And Ronald Reagan was a lifelong Democrat at one point in his life. People who have finally seen the light are the most ardent in many cases. Mitt may be one of them.
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When did 61 year old Romney “see the light”? It wasn’t during the Vietnam war when he was living in France, it wasn’t after Roe vs Wade when he was 27 years old, it wasn’t during the Carter years, it wasn’t during the Reagan revolution, it wasn’t during the abortion wars or the fall of the Soviet Union, in fact Romney was against Reagan, and he was pro abortion.
It wasn’t during the Gingrich revolution and the Contract with America, Romney was against the Contract with America, in fact he only gave money to Democrats from 1989 until he decided to register as a republican for the 1994 election.
Romney ran to the LEFT of Ted Kennedy, Romney helped raise money for Planned Parenthood, Romney did not “see the Light” throughout all of the Clinton years, the 2000 election did not turn him, September 11, 2001 didn’t do it, war and the 2004 election didn’t help him “see the light”.
In one of the great political coincidences of all time, Romney had a major transformation into a complete and thorough Conservative just in time to run in the current republican primary, and he spent almost $50,000,000 of his own money to convince us of that instant rebirth from lifelong anti-conservative to leader of all conservatives in only about 30 months.
It’s like that raging case of herpes that never quite goes away.