Wow….Pretty harsh, huh? If any Romney supporters read this, either prepare to get really mad at something you can’t do much about, or prepare to reconsider your candidate. So why do I find him to be deceptive and conniving? Read on—read the case before dismissing it as just another angry tirade from someone who happens to support another candidate:

Mitt Romney has been planning a Presidential run for at least two years. Based on very solid evidence, Romney has been shifting his verbal positions on key issues (particularly abortion and homosexuality) in order to appeal to a much broader base of voters than the decidedly liberal-leaning people of Massachusetts. See this link: http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record

Not only has Mitt been quite liberal as governor of Massachusetts, he is flat-out lying about his record, making statements like, “I have always been a supporter of traditional marriage,” when the opposite is actually true. Romney has been a pro-homosexual activist. Again, if you don’t believe me, check out the above link, and read it. Try to dispute those facts from a Massachusetts pro-family activist. Somebody’s lying here, and it has to be Romney, for the author has nothing to gain by taking the time to conjure up numerous points against Romney.

By the way, Romney’s response to this exposing paper? Attack, cut down, and defame. Check this link: http://www.massresistance.org/romney/  Towards the bottom of the page, there is a link to Romney’s response attempting to defame Brian Camenker (who wrote “The Romney Deception.” He also got pretty nasty with a reporter who questioned his actions regarding the state supreme court ruling on marriage, which is also linked on the above-mentioned page.

Note also that, in the CNN/YouTube debate, Romney, in response to Rudy’s “sanctuary mansion” attack (yes, I consider it an attack, too), slammed Rudy even harder. He almost lost it emotionally. What has been Romney’s response to Huckabee’s surge? Roll out all the “big guns.” (Some that come to mind are the National Review and “The Drudge Report.”)  It seems that Huckabee’s rise has brought much more criticism than Thompson’s or Giuliani’s…Why do you think that is? I think it’s because Huckabee is a greater threat, since neither Thompson nor Giuliani have appealed so well to social conservatives. Oh, and guess who’s releasing this election’s first negative attack ad, and who do you think he’s attacking in that ad? That’s right: Romney is releasing a smashing attack against Huckabee in his upcoming ad. ‘Nuff said there.

I see Romney’s actions as carefully contrived and calculated maneuvers to gain the nomination: His change in political positioning, his heavy attacks against Huckabee, his payment of conservative groups to gain support and endorsement, his use of personal funds to run his campaign and buy votes, and other things we may not know about.

The most egregious of Romney’s attack-machine tactics is noted here:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2ZkMWNkZDkzOTk1YTM0NTNkNmJlZThmYjJmM2ZmOGE . While not absolutely conclusive, the evidence is there. The Romney campaign, while of course denying that Romney would push-poll against himself, has not shown any strong evidence that his campaign did not do it. Think about it, though:

• -How could Huckabee have come up with the money to do push-polling? He’s not doing it in any other states, and he has hardly enough to keep his campaign functional, much less begin adding to his tactics with phone-polling.
• -Why would Huckabee want to push-poll with such a nasty emphasis when it’s obvious that the polling is creating only a negative backlash, and is very out-of-character for his campaign so far?
• -Why would Huckabee want to push-poll against someone who he is over 15 points ahead in the polls in Iowa? He didn’t get there with the push-polling, so why would he shoot himself in the foot now that he’s out front?
• -Wouldn’t it be really ingenious (though not ethical or fair) to have push-polls done in a really nasty, negative way against yourself so that people who hear the polls will be outraged at them, and be sympathetic to you (assuming a different source)? It would be hard to conclude that you had planned them, since they are negative about you, but they are also damning to your opponent, who is assumed to be the source.

• -Who has the money to pay for such an elaborate, complex move?
• -Who stands to gain the most from this debacle? (Huckabee has gotten nothing but negative backlash for the push-polls, and sympathy is building for Romney, who seems to be attacked in the push-polls for being a Mormon. Hmmmm….)

It’s obvious: Romney wants to be President bad. Really bad. And he’s willing to do anything: lie, cheat, steal, defame, connive, deceive…anything. Romney’s done a good job so far: He’s cast himself as a “true” conservative; he’s acquired endorsements from big names in Christian circles; he’s spoken about his faith (even claiming to be a “born-again Christian!!!); and now he’s playing the “religious bigotry” card for all it’s worth. You gotta admit it, he’s slicker than slick. He may even have the Ron Paul campaign helping him out. The Paul campaign has sent two former Arkansas legislators who served under Huckabee to bash him in Iowa.

Romney’s fighting hard and nasty now. He has shown he will do everything he can to get the Presidency at any cost.