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Romney Tells Republicans to Reform
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ABC News' Matt Stuart reports: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continued his call for the Republican party to "put [their] house in order" during his address outlining the principles of "Republicans for Change" at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference in Mackinac Island, Mich.
His address focused largely on his call for Republicans to reform. "We've got to start acting like Republicans, not earmarking Republicans…not big government Republicans," Romney said, "but like Reagan Republicans and Roosevelt Republicans." Romney said the American people expect "higher ethical standards" but thanked President Bush for "restoring…the dignity to the White House."
Romney also highlighted his suggestion for ethics reform, declaring, "If I'm elected president, one of my first acts will be to issue an executive order prohibiting the immediate family of my cabinet and senior staff from lobbying the executive branch."
He even took on the U.S. Mint’s new dollar coin, in which "In God We Trust" is now on the side of the coin, saying the phrase is, "virtually invisible, just like the ACLU wants God to be," promising to "work to get God back on the front of our coin!"
Romney also seemed to suggest Republicans supported the American troops more than others, saying, "When a Republican says 'We support our troops,' it comes from the heart." Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom later said the remarks only were directed to Republicans and did not reflect other parties.
Fehrnstrom emphasized that Romney also said in his speech that "Democrats also love America."
Romney was the only speaker at the Republican lunch after former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., canceled because of a scheduling conflict.
September 22, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (2)
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Romny has forgotten who he was in Ma. He is abandoning the middle for the extreme Right of the Republican party. He lost me a while back when he said "Let's make Gitmo bigger" during one of the first debates.
Posted by: GH | Sep 24, 2007 12:47:06 AM
If nothing else Mitt must be in fine physical shape. Anybody else would have broken half the bones in their body from all the flip-flopping he's done. Reagan wasn't a big government Republican? Reagan just said he wasn't a big government Republican. And thanking Bush for bringing dignity to the White House is like thanking Britney Spears for bringing dignity to pop music.
Man who try to be all things to all people frequently end up being nothing to anybody. - Charlie Chan
Posted by: Mike | Sep 24, 2007 2:56:38 AM
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