[SteveMcKing]

I can’t name any political figure who was pro-life and then became pro-choice. The moral path is one-way.

[mazza]

and...is Romney a hero now?

[Jeff Head]

This is the best, most impassioned and moving explanation IMHO, that he has given of his own change.

I am inclined to believe him...particularly given his last statement.

Now...if he really believes this...I mean really believes that it is not in the constitution and that the courts have usurped the constitution with this decision, then as a co-equal branch of government and the executive, IMHO, it would be his duty to inform the people in the executive branch to not enforce an unconstitutional law.

That is the type of crisis this grave breach of moral clarity, that this murderous, unconstitutional, bloody decision of so long ago...should produce.

There is precedence. Andrew Jackson did precisely this when he refused to uphold a Supreme Court decision. He said of the Chief Justice of that day, "John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it." Of course the court had no enforcement power of its own, and so that decision was ignored, and Andrew Jackson was not impeached.

Today it would be a much more dicey thing since an entire industry and lobby groups have grown up around this culture of death...but again, if one really believes that it is not in the constitution and that the courts usurped their authority...one has no choice according to their oath of office.

Anyhow...I digress significantly. This explanation of roney's is a good one and I applaud him for it.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

If this were his only flip-flop and if the timing were not so suspect, then maybe. But puh-lease. Republicans can't win with a flip-flopper of this magnitude. The Dems can play Romney vs. Romney ads where they let him debate himself. And they can recycle the GOP's flip-flop campaigns against Gore and Kerry.

It is usually a good idea to pick someone with some experience winning conservative arguments and ground.

[Daaave]

Mitt Romney Tells Pro-Life Convention-Goers He Opposes Abortion

"I arrived at this place of principle only a few years ago,” he told the crowd."

"I've been a hunter pretty much all my life," he (Romney) said last week in Keene, N.H.

"...the man who claims he has been a hunter "pretty much all my life" has in fact only been hunting twice, ever."

"Last August, with a presidential bid clearly in focus, Romney joined the NRA, signing up not just as a supporter but a "life member."

worldnetdaily.com

[tiger-one]

“He told the more than a thousand convention-goers that he shares their strong opposition to abortion even though he only arrived at a pro-life position recently”

This an element of Romney's’s conversion from Liberal to RINO. “....arrived at a pro-life position recently” we know Mitt sometime between 2005 and your announcement you are a candidate for POTUS

[SmoothTalker]

Why do Mass. politicians all seem to be politically motivated flip-floppers?