Weyrich flips on Romney.
Weyrich flips on Romney.
Last November, Moral Majority co-founder Paul Weyrich “made a splash” when he endorsed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for president. “With a clear conservative vision to move America forward, he will strengthen our economy, our military and our families,” said Weyrich of Romney. The LA Times reports that in a new letter, however, Weyrich joins other social conservatives and urges McCain to reject Romney as vice president:
To be clear, we all welcome anyone who has come around to the cause of life and family. However, Romney’s actions as governor flatly contradict both the values widely associated with his faith as well as his pro-life and pro-traditional marriage campaign rhetoric.
In February, Romney met with “50 stalwarts of the political right” about possibly “becoming the face of conservatism.”
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Wow. A Christian Conservative displays what appears to be selective “values”.
Color me shocked.
April 5th, 2008 at 1:42 pmWeyrich was for Romney as President before he wasn’t for Romney as Vice President.
April 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pmLOL….The reich and how to chew up their own…..Blessings
April 5th, 2008 at 2:17 pmThen: “With a clear conservative vision to move America forward, he will strengthen our economy, our military and our families
Now: Romney’s actions as governor flatly contradict … his pro-life and pro-traditional marriage campaign rhetoric.
So, Wrong_Stuff, what happened in the meantime? Did Romney’s “actions as governor” in between last November and this April change the mind of Weyrich?
Seems unlikely.
What seems more likely is that last November Weyrich lied to his fellow wingnuts about Romney’s conservative credentials, because there was no one else in the race closer to his personal vision of a right-wing dystopia.
What good is being truthful if it costs you your influence?
April 5th, 2008 at 2:37 pmIn my life, I have never seen such pigs and unethical people hiding under the umbrella of GOD. The game is up, along with all the credability not that us on the left fell for the misgivings of the pigs that pray for us while setting there own agenda. Seek the truth at http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com ,then realize what this world will come too unless we take back the decency of man.
April 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pmThe_Right_Stuff Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Apples and Oranges. In February, Romney was the most conservative [...] “he is” clearly not the most conservative of the larger number of potential vice presidential candiates.
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My gawd, Wrong_Stuff… yer a hoot.
Oh… my bad… you weren’t actually TRYING to be funny. Never mind.
April 5th, 2008 at 2:55 pmInteresting….Sad rely…..I don’t remember when there was a conservative on the reich…..A true conservative would be as the word implie’s…Borrowing from foreign countries and spending at huge rate’s does no show conserving in the financial sence….Declaring war’s on innocent countries to benefit huge corporation’s is hardly conserving any thing, in fact it is murder and squandering our nation’s most valuable resource, her people…Ignoring the need’s of our country over huge bloated oil companies and rewwarding the rich by taxing the poor and middle class to death is hardly conserving anything…..Killing hundred’s of thousand of Iraq citizen’s may conserve a little air but it is in realety a genocide on humanety….
Shame is on you and the entire administration that has brought about this evil madness…The only thing you are conserving is thought….No, the wrong stuff you are so far off the edge of realety and conservative thought you can’t comprehend what you have baught into and helped create…..I will not waste one more minute on you, you are nothing more than a black hearted little troll..Be gone and take all your trash out with you when you leave..
April 5th, 2008 at 2:56 pm…
April 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pm…
April 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pm…ritght there on the ritgh side, next to that guy on the right. Rommey is sitting there, on the left of the guy on the right…
April 5th, 2008 at 3:00 pmSo he was against Romney before he was for him and after he is against him like before. Makes sense…..after a twelve pack.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:01 pm…and by the way: Kilo is full of S… it is a KILO OF ‘MERDA’!
April 5th, 2008 at 3:03 pmMakes even more sense…
After you’ve beaten yourself OVER the head w/ a twelve pack…
April 5th, 2008 at 3:03 pmThat was rather impressive last night, wasn’t it Sacopenapa?
My bad… I shouldn’t have egged him on for so long. I just wanted to see how long he could keep that up.
On the upside, he appears to be all tuckered out today. Must be sleepin’ it off.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:05 pmIn February, Romney met with “50 stalwarts of the political right” about possibly “becoming the face of conservatism.”
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If Mittens was going to be the “face”, who got to be the other end of the body, so to speak?
Got an answer, Wrong_Stuff?
April 5th, 2008 at 3:09 pmI didn’t read it last night… just got it now, 6am Sydney time. What is it with this people? He must be one of those army personel employed to ’spread the message’… He must go home and thinh:’I've done my job today… i got all those dangerous liberals…
April 5th, 2008 at 3:10 pmI was shock to read such imbecil comments…
Dunno, sacopenapa…
He had a whole thread of people laughing at and telling him he wasn’t making any sense, and he just plowed straight ahead for hrs.
Again, I shouldn’t have taunted him, but it was just so fascinating to watch him push on and on and on…
April 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pmWhats all the foo-fer-all about the vice presidential pick. Since McCain is going to follow Bush’s policies, he will most certainly have Dick Cheney find the best candidate. – Guess who that will be?
April 5th, 2008 at 3:22 pmAs a left-wing wacko, I’m not going to defend Romney. Romney, the ultimate flip-flopper, He’d sell out his Mom for a vote. Weyrich’s role, however, is no secret, he’s a big-time player ” Mister right wing ideologue ” the founder of CATO Institute which brings, “whats all this talk about global warming?” McCain will pick Condi Rice, because of gender and race, its his only chance. Regardless of his pick, the country won’t back his vision looking forward.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:22 pmWill Cheney bring his shotgun w/ him, Walt?
April 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pmTRoS,
April 5th, 2008 at 3:28 pmNo, just a man-sized safe.
