Samantha Bee of "The Daily Show" chats with Republican delegates about the differences between Romney's abortion stance and the party platform — and they make it clear that it would be simply unacceptable to force him to conform his conscience to the dictates of others …
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Daily Show: RNC 2012 – The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 – The Republican Platform
Regarding abortion, RNC attendees recognize Mitt Romney's right to choose, but not Samantha Bee's.
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That segment was an instant classic. Some of those people seemed completely oblivious to their hypocrisy! Others, at least, looked ashamed or befuddled. It isn’t easy having your cognitive dissonance revealed to you, I guess.
Of course, now I’m wondering if I have similar blind spots. :/
@Avo – I suspect we all do. The challenge is what we do about once so confronted.
Samantha Bee must have had some good security on tap. That befuddled look of, “oops, I’m a hypocrite?” is frequently followed by irrational anger.