Romney's 2 Faces: Why I Don't Like Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney looks too good. He’s slick and smooth, almost slippery. He sounds presidential, they say. Well, to me he comes off as very…shall we say…political. Better yet, savvy. He says what people want to hear.

His recent conversion to the pro life positions seems suspicious to a lot of people. When he was vying for the votes of people in left-leaning Massachusetts, he was decidedly agnostic on that question. Now in preparation for winning the Republican nomination, he picks up a convenient position.

Recently Mitt Romney’s flip flopping came into clearer focus [HT: A Buck for Huck].

On August 6th in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, with the straw poll in conservative Iowa approaching, Romney claimed he supports a human life amendment to the Constitution. But this week in liberal Nevada, he declares he is for individual states having the right to keep abortion legal.

Anyone else see the blatant hypocrisy? The conservative face worked in Iowa, so why not bring out its moderate counterpart? Here’s the full quote from two-faced Mitt.

“My view is that the Supreme Court has made an error in saying at the national level one size fits all for the whole nation,” Romney told Nevada political columnist Jon Ralston in a televised interview. “Instead, I would let states make their choices.”

Asked by Ralston if it was “OK” with him that Nevada is a “pro-choice state,” Romney said, “I’d let states make their own decision in this regard. My view, of course, is I’m a pro-life individual. That’s the position I support. But, I’d let states have this choice rather than let the federal government have it.”

Now his campaign has an “explanation” as to why he is for a national amendment and states rights at the same time, but it seems a little hollow to me. What’s interesting in the above quote is his insistence that he is a pro-life individual. Sounds a lot like Guliani’s position.

Scott Klusendorf explains just why this is so troubling to pro-lifers like me [HT: Vitamin Z]:

The moral logic of the pro-life view–apparently missed by Romney–is that elective abortion unjustly robs the unborn of his natural right to life and thus NO state can legitimately allow the practice. From California to Massachusetts, the natural rights of the unborn transcend any laws generated by the states.

I don’t respect a candidate who always agrees with whomever he’s speaking to. I like one with a little bit more backbone. One who cares about doing what’s right enough to stand on his principles. That’s why I support Mike Huckabee.