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Old 05-15-2011, 01:54 PM
 
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I've said for awhile he is more of a democrat than anything else.

Look at his views and past votes.
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Old 05-15-2011, 01:57 PM
 
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Because he is the one that the pundits predict would get the most moderate/centrist Independent votes on the GOP side.
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Old 05-15-2011, 01:59 PM
 
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Because he is the one that the pundits predict would get the most moderate/centrist Independent votes on the GOP side.
I think he would as well. But he isn't the answer for conservatives.

And I'm not a lesser of two evils type of guy.

I don't see how any conservative can claim to be one and vote for Romney.

I think most that vote for him won't even know his democratic record, and just assume he's conservative because he'll have an R in front of his name.
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:06 PM
 
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I think he would as well. But he isn't the answer for conservatives.

And I'm not a lesser of two evils type of guy.

I don't see how any conservative can claim to be one and vote for Romney.

I think most that vote for him won't even know his democratic record, and just assume he's conservative because he'll have an R in front of his name.
I've known for a while that Romney is a RINO. Worse than McCain. I'm not gonna be voting for him in the primary of course. I'm only gonna vote for Romney is he's the winner of the primary election
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:11 PM
 
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I've known for a while that Romney is a RINO. Worse than McCain. I'm not gonna be voting for him in the primary of course. I'm only gonna vote for Romney is he's the winner of the primary election
To me that is admitting you are not a conservative.

If you go around saying all these conservative things and have conservative beliefs you would vote for somebody else or not vote.

Obama and Romney are very similar to me.

And that ain't bad if your looking for a liberal.

But give me a break if you are a conservative and would actually vote for him.
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:15 PM
 
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I've said for awhile he is more of a democrat than anything else.

Look at his views and past votes.

I don't think any conservatives would, I won't. I think DC elitist RINO's like Krauthammer, George Will and David Brooks would, but they're not conservatives.
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:20 PM
 
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To me that is admitting you are not a conservative.

If you go around saying all these conservative things and have conservative beliefs you would vote for somebody else or not vote.

Obama and Romney are very similar to me.

And that ain't bad if your looking for a liberal.

But give me a break if you are a conservative and would actually vote for him.
Who else am I gonna vote for? A Greenie or Ralph Nader, or Kucinich? Give me a good candidate that I would believe in and I'll vote for them. Otherwise, what's the point? I'm not gonna stay home and sit on my hands.
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:25 PM
 
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Who else am I gonna vote for? A Greenie or Ralph Nader, or Kucinich? Give me a good candidate that I would believe in and I'll vote for them. Otherwise, what's the point? I'm not gonna stay home and sit on my hands.
I voted for an independent in the Minnesota governor election, even though I knew he wouldn't win.

Voted for him because I agreed with him and what he stood for.

I refuse to vote for somebody I don't like, just because he is the lesser of two evils.

A vote for Romney is a vote for Obama, because they are the same.

And again, that's not a bad thing if you are a moderate or a liberal.

A fiscal conservative would never vote for him though.
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:34 PM
 
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I think he would as well. But he isn't the answer for conservatives.

And I'm not a lesser of two evils type of guy.

I don't see how any conservative can claim to be one and vote for Romney.

I think most that vote for him won't even know his democratic record, and just assume he's conservative because he'll have an R in front of his name.
They voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 and it wasn't hard to figure out he wasn't much of a conservative.
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Old 05-15-2011, 02:38 PM
 
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They voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 and it wasn't hard to figure out he wasn't much of a conservative.

Are we talking primaries, or general election? If it's primaries, there's no way in heck that i will vote for Romney. If it's the general election I will hold my nose and vote for him, if it helps get rid of Obama.
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