It's Usually THe COnservatives that call the Liberals FLip-FLoppers, correct?

Question

Well...

Mitt Romney->

* Abortion - 1994: Believed abortion should be safe and legal -2002: Personally against abortion but pro-abortion rights as governor, endorsed legalization of RU-486 (morning-after pill) 2007: Firmly anti-abortion

* Stem Cell Research - 2002: Endorsed embryonic stem cell research - 2005: Vetoed stem cell research bill

* Gun Control -1994: Supported assault weapons ban and Brady bill, rebuffed the NRA - 2002: Supported assault weapons ban and Massachsetts' tough laws on gun control - 2006: Joined NRA as a life member and said that states should ease licensing requirements; claimed he was a gun owner but later admitted that he's didn't in fact own a firearm

* Minimum Wage -1994: Opposed increase as an "anti-business" position but told David Brinkley in October that he supported tying an increase to rate of inflation
2002: Supported increase in line with inflation -2006: Vetoed minimum wage increase

* Gay Marriage - 1994: Opposed federal marriage amendment

I apologize, I realize this is not really a question. Don't take it too hard.

Answer 1

You see this from every candidate because that is how elections work.

For primaries, candidates need to be FIRMLY left or right to get the party vote.

Once they are running for general elections, they have to shift back toward center because they know they have the people on one pole and could never get the people on the other, but there are about 20% of people that could go either way and need someone moderate.

The truth is most candidates are moderate, but they need to act a certain way to get elected. Unfortunate (the faking, not the moderacy), but true.

Answer 2

Wake UP! he explained most of these several times in the last few months. He saw the effects of his beliefs were having. Your first point does not show a flip or a flop. Your second point says he does not want to pay for it and he realized that aborting babies for research was a little extreme. he read the stats on gun control and realized the stricter the gun control laws are the higher the crime rate is. And he never changed his mind about gay marriage.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Flip flopping on issues is a non-partisan trait found in politicians. Leaders do no flip-flop on their beliefs. Politicians, by definition can not be leaders because they pander to retain their position. Leaders by definition can not be politicians because they do what's right for the Republic regardless of the effect on their re-election. Those in government who want to increase it's size and power (both sides of the aisle) are giddy at the harsh rhetoric being tossed about. People have been so focused on their party induced hatred of the other for so many years (I believe since the Civil War) that we have let the government in general (again, both sides of the aisle) impose itself on one freedom after another. "Those who would give up a little freedom for a little safety (economic or physical), deserve neither freedom nor safety and will lose both". Benjamin Franklin

Answer 5

You should look up Rudy Giuliani's record, too. It mirrors Romney. Even the NYPD/NYFD unions aren't endorsing Rudy because of pre-9-11 budget cuts. Let's put it all out on the table before November 2008.