Would You Trust a Democrat Who Voted Republican During the Civil Rights and Nixon Era?

[Jim Lane]

91. In other words, you got nothin'

Your modified premise is: If someone was a registered member of a political party, then he or she is automatically deemed to have supported all policies of that party unless he or she can produce documentation of having opposed a particular policy.

That's still ludicrous.

During the Clinton years, I spoke at a forum in opposition to NAFTA. I might, with a whole lot of digging, be able to document that fact -- but probably not. As to all the other Clinton policies I opposed (while voting for him twice), no, I couldn't document my opposition. It would still be a smear for someone to claim that I supported DOMA or whatever.

You didn't answer me whether you voted for Obama and whether you support all his policies. Now I'll give you an out -- you're held to your own logic of having supported all Democrats' policies at any time you were a registered Democrat, but we'll make an exception if you can document your opposition to that particular policy.

My general take on this whole tempest in a teapot is that people can change. I don't trust Romneyesque flip-floppers, but there's no indication that Warren abruptly changed her public position (let alone her voter registration) for reasons of political convenience.