Friday, August 10, 2012

Mitt Romney and the return of the repressed

http://www.salon.com/2012/08/10/return_of_the_repressed/


At a certain point, you have to feel sorry for Mitt Romney. He’s so determined to hide his Massachusetts moderate past, to deny his years as governor there, that he’s gone into his own self-created Mittness protection program. Now he wears a brand new identity, “severely conservative,” as he tries to court the GOP’s ultra-right Tea Party base.
Except every once in a while, though, Romney or the folks closest to him trip up. Something makes them tell, well, something like the truth. A month ago, after days of Romney hitting President Obama for the “massive tax increase” allegedly represented by Obamacare, Romney advisor Eric Fehrnstrom famously defended the fine levied on those who refused to buy insurance as a penalty not a tax, because his boss had done the same thing in Massachusetts.
"it's on video tape stupid"
RedState.com editor Erick Erickson headlined his post “The Moment All the Doubts About Romney Resurfaced on the Right.” Rush Limbaugh called the remarks “a goldmine for Obama supporters.” And Ann Coulter lost it completely it with Sean Hannity, shrieking that Saul, who she calls a “moron,” should be fired:
There’s no point in you doing your show, there’s no point in going to the convention and pushing for this man if he’s employing morons like this. This ad is the turning point and she has nearly snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! She should be off the campaign.
(Two tiny things: I think Coulter meant to say “snatched defeat from the jaws of victory,” but she was upset. And it’s nice to hear her announce that the whole point of Hannity’s show is “pushing for this man” Romney.)
isn't that the way, out of many, one and that one drops the real 411, should it be discarded or taken to the people? if it's true the latter is the answer what "we the people" do with it, if open to a hint, don't vote republican, bad for your health, welfare and pursuit of happiness. recognize
the shake up one truth can create, reveals the fragile platform of the party not of the people.