The American Spectator

Captain America| 10.27.08 @ 7:38AM

I suppose contingency planning is acceptable with 8 days left before the election, but it isn't over yet.

Romney is right to be concerned about Gov. Palin. Mitt has no platform to operate from between now and 2012. Whereas, Gov. Palin is still a governor of a state.

Gov. Palin, should the election not work out, needs to have a good public relations and campaign manager to insure her stature does not diminish prior to the next campaign for president.

Captain America| 10.27.08 @ 7:40AM

Should we lose the campaign (it isn't over yet folks), Gov. Palin must position herself as the head of the opposition party. She will need to head the counter arguments against the (potential) Obama administration.

Angelo Zenga| 10.27.08 @ 8:30AM

It does appear that some prominent Republicans have conceded defeat, and are putting their personal ambitions ahead of the party. For Romney to leak such information about Governor's Palin to the press, shows an early attempt to take her down. I guess Mr Romeny sees her as a major threat. However before launching any presidential run Mr Romney and others have a much larger challenge before them, and that is the re-construction of the Republican party, for it is a party that does not stand for anything different than the Democratic Party.

disgustedConserv| 10.27.08 @ 8:56AM

Palin has a record to be proud of. Romney sank Mass. with his disastorous mandatory healthcare laws.

SilentWatcher| 10.27.08 @ 9:08AM

Mitt Romney just lost me as a supporter.

levotb| 10.27.08 @ 9:12AM

Whatta hypocrite and a phony!! Romney was just on Morning Joe and FOX & FRIENDS and on FOX, was very gracious speaking about Gov. Palin. But inside, he must be boiling because she IS a threat to his presidential aspirations. Assuming they lose next week, she WILL have the inside track to the 2012 nomination IF she goes back to being the tough conservative from Alaska and IF she changes her tune on Amnesty and illegal immigration, something she disappointed conservatives on the other day when her UNIVISION interview was sent around the conservative blogs. If she sticks to the "I'm for a partial Amnesty" and "We can't remove 12 million illegal aliens from the U.S.", then she'll never be President. The reason McCain's going to lose is one, hot button, important issue to conservatives--illegal immigration. Just yesterday or the day before, McCain did an interview in which he reiterated that he will push for an Amnesty bill in his first 100 days. It's bad enough that he voted for the Bailout, but any Republican pushing for Amnesty or Romney's "touchback" scheme for the 30 t0 40 million illegals already here will be a campaign-ending act.

Palin would be wise to consider a third party move. She'd be successful wherever she alighted. The GOP is the Titanic, as the above excellent piece so clearly proves. Spineless pols with no principle.

Bill Beahan| 10.27.08 @ 9:15AM

If true this is the end of Romney in the new Conservative GOP. I supported him this year but never again.

Watchin' it all| 10.27.08 @ 9:18AM

Is it possible that commenters here have the ability to write, but not the ability to read? Romney worked his guts out for McCain, and we got Palin. Those who love her seem to suffer from two cancerous deficits: they cannot read, and they cannot think. If Romney's former allies are repulsed and scrambling, it is no wonder. This article completely ignores the botch job Palin has made of her opportunity on the big stage, and the natural reaction of any thinking conservative to ignorance, mismanagement, and questionable ethics. Ugghh!

Dan Chisholm| 10.27.08 @ 9:36AM

If you The Prowler is going to slander Mitt Romney this badly, it would be a lot more responsible to cite at least one actual source. This is a pathetic political hit job that I hope causes more people to be sympathetic to Mitt instead of drive people away which is the obvious intent of this piece.

Besides, there are many obvious innacuracies. The most obvious is that Mitt has been doing multiple appearances a day to dry to try to help Republicans across the country. Most of the candidate Mitt's PAC are supporting are in very close races. Furthermore, Mitt didn't say much about the economic bailout because McCain supported it and Mitt isn't going to undermine McCain.

Woofguy| 10.27.08 @ 9:36AM

It's it for me, bye Mr. Romney. Go Sarah!

levotb| 10.27.08 @ 9:39AM

Watchin' is right about Gov. Palin botching the Gibson and Couric interviews and she has admitted she was ill-prepared. That won't happen again. For some conservatives, she comes off as too "down home" and not "Washingtonian" enough. Others, like myself, would our lives down for her PROVIDING, as I stated above, she does other interviews or holds press conferences where she pulls back from "partial Amnesty" and her apparent unawareness of "attrition thru enforcement" which is working all over the country. What she really needs is to sit down with someone like patriots D.A. King or Glenn Spencer for an in-depth session on the Invasion by Mexico and what must be done to save the nation.

I was one of Romney's biggest blogger fans...until in that now-famous debate, Giuliani caught him on Mansiongate, then in yet another debate some weeks later Giuliani caught him AGAIN by stating that Romney had failed to fire the contractor who hired the illegals to work on his mansion grounds a month after the story hit the news wires. I lost all respect for Romney after that. He tried to sell Pence's "touchback" scheme, but conservatives weren't buying.

Had Romney won the nomination instead of McCain, I doubt he would have picked a conservative running mate and there is NO way that he would have won the South the way McCain. Huckabee and his supporters--the Evangelicals--would not have voted for Romney. I didn't see that at the time but realized it later. Romney should run for Senator. He'd probably win, but he'll never be President because too many conservatives don't believe he's a genuine conservative.

Assuming McCain loses, the 2012 ticket may very well be Palin-Jindal. The GOP can no longer survive as a RINO-controlled party. It has to move to the right or it's finished.

kathy f| 10.27.08 @ 9:46AM

Your comments on Romney are wildly off the mark.

He raised $20 million for the McCain ticket, and he's been one of their most active surrogates.On behalf of McCain, he's gone to Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Maine, Ohio and Michigan. He was in the spin room for McCain at the Tennessee and New York debates.

His Free and Strong America PAC has donated $375,000 this year to GOP candidates and causes, and he's personally campaigned for 27 House candidates, 5 US Senate candidates and 2 gubernatorial candidates.

Geez, give the guy a break! Can you name one person who has done more for the Republican Party this year? The answer is no.

kathy f| 10.27.08 @ 9:47AM

Your comments on Romney are wildly off the mark.

He raised $20 million for the McCain ticket, and he's been one of their most active surrogates.On behalf of McCain, he's gone to Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Maine, Ohio and Michigan. He was in the spin room for McCain at the Tennessee and New York debates.

His Free and Strong America PAC has donated $375,000 this year to GOP candidates and causes, and he's personally campaigned for 27 House candidates, 5 US Senate candidates and 2 gubernatorial candidates.

Geez, give the guy a break! Can you name one person who has done more for the Republican Party this year? The answer is no.

JA| 10.27.08 @ 10:05AM

This is so full of blatant lies about Mitt Romney, it's actually comical. You're giving Dan Rather and the NY Times a run for their money. Pathetic!

Linda L| 10.27.08 @ 10:07AM

Mr. Romney:
I use to like you and thought you would have been a good choice.
But, no more. Country First!!! Political aspirations last! And, to your staffers who are spreading such digust....well, can't say what I think of them. You just lost my vote though!

mc| 10.27.08 @ 10:10AM

Not that Romney had much chance of getting my support before, but his efforts to undermine Palin seals the deal for me. Romney is both a phony and a dud; it is time for new conservative blood at the head of the GOP. Palin/Jindal in '12.

Ci2Eye| 10.27.08 @ 10:19AM

I find the comments that Romney only attends events with national TV cameras to be not believable. I know he has recently been in Alabama supporting Jim Love, in Kansas helping Lynn Jenkins, and in Louisiana campaigning for Bill Cassidy and there were no national television cameras at any of these events. In fact, outside of the local markets, nobody even knows he’s been in these areas helping the candidates.

It sounds like sour grapes on the part of the losing McCain campaign to now diss Romney who has worked tirelessly for McCain. Nobody was treated more poorly by McCain and then turned the other cheek to try to help him win than Mitt Romney.

If Romney has backed off his appearances lately I am sure it is because it is clear to him as it is to all of America that McCain and Co. has no agenda for America, no vision for the future and no coherent plan to win this election. Romney would be wise to limit appearances where he is forced to defend McCain’s dumb (and liberal) ideas like having the government bail out every homeowner with a bad mortgage. For Romney to continue to associate himself with the illogical, haphazard and clueless McCain campaign damages any chances he may have to run again. For McCain’s people to allege that it is because there aren’t national TV cameras would appear to an attempt to shift the blame away from themselves and their poorly run campaign.

bluestate| 10.27.08 @ 10:26AM

How surprising. The people whispering against Palin are those with an interest to ruin her. Shocking. Who would have thunk it.

Troy Riser| 10.27.08 @ 10:26AM

As a Republican, I want a candidate for national office to be capable of occasional ruthlessness bordering on the Machiavellian, but such knife-in-the-back maneuvering against one's own--in this case Romney's attempts to diminish Sarah Palin--are deceitful, wrong, and ultimately destructive of the greater good. It shows an amazing lack of good faith and an almost Obama-like lack of character. You blew it, Mitt. We won't forget.

B| 10.27.08 @ 10:28AM

Why are you all placing blame on Romney for a series of unsubstantiated and nameless reports? Of all of McCain's primary opponents, who has done more to campaign for him than Romney? From fundraising, to stumping in key states where Romney has strength, organization, and supporters (Michigan, Nevada, Colorado, etc.), Romney has been a steadfast and tireless supporter of McCain.

For those complaining about whispers of supposed Romney aides smearing Palin, have you forgotten that she's not the top of the ticket? McCain is the Presidential nominee, not Palin. So if you're so insensed about rumors, then remember this race isn't over and that Palin isn't what matters. John McCain is the focus.

SED| 10.27.08 @ 10:31AM

This article is a Mitt Romney hit piece meant to divide us as a party after the election.

It tries to link FORMER Romney aides and their distaste for Sarah Palin to the man himself. Completely ignoring the fact that Romney has been a huge supporter of the McCain/Palin ticket. Romney was one of the many people that called for the McCain campaign to "Free Sarah Palin".

Also, Mitt raised $20 million for the McCain campaign earlier this year and has campaigned for him relentlessly from Michigan to Nevada.

