[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]
Status: Not Logged In; Sign In
Opinions/Editorials Title: Romney Is a Misfit for America He has no idea how to make a majority of voters choose him. Mitts back. The former governor of Massachusetts and occasional native son of Michigan has a new persona: Mr. Utah. Hes going to bring Utah conservatism to the whole Republican party and to the country at large. Wholesome, efficient, industrious, faithful. Utah has a lot to teach the politicians in Washington, he says in announcing his Senate campaign. Maybe. Theres always been something unstable about Mitt Romneys political identity. In fact, Romney could give Trump a run for his money on political inconstancy. In his first run for the Senate, against Ted Kennedy, he tried to stake out a position on abortion to Kennedys left. Then Romney debuted his severely conservative persona in 2012. The political transformations reflect Trumps own: Trump used to defend late-term abortions but started talking about the violence of abortion when political expediency demanded he do so. Conservatives have also been on and off again when it comes to Romney. Back in 2006, a man wearing a dolphin suit would stalk Romney around CPAC. Flipper was popular with conservatives then. But two years later at the same convention, Laura Ingraham and other conservatives despaired at the capitulation to John McCain when Romney announced his exit from the race. Some political observers are hoping that Romney will save the Republican party from Trumpism. He was the man who tried to torpedo Trumps 2016 campaign, calling Trump a con man and a fake. Romney has a real fortune and real grace in his deportment. Others point out that it was Romney who helped to legitimate Trump by dropping everything but his wife to receive Trumps endorsement in 2012. What is constant about Romney is his civic-minded desire to serve in office and his confidence that he can do a good job. He is probably right that he would do well in office. He is wholesome, efficient, industrious, and faithful. But he combines all this with a barely concealed panic; he has no idea how to make a majority of voters choose him for the job. And so each new persona seems like a new attempt to condescend to us. Romneys severe disability is found in the Constitution: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States. Romney looks, acts, and thinks like an American noble, one who tragically cannot be made into a duke or earl. If America gave out titles, surely the Romneys would have received one or more by now. In such a world, Romneys sense of duty, and the sense of deference in the public to excellence like his, would have provided him with suitable offices. Romney belongs to an extremely exclusive Mormon subculture of successful families. These are the men who built Huntsman Chemical, Marriott International, JetBlue Airways. Like the ancient families with titles, Romney is subject to confusingly personal feuds within this group namely with Jon Huntsman Jr. that have no real political content. Donald Trump has most of Romneys political faults, and many more of his own. But unlike Romney, Trump has a fundamentally democratic personality and bearing. Months after the death of Princess Diana, Howard Stern asked Trump if he could have nailed her. Trump gave the quintessentially democratic answer: I think I could have. Romney is afraid of being genuinely himself, an American Mormon scion who outdid Dad on the wealth front and wanted to build a bigger political legacy as well. Trumps oblivious and crass confidence is part of what made him electorally viable in America. Americans grade integrity on a curve, and they assess Trump as a genuine liar and scoundrel with a heavy emphasis on the genuine part. Romneys presidential aspirations suffered from bad timing. But they also suffered from his fear of being genuinely himself, an American Mormon scion who outdid Dad on the wealth front and wanted to build a bigger political legacy as well. A man who has put maximum effort into building a successful career and a huge, loving family. Comments He should drop Mr Utah and just be himself, a man who excels at every endeavor other than being a regular Joe. Poster Comment: Who wants a president who stll wets his pants? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 5.
#5. To: IbJensen (#0)
MiTT MisfiTTs FiTTs Obomba walked all over him FloaTed him away in inflaTed govT PinaTa kids games WiThouT The blindfold Twin twiTTs Love Ps No wonder he haTes Trump
There are no replies to Comment # 5. End Trace Mode for Comment # 5.
Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest |
[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]
|