McCain camp continues to pile on Mitt

Posted: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:04 AM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Mark Murray
Well, the McCain campaign is continuing to blast Romney for his recent comment that he represents the Republican wing of the Republican Party. This time, it comes in the form of a statement from former New Hampshire congressman Chuck Douglas (R), the vice chair of McCain's NH campaign, who draws attention to a $250 contribution Romney gave to Democrat Dick Swett in 1992 and Romney's vote for Paul Tsongas in the '92 primaries.

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"As a Republican who ran against liberal Democrat Dick Swett, I can assure you that in 1992 Republicans wrote checks to defeat him; and those Republicans weren't voting for Paul Tsongas that year either," Douglas says in the statement. "Mitt Romney actively worked to defeat the Republican candidate trying to reclaim my old congressional seat. Therefore, I'm amazed that Romney would claim to represent the Republican wing of the Republican Party -- because when Romney had a chance to contribute to a New Hampshire Republican, he chose to fund a liberal New Hampshire Democrat instead."

Douglas concludes, "In the coming months, Republican primary voters must ask themselves which Republican candidate will restore trust in government and lead a united Republican Party. I know New Hampshire Republicans will find the common sense Republican values they are looking for in John McCain."

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Does that mean McCain represents the Bush wing of the Republican party? If not Romney does any candidate represent the Republican wing besides Ron Paul?

nuanced (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:15 AM)

this post could have been better used talking about ron pauls upward movement in the standings, why waste space talking about the has been mccain

MK,MO (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:20 AM)

All this wishful thinking by the Republicans is pretty funny. At this point, the Republican Party doesn't have any Wings, or Legs either, for that matter. All it has left is a Tail.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:24 AM)

Nascar is not only popular in the south, but al over the US. Does the Democrats think nascar fan are dirty or what? DO they realize how many people they are insulting across the US? Well NASCAR nation to the Democrats, North, South, East and West. YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR REMARKS AT THE BALLOT BOX, NASCAR NATION CAN DEFEAT U

Billybob from California (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:30 AM)

Billybob, put on your glasses -- no, no, not the beer goggles. Now re-read the article above. See, no mention of NASCAR at all. Have you been listening to Rush Limbaugh again?

nuanced (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:39 AM)

lmao...those snubbed nascar fans...I love watching nascar races on TV but I wouldn't go to one without shots and two or three boxes on saniwipes...grow up

jrsuckssoheisgordosteamie (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:40 AM)

Only Paul represents the principles of small government and fiscal responsibility; all the other Republicans will campaign on those slogans, while continuing the Bush pattern of the biggest, most incompetent, most corrupt, and most indebted government in the history of the world. I don't agree with Paul's bare-bones libertarianism, but I can at least respect his candor in representing a real conservative philosophy; Republicans who have any concern for the core principles of their party should be voting for Ron Paul.

Just imagine if the general election were to be Obama-Paul or Edwards-Paul; it would be a real and honest debate about policy, and not the war of meaningless slogans freak show a Clinton-Giuliani or Clinton-Romney race would be.

Shadow, Hamden, CT (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:40 AM)

How many wings does a chickenhawk have? Can it fly with 2 right wings/

nuanced (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:41 AM)

NASCAR fans ARE a bunch of dirty, cognitively slow, morons who mostly still back Bush. NOW there is proof positive that its all true. The problem with your thinking Billybob is that half of your NASCAR babes will secretly be voting for Hillary. Of course they won't tell their retarded husbands.

bb (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:48 AM)

Mitt will tell you anything you want to hear, and do anything for the nomination - mccain is nothing but a washed up clone of the ignorant cowboy.

Steve A (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 10:51 AM)

hmmmm, dosn't Paul believe the Govt should control one's body? isn't he anti-choice?

Could a Paul fan answer?

Tuck,Realityville (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:01 AM)

bb in all her typical sexist, incoherent, feminine glory spews forth the following / 'NASCAR fans ARE a bunch of dirty, cognitively slow, morons who mostly still back Bush. NOW there is proof positive that its all true. The problem with your thinking Billybob is that half of your NASCAR babes will secretly be voting for Hillary. Of course they won't tell their retarded husbands.'

bb, you need to realize a lot of dems are not going to vote for hillary just because she is female, although I will admit there does not seem to be any other reason why anyone would want to, go put on your 'I am woman hear me roar' record and chill out

MK,MO (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:11 AM)

Evidence of another flip flop by Mitt Romney? To paraphrase a line from a classic movie, "Shocked! Shocked, I say!"

MIke RC, Rockwall, Texas (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:13 AM)

Yup heard the old coot on PBS...let the STATES decide on choice, he does not want ROE V WADE.
Who the hell needs a old guy from Texas as president? He should deliver more babies to the overpopulated moron state of Texas!
So Tuck, reality is, we do not want a 72 year old president who thinks he can change the crap in Washington by just talking about it, he has no wings at all!