Also, to the person that stated Mitt hired illegals to work at his mansion. The statement is false and paints an untrue caricature of the actual events.

When did it get to the point that someone hires a company to do a service at their house (either be it plumbing, construction, electrical work, or gardening) that the someone is responsible for that employee? When I hear one of their employees speaking spanish that I as an indiividual should confront them and ask for working papers or proof of citizenship?!

Mitt confronted the owner of the company that he hired and agreed to continue using them as long as illegals were not working his property. Several months later the company broke that agreement and Mitt cut his ties with the company. Enough said. Sarah Palin is not the only person that faces a biased and misrepresenting media on a consistent basis.

SANDY| 10.27.08 @ 10:37AM

Just imagine if Romney was McCain's vp choice now. We'd be ahead by at least 10! Romney is flawless on the economy and that is the ONLY huge issue right now. I love Palin but Romney should have been our POTUS nom, or at least vp. Mc's dissing him was a HUGE mistake!

Troy Riser| 10.27.08 @ 10:41AM

B, until John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate, my vote was solely one against Barack Obama, Chicago machine politican and all-around socialist bad guy. I was not FOR McCain, capital letters, exclamation point, largely because of his position on immigration and his belief in that manmade climate change junk science nonsense, among other things. Now I am, thanks to her. For you to write 'Sarah Palin doesn't matter' is disingenuous, at best. Defend Romney all you like, but his half-hearted support of Republican candidates isn't rumor--it's fact. And after the election, if--God forbid--we lose and Romney publicly or through surrogates denigrates Palin as a drag on the ticket or the deciding factor in the defeat, then we'll know for sure, won't we?

memomachine| 10.27.08 @ 10:42AM

Hmmmm.

Ok so I'm supposed to trust unnamed sources why?

Sorry but unless you're willing to name names, this is just made up bullshit.

Tim| 10.27.08 @ 10:43AM

I don't buy the premise of this article about Mitt. Oh, he refused to do a robo call, boo-hoo. Mitt is doing an impressive amount of work for the McCain-Pailin campaign. Far more than I have seen from any of the other Republicans in the primary. He is still campaining with them today.

Now one thing I will believe is that there are disgruntled staffers that are willing to lie or blow things out of proportion.

Aaron P| 10.27.08 @ 10:48AM

Romney has worked his butt off for McCain. He's campaigning WITH HIM today in Ohio, and plans to the rest of the election.

There's no proof that the staffers leaking these comments about Palin (which are all true, btw) are tied directly to Romney. I love Palin, but I also wholeheartedly support Romney and think he was shafted from the nomination by Huckabee who had no chance of winning but split the christian right vote away from Romney in the southern states. Therefore, Romney has a right to be sour, but he definitely has been ANYTHING BUT.

Keep hope alive people. Our efforts need to be behind McCain-Palin in defeating the Marxist anti-American Barack Hussein Obama!

JA| 10.27.08 @ 10:52AM

Troy Riser, I guarantee you will never hear Mitt Romney "denigrate Palin as a drag on the ticket".

However, it will be interesting to observe Huckabee's reaction to Palin after the election and over the next four years. After all, Palin and Huckabee appeal to the same type of voter - and I bet he is feeling mighty threatened by her right about now.

DaveD| 10.27.08 @ 10:57AM

I don't see Romney getting another serious shot at the presidency. I could see Romney becoming more visible after Nov. 5 if McCain is defeated, but I don't see interest in him lasting until the next presidential election.

Joseph| 10.27.08 @ 11:18AM

Romney the crybaby, boo-hoo! What a spoiled rich brat. For once in his life, he is not the center of attention and he can't handle it.

For those of you that think Mitt lost because Huckabee split the Christian right vote, you are sorely misguided. If you think more than 30% (which is the percentage he ultimately got) of Christians would ever vote for someone who was pro-gay agenda, pro-government mandated healthcare promoting Planned Parenthood and their pro-abortion agenda, then I have some oceanfront property to sell you in Kansas. Sure he spewed a different language during the primaries but his record was clear.

JDB| 10.27.08 @ 11:24AM

DaveD,

Republicans have a habit of picking the number two guy from the prior election and elevating him to number one. McCain lost to Bush in 2000 and now is our 2008 nominee. Before that, Reagan lost to Ford in 1976 but came back as the nominee in 1980. George Bush lost to Reagan in 1980 and was the 1988 nominee so there is precedent for Romney running again in 2012 and becoming the nominee.

The VP of a losing team generally fades away which wouldn't bode well for Sarah Palin chances next time.

Joseph| 10.27.08 @ 11:24AM

Huckabee will not talk ill of Palin unless she messes up, such as the illegal immigation issue and other minor gaffes. If she runs in 2012, I would expect Huckabee to sit out and support her just as she supported him during the primaries. They are the same candidate only different genders and experience levels. He knows they would split the vote and someone else would probably win. That is the difference between Huckabee and Romney, Romney is selfish and Huckabee is for the greater good.

Troy Riser| 10.27.08 @ 11:26AM

JA, I can't speak to your comment that Palin and Huckabee appeal to the same type of voter--unless you mean pro-life conservatives, which might be true since entirely too few prominent Republican candidates tout solid pro-life bona fides. I adore Sarah Palin (for reasons other than her legs, thanks) but felt--and continue to feel--lukewarm to Huckabee. One reason I feel so strongly about Palin's candidacy in this--or in any other--election is because of her innate, very Reagan-like electability: she is unabashedly upfront about her stands on issues and principles, and the only national Republican candidate charismatic and telegenic enough to beat the Democratic Party/MSM media advantage. Further, she is absolutely loathed and hated by our opponents, while Huckabee and Romney are more or less ignored. The hatred and fear of our opponents is always a good measure of a given candidate's worth, potential, and effectiveness. They fear her. Let that sink in. Ponder it for awhile. Act and vote accordingly.

zune| 10.27.08 @ 11:26AM

Anybody can fabricate BS about Romney's supporters saying this or that. You have plenty of allegations and nothing to back them up with. It's NOT journalism unless you cite a source you buffoon.

JA| 10.27.08 @ 11:27AM

How do you explain the fact that at the very same moment I read this article this morning, Mitt Romney was campaigning alongside McCain in Ohio? Now there's some accurate journalism for ya!

Joseph| 10.27.08 @ 11:29AM

Uh, Romney did not finish second to McCain. That would be Huckabee (282). Romney (272) finished third.

Joseph| 10.27.08 @ 11:33AM

Alike on just Pro-life issues? Are you kidding me? They are identical in almost every way. They are both staunchly Social Conservative. They both tend to lean towards Populism. They are both great communicators and motivators. They are the same person in different bodies.

Daniel (LA)| 10.27.08 @ 11:35AM

How gullable can people be? I can't beleive how many bloggers are believing this hit piece. It reminds me of the US magazine tabloid journalism piece about Sarah Palin.

I just don't understand how smart thoughful people can take this piece seriously

Ci2Eye| 10.27.08 @ 11:38AM

Joseph,

You are seriously misinformed. Your allegations against Romney are all incorrect. He was not "pro-gay" nor in favor of "Planned Parenthood and their pro-abortion agenda".

Do some research on his actual stances. He is a decent and compassionate guy who feels no one should be descriminated against but also fought tirelessly against gay marriage in Massachusetts.

And, it was the liberal legislature in Massachusettes who added an abortion provision in the state's healthcare plan after Romney left office. It was a measure he had opposed.

When one looks at Romney's record it is important to remember that he had to govern in the bluest state in the Union and in that light, it is remarkable how conservative his governing was. It would have been far easier for him to govern Arkansas for instance when it didn't require that the he had to constantly swim against the tide.

Michigan-Matt| 10.27.08 @ 11:40AM

On this hatchet piece about Mitt Romney, the author needs to change the name from Prowler to "Ax Boy 4 the FarRight". Unsourced writing is what the National Enquirer does, not the American Spectator.

Or did you get this all from Todd Palin?

Concerned Republican| 10.27.08 @ 11:41AM

This article is way off mark and blatantly false. To say that Romney is not actively campaigning for McCain/Palin or other Republicans is completely untrue. In my state the Republican incumbent congressman is way behind his Democratic opponent and Romney has been here at least twice holding fundraisers and rallys for him. During the time since the Republican Convention, McCain has been tripping all over himself to give away trillions of dollars with his new plan for the economy and saying that he won't meet with the President of Spain because he won't meet with state sponsors of terror and Palin has said some obviously disturbing things (too many to mention here). Romney has been the only one campaigning for McCain/Palin that has remained on message and is not making my party bad. The article did not say that Romney was saying these things, but rather his former campaign staffers. There is a big difference people.

Jessica| 10.27.08 @ 11:42AM

I dare anybody to google Mitt Romney's name in Google news and see all the candidates he's recently campaigned and raised money for. There is a long list of those candidates and there anywhere from Michigan, Washington, and Alabahma. He's doing this to prevent a severe loss of Republicans from the House and Senate in next month's election. He's done more work than anybody!

I also dare the author of this article to list all of the Republican candidates Romney has campaigned for just in the last few months after the convention. That would be great because there were no national media there!

This so called leak is probably from the McCain campaign, because they can't stand Romney.

This article is an excellent example of how Romney got locked out of the nomination. It spreads only lies and rumors--with no sources--about the strongest candidate.

Kind of like the television show Survivor is played. All the goons team up with each other to get rid of the strongest player.

Mitt Romney is the strongest contender. There have been blood-thirsty reporters after him for a long time. The best dirt they ever found on him was when he accidentaly left his dog on the roof of his car on the way to a family vacation.LOL.......So the media must resort to lies and distortions about him because there are no personal or professional scandals about him.

Mitt Romney is the strongest candidate, and it is the reason the media is constantly after him and trying stir up trouble with non stories.

james23| 10.27.08 @ 11:43AM

"Watchin' it all | 10.27.08 @ 8:18AM
Romney worked his guts out for McCain, "
Oh really, what year was that? NOt in 2008 he didn't. He's been hiding. Rudy has been out there, same for Fred. But not the PHONY from Massachusetts. I am not surprised in the least that he is trying to take Palin down. For all his money, he never generated 1/10th the enthsuiasm that Palin has. Besides, in 2012, conservatives will be in no mood at all for another Big Government Republican. Those folks have run the party since '95, and have brought it to ruin. Romney is done.

