Comments on: Mitt Romney declares anti-gay litmus test for judicial appointments

By: cd

cd — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 07:36:49 +0000

As a Massachusetts resident, I can tell you that Mitt does not concern himself about pledges of the sort. He’ll cheerfully sign them and give them lip service in the campaign. Winning the Presidency is all that matters to him, the policy details are secondary.

If elected he’ll do as the Inner Party likes and as his ego prefers and what pressure can be bought to bear on him.

The ’13-’17 Presidency is going to be all about the money. Social and foreign affairs stuff, not so much. Romney is well aware of this.

By: John

John — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:10:18 +0000

What is the original meaning of the Constitution that these people keep bringing up? Seems to me that this line is similar to the one where they say they have a direct line to God. Have any of these people read any of the literature on the Founding Fathers?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:38:12 +0000

Four, establish a presidential commission on religious liberty to investigate and document reports of Americans who have been harassed or threatened for exercising key civil rights to organize, to speak, to donate or to vote for marriage and to propose new protections, if needed.

Victimhood politics! Creating new commissions and regulations! Demanding that government address one’s grievances and perceived slights!

You could call this many things, but “conservative” isn’t one of them. Of a piece with Rick Perry’s “devotion” to federalism until the second it becomes inconvenient.

By: RobNYNY1957

RobNYNY1957 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:26:36 +0000

Whoever wrote the pledge must have studied American legal history with noted intellectual Michele Bachmann. The court cases that have upheld marriage equality are based on equal protection, which is in the 14th Amendment, passed in 1868. So it wasn’t really something the Founding Fathers did.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:32:26 +0000

And I get more and more angry with Ginsburg at each passing day. Retire, already! I think Obama’s on his way out and Romney or Bachmann (I’ve not convinced she’s a long shot) will absolutely put in an anti-gay justice that could possibly overturn any upcoming rulings that go our way. Not that there’s any guarantee they’ll go our way now, but without Ginsberg, it’s hopeless. I agree that an anti-gay constitutional amendment will never pass, but clearly Republicans will successfully use the promise of it to win elections for decades to come. And like I said, a heavily Republican SCOTUS can do us plenty of damage. Retire, Ginsberg! And Obama can put one of the Clintons in there, and give Glenn Beck a coronary.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:57:09 +0000

The funny thing about theses pledges is that they’re not worth the paper they’re written on.

It’s not a legally binding document. It only goes to show that the people who sign them have no critical thinking skills whatsoever. The voters that buy into this nonsense were probably going to vote for these clowns anyway but the candidates have turned off a large number of other voters who see the bullshit for what it really is.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:36:57 +0000

I wonder what Log Cabin Republicans have to say about this… Democrats, in my opinion and if you value yourself, are the lesser of two evils. *shrug

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:06:33 +0000

Glad to be Canadian where Ye Olde Tyme Religion never really cought on…

By: cowboy

cowboy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:45:39 +0000

Oh dear, Mitt’s Mormon slip is showing. He said he wouldn’t let the LDS Church dictate his political views and that his Prophet in SLC is not going to influence him? This looks as if Mr. Romney didn’t learn from the Prop 8 fiasco and the negativity that surrounds Mormons and gays.

I think this is a bad omen for Mr. Romney. That, and his secret $1 million donor that can’t be found.

Oops. Another faux pas on Romney’s camp.

Do they really think a staunch tea-party devotee (or wannabe) will make it all the way to being the next RNC candidate?

If the RNC knows what’s good for them, a moderate is more likely to give Obama a run for the next term as POTUSA than a Tea-bagger.

By: BlackDog

BlackDog — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:26:54 +0000

All things considered, I’m not the least bit sure WHAT Mitt Romney’s convictions or principles are, he seems to go with whatever is convenient for the moment.

Personally, the one thing that’d get me to respect a Republican cantidate these days is if some Republican cantidate somewhere would tell all the anti-gay, anti-choice, anti-education, anti-personal freedom, anti-union rightwing religious zealots to sit down and shut the hell up.

Instead, they kowtow to those people, and show by their actions and lack of principles that they aren’t fit to govern anything.

I think it’s bad for the country when one of the two main political parties can’t field a cantidate that appears to be qualified for the job. I’m not a big fan of Obama…but I’ll set a land speed record to go vote for him over anybody in the current crop of Republican losers.