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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Mitt Romney says, "you're all a bunch of bigots."

The real story around Romney's speech today is the tremendous miscalculation made in the foundation of his campaign.

Viewing Giuliani as the top primary threat, Romney chose to change all of his positions to run as the candidate of the "christian" right, figuring that he could then attack Giuliani from there.

But, not actually being one of them, he failed to appreciate the true depth of their narrowmindedness and bigotry. Because, after all, the Republican group photo is a rainbow of diversity.

The interesting thing is that this doesn't seem to be that big of an issue in New Hampshire.

PS. Is there even a major elected Jewish Republican?

6 Comments:

  • Joe Lieberman...

    By Blogger -epm, at 11:03 AM  

  • I realized that joke as I was leaving the house.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:39 AM  

  • Sure, I was being a smart ass. But Lieberman is in the Senate because Connecticut Republicans overwhelmingly voted for him and against their own candidate. Snarkiness asside, this indicates that (northeast) Republicans will elect a Jew.

    And you'll see in the NH primary they'll also elect (or vote for) a Mormon.

    By Blogger -epm, at 11:48 AM  

  • I'll buy the Lieberman argument, although there wasn't really a viable Republican candidate to draw votes in the race.

    And I applaud your state for not being receptive to attacks on Romney's faith, but at the same time you have to recognize that Northeast Republicans don't really represent a powerhouse within that party.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:55 AM  

  • Agreed. At one time they did, however. I'm thinking of Warren Rudman (NH) and William Cohen (ME) for example. Maybe even Arlen Specter, before he became a toothless hound -- all bark, no bite -- sock puppet.

    By Blogger -epm, at 1:00 PM  

  • Historically, I've probably been politically closer to the northeast republicans than any other group.

    But they're gone.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:38 PM  

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