Only when it’s self-serving, is the problem. I found out Dick Cheney has been pro-gay-rights for years, but then I found out he has a gay daughter. While it’s nice that he isn’t anti-gay like most Republicans, it’s pretty safe to say that if he DIDN’T have a gay daughter, he wouldn’t give a shit about gay rights.
Jon Stewart also did a funny number on his show about some blonde Republican pundit on Fox (I forget her name). She was on record saying that pregnancy leave was an unnecessary entitlement, until after she came back from pregnancy leave! She had a sudden change of heart (surprise, surprise) and started blasting people for having the same opinion she used to express! Total bitch.
Most Republicans are hypocritical, self-serving fuckwits who suffer from a serious lack of perspective. Although some believe in certain forms of “welfare,” it’s only after an event has affected them personally that they give a shit. Also see: The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion. And Santorum, who is all about abortion, but only for his wife. These assholes are fucking crazy.