Dear Jeff Fuller,
"Quote all the OLD stuff you want . . ."
JohnnyZ has quoted something from four years ago. That's OLD stuff??
To me, it seems that perhaps Gov. Romney will say what he thinks he needs to say to get elected. So, when running for governor of Massachussetts, he states that:
"I RESPECT and will protect a woman's right to choose. . . . Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not mine and not the government's."
But now that he wants the Republican nomination for the presidency, he is suddenly "pro-life."
I'm not persuaded.
sitetest
Yeah. Because it's normal for Romney's positions to completely change over four years.
Lord only knows what Mitt will be supporting in 2010!!!! (It probably depends who he's pandering to at the time.)
It's all context. Show me the statement that Romney calls himself "pro-choice". I'll show you a kazillion dating back to the 90's where he's said he's "pro-life". All the quotes people bring up don't mention that nearly all of them are preceded by his personal stance of being "pro-life". It's just a reality of MA politics that NO POLITICIAN can run as a pro-life crusader. Romney shelved the issue for voters but had to make some "pro-choicy" statements to pacify the liberal public wary of a Mormon Republican wanting to be their governor. Romney is a pragmatist and shelving the abortion issue was a pragmatic approach. Otherwise, you'd have the Democrat as the MA GOV. who WAS RUNNING on a platform to EXPAND abortion rights. Romney was the pro-life choice among the two back in 2002.
Do you criticize Reagan and Bush 41 for being "converts" to being "pro-life politicians"? Some will never be convinced . . . but what matters most is that I believe Romney when he says he's "pro-life". I think he will convince the electorate as well.