https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/04/10/why-do-people-assume-that-romneys-a-moderate-pretending-to-be-conservative/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:35:05 -0400<![CDATA[But here’s a question. Why assume that the old moderate positions were the real ones and the new conservative ones are fake? Because he took the others first? So what? He simply said what he needed to say to win then, and he’s saying what he thinks he needs to say to win now. And here and there, we learn new things about those bygone days. Over the weekend, the Times reported that Romney and Bibi Netanyahu have been close buddies, almost soulmates, for 35 years. I don’t think he paraded that one around much while running against Ted Kennedy. So maybe he was lying then.]]>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:30:07 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/04/10/why-do-people-assume-that-romneys-a-moderate-pretending-to-be-conservative-n279221