Exactly who is Mitt Romney?

[finnbow]

Here are two interesting, brief articles from two disparate sources (The Economist and the NYTimes' Maureen Dowd) on the subject of "Who is Mitt Romney?" Worthwhile reads for all points-of-view, IMHO. I consider neither (even Ms. Dowd's) a polemic.

http://www.economist.com/node/215608...6d37c30b6f1709

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/op...-a-sketch.html

Mitt's got his work cut out for him in Tampa.

[BlueStreak]

I think he's a sort of hybrid android/weathervane, programmed to "pivot" in whatever direction the public opinion blows and offer preprogrammed stances.

Dave

[ebacon]

There's an elephant in the room that Mitt and Obama won't discuss and that makes them both the same.

They are both fans of globalism. IMO Mitt rationalizes it from a Machiavellian perspective and Obama rationalizes it from a broad view religious perspective.

Neither of them have American workers on their mind. They expect workers to solve things among ourselves now that they have microwaves, teevees, and refrigerators.

Go forth and get along in a nation of fucking with each other. That's as far as the politicians' minds got before they blew a circuit and gave up.

Maybe faith has a role after all.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by ebacon

There's an elephant in the room that Mitt and Obama won't discuss and that makes them both the same.

They are both fans of globalism. IMO Mitt rationalizes it from a Machiavellian perspective and Obama rationalizes it from a broad view religious perspective.

I think Republican and Democrats have different takes on globalism. To a Republican, globalism means that our "exceptionalism" gives us the right, even the responsibility, to bend lesser nations to our will.

The Democratic take on globalism is far more (too?) modest, placing our interests above other nations, but with some consideration of the interests of other nations (e.g., allies, trading partners).

I'm more of a foreign policy pragmatist and a fan of Realpolitik.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by ebacon

There's an elephant in the room that Mitt and Obama won't discuss and that makes them both the same.

They are both fans of globalism. IMO Mitt rationalizes it from a Machiavellian perspective and Obama rationalizes it from a broad view religious perspective.

Neither of them have American workers on their mind. They expect workers to solve things among ourselves now that they have microwaves, teevees, and refrigerators.

Go forth and get along in a nation of fucking with each other. That's as far as the politicians' minds got before they blew a circuit and gave up.

Maybe faith has a role after all.

Globalism is not going anywhere Ebacon just get used to it...that mouse, keyboard, cpu and screen you are looking at and typing your posts on are examples of gloabalism.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

Globalism is not going anywhere Ebacon just get used to it...that mouse, keyboard, cpu and screen you are looking at and typing your posts on are examples of gloabalism.

Yep. Like it, or not, we are part of the world community now. As much as I would like it to not be so, it is. There is no turning back.

Dave

[Twodogs]

Who's Mitt? He's the guy that's going to send Obama packing.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

Who's Mitt? He's the guy that's going to send Obama packing.

That's Diebold's job, not Mitt's.

The election looks like it'll be close enough to steal.

So it will be.

John

[ebacon]

Today on FOX news there was a taped interview with Mitt and his wife. It was quite informative.

Mitt and his wife have a huge new waterfront summer home in the northeast. His wife designed the kitchen island so that the grandchildren could partake in meal preparation. His wife also has an outstanding pancake recipe and they cooked some for the interviewer.

The interview was heavily edited as in some shots there were pancakes on the griddle and in others there weren't.

But the big news is that Mitt and his wife LOVE Costco.

Real riveting stuff. I can see how he has a plan.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by ebacon

Today on FOX news there was a taped interview with Mitt and his wife. It was quite informative.

Mitt and his wife have a huge new waterfront summer home in the northeast. His wife designed the kitchen island so that the grandchildren could partake in meal preparation. His wife also has an outstanding pancake recipe and they cooked some for the interviewer.

The interview was heavily edited as in some shots there were pancakes on the griddle and in others there weren't.

But the big news is that Mitt and his wife LOVE Costco.

Real riveting stuff. I can see how he has a plan.

I saw that - and Fox & Talk Radio bitch incessantly about Obama "puff pieces." Fox took their assignment from the RNC to faithfully portray Mitt and Ann as regular people. They shop at Costco, he flips pancakes, does laundry and irons shirts. Ah, the humanity.