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2016 Postmortem

Skwmom

(12,685 posts) Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:44 PM Feb 2016

So changing your positions w/qualifying words so you can change back after the election is honest?

On what planet?

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So changing your positions w/qualifying words so you can change back after the election is honest? (Original Post) Skwmom Feb 2016 OP

It's what politicians do HassleCat Feb 2016 #1

It's also called lying and deceiving. bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #2

I have no problem when politicians change their positions demosocialist Feb 2016 #3

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. It's what politicians do

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:45 PM

Feb 2016

It's called leaving your options open. It's also called pleasing the donors.

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)

2. It's also called lying and deceiving.

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:46 PM

Feb 2016

demosocialist

(184 posts)

3. I have no problem when politicians change their positions

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 01:13 PM

Feb 2016

like on economic policy,like TPP or NAFTA, but they have to admit they were wrong and explain why they came to that new position. On issues like LGBT rights and Civil Rights for example... I take them at their original view. In the second instance they are against a group of people. In the first they could have just been ignorant to policy or the changing economic conditions forced them to relook at the issue.

BUT Human Rights do not change

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