Mitt Romney, the strength to do the wrong thing
I still don't understand how this "even a blind hog finds an acorn" argument, rearticulated by Romney today, isn't just torn apart in the press.
Paraphrase: Yes, "mistakes have been made" in Iraq, but the best plan is to listen to the guys who have made all the mistakes.
This is the kind of thinking that has led us to where we are. This is the kind of thinking that kept Michael Brown in his job as people were dying in New Orleans. This is the kind of thinking that kept Rumsfeld in his job. Or Bremer. Or Rice.
This kind of thinking costs American lives. We've seen it.
Romney should be disqualified for the presidency based solely on this position.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney conceded that the war in Iraq has been poorly managed and may hurt Republicans again next year, but he refused to oppose the course President Bush has charted.
Paraphrase: Yes, "mistakes have been made" in Iraq, but the best plan is to listen to the guys who have made all the mistakes.
This is the kind of thinking that has led us to where we are. This is the kind of thinking that kept Michael Brown in his job as people were dying in New Orleans. This is the kind of thinking that kept Rumsfeld in his job. Or Bremer. Or Rice.
This kind of thinking costs American lives. We've seen it.
Romney should be disqualified for the presidency based solely on this position.
posted by mikevotes at
1:39 PM
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Romney is a savvy politician. He is never publicly emotional, never losing his cool or appearing cranky. He's a political shark.
I think, like most modern Republicans, he cherishes power and wealth and well do and say anything he thinks is necessary to obtain them.
Of the Republican candidates so far, I think Romney fits best with the base, even if that's not evident in the polls just yet. I would have thought Huckabee, as an ordained Baptist minister, would have been the anointed one with the base. Unfortunately for him, he actually espouses Christian humility over Christian crusading. Even if Romney isn't a Christian in the traditional sense, he possesses the uncompromising cold-bloodedness that the self-described Christian base are so fascinated with.
...i'm kind of drifting off topic now.
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-epm, at 2:20 PM
I agree that Romney fits best among the major contenders with the evangelical base, although there is still plenty of room on his right for somebody to fit in.
(I think Giuliani fits best with the big business base.)
That is an interesting point about Huckabee. I would've thought he'd have more presence by now, but he does seem to lack a certain "hardness" that the Republicans seem to crave.
Frankly, of the four, he'd be my choice. I don't agree with him on stuff, but he seems rational not doctrinal. His beliefs seem genuinely organic rather than stridently professed in an "I'm not gay!!!" kind of way.
Perhaps that's why he can't gain traction. The resonance is not to the actual values but to the stridency driven by denial.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 2:25 PM
The resonance is not to the actual values but to the stridency driven by denial.
I find a certain Alice in Wonderland quality in fundamentalist circles, where what is truly valued is how stridently you rail against the spec in your brother's eye. This seems to give the base some comfort -- permission, if you will -- to ignore the log in their own. The more they demonize their "enemies," the more holy they become -- in relative terms.
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-epm, at 3:38 PM
I was trying to figure out a way to express that clearly.
What I was trying to ask is if the religious right is similar to a homophobe who is afraid he is gay.
And it is only in their accusations that they're comfortable.
It's not really christlike purity they want. They want someonewho captures their own tone.
I think we're on the same page, I just can't seem to capture the words to express what I'm trying to say.
Original sin?
Mike
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mikevotes, at 3:48 PM
Romney's going to be a serious contender. He's handsome (don't discount that), intelligent, exudes competence, and is a slick, skilled flip-flopper when he needs to be.
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Anonymous, at 9:52 AM
re: abi
I agree. He's the one to watch on the Repub side. And the fact that he's not been in the national political spotlight for the past umpteen years, for all intents and purposes, is only to his advantage.
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-epm, at 10:23 AM
Romney is slick, but the question is can he fire up the footsoldiers. The Republican party runs on those crazy Christian footsoldiers, and every step along the way, people are going to be tearing them away.
I really don't think the Mormon thing is as big an issue as his previous stances.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 2:32 PM
Not to worry. He'll change his position. When the wind does. He's a bit like Sen. Clinton that way.
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QuakerDave, at 9:40 PM
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