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Mitt Flip-Flop on Reagan (Romney: "I'm not trying to return to Reagan")
Patterico's Pontifications ^ | Jan. 30, 2008

Posted on 01/31/2008 9:02:43 PM PST by jdm

Here’s a fun little video of a younger Mitt saying he’s not trying to return to the Reagan/Bush era, as he was an independent at that time:

Here’s Mitt from tonight:

[W]e’re in the house that Reagan built. It’s important that we, as Republicans, stay in the house that Reagan built. If we want to take the White House again, social, economic and foreign policy conservatives have to come together.

. . . .

I would be with Ronald Reagan. And this party, it has a choice, what the heart and soul of this party is going to be, and it’s going to have to be in the house that Ronald Reagan built.

Now watch the video again.

It’s short, and perhaps it’s ripped out of context. It’s hard to imagine how context could help much — but you never know.

UPDATE: The same YouTube poster has an effective little video showing Mitt supporting a woman’s right to choose — time and time and time again:


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To: ari-freedom

1994 is irrelevant.


61 posted on 01/31/2008 10:49:54 PM PST by TBP
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To: Antoninus

You are more than welcome to sit at home with your thumb up your butt.

Meanwhile, I cast my Florida primary vote for Romney. My only regret is that I couldn’t vote for Duncan Hunter. I was tempted by Alan Keyes, but then I came to my senses. The point of voting is to put a guy in office, not to protest otherwise.


62 posted on 01/31/2008 11:16:08 PM PST by Terpfen (Romney's loss in Florida is a catastrophe.)
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To: ari-freedom
That is creepy

That's what gets me about Romney--he sounded so convincing and solid on his convictions in 1994, like a true believer. He was every bit as convinced then as he is now.

My reaction: The man has NO core values. None.
63 posted on 01/31/2008 11:20:42 PM PST by Antoninus (The other guys s#ck so I'm stuck with Huck!)
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To: TBP

so is Romney’s campaign.


64 posted on 01/31/2008 11:26:11 PM PST by ari-freedom (Pro-life values voters defeated Rudy. Romney is next to go.)
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To: Antoninus

That’s why I am so fired up on fighting this guy.

And now the nuttiness is coming out as Romney supporters talk about voting for Hillary because ordinary Americans aren’t buying their Myth.


65 posted on 01/31/2008 11:34:22 PM PST by ari-freedom (Pro-life values voters defeated Rudy. Romney is next to go.)
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To: jdm
Years ago I worked with a salesman who was remarkably successful in placing his line. He had a number of ‘secrets’ to his trade, but the one I remember most frequently is that he would go in on a sales call and right off the bat list two or three things where his product was inferior to the competition. Then he would say that he was happy to save the potential customer the time and effort it would take to find out about these problems on his own, and now they could get right down to the business of how many or how much of the product the customer wanted to order. Very effective.

I can’t believe the time and effort that both sides have put into pouring over archives looking for inconsistencies in each other’s stands over the years! Often they’re like children who think they’ve caught their parent or their teacher in some gaff and they can’t wait to show how smart they are to have found it.

Sure, some of the discrepancies are out and out lies, like Romney claiming to have been a lifelong hunter, but has never had a hunting license, but in my book who cares? If lying is a problem for you (not you as in jdm, but the Papal ‘You’) then I’m sure you certainly didn’t support or vote for Clinton. If changing your mind and stand on something then I’m sure you didn’t vote for or support Ronald Reagan. The list goes on and on.

Gimme a break!

67 posted on 02/01/2008 4:54:34 AM PST by jwparkerjr (Sigh . . .)
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To: whenigettime

“If it comes down to Clinton or McCain,
I will NOT be voting for president this year.” I said this earlier this year... wellllll considering the alternative, I WILL be voting McCain!


68 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:05 PM PDT by whenigettime (Idealists are nice except in the face of a Marxist-Leninist, then pragmatists will do just fine.)
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