Every night at 8:00pm, after Mitt Romney finishes his evening cup of Postum and changes into his Temple Garment, he kneels down and says his nighty-night prayers.
First he gives thanks that he wasn't born in Kenya and then, with more than a hint of desperation in his voice, he begs the Heavenly Father to "please, pretty please make that goshdarn You Tube go away." But when he wakes up the next morning, much to his chagrin, You Tube is still there with all those pesky little videos that expose him as the bald-faced liar that he is.
On the December 19 airing of “The O’Reilly Factor,” Mr. Romney wasn't telling the truth when he said:
"I have always opposed abortion, but when I ran for office I thought, well, I can understand the idea of leaving the law the way it is. The Supreme Court has made its decision, and I'm just going to say I support the law."
"I'm just gonna say I support the law" doesn't pack quite the same oomph as "I support the law." And either way, it's a lie.
In 1994, when Romney debated Senator Ted Kennedy, he mentioned the Supreme Court precedent, but he also went to great lengths to explain that he wasn't merely acquiescing to the ruling, but truly and strongly believed in the principles behind the law. He also said that he adopted the position that his mother, Lenore Romney, took during her failed 1970 Senate campaign.
This is what Lenore Romney said in 1970 that Mitt adopted as his own "strong personal belief."
''I support and recognize the need for more liberal abortion rights while reaffirming the legal and medical measures needed to protect the unborn and pregnant woman [sic]... and greatly expanded programs of providing adequate family planning services to all those who want but can't afford them."
In 1970 Lenore Romney came down firmly on the side of choice and her lapdog son Mitt signed on. When Mitt said, "One of the great things about our nation is that we're all entitled to have strong personal beliefs," he should have added, "... unless Mom doesn't approve... then we change them."
In the next clip, filmed during a 2002 Gubernatorial debate, Romney discusses his "devotion and dedication" to preserving a woman's right to choose and then presents an argument that would surely send any red-blooded, judge-hating, Tea Party conservative into a state of apoplexy.
As recently as 2007 Romney still adhered to the idea that he was pro choice. Of course if had said that his belief was based on the Roe v. Wade decision it would have been more difficult to explain his rebellions wife's Planned Parenthood contribution.
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His only chance of getting elected is to repeat the conservative Republican mantra. And his only chance of getting elected is to show that he has well thought out ideas that he has the corourage to express. He can't have both, so he's in a bind. But maybe he has a chance because the voters have become disillusiond with all of the other GOP candidates? Nah, they'll still vote for someone who repeats the GOP catch-phrases.
They're not going to care. Neither will it in the end matter that he is Mormon. He carries no garbage to counteract that one. His wealth and ability to make money on his own is a definite plus, and I'm sure will attract infinitely more money has the election approaches. At least they know it won't be spent buying his bimbo baubles.
There is in my view very little that can be done in the usual way to stem the tide of resentment in the GOP. The only hope is whether the moderates and faux liberals forgive Obama his having to stoop to the conservatives in order to govern.
That's where the dialogue is if there is to be one.
It has been proven beyond a doubt that an incompetent can be elected on the Republican ticket so if a candidate is "rational" it really doesn't matter. An electorate that will put a man back in office who took them to war under false pretenses is capable of anything.
Those who think otherwise are failing to take into account racism and the determination of a class who sense they are becoming the minority and the illiteracy of a millions whose religious leaders tell them what to think.
It's time to think more outside of what's "acceptable" and realistically. This is Amerika.