B| 10.27.08 @ 11:43AM

Troy Riser, if you're going to use quotation marks to imply a direct quote and attempt to add credibility to your position at least get the quote right and treat the whole argument, not half of it. My comments about McCain mattering more than Palin stand. Yes, Palin matters in as much as any VP nominee matters, i.e., much, much less than the top of the ticket. My point was that many commenters on this site seemed more incensed and offended about Palin's future political aspirations than about the current race and support for John McCain.

Again, somehow rumor is treated as fact. Neither the original post nor you can substantiate any claim with a named source. The lack of credible citation could be interpreted several ways. It could mean the source wants to remain anonymous. It could mean the "source" is a Palin supporter who sees Romney as a threat going forward and wants to denigrate him by painting him as putting politics before country/party. Or perhaps a Huckabee supporter? That is an obvious option as Huckabee continued to smear Romney well into the general election for no apparent reason other than to help himself in 2012.

Regardless of such conspiracy theories, how is fundraising and stumping half-hearted? I'll ask the same question: Of all of McCain's primary opponents, who has done more to campaign for him than Romney?

I personally think she has done more good than harm for the ticket, in shoring up the base, as she has done for you. But if McCain loses, many people will allege Palin's negative impact on the ticket. So I suspect you'll search for a loosely plausible link to Romney to justify your personal dislike of Romney, evidently founded before these rumors were posted. In your first post, you squarely give Romney ownership of these allegations (without proof) and label him deceitful and as lacking character. If you don’t like Romney, then fine. Just own up to it and don’t use these unfounded rumors as a false crutch and recognize their questionable nature.

Finally, you cite Democrats hatred of Palin as proof of fear, while they leave Huckabee and Romney alone. Are you serious? Why would they attack Mike or Mitt when they’re not on the ticket? Why wouldn’t they attack their opponent who is actually on the ticket? Attacks can mean more than fear. They’re a necessity of political campaigns. By the way, during the primary, the DNC issued more negative press releases on Romney than any other GOP candidate.

Jeff| 10.27.08 @ 11:44AM

This sounds like a Huckleberry piece trying to eliminate Romney as a contender after this sorry Republican ticket, thanks to Huckabee, gets burnt. Who the hell is "The Prowler" and who does he work for? Hey chicken shit why don't you put your real name up? This is moderate Republican trash! Romney needs to get the hell out of the Republican Party and form a conservative party. THE BIGOTS ARE BACK!

Joseph| 10.27.08 @ 11:45AM

Is that why Romney attended and donated money at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser???

Is that why it is still to this day, illegal in Massachusetts for a gay couple to marry according to their constitution? Only Mitt Romney made it possible based on a judicial opinion.

Government mandated healthcare paid for by tax payer dollars. Which provides for $50 copay abortion. Which has Planned Parenthood as a permanent board member. Does that sound even remotely Conservative to anyone?

Perhaps you cast a stone that is better stuck in your own pocket my friend.

runner| 10.27.08 @ 11:45AM

Washington prowler comments about Romney =Baghdad Bob talking about US troops....how this shit gets published is the ? just downright comical how long and how much crap the prowler makes stuff up trying to smear romney...UNREAL

Jim| 10.27.08 @ 11:48AM

It's pretty sad when when you have all those supposed "QUOTES" but no name to back them up. Why not just tell the truth, you have un-sourced rumors. Anonymous people should not define the content of a supposed "news" article.

JDB| 10.27.08 @ 11:53AM

Joseph,

At the time Romney withdrew and threw his support behind McCain, he was in second place. Huck was third.

Huckabee was the only candidate that refused to concede and support the nominee of his party when the race was clearly over. And yet you allege "That is the difference between Huckabee and Romney, Romney is selfish and Huckabee is for the greater good." There couldn't be a more incorrect statement. Romney withdrew and immediately began supporting McCain who had treated him very poorly in the primary. He raised millions for him and has toured the country on his behalf.

And Huck? Well, when he was finally forced out of the race, he hired a Hollywood talent agency to broker a deal with FOX News for a TV show. There is no disputing that Huckabee is the selfish one and in fact Romney is as you put it, for the greater good.

JacobNYC| 10.27.08 @ 11:54AM

I supported Mitt Romney in the primaries even though I had doubts about his core Conservative principles. I was drawn by his business experience but disappointed in his health care plan for Mass. and his metastatic positions on abortion issue. I donated $5000 to his campaign but all of this was before Palin. The woman is thoroughly grounded, truly middle class and not another out of touch millionaire having wet dreams of attaining higher office. Being Jewish I truly trust Palin to have a very sound policy towards Israel. She needs to brush up a little on foreign policy even if it is through reading. She needs to be able to command respect when she talks. She is a rock star and I love her. Go Palin! I'll do everything I can to help her in 2012. Romney is history but a valuable asset but we have a better rock stars like Bobby Jindal in the lineup. We're headed towards the gloomiest 4 years if B.Hussein is elected.

SED| 10.27.08 @ 11:54AM

SO all lies about Sarah Palin are untrue, but all lies about Mitt Romney are true?! Please.

I live in MA and Mitt's healthcare plan has provided private health insurance to 97% of our citizens! That is only in the first 2 years of it being enacted. Is it perfect? No. Mitt wrote an article in The WSJ on needed improvements to help drive down costs. Forbes magazine a couple months ago called the MA healthcare plan a quiet success.

Ci2Eye is correct about the abortion co-pays. Mitt vetoed it out of the final bill and it was over turned by the legislature. This happens a lot when there are only 19 republicans in state legislature of 169. Now, accounting for the fact that he only had 19 total republicans in both the state Senate and House he accomplished a great deal here in MA leaving us with a $600 million surplus that is now close to a $2 billion defecit. Please know your facts before your bias continues to show.

Gary W.| 10.27.08 @ 11:55AM

Who are these imaginary people saying these anonymous things? You need to back up your rumors with real names of real people. Heck, some would even give a date, time, and place. I would be happy with just a name.

Ci2Eye| 10.27.08 @ 12:01PM

Joseph,

Before you post another comment filled with inaccuracies, I renew my request for you to actually review Romney's record. He was not in favor of $50. abortion co-pays nor was he in favor of gay marriage. You are simply wrong.

Lynn| 10.27.08 @ 12:02PM

Response to Joseph

The $50 co-pay for abortion in the Massachussetts health care plan is an excellent example of the lies spread about Romney. He did not include this in his plan! There were people who complained that there was no abortion coverage and the Massachussettes state court sided with them. It was the Massachusettes supreme court that introduced, or forced, the $50 dollar abortion. It was not Mitt Romney! He was blamed because he happened to be governor at the time, but it was not his doing!

It's amazing that nobody challenges these accusation. These are spins and half truths designed to get rid of Romney, and nearly all of the distortions about him, that the public believes, are basically lies. The $50 abortion is prime example but there are alot, alot more.

And Mitt Romney has handled all of these lies with grace. There's been no whinning or complaints. He simply claims that he lost the nomination and has been doing nothing but campainging and fundraising for the Republicans since he lost the nomination.

SED| 10.27.08 @ 12:04PM

Joseph,

How are cotniue to mislead people on the facts about what goes in my state. Saying Mitt Romney started gay marriage in MA is like saying that Roe v. Wade was pushed by the President at that time and not judicial activism. It also neglect the fact that Mitt stood infront of the state house with the citizens calling for Marriage Amendment to our state constitution. The liberal legislature refused to allow it be placed on this years ballot after years of not voting on the ballot initiative in the first place until a democratic governor was in office. It also neglects to point out that Mitt went to Washington and called for a Federal Marriage Amendment to the constitution.

Once again get your facts straight before you comment. I live here and may just know a little bit more of what it means to live under a democratic dictatorship.

TAS Observed| 10.27.08 @ 12:25PM

It has been clear from the beginning of this election cycle that TAS has not been a fan of Mr. Romney. We all know this site represent many RINO opinions and is published with an elitist attitude. I rarely refer to them for an accurate opinion on politics.

Billy T| 10.27.08 @ 12:35PM

On first read, you would think Mr. Romney was acting to discredit the current nominees...instead of anonymous "former Romney aides." If former Romney aides are acting spitefully because their preferred candidate was not chosen, shame on them. Mr. Romney would not have control over former aides, however, and should not be blamed for their actions. Based on his interviews and work on behalf of the nominees, I seriously doubt there is any ill will intended on his part.

I doubt Sarah Palin would seriously be inclined to run for President. I think she was an excellent VP choice because of the way she has obviously energized a conservative base.

Katelyn| 10.27.08 @ 12:36PM

Anyone who doesn't think that Mitt Romney would be a much better presidential candidate than Sarah Palin is crazy. She is flashy, but is obviously unqualified. She may be Governor of Alaska, but she cannot answer simple questions in an interview. I'm definitely not a Katie Couric / Charlie Gibson fan, but she is embarrassing.

Colorado Mom| 10.27.08 @ 12:39PM

Funny, We really supported and donated to Romney. We actually were talking the other day about how a Romney/Palin ticket would be wildly successful. Romney is not a true conservative and would get hammered on healthcare but with Palin on his ticket he could win the base.

However, we did feel that he is a tad egocentric. He has that streak. While he is fundraising and speaking on behalf of McCain I can see him quietly undermining the campaign. That is the way Washington works. If McCain wins, Romney won't have support for 2012 so he probably wants McCain to lose. Next he has to concern himself with Palin. He wants to undermine her now so that she won't be the front runner for the GOP nod in 2012. I can see that happening.

I really would rather see Romney as Sec. of Treasury or Chairman of the Fed. He would be wildly successful and gain a lot of support if he chooses to run in 2012. That position won't happen under Obama.

Romney needs to ask his former aides to cease in the smear tactics and Romney needs to come out and convince Americans concretely that he supports not just John McCain but also Sarah Palin. If he doesn't, it will leave people wondering.

What?| 10.27.08 @ 12:41PM

You people are as dumb as the people you will now get to vote for. This entire cycle, once full of promise, is now simply a travesty.