H P Boston (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:26 AM)

Oh boy - a contest to see who is the most hide-bound ideolog in the nazi party.

Citizen of Rome (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:37 AM)

MK MO: These boots are made for walking and one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you!
I am woman!
In numbers too big to ignore!
We have wisdom born of pain!
I am invincible!
Thank God because SHE makes everything possible!

HELEN (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:38 AM)

H P Boston (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:38 AM)

MK MO, you must realize a lot of Dem's will vote for Senator Clinton because they are so not YOU!

H P Boston (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:41 AM)

MK, in your words, the person with the mommy parts will be our next president. A guy like you will only have major shrinkage for the next 8 yrs. Get over it.

bb (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:41 AM)

Oh no, Mr. Im so sensitive MK is doing his angry wiener inpersonations again.

JeanneGA (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:43 AM)

Tuck,Realityville / hmmmm, dosn't Paul believe the Govt should control one's body? isn't he anti-choice?

Could a Paul fan answer?

although I intend to vote for edwards I will say that the abortion issue has many people on opposite sides, since paul is running as a republican would an anti-abortion stance be a negative? I really don't know how mr. paul stands on this issue, really does not seem that important to me since the president can not change the law regarding abortion anyway, the congress would have to make that decision

MK,MO (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:45 AM)

MK, Paul repeatedly states he's a libertarian. IF he's anti-choice, he is not a libertarian. He's believe the govt should be in control of peoples bodies.
(or perhaps, just women's bodies).

so the question goes to his honesty.. is he or is he not a libertarian. Given his voting record, he's not different than any other republican, he's just got a better tune.

oh, and it's not congress that will limit your rights to your own body, it's the supreme court and the President does appoint those people.

Tuck, realityville (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:01 PM)

Wouldn't McCain love it if he could make it Rudy vs. JMac? The right wingers would have no choice but to flock to him.

matt (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:05 PM)

Wouldn't McCain love it if he could make it Rudy vs. JMac? The right wingers would have no choice but to flock to him.

http://political-buzz.com/

matt (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:05 PM)

MK MO, you must realize a lot of Dem's will vote for Senator Clinton because they are so not YOU!
H P Boston (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:41 AM)

Oh no, Mr. Im so sensitive MK is doing his angry wiener inpersonations again.
JeanneGA (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 11:43 AM)

you ladies are a real credit to your candidate, and your gender, come back if you graduate junior high and we will talk politics

MK,MO (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:06 PM)

Tuck, realityville (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:09 PM)

MK, 'Paul repeatedly states he's a libertarian. IF he's anti-choice, he is not a libertarian. He's believe the govt should be in control of peoples bodies.
(or perhaps, just women's bodies).

so the question goes to his honesty.. is he or is he not a libertarian. Given his voting record, he's not different than any other republican, he's just got a better tune.

oh, and it's not congress that will limit your rights to your own body, it's the supreme court and the President does appoint those people.'

tuck, I believe the media is the only entity declaring mr. paul a 'libertarian' , never heard mr. paul state that, the press seems to think labeling him a libitarian will scare off the republican base, if you look at his record he seems to be more republican than any other republican candidates by far. as for his honesty, I mean look at what these other jokers continually spout off, mr. paul has been pretty consistent in his message, and his history is clean as can be

I was under the impression congress write the laws and the supreme court interrupts and makes judgments concerning those laws, although the supreme court does routinely make judgments on how those laws are carried out which affects the abortion issue

MK,MO (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:25 PM)

MK, the ladies are absolutely correct about you. As a male I have noticed that you don't care for woman in general. Not to say you are gay but just a woman hater, which is worse. Be more polite to the woman.

FStLouis (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:30 PM)

The above roaring women just proves why a woman should not be president

wayneTx (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:35 PM)

H P Boston (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:55 PM)

Paul stance on abortion is that he thinks Roe should be overturned and that states should decide. Thats the way he is for just about every issue. Thats misleading though because he did vote for the "federal" "partial birth abortion" ban.

But what many Paul supporters dont realise is that Paul doesnt thnk the Bill of Rights should be enforced on the states. Thats a very fringe view held by very few people; its at least a pre-civil war interpretation.

Jonesy, Pa (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:57 PM)

I think H P hatefull Patty and bb bitter Betty should marry up. Hillary has no chance.

wayneTx (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:09 PM)

billybob. I heard the Republicans said some pretty nasty things about "Drag Racing"....no wait! That was "Drag Dressing". Nevermind.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:09 PM)

The Mk MO Moron proves the point that men are not to be trusted they start wars and kill women on a daily basis. It is good women are in the Armed forces. We need more ARMED women and less of stupid bullying men.
Wayne you and MK MO should marry soon, you would make a lovely couple of idiots, maybe you will kill each other over politics, hot heads that you are.
We do not listen to ranting stupid men, you duds can not even ask for directions! Men the kings of BS, talk just for the love of listing to them selves!
H P Boston (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 12:55 PM)

who is the real sexist h.p.? how utterly ridiculous

FStLouis replies / 'Be more polite to the woman.'

