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When I saw this picture of the Mittester and his bride over the
weekend, I had an immediate and visceral reaction.
- Mitt reminded me of someone I'd want to smack
when I was in
high school. Captain of the lacrosse team, drove a 'Vette, SGA
president, stole my girlfriend. Okay, woulda been my girlfriend
if he
wasn't around. Smarmy dude.
- His wife looks like Hillary
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There's no accounting visceral reaction of course, and I normally
wouldn't mention mine; here; about this; but for this Yahoo
story.
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The press has
offered basically two explanations for Mitt Romney’s failure to win
over conservative voters. The first is ideological: conservatives
know that Romney
was once a moderate and they don’t consider his swing to the right
sincere. The second is personal: whether because of his money, his
faith or his hair, average Republican voters just don’t relate to him.
So
yeah, I'm simpatico with that assessment. I don't think we're
capable
of altering our moral firmament after the age of 7 (the age
of
reason), which is why good, early parenting is so important. So, for
instance, a liar will always be a liar. I'm not accusing
Mitt of
that here, just distinguishing. We can on the other hand change
our politics quite dramatically (see David Horowitz), so I don't
have my heels
dug in on that score with Mitt. Maybe he has changed his mind
since Romney-care. Don't matter. I just don't like him.
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