Smooth Talking Mitt

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Smooth Talking Mitt

• This week, the Boston Globe Published Details of
  A Secret PowerPoint Presentation Revealing the
  Mitt Romney Campaigns strategies and
  weaknesses--77 slides of concerns
• He's not a tough war time leader
• Earned a reputation as 'Slick Dancing Mitt' or
  'Flip-Flop Mitt.'"
• Hair looks too perfect
• Doesn't want to spend 2007 facing skepticism
  about his conservative message
• Boston Globe, 2/27/07

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Smooth Talking Mitt

• The Real Smooth-Talking Mitt PowerPoint
  Presentation

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• "There's no problem, in my view, with someone who
  changes their view on an issue, because I
  certainly have."
• ---Mitt Romney, On His Reputation as 'Slick
  Dancing Mitt' or 'Flip-Flop Mitt, Atlanta
  Journal-Constitution, 2/22/07

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Smooth Talking Mitt

• Old Mitt SUPPORTED a Womans Right to Choose
• "I respect and will protect a woman's right to
  choose. Weekly Standard, 2/5/07.
• I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the
  law for 20 years, we should sustain and support
  it. Kennedy Debate, Oct. 1994

• New Mitt OPPOSES a Womans Right to Choose
• 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. Romney Website

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Smooth Talking Mitt

• Old Mitt SUPPORTED LGBT Rights
• As we seek to establish full equality for
  America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will
  provide more effective leadership than my
  opponent. Romney Letter to Log Cabin
  Republicans, 10/6/94

• New Mitt OPPOSES LGBT Rights
• I don't want civil unions or gay marriage.
• Ifthe only choice is between civil union and
  marriage, I will prefer civil union.  But I would
  prefer neither. Hardball, MSNBC, 8/26/05

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• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Path to Citizenship
• Those that are here paying taxes and not
  taking government benefits should begin a process
  towards application for citizenship. Lowell
  Sun, 3/30/06

• New Mitt OPPOSES Path to Citizenship
• Those people who are here illegally should not
  get any benefit by being here. ABC This Week,
  2/18/07

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• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Minimum Wage
• "I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with
  inflation I think the minimum wage is a good
  thing." Boston Globe, 10/17/94

• New Mitt OPPOSES Minimum Wage
• Vetoed Massachusetts Minimum Wage hike,
  legislators overrode veto. Associated Press,
  8/1/06

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• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Social Security
• "I don't think you go back and rewrite the
  contract the government has with people who've
  retired." Boston Globe, 10/17/1994

• New Mitt OPPOSES Social Security
• Romney is weighing deep cuts in
  automatic-benefit programs such as Medicare and
  Social Security. Bloomberg, 2/7/2007

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Smooth Talking Mitt

• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Gun Safety
• Supported Brady Bill and assault weapons ban
• Bragged that his positions were "not going to
  make me the hero of the NRA." Boston Globe,
  1/14/06

• New Mitt OPPOSES Gun Safety
• Joined the NRA last August. Boston Globe,
  2/19/07
• Toured gun show with NRAs Wayne LaPierre.
  Boston Globe, 1/14/06
• Claimed to own his sons gun Boston Globe,
  1/14/06

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• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Taxes
• Refused to sign No New Tax pledge
• Spokesman called it government by gimmickry
• Raised 500 million in taxes and fees

• New Mitt OPPOSES Taxes
• Signed No New Tax pledge
• The government is over-fed. I believe we're
  spending too much money Romney TV ad, Feb. 2007

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• Old Mitt OPPOSED Bush Tax Cuts
• Refused to endorse Bushs 2003 tax cuts.
• Spokesman said that it's "just not a state
  matter." Boston Globe, 4/11/03

• New Mitt SUPPORTS Bush Tax Cuts
• We should make the tax cuts permanent." Remarks
  to Detroit Economic Club, 2/7/07
• Brags "he was quicker than McCain to endorse
  President Bush's tax cuts.East Valley Sun,
  11/14/06

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Smooth Talking Mitt

• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Stem Cell Research
• In 2002, he endorsed embryonic stem cell
  research in broad terms, saying at one campaign
  stop that he would lobby Bush to embrace it.
  Boston Globe, 2/11/07

• New Mitt OPPOSES Stem Cell Research
• Opposes end to Bush ban on additional federal
  funding for stem cell research
• Objects to any expansion of taxpayer-funded
  human embryonic stem cell research. Boston
  Globe, 2/11/07

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• Old Mitt SUPPORTED Campaign Finance Reform
• Proposed taxing political contributions to
  finance publicly funded campaigns.
• Advocated placing spending limits on
  congressional campaigns and abolishing political
  action committees (PACs). The Hill, 2/8/07

• New Mitt OPPOSES Campaign Finance Reform
• Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act one of the worst
  things in my lifetime. The Hill, 2/8/07

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• Old Mitt OPPOSED Ronald Reagan
• Said he was an independent during the time of
  Reagan-Bush
• Im not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.
  Boston Globe, 1/19/07

• New Mitt SUPPORTS Ronald Reagan
• Calls Reagan his hero
• Praises Reagan's brand of visionary and
  courageous leadership. Boston Globe, 1/19/07

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• When you face challenges, you go to your core
  beliefs.
• ---Mitt Romney, Nightline, 1/29/07

Where Will Mitt Go Next?