The Real Mitt Romney Isn't who he has made himself out to be lately

Aug 7, 2012
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Marsha Mirkin, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Lasell College in Massachusetts.

She wrote this column for the Denver Post after the first debate.

Here I am, a resident of Massachusetts listening to my former Governor
speak convincingly and with seeming conviction at the Denver debate.
I was startled by my Déjà vu experience and by the assumptions held by
my out-of-town friends about Mr. Romney's governorship. So, as an
editor and author of articles and texts about social and political
contexts, I wanted to reach out to my distant neighbors in Colorado
and share my understanding of Mr. Romney's governorship and the
implications for the Presidency. Massachusetts is known as a liberal
state, but we often vote for Republican governors, and the three
governors who immediately preceded Mr. Romney were Republicans. Mr.
Romney was a one term governor who left office with a 31% approval
rating, the 3rd lowest in the entire country. What does our
experience in Massachusetts say to the country?

Mr. Romney claims to have experience reaching across the aisle. Maybe
he did do some reaching, but not much of it went toward the Democrats.
In his first two years of office, he vetoed legislation at more than
twice the rate of Republican predecessor Governor Weld. Governor
Romney had a record 800 vetoes (most of which were overturned,
sometimes unanimously). One example is when the legislature provided
a budget amendment to stop contracting with companies that outsource
state work to other countries. Governor Romney vetoed the provision.
This meant that he supported outsourcing jobs at the expense of U.S.
workers. He also started a huge campaign to unseat Democratic
legislators, but failed and ended up with even fewer Republican seats
than before he took office.

Governor Romney correctly claims that Massachusetts rose to #1 in
education-but it was based on former Governor Weld's education reform
plan. Governor Romney moved in the opposite direction--he vetoed bills
that would have strengthened preschool education. However, the issue is not so much how he voted, but that Mr. Romney won the governorship by presenting himself in one way, as a social and fiscal moderate (some saw him as a social progressive), and by the end of his single term, he had acted in an entirely different way. He said during his campaign that he favore stem cell research and then vetoeda bill to fund it. He argued for a lower minimum wage than the state legislature ended up passing (over his veto). He vetoed a bill funding hate crimes prevention, and took back money approved by a former Republican governor for a bullying prevention program. He denied all requests for commutations and pardons, including one from a soldier serving in Iraq whose was convicted at age 13 for a BB gun incident. He vetoed emergency contraception. He raised many fees in my state-even quadrupling the gasoline delivery fees.
 
Marsha Mirkin, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Lasell College in Massachusetts.

She wrote this column for the Denver Post after the first debate.

Here I am, a resident of Massachusetts listening to my former Governor
speak convincingly and with seeming conviction at the Denver debate.
I was startled by my Déjà vu experience and by the assumptions held by
my out-of-town friends about Mr. Romney's governorship. So, as an
editor and author of articles and texts about social and political
contexts, I wanted to reach out to my distant neighbors in Colorado
and share my understanding of Mr. Romney's governorship and the
implications for the Presidency. Massachusetts is known as a liberal
state, but we often vote for Republican governors, and the three
governors who immediately preceded Mr. Romney were Republicans. Mr.
Romney was a one term governor who left office with a 31% approval
rating, the 3rd lowest in the entire country. What does our
experience in Massachusetts say to the country?

Mr. Romney claims to have experience reaching across the aisle. Maybe
he did do some reaching, but not much of it went toward the Democrats.
In his first two years of office, he vetoed legislation at more than
twice the rate of Republican predecessor Governor Weld. Governor
Romney had a record 800 vetoes (most of which were overturned,
sometimes unanimously). One example is when the legislature provided
a budget amendment to stop contracting with companies that outsource
state work to other countries. Governor Romney vetoed the provision.
This meant that he supported outsourcing jobs at the expense of U.S.
workers. He also started a huge campaign to unseat Democratic
legislators, but failed and ended up with even fewer Republican seats
than before he took office.

Governor Romney correctly claims that Massachusetts rose to #1 in
education-but it was based on former Governor Weld's education reform
plan. Governor Romney moved in the opposite direction--he vetoed bills
that would have strengthened preschool education. However, the issue is not so much how he voted, but that Mr. Romney won the governorship by presenting himself in one way, as a social and fiscal moderate (some saw him as a social progressive), and by the end of his single term, he had acted in an entirely different way. He said during his campaign that he favore stem cell research and then vetoeda bill to fund it. He argued for a lower minimum wage than the state legislature ended up passing (over his veto). He vetoed a bill funding hate crimes prevention, and took back money approved by a former Republican governor for a bullying prevention program. He denied all requests for commutations and pardons, including one from a soldier serving in Iraq whose was convicted at age 13 for a BB gun incident. He vetoed emergency contraception. He raised many fees in my state-even quadrupling the gasoline delivery fees.

Romney has a Track Record as Governor of a Moderate and someone who can work with Both sides of the Isle.

That is who he is.
 
Seems to me he is exactly what he says, an executive with an eye on the bottom line. Tell me again why government should pay for pre-school.
 
Marsha Mirkin, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Lasell College in Massachusetts.

She wrote this column for the Denver Post after the first debate.

