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THE recent remark by Mitt Romneys senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom that upon clinching the Republican nomination Mr. Romney could change his political views like an Etch A Sketch has already become notorious. The comment seemed all too apt, an apparent admission by a campaign insider of two widely held suspicions about Mitt Romney: that he is a) utterly devoid of any ideological convictions and b) filled with aluminum powder.
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The basic concepts behind this model are:
Complementarity. In much the same way that light is both a particle and a wave, Mitt Romney is both a moderate and a conservative, depending on the situation (Fig. 1). It is not that he is one or the other; it is not that he is one and then the other. He is both at the same time.
Probability. Mitt Romneys political viewpoints can be expressed only in terms of likelihood, not certainty. While some views are obviously far less likely than others, no view can be thought of as absolutely impossible. Thus, for instance, there is at any given moment a nonzero chance that Mitt Romney supports child slavery.
Uncertainty. Frustrating as it may be, the rules of quantum campaigning dictate that no human being can ever simultaneously know both what Mitt Romneys current position is and where that position will be at some future date. This is known as the principle uncertainty principle.
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More: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=1
Mittens better watch out for that cat!
Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)Very clever.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)thanks, Grits!
cbrer
(1,831 posts)If his brain is alive or dead unless we cut open his head and observe!