DigDug| 10.27.08 @ 12:48PM

I actually think Romney and Palin should form a ticket - with his hundreds of millions of dollars, just imagine all the shopping Sarah could do! "Convention by Tiffany's" anyone?

whatevah| 10.27.08 @ 12:50PM

A "Former anonymous Romney aide" doesn't like Palin? How is that news?

Troy Riser| 10.27.08 @ 12:54PM

B, I employed a single parenthetical apostrophe (') to denote a paraphrase of your comment. Had I quoted you exactly, I would've used quotation marks ("). Secondly, Mitt Romney may not be sniping at Palin via surrogates and aides. If these 'sources close to Romney' are not acting as surrogates, he--Romney--needs to shut them up with a quickness. Secondly, Romney wasn't smeared or otherwise unfairly attacked nearly so much as Palin when he was apparent frontrunner during the primaries. Not even close. What I'm saying--what I've been trying to say--is that Palin arouses a visceral fear and hatred on the Left no other Republican candidate or potential candidate can match. This hatred is not fueled solely by her appearance on the McCain ticket as VP candidate--can you imagine Huckabee or Romney generating so much venom and vitriol? I can't. Sarah Palin is a smart, successful executive, the culmination of the feminist movement, and it turns out she's conservative, putting the lie to NOW and all other leftist groups who claim to be arbiters of what women are and can and should be. Further, this hatred is exploitable on any number of levels, few of which have been fully realized by the McCain campaign, although she has been used to galvanize the base in a positive way. Thanks to Palin, we'll have increased turnout, and that's an entirely good thing. My take is she has been turned loose on the opposition too late to make the difference she might've made had McCain's people refrained from trying to 'handle' her. Sarah Palin never needed handling. All they had to do was aim her at the target and squeeze the trigger.

Troy Riser| 10.27.08 @ 1:04PM

Hey, DigDug, still going for that Palin wardrobe smear, I see--and slamming Romney for his personal wealth. A twofer: how very witty of you. Well, good news : Palin's wardrobe is being returned to the RNC after the election, where it'll be auctioned for charity. And if Obama is elected, Mitt Romney's wealth will no longer be entirely his own. Nor will yours. Or mine, such as it is.

Bobthepeeler| 10.27.08 @ 1:21PM

Ha! Another nail in the coffin of journalistic integrity. This type of hearsay, innuendo, and anonymity is not even fit for the Weekly World News. Does the "Prowler" skulk in the basement of the American Spectator? What a weasel. Be a man/woman and identify yourself and your sources, ya putz - and shame on you Spectator.

B| 10.27.08 @ 1:26PM

Troy Riser, it's not annalogous to compare quantity of negative press during a general election to that received during a primary election. The scale is not close. You can't say Dems fear her more than they would another VP choice based on such a metric. My point was that based on your choice of metrics (# of hit jobs), Romney had the most during the primary, so it's logical to assume he would have had a lot were he in the general. Not more or less -- that cannot be known -- , but just a lot.

But as I previously stated, attacks are not necessarily indicative of fear. It's what the opposition does. And their quantity might be a function not of loathing or fright, but of lampoon-ability, if you will, or a measure of a concerted effort of the MSM to keep a Republican -- any Republican -- out of the White House.

I don't think one could expect Romney to counter every unfounded rumor and every unnamed source, especially those in TAS.

Never heard of (or found reference to) a parenthetical apostrope. Always understood the usage of " vs. ' to be one being used within another: The smear stated, "A Romney aide -- now with McCain -- said, 'Palin is weak-sauce.' " A quote is a quote is a quote. Who knows.

Marie| 10.27.08 @ 1:27PM

I agree with all the commenters that say this article lacks anything resembling a source.

Ci2Eye| 10.27.08 @ 1:43PM

JacobNYC,

How did you donate $5,000. to Romney when the legal limit is $2,300.?

Your conversion story is rather unusual since Romney and Palin tend to appeal to very different voter groups.

GrizzlyBear| 10.27.08 @ 1:44PM

This article is so full of crapola it's the joke of the day! Romney elected to "eat" his campaign debts so fundraising throughout the summer and this fall could go toward McCain and the RNC.

NO ONE has campaigned more doggedly and vigorously for McCain/Palin than Mitt Romney. I've seen and heard every trick question in the book thrown at him to get him to express some rancor about not being selected as V.P. Mitt WANTS the Mac ticket to win and has put in the elbow-grease to help it happen.

All that stuff about Mitt not going where there won't be cameras is so goof-ball it's off the charts! Saying that he endorses only candidates that are assured of winning is flat out wrong.

This piece is meant to deflect Romney's credibility and dump horse turds on a guy who talks the walk and walks the walk.

Wake up, people, and see the truth about a man that America should be running toward. "The Prowler" ineeds to quit prowling and stand up in the glare of truth. Romney is out there fighting the good fight for America.

Troy Riser| 10.27.08 @ 1:54PM

B, I won't bang my head against a wall slamming Mitt Romney--a pointless exercise in infighting at this point, anyway--especially about a candidate who never interested me much in the first place. I do think Sarah Palin has greater electibility than Romney or any other major Republican figure in any future national contest against any Democratic opponent, including Hillary Clinton. And enough of this yin-yang argument claiming a Republican ticket needs a moderate candidate to appeal to the undecided middle and a staunch social conservative candidate to appeal to the base. The Democratic Party has been suborned by its far-left. Does that mean, then, Republicans must shift left as well, to accommodate the new middle? I don't think so. I say let old-school patriotic Truman Democrats-- the ones who detest socialism and favor a strong national defense--come to us.

disgusted| 10.27.08 @ 1:56PM

The truth is simple. Each and every incumbent is entirely responsible for the economic woes we face today. As a result, each and every incumbent - REGARDLESS of POLITICAL AFFILIATION - deserves to be voted out of office. They have more than proven themselves woefully inept and completely incompetent. There is no way that I will vote for ANYONE who currently holds an elected office.

Rope, lamppost, politician.

HANG THEM ALL!

kevin| 10.27.08 @ 2:18PM

It's time people faced the truth about Romney - this guy is as two faced as they come. He reversed ALL his positions between the time he ran for massachusetts governor and the time he ran for the nomination in 2008, so he has no credibility.

He showed during the primaries that he has zero political chops - his campaign consisted entirely of trying to out spend and smear the other candidates.

Mary| 10.27.08 @ 2:54PM

"Huckabee and his supporters--the Evangelicals--would not have voted for Romney."

Several evangelicals have admitted they would never vote for a Mormon. Which makes me ask - WHAT? Why is this kind of open, blatant religious bigotry not only tolerated, but catered to? Is America a 21st-century democracy or not?

I understand it's a free country and people can believe what they want and vote for who they want, but it really makes me sick that some evangelical leaders can wear their bigotry on their sleeve and everyone gives them a total pass on it.

By the way, I am not a Mormon.

OCPatriot| 10.27.08 @ 2:57PM

Why doesn't somebody do a piece, or at least an interview with, Jeb Bush? He's the stealth candidate of 2012, and my guess is he'll begin to emerge if Obama stumbles. He was well-loved in Florida and he could step in as if he had no baggage or prior ties (except for his last name). He was the original choice for Prez, but good old George W. preempted him.

Lurker| 10.27.08 @ 3:22PM

I really had no beef with Romney but Sarah Palin is my GIRL! There are too many Palin supporters for Romney to even think about winning the Republican nomination in 2012 should McCain/Palin lose on the 4th and Palin decides to run in 2012.

If these leaks are indeed by former Romney aides it will be ABSOLUTELY over for him. We won't forget!

JDB | 10.27.08 @ 4:02PM

Kevin,

How specifically is Romney two-faced and what positions has he reversed? Please explain.

Jose Smith| 10.27.08 @ 4:19PM

Any person who is not mentally challenged and still a mormon has a major character flaw. The religion is a blatant con job produced by murderous thugs. I can have no respect for Romney until he leaves the cult.

RJW| 10.27.08 @ 4:32PM

This desire of Republicans to devour one another just fries me. Before learning about this, I would have rather had Romney than McCain. Setting aside the purported underminning of Palin for one minute, Romney's refusal to help out fellow Republicans is stupid. Hey Mitt, this isn't how Ronald Reagan did it. Get a clue! I guess it just shows that ego is the real motivation.

M| 10.27.08 @ 5:14PM

Kevin Madden and his thugs have infiltrated the McCain campaign and McCain was dumb enough to let them in and trust their "advises."

Mitt Romney has always been a FAKE. A fake conservative, a fake Republican, a fake politician. All this guy ever cared about is himself and his ego. I found this out the hard way during the primaries this year, when he did the best he could to savage his biggest threats (McCain and Huckabee). He lies, he cheats, he buys people off, he even made some of his credentials up. Now, he is telling his cronies to do the same to Governor Palin. Romney and his goons make me sick!

I normally wouldn't trust an article like this, but since I've already seen for myself, the depths Fi-Cons and Romney-bots would go to, I am more compelled to trust this article's author is telling the truth. Romney's people are almost as evil as Obama's hired guns. It's a disgrace to have people who would backstab their own party in the Republican party.

Beaumon| 10.27.08 @ 5:27PM

Palin is dragging down McCain. Why do so many Republicans seem to want her for 2012?

Lurker| 10.27.08 @ 5:52PM

Palin isn't dragging down McCain you numbnuts! Without Palin it wouldn't even be this close.

ruth| 10.27.08 @ 7:37PM

Why would The American Spectator lie about this matter? This article sure hit a nerve with the Romney supporters. He'll never get the conservative support that Governor Palin will. Romney's time has come and gone (for the presidency).

LYING FOR MITT - OR IGNORANT?| 10.27.08 @ 8:12PM

Romney LIED about the judges ordering sodomy-based "marriage." His own constitutional advisors told him the court had no power and no jurisdiction -- just in case he couldn't read the plain English in the state constitution he swore to uphold. Don't believe me. Read the P R O O F for all but the willfully blind: http://www.undergroundjournal.net/igroops/theunderground/adminpages/Letter-To-Romney-JAN-07

NO, Willard Mitt Zombie did NOT veto the $50 abortions in the health care plan and the unconstitutional permanent role for Planned Parenthood on the government health care board. You Romniacs are spreading LIES.

