought, because the stakes were so high. ‘We’re going to have to make sure that we have the kind of Reagan optimism that America’s looking for,’ he said.” (Scott Helman, “Romney Reaches for Reagan Touch,” The Boston Globe, 11/25/06)
But Previously, Romney Ran Away from President Reagan and Wasn’t Even a Republican
Romney: “I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m not trying to return to Reagan …” (Joe Battenfeld, “Conservative Group Yanks its Support for Mitt,” The Boston Herald, 10/27/94)
“[R]omney first had to gain the nomination of a party he had just joined in October 1993, after formerly being an independent. ‘We knew nobody,’ said his wife, Ann. ‘We did not know a single Republican activist.’” (Ben Bradlee Jr. and Daniel Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race,” The Boston Globe, 11/10/94)
Romney Shunned Conservatives and the Republican Party
“To reinforce his non-partisan stance, Romney disassociated himself from out-of-state right-wing groups. He discouraged ‘family values’ organizations and the Christian Right from contributing money or producing their own anti-Kennedy ads.” (Ben Bradlee Jr. and Daniel Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race,” The Boston Globe, 11/10/94)
“[The Conservative Victory Committee] attacked Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney for espousing a ‘left-wing agenda’ and urged its followers not to support his candidacy. The group said Romney’s nationally-televised debate performance against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy showed he is ‘anti-family’ and running away from conservative Republican themes.” (Joe Battenfeld, “Conservative Group Yanks its Support for Mitt,” The Boston Herald, 10/27/94)
L. Brent Bozell, Executive Director of the Conservative Victory Committee: “It makes no difference who wins (the Senate race) … Romney is not going to be a fighter for a conservative agenda.” (Joe Battenfeld, “Conservative Group Yanks its Support for Mitt,” The Boston Herald, 10/27/94)
“Bozell said he now regrets asking his group members to contribute to Romney because the debate ‘demonstrated very clearly that (Romney) has more in common with liberal democrats than he does with conservatives.’” (Joe Battenfeld, “Conservative Group Yanks its Support for Mitt,” The Boston Herald, 10/27/94)
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