Mitt flips again...loves FEMA now

[mindfulNJ]

Unbelievable

By Callum Borchers, Globe Correspondent


Mitt Romney on Wednesday stepped up his support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, further rebuffing accusations that he would end funding for disaster relief if elected president.

“I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters,” Romney said in a statement. “As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission, while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need, because states and localities are in the best position to get aid to the individuals and communities affected by natural disasters.”

Romney’s comments last year during a GOP debate in New Hampshire were interpreted by some as a call to eliminate FEMA altogether.

“Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction,” Romney said. “And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better.”

The topic has taken on greater political implications as the federal government mobilizes to provide relief for communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy this week.


http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/31/mitt-romney-voices-stronger-support-for-fema/6i7wW1bPskqRY73mAptYzM/story.html?comments=all#readerComm

edited to add a summary for lazy people (I kid, I kid )

[tbennett76]

1. Tea leaf time

his internals have imploded over the last two nights.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. Mitt Romney on Wednesday stepped up his support of the Federal Emergency...

...Management Agency, further rebuffing accusations that he would end funding for disaster relief if elected president."

"Stepped up" from what? That sentence implies that he somewhat supported FEMA prior to today, which is not what the evidence shows. Stepped up from being an adversary more like. And all in a single day he flipped -- a single day of watching a real President exude leadership in a time of crisis.

My before-edit comment (OP edited to include summary, Thank you, mindfulNJ) : Is it common here on DU to have so many posts that include only an external link and no summary?

[onecent]

5. newbys I would say

[mindfulNJ]

7. been around since 2003

[nc4bo]

3. Roll the tape! Flipper Mitt is not going to get away with that one either. nm

[lpbk2713]

4. He was for them before he was against them ... and then for them ... and then against them.

Retroactively.

[MightyAfrodite]

6. Unbelievable!!

[Supersedeas]

8. Same ole Mitt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Is it the right height? nt

[Avalux]

10. "stepped up" "interpreted by some"??????? WTF??????

Why oh why does the press give him a pass on this shit?

[spiderpig]

11. Mittens gives me a headache.

But I have to look, mindfulNJ, out of prurient curiousity ("oh WTF has he said now???&quot

This idiot has no boundaries.

[hogwyld]

12. Oh Noes!!!!1111!!111

This statement is going to hand the presiden, er, throne to Rmoney and the evil queen. We're doomed!

[Blue Owl]

13. He loves me... He loves me not...

He loves me... He loves me not...
He loves me... He loves me not...
He loves me... He loves me not...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Ha! I said this would happen yesterday.

He's too easy to predict.

[gatorboy]

16. Ha! No kidding.

I told my friends yesterday that his campaign hadn't programmed him with the proper moderate answer yet.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. Note how it was released in a statement, too.

They didn't dare risk letting him veer off message any by saying it personally to the press.

[Science Geek]

15. Romney is for and against everything!

The man is incapable of holding any one position on anything at all, or at least being honest about any of his positions; I think it is this latter.

How such an obvious serial prevaricator could ever come this far both astounds and saddens me.

[Bake]

18. "As President, I ..."

Mitt, you will NEVER be President.

Bake

[politrixjunkie]

19. I'm just plain dizzy

And thanks for the summary. I'm definitely lazy.

[mindfulNJ]

20. you're welcome

I'm lazy too...that's why I didn't post it initially