Thanks to Akin, sitetest, Romney had to go from near silence on the subject of abortion to a door cracked open in public to state his support for rape and incest exception.
Why is that significant?
Because of Romney’s long history of being pro-abortion.
The video was a 59 second review of that history that was part of the primary campaign in South Carolina. It’s a quick reminder of the flip-flops of Mitt Romney. It does it well.
What does all this say? Mitt’s been pro-abortion in the past. Mitt has changed and re-changed his mind in the past. Now we hear Pro-abortion exceptions widely disseminated.
What this all has in common: abortion.
Mitt will slide further left.
“Thanks to Akin, sitetest, Romney had to go from near silence on the subject of abortion to a door cracked open in public to state his support for rape and incest exception.”
This is both false and misguided.
It's false because Gov. Romney hasn't “hid” his views on the subject. As demonstrated in the links I provided, he said in an interview to the Boston Globe in 2007 what his views were, and that he would prefer the law to allow for exceptions in cases of rape and incest. These views have been noted elsewhere, and he has affirmed them since then.
In that this is actually the position of the LDS church, it's entirely unsurprising. I suspect that this is actually as close to the real Mitt as we're going to see because my perception is that Gov. Romney is not anything if he's not a devout member of the LDS. I think he feels most comfortable expressing a public position on abortion that closely lines up with the teachings of his religion.
But if you think he's trying to hide his belief in these exceptions, that's really misguided. Rep. Akin gives him the opportunity to SHOUT TO THE WORLD that he accepts these exceptions. That's where the votes are!
Prohibiting abortion except in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother (and possibly serious fetal abnormalities) is the single-most commonly-held position on abortion held by folks in the United States.
Rep. Akin’s words didn't make Gov. Romney go from “near silence” to a “door cracked open.” Rather, Rep. Akin’s remarks were the perfect foil for Gov. Romney to demonstrate to all that he is a “moderate pro-lifer,” wishing to significantly restrict abortion, but not one of us crazy extremist, “purist” types, LOL.
It blunts the attack from folks like NARAL, who want to paint him as entirely outside the mainstream on abortion.
Far from forcing the governor to do things he didn't want to do, he probably secretly welcomed this opportunity to come out as the “good guy,” protecting women against the extremist, “purist” crazies like me! Win, win, as they say.
Video: Unimpressed. Nothing I didn't know about already, but itself leaving out many of the details, and thus making a caricature of the whole topic.
“Now we hear Pro-abortion exceptions widely disseminated.”
They were out there as far back as 2007. Just because you may not have been paying attention doesn't mean the rest of us weren't.
“Mitt will slide further left.”
Maybe. Maybe not. I don't know. Neither do you.
What I DO know is that at this point, there is room for Gov. Romney on the left to slide to. I know that the Kenyan anti-Christ is already as far left on abortion as is metaphysically possible.
And since the next president will either be Gov. Romney or the Kenyan anti-Christ, my picks aren't between broken-down, double-speaking, used-car-salesman Mitt Romney and some morally-decent, intelligent, competent exemplar, but rather between broken-down, double-speaking, used-car-salesman Mitt Romney and Satan's personal representative on earth.
I'll take the used car dude.
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