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Is Mitt Romney really a RINO?

Little by little I get the feeling that we are all in for a big surprise once he takes office. Kind of reminds me of Scott Brown, appeasing the conservatives long enough to get the nomination and then selling out to the liberal agenda.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    100% RINO, he is saying what his base wants to hear and then he will do what he really wants when hes in office. Its the same with Obama, he said what his base wanted to hear and then he did the opposite once he got the job.

  • KH
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Romney will be whatever he needs to be at that moment to get what he wants.

    An empty suit with no core convictions. That's George W. Bush all over again folks. The NeoCons are going to take this man and the rest of this country into a war with Iran and start World War III.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Romney is a serial flip flopper.

    Flip 1: “Roe v. Wade has gone too far.”

    Flop 1: “I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”

    Flip 2: “I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.”

    Flop 2: “I never really called myself pro-choice.”

    Flip 3: “I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life.”

    Flop 3: “Any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability.”

    Flip 4: “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.”

    Flop 4: “I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.”

    Flip 5: “I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.”

    Flop 5: “Ronald Reagan is… my hero.”

    Flip 6: “I will work and fight for stem cell research.”

    Flop 6: “In the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise.”

    Flip 7: “I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.”

    Flop 7: “There’s no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.”

    Flip 8: “I like mandates. The mandates work.”

    Flop 8: “I think it’s unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.”

    Flip 9: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”

    Flop 9: “I did not see it with my own eyes.”

    Flip 10: “This is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car.”

    Flop 10: “They’re not happy that my dog loves fresh air.”

    Flip 11: “It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.”

    Flop 11: “He’s going to pay, and he will die.”

    Flip 12: “Those… paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship.”

    Flop 12: “Amnesty only led to more people coming into the country.”

    Flip 13: “I’m not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.”

    Flop 13: “Social Security’s the easiest and that’s because you can give people a personal account.”

    Flip 14: “Based on the numbers of American Muslims… I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified.”

    Flop 14: “A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.”

    Flip 15: “I’m a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering.”

    Flop 15: “I changed my position.”

    Flip 16: “I would like to have campaign spending limits.”

    Flop 16: “The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.”

    Flip 17: “I supported the assault weapon ban.”

    Flop 17: “I don’t support any gun control legislation.”

    Flip 18: “The TARP program… was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.”

    Flop 18: “When government is… bailing out banks… we have every good reason to be alarmed.”

    Flip 19: “I’m going to take burdens off the back of the auto industry.”

    Flop 19: “Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.”

    Flip 20: “When I first heard of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly.”

    Flop 20: “‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has worked well.”

    Flip 21: “I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.”

    Flop 21: “It’s a tax cut for fat cats.”

    Flip 22: “These carbon emission limits will provide real and immediate progress.”

    Flop 22: “Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.”

    Flip 23: “Relative to the leading candidates, some people see me as being more conservative.”

    Flop 23: “I’m not the most conservative candidate.”

    Flip 24: “It does take a village.”

    Flop 24: “It takes a family.”

    Flip 25: “I don’t line up with the NRA.”

    Flop 25: “I’m a member of the [NRA].”

    Flip 26: “The all-Democrat stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the timing of the start of the recovery…”

    Flop 26: “The all-Democrat stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure.”

    Flip 27: “…the costs of health care will be reduced.”

    Flop 27: “We were unable to deal with… health care costs in Massachusetts.”

    Flip 28: “If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation.”

    Flop 28: “What works in one state may not be the answer for another.”

  • cosmo
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Yes, and that's a good thing.

    The right wing of the Republican Party may have captured the party, but they'll never capture the whole country.

    Do you really have a serious expectation that the state of Massachusetts would tolerate a right-wing Senator?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Yeah, they dress him up really good for the debates (it's mostly special effects) but if he gets startled he'll lower his horn and charge, why do you think Obama didn't make eye contact at the debates? It's ok though Obama is actually a dolphin and Gary Johnson is some sort of Orangutan.

  • 9 years ago

    Romney is what ever the right wants him to be at any given time. Like Newt said he will say anything to win

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Is Hussein really a closet-socialist maggot??

    I'll let you decide from just a few of his comments:

    “If you got a business you didn't build that.”

    Working for a private business is “like working behind enemy lines.”

    “I do think at a certain point you have made enough money”

    “Banks don’t have a right to a certain inherent profit”

  • 9 years ago

    Perhaps,however,the conservatives will keep his feet to the fire.Count on it !

  • 9 years ago

    I don't think Romney even knows what he is.

    He's just a concoction that comes from where he is or what he's being asked at the moment.

  • 9 years ago

    I think it's not possible to call sociopath any political accronym. Scott Brown is just plain scum.

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