Zandstra questions Romney’s record

Dr. Jerry Zandstra, a reported member of Sam Brownback’s Steering Committee, has questioned Mitt Romney’s signature to the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge of Americans for Tax Reform.”

Governor Romney refused to sign the Pledge in 2002, and members of his campaign even refereed to it as “government by gimmickry.”

Romney has faced tremendous criticism as of late in his attempt to “falsely” slant his conservative credentials in order to be able to compete with more proven conservatives candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, like Sam Brownback.

Zandstra sees this as just another coincidence of Romney “flip-flopping” his record to appear more conservative.

In the article Zandstra states:

“If this were the only flip in Gov. Romney’s budding candidacy, fiscal conservatives could attribute it to him seeing the light and, echoing Churchill, gaining a brain. Perhaps he has learned that new taxation only leads to a decline in jobs and the overall economy. But this is not Gov. Romney’s first flip nor is it likely to be his last in his run for the White House.”

Published in: on January 6, 2007 at 10:52 pm  Comments (2)  

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  1. Why don’t we look at the Romney’s record of governance:

    Romney governed the state of Massachusetts without raising taxes. Yet he was able to turn over a 3 billion deficit into a billion dollar surplus. This while Brownback was trying to let illegals in.

    Face it Brownback has about as much chance of being president as my pet doggy.

    http://www.mymanmitt.com

  2. Jason,

    Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

    I do not know your pet dog, however if you are equating him to Sam the Man I am somewhat suprised that a Mitt Romney supporter like yourself would own such a proven conservative pet.

    I would think that someone like yourself would feel more close to a dog that was unable make up his mind about anything, went back and forth with his actions to please whomever was paying attention at the time, and who told everyone he was a steadfast conservative dog (like you current one) and got mocked and ridiculed out of existence.

    As for “your man Mitt’s” one billion dollar surplus please read the slew of articles in today’s news about the 1 billion dollar deficit he left in Mass. and then tried to play off as a surplus.

    Here is one for ya.

    http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/30/state_could_face_1b_deficit_in_07/


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