The state court ruled that "medically necessary abortions -- a category totally unknown to medical science -- must be covered by health care. Romney signed in abortion ON DEMAND WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. GOT THAT?

In the American form of government no court -- including the U. S Supreme Court -- can order a legislature or Congress, president or governor to implement their opinions. Even liberals know that. Ignorant, apple-polishing, sycophant fake conservatives are usually the ones who spread the fable that judges make laws or strike them down or have power to force their will on the elected branches of government. This is the most repugnant liberal lie that has destroyed our constitutional system and Romney knows it is a lie because as a coincidence the Massachusetts Constitution -- which was a prototype for the U. S. Constitution and all later state constitutions -- says this in brutal clarity.

The simple fact is that even if the judges had opined for the benefit of the Legislative and Executive branches that all abortion must be covered by taxpayers (one of the fairy tales you are spreading) this would be merely what is called a declaratory judgment. That is, not law, without force, and as Black's Law Dictionary says, "without consequential relief.

Similarly, the Goodridge opinion's declaratory judgment that sodomy-based "marriage" OUGHT to be made legal did not and could not have made it legal. Not possible, for numerous reasons (again, see the PROOF: http://www.undergroundjournal.net/igroops/theunderground/adminpages/Letter-To-Romney-JAN-07 ).

I voted for the Zombie when he ran for governor. I watched in spellbound horror and disgust as he governed in most respects like Barak Obama, then brazenly lied and flipped on every issue, and literally bribed every mercenary conservative in the Republican whorehouse to lie for him. I know of numerous specific bribes.
I happen to have spent the last four years examining the Zombie's record in detail and discussing it with leading law professors, lawyers and judges. Those of you who are spreading Orwellian propaganda for the Republican equivalent of Obama are guilty of either shameless incompetence and dangerous gullibility or you are as bad as Romney and the sleazy vultures he gathered around him to help him buy and lie his way into the most powerful job on earth. What a disgrace you Romniac drunkards are.

If you had five percent of the first-hand proof I have that this demagogue willfully served the agenda of Planned Parenthood and the militant homosexual movement, boosting state funding for pro-homosexuality brainwashing starting in kindergarten, refusing to enforce once in four years the Parents Rights Law, citing a NON-EXISTENT state "law" to force Catholic Charities to facilitate homosexual adoptions, etc., etc. you would vomit at the shock of it. That is if you care. After all, as we've all found out in the last two years, lots of you Romniacs are mindless drones with no conscience and no appetite for facts. All you want can be found here: http://www.undergroundjournal.net/igroops/theunderground/adminpages/NotAConspiracyACoverUpPt1
AND HERE: http://www.undergroundjournal.net/igroops/theunderground/adminpages/WarnVotersRomnCov

AND HERE: http://www.undergroundjournal.net/members/theunderground/adminpages/AttentionEarthlingYouMust

Anthony| 10.27.08 @ 8:18PM

Good God, has everyone fallen prey to the "what's in my best interest syndrome"? Now Romney staffers can't keep their damn mouths shut and have to try and score points before the election is even over! Get a damn life you fools, a disaster looms on the horizon and all you can do is position yourselves for 2012. Can we a least think about what's best for America before our own presidential ambitions, just once? The egoism that has infected our culture sickens me. Perhaps this is an unfair article on Romney, but it sure fits the pattern that has taken hold over the past few decades, and certainly with the rats that have adandoned the Republican ship recently. I'm sure Romney is going all out for congressional candidates, that's the smart play for anybody with future ambitions. Hillary was the master of this, and spent millions of her considerable war chest to keep the congressional Dems in line. For the most part it worked, until the dam broke and they all abandoned ship at the last second. She still stands to gain if Obama is elected because of her efforts, mark my words. Rudy is also out there for McCain/Palin and congressional candidates, but I haven't heard any of Rudy's staffers dissing McCain/Palin. In fact, I saw & heard Rudy in person, just 3 weeks ago praising Palin is glowing terms, and it wasn't a canned speech either. Perhaps Romney has done the same, but I haven't heard it. Even if McCain wins this thing, the Republican party is in for some serious soul searching as to what we stand for as a party. Politics can be a sickening thing. No wonder people are turned off. Winning at all costs produces many losers. We stand to be those losers if Obama wins next week. Wake up people, this is our nation that's at stake. Republicans need to position America first, not their pathetic presidential asperations.

Lynn| 10.27.08 @ 9:40PM

Is it any wonder why the Republicans are going to get slaughtered next Tuesday? Look at the trash they believe.

SED| 10.27.08 @ 9:53PM

Here are some posts from the local newspapers based on the facts regarding Mitt Romney's record.

Mitt Romney's personal statement as to why he vetoed the morning after pill posted in the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/07/26/why_i_vetoed_contraception_bill/

Romney vetoes law on pill, takes aim at Roe v. Wade posted by the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/07/26/romney_vetoes_law_on_pill_takes_aim_at_roe_v_wade/

From Mitt Romney's Biography on Wikipedia:

'Romney is a proponent of monogamous, heterosexual marriage.[122] As a candidate for governor in 2002, Romney said: "Call me old fashioned, but I don't support gay marriage nor do I support civil union."[123] During that 2002 campaign, he also supported hate crimes legislation and opposed other discrimination against gays, while supporting some partner benefits for gays,[123] and he also opposed amending the state constitution to codify only traditional marriage because he believed the draft amendment would have outlawed other partner benefits.[124] When the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of legalized same-sex marriage in 2003, Romney lobbied for a state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage but allow civil unions.[123] Romney explained in 2005: "From day one I've opposed the move for same-sex marriage and its equivalent, civil unions....I am only supporting civil unions if gay marriage is the alternative."[123] Romney continues to oppose both marriage and civil unions between people of the same sex.[125] Romney's tone on gay rights has been viewed by some as fluctuating, though he supported Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy" in 1994, and continued to do so in 2007.'

Bart Handen| 10.27.08 @ 9:53PM

10 Things Every American MUST Know About Mitt Romney...
... that the media, Republican elites and Romney's "conservative" lawyers are hiding from them!
1. Mitt Romney is NOT pro-life . Romney claims to be "pro-life" but established $50 co-pay abortions as a "healthcare benefit" in his own government run healthcare plan (AFTER he staged his fraudulent "pro-life conversion.") Proof Source : www.mass.gov/Qhic/docs/cc_benefits1220_pt234.pdf
Of note, Romney also officially and permanently entrenched a Planned Parenthood representative in the health care board -- but of course no pro-life representative.

2. While campaigning for governor Romney OPPOSED a 2002 marriage amendment that would have prevented him and the judges or even the legislature from later imposing homosexual "marriage." 120,000 Massachusetts citizens, including Romney's wife, son and daughter-in-law signed it. Romney's pro-homosexuality Republican predecessor, Acting Governor Jane Swift, and militant Democrat legislators openly violated the constitution to deny the citizens their right to vote on the amendment. Even the ultra liberal Massachusetts court ruled that they were violating their oaths and the constitution, but Romney totally failed to oppose powerful liberal politicians' illegal subversion of the law and defend the people's sovereignty over their own government. Proof Source: www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/may/07051409.html

3. Mitt Romney is blatantly LYING about judges' power under the Massachusetts Constitution and about his own constitutional duties and violated his oath of office by illegally instituting "same sex marriage." In fact, the rogue Massachusetts judges issued no order, and have admitted they have no power to give orders to the governor or the Legislature. They merely issued an opinion that barring same sex marriage was "unconstitutional" -- which even Romney says was false and a violation of their constitutional powers. Under the state constitution judges have no jurisdiction to issue opinions on marriage policy or even to hear such cases. The MA Constitution also explicitly says ONLY the Legislature can amend or suspend laws. The same court has admitted this. The "conservative" lawyers claiming otherwise are committing malpractice. The legislature did not comply with the judges' opinion. "Homosexual marriage" is still illegal. Proof Source: www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/dec_letter/letter.pdf

4. Romney's former staff member and others have revealed that in 2002, in return for the homosexual "Log Cabin Republicans" endorsement, he secretly promised to let judges exceed their legal power and unconstitutionally impose homosexual "marriage." Proof Source: www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/us/politics/08romney.html?_r=3&hp;=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

So Romney's Department of Health illegally changed marriage certificates from "husband" and "wife" to "partner A" and "partner B." He illegally ordered Justices of the Peace and Town Clerks to violate the marriage laws and perform "homosexual marriage" ceremonies. Mitt Romney didn't oppose sodomy-based "marriage." He gave the illegal orders that brought it to America. Proof Source: http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/dec_letter/letter.pdf

5. Although he accused the judges of "activism" "arrogance," "tyranny" and other things, it was all a smokescreen. Romney failed the real test. He publicly OPPOSED a citizen's drive to remove the four rogue judges who violated their oaths and the constitution by issuing the Goodridge opinion. Proof Source: http://massresistance.blogspot.com/2007/09/iowa-patriots-seek-to-remove-gay.html

6. Romney now says he opposes homosexual "marriage" and that it will damage religious freedom and harm children, who have a right to both a mother and a father. But Romney personally issued more than 190 special one-day certificates to allow homosexual marriages to be performed by unqualified persons. He claims he was "just applying the marriage statutes evenly." But to this day, there is no statute that allows homosexual "marriages." The certificates he issued to homosexuals are totally illegal, despite his false claim that the court "legalized" homosexual "marriage. Moreover, Romney was not obliged to issue ANY special marriage certificates -- and why did he violate the marriage statutes to enable these homosexual "marriages if he truly believed that his actions will harm children and religious freedom? Proof Source: http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/

7. Mitt Romney didn't defend schoolchildren and parents' rights against homosexual brainwashing. To satisfy Massachusetts' militant homosexual groups, he BOOSTED GOVERNMENT FUNDING for this anti-family, anti-morality propaganda, starting in kindergarten and he never once ordered education officials or anyone else to obey esisting parents' rights law. Proof Source: www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/

