Mitt Romney flip flopping on flip flopping

[Mass]

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Last week, in one of the more amusing political claims of the year, Mitt Romney boasted, “I stand by my positions. I’m proud of them.” Given Romney’s record of abandoning every policy position he’s ever taken, it was hard not to marvel at his shamelessness.

But NBC’s First Read reports from New Hampshire, where Romney took a different line on one of his biggest vulnerabilities.

In the town hall of 250 people … Romney addressed perceptions and concerns that he is “a flip flopper.”

“In the private sector,” he said, “if you don’t change your view when the facts change, well you’ll get fired for being stubborn and stupid. Winston Churchill said, ‘When the facts change I change too, Madam. What do you do?’”

That’s different from what he said a week ago, when he said he doesn’t change positions.

The American people “can tell when people are being phony and are pandering to an audience,” he said, “and you’ll see that in politics. You’re not going to see that in my campaign.”

Frankly, it is hard for me to understand why a pol accused of flip-flopping does not say that he has learned new facts that made him change his position. This is something I could respect.

[BeyondGeography]

1. He has stood by all of his positions at one time or another

[Common Sense Party]

3. SNL needs to update their John Kerry flip-flop routine for Mitt:

Sen. John Kerry: You know, this President like to talk, about how I called Iraq the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time. That a few days later, how I say that anyone who doesn't think the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein, is not fit be Commander in Chief. But what he doesn't tell you is that when I denounced the war in Iraq , I was speaking to an anti-war group. And when I endorsed the war, I was addressing a pro-war delegation from the UGA. The fact of the matter is I have consistently supported the war in front of pro-war audiences, and condemned it when speaking to groups that oppose it. That is not flip-flopping, that is pandering! And America deserves a President who knows the difference. Thank you.

[Yavin4]

2. Mitt Romney Is Like New England Weather

If you don't like one of his positions, just wait a few minutes. It'll change.

[golfguru]

4. Shhhhhhhh....

Do not point out Romney's flaws. IMO he would be easier to defeat than Perry.