Posted on 11/09/2011 6:29:24 PM PST by martosko
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney discussed his reputation as a flip-flopper at Wednesday night’s CNBC Republican presidential debate, disputing the characterization and calling himself “a man of steadiness and constancy.”
Romney was asked to address the “issue of character” after he mentioned the auto bailout, which he has been accused of switching positions on. The Democratic National Committee has been bracketing Romney in Michigan with ads attacking him for flip-flopping on the issue.
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I’m still making up my mind about Romney ....
.... But OBVIOUSLY Romney had to get along with DEMS to make anything happen in MASS when he was basically ... the ONLY Republican in the entire State!
Let’s have a little perspective here.
I think Romney has put his finger into the air and seen it come down with the wind blowing toward being a man of steadiness and constancy. That’s what’s “in” this week.
Next week, if the meme is how he needs to be able to bend and alter his position as a response to “boots on the ground” well then he’ll be a malleable, pliable pillar of a man going against his past beliefs because that’s what he believes is right at this moment.
And he’ll say that with just as much conviction as he said this line tonight.
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