The Mitt Romney policy position multiple choice quiz
See if you can identify the policy positions of presidential candidate Mitt Romney. This is the open internet beta version. Please note inaccurate, poorly worded or misleading questions in the comments section. Suggest alternative responses items or combinations of items that you believe are correct. Several relevant web sites are listed below to facilitate fact checking and corrections. Feel free to volunteer additional questions.
Regarding a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions, Mr. Romney said that: a. He would gladly sign legislation that would outlaw all abortions b. He believes abortion issues should be left up to the states c. He believes in a woman’s right to choose d. Roe v Wade has gone too far and he would welcome it being overturned e. Roe v Wade is the law of the land for 20 years and should remain so f. He believes the only exceptions that should permit abortion are in cases of rape and incest. g. All of the above h. Some combination of the above
Mr. Romney’s position on women’s birth control is that a. Employers with religious objections should have the right not to allow birth control to be covered in the company’s health insurance plan b. Every woman should have access to contraception c. He supports a personhood amendment to the constitution stating that life begins at the time of conception, a position which would prohibit contraception procedures such as IUD’s that block the implantation of a fertilized egg d. All of the above
Mr. Romney’s position on Afghanistan is that a. The U.S. should not set a firm deadline for leaving b. The U.S. will leave in 2014 c. The U.S. should let withdrawal be determined by military leaders on the ground d. All of the above
To solve the problems in the middle east, Mr. Romney believes that a. The U.S. should do nothing because nothing will help; we should let the situation play out b. The U.S. should intervene militarily to protect Israel if attacked c. The U.S. should actively work for a two state solution d. All of the above
With respect to stem cell research, Mr. Romney has said over time that a. He will work and fight for stem cell research b. Stem cell cloning breaches an ethical boundary c. Stem cell research is ok if privately funded d. All of the above
Regarding the American people and his position on leadership of the country, Mr. Romney said a. 47% of the American people depend on government and are unwilling to take responsibility for their lives, and he is not concerned about them b. he was inelegant in making the above statement but stood by it. c. What he said was just wrong and he is concerned about 100% of the people d. All of the above
Mr. Romney said that a. He has been a hunter all his life b. Describing him as a hunter is an overstatement of his capability c. He hunts varmints, such as rodents d. There should be government control of assault weapons e. He is a member of the NRA but does not agree with all their positions f. All of the above
Regarding mandates in health care legislation, Mr. Romney has said a. He likes mandates and that they work b. Mandates are unconstitutional c. What he did in Massachusetts as governor to reform health care can be a model for the nation d. All of the above
According to Mr. Romney, the solution to the nation’s immigration problem is a. Immigrants should self-deport b. Those (undocumented people) paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship c. Amnesty has only led to more people coming into the country. d. All of the above
On Social Security reform, Mr. Romney said a. He is not in favor of privatizing Social Security b. Social Security (reform) is the easiest because you can create private accounts c. All of the above d. None of the above
Regarding covering preexisting conditions in his intent to replace Obamacare, Mr. Romney Romney said a. Actually, it’s a lengthy description, but number one, preexisting conditions are covered under my plan. b. If they’re 45 years old and they show up and they say I want insurance because I’ve got heart disease, it’s like: “Hey guys, we can’t play the game like that. You’ve got to get insurance when you’re well, and then if you get ill, then you’re going to be covered.” c. No one goes without health care in this country. If someone gets sick, he doesn’t sit in his apartment and die, he goes to the hospital and treatment will be provided. d. All of the above
Regarding military service, Mr. Romney has said: a. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam. b. I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there. c. all of the above d. none of the above
Regarding discrimination based on religion, Mr. Romney has said a. Based on the numbers of American Muslims… I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified. b. A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith. c. All of the above d. None of the above
Regarding financial assistance for banks in a time of crisis, Mr. Romney said a. The TARP program… was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures. b. When government is… bailing out banks… we have every good reason to be alarmed. c. All of the above d. None of the above
