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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy at Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington, October 5, 2007.
Giuliani criticizes GOP on spending – Shame on Us
Republican presidential contenders on Friday scolded Congress for extravagant spending of taxpayer dollars, and Rudy Giuliani blamed the issue for GOP losses in last year’s elections.
“We lost control of Congress because we were just like the Democrats as far as spending is concerned — shame on us,” Giuliani told the anti-tax group Americans for Prosperity.
But the former New York mayor spent most of his 25-minute speech ridiculing Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democratic candidates, saying, “Republicans are amateur spenders, and Democrats are professional spenders.”
Giuliani addresses more than 1,700 grassroots activists at the first annual Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit in the Mayflower Hotel Ballroom, Oct. 5, 2007:
Part 1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhBP4eZ5PSA[/youtube]
Part 2[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2shR3xZaDI[/youtube]
Part 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhmaTF8nuII[/youtube]
The transcript of the Mayor’s remarks is here.
The Giuliani campaign’s video is here.
And here is the Hillary Clinton Baby Bond the Mayor references in his speech:
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Bill and Hillary Clinton: Double Trouble
Bill And Hil: Up To Their Old Tricks
Remember the rolling disclosures of the last presidency, when the Clintons would release just enough information after a scandal broke to placate the pliant media? Well, here they go again.
Only this time, they are telegraphing that they will keep certain things altogether secret should they return to the White House as co-presidents. And you thought they couldn’t be more brazen.
Both Clintons, for example, have refused to disclose the names of donors to the William J. Clinton Foundation. Bill says he will remain mum about all past donors, though he didn’t say that in so many words. As usual, you have to closely parse his words. Speaking of Hillary, he said, “If she gets elected president, I will disclose the contributions that people make from there going forward.”
Catch that? He will let the public know about any donations going forward — that is, after January 2009 — but not one donation before then. The $100 million-plus in donations raised for his library, “global initiatives” and other Clinton activities until that point will remain anonymous. In short, he really doesn’t plan to disclose a thing.
The same OLD TRICKS by the Dynamic Duo of Sleaze.
The latest in the Hsu Scandal.
Federal authorities have seized shady political fund-raiser Norman Hsu’s New York City bank accounts and the contents of his $8,000-a-month apartment, a lawyer said yesterday.
Will Norman start to HSU-SING about the Clinton Cabal and the Democrat Party?
Stay tuned as this story progresses…….
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Mitt Romney FLIP Watch: The Log Cabin Ad
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Elx3UWmyAY4[/youtube]
Log Cabin Republicans Release Anti-Romney Ad
In one of Mitt Romney’s early TV spots, an announcer described how, “In one of the most liberal states in the country, one Republican stood up†for various conservative issues, such as “traditional marriage and the sanctity of human life.†Not so fast, say the Log Cabin Republicans, the major gay Republican group. It has put out a new ad today featuring a very liberal sounding Mitt Romney. The spot comes off as pro-Romney, boasting of his “Massachusetts values,’’ which is a fairly brutal thing to say considering that the Log Cabin Republicans plan to run the spot not only locally in Iowa for two weeks, but also on Fox News (!!).
Flap just saw the ad air on Fox News. It may not hurt Romney directly but will frame the issue of FLIPPER MITT and paints him as a HYPOCRITE.
The Log Cabin Republicans also have a web page highlighting FLIPPER MITT.
Some Highlights:
ABORTIONFrom the Left:Romney ran against Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1994. During a debate, Romney declared: “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”
– Boston Globe, March 2, 2006“I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.”
-2002 Questionnaire for the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)
Boston Globe, July 3, 2005From the Right:
“I am pro-life. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate.”
– Boston Globe, Op-Ed, July 26, 2005More from the Right:
“Every decision I have made as Governor in a very liberal state has been on the side of favoring life.” – Governor Romney
– Robert Behre, “Romney Gets S.C. Support,” Charleston Post-Courier, January 30, 2007
TAXES
From the Left:
“Governor Romney…imposed a slew of fee hikes and tax ‘loophole’ closures….The largest of these was $259 million worth of fee hikes in FY 2004, the bulk of which came from higher Registry of Deeds fees. Smaller fee hikes, including higher charges for boaters and golfers, we imposed in FY 2003 and FY 2005. Romney also sought $128 million worth of so-called tax loophole closures for FY 2004; $70 million for FY 2005; and $170 million for FY 2006, which were later reduced to $85 million due to backlash from business leaders.”
– Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney“Romney continues to oppose the flat tax with harsh language, calling the tax ‘unfair.'”
– Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt RomneyRomney didn’t support President Bush’s tax cuts in 2003. That earned him praise from liberal Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)
– Boston Globe, April 11, 2003.From the Right:
“I said no to a tax hike; raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs. I also said no to more borrowing; borrowing just shifts our problems to the backs of our kids…Instead, I went after waste, inefficiency, duplication, and patronage.”
– Governor Romney, Boston Globe, October 24, 2005NO NEW TAXES PLEDGE
From the Left:
In 2002, Romney broke with his predecessor, Jane Swift, and Republican governors before her by declining to sign a written vow not to raise taxes once in office.
