Reply #38: That 'advantage' though, is trumped by being perceived as a "non-politician" uninvolved in banking [View All]

[MADem]

scandals, not seen as a "loose cannon" with a "hot temper," not a "horn dog" who dumped his wife for a younger model, not as a "mentally iffy" former POW, and most importantly, not as an OLD man who has beaten back cancer.

Romney comes across to those who are predisposed to like his hideous ass as a vigorous BUSINESSMAN with a golden touch. Sure he's rich, but most people actually think he is self-made, and didn't get any seed money from his nutty brainwashed daddy (and there ARE people who remember and LIKED his daddy). The opposite of a career politician. A roll-up-your-sleeves (but not too far up) type. A pragmatist, with a loving family. A guy who doesn't "fuck around" -- in every sense of the term. It's a picture he's carefully cultivated over the years. If he managed to get the traction to put him over the top for the GOP nom, the very fact that he is a Tabula Rasa to a national audience would be a STRENGTH, not a weakness. With a calculated VP pick, he could be formidable. Here in MA, he cleverly picked the most moronic female (See? See? I think women can be in politics? See?) LTGOV he possibly could--a total airhead who was incapable of making a decision, never mind outshining old Mittsy.

I saw how that crafty bastard rolled over Massachusetts. Our candidate didn't work hard enough, because no one was prepared for his campaign. By the time everyone saw all the dough, all the bullshit, all the organization, it was way too late.

And stupid people BOUGHT what that idiot was selling. That was the most amazing piece of all.