Romney Ads Attack McCain, Huckabee
Mitt Romney is out with a new ad in New Hampshire attacking John McCain. As eerie, dissonant music sets the tone of the spot, an announcer asks whether McCain is "the right Republican" for the future. McCain, the announcer says, "opposes repeal of the death tax and voted against the Bush tax cuts -- twice ... pushed to let every illegal immigrant to stay here permanently, even voted to allow illegals to collect Social Security."
And Romney? He "cut taxes and spending as governor. He opposes amnesty for illegals," the ad says. It concludes, "Mitt Romney, John McCain -- there is a difference."
Romney has also launched an ad attacking Mike Huckabee. As mug shots of Romney and Huckabee appear side-by-side, a female announcer softly says, "two good men." Then a male announcer quickly chimes in and asks, "but who is ready to make tough decisions?"
The female announcer says Huckabee "grew a six billion dollar government into a 16 billion dollar government," backed in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants, and handed down pardons or commutations for a thousand people, "including 12 convicted murderers."
Meanwhile, Romney, the male announcer says, "held spending down below inflation," cut taxes, and offered "zero pardons." The difference between the two candidates? -- "strong leadership."
-- Sarah Lovenheim
By Sarah Lovenheim |
December 28, 2007; 5:05 PM ET
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Posted by: | December 29, 2007 12:20 PM
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Posted by: | December 29, 2007 12:21 PM
Anyone else smell the desperation of the Romney campaign?
Posted by: mhusband | December 30, 2007 08:14 AM
McCain would allow social security to illegal aliens, that about says it all, he's no different than a Democrat on this, the continuance of the flow of millions of unknown characters into the U.S., rewarding them no less, and that's supposed to be for a strong national defense? See http://www.UsIllegalAliens.com for some interesting statistics resultant from the millions of illegals who have been allowed to enter and hangout in our country.
Romney, McCain, and Huckabee, are not strong proponents of school choice, an option of which low income families would love to take advantage, a big crossover vote draw to Giuliani, so Rudy is the man who can trounce Hillary, the others would be crushed by Team Hillary, so I hope the Republican primary voters keep this all in mind, considering who can actually defeat Hillary, that's Rudy Giuliani.
Posted by: James I. NIenhuis | December 30, 2007 09:49 AM
The interesting point of the Romney ads is that they do not attack Huckabee or McCain personally. They just present where they stand, or stood, on the issues and their track records.
You can always tell when a person is losing a debate. They stop talking about the issues at hand and instead make personal attacks against their opponent. They make statements like, "He is dishonest", or, "He is distorting the truth", without providing anything to defend their position the issues. Both McCain and Huckabee are losing the debate. They are resorting to personal attacks against Romney because they don't have the ability to justify their previous records or statements on the issues.
Here are some facts:
Public Education ranking:
Massachusets #2 (Romney)
Arizona #50 (McCain, dead last)
Arkansas #32 (Huckabee, bottom third)
New York #16 (Giuliani)
http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm
Healthcare:
Romney's healthcare initiative in Massachusets significantly reduced the cost of health insurance and provided converage for over 300,000 citizens who previously were uninsured. In short, it is working.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm1414.cfm
The Economy:
Mitt Romeny not only has an MBA from one of the most prestigious business schools in the world, he has demonstrated a strong working knowledge of economics in both the private and public sectors. His economic success at Bain capital, in the Olympics, and in balancing the budget in Massachusets were not anomalies.
Mitt Romney has credentials that no other candidate can match... in public or private.
Posted by: rdew | December 31, 2007 12:51 AM
Beware of fast talking Mitt Romney. He will try to blanket any conversation with his fast talking rhetoric.
Romney tries to fool people by rifling off a barage of words hoping to change people's perception of him.
His fast speak is a true indication of his in-experience and trying to hide the real meaning of what he should be saying.
Any salesman that tries to talk fast to me in effort to sell his product, I always feel he's trying to pull a fast one over me and I walk away.
On the other hand, Huckabee's smooth calm but witty conversation attracts people. He comes across as a down to earth individual, someone you can trust, someone who is honest in the things he's talking about.
Posted by: Giant Robot | January 7, 2008 05:39 AM
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