Ms. Meg Crawford: “There’s something in me that just says ‘no’ [to Romney]”

November 13, 2007 in 2008, election 2008, GOP, Iowa, mitt romney, republicans, romney
Tags: David Freddoso, Meg Crawford, National Review, nationalreview.com, NRO, The Corner

“‘I like Governor Romney,’ says Meg Crawford, a woman ‘who has been part of the movement in Union County [IA] since Roe,‘” as reported by David Freddoso in a The Corner post titled, mysteriously, Romney’s Conversion

I have some reservations about his commitment to the right to life. He assures me now that he is pro-life, that he’s been pro-life…but I still have some concerns about where he was when he was governor. I can’t quite commit to him yet. There’s something in me that just says “no.”

Tell us about it, Ms. Crawford. There’s something in us that just says “no” to Romney too—for example:

There is something in us that just says “no” to Romney’s lies and pointless attacks on others.

• Barnett, friend of Romney for 14 years: “Right now, Romney is running a campaign of empty platitudes and constant attacks”
• Romney plans to attack Giuliani’s “anger”—not the first time Romney has riffed on Democrat talking points to attack another GOPer
• eyeon08.com: “Mitt Romney should be ashamed of himself, not that he’s capable of that. And not that he’s at any risk of winning the presidency anyways.”
• Rubin: Romney “doesn’t seem to like his audience much, and they don’t like him”
• etc., etc.

There is something in us that just says “no” to Romney’s corruption.

• the candidate from Bain Capital; more on Romney and the private equity sector
• forget the winter olympics that no one remembers anyway: “[Romney] presided over the opening of the most corrupt and most expensive public works project in U.S. history”
• Hunter on Romney: “…while it is true that you no longer control Bain Capital, the contributions you have received from its principals [and] its founding member indicate that your influence within the company remains strong”
• yet more Romney corruption: Bain Capital and Ren Zhengfei of Huawei
• etc., etc.

There is something in us that just says “no” to Romney’s hair-brained schemes and absurd policy contortions.

• Kornacki: Not the first time Romney has changed public position on abortion
• Lizza: Romney is a passionate advocate of each new stance he takes
• debate performance: Romney flip-flops on Iran—again!—how many positions can one man have on the issue of Iran?
• opinionjournal’s Carney confirms the centerlessness of Romney even as he argues otherwise
• Jackson: “The Boston Globe reports that as governor, Romney ‘passed over GOP lawyers for three quarters of the 36 judicial court vacancies he faced, instead tapping registered Democrats or Independents including two gay lawyers who have supported expanded same-sex rights’”
• ce Romnifique!—ce formidable!—oh, to be so gifted with dissociations and double-binds, like our hero, Mr. Romney
• Silverstein on Romney: “there is no presidential campaign this year whose success or failure so will depend on media managers, marketing strategists, and political gurus as that of Mitt Romney”
• etc., etc.

There is something in us that just says “no” to Romney—yes, tis’ true—but to say “no” to Romney is to say “yes” to hope. To say “no” to Romney is to say “yes” to sound government. To say “no” to Romney is to say yes to respect, yes to temperance, yes to positions based on principle instead of expediency.

yours &c.
dr. g.d.

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