Well, back in 2008, people didn’t know Romney as well. I was among the Freepers who pointed out his major failings while governor of Massachusetts. But a lot of Freepers weren’t up to speed on him yet. And it was a fairly common delusion that he was an experienced businessman who could fix the economy. He was still boasting about being the man who rode in and fixed the Salt Lake City Olympics, and people were fooled by that.
It took quite a lot of doing to convince people that he was pro-gay marriage and pro-abortion, because he was saying the opposite, and his record wasn’t as widely known back then.
Anyway, there was quite a fight over Romney here in FR, with quite a few Freepers insisting that he was a good guy. So, I can understand why Rick may have spoken well of his business sense back then, and not known that he was an abortion lover.
Fiddlestick
Romney's flip-flops on abortion and contraception were well documented in 2008. Mike Huckabee denounced them in the debates. Romneycare was signed in 2006
I have to conclude that Santorum is NOT as principled as he pretends to be. Only lack of judgement could have made him to say what he said about Romney back in 2008:
“In a few short days, Republicans from across this country will decide more than their party’s nominee. They will decide the very future of our party and the conservative coalition that Ronald Reagan built. Conservatives can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines in this election, and Gov. Romney is the candidate who will stand up for the conservative principles that we hold dear.”
After reading that, I just cannot support him now.
Newt is the only genuine conservative candidate in the field.