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January 22, 2012

Why Mitt? "I don't want Mitt Romney to be more like me. I don't need to see him lose his temper or climb down in the gutter with Barack Obama."

Cassandra @ Villainous Company in Out of Touch notes:
To my way of thinking, it takes considerable courage to adhere to traditional values in a world that finds such standards amusing. Do people really think Mitt Romney is too stupid to know how quaint he sometimes appears to a world that no longer understands people like him? Does anyone seriously believe a man who has amassed millions and governed a highly complex (and very liberal) state doesn't "get" the clash of cultures? That he can't see how much easier his political life would be if he would just loosen up and join the race to the bottom that is American culture; trade his unpopular God and antiquated morals for a more flexible, urban viewpoint? I am far from a perfect person. My speech is sometimes intemperate and my self discipline a continual work in progress. But I don't want Mitt Romney to be more like me. I don't need to see him lose his temper or climb down in the gutter with Barack Obama. On the contrary, I wish I had the courage, confidence, and self discipline to be more like him.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 22, 2012 10:32 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Where is that "I just puked in my mouth" emoticon everybody was talking about?

Posted by: I-RIGHT-I at January 22, 2012 10:53 AM

I wonder if Cassandra knows that there's a difference between 'passion' and "lose his temper or climb down in the gutter".

Mr. Rommney may have all those values she describes. What I don't see is a leader.

Posted by: Pappy at January 22, 2012 11:22 AM

Bullsh*t.

Posted by: ahem at January 22, 2012 12:58 PM

Mitt has as many principles as Groucho Marx. "If you don't like these, I have others."

Posted by: Peccable at January 22, 2012 2:25 PM

Romney is like Moynihan...they do the "conservative" talk of the danger of too much nanny state but keep voting for the big government solution to each and every problem that shows its face. Moynihan did that to his dying day and so will Romney..they know no other way.

Posted by: IndyJones at January 22, 2012 2:27 PM

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