>> Bray was quite clear that Trump’s statement that if abortion were illegal, a mother who has an abortion should face some legal consequence of breaking the law was a correct opinion <<
Uh, that was Mr. Trump’s position for only a few hours. Now he says the woman should not be punished.
But of course, there’s no contradiction, because Mr. Trump can do no wrong.
I don’t try to defend Trump’s changes in position. Some of them are old positions which he has repudiated. A charitable evaluation would be that as many of us he is capable of learning and growth. The later changes are similar to those of moderates migrating to conservatism when they discuss issues. They are new enough to the conservative cause that they don’t have canned answers to every conceivable questions. As a result there is some level of flip flopping. Canned answers are the stock and trade of career politicians - we all know that Trump is not one. Carefully worded weasel phrases are easy to mouth and aren’t particularly helpful when the speaker has no intention or ability to impact the issue he is addressing.
I support Trump, but not without reservations. We are currently offered the choice of several highly flawed candidates. The remaining three are not exactly George Washington, Ronald Reagan (actually a flip flopper) or Calvin Coolidge. Each of us evaluates the flaws of each candidates differently and then pick our poison. This time around, my first choice is not a young, politically ambitious lawyer, who has an impressive library of “weasel phrases” at his disposal to spout selectively depending on the audience. I suppose you evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates differently than I do and I respect that. Differences of opinion make the world go around.