Yup thats called a lack of integrity.
You have to be somewhat pragmatic
Thats called clintonesq
You can be personally pro-life, yet refrain from wanting to impose that on others by law.
Thats spineless, either you are for protecting the unborn from murder or youre not..
but I oppose most anti-smoking laws, because it infringes on the freedom of others.
Not the same..
Having said all that, I don’t think there’s any question that Fred has also changed his positions on some issues. All the candidates have.
Its not the shift in Mitts beliefs that bother me so much as the *timing* He ran and won as governor as a center left (center center *at best*) but between that election and announcing his race for the presidency he became a convert on Gay issues, abortion, and gun control.
“Thats spineless, either you are for protecting the unborn from murder or youre not..”
You’re partially right. That’s why I disagree with that position, because I think the unborn child deserves protection, and legal abortion completely devalues the developing child.
I say “partially” because I don’t think it equates with spinelessness, just a failure to think the issue through. While I and my firm were fighting the ACLU on the abortion issue, one of my male partners, who would never have encouraged abortion for any woman he personally associated with, couldn’t understand why people were so exercised about the law. I think it’s because he had never been pregnant, and didn’t really appreciate the humanity of the unborn child.