Why Mitt?

I would like a conservative Republican to explain why they support Mitt and believe that he is the most qualified individual to be President of this great country, without referring to our current president, or comparing him to our current president. Really, why Mitt? Other than he is white, male, and rich. He has articulated no definitive policies that would make one choose him as qualified. He is on record flip flopping on almost every issue. Why Mitt? We have thread after thread bashing our current president, but no one has come up with a reason to support Mitt other than he is not President Obama. Tell me any other reason why you support him other than him not being President Obama.

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It isn't a matter of picking Mitt as himself, it is a matter of picking someone better than BHO.

But I will play your game,
I think he has shown himself to be intelligent, able to succeed in a number of different vocations, a man who is willing to work with a Democratic legislature to get things done. And while flip-flopper has a bad name now, sometimes it is important to change your fixes to reflect changing situations. Would you really want a hide-bound man who wouldn't compromise on any issue?
It is funny to see why the Dems claim to hate him so much, "he shows no humanity", do you really think so? He did pass Romney-care. Would a heartless man have done that?

He isn't the perfect candidate by any means, but he was the best of the options given, especially as a man who has experience, intelligence, and someone who gets things done. (Can't resist, rather than blame all his woes on a previous administration.) I really think he is the bipartisan man who can work with both sides of the aisle, something Obama promised but was unable to deliver. In fact, I predict, he will have more fights with the TEA party than Reid in the Senate.

Can you provide any facts to back up your opinions on Mitt? I appreciate your opinions, but why? I have not found anything in his record to support those opinions. I have no problem with a candidate changing their position after careful thought and changed circumstances over time, but not merely to pander to whatever voting base he is speaking to. Case in point, he referred to himself as being to the far left of Ted Kennedy in regard to gay rights when he was campaigning for governor of Massachusetts, yet he is against gay marriage, gay adoption, etc. when campaigning in the primaries this year. There is example after example of this type of pandering for votes. He was all for individual mandates as governor of Massachusetts, and even up to two years ago, now he is against them. The list is near endless. I mean even his own campaign manager refers to him as "Etch a Sketch", meaning changing his position on issues to suit his audience.

Something the Dog Said wrote: Really, why Mitt? Other than he is white, male, and rich.

If this makes you feel better it's because I hate anyone who isn't white, women belong in the kitchen, and I hate poor people. There, you have it. Anyone who wants a president other than our current dismal failure is racist, sexist, and anti-social.

Pretty funny, ad hominem attacks and weak demonization efforts are all the liberals have. Like I said long ago, this is all you'll see until November because Obama has little to nothing to run on.

Really Dog. Why Obama? Tell us why he's been such a great President. Can you tell us without mentioning Mitt, or Bush? Why should I again vote for a Democrat for President?

Are you really so naive as to believe in campaign promises?

Obama campaigned that marriage was only to be between a man and a woman. That is why you look at their record in office. Obama supported homosexual marriage when he was a state legislator.

If Mitt wins, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by how moderate he will be as President. Do you really see him as a hardcore conservative in the vein of Barry Goldwater? He was governor in Massachussets not Utah.

I think he will be a fiscal conservative and a moderate on social issues. I wouldn't expect gay or abortion rights would increase on his watch, but I don't think you will see rights stripped away either.

His refusal to provide any specifics on his policies regarding important issues such as the economy, deficit, military spending, immigration, prevent me from having any opinion other than he has no principles. He campaigns that he would cut the deficit in two years, give tax cuts to the wealthy, while doubling the spending for the military really tells me that he has no clue. That coupled with his being completely out of touch with the middle class makes me think that he would be an absolute disaster. We already have a congress and administration (and a judiciary) that are too far in bed with the corporate oligarchy and one percenters that electing Mitt, the ultimate corporate tool, would destroy the middle class.

OK, we will agree to disagree. You vote for a person based on campaign speeches and platforms. I look at how he has performed under fire. Turning around an Olympics, creating wealth as a business executive, governing a state.

And I know they want to throw the jobs record of Bain as an attack against Mitt, but his goal wasn't to create jobs, it was to create wealth, and he did that, for himself and Bain investors.

Very few people can succeed in totally different careers, but Mitt has.

He "created wealth" while destroying jobs. America is NOT a "corporation"... This isn't the "U.S.A., Inc." He can't layoff, downsize, outsource the country.

His governing of the state took them from 36th to 47th in the nation.

His health-care plan is the only thing he did RIGHT, and now he's frantically running away from it, to temporarily gain favor with the teabaggers...

Uh-huh.... I'M impressed....

Rumney is too middle of the road for my liking, but when it comes to choosing supreme court justices and making exec orders and just making decisions in general I think he can do a better job than Odumba. Odumba proved to me that he is not a man of principles when he screwed over the creditors of GM. Sorry when it comes to who is more pathetic Odumba wins.