More details emerge on Der Mittenfuhrer's duplicity

[Ian David]

More details emerge on Romney's duplicity
by: David
Sun Mar 25, 2007 at 13:46:19 PM EDT

Excellent reporting by the LA Times today on slick Willard Romney.

"You need someone like me in Washington," he said, according to Allen and two other abortion-rights activists, whose group was deciding whether to endorse Romney in the 2002 race for governor. Though running for state office, Romney hinted at national ambitions and said he would soften the GOP's position on abortion. The Republicans' hard-line stance, he said, was "killing them."

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And he presented himself as a future ally. "He said, 'I will be a voice of reason'" within the GOP, recalled Allen. "He said, 'That makes me useful to you, because people will note that a more moderate position succeeded.'"

The reporter has found a new treasure trove of Romney dirt: the notes of people with whom Romney met in the course of trying to become Governor.

Though Romney's policy shifts have become widely known, his meetings with activists for abortion rights and other causes - which have received far less attention - show he put much work into winning support from Massachusetts' liberal establishment only a few years ago....

He met gay-rights activists on their turf, in a restaurant attached to a popular gay bar, and told skeptics he would be a "good voice" and a moderating force within his party. And in many cases, he said his commitment had been cemented by watching the suffering of someone dear to him: a grandchild whose asthma left him worried about air pollution; his wife's multiple sclerosis, which had him placing hope in embryonic stem cell research; the death of a distant relative in an illegal abortion, convincing him that the procedure needed to remain legal.

It gets better.

More:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6798

[Hav]

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Sadly I guess it was only pandering but, and I don't whether I've already said it once, it would actually be nice if many more Repubs would really have these positions.
Or if the candidates from both parties could eventually leave all these wedge issues behind because these are all no-brainers. Instead, one could actually start do discuss the topics that political parties should discuss without stirring up more hate and divisiveness and without holding back progress.

[MissMarple]

2. How many ways to say "pond scum"?

Romney is turning his back on his family's suffering for raw political gain. He is not exactly coming off as Mr. Integrity, but then, which of the other Republicans running do?