Abortionist = one who advocates abortion as a political cause. Romney is a long term advocate of abortion as a political cause. By his own admission (boast actually), he pushed abortion for over three decades of his adult life including his time in government office.
OK, I listened to the clip, and its not pretty (it is edited a bit to leave a bit worse impression though). Even so, it sounded to me that he was promising voters that he would not challenge the existing status quo of abortion laws, not that he was seeking to push the frontiers of abortion further. From a political perspective, he may have simply been seeking to deflect a strong line of attack at that time (Romney will take away a woman’s right to choose and force poor teens into back alley abortions!) which mobilized an active part of the Democrat party base and was a big factor in the “gender gap” which gave Democrats an electoral edge. He was offering a position to the voters before the election to leave the existing law alone, which he honored after he was elected. I admit that I saw no evidence of an inherent moral qualm on his part about allowing abortion, but also no drive to expand or promote it. It was kind of “I promise to uphold the law as it is, and not rock the boat”.
Obama on the other hand, has always pushed to expand abortion, to the most horrendous degrees (e.g. partial birth), and his HHS is now actively using Obamacare powers to stamp out all right of conscience from religious opponents of abortion.
And that’s just abortion. He and his administration are destroying our economy, undermining our constitution, deconstructing our defenses, divulging our secrets, encouraging takeovers by the Muslim Brotherhood abroad, and subverting our culture at home. The very worst of pedophiles, perverts, race-baiters, communists and anti-American traitors have found their way into the White House and into positions of influence.
Romney is no Ronald Reagan, but he is what God has given us to work with in this time of great peril. He really does know very well what business needs to thrive in America, and I believe that he will try to achieve it (if only for his own re-election prospects). In truth, I believe that he will be able able to recruit a pretty good economic team, and would generally not oppose good ideas that come to his desk from Congressional Republicans/Conservatives. With Obama it would be total war, unconstrained by ethics, tradition, or the law. Conservative initiatives would be blocked by hook or by crook, and radical changes would be instituted by fiat (like gays in the military, open borders, millions of new citizens added directly onto welfare rolls, more industries nationalized, regulations on everything - like political speech on the Internet). Obama is an unprecedented threat to our Republic.
Bottom Line: Romney’s not the social conservative that we would want, but he is a competent manager and a loyal American. We’ve just got to stop the bleeding and fresh wounds from Obama. Obama can not be trusted with the powers of the Presidency. While it is on my watch to defend our constitution I will do it even if it means my death - or even if I have to vote for a suboptimal candidate.
Obama must be defeated.