This is the problem. He is not even convincing enough to be a used car salesman. Only the hardest of the GOP's hardcore could suspend their disbelief and believe that he had any sort of authenticity. The rest just voted for him because he was not Obama and didn't give a flying **** about anything else.
He has been in the public eye for years. His authenticity...or lack of it...depending on where you stand...was evident and proven.
Obama was a man with no reputation at all....no one knew of him...no one to this day can name a single friend he had in college....his voting record was party line...his college record was kept secret...his associations that WERE known were considered irrelevant..
Yet...as it pertains to "authenticity"...
When he flip flops he is simply "evolving"...which is deemed a positive spin on flip flopping.
So dont tell us about the importance of authenticity.