In an entertaining story coming out of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney got into a heated discussion...with a 15-year-old:
[Kevin Daly], the sophomore at Phillips Exeter Academy pointedly asked Republican candidate Mitt Romney about his shifting positions on abortion and gay rights.
"How can any of your campaign promises be trusted?" Daly asked.
Romney suggested the 15-year-old from Weston, Mass., had falsely stated that he favored gay marriage in 1994.
Around and around the two went, with Daly referring to a
New York Times report about the gay rights pledge. The second time through, he mistakenly said the story detailed a "gay marriage" pledge.That was enough for Romney.
"Even The New York Times hasn't said I'll be stronger on gay marriage than Ted Kennedy, even The New York Times," Romney said. "I've never been an advocate of gay marriage."
In Romney's defense, Kevin Daly's confusion is understandable. After all, this is the kind of local coverage he is subjected to:
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