The_Right_Stuff Says: Something stupid, again.
You not helping your side at all, but you are good for a chuckle or two.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:30 pmQuiet… too quiet…
The calm before the storm?
They’ll be here soon… trolls, ‘n lots of ‘em…
Hootin’ ‘n hollerin’ and carrying on like a bunch of NASCAR fans at a GOOP picnic that’s handing out free booze on Election Day…
‘N we’ll be ready fer ‘em, eh boys?
April 5th, 2008 at 4:42 pmAnd girl’s.?……..Blessings
April 5th, 2008 at 4:45 pmRomney can go ahead and be “the face” of conservatism; Rove is the a-hole.
April 5th, 2008 at 4:48 pmHookay, Witch1… you kin play Whack-a-Troll™ too…
April 5th, 2008 at 4:49 pm#26.Well O.K. then..LOL….Blessings
April 5th, 2008 at 4:49 pmThank’s TROS..I’ll work on it between checking my email’s and walking the Bear….Did you see where bull shit bush is asking for another huge chunk of money, going to build up afg, and in general making the world a huge bomb pit.? Truthout had some of the above on it awhile ago..I’de be a boiling raving witch if it weren’t so damn cold today..Blessings
April 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pmAnd ANYONE should give one quarter of a shit what this XianWhackjob thinks for why???
April 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pmHeyWitchyOne! How the lake? Hope the bear is hale and hearty, and the trees are still giving shade and O2!!
April 5th, 2008 at 4:56 pmYeah… I saw sumpin’ about that, but not all the details.
Just that Drunky McStagger was kind enough to help dig an even deeper hole for the next POTUS to pull us out of.
Jan 20, 2009 cannot come fast enough. We will be lucky to survive this blood-thirsty, delusional little crack pot.
April 5th, 2008 at 4:57 pmOh yah I forgot, Blackwater gangster’s contract renewed for another year….I’m sure tired of it to TROS..Nothing get’s better with this gang…
Back at ya RUCerious..Cold and drizly here today, a bit of wind also…Rented one boat, three young fishermen willing to get cold and wet….The Bear’s sleeping on the couch, we just got back in from a short walk.. Think I will watch a movie and get warmed up under the quilt…How’s sweet Amber doing? Bet she’s grown a lot since last summer…Will check back later incase we get a new batch of slug’s to salt..Blessings
April 5th, 2008 at 5:12 pmShouldn’t that be “the two faces of conservatism”?
April 5th, 2008 at 5:17 pmMy friend had a nightmare that McCain got “selected”, with Romney as VP and then they killed McCain, so Romney was the new pres. Is that the scariest scenario or what!
April 5th, 2008 at 5:20 pmIn the Bush model of the executive branch the VP is the true power behind the President. So, Wayright is simply noting that Flippy Romney would have made a good puppet President as would Floppy McCain but neither would make a good VP puppet master.
That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.
April 5th, 2008 at 5:55 pmjustsayin, couldn’t happen. According to Daryll, Huckabee is the president elect.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pmIt’s hilarioius that Right Stuff always steps up, puts both feet in his mouth with some inane stupidity, and gets run off in short order. Blogging as masochism 101! He’s trying to outstupid Kilo.
Unpossible.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:22 pmMitt Romney is to moderate, that is the problem. Supported abortion law while Governor, Despite saying he opposes it at the same time.
That is a BIG NO NO!!! That would upset any conservative.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:40 pmFrom Glenn Greenwald:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
“In the past two weeks, the following events transpired. A Department of Justice memo, authored by John Yoo, was released which authorized torture and presidential lawbreaking. It was revealed that the Bush administration declared the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights to be inapplicable to “domestic military operations” within the U.S. The U.S. Attorney General appears to have FABRICATED a key event leading to the 9/11 attacks and made patently FALSE STATEMENTS about surveillance laws and related lawsuits. Barack Obama went bowling in Pennsylvania and had a low score.
Here are the number of times, according to NEXIS, that various topics have been mentioned in the media over the past thirty days:
Yoo and torture” – 102
“Mukasey and 9/11″ — 73
“Yoo and Fourth Amendment” — 16
“Obama and bowling” — 1,043
April 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pmBadger Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
That is tragic.. But what do we expect.
Our society is more worried about if Brittany is having a meltdown, or Paris Hilton has a new sex tape, or an Actress wore something totally heinous at the Golden Globes.
Me, I could care less, if I hear Brittany and Paris one more time I’ll scream. People need to start caring about other people. It’s all about protect those who can’t protect themselves.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:17 pmRomney is a little unnerving even in the village of Stepford
April 5th, 2008 at 8:51 pmHow “Christian” of him! Whatta cretin!
April 5th, 2008 at 8:51 pmRomney is the face of a department store mannequin.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:37 pmRomney is the face of a department store mannequin’s ass.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:18 amAmerica has its face of conservatism. Its Ron Paul.
April 6th, 2008 at 11:00 amKiss of Judas
April 6th, 2008 at 12:13 pmRUCerious, so are you sayin the nightmare is true, but not the people?
April 6th, 2008 at 2:18 pmmaybe my friend just watched the Manchurian Candidate too many times
You have to understand. To Weyrich, Romney was just fine while he sounded like a good choice for conservatives to make a fight of the presidential campaign. But when he folded, he’s just more roadkill to be tossed under the bus. Not only a suspected “lib’rul”, but also a apostate Mormon….
No principles will withstand the Rethuglican quest for power, though, so Weyrich will come around to backing McCain and whoever he picks.
See Glenn Greenwald’s new book, Great American Hypocrites for the full skinny…
Cheers,
April 7th, 2008 at 12:06 am