Romney: McCain Used Nixon-Like Tactic

[Leo 9]

Source: Associated Press

Romney: McCain Used Nixon-Like Tactic
By GLEN JOHNSON – 1 hour ago

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday accused his rival John McCain of adopting underhanded tactics from Richard Nixon, the GOP president who resigned in disgrace.

"I don't think I want to see our party go back to that kind of campaigning," Romney said in his most pointed rebuttal yet to front-runner McCain's claim that the former Massachusetts governor favors a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Romney denies this charge and most media analyses have concluded that Romney wasn't using `timetable' in the same way Democratic candidates have.

McCain's decision to level the timetable charge this week without leaving Romney time to rebut it before Florida Republicans voted in their primary "was reminiscent of the Nixon era," Romney said. McCain ended up winning the Florida contest Tuesday.

Despite the incendiary reference to Nixon, Romney said of McCain: "I think he's a man of character." But he added: "I think he took a sharp detour off the `Straight Talk Express,'" — the name of the Arizona senator's campaign bus.

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[DS1]

1. Romney doesn't deserve to be called "Former Massachusetts Governor"

because
A) He didn't even show up for his last year here
B) He didn't do anything when he was here
C) He still lived in New Hampshire to avoid taxes when he was being paid as a MA Governor

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Love to see those Puggies fighting over whether they reall, REALLy mean it

when they promise to keep us enlisted in the Forever War. They must just win millions of votes every time they pledge to keep us in the Middle East for eternity.

[yardwork]

3. Yesterday McCain was liberal. Today he's Nixon. Romney is flip-flopping.

[AndyTiedye]

4. I Thought Their Kind LIKED Nixon

[fujiyama]

6. I think Nixon is considered too liberal

Reagan is the altar at which they all worship.

[fujiyama]

5. Romney is desperate

and unless McCain's campaign seriously screws up, his days are numbered.

McCain will walk away with CA, NY, and other delegate rich states.

McCain is VERY lucky he faced such weak competition.