Romney Isn't A Flip Flopper....
He's lying for The Lord. As you read this article, remember, he is not a casual Mormon, he is a former Bishop. This really does explain a lot.
"First, it is impossible to understand Mormonism without knowing something about Joseph Smith, Founder and Prophet of the Mormon faith.
Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, and by 1817 had moved with his family to the burned-over district of western New York, an area repeatedly swept by religious revivals during the Second Great Awakening. The Smiths believed in visions and prophecies, and participated in folk religious practices typical of the era. According to Smith, beginning in the early 1820s he had visions, in one of which an angel directed him to a buried book of golden plates inscribed with a Judeo-Christian history of ancient American civilizations. In 1830, he published what he said was an English translation of these plates as the Book of Mormon, and organized the Church of Christ as a restoration of the early Christian church. Church members were later called Latter Day Saints, Saints, or Mormons.
From Ken Clark....
Before becoming a prophet, Smith's chosen profession relied on deception to earn a living. He assured clients that he could see underground treasure using a magic stone in the bottom of his hat and clients paid him to locate hidden gold using this method.....Smith's arrest, trial and conviction in Bainbridge, NY for fraud in 1826 documented his activity. He was found guilty of glass looking. The modern term for Smith would be a con artist."
http://www.ohio.com/blogs/mass-destruction/blog-of-mass-destruction-1.298992/lying-for-the-lord-part-2-1.341140