“Shouldn’t a candidate’s current rhetoric bear at least a passing resemblence to their record?”
I’ll answer. Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat and a Roosevelt supporter. RR evolved in thought and became a Republican. RR gave Mexicans amnesty. If he were alive today, my calculated guess is he would have changed his mind 180 degrees and would no longer support amnesty. He would have changed his mind based on the results produced by his initial amnesty. People evolve in thought. Many of the politicians who once held more liberal viewpoints are now conservatives. Same as many people on this Freeper website have done. Evolved from more liberal to conservative. It happens.
It happened to Romney who was Gov in a very liberal state. It’s amazing he won the Governorship in Massachusetts in the first place. I believe he came to a point in his life, based on his own strong support for families, that he found his original views on abortion laws untenable. He never was for abortion, rather for upholding the current law. Now he isn’t. I suspect many on this website when they were younger were pro-abortion and now are adamently against it. Just as is Deborah Roe herself of Roe v. Wade fame (or infamy) who is now against the very case that allowed for abortions which bares her name.
Romney has come to the right conclusion. You may believe it is from a point of convenience; I prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt based on his totally committed stance on the value of families and the personal life he lives. Unlike Newt Gingrich whom so many seem to champion here as a potential conservative savior candidate, Romney has been married to one woman only. Newt is on his third marriage as is Guliani. So many on this website knock Guliani and give Newt a pass. Both are no good when it comes to their personal lives. Some of you say, well Newt has now asked for forgiveness and admitted he was wrong in his personal relationships. Yet you do not want to allow that Mitt too has changed his stance on abortion for the better? Remember, Mitt was against abortions personally, but upheld the law as it is presently. Now he is against abortion completely. Good. Romney walks the walk. Guliani and Gingrich have not. Neither has John McInsane who is on his third wife too. I’d take Romney anyday over McLame, Guiliani or Gingrich. Romney lives a squeaky clean life and is a good man. And he has a great sense of humor to boot. He won tonite’s debate hands down, with Duncan Hunter a close second.
Hey, we made some very similar points. Good post. : )
Uhhhh....yeah. It's obvious on a number of levels. It shows up all over the place in the incompleteness of his positions. For example, did you hear him invoke the mythical "separation of church and state" tonight?
Sorry, but, even if he were sincere, which I don't believe for a second, where I come from, new "converts" have a very long time to prove themselves before they're handed the reins of anything. Have him come talk to us in a decade or so, after he bears some scars from the sacrifices he's made consistently fighting on behalf of conservatism.