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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt vs Mitt (Digby)
Mitt vs Mitt
by digby
And to think the Republicans called John Kerry a flip-flopper for saying he voted for war funding before he voted against it and are now very likely to put a ping-pong ball on their presidential ticket. Hypocrisy doesn't begin to describe it:
Of course he does. Or does he?
...
He's doing this so often that I'm beginning to wonder if this isn't his strategy. I'm sure he's being well briefed so unless he has Alzheimers,this doesn't make a lot of sense anymore. Maybe they think voters will choose him for the position they agree with and assume he's pandering on those they don't. Certainly, the villagers seem to think he must really be a centrist moderate (the bestest and most wonderful of all ideologies) and is just pandering to the rubes. Weirdly, the rubes don't seem to be as keen, but we'll see if they don't find it in their interest to believe his wingnut pronouncements were his real beliefs once he gets the nomination. People often delude themselves in this way --- on both ends of the ideological spectrum.
by digby
And to think the Republicans called John Kerry a flip-flopper for saying he voted for war funding before he voted against it and are now very likely to put a ping-pong ball on their presidential ticket. Hypocrisy doesn't begin to describe it:
Mitt Romney sparked controversy Wednesday afternoon after he told local reporter Jim Heath in Ohio that he would oppose a bill that would allow employers to ban providing female contraception. Im not for the bill, Romney declared. But look, the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception, within a relation between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, Im not going there. Romney made the comments on the eve of a Senate vote for an amendment offered by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) to permit employers to deny coverage of health services to their employees on the basis of personal moral objections. The measure is the GOPs response to President Obamas rule requiring employers to provide contraception and other preventive health services as part of their health insurance plans.
But moments later, the Romney campaign reversed itself, claiming that the candidate was confused by the question and that he does indeed support the rhetoric behind the bill, namely a boss right to keep health care services out of the reach of workers based on religious concerns. Romney himself clarified his stance during a radio interview on the Howie Carr Show:
ROMNEY: I didnt understand his question. Of course I support the Blunt amendment.....
But moments later, the Romney campaign reversed itself, claiming that the candidate was confused by the question and that he does indeed support the rhetoric behind the bill, namely a boss right to keep health care services out of the reach of workers based on religious concerns. Romney himself clarified his stance during a radio interview on the Howie Carr Show:
ROMNEY: I didnt understand his question. Of course I support the Blunt amendment.....
Of course he does. Or does he?
...
He's doing this so often that I'm beginning to wonder if this isn't his strategy. I'm sure he's being well briefed so unless he has Alzheimers,this doesn't make a lot of sense anymore. Maybe they think voters will choose him for the position they agree with and assume he's pandering on those they don't. Certainly, the villagers seem to think he must really be a centrist moderate (the bestest and most wonderful of all ideologies) and is just pandering to the rubes. Weirdly, the rubes don't seem to be as keen, but we'll see if they don't find it in their interest to believe his wingnut pronouncements were his real beliefs once he gets the nomination. People often delude themselves in this way --- on both ends of the ideological spectrum.
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Mitt vs Mitt (Digby) (Original Post)
Mass
Mar 2012
OP
Does it reflect well on Romney that he instinctively made sense the first time, or
DirkGently
Mar 2012
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AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)1. Like nailing jello to the wall.
Personified.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)2. Does it reflect well on Romney that he instinctively made sense the first time, or
... ill, that he will so literally say anything that it's impossible to tell what Romney thinks about anything (except that rich people are entitled to run everything)?