Mitt Romney Flip Flops On Cap & Trade

2:54 pm EST October 7th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 9 Comments

I am totally shocked to see Mitt Romney changing his position on an issue simply to suck up to someone politically.

Shocked.

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9 Responses to “Mitt Romney Flip Flops On Cap & Trade”

  1. jr says:
    October 7, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    Multiple Choice Mitt doing his thing

  2. Indeed says:
    October 7, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    McCain/Palin used to favor marked-based carbon reduction too.

  3. Aaron says:
    October 7, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    I don’t see anything in his comment that says he supported cap-and-trade back then. It merely says he thought there were ways to have a clean economy that doesn’t kill business. This is just another failed attempt to label Romney as a flip-flopper by twisting and distorting his words.

  4. Buzz Killington says:
    October 7, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Yeah, politicians changing positions… just a shocking development.

  5. daniel rotter says:
    October 7, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    “I don’t see anything in his comment that says he supported cape-and-trade back then.”

    I do.

    “It merely says he thought there were ways to have a clean economy that doesn’t kill business.”

    Yeah, and he said that in the context of DEFENDING a cap-and-trade policy.

    “Yeah politicians changing positions…just a shocking development.”

    Strawman alert. “Politicians changing positions” can definitely be mockable and criticism-inducing, but who said such a thing was “shocking?”

  6. Jaim says:
    October 7, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    The GOP primary is going to pit two of the phoniest drama queens ever against one another. Good times.

  7. Michelle says:
    October 9, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    You are either being intentionally misleading OR you have a reading comprehension problem. It is well known (with just a little researcj) that. while governor, Romney rejected the foolish ideas attributed to the cap and trade schemers.

    Governor Mitt Romney on the Current Environmental Debate
    Friday, Feb 23, 2007

    Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement on the current environmental debate. Saying that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was right on this issue, he continued:
    “Unfortunately, some in the Republican Party are embracing the radical environmental ideas of the liberal left. As governor, I found that thoughtful environmentalism need not be anti-growth and anti-jobs. But Kyoto-style sweeping mandates, imposed unilaterally in the United States, would kill jobs, depress growth and shift manufacturing to the dirtiest developing nations.”

    “Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore. Instead of sweeping mandates, we must use America’s power of innovation to develop alternative sources of energy and new technologies that use energy more efficiently.”

    Governor Romney opposed mandatory, Kyoto-like “global warming” regulations in Massachusetts, opting instead for voluntary, pro-growth measures to increase energy efficiency of businesses, reduce carbon emissions and improve the environment with the Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan.
    (Office of Gov. Mitt Romney, “Romney Unveils Climate Protection Plan for Massachusetts,” Press Release, 5/06/2004)

  8. Michelle says:
    October 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    More FACTS:
    In 2005, Governor Romney pulled Massachusetts out of a compact of Northeastern states requiring a reduction in power plant emissions of carbon dioxide because it would have caused continued economic decline in the state.
    (Robert Novak, “Romney gains by shunning CO2 caps,” Chicago Sun-Times, 1/02/2006)

  9. Don says:
    October 14, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    Michelle,

    Thank you. I get so tired, reading blatant lies on the Web by fake journalists who find it’s better to increase ratings than report the truth. The only respectable news on this webpage are your comments.

    Thanks,
    Don