STEVE KORNACKI ON MITT ROMNEY'S FLIP-FLOPS

Steve Kornacki published an excellent analysis of the Gucci Chameleon's flip-flopping at the New York Observer website:

Here's an excerpt:

"In Massachusetts he brought audiences to tears with the story of a 'close family member' who died from a back alley abortion, and how the experience had convinced him that abortion should be a matter of deeply personal choice, and not any business of the government’s. “You will not see me waver on that,” he declared.

"But then he decided to run for President and declared himself adamantly pro-life, claiming that he had only been 'effectively pro-choice' back in Massachusetts (whatever that means). McCain, meanwhile, has opposed legal abortion throughout his entire public career. Again, right or wrong, he has been consistent."

"Gay rights, tax cuts, gun control: Over and over in this campaign, Romney’s convenient changes of heart—whether in his actual policy positions or just in the way he talks about issues—have been well-documented. On literally every subject in which he was vulnerable to criticism from conservatives, Romney shifted his attitudes before entering the campaign, meaning he has never been in position—as McCain has often been—to have to defend an unpopular view."

"And he authored a brand new chapter last night, proclaiming that Ronald Reagan would 'absolutely' endorse him if the former President were still alive. Of course, when Reagan actually was alive, Romney was running around Massachusetts assuring voters that 'I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.'”

Mike Huckabee, unlike the Gucci Chameleon, Bishop "Slick" Willard Mitt Romney, hasn't reinvented himself more times than Madonna. He hasn't had to because Governor Huckabee has remained true to his conservative principles.

Romney's problem often seems remembering which plasticized, focus-grouped and prepackaged version of himself he's presented to voter groups.

One thing is for certain, he lacks the core of conviction necessary to be a true conservative. Serious conservatives should not engage in the hypocrisy of claiming that social values matter but then voting for someone who only occasionally adopts them as positions of convenience.

Quit Mitt!
Quit Mitt!
Quit Mitt!