8. Mitt Romney now claims he opposes illegal immigration. But as governor he took no legal action to stop sending federal funding to at least 5 sanctuary cities that were not enforcing immigration laws in Massachusetts. Proof Source: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mitt-romneys-sanctuary-cities/3787345211

9. Mitt Romney opposed the Bush Tax Cuts and increased taxes in Massachusetts $500 million dollars. (He called them "fees.") His claims to have "reduced the state budget deficit" are extremely deceptive. What he did is merely shift taxpayers' burden to local property taxes, which then skyrocketed, harming many families who now must pay unbearable property taxes. Proof Source: http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/02/07/romney-lying-about-his-tax-record/

10. Romney cited a non-existent state law to force Catholic Charities, the state's largest adoption and foster care agency, to give children to homosexuals even when normal mother-father families were lined up to give them a home. Even former governor liberal Democrat Mike Dukakis pointed out that this "law" Romney was using was no "law," but merely an executive regulation that a governor can cancel with a stroke of his pen. Romney was again lying to fulfill his secret 2002 campaign promises to Republican homosexual power brokers whose endorsement he coveted and received in both his campaigns. To create a smokescreen, Romney used his standard trick: "asking" the legislature to grant a special religious exemption, knowing that the pro-homosexual Democrats would reject that idea. Catholic Charities was forced to close their respected adoption and foster work after over a century. Children are being given to homosexuals instead of to natural mother-father families thanks to Mitt Romney. Proof Sources: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/191kgwgh.asp
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/10/catholic_charities_pulls_out_of_adoption_business/

SED| 10.27.08 @ 9:54PM

Also, from the Washington Post:

Romney Wants Gay-Marriage Ban on Mass. Ballot

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900879.html

ChicagoNotFooled| 10.27.08 @ 10:56PM

Romney has shown himself to be as egotistical as Obama.

Nobama 2008 - NoRomney 2012

BruceFromAP| 10.27.08 @ 11:20PM

I don't even count Mass. as part of America. C'mon Sarah - say something about this - tell him in public (on Fox, if need be) to stop sabotaging our chance to win in '08!

30yrdem| 10.27.08 @ 11:47PM

Romney won't get my vote. Hurting McCain and Palin like this is low.

McCain/Palin '08

Troy Riser| 10.28.08 @ 12:20AM

To Bart Handen up there, the one who used the term "Republican homosexual power brokers." I mean, come on: Republican homosexual power brokers? Please. As a Republican, I may not agree with Mitt Romney on any number of issues, (not that he would lose sleep), and I might buy into the idea of Romney using surrogates to undercut Sarah Palin as part of a long-term strategy, but I don't for a moment believe Romney would cut deals with a super-seekrit cabal of homosexual conservatives. For one thing, I work in the arts and know many gay people as a matter of course, and can only guess at the minuscule number of Republican homosexuals there can possibly be--certainly not enough in either votes or resources to constitute a political bloc influential enough to sway a governor--in Massachusetts or anywhere else. As someone else here has pointed out, it might have proved necessary for Romney to acquiesce to certain blue state realities in order to govern effectively, but you go too far. He's a politician, not a cartoon villain. Lastly, those evangelicals and others who despise his Mormonism need to put that particular bigotry into the ground. I grew up mainstream Protestant in a rural area with a large Mormon community. The Mormons I knew were and are good, honest, hardworking, patriotic Americans. A cult? I can't speak to that. I only know what I've seen and experienced firsthand. As it is, I would welcome an Islamic Republican, or a Hindu Republican, or an atheist Republican, or a Mormon Republican so long as they embraced political beliefs in accordance with those conservative precepts and constitutional principles traditionally identified as 'Republican'. Their faith is their own.

karlito| 10.28.08 @ 1:08AM

I do not understand the final sentence of the Romney piece.

Who Is John Galt| 10.28.08 @ 1:20AM

please, please, please make Sarah Palin the head of your "new" party ... i would really like for progressive and truly democratic ideas to hold sway for the forseeable future with no real opposition of actual intellectual standing. embrace the anti-intellectuality, cling to the rejection of science, continue to equate the 'loving of jesus' and the demagougery of 'american exceptionalism' and 'democracy at the barrel of a gun' that has served the country so well over the last 8 years. kudos to you, you have stumbled on the perfect person to exemplify and foster the exact anti-philosophy that will keep you (the 25%ish of you that infect our founding father's great experiment in true equality and freedom and secular democracy) as far from the reins of power as possible. and as time goes by, and you become more and more marginalized by a society the marches foward with ever more socially and scientifically progressive ideas while you atrophy and fade away. bye bye far right zealots, i cannot say it was nice knowing ya!

Lillian| 10.28.08 @ 2:36AM

To win in 2012 we have to remember we need independents and moderates. But according to polls Gov. isn't appealing to them. She got the base in her pocket but we need more than the base to win. But wouldn't you just love to see her rub all those old men's (Romney, Huckabee, J. Bush etc) faces in the mud? This is gonna be fun!

Johnathan| 10.28.08 @ 3:31AM

Our party will most likely be divided after the election.
When McCain picked Palin and after seeing her convention speech I was fired up. But I found it curious she wasn't doing interviews. After seeing her first few interviews I knew it was over. I admire Palin but she just doesn't know enough. She lacks the intelligenge. I don't like saying it but I call them as I see them. I blame McCain. If Palin does run she will have work at repairing her reputation. That will be tough to do. The appeal of Palin is she is one of those people who you love or love to hate and both the right and left tune in to see her. But when it comes to the presidency it appears that her appeal doesn't go beyond the base. We've got people jumping ship for the other side for goodness sake and Palin has been cited as the reason. Even Bill Kristol is saying Palin wasn't his number one pick , though he seems to be standing by her now. I think we need someone who appeals to the right but also to the middle. I just don't think Palin is that person. However I do think that she should have a prominent place in the party.

GiNFiZ| 10.28.08 @ 4:02AM

"Even Bill Kristol is saying Palin wasn't his number one pick , though he seems to be standing by her now."
There's the problem: how come the party of Eisenhower, who warned the Nation against the parasitic Industrial-Military complex, ended up being the tool of such neo-imperialist PNAC scum as this Kristol.

Logan West| 10.28.08 @ 4:18AM

Sarah Palin is great for the party but I just don't know if she'd be right for the presidency. Even her approval ratings here in Alaska have taken a dive. They are still pretty good though. I don't think she has the wide appeal we need to win. And we NEED to win 2012. Here's an article about Sarah Palin in our paper that reinforces that.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/569795.html

Troy Riser| 10.28.08 @ 9:46AM

To the moonbat above using the monniker 'Who Is John Galt': the US is exceptional, the greatest ongoing experiment in democratic self-governance in the history of mankind. That you and yours cannot see our country as exceptional while embracing collectivist Marxist claptrap antithetical to individual self-determination and personal liberty is both tragic and depressing. And the religiosity you deride? Our rights are endowed by a Creator. If endowed by men, as you believe, then freedom is a gift from your betters, theirs to take away when it suits them. And lastly, we are far from philsophically bankrupt: we have Hobbes, we have Locke, we have Jefferson, Monroe, Hamilton, Adams, Washington, Lincoln, Popper, and a host of others. Who do you have? Rousseau? Marx? Lenin? Stalin? Mao? Che? Bits of Nietszche and Mill and dollops of Sartre? The postmodernists? Good luck with that. I see lots of mass murderers in your column, btw. How's that been working out for you?

Sarah 2012| 10.28.08 @ 9:50AM

Sarah can win in 2012, and I'm all for her as many people are. She has a rediculous cult-like following. Her rally's are CRAZY, I mean people go nuts for her. All Palin needs is the right running mate to appeal to the moderates and independants. Palin will be at the top of the ticket in 2012, and I'll be cheering for her all the way to the White House. The McCain Camp really dropped the ball with her, and should have done a better job prepping her for her interviews. And they should have unleashed her a long time ago. She's brilliant, and once this election is over win or lose we'll get to see her in action taking over!

Joe| 10.28.08 @ 10:31AM

I hope Romney does whatever it takes to win. We need someone with a brain in the Whitehouse. He is much more competent than Palin and Huckabee. I do, however, believe that Palin is a good and genuine person, and Huckabee is a great talk show host. I just wish people would look at a person's resume. If our country was a company, which it is, why wouldn't we hire someone with a proven track record of fixing broken enterprises?

Palin 2012| 10.28.08 @ 10:51AM

I don't really like Mitt Romney for president, and I just don't think he has what it takes to win by himself. He seems kinda plastic sometimes, doesn't connect that well. I also think that the only reason John McCain even has a shot at this election is because of Sarah Palin. I truly hope she does everything she can to get the nomination next election. I actually trust her and believe she'll do the things she says she will, and the has the record to back her up. We need her in Washington!

Greg| 10.28.08 @ 12:36PM

So many of you have the facts wrong. Romney swallowed his pride and is giving his all to an inferior candidate that hates him and spread lies about him and who has a dumb idea that we should include Liberals in the Repub party. Romney is trying to stave off Obama and the Socialist Communists at all costs even though McCain is too liberal, Hello illegal Alien issue! Romney loves Sarah Palin. He supported the Catholic Church on the adoption issue, not the homos, and is the most conservative of the entire bunch, including Palin. Open your eyes. Half you dopes are Liberals anyway trying to divide the Republican, kind of like McCain. He's constanly badmouthing Republicans but up until this week has barely said a harsh word about Dem or the Media. You Dopes.

BruceFromAP| 10.28.08 @ 1:37PM

To the Democrat troll who said Sarah didn't do well in her interviews: where we watching the same thing? I thought she answered them all very well. I wish she would do more of them to, maybe just only on Fox (avoid those liberal filters!)

And I hope she brings up and denies this 'wackjob' slur at every campaign stop. It's a shame Mitt has to do this to her - it's not fair!

Clark Regent| 10.28.08 @ 2:56PM

Palin is an airhead who is responsible for the GOP's likely presidential loss (along with McCain and his HORRENDOUS pick for VP).

Romney on the ticket would have assured a Republican in the White House next year.

Susan Lake| 10.28.08 @ 2:58PM

Anti-Mormon bigots (I happened to attend the Catholic Church when I go) kept Romney out of the White House based on their "pastors" scaring the hell out of them with anti-rhetoric...