Regarding the economic stimulus program instituted by President Obama, Mr. Romney said a. The all-Democrat stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the timing of the start of the recovery. b. The all-Democrat stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure. c. All of the above d. None of the above
Regarding taxes, Mr. Romney said a. I will not reduce the taxes paid by high income Americans. b. There were so many misrepresentations in there it’s going to take me a little while. Number one, I said today that we’re going to cut taxes on everyone across the country by twenty percent—including the top one percent. c. Tax cuts will be revenue neutral by reducing deductions. d. All of the above
Regarding hiring school teachers, Mr. Romney said a. The key to great schools? Great teachers. So I reject the idea that I don’t believe in great teachers or more teachers. b. He (Obama) says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government. c. All of the above
Mr. Romney (at various times) has described himself as a. A moderate b. Pro-choice c. A severe conservative d. All of the above
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=romney+flip+flops&qpvt=romney+flip+flops&FORM=ASMMVR
http://newsone.com/2060558/mitt-romney-debates-himself/
http://mittromneyflipflops.com/
http://www.businessinsider.com/14-bald-faced-mitt-romney-flip-flops-that-were-dug-up-by-john-mccain-2012-1#14-continued-when-he-went-to-conservative-utah-that-tune-changed-15
http://elections.americablog.com/2012/10/romney-i-lied-to-top-donors-47-comments-completely-wrong.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/158435#.UIgXB4XJK8U
http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/MittRomneyGun_Control.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Mitt_Romney.htm
http://swampland.time.com/2007/10/29/yousayprivatizeileave_out/
Mark Hastert
7 months agoHow can you trust a man with no convictions? No one knows what policies he stands for because he’s been for and against them all. He’s a limp dish rag and Republicans are risking as much as anybody. Remember he’s alternately claimed to be “more liberal that Ted Kennedy” and “severely conservative”
The only belief that he’s never wavered on is his love of money.
JR Beillenhouser
7 months agoNo other question matters.
Steve Alleman
Kansas City
7 months agoWho understands how to use tax dodges to make the economy work for himself at the expense of everyone else? Mitt Romney. Other questions matter, but that’s the main one.
Matt McKinley
7 months agoThe Ultimate List of Barack Obama Flip-Flops
Follow the bouncing beliefs.
• The Surge: “It’s fascinating to watch Barack Obama change his opinions on the U.S. troop surge in Iraq… Here’s a combo — a Los Angeles Times report on deletions of Obama’s previous anti-surge position on his Web site plus a YouTube video showing his flip-flops on the issue.”
• Gay Marriage: “Obama before the election: States should decide gay marriage. Obama during the election: California’s attempt to decide gay marriage for itself is ‘divisive and discriminatory.’ ”
• FISA: “Like everything Barack Obama says, that pledge was operative only as long as it was in Obama’s political interest.”
• NAFTA: “OK, this is pathetic: Obama now says that his anti-NAFTA rhetoric during the campaign was a bit ‘overheated.’”
• Publicly financed campaigns: “If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.”
• DC Handgun Ban: “After a day spent paying lip service to both sides of the debate while studiously avoiding the issue of whether the actual statute at stake in Heller was unconstitutional, he finally bites the bullet (no pun intended) and addresses it..”
• School Vouchers: “Barack Obama told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in February that he was open to voucher programs, but just last week announced his intentions to squash the DC pilot program.”
• Guantanamo Bay: “I’m curious as to what’s motivating this [new] compromise. Is there any logic behind it or is it a simple something-for-both-sides political solution?”
• Illegal Immigration - [In March 2004], Obama was asked if the government should “crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.” He replied “Oppose.” In a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that “we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation.”
Matt McKinley
7 months ago• Marijuana - “[In] January 2004, Obama [said] he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other Democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of marijuana.”
• Abortion - “Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says “mental distress” should not qualify as a health exception for late term-abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights.”
• Iraq: “At a time when [the Surge appears to be working], is that the right time to try and set time tables for withdrawing all American troops? [Kroft asked. Obama replied,] “Yeah, absolutely. I think now is precisely the time…” [Kroft:] “And you pull out according to that time table, regardless of the situation? Even if there’s serious sectarian violence?” Kroft asked.“No, I always reserve as commander in chief, the right to assess the situation,” Obama replied.”
• Death Penalty: “Ten years ago, when Obama was running for statewide office in an [exclusive] Chicago district, he opposed the death penalty. He now supports the ultimate penalty.”
