Thursday, January 17, 2008
Romney's Homophobia in Question
Wow, I knew I was right about Mitt Romney. Dailykos.com posted an interesting video today. The title of the post itself was “The Mittster responds to allegations of tolerance”. They were referring to the tolerance of homosexuals. Mitt Romney is trying to defend himself against this allegation. Mitt Romney’s campaign apparently took a huge tumble today, because of an interview he gave in 1992. The content of this interview was resurfaced. He was asked the question, “Do you believe gays should have the right to civil unions?” His response was “I would not have a problem with that.” This video did not seem to be completely solid, but if it is true then that would be quite interesting. I remember in the New Hampshire debates, John McCain and Ron Paul were going after Mitt Romney, and said that he was going back on his previous words. Now, since this has surfaced, I am starting to go more against Romney. He has a credibility problem. However, I do have to admit, the guy n the video seemed very judgmental and said some things that I do not agree with. He was asked if there was anything Romney could do to save himself. He said things like Romney could “disown a gay relative, he could call an opponent or anyone a fagot, and things like this”. That is horrible. I am not for gay marriage, but even I would never say anything like this. They even mentioned that Romney could make a racial slur against Mexicans in order to get the “bigot” vote. Are you kidding me? If they are trying to save his campaign, I definitely do not feel this is the right way to go about it.
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I do not know if it's so much his credibility since the video was from 1992 - he could have changed his views. Or yes, he could have just been saying what people wanted to hear at the time.
I agree with Holly. I personally have changed my view on multiple "large" issues in the past 15 years. I believe it is possible that he really does have a change of heart. We should just let it play out and see what happens
I really don't think that anyone can hold a video that is over 15 years old against him. He could easily have changed views by now. Its just liberals trying to bash republicans.
It is quite possible that Mitt has merely had a change of heart on the subject somewhere along the way over the course of 15. Like Cory said I too have changed my mind on major issues over the years. I have even changed my mind on some in the past year and a half. Does that make me a flip flopper too...
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