As a man thinketh, so is he. And the past, it is said, is prologue.
THAT is why these things come up.
The positions taken in the past are brought to light for contemporary comparison with present-day assertions by the same person, then laid aside that person’s record during the interval between then and now. If there were not actions during that time to substantiate a departure from the originally stated position, then we must believe that there HAS been no such change; that the individual remains convinced of their original position as stated.
On this critical moral issue, it is manifest that Romney was a ZERO in 1994. He’s said a fair amount in recent weeks that SOUNDS like he’s had a rethink and holds a more morally sound position, now, but has he really? Or, maybe the original statements weren’t what he really thought; maybe they were just political pandering, in which case we should believe him now, why?
When was he lying about what he really thinks; then or now?
If the answer is “neither”, then where’s the list of definitive gubernatiorial acts that prove Romney now holds a morally sound view?
Why is this so much like trying to nail Jell-O to a freakin’ tree?
Romney: At the state level. I think it makes sense at the state level for states to put in provision of this. Russert: Now, you said you would sponsor it at the federal level. Romney: I would not support at the federal level, and I changed in that regard because I think that policy makes more sense to be evaluated or to be implemented at the state level. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22273924/page/6/ In case you missed it: Russert asked Romney if he still supported ENDA. Romney replied that he did support them at the state level. He said that implementing such laws “makes sense.” Russert: You said [in 1994] that you would sponsor [Sen. Ted Kennedy’s federal] Employment Nondiscrimination Act. Do you still support it?
When you are running to get elected to a political office, you try to appeal to as large a group of voters as you can.”As a man thinketh” the problem is that you don’t know all the time what a person is truly thinking. Too many people try to please others and do not express their true thinking or feelings because they want to be liked (or elected). There isn’t much you can do about that. Only God can look upon the heart and know who and what the person is.The rest of us just have to use what commonsense we have to understand what a person is saying and why. There is no perfect candidate for the office of President and the sooner people understand that the better. We just have to choose that person we think is the one who best expresses our own preferences for who we think will be the best leader for our country at this particular time in history.