Romney's Biggest Flip-Flop Yet
Here's what former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said yesterday in an attempt to woo Clinton supporters to the Republican side:
"Hillary Clinton had a strong support group. Number two, she exudes the impression of having extensive experience, and Barack Obama does not. And she would, I think, have been a very compelling Vice Presidential candidate."
I understand how politics works. I'm not at all surprised or angry to see the McCain camp praising Hillary just to score political points for themselves. What does annoy me, though, is that Governor Romney still does not understand that, as a politician, he is accountable for all his past statements, including this little gem from one of his campaign ads a year ago, when Senator Clinton's nomination seemed inevitable:
“Hillary Clinton wants to run the largest enterprise in the world. She hasn’t run a corner store. She hasn’t run a state. She hasn’t run a city. She has never run anything. And the idea that she could learn to be President as an internship just doesn’t make any sense.”
I guess one could argue that this isn't exactly a flip-flop, since what Romney said yesterday is that Senator Clinton "exudes the impression" of being experienced, not that she actually is. But then one must ask, to whom does she "exude" this "impression?" In Romney's eyes, Senator Clinton, even after having served 8 years as First Lady and 8 years as U.S. senator, is still just an "intern." (And yes, we all get the joke.) Had Obama picked Senator Clinton as his VP, Romney would have been on the air yesterday talking about what a terrible a choice he had made. He may even have used the "intern" line again. And for once, he would have been consistent.
"Hillary Clinton had a strong support group. Number two, she exudes the impression of having extensive experience, and Barack Obama does not. And she would, I think, have been a very compelling Vice Presidential candidate."
I understand how politics works. I'm not at all surprised or angry to see the McCain camp praising Hillary just to score political points for themselves. What does annoy me, though, is that Governor Romney still does not understand that, as a politician, he is accountable for all his past statements, including this little gem from one of his campaign ads a year ago, when Senator Clinton's nomination seemed inevitable:
“Hillary Clinton wants to run the largest enterprise in the world. She hasn’t run a corner store. She hasn’t run a state. She hasn’t run a city. She has never run anything. And the idea that she could learn to be President as an internship just doesn’t make any sense.”
I guess one could argue that this isn't exactly a flip-flop, since what Romney said yesterday is that Senator Clinton "exudes the impression" of being experienced, not that she actually is. But then one must ask, to whom does she "exude" this "impression?" In Romney's eyes, Senator Clinton, even after having served 8 years as First Lady and 8 years as U.S. senator, is still just an "intern." (And yes, we all get the joke.) Had Obama picked Senator Clinton as his VP, Romney would have been on the air yesterday talking about what a terrible a choice he had made. He may even have used the "intern" line again. And for once, he would have been consistent.
