National Politics - 2016

Mitt Romney’s Attack Ad … Eight Years Later

“RINO ON RINO VIOLENCE …”  || By FITSNEWS || This website has precisely zero use for either former “Republican” presidential nominee Mitt Romney or former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.  The former is a shape-shifting chameleon, while the latter is a sanctimonious moralizer. In fact, that either one of these fiscally liberal,…

“RINO ON RINO VIOLENCE …” 

|| By FITSNEWS || This website has precisely zero use for either former “Republican” presidential nominee Mitt Romney or former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.  The former is a shape-shifting chameleon, while the latter is a sanctimonious moralizer.

In fact, that either one of these fiscally liberal, big government “Republicans” is being taken seriously by GOP voters is yet another sad commentary on the current status of the party … which seems intent on losing its third consecutive presidential election.

Anyway … as the 2016 GOP presidential primary campaign heats up, one intrepid reporter has uncovered an attack ad Romney’s campaign produced against Huckabee way back in 2007, when the two were battling for the GOP nomination that was ultimately won by another fiscally liberal, big government “Republican” – John McCain.

The attack ad – obtained by BuzzFeed‘s McKay Coppins – focused on one of Huckabee’s many “parole problems,” which we addressed in this 2009 post.

“Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Huckabee was dogged by his 1999 decision to grant an early release to convicted rapist Wayne DuMond,” we wrote at the time.  “That’s because within a year of being set free, DuMond raped and murdered a woman in Missouri.”

“DuMond was frequently described during the 2008 campaign as Huckabee’s ‘Willie Horton,’ a reference to the infamous South Carolina native who was released from a Massachusetts prison under a weekend furlough program supported by then-Gov. Michael Dukakis,” we continued.

After escaping from his furlough, Horton raped a Maryland woman and savagely beat her husband – crimes which formed the basis of the remarkably effective “Willie Horton Ad” (produced by South Carolina native Lee Atwater).

Hoping to take a page out of Atwater’s book, Romney’s team filmed an advertisement starring the mother of DuMond’s victim.

“This is my daughter,” the mother says in the 30-second spot, referring to pictures of her slain child. “She was pregnant with her first child. She was murdered by a serial rapist released early from prison in Arkansas.”

The ad went on to point out Huckabee “granted 1,033 pardons and commutations” to criminals as governor of Arkansas – “including 12 murderers.”

The Romney attack ad against Huckabee never ran (and the public never even knew of its existence until 2012).  Instead, Romney wound up running a much softer ad against his rival – who won the Iowa Caucus that year with 34 percent of the vote.

Romney finished in second place with 25 percent of the vote.

So … why is this ad being leaked now?  Is Romney leaking it – looking to land the punch he pulled back in 2007?  Or is Huckabee leaking it – hoping to make Romney appear desperate?

We don’t know … nor do we especially care.

Neither of these “Republican retreads” deserves to be taken seriously.  They’ve both had their chance … multiple chances, actually … both in terms of governing at the state level and campaigning on the national level.

And have failed …

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58 comments

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 11:41 am

When will FITS air his???

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Smirks January 22, 2015 at 12:04 pm

Right after you’ve aired yours, I imagine.

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mamatiger92 January 22, 2015 at 12:38 pm

Like shooting fish in a barrel.

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GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 1:21 pm

Advocate violence and killing much?

Typical Liberal. Like Hitler…If it offends you, you want it dead.

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Saluda Rapids January 22, 2015 at 1:51 pm

Read more on this, plus additional Hitler references, at SCPSD? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 1:20 pm

I voted for Romney because I knew he could not be anywhere near as bad as Obama. And I was 100 percent RIGHT about that…

But I’d rather have had a Conservative. He or she would have WON. We actually have some TRUE and proven Conservatives in the field this time, Thank GOD.

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Speculation MUCH? January 22, 2015 at 2:39 pm

I voted for Romney because I knew he could not be anywhere near as bad as Obama. And I was 100 percent RIGHT about that…

On what alternate universe did Romney win the election and prove this? Goddamn, you’re one special kind of idiot.

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GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm

Look at the country w REALITY….you’re a F*#k! ng fool if you don’t see the ness it is in…

Speculation MUCH? January 22, 2015 at 3:33 pm

…and that’s how you deflect and not give the answer of how Grandy is 100% right about Romney…

Don’t you have the balls to allow yourself to say you looked stupid?

grandtangosuglydog January 22, 2015 at 4:17 pm

No …no he doesnt.

Rocky January 22, 2015 at 3:39 pm

5.6% unemployment, dow is at 18,000, 401Ks flush with cash, malls are packed, most restaurants have a wait, Orlando full of vacationers, locally King Street is packed every weekend night, car sales are on record pace. What a mess! Oh right, you’re the mayor Crapville – well I guess we all can’t live in Crapville.

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 3:50 pm

Now where do you work Rocky?

Rocky January 22, 2015 at 4:04 pm

Wherever I damned well please. Some days the couch, some days the office, some days the client, some days Starbucks. Some days the Beach. Travel to cities all over the US including So Cal, Northeast, our wonderful nation’s capital, Florida. Just try and stay away from Texas – all they’ze gots is steers and queers.