• Faith-based initiatives - “During the recent Obama pander tour… the presumptive Democratic nominee unnecessarily endorsed President Bush’s faith-based initiative, a sort of patronage program that rewards religious activists for their political support with public grants.”
• Wearing a U.S. Flag Pin - “You’ll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he’d worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it “became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism.” So why is he back to sporting pseudo-patriotism on his chest? Need you ask? The primaries are over.”
• Reverend Jeremiah Wright - “‘I can no more disown (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown my white grandmother’ - then wiped away a tear and hailed him as the second coming of Abraham Lincoln. Three months later, with Wright disowned, grandma embraced and the great “race speech” now inoperative, not a word of reconsideration is heard from his media acolytes.”
• Welfare Reform: “Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul “slashed the rolls by 80 percent.” Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the 1996 federal legislation which precipitated the caseload reduction.”
Matt McKinley
7 months ago• The Cuba Embargo: “In January 2004, Obama said it was time “to end the embargo with Cuba” because it had “utterly failed…” …in August 2007, he said he would not “take off the embargo” as president because it is “an important inducement for change.”“
• Single-payer Healthcare - “Contradicting what Obama said at the debate, the old footage shows the senator saying, “I happen to be a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare coverage. That’s what I’d like to see.”At the debate, Obama stated: “I never said that we should try to go ahead and get single-payer… Single-payer healthcare is an euphemism for socialized medicine.”
• Special Interest Contributions: “In January, the Obama campaign described union contributions …as “special interest” money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements… [referring] respectfully to unions as the representatives of “working people” and …he is “thrilled” by their support.”
• Divided Jerusalem: “Many on the right of the political spectrum… welcomed Obama’s remarks at AIPAC, but the clarification of his position left several cold.”
• Meeting with Iran’s leaders without preconditions - “Barack Obama has returned to the no-preconditions policy for meeting with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to Obama foreign-policy adviser Anthony Lake. Financial Times also discovered in its interview with Lake that Obama has reversed himself on Iraq, now saying that the withdrawal is off.”
• Palestinian elections - “[In 2006,] Obama [said]: “There is no room at the negotiating table for terrorist organizations. That is why I opposed holding elections in 2006 with Hamas on the ballot…. But During His 2006 Trip To The Middle East, Obama Met With Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas And Said The Election Represented An “Opportunity…To Consolidate Behind A Single Government.”
• The threat posed by Iran: “Yesterday [in Oregon, Obama said], “I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us….You know, Iran, they spend one-one hundredth of what we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn’t stand a chance.” Today in Montana, Obama changed his tune: ” Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust…”
• The Patriot Act: ” In 2003, he said he was against the Patriot Act, but voted for it in 2006.”
• Gays in the Military: “”In 2003, he said he was against the repeal of DOMA, but now he’s for it in 2007. In 2003, he said he’d have to “examine specific legislation” dealing with LGBT discrimination in the military, now he’s completely for ending “don’t ask/don’t tell”.”“
Rick Zerbs
7 months agoThanks, Matt. Nice cut and paste from ihateobama.com. Glad that lapel pin issue got pointed out though.
Mark Hastert
7 months agoA lot of independent thinkers these conservatives.
The joke’s gonna be on them if Mitt the Democrat gets elected. He’s shown these last few days that he doesn’t give a hoot about the Ultracons anymore. (see today’s Washington Post) They were means to an end and no longer necessary to meet his business objectives. (that’s how a businessman runs a country) No matter who wins there is gonna be a Democrat in the White House.
Phil Cardarella
7 months agoActually, the difference is that while Obama has shifted his position on some policy issues — sometimes for good reason, sometimes for political expediency — Mitt simply does not seem to have any core values.
No one can think that he really believe that his highly successful signature achievement in Massachusetts — Romneycare — is a bad idea for tha nation solely because it is called Obamacare.
No one can really believe that it took him until age 55-60 to find out what an abortion is and decide he should do a 180 on women’s rights — to the point of supporting a Personhood Amendment that would outlaw most safe and effective forms of birth control.
Maybe he truly believes that low taxes for the very wealthy is a sacred matter, but other than that, he seems to have only one core belief: He believes he would like to be President — and he is willing to say and do anything to get that prize.
He would rather be President than be right. But, it does not matter how much wealth you give to your Church, lying is still a sin.