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To: ansel12
This was Romney’s 1994 position on don’t ask, he thought it was fine and that it worked, but Romney wanted to impose full open homosexuality on the military.

Okay, so that's his change in position. 14 years ago he thought it would be a good idea to allow gays to serve openly, and now he supports the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy. I don't consider that a major change.

229 posted on 02/15/2008 9:41:51 AM PST by curiosity
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To: curiosity

“In 13 years ago, he said he did not think the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy would work. After seeing that it did work, he changed his mind. Big deal.”


When did he change his position?

In 1994 he thought it worked fine, he just wanted more, in the recent debate he totally ignored the question that Anderson Cooper asked him about his goal of open homosexuality in the military by openly lying, first pretending that Cooper was asking about don’t ask don’t tell, and then to eat up time he claimed that in 1994 that he laughed at DADT and thought it wouldn’t work.

The problem is that he clearly did believe that it worked in 1994. “I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military.”

When did he change his mind about DADT or more importantly, removing all restrictions on homosexuality in our armed forces? You keep saying that he changed his mind, when?


257 posted on 02/15/2008 12:03:40 PM PST by ansel12 (The conservative boat sailed long ago, it is every man for himself now.)
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