– Boston Globe, January 5, 2007 Read the article
From the Right:
Almost five years after he refused to sign a “no new taxes” pledge during his campaign for governor, Mitt Romney announced yesterday that he had done just that, as his campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination began in earnest.
– Boston Globe, January 5, 2007 Read the articleCAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS
From the Left:
Governor Romney has changed his position on key campaign finance reform issues several times during public life. During his 1994 Senate campaign, he held far left positions that advocated for abolishing PACs and creating strict campaign spending limits.
– Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt Romney
From the Right:
As he runs for President, Romney abandoned his previous stance and has come out as a harsh critic of McCain-Feingold, and those presidential candidates who support it. His transformation has even propelled him to call for the legislation’s repeal.
– Club for Growth’s White Paper on Mitt RomneyON HIS FAVORITE BOOK
From the Left:
He told Fox News his favorite book is L. Ron Hubbard’s “Battlefield Earth”
From the Right:
He also told Fox news his favorite book is the The Bible
Or
Who Knows:
His MySpace page said his favorite book is “Huckleberry Finn”
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Flap has his own list:- Flip on Abortion
- Campaign finance reform
- Flip on Gay Marriage
- Lied about hunting
- Scientology book one of his favorites
- Poor Mitt’s Dog
- Jay Garrity Trooper Flap
- The Robert Lichfield FLAP
- None of Mitt’s five adult sons had served in the military
- Health Care 2.0 Flip Flop
- PhoneyFred.org Flap
- Tax FLIP
When Iowa and New Hampshire voters focus in on the Romney record, Mitt will sink like a stone in the polls.
This has already started.
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Mitt Romney FLIP Watch: Hillary Health Care 2.0 Similar to Romney’s Health Care Plan
A combination image shows (L) Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and (R) Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton. Experts say Clinton’s health plan borrows heavily from one Romney signed into law when he was governor of Massachusetts, which made the liberal state the first in the United States with near-universal health insurance.
Romney, Clinton health care plans similar: experts
When it comes to health care, Republican Mitt Romney loves to take swipes at Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
He calls Clinton’s plan, which would require every American to have health insurance, “European-style socialized medicine” and derides it as inspired by “European bureaucracies.”
Romney is quick to remind supporters of the U.S. senator from New York’s dramatic 1993 failure to reform U.S. health care, which many Americans felt overstepped the role of first lady.
Despite all that, experts say Clinton’s plan borrows heavily from one Romney signed into law when he was governor of Massachusetts, which made the liberal state the first in the United States with near-universal health insurance.
That similarity could be fodder for Romney’s rivals vying to be the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
“Hillary’s plan is just like the Massachusetts plan. There’s not a whole lot of difference,” said Jonathan Gruber, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor who was an adviser to Romney on the state’s health care reform law.
Like Clinton’s plan, the law Romney signed in April 2006 is underpinned by an “individual mandate” compelling people to buy health insurance. Both plans entail subsidies and government regulations. For those in Massachusetts earning less than the federal poverty level of $9,800, free coverage is provided.
But, Hillary’s Health Care Plan 2.0 is similar to Romney’s Health Care Plan 1.0.
Here is a Hillary Clinton ad that invokes 9/11 for her universal health care plan or Hillary 2.0:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6vu6cWWTQ[/youtube]
Flap has criticized the then Massachusetts Governor Romney for his “universal†and “socialized†plan. You know the one Hillary Clinton has praised and supported by Teddy Kennedy.
But, Mitt has FLIPPED from this plan and Flap noted his NEW position here.
The problem with comparing Romney’s positions is that he changes them every week or whenever it is expedient to him politically. In THIS, Mitt and Hillary are very similar.
By the way, here is conservative health care expert Sally Pipes on Romney 1.0:Conservatives mostly understand the problems associated with the direct government provision of products and services — poor quality, shortages, high taxes, and shoddy service. What they must also understand is that forcing an individual to purchase health insurance is merely a rest stop on the journey to the same destination.
The best way to make health insurance available to the greatest number of people is to make sure that it can be provided at the lowest possible prices. Instead of abolishing the government regulations that have raised the cost of health insurance in Massachusetts, Governor Romney has proposed that the government should pay for the health insurance of the very people for whom the government made health insurance unaffordable.
Here is Mitt as of May on his 1.0 and 2.0 plans:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YCPYOAOTBH0[/youtube]
Flap is NOW confused because of the changing Romney positions.
Though it was his crowning achievement as governor, Romney has distanced himself from aspects of the law that offend his party’s conservative base, including the extent of the government’s role. He has proposed a plan that includes federal tax breaks and incentives to states to help the 47 million uninsured Americans afford coverage.
“What works in Massachusetts may not work in Texas,” Romney said at a campaign stop in Salt Lake City, Utah.
And he wrote recently in The Wall Street Journal, “As governor of Massachusetts, I led the fight for reforms that used free markets and innovation, rather than big-government control, to lower health care costs and cover the uninsured.”
Flap thinks Mitt Romney is confused as well.
Another oddity, like the rest:Scientology book one of his favorites
The Robert Lichfield FLAP
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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 5, 2007
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