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Old 01-03-2007, 03:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 01-03-2007, 03:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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In recent weeks, Romney has faced questions about his conservative credentials on issues such as gay rights and abortion. Romney challenged Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy in 1994, and in a letter he promised a gay Republican group he would be a stronger advocate for gays than his rival.

Romney ran as a moderate during his gubernatorial campaign. Despite saying he personally opposed abortion, he not only pledged to leave the state's abortion laws intact, but noted his mother, Lenore, ran for U.S. Senate in Michigan in 1970 as a supporter of abortion rights.

He now stresses his opposition to abortion in speeches across the country.

In 2002, Romney's supporters also handed out fliers with well wishes from him and his running mate at Boston's annual Gay Pride Parade. And he was endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay party activists.

Nonetheless, Romney has insisted his opposition to gay marriage has been unflinching.
obviously one of those by-the-polls kinda guys - say whatever it takes to whore up some votes and then flipflop to whore up some more
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Seeing he was governor of Massachusettes, I'm sure he learned how to flip flop from Kennedy and Kerry.
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Kennedy flip flops? LOL He's the most die-hard liberal I've ever known.

But - whoever he learned it from - he does it damn well.
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Then it has to be Kerry for sure.
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I agree with that.
I'm no huge fan of John Kerry.

But there is no way that Ted Kennedy flip flops on ANYTHING
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Kennedy's speeches put me to sleep...He just reads off of a piece of paper. I watched one of his speeches at a University where he literally read off of a piece of paper for over 30 minutes. Zzzzzzz Zzzzzz
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Ridin - LOL - yeah, I know. He's certainly no orator. LOL

But, still, he's not a flipflopper like Romney.

Actually, whenever I see Romney, I think of a couple of the really really smug arrogant know-it-alls in my fraternity at college LOL
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Ridin - LOL - yeah, I know. He's certainly no orator. LOL

But, still, he's not a flipflopper like Romney.

Actually, whenever I see Romney, I think of a couple of the really really smug arrogant know-it-alls in my fraternity at college LOL
You mean a flipflopper like Kerry??

Sure Romney didn't think about running for President a couple of years back, but times have changed and he has been getting much support. I can't see that as a flip-flop...just a good political decision.
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actually, his not running for president isn't what I was referring to...see my post at the top of the page.

LOL - and I gotta repeat - you can't throw Kerry up at me - I'm not huge fan of John Kerry!
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