Mitt Romey. He Was For Abortion Before He Was Against It

[ruggerson]

Seems like the Republican field is crowded with abortion flip floppers seeking to dupe the religious rightwingers yet again.

Romney should be hit with this everywhere he goes.

From BlueMassGroup:

http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3351

Let's take another look at Romney's "evolution," shall we?

1994: Mitt Romney is running against Ted Kennedy for US Senate. Here's what he said then:


I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain it and support it.


2002: Mitt Romney is running for Governor in Massachusetts. Here's what he said at that time:


Believing in people is protecting their freedom to make their own life choices, even if their choice is different from yours. Accordingly, I respect and will fully protect a woman's right to choose. That right is a deeply personal one, and the women of our state should make it based on their beliefs, not mine and not the government's....
The truth is there is no candidate in this race who would deny the women of our state abortion rights.



He also said that "I believe women should have the right to make their own choice."

2006: Mitt Romney is running for President (not officially, but come on). Here's his position now:

I am prolife. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother.



In that same op-ed, Romney equated "life" with "conception." And he went further, stating not only his personal views on abortion, but also stating (though not in so many words) that Roe v. Wade should be overruled:


I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate.


And he even said he would have signed South Dakota's outrageous law, which would ban abortion except to save the mother's life (no exception for rape, incest, or the mother's health).

[Kutjara]

1. Unfortunately, the kind of brainwashing...

...an individual undergoes on the road to fundihood irreparably damages their critical faculties. All some sleazy politico like Romney or McCain has to say is that they changed their minds because God came down on a sunbeam and told them that abortion was wrong, and the fundies will be writhing on the ground in ecstacy, ready to vote for yet another God-annointed candidate who has 'seen the light.'

[ruggerson]

3. True

but in the case of Romney, he has yet to be framed for most Americans. He is currently a blank slate. If we show him to be the opportunistic flip flopper that he really is, it will make many fundamentalists rightly suspicious of him (which they already are because he's Mormon) and it will destroy him with moderates.

We have to define him before he defines himself.

[Hav]

2. .

I guess that alone will give him no chance during the primary. He can try to change his "views" according to the views of the Repub base, but when he said that 4 years ago, his opponents will enough ammo against him for the case he even comes close.

But it also shows what a sellout he is. He said what he needed to say to win in a state like MA. Now he says what he needs to say to win the religious right. Some nice values.