• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Changing your mind can be a good thing, if your decision is based on new facts and a change in public opinion.

    Changing your mind because wealthy doners tell you to is not.

    I honestly don’t care to dive into Romneys past enough to figure out which is which. But changing one’s mind over a lifetime in politics is probably a good thing.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t need to dive into anything, I lived through his career. He was progressive in Massachusetts when it served him to be so. He was regressive in Utah when it served him to be so. He is the quintessential slimeball politician, constantly asking where his people are going so that he might lead them there.

      He also put his dog in a crate on top of his car and went on a road trip. So he’s definitely a piece of shit any way you slice it.

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        5 months ago

        So… you’re saying he represented the people he was elected to represent, and worked within those bounds?

        The dog thing is a weird ass thing to bring up in a discussion on his politics.

        I voted against him for president. I’m sure I disliked his conservative policies, and dems had a good candidate, so it was a no brainer. But I don’t need to demonify him.

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          No, I’m saying he pretended to represent those people while serving himself. He paid lip service to the base voters, and used wedge issues like a gambler uses slot machines, going from one to the next hoping for a big payout.

          The dog thing just brings into stark relief what sort of person he is in private. He told that story on himself, because he thought it was funny when he saw his dog’s piss and shit running down the back windshield on the highway. That’s a man who lacks empathy, and is entirely out of touch with regular humans.