Romney is an idiot. Why does Massachusetts produce them with such precision? If he'd've stayed in Utah he would probably be for real. McCain, meanwhile, is taking Pepe's line that US servicemen are wasting their lives in Iraq. That it fall to the DNC to chide him on this makes me hold to my cautious and disbelieving enthusiasm for Giuliani...simply because the rest are shit.
Update 1:59 p.m. 1/3/07:Screech!
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What's so bad about Romney? OK, OK, he's a bit shallow and vain and not very experienced, but aside for that, sort of a decent guy. Am I missing something? As for the hit piece on him, I'm not at all convinced -- sounds like a hatchet job to be. You'd need to bring something much more precise if you want to be convincing. In the meantimke, I'll keep Mitt on my radar screen.
You didn't see the Globe piece on his internal papers? He's the ultimate drugstore cowboy.
I must confess I missed that one. (I don't normally the Pravda on the Charles unless someone points to me a specific article there.) OK, so?
The plan, for instance, indicates that Romney will define himself in part by focusing on and highlighting enemies and adversaries, such common political targets as "jihadism," the "Washington establishment," and taxes, but also Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, "European-style socialism," and, specifically, France. Even Massachusetts, where Romney has lived for almost 40 years, is listed as one of those "bogeymen," alongside liberalism and Hollywood values.
Sounds like a good laundry list of bogeymen (and a bogeyperson, to keep on JJ's politically correct good graces) to me.
I did like that he would use Massachusetts as an equivalent of jihadism. OK, let's compromise, AI: The ticket should be Giuliani/Romney. McCain has gone off his rocker to Pepelandia-Kerry's foot-in-mouth, imo.
On the other hand, this is pretty damning:
Mitt Romney is a man who truly deserves the description "empty suit." As far as I can tell, he has no firm convictions and a record of swinging with the swing voters. The best description of Romney is from a writer at The Politico: "Mitt Romney is Bill Clinton with his pants up."
Ouchhhh!
So how about Newt? Let's not forget him. He's a prof, after all -- we all like profs, don't we?
In a recent Fox News poll, nearly two-thirds said they would "under no conditions" vote for him, a figure surpassed only by that for consumer-activist-turned-perennial candidate Ralph Nader and 20 points more than felt that way about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. "He's the most unpopular politician in America," Mr. Devine said.
"Newt is brilliant 60 percent of the time, but 40 percent of the time he's got the new greatest idea that contradicts his last greatest idea."
What's wrong with that? We do it all the time around here.
the quote about Romney and Clinton is beautiful.
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