Here I am, a resident of Massachusetts listening to my former Governor
speak convincingly and with seeming conviction at the Denver debate.
I was startled by my Déjà vu experience and by the assumptions held by
my out-of-town friends about Mr. Romney's governorship. So, as an
editor and author of articles and texts about social and political
contexts, I wanted to reach out to my distant neighbors in Colorado
and share my understanding of Mr. Romney's governorship and the
implications for the Presidency. Massachusetts is known as a liberal
state, but we often vote for Republican governors, and the three
governors who immediately preceded Mr. Romney were Republicans. Mr.
Romney was a one term governor who left office with a 31% approval
rating, the 3rd lowest in the entire country. What does our
experience in Massachusetts say to the country?

Mr. Romney claims to have experience reaching across the aisle. Maybe
he did do some reaching, but not much of it went toward the Democrats.
In his first two years of office, he vetoed legislation at more than
twice the rate of Republican predecessor Governor Weld. Governor
Romney had a record 800 vetoes (most of which were overturned,
sometimes unanimously). One example is when the legislature provided
a budget amendment to stop contracting with companies that outsource
state work to other countries. Governor Romney vetoed the provision.
This meant that he supported outsourcing jobs at the expense of U.S.
workers. He also started a huge campaign to unseat Democratic
legislators, but failed and ended up with even fewer Republican seats
than before he took office.

Governor Romney correctly claims that Massachusetts rose to #1 in
education-but it was based on former Governor Weld's education reform
plan. Governor Romney moved in the opposite direction--he vetoed bills
that would have strengthened preschool education. However, the issue is not so much how he voted, but that Mr. Romney won the governorship by presenting himself in one way, as a social and fiscal moderate (some saw him as a social progressive), and by the end of his single term, he had acted in an entirely different way. He said during his campaign that he favore stem cell research and then vetoeda bill to fund it. He argued for a lower minimum wage than the state legislature ended up passing (over his veto). He vetoed a bill funding hate crimes prevention, and took back money approved by a former Republican governor for a bullying prevention program. He denied all requests for commutations and pardons, including one from a soldier serving in Iraq whose was convicted at age 13 for a BB gun incident. He vetoed emergency contraception. He raised many fees in my state-even quadrupling the gasoline delivery fees.

Romney has a Track Record as Governor of a Moderate and someone who can work with Both sides of the Isle.

That is who he is.

"Both sides of the (aisle)" is just double-speak for "flip-flopping":

Abortion

Then (2002) ”I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard.”

Flip-Flop (10/10/2011) "I am firmly pro-life.”

About his 47% Comments

Afghanistan War Withdrawal Timeline

Auto Bailout

Bain Capital (When he quit)

Blind Trusts

Bush Tax Cuts

Campaign Finance Reform

Conservative Credentials

Food Stamps

Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment

Gay People Serving in the Military

Global Warming

Gun Control

Gun Ownership

Health Care

Health Care Mandate (Whether it's a tax)

Health Care Mandates

Hiring Undocumented Workers

Hospital Care for the Uninsured

Hunting

Illegal Immigration

Iraq War

Martin Luther King

Medicare

Minimum Wage

No Tax Pledge

NRA

Ohio Anti-Union Bill

Osama bin Laden

Overpaying Taxes

Poor People

Releasing Tax Returns

Repealing All of the Health Care Reform Law

Roe v. Wade

Ronald Reagan

Stem Cell Research

Stimulus in 2009

Tax Cuts for the Rich

Teachers (Number of them)

Vietnam War Service

Welfare

Whether Obama Raised Taxes

Which Americans Romney Cares About

By Topic | RomneyFlop.com
 
Marsha Mirkin, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Lasell College in Massachusetts.

She wrote this column for the Denver Post after the first debate.

Romney has a Track Record as Governor of a Moderate and someone who can work with Both sides of the Isle.

That is who he is.

"Both sides of the (aisle)" is just double-speak for "flip-flopping":

Abortion

Then (2002) ”I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard.”

Flip-Flop (10/10/2011) "I am firmly pro-life.”

About his 47% Comments

Afghanistan War Withdrawal Timeline

Auto Bailout

Bain Capital (When he quit)

Blind Trusts

Bush Tax Cuts

Campaign Finance Reform

Conservative Credentials

Food Stamps

Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment

Gay People Serving in the Military

Global Warming

Gun Control

Gun Ownership

Health Care

Health Care Mandate (Whether it's a tax)

Health Care Mandates

Hiring Undocumented Workers

Hospital Care for the Uninsured

Hunting

Illegal Immigration

Iraq War

Martin Luther King

Medicare

Minimum Wage

No Tax Pledge

NRA

Ohio Anti-Union Bill

Osama bin Laden

Overpaying Taxes

Poor People

Releasing Tax Returns

Repealing All of the Health Care Reform Law

Roe v. Wade

Ronald Reagan

Stem Cell Research

Stimulus in 2009

Tax Cuts for the Rich

Teachers (Number of them)

Vietnam War Service

Welfare

Whether Obama Raised Taxes

Which Americans Romney Cares About

By Topic | RomneyFlop.com

They should change their name to welie.com, and you should know better than to post crap that has been shot down time and time again. Not going to take the time to do it again here.
 

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