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 6:23 pm

BUSTED!!!!!!!!

That is in COMPLETE contrast to where you said you worked a few months ago, when you were telling us how well you were doing under Obama, and what your insurance costs were…Didn’t you claim you bought a beach house…LMAO….

What a FREAKIN’ Liar…..and so liberal typical…LMAO…

Rocky January 23, 2015 at 9:04 am

Yeah, a boughta house at the beach. Not on the ocean, but bike ride away. Why don’t you re-read the post silly, “Some days the beach” – golly you’re a pest. As for my employer – I’ll give you that info right after you give me your SS# and your bank account numbers.

GrandTango January 23, 2015 at 9:17 am

You have confirmed my level of accuracy. So if I am right about the beach house purchase, my memory of your employer should be accurate too, right?

Now who did you say you worked for?

euwe max January 22, 2015 at 8:21 pm

I think he’s trying to get even with fate for making him so stupid – when he realized his lack of intelligence was irritating to people, he decided to make a career out of it.

He’s paradoxically proud of being such a clueless ass… it’s like the smell of his own farts clearing out the subway – he kind of likes the smell. He relishes the hateful looks of those he’s offended.

Flip Coscoe January 22, 2015 at 12:35 pm

Huckabee is a tough one. I know ‘Rogue’ likes him and so do I on most policy issues.

Problem is I was aware of the ‘stealth’ campaign Huckabee ran against Romney in the Christian community about his Mormon faith.

I believe it is a big reason 4 million Biblical Christians stayed home. Not sure I can trust Huckabee.

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GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 1:15 pm

I’ll always maintain that Romney lost because of the Mormon thing. There is NO way to explain a loss to such a HORRIBLE president as Obama…

I voted for him, because I believe he is a Christian. But I certainly can see why some had reservations. It is a curious faith. And I give those who are skeptical that discretion.

Faith is a VERY Strong characteristic of a person. Look at Obama, and how he reacts, or imposes, his faith…or his beliefs about it…

Not to mention: Liberalism is VERY MUCH a religion…and a VERY Dangerous faith at that…

Huckabee…NO. He is too gray, waffling…and liberal on too many issues. He is like Romney in that respect – just on different issues…He hasn’t a chance because of that.

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Flip Coscoe January 22, 2015 at 1:17 pm

Great points…in particular that liberalism is a religion…

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Rocky January 22, 2015 at 1:41 pm

You two love birds (or one loving his bi-polar other self):
Polls Today:
Rasmussen – Obama approval at 50%.
Clinton beats Bush, Christie and Paul by 13 points, Romney by 15.
Have a nice day – must suck to be you. We now return you to your normal Crapville WCRP radio programming.

Flip Coscoe January 22, 2015 at 2:11 pm

You left out the other polls that have him at 37%-46%-which is what he was at on November 4th.
Throw out Reuters (37%) and Rasmussen (50%) and he is below 45%…44% in Real Clear Politics avg.
55% of the country disapproves of Obama.That is something for the Dems to get behind-guess that is why they are calling him a TRAITOR now-trying to save themselves from perpetual slavery to their Republican owners.They lose anymore seats and they won’t even be a party anymore.

Rocky January 22, 2015 at 2:41 pm

Let me repeat it for you since you missed it – again – this stream is on the 2016 election – please keep focused – or take your Ridlin –

Clinton beats Bush, Christie and Paul by 13 points, Romney by 15.

Saluda Rapids January 22, 2015 at 1:55 pm

OK, so now Democrats do believe in religion. You have said they don’t. Must be like how you cared about Robert Kraft being audited till you found out he donated to Obama. Oh, BTW, YOU didn’t vote for Romney b/c he is Mormon. Three strikes and you are out. Read more at SCPSD? HAHAHAHAHA!

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GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 2:08 pm

You F*#k! ng fool….I did not say you are anti religion. ..you hate God and Chistians….you LOVE false gods to beat the band…..

2 Scoops Too Many January 22, 2015 at 2:01 pm

Tell us more about wanting to be a “sugar bowl”.

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snickering January 22, 2015 at 1:49 pm

With all due respect Mr. Big Tango, please stop commenting. That will stop everyone who has comments on anything you say.

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GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 2:10 pm

Hitler favored silencing his enemies too. You are a nice little NAZI…are you not…

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Flip Coscoe January 22, 2015 at 2:19 pm

lol…easy on em today GT…not often you have the leading Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee infer the pResident of the USA is a proxy for the terrorist regime of Iran and spewing its talking points.

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GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 3:02 pm

But they are still oblivious to anything but the talking points from their puppet masters. …if I did not school them….they’d be even more ignorant. …LMAO….

Rocky January 22, 2015 at 3:40 pm

Many of us felt big that we were making you look like a fool. Then we realized we don’t do nearly as a good a job of making you look stupid than you do yourself.

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 3:49 pm

But why is it so much of your direction is toward me…and not toward politics or accurately directed my political ideology, like I address you, and the hoards like you??

