Reply #55: 1995: That's when Dean made the statement... [View All]

...about raising the SS age to 70. Eight years ago.

If you expect a candidate to stick by the same positions taken 8 years ago -- let alone remember them -- why don't you hold your guy Kucinich up to the same standard?

Earlier this year, he said he would "wholeheartedly support a woman's right to choose."

Yet 7 years ago, he said life begins at conception. (Jul 1996)

Just 4 years ago, he voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion (Jun 1999).

3 years ago, voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions (Apr 2000).

And just 2 years ago, he voted YES on banning human cloning, including medical research (Jul 2001), YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad (May 2001), and voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes (Apr 2001).

I don't fault Dennis for changing his stance on abortion, even conventiently upon launching a campaign for president, after years of consistently voting against abortion rights.

Candidates have as much right to grow and change with the times as the rest of us do. Howard has as much right to change his mind on a position as Dennis does.

(edited for typos.)