Romney goes after McCain in N.H.
Romney compares McCain to Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, then immediately clarifies:
Tuftonboro, NH–
During Romney’s stump at a house party today he compared John McCain to Democratic senators, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry:
” Even Senator McCain who is a good man and I respect him. He’s an American hero. Senator McCain voted twice not to go along with the Bush tax cuts and there were 2 different tax cuts, 2001 and 2003 both. He explained why he didn’t want tax cuts for the rich. That sounds like Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. You want to keep taxes down so the economy can grow, that’s Reagan 101.”
But, at the press availability immediately following the party full of supporters and neighbors, his vacation home is close by, the New Hampshire frontrunner said he wasn’t comparing McCain to the Democratic senators:
“I’m not comparing. Senator McCain and John Kerry and Ted Kennedy are very different people so let there be no confusion there, but his rhetoric about why he did not vote for the tax cuts was almost identical to that of John Kerry and Ted Kennedy with whom he disagrees on most issues, but on tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 when he was 2 and 3 republicans voted against them, he took the same rhetoric as John Kerry and Ted Kennedy. Today he says he didn’t vote for them because they didn’t include spending cuts and that may well be the case, but at the time, he also said he did not vote for them because they represented a tax cut for the rich. We don’t hear that today … I’m not saying he is the same as the democrats, but the rhetoric on that topic was virtually identical.”
McCain has been gaining on Romney in the New Hampshire polls. Today the former Massachusetts governor acknowledged that because of the polls he would be pointing out the differences between his record and Senator McCain’s more than the other candidates.
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You know, for Christmas you’d think the ole mud-slinger would give it a rest. The guy who everyone says looks sooo presidential, looks desperate. If there’s a connection with Kennedy and Kerry, it’s that Massachusetts thing Gov. Romney has going. Rich playboy, living in his mansion and slumming with the commoners. “Keep my tax cut” he says, “make it bigger.” Millionaires4themiddle-class.gov
You go Mitt! Let everyone know too that Huckabee is also a “flip-flopper”… One minute he doesn’t think he could vote for a Mormon, then he changed his mind while on “Foxnews Sunday”. One minute he thinks aids victims should be isolated, the next he believes different because he didn’t have enough info. Ya, right!
McCain is one of the few political candidates I’ve ever known whom I trust, even when I disagree with him. He’s certainly one of the few I would trust with my life. Being a veteran, and subject to recall to active duty, that means everything to me, now more than ever.
I am with Mitt all the way. Why do people insist on calling pointing out differences mud slinging. I for one want to know the dif;s so I can research and fact check then make my own decision. I applaud Mitt for saying hey this is what this candidate is about….now here is what i am about….check it out….then vote. Would you want someone to tell you if your neihbor was trying to kill you???? Well it is not any different. I want all the candidates to say why thier plan or course is better than the others. It gives me perspectives I might otherwise not thought of.
I was on the line Thompson or Mitt. The last few weeks i have watched the ask mitt anything{s} on CNN and his honesty, articulation, and accomplishable plan drew me closer. Then I started researching the candidates. Huckabee has more dirt than a playground. McCain broke me on the amnesty. Rudy abortion and personal lack of character and judgement. Ron Paul pleaseeeeeeeeeeee. Thompson lacks the drive and desire…although his plan is good except increasing ret age. So with all the facts I choose Romney.
McCain has been a good and effective leader in the senate for a long time and he will continue to do so…as long as he stops blocking conservative judges, stops fighting for amnesty for illegal aliens and stops fighting for increased taxes.
Mitt governed on the right side of all of these issues.