I say go Mitt in '12... IF he still wants to help the country and isn't completely sick of the Evangels like the rest of us.

Shellie Farnsworth| 10.28.08 @ 3:02PM

Many of you are dismissing the fact that Palin IS tanking McCain - in just about every conceivable way.
The rest of the country recognizes her as a dolt who simply memorized talking points for the debates!
She'll tank the GOP again if she has a chance - wake up!

Caitlin Kerry| 10.28.08 @ 3:06PM

I just saw on MSNBC that one of McCain's LONGTIME supporters admitted HE WAS THE ONE who ratted out Palin as trying to tank McCain.

Sounds like you anti-romney fools have exposed yourselves again. You DESERVE to have Obama in instead of a Harvard Business Major.

Let me guess - your "god" told you to do that (or your money grubbing preacher!)

frofreak| 10.28.08 @ 3:06PM

What was someone saying about the one that is attacked the most being the one most feared? Interesting to notice who is doing most of the attacking against whom on this thread (and it's original post). Maybe there is something to this afterall...

And I love all the people claiming "I was all for Mitt in the primaries, but now I'm totally against him to the CORE!!!" If you truelly supported him in the primaries, it would take a little more that a hit piece with no names sources, who have no real link to Mitt, to make you say "He really is the two-faces, egotistical, narcissistic A-hole" you now claim he is. You're not fooling anyone, you never supported Mitt, and you never will no matter how tirelessly he works for the good of the party. You choose to see what you want to see.

Besides, did you know he was a MORMON?

Ronald Casey| 10.28.08 @ 3:15PM

This latest "American Spectator" CRAP story is so tainted and full of garbage!

No worries... by the time 2012 rolls around the "Spectator" will have gone to the same fate as "The Christian Science Monitor"... Both became ridiculously sensation in a last ditch attempt to get subscribers.

Frank Petciatora| 10.28.08 @ 3:20PM

I, too, admit I am sick of Evangels and their blasphemous and hypocritical attitudes!

If they really were "CHRISTIANS" they would act like it with an outpouring of love and caring for all people - not a mean spirited, angry attack on good people who just happen to believe in a God who lives.

Sue Kelly| 10.28.08 @ 3:22PM

The "prowler"???

The "low life loser afraid to admit to such a yellow non-story" is more like it.

John Sullivan| 10.28.08 @ 3:23PM

palin is pathetic. anyone who exposes her gets my vote

Peggy Noonan| 10.28.08 @ 3:26PM

"BRUCE FROM AP" - Are YOU kidding?

Memorizing talking points and then arrogantly claiming you'll answer the questions however you feel proves nothing accept that you can't think for yourself. Admit it, mccain blew it with Palin and we never should have nominated either of them.

Doug Castille| 10.28.08 @ 3:27PM

Palin is the one in it for herself. She knows McCain doesn't have a chance so she is the one tanking the campaign.

Fran Crookmore| 10.28.08 @ 3:29PM

Rush is right - Pompous and phony evangels ruined a great party. And no, don't expect our God to forgive you for being so unkind and irresponsible.

bill| 10.28.08 @ 4:10PM

If Osama wins, the one good thing will be that all the GOP old guard like Nitwit Romney will be gone, and never again in charge. We're sick of you liberal wacko RINOS with no backbone. Good Riddance.

BruceFromAP| 10.28.08 @ 5:50PM

No Peggy, I am not kidding. Palin and McCain are the right team fore the times. We've got to take Washington back from the america-hating liberal elites filters!

But she needs to speak out, now! I really hope that the Governor speaks out at every pulbic event and denies these viscous rumors being spread by Huckabee and Romney at every public event. Otherwise, people will think that their true and vote the anti-america ticket!

Atlanta Conservative | 10.28.08 @ 5:55PM

Romney has been a class act throughout this process. I didn't know who he was until he announced his bid for the Presidency in the Spring of '07 but I’ve been impressed by him from that day until now.

He behaved with class throughout the primaries always calling McCain and others fine men before outlining philosophical differences on issues. When he conceded, he spoke with eloquence about how he could fight on but it wouldn’t be in the best interest of the Country. Despite the many sneers, snide remarks and attacks from McCain during the primary and, not to mention his collusion with Huckabee in West Virginia, he quickly endorsed McCain and has tirelessly supported him. He raised 20 million dollars for him and still gets up early on morning after morning to do the early news shows to speak on behalf of McCain. I have never heard him utter an unkind word about McCain or Palin even after McCain choose her instead of him for his co-pilot. He always appears to be selfless in his efforts to get McCain elected. In light of all that, I simply find the comments in this article unbelievable. He seems too classy to me to do what he is accused of.

I suspect the man has been a class act his entire life. On the campaign trail and today, he exudes intelligence, competence, grace, impeccable manners, and sound judgment. On issues, he is a predictable conservative that seems to have core beliefs that provide grounding. Yet, he is not afraid to have a nuanced position which is a quality that unfortunately leads some to question his authenticity. He has an exceptional family and as best I can tell, has never had anything resembling a scandal in his life.

In every arena imaginable, he appears as Presidential as any candidate for that office I have ever seen. So, I find it distressing to read both the original article and many of the comments here. I don’t understand how someone so thoroughly qualified for President wasn’t chosen and continues to be savagely attacked. I believe America will regret not electing this man.

freethetruth| 10.28.08 @ 6:56PM

Anyone with half a brain can tell this is a hit piece on Romney. Palin is a good Republican, but Romney is also. He has been working hard for the McCain/Palin ticket and other Republican tickets that are in trouble or in a tough race. He could care less about the cameras. I think he is sick of all the dirty politics as he has said it is "highly unlikely" that he will run again and had even suggested that Jindal will run in 2012. Mitt Romney is a good man who is doing everything for the good of the country and is the opposite of selfish. Dont forget how he suddenly dropped out of the race to support McCain and gave up his $44 million so he could focus on raising money for McCain. He did this for the good of the country because McCain is still better than Obama, but other people who DO have selfish motivations continue to put words in his mouth or speculate negatively as to why anyone would do the honorable things he has done. They don't want to believe the truth staring them right in the face: HE IS AN HONORABLE MAN WITH ONLY THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY IN HIS HEART!
If he doesn't run again or does, and doesn't get elected, it will be an terrible loss for this country.

Kevin Rayburn| 10.28.08 @ 7:10PM

Bruce... You're a jackass.

PALIN is the one torpedoing things for the Republican Part. (And I'm also under the impression that evangelicals are being too pushy and un-godlike)

Mississippi and burning| 10.28.08 @ 7:12PM

Who in the hell is THE PROWLER, anyway?

Aside from being a biased reporter with an obvious negative agenda.

Michigan is for Lovers| 10.28.08 @ 7:15PM

You're wrong, Bill (I'm guessing its not the first time)...

Romney, if he chooses, will be the primary Republican focus in 2012 after Obama fails the nation miserably. (Much like Palin is doing now)

Trent Freel| 10.28.08 @ 7:17PM

Palin embarrasses the party every time she opens her mouth.

Kellie (Alaska)| 10.28.08 @ 7:19PM

The 'barracuda' palin is the one ruining the party. I hope she is never heard of again after our painful defeat next week.

Larry D.| 10.28.08 @ 7:21PM

Palin is 2008's answer to Quayle

William New York| 10.28.08 @ 7:22PM

Even you republicans agree that Palin was an abominable VP choice - better jump democrat fast.

BruceFromAP| 10.28.08 @ 7:29PM

Why is everyone jumping on me for suporting the Governor? Whose drawing big crowds for the campaign? Gov. Palin, that's who! Have you seen the people taking off their shirts and painting M A V E R I K on their chests? That's because of Gov. Palin.

What's next - are you going to start hating on Rush? If Rush ran for office, he'd get like 90% of the vote. I personally think that he and Gov. Palin should team up in 2012 - go Palin/Limbagh!!

Michigan-Matt| 10.28.08 @ 8:40PM

Look, it's been made crystal clear that McCain's choice of Palin was, on balance, a good one to energize those back-benching GOP social conservative cynics the Party has had to bear since Reagan invited them into the Party. McCain didn't have their support and probably wouldn't have their fervent support even if McCain had chosen Mitt, Fred and Huck-a-boom combined for veep. A gun-toting hockey Mom maverick with a son in Iraq gets 'em back in the booth for McCain.

On the other hand, it's pretty clear that Palin has been a wash when it comes to bringing women to the GOP ticket, bringing independents to the GOP ticket, bringing undecideds to the ticket. Her evasion of non-Fox media is utterly embarassing. Her fundamental lack of knowledge of foreign affairs and the federal govt makes W of 1999 look "informed and seasoned" by comparison -heck, she makes Dan Quayle look good.

If McCain-Palin lose on Election Day and Obama does for the Democrats and liberals what Reagan did for the GOP and conservatives, it won't matter who gets put up in 2012... the GOP is sunk as a Party for at least a generation and we'll be marginalized into "obstructionists" unless we move the Party back to the center and finally hold the back-benching social conservatives to account for the last 12 years of corrupt DC politics.

Time to clean house in the GOP if McCain-Palin lose.

Lars| 10.28.08 @ 9:25PM

Hmm. Why does this whole Mitt Romney thing look so much like a preemptive strike by Sarah Palin supporters, wanting to insure Romney's out of the way? The article gives no names, no details, just innuendo. How handy, now that there's a Christian conservative alternative to Mitt.

Mark| 10.28.08 @ 9:34PM

What a bogus article! When the GOP pulled the plug on Michigan who poured money into the state to keep the Party competitive? Mitt Romney! Who's on Fox and CNN every few days and travelling across America, working his butt off for the McCain-Palin ticket. Mitt of course!
What a self serving article. If you want Sarah in 2012, then just say so-- Don't posture at Mitt's expense.

J. Martin| 10.29.08 @ 1:33AM

People, the Prowler likes to make things up about Romney because he hates him. How can you just automatically believe what he writes is true when there's no proof to his accusations? A McCain aide said this, a McCain aide said that, a worker for Jeff Beatty worker said this. Yeah, right, sure, uh-huh. NO NAMES, NO PROOF!

