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Romney’s Critics
By Trenton | June 5, 2007
I read Hugh Hewitt’s blog critical of John McCain. Some of the comments posted there left me chagrined.
The media early on attempted to spin Mitt Romney as a flip-flopper, and some conservatives bought it. But it didn’t stick. Why? Because Romney effectively answered the charge and is a believable guy. Apparently he has had some traction with voters because his poll numbers have been steadily rising.
Anyone heard the MSM using the flip-flopper label on Romney lately? Not much anymore. But leave it to some conservatives who have not studied Romney’s record or positions to continue to carry that sad mantra as proxies for the MSM.
Liberal Patriot (an oxymoron) attempts to paint Romney as a hypocrite (and a very poor attempt at that) because he advertises in spanish while supporting English as the official language. This is a “non-sequitur,” and a bad one too.
Informed people understand that passing an English-as-offical-language bill would only mean that the government would be prohibited from printing its forms in anything but English. It would not prohibit you or I or even presidential candidates from advertising in Spanish.
So is Romney really a flop-flopper or a hypocrite? No, but I suspect that the facts don’t matter to many of Romney’s critics. Facts certainly haven’t swayed them thus far.
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