1994 Flyer Confirms Romney's a Flipper

The Romney campaign is pointing out a 1994 campaign flyer that's made its way to the Web, and CBN's David Brody uses the flyer to defend Romney as a non-flipper on social issues in a blog entry entitled,"1994 Flyer Reveals Romney's Conservative Positions."   

Brody either can't read or I don't get what he's trying to say.  Brody writes:

Romney has taken a lot of heat for changing his position on abortion. But you have to wonder: Maybe Romney's been a conservative all along. It's just that in liberal Massachussets, to get elected, sometimes you have to bend a little more than you want to.

Yet when you read the flyer it says  Romney's position is "YES" on "Retain a Woman's Right to Choose."  To me, that means in 1994, Romney was pro-abortion.  Now he says he is pro-life, even opposing embryo experimentation.

The flyer also indicates Romney's position is "YES" on "Fight Discrimination of all Kinds," which is campaign mumbo-jumbo for Romney supporting homosexual rights, even thirteen years ago.  Today he says he opposes gay marriage, but is a little more foggy on civil unions.

Why would Romney's camp use this discussion to verify that their man's "been a conservative all along"? 

Please enlighten here . . .

Link: 1994 Flyer Reveals Romney's Conservative Positions - The Brody File: David Brody Blog - CBN News.

Comments

[Jeff]

Interesting. Republican's so excoriated Kerry for being a flipper last election. How in the world could they consider one this time?

I like Duncan Hunter. Clearly, he's the best and most consistent conservative candidate.

[Patricia]

If Romney gets the nod, he'll, at best, get 20% of the Hispanic vote, and lose.

[Fran]

Patricia,
Do you think Guiliani or McCain has a better chance of winning the Hispanic vote?

[Patricia]

McCain is beloved by the folks at Univision and Telemundo, largely because of his stance on immigration.

McCain would easily get 40% of the Hispanic vote, and possibly up to 45%. I'm not sure that would be enough to compensate for the less mainstream Republicans who abhor McCain, however.

I expect Hispanics to comprise about 10% of the total vote in 2008, up from 8% in 2004.

[CMC]

The idea behind posting that was, I'm sure, not to say that Romney hasn't changed his mind (or as you put it "flipped")on those two issues, but to demonstrate that in every other category he has always been a conservative. You can't argue with the fact that this flyer clearly demonstrates his support of those conservative values ever since 1994.

[Fran]

CMC:
You're right about his consistency on the other issues, but it was Brody who pointed out his position on the abortion issue specifically. And it was Romney's campaign that brought attention to Brody's post on the 1994 flyer.
It just didn't make sense. . . and still doesn't.

[Jason]

Actually to correct Dan,

Romney is against Civil Unions and always has been. He stated so in 1994 and still does. The only position Romney has changed is on abortion. People throw out charges but when you ask for specifics, there are none.

[Jimmy Jones]

This is interesting. I guess Rutherford and Romney have the same stance on gay rights, issues.

Romney's '94 remarks on same-sex marriage could haunt him
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | December 8, 2006

Comments Governor Mitt Romney made during his 1994 Senate bid, in which he said the gay and lesbian community "needs more support from the Republican Party," resurfaced yesterday, posing a potential hurdle as he appeals to conservatives for a probable presidential campaign.

Bay Windows, the Boston-based gay and lesbian newspaper, republished excerpts from an August 1994 interview the paper did with Romney during his campaign against Senator Edward M. Kennedy. In the interview, Romney said it should be up to states to decide whether to allow same-sex marriage and he criticized Republican "extremists" who imposed their positions on the party.