PROWLER, STOP MAKING STUFF UP ABOUT ROMNEY AND HIS SUPPORTERS, YOU TALENTLESS HACK!

Mike S| 10.29.08 @ 1:05PM

Romney did nothing for the Mass. Republican party while he was Governor. Why start now?

Sherri D| 10.29.08 @ 1:07PM

Hey "Mike S' - why do dumbass's like you even open your mouth?

Wren Thomas| 10.29.08 @ 1:11PM

BRUCE FROM AP...

Everyone is jumping you because of your ignorant statements.

Yes, Palin is bringing out crowds - but in the same way that Paris Hilton draws them out. To see a freak show that will, pitifully, soon come to an end.

Jerry Fallhard| 10.29.08 @ 1:16PM

Add my name to the growing list of CHRISTIANS who are sick and tired of "evangels" trying to cram their version of GOD down everyone else's throats!

Talk about hypocrits.

Evangel Hypocrisy| 10.29.08 @ 2:25PM

I couldn't agree more with everyone's growing sickness of hypocritical and arrogant evangelicals who think they have some corner on christianity.

Ronald| 10.29.08 @ 2:36PM

Anybody in here who would rather see Huckabee or Palin rather than Romney on the top of any Republican Presidential ticket is an utter and complete moron. Enough said.

Troy Riser| 10.29.08 @ 2:41PM

Lars, you wrote, "Why does this whole Mitt Romney thing look so much like a preemptive strike by Sarah Palin supporters...?" It isn't. I consider myself a strong Palin supporter, and don't think our gal would want us to take time out a week or so before the election to play sneaky-snake games with sulky Mitt Romney supporters, particularly when we're facing the prospect of a socialistic one-party state ran by a charismatic figure equipped with his own personality cult. Focus, people.

BruceFromAP| 10.29.08 @ 3:33PM

My statements are not ignorent! She isn't Paris Hilton - instead, Sarah's been warning us about taxpayer money being spent on fruit flys in Paris, France!

I think we all need to appreciate that win or lose (and we're going to win - just look at Drug report or Fox) the Governor will be in charge of the Republican party, just like she'll be running the Senate. It's about time We The People had someone who speaks *our* language, rather than filtered liberal socialist proppaganda!

Palin/Plumber 2012!

Jordan| 10.29.08 @ 10:20PM

Did I miss something? Where in your article is there any evidence that Romney is responsible for the actions of former aides who, mind you, now work for McCain! Is it too much to ask for some evidence of a causal connection between Mitt Romney and what his former aids (now working for McCain) said or did? And while we're at it, how about some evidence that such undermining as may have occurred was even by former aides of Romney in the first instance! Is this too much to ask for? This is truly pathetic journalism and it is regrettable that the Spectator has such a strong an anti-Romney bias that you must sink to such weak evidentiary presentations, to say nothing of low journalistic standards. Finally, I note the following: it is just about impossible to turn on the television set or listen to talk radio without seeing or hearing Romney tout the McCain/Palin ticket. Is there a former presidential candidate who has made more effort, spent more money, traveled more, or spoken out more eloquently or stronger for Republicans and conservative values this fall than Romney? How much did Fred Thompson, Giuliani or Huckabee donate to the Proposition 8 effort in California???

Ms. Know| 10.30.08 @ 12:45AM

This bailout will be small compared to what the liberal illuminati are wanting to spend, and they haven't even taken over yet.

Whitneymuse| 10.30.08 @ 8:54PM

Rather than blame, Palin; look to McCain, and all the negative he's wrought before gaining the nomination. I voted for Romney in the Primary; and was grateful when McLame did the first thing I was totally ecstatic about this year. Besides, Barkey, isn't known for being a good closer. If McLame gains the POTUS, he'd better kiss Palin's butt and give her anything she wants.

Dannielle| 10.30.08 @ 9:04PM

Hillarious how the anti-evangelical comments above are all by the same person doing several comments in a row. If you really want to appear like a fellow
Christian and not the atheist you obviously are you would capitalize 'Christian' and 'God'. FYI that's always a give away. You hell bound hack.

BruceFromAP| 10.30.08 @ 9:12PM

Exactly Whitneymuse - when Johnny Mac, Sarah, and Joe the Plumber go marching in to clean up Washington in 2009 because of all the new voters that the Governor and the Plumber has brought to the table, John should give her extra responsibilities and mucho power.

First off, he should change the constituon so that she gets a vote in the Senate and can then be fully in charge. Imagine those liberal america-hating senators having to do what she says! Hey Teddy Kennedy - how do you like it now??

Scott| 10.31.08 @ 1:17AM

This is a deliberatly misleading article against Romney.

Romney supporters stay strong! He's worked harder than all the other Presidential candidates COMBINED to help conservatives win despite what this garbage of a website lies about him doing.

upamtn| 11.2.08 @ 11:02AM

my, how funny ... someone using the nom de plume BruceFromAP as if he's a real journalist ... I can't tell you people how many misspelled words, incorrect language usages and other "typos" I've read from the guy ... as an "Independent Liberal" I must say that I do love all the Republican sniping going on

Palin is a joke on the national stage: from ethics violations concerning not only the Monaghan firing, but also her kids' travel expenses being charged to the state of Alaska (often for functions where they were not invited to begin with) ... installing her political friends in state offices despite them having no qualifications, the pipeline fiasco which was as rigged and fixed as anything from the post-depression graft and corruption era, her total lack of knowledge about issues, her stand on abortion (sorry all you neocons: being against abortion even in cases of rape or incest is WRONG: that's the ultimate in government intervention in our personal lives)

yes, it's amazing how the GOP wants less government intervention unless it results in a political or fiscal benefit (McCain and his Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buddies, including Phil Gramm and the 150 former lobbyists working for his campaign)

Palin wanting to "drill, baby, drill" in one of the few pristine spots left on our fragile planet or her claims that mankind has nothing to do with global warming (we have everything to do with it and it's a scientific fact, unlike dinosaurs walking with around with humans)

you know, I liked the McCain of 2000 ... had McCain stuck to his guns in the years since then I might even have leaned towards voting for him this year (at least until the Palin fiasco: that's one very scary thought, Sarah Palin one heartbeat away) but then, I suppose it's all good to raise the demogoguish spectre of elitism when you own 7 homes and 13 vehicles (just like we ALL do, right Joe the Plumber?)

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BruceFromAP| 11.5.08 @ 8:06PM

The lessens I learn from this "loss" are these:

1. The Republican party needs to purge elites from it's ranks. The common man wants to vote for someone who looks talks, and thinks like him.

2. I know that liberal filters will laugh at me for saying this but the team of Sarah Palin and Joe the Plubmer are the future of our party. I'm really sad that Joe won't be going to Washington to clean things up for the average man.

3. Fox news channel needs to stop being so favorable to leftists and socialists. For example, when Obama won, they should've stopped covering the election and instead shown replay tapes of 2004.

Lara| 11.6.08 @ 5:58PM

Love her or hate her I think she will b president one day. She reminds me of my hero, Ronald Reagan. Whatever "IT" is , she has it. Bonus points, the hubby is a hottie. I'm just saying that an attractive spouse can help a man or a woman but when both are hotties I bet it is a 3-5% vote getter. Yes, I think we are that shallow, but we are only human, well, most of us are..

Tom| 11.8.08 @ 11:55AM

If Romney people are behind this, he is FINISHED in any chance for being elected in 2012.

The millions of Palin supporters will not vote for him even if he defeated Palin in the primaries.

Romney is a RINO like McCain and nobody can honestly say his record in MA is anywhere near as impressive as Palin's in AK.

She is the front-runner. Mitt can go back to his golfing.

S.D. M.| 11.9.08 @ 6:50AM

Are you kidding me? Wow! MSM tosses a bone out there that Romney supporters trash Palin and eveyone buys this? All of the Romney supporters were thrilled with the Palin selection and this is why we voted Republican. Until our friend MSM throws out a name more facts then do not shoot down Palin's biggest advocate. Romney has put a great amount of energy into support of both McCain and Palin so lets try to judge Romney and demand a few more facts.

Tyler M| 11.9.08 @ 7:57PM

Who has the most to lose if Palin gains in popularity?
Well it's not Mitt Romney. Romney has to worry more about Bobby Jindal who will attract the same base as Romney. The Romney & Jindal bases are those who are seeking after an extremely competent chief executive who has a strong resume in turning around things. Both Mitt & Bobby are also social conservatives. So, it would make more sense for Romney and his supporters to be afraid of Bobby Jindal.
Sarah Palin is also a conservative governor but her base of support is evangelical Christians. Which other candidate this year wanted to be the "CHRISTIAN LEADER?" Oh, that's right! Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee has the most to lose with the rise of Sarah Palin. Huckabee is also one of the most extreme cases of self promoting, devious politicians I have ever seen. Huckabee's campaign Chair just happened to be Chip Saltsman who then went to work at the top of the McCain camp. He could easily be one of the unnamed McCain campaign sources attacking Palin. Saltsman is also now trying to become head of the RNC. I would think that Saltsman wants his boy Huckabee to be the next nominee so that Saltsman can get repaid big time.
So, why not attack Sarah Palin on one hand while floating the rumor that it was Romney's camp doing the attacking? Huckabee could be trying to kill two birds with one stone here. Huckabee proved to be a big FAT (before his liposuction) liar throughout the campaign. Huckabee has attacked the Club for Growth as the Club for Greed & has attacked people who support strong border enforcement as racists. Huckabee has attacked everybody who got in his way throughout his career. He is an immature liberal idiot who thinks he’s a Republican only because he opposes abortion.
I think that it is pro-Huckabee people who are floating the anti-Palin rumors. McCain people just make McCain look dumb for having chosen Palin if they attack her for not being ready. But Huckabee has the most to gain in attacking Governor Palin. Huckabee's also the reason why Romney didn't win the nomination with his anti-Mormon smears. He will do whatever it takes to take out his opponents. He even went far enough to push hard against Mitt being put on the Republican Ticket out of jealousy. I hate Huck! He's the lowest form of life on the planet.

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The son-of-a-b*tch can't apparently can't take a f*cking hint!

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