I am polite to women, when they are polite to me.
contrary to your accusation that I have problem with woman, I don't, I just treat them as an equal, isn't that what they want?

don't bother answering that, I really don't care

MK,MO (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:24 PM)

That Romney is borrowing language from Howard Dean ought to be indicative of the state of the GOP in general.

John Doe, The Peanut Gallery (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:26 PM)

Question for the Ron Paul supporters: Why does Ron Paul want to surrender to the terrorists?

Romney and McCain are scary candidates, but that doesn't justify throwing away your vote on a dark horse.

Carl Pericles (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:30 PM)

"Question for the Ron Paul supporters: Why does Ron Paul want to surrender to the terrorists? "

So we can turn Bush and Cheney over for "interrogation," you jack ass.

Jeez! (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:39 PM)

Ron Paul is an idiot...enough said? I think so. And for McCain, being from AZ, this guy won't even win his senate seat when he is up for election, polls here have him losing to the current Governor. Why could he win the Presidency when he will not even win his senate seat in a majority RED stae, go away John...

Trey, Tempe,AZ (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 1:50 PM)

McCain is right... Mitt will flop to what ever side he thinks will get a couple more votes. RG and RP are republicans only by name.

Mike H, Alexandria VA (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:08 PM)

The only reason McCain is commenting on Romney at all (which the article above fails to mention) is because last week Romney made the statement that he was the only "REAL REPUBLICAN" in the race. Therefore, McCain wanted to stand up for himself and make some sense of it. McCain has the strongest platform of any of the Republican candidates. And he is continuing to show his strength daily....take a look at the New Hampshire speech he delivered on Saturday. Solid. Also, while Ron Paul has a few good fiscal ideas, his ideas on foreign policy are what concern me and his lack of experience does not make me comfortable with him as Commander-In-Chief. McCain has a life of military service, integrity, and leadership. He does not "spin" as these other politicians do....he is a true leader, and tells it like it is. McCain has served more than just one city in this great nation (i.e. Guiliani in New York) and he is one of the few candidates that truly outlines his plan of leadership for each issue of concern to the American people, rather than speaking in vague generalities. Take an honest look at these candidates....find out exactly what their plans are. Can you tell? McCain stands strong. He was ready for America in 2000 and he's ready again in 2008.

Louisa, Nashville, TN (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:10 PM)

MK likes Edward's hair.. Hmmmm. Deeply political thought, MK..maybe you like to chase ambulances too!

Clay Nulph Boise ID (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:11 PM)

I am so glad I am an Independent. Now, I can support whoever I want, think however I choose, and vote for the best candidate instead of some party hack who can't even articulate his/her own message.

Robert Catalano, Salem, OR (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:17 PM)

I am so glad I am an Independent.

If you believe in nothing, then you'll believe in anything.

mgreene, sanjoseca (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:28 PM)

So I'm a party hack? (I'm assuming you're talking about me).

I'll take that as a real compliment....THANK YOU!!!

I'm a registered Independant, thank you!

I've never been to a Republican or a Democrat party meeting, and I've voted for both Republicans and Democrats alike. I have happened to find a candidate that I believe in enough to actually blog on him...that's a first!

Go John McCain!!!

Louisa, Nashville, TN (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:35 PM)

mgreene, I believe in lots of things; just not in the same things as others tell me I should believe in. Truth of the matter is, if you believe in only one thing than you are myopic.

Robert Catalano, Salem, OR (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:38 PM)

$250 15 years ago? Wow. Too bad this article leaves out the fact that Romney and Swett were really good friends and he did it in support of a good friend. This article also fails to mention that the reason Romney voted in the Democratic Primaries in 1992 was because he did not want Clinton to get the nomination so he voted for the other guy to try to help beat Clinton. Makes perfect sense to me and I see nothing wrong with donating money to a friend as a kind gesture.

Mark, Sealt Lake City, Utah (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:40 PM)

John McCain is right...John McCain should be the president.

joshua, texas (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 2:52 PM)

well that smelly little thing between Hillarys legs ain't seen no action since Richard Petty was running in the races. But those NascarBabes do, NASCAR NATION Yeppers we is the best

BillyBob in California (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 3:21 PM)

billyslob in california...that nasty little thing is where your mommy dropped you from...

Jerry, Corpus Christy (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 4:04 PM)

Can repubs only vote for repubs?

Why not vote for the best candidate.

Party line voting is bad for the country people.

wise man once said (Sent Monday, October 15, 2007 4:14 PM)

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