Romney accuses McCain of 'dirty tricks'

[villager]

Source: AP

Romney accuses McCain of 'dirty tricks'

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Republican Mitt Romney accused John McCain of using dirty tricks by suggesting the former Massachusetts governor wanted a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, in a spirited debate Wednesday night that underscored the intensity of their presidential rivalry.

Coming 24 hours after McCain defeated him in Florida, Romney vented his frustrations over the Arizona senator's claims from last weekend.

"I have never, ever supported a specific timetable" for withdrawing troops, Romney said. McCain's accusation on the eve of Tuesday's primary, he said, "sort of falls into the dirty tricks that I think Ronald Reagan would have found reprehensible."

The debate was held in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., six days before more than 20 states hold primaries or caucuses that could determine who succeeds President Bush as the party's standard-bearer.

McCain stuck to his guns, saying, "of course he said he wanted a timetable" for a withdrawal. McCain had made the allegation in Florida as he tried to shift the debate from the ailing economy, a stronger issue for Romney, a former venture capitalist and businessman.

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[Booster]

1. Well, damn, Mitt - you're both Republicans- you like dirty tricks.

[Faux pas]

2. The king of corporate raiding calling foul? Priceless. n/t

[Charlie Brown]

3. Silly Romney

Trix are for kids

[liberal N proud]

4. So McCain is a dirty old man?

What did Mitt expect from a republicon?

[SpiralHawk]

5. "McCain is acting like a, um, a, like a republicon" - Romney

"...And you can't go any lower than that." - Romney (R)

[NikolaC]

6. Who Let The Dogs Out Mitt?

I love it when those twisted idiots eat their own. I don't like it on the Dems side, but I do when the dirty tricksters on the pug side beat up on one another. Gonna grab some popcorn, sit back and enjoy the show for a little while.

[Virginia Dare]

7. dirty tricks that I think Ronald Reagan would have found reprehensible

LMFAO!!!!...:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[tanyev]

8. Boo-frickin-hoo.

McCain is being a big meanie to poor widdle Mittens.

[lumpy]

9. Laughable that the Repubs are constantly invoking the name of

Ronald Reagan trying to ride in his tattered coattails.

[villager]

10. well, is it any surprise that being Thanatos-driven, they worship the dead?

n/t