'Honestly I'm honest' - Mitt Romney - I don’t mean to be flip but I don't see how young people can vote Democratic.

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Flip  “Roe v. Wade has gone too far.”
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Flop “I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”
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Flip  “I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.”
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Flop “I never really called myself pro-choice.”
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Flip “I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life.”
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Flop  “Any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability.”
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Flip  “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.”
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Flop “I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.”
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Flip  “I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.”
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Flop “Ronald Reagan is… my hero.”
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Flip  “I will work and fight for stem cell research.”
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Flop “In the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise.”
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Flip  “I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.”
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Flop “There’s no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.”
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Flip “I like mandates. The mandates work.”
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Flop “I think it’s unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.”
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Flip  “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”
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Flop “I did not see it with my own eyes.”
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Flip  “This is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car.”
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Flop  “They’re not happy that my dog loves fresh air.”
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Flip  “It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.”
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Flop  “He’s going to pay, and he will die.”
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Flip  “Those… paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship.”
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Flop  “Amnesty only led to more people coming into the country.”
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Flip “I’m not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.”
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Flop  “Social Security’s the easiest and that’s because you can give people a personal account.”
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Flip “Based on the numbers of American Muslims… I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified.”
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Flop  “A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.”
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Flip  “I would like to have campaign spending limits.”
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Flop  “The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.”
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Flip “I supported the assault weapon ban.”
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Flop “I don’t support any gun control legislation.”
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Flip  “The TARP program… was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.”
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Flop “When government is… bailing out banks… we have every good reason to be alarmed.”
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Flip “I’m going to take burdens off the back of the auto industry.”
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Flop  “Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.”
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Flip  “When I first heard of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly.”
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Flop “‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has worked well.”
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Flip  “I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.”
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Flop  “It’s a tax cut for fat cats.”
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Flip  “These carbon emission limits will provide real and immediate progress.”
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Flop  “Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.”
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Flip  “Relative to the leading candidates, some people see me as being more conservative.”
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Flop  “I’m not the most conservative candidate.”
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Flip “I don’t line up with the NRA.”
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Flop  “I’m a member of the [NRA].”
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Flip “The all-Democrat stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the timing of the start of the recovery…”
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Flop  “The all-Democrat stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure.”
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Flip  “…the costs of health care will be reduced.”
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Flop “We were unable to deal with… health care costs in Massachusetts.”
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Flip  “If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation.”
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Flop  “What works in one state may not be the answer for another.”
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