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12-19-2007, 07:20 PM
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Romney dismisses photo of him at Planned Parenthood event
Source: Photo appears to show Romney at Planned Parenthood fund-raiser - 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog - Political Intelligence - Boston.com
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By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff
Mitt Romney, who has taken hits from his Republican presidential rivals for his change of heart on abortion, had to explain earlier this year a donation that his wife made to Planned Parenthood.
Now, his campaign is trying to explain a photo, sent to several news organizations today, that shows him at a fund-raiser for the abortion provider.
Nicki Nichols Gamble, a former president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, said today that the photo shows Mitt and Ann Romney at a private home in Cohasset in June 1994. At the time, Romney was hoping to unseat US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and eager to show his support for abortion rights, said Gamble, who is pictured in the photo with her back to the camera.
The photo "demonstrates again, and it's already been demonstrated, that Mitt Romney has changed his mind about whether he is pro-choice or anti-choice more than once, and that he seems to change his mind based on the practicality of the political situation," Gamble said in a telephone interview today. "In 1994, he was in a very tightly contested race with Ted Kennedy, who is pro-choice, and he seemed to embrace the pro-choice cause.”
Romney's campaign acknowledged in May that Ann made a $150 contribution to Planned Parenthood in 1994, but his spokesman Kevin Madden said at the time, "Since it was so long ago, Ann has no information of the circumstances."
Romney has said he changed his mind about abortion starting in 2004 after talking to scientists about stem cell research.
Romney dismissed any significance of the photo.
"I attend a lot of events when I run for office. I don't recall the specific event," Romney said while campaigning today in South Carolina, according to the Associated Press. "I think I've made it very clear. I was pro-choice, or effectively pro-choice, when I ran in 1994. As governor I'm pro-life and I have a record of being pro-life and I'm firmly pro-life today."
His campaign also issued this statement today: "Governor Romney is firmly pro-life and has made it clear that as president he will advocate for a culture that welcomes life and protects the sanctity of life. Like Ronald Reagan before him, the governor has changed his position on this issue and changed it in the right way. Governor Romney does not regret, and won’t apologize for the fact, that he has become pro-life."
On the photo specifically, the statement said, "As Mrs. Romney has stated previously, she is unfamiliar with the circumstances of a check she wrote close to 14 years ago. During his campaign for US Senate in 1994, it would not have been out of the ordinary for the governor to have attended an event, out of the hundreds that any candidate would attend during a campaign season, which involved a voter coalition and also have his wife accompanying him."
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Romney knew who they were, that is why he was there to help them. A republican senatorial candidate does not accidentally attend a private Planned Parenthood fund raiser and write them a check.
I just don't see Huck or Mitt winning this race.
They're both disingenuous crackpots.
I still see a two-man race, Fred and Rudy...Although Fred has been losing steam in every single state since November. He hasn't gained ANYWHERE, and is down in several states by 1/3 from his late November numbers. He's all but pulled out of NH; is at #3 in SC (barely tied with Rudy); and in some places he is off by 2/3 from late November. |
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12-19-2007, 07:23 PM
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Needless to say I don't share your optimism for Giuliani. However, if Giuliani is smart, he will focus heavily on Michigan, where he has a fighting chance.
RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - Michigan Republican Primary
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12-19-2007, 07:34 PM
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Come on. He leads virtually every state on Super Tuesday. |
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01-17-2008, 02:15 AM
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Polls are bunk superdude, don't count your eggs...
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01-17-2008, 04:05 AM
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They're both disingenuous crackpots.
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Mitt Romney is a viable candidate. He is my backup plan. If the most tragic event of our country's history occurs and Rudy has to drop, and he endorses McCain or Huckabee over Romney, I will scorn him for the rest of my life.
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Both these are your words, Super, the first from thisthread, the second from another.So, you always support crackpots then? Well....uhm, okay, that question answers itself. Or do you just change your mind a lot?
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01-17-2008, 10:32 AM
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From what I understand, Mitt was pro-choice in Massachusetts. My father has said a number of times that the Mitt running for President nowhere near resembles the Mitt from Massachusetts (where I grew up).
Massachusetts will not vote for him if they have been paying attention to what he has become.
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01-17-2008, 12:10 PM
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Both these are your words, Super, the first from thisthread, the second from another.So, you always support crackpots then? Well....uhm, okay, that question answers itself. Or do you just change your mind a lot?
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I have officially endorsed Mitt Romney as my second choice, yes. I still will campaign against him because I have another candidate who deserves the job more. |
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01-17-2008, 02:30 PM
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So, if your candidate does not win, you'll be quite okay to see a disingenuous crackpots= as your president?
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“The subject no longer has to be mentioned by name. Someone is sick. Someone else is feeling better now. A friend has just gone back into the hospital. Another has died. The unspoken name, of course, is AIDS.”
“From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.”
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01-17-2008, 03:54 PM
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Romney wasn't pro-life until 2005 or so, and we all know it. So how is it anything new to say he was pro-choice during the period of time we all knew he was pro-choice?
I'm not saying I like his old position or neccesarily that I believe his conversion. But I am aware of it and just saying it again and again doesn't really mean anything to me.
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01-18-2008, 01:18 AM
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better than a Clinton
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