2011 “IHOP – Flip-Flop Award Winner is Mitt Romney

 

In truth, Flipping Mitt made his most ardent competitors look like a bunch of amateurs and losers. Below are some of Mitt’s finest Flip-Flops with his claim that he supports something listed first (blue font) and his flip-flop second (green font. To be fair to Mitt and to save time, I’ve decided not to list all of his flip-flops.

• “The right thing for the country as we were on the precipice and it was a scary time for a lot of people” – (ca. 01/28/10)
•  Said he’d “shut down TARP, which bailed out the banking and financial industries” – (ca. 02/19/10)

• Refused to sign a bill outlawing civil unions as Governor – (ca. 2001)
• “From day one, I have opposed the move to same-sex marriage, and its equivalent, civil unions” – (ca. 2011 South Carolina speech)

• Advocated spending limits and an end to Political Action Committees (PACs) – (ca. 1992 and 1994)
• The American people deserve to be able to give to politicians without burdensome limits – (ca. 2007)

• “It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars to try to catch one person” – (ca. 04/26/07)
•  “Of course we get bin Laden track him everywhere he goes …We’ll move everything to get him” – (ca. 05/0307)

• Romney-care: “Will be a model for the nation” – (ca. 02/02/07
• Obama-care: “Health care reform should be left to the states” – (ca. 03/03/10

• “I like mandates. The mandates work” – (ca. 2007)
•  Mandates are “unconstitutional on the 10^th Amendment front” – (ca. 2011)

• “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam” – (ca. 1994)
•  My biggest regret was not serving in the military. “I longed in many respect to actually be in Vietnam” – (ca. 2008)

• “I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose. I respect and will fully protect a woman’s right to choose” – (ca. 2002)
• “I’ve always been personally opposed to abortion” – (ca. 2011)

Now folks, is Flipping Mitt the best at consistently reversing his position or what?