February 7th, 2008
Ten years ago Mitt Romney was a moderate Republican, an ally of the gay community, and a voice for reasoned balance between fiscal conservatism and social policy that made room for a broad band of citizens. And this positioning let him achieve the impossible, Republican governance of a liberal state, and much acclaim for his accomplishment.
Unfortunately, Romney saw the acclaim, listened to the voices that told him he should be President, and forgot the policy positions that led him to his success. Romney believed that to gain the White House, he needed to reinvent himself as a social conservative upholding “family values”.
Today he found that compromising his character gained him nothing and cost him 35 million dollars. Those who would have been his supporters were kicked to the curb and those whom he sought to woo saw his fickle ways and never trusted him, choosing instead a Baptist preacher.
So today Mitt Romney returns to the world of the private citizen. The AP reports that Romney has now suspended his efforts to be the Republican nominee for President.
“If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.
I wish Mr. Romney well in his future non-political ventures and hope that now that he has no homophobic constituency to pander to, he will be able to return to a worldview that sees all people as equal.
Romney’s withdrawal address can be read here.
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Ben in Oakland
February 7th, 2008
And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,â€
pander-perv to the very end. Is he hoping for VP, or is that going to The huckster?
quo III
February 7th, 2008
I sincerely hope that Mitt Romney does not adopt a worldview that sees ‘all people as equal.’ Such a view is rather problematic taken literally.
cowboy
February 7th, 2008
No…don’t you get it?! He is bucking for the Governorship of Utah. The current Governor of Utah (Jon Huntsman, Jr.) is going to get an assignment in Washington, D.C. under McCain and Mitt Romney will use his residency in Utah in posh Deer Valley to be our next Governor.
The words he spoke could be said from the pulpit in the Mormon General Conference at their Tabernacle (or their 22,000 seat mega-nacle next door).
Bill Ware
February 7th, 2008
Well, quo III, while it’s true we are not equal when it comes to innate abilities or acquired talents, we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The inscription above the entrance to the US Supreme Court proclaims, “Equal Justice Under Law.”
I would say that this is the kind of equality we’re talking about here.
cowboy
February 8th, 2008
When reading an opinion in the NYTimes from Timothy Egan you wonder if Dobson (and Evangelicals) hated Mormons more than they hated gays.
http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/?th&emc=th
Gab.
February 9th, 2008
I think he (Jon Stewart) said it best…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/26130/1/TDS-Romney-Goodbye.wmv
Gab.
February 9th, 2008
sorry, wrong link…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Play/26130/1/TDS-Romney-Goodbye.wmv/
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