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In the discussion of abortion Jim, who are you to judge a man’s heart? As a pro-lifer for probably more years than you would like to know, I recognize that the goal of the movement has always been to change hearts and minds.

I have had former abortion advocates come to speak at my pro-life events . . . for both young people and adults. These courageous speakers often spend the rest of their lives trying to make up for buying into the lie . . . not to mention the agony of realizing they have taken life, either directly or inadvertently.

People like this, who have made mistakes in judgement are never to be forgiven ???? . . . most especially not if they are politicians I suppose. Did you forgive Reagan?

When a pro-life politician switches to choice, then I’ll be upset.

In the meantime, your deliberate mischaracterization of Romney’s current position on abortion is no different than the misinformation we get everyday from the mainstream media. Romney is on record as saying he wants the SC to reverse the RvW decision, bring it back to the states, and you know it.

romney has lied his entire life. He lies about his religion... I never knew that until I actually became educated on it. Who am I? I am an imperfect man in an imperfect world and I have a brain and free will and a mandate to vote how my conscience tells me to vote. Let GOD forgive mitt if he has truly repented. We are not to judge his soul. JESUS said to "render unto Caesar" and our vote is a vote for a leader of a worldy government. On that count I do judge if he is qualified for the office of president. For many reasons IMHO he is not... and the largest reason is that he is a baby killer and a supporter and enabler of the murder of the innocent. I do not believe his words... on any subject. I have seen him on video say one thing... and then lie about having said it... then when confronted with the facts... he spins about what he really meant to say. Who else does that? The problem with your argument is that by any measure... mitt has had a change of heart on every facet of his being. No one truly knows the real mitt romney... there are just too many of them to know who the real one is... if there even is a real one.

LLS

In the meantime, your deliberate mischaracterization of Romney’s current position on abortion

Well, I guess that's true in a way, if you have reason to believe his current position.

But you're talking about a guy who claims he has been pro-life his entire life, yet tried to run to the left of Ted Kennedy on abortion in 1994.

Throughout his political career, he has consitently changed his views to suit the office he was seeking next.

And that's the problem - we all know what Romney says now that he has sought out the GOP presidential primary vote. The question is, do you believe him? I don't, and for good reason. Namely, his history.

I think Mitt has one principle - his own personal drive for power. All others are expendable. As will be all of the principles in the GOP platform if he is elected president.

I think he would be a somewhat better president than Obama - just about anyone would. But I also think that he would case serious harm to the GOP - far more than Bush's compassionate conservatism ever did. And a Romney presidency would let the GOP-E elements in Congress off the leash.

And I just don't see how Romney wins in November. His only advantage in the GOP primary was money to hammer his opponents into a pulp. He didn't win as much as he destroyed all other alternatives. And he will not have an overwhelming money advantage in November, and he offers no compelling personal reason to vote for him over Obama - the only reason he offers to vote for him is that he is NOT Obama. We have seen that time and time on this thread - we are cajoled to vote for Romney to get rid of Obama. But for independents, you usually also have to give them something to vote FOR, and Romney won't be able to seal that deal.

It is not as linear a debate about Romney versus Obama as the GOP-E would like us to believe. The GOP-E loathes the Tea Party and reformer politicians such as Sarah Palin. They have shown last election that to them, party loyalty only applies when the RINO wins, but we're supposed to suck it up now and rally behind their loser candidate who could only win the nomination by negative advertising his opponents into oblivion. The GOP-E poisoned this well, not conservatives. And now we refuse to drink the Kool-Aid they have made with that poisoned well water. It's that basic.