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I’m sorry, but I just do not buy Mitt Romney.
He looks presidential, he has some good experience and he has performed well in the debates. But something in my gut just does not sit right about him.
Part of the issue with Romney is detailed nicely in an article on ABCnews.com, in which they examine some of the origins of the McCain campaign’s assault on Romney recently.
Romney’s explanation of his change of position on abortion begins with a meeting in 2004:
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has long cited a November 2004 meeting with a Harvard stem cell researcher as the moment that changed his long-held stance of supporting abortion rights to his current “pro-life” position opposing legal abortion.
Well, months after this momentous meeting, Romney apparently had not let it sink in quite yet:
Within two months of his epiphany on this issue, Romney appointed to a judgeship a Democrat who was an avowed supporter of abortion rights. In May 2005, Romney also declared his support for a House bill lifting President Bush’s ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research — a bill he now said he opposes.
Now of course the Romney campaign has spun this information until it has gotten so dizzy that it puked on its own shoes, but I am having a hard time buying it. This still sits as a guy who is running a campaign to win, and not based on his true beliefs, which smacks of the guy currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. How is that working out for us?
Many moons ago, a presidential candidate was asked if he smoked marijuana, and he responded by saying:
“When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn’t like it. I didn’t inhale and never tried it again.”
It was a ridiculous statement. He won.
Romney’s case on his change of heart is no where near as ludicrous, but it is every bit as fuzzy and shady. I wonder if it will matter.
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This crap about Romney kills me. I truly believe it’s driven by his opponents. You act like it’s a big sin that he’s now pro-life. Who cares when it happened? He’s pro-life and his record in MA was inarguably pro-life. Would you rather a pro-choice NY liberal “republican” who’s record IS pro-choice? Or a bitter candidate who’ll be 72 on inauguration day and looks like he’s halfway dead already? Romney’s not perfect, but neither was Nixon, Reagan, Bush or Bush Jr. We don’t elect perfect presidents, we elect leaders, and if you don’t think Romney is a leader then you need your head checked. He’s the best the GOP has by a mile, whether Fred enters or not.
I’m not acting like its a big sin that he’s pro-life now, I just don’t like HOW he’s telling us how he’s pro-life now.
I’m not expecting pefection, but I also don’t like being treated like an idiot. He tells us that he met with a stem cell scientist and that changed his heart on the abortion issue. Two months later he appoints a pro-choice judge and supports a lift on stem cell research.
I’ll check my head if you take an eye exam.
“I just don’t like HOW he’s telling us how he’s pro-life now.” You have GOT to be kidding us. You don’t like HOW he’s saying it? Good grief, are the two of you married?
I’m not kidding you.
Call me idealistic, I’d like to know that a candidate actually agrees with the issue as they are presenting it in their campaign.
I’m merely pointing out that there are some discrepancies in what he is saying.
I’ve made no conclusions as to which Republican I will suppport yet, but I give credit to McCain for sticking to his guns and to Rudy for basically admitting he is a social liberal. Fred Thompson has had a clear voting record as pro-life, having voted to ban partial birth abortions in 1999 and voting to maintain the ban of abortions on military bases in 2000.
So forgive me if I choose not to support a candidate that I don’t think has be completely forthcoming in why he changed his mind. I just don’t think went about this the right way.
Do I think this should preclude him from being President, of course not.
It doesn’t mean I have to like it either.
Fair enough then. So answer the original question. Whether you think Romney has been forthcoming or not, would you rather him or Rudy? And let’s not forget Fred migt have voted like a conservative in the senate but he sounded pro-choice before then. (and not just on the questionaires, but in interviews)
I honestly don’t know who I would pick, and I swear that isn’t a cop out. I actually would have supported pre-2005 Mitt in a heartbeat, which is why I’m picking on him now, because it’s my opinion he’s selling out to win the nomination. But hey, I don’t know squat!
And yes I’ve heard (not seen yet), that Fred’s stance on abortion in the past may be questionable, but at least its not on his voting record, which would be a lot harder to explain away.
I’m really not blown away by any of the candidates, so I’m just going to keep reading and listening…
I love how everyone – the Liberals, McCain, Brownback, and some folks on here – seem to have an aim at Romney’s back on the subject of abortion. I, too, was very skeptical at first several months ago regarding Romney’s record and his supposed flip-flopping – and was actually leaning towards McCain and F. Thompson. However, I started doing a lot of research on Romney – which is what the Liberals and MSM do not want people to do – and discovered that Romney is a man of integrity, a true Conservative, has a factual record on voting pro-life, and is competant!
Then, while speaking at the National Right To LIfe Convention in Kansas City today (which asked him to come speak), he hit a grand slam out of the ballpark! He answered the critics of his position of “changing” from pro-choice to pro-life dead-on! He shared his record that was consistantly pro-life! He was honest!
Funny how low-life Liberals, some other GOP candidates (who are now losing in the polls), and the MSM want to rake him over the coals and spread distortions about Romney – while nearly every Pro-Life organization KNOWS the facts and are supporting Romney!
Oh, and btw – McCain was invited to attend the National Right To Life Convention as well, but, wouldn’t you know it, he had ANOTHER “scheduling conflict”.
Let’s see here – just like all those “scheduling conflicts” which prohibited McCain from attending CPAC, Club for Growth, and National Review, right?
Must be the same scheduling conflict that made him drop out of the important Ames Poll in Iowa in August!
Let’s face it, McCain is a loser who is now in tantrum mode because he’s being beaten by Romney!
David, we have a winner!
I should have gone much earlier Jason, I owe you a drink or something…
Dave,
What bothers me about your argument is this. You assume that the human life issues are so important that they override everything else. Maybe he just thought that his candidate was so highly qualified, and suited him well in so many other more important ways, that he was willing to overlook a few issues on which they disagreed. I really do think you doth protest too much.
Frank, I think maybe that you think I care that much. It is not the issue, it is how he has approached this issue and how he approached his campaign.
This is not the first time he has tried to be “the man” on an issue that he is clearly not been that way his entire life on the abortion issue. This is the same guy that has claimed to me a “life long hunter” when he has hunted twice in his life, once at age 15 and once about 18 months ago. He also said “I’m a lifelong member of the NRA”.
He said this after he signed up for his “lifetime” membership about the same time he hunted for the second time in his life.
Rip me all you want, I still hold on to the fact that this man changes his beliefs to win the nomination.
I feel I have the facts, and I don’t think I’ve been convinced any other way.
David -
You really need to check your facts instead of relying on the MSM and the Liberals about the issue of Romney going hunting “twice in his life”!
Already, people here in Utah have spoken out and given personal interviews to the media up in Park City that have either been with Romney on hunting trips, or have been aware and or seen him out hunting near his home in Park City. Also, while he was here running the Olympics, there were also several people that who were his neighbors up in Park City that saw him out hunting.
Funny how you really DO NOT have all the facts – but instead choose to listen to hearsay without checking the truth!
David, you’re showing your ignorance!
Dave,
Look, Mitt didn’t invent the rules of politics. How many times has Kerry, the original big time flip flopper changed his mind? What good is it to be the greatest leader in the world if you can’t get elected? How many times have you changed your mind? Unlike most of the other candidates, Romney has not been a career politician. As you age, as you talk to people, as you read, as science reveals, it’s only natural to modify original beliefs. Judge the man in total. How has he actually lived his life? What is his general philosophy? Not, is he perfect, but is he a good man? Romney has lived an amazingly just, productive, contributing life.