You people think if you can personally attack me…and not the politics…it somehow will bring Obama’s number’s back up and save the Democrat Party from the disaster it has become…

In other words: I achieve my goals in exposing you and your lies and your very flimsy arguments. All you really do is verbally assault me…over and over…

PS: Rocky I asked you where you work???… You say you got a big raise, vacations time out of the country and a nice investment package? For what company do you work?

Rocky January 22, 2015 at 4:06 pm

Tango – my privacy is my business – safe to say I don’t work with you.

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 6:21 pm

Hahahahaha…LMAO…

A while back you told us where (you claimed) you worked…LMAO…I figured that was a lie…You just helped support my contention…Thanks for showing me I am right again…

flip January 22, 2015 at 11:49 pm

I guess I have been banned. I can no longer access FITS with Disqus or my Facebook account.

GrandTango January 23, 2015 at 8:35 am

Karl Marx censorship?

Flip Coscoe January 23, 2015 at 9:30 am

I can’t post via Disqus or Facebook but can post as a ‘guest’.
Karl rOcky Marx? :-)

GrandTango January 23, 2015 at 10:19 am

Flip..if that is really you (you have to be careful w/ these paranoid liberals stealing IDs)…..Though they only travel in cowardice packs…remember how I told you how they fear of more than one….

Silencing opposition is the ONLY true defense liberals have…hope they have not stooped to that w/ you….

flip January 22, 2015 at 11:55 pm

Can you read my last post about being ‘banned’. I can’t.

Rocky January 23, 2015 at 9:08 am

Your a fool. But if it makes you feel better – I am on a conference call right now with folks in India. Not Nikki’s family.

GrandTango January 23, 2015 at 9:16 am

What is the name of the company?…and what service or product does it/you sell?

Rocky January 23, 2015 at 9:23 am

Technology company servicing financial services – all of North America and PR. And that’s it for you. Now give me your SS# – I want to go to Best Buy and get a new flat screen.

GrandTango January 23, 2015 at 10:01 am

LMAO…That’s NOT who you claimed you worked for, when you were bragging about your bennies a few months back..

THIS is WHY I beat the F*#k out of you: I’m honest. I may be hated, vilified and attacked…but I don’t lie…You’re nothing but F*#king liars….

Rocky January 22, 2015 at 4:10 pm

I don’t attack you so much – sometimes responding to your inane attacks on others. The fact is you simply spout the Hannity – Limpballs – Doocey crap I can hear every morning between my first cup of coffee and my first BM assuming I feel like putting on Fox. You latch on to the latest right-wing conspiracy theory. Unemployment went down to 5.6% and some right-wing moron went out and saw that there were 92 million people between the age of 16 and 64 not working and cried “those are all unemployed” without thinking who make up that 92 million. Now I don’t know exactly what each of those 92 million are doing, but I do know that those between 16 and 18 are in school, a lot of the 19 to 24 are in college, a lot of 24 to 50 are stay at home Moms, and a good number of the 60 to 64 don’t work because they don’t have too. But you take it to gospel. It’s not your dribble I detest, it’s that you spout it out as actual fact, when it’s purely unsupported conjecture mirroring your desperation to paint the world as crap. Well it’s not crap, and most people don’t live in Crapville.

grandtangosuglydog January 22, 2015 at 4:15 pm

maybe if you didnt call every person who disagreed with you “dumbass, fucking fool, liberal, socialist and the right wing favorite..America hater” ” etc your point would have more value instead of being viewed as some insane partisan dribble.

GrandTango January 22, 2015 at 6:20 pm

So my defining you accurately is why you have become so unhinged, you are consumed w/ anything and everything I write…

Sorry, but change if you don’t like me calling you what you are…LMAO…

grandtangosuglydog January 23, 2015 at 10:30 am

well since every single person on this site thinks you are huge ignorant asshole..i guess you are the one “hoping for change”..not gonna happen asshole.

Flip Coscoe January 22, 2015 at 2:38 pm

James Hoffa Jr. Just came out for the Keystone Pipeline!!!
When the marxist International Brotherhood of Teamsters jump ship, lights out!

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Your Boyfriend January 22, 2015 at 2:44 pm

Did ya read about that Yellowstone River oil spill, Dumb@$$?

Popcorn's almost done January 22, 2015 at 12:45 pm

Can we just go ahead and have the Republican primaries now?

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Flip Coscoe January 22, 2015 at 12:47 pm

Got to wait on muslim Obama to give Iran its nuke.

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Vince Nicholson January 22, 2015 at 1:01 pm

No better target than SC.

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Still looking January 22, 2015 at 2:44 pm

Oh, like Saddam’s nukes? You fuckers will fall for anything.

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grandtangosuglydog January 22, 2015 at 3:15 pm

maybe he can Bush how easy it was for him to give North Korea a nuke?

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LOL! January 22, 2015 at 7:05 pm

Hey, Dildo! Did ISIS hack your shit again?

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snickering January 22, 2015 at 1:45 pm

First we’ll have to line them up on many stages and it’s getting pretty crowded.

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Spitfire1940 January 22, 2015 at 2:34 pm

And Fits news are liars!

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Vince Nicholson January 22, 2015 at 3:56 pm

The economy is great now. Only a republican war will reverse it.

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