{"id":23448,"date":"2011-11-04T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/is-that-a-left-mitten-or-a-right-mitten.html"},"modified":"2011-11-04T18:37:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T00:37:22","slug":"is-that-a-left-mitten-or-a-right-mitten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/is-that-a-left-mitten-or-a-right-mitten.html","title":{"rendered":"Is that a Left Mitten or a Right Mitten?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The only reason that Mitt Romney is at all attractive as a candidate is (a) he's polling relatively well (i.e., it's not crazy as a GOPer to throw your support behind him as it would be for anyone else except Perry or Cain), and (b) he's not a lunatic (like Perry and Cain, and 9 out of 10 of the other GOP candidates out there).<\/p>\n

But once you get past that, and the idea that he's got some business acumen, I guess, or that he was a moderate governor in Massachusetts, then you don't have much else. Because there isn't a single significant issue that he hasn't pirouetted like a lunatic over in the last decade — if not the last year — as he's attempted to portray himself as a moderate to the Dems and a hard-liner to the GOP.<\/p>\n

And any who thinks that, suddenly, in the White House, he'll be able to "be himself" again and be more like he used to be … a man like Romney will be immediately looking to he 2016 election, and not burning any bridges he might have built with the Far Right.<\/p>\n

I don't think Romney would be as bad as Perry, or Cain, or Santorum, or Bachmann — but, given his willingness to say whatever he thinks his current audience of choice wants to hear, how can I know<\/i> that? #ddtb<\/p>\n

\n

Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt the intersection of ambition and dishonor<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf there are lingering doubts about the validity of the \u201cno core\u201d criticisms against Mitt Romney, one need look no further than what he communicated to Massachusetts voters before becoming\u2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The only reason that Mitt Romney is at all attractive as a candidate is (a) he's polling relatively well (i.e., it's not crazy as a GOPer to throw your support behind him as it would be for anyone else except Perry or Cain), and (b) he's not a lunatic (like Perry and Cain, and 9 … Continue reading “Is that a Left Mitten or a Right Mitten?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-23448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23711,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":23448,"position":0},"title":"The Candidate Is Turning into a Newt","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Nov-11 11:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been several polls showing a surge for Newt Gingrch's GOP candidacy for President, though this is the most favorable one. Apparently the faltering of both Cain and Perry is benefiting Newt a lot more than Romney (who is pretty soundly disliked by the Right).How this will translate into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23072,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/unblogged-bits-thu-13-oct-11-1130.html","url_meta":{"origin":23448,"position":1},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Thu. 13-Oct-11 1130)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-Oct-11 11:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Tales from the Third Age | ***Dave Does the Blog - I was mentioning to someone the other day my early problems with getting into Tolkien. I ran across this post today which goes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Lord of the Rings \/ Hobbit"","block_context":{"text":"Lord of the Rings \/ Hobbit","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/lord-of-the-rings"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21648,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/18\/herman-cain-along-with-his-bff-bryan-fischer-is-a-dolt.html","url_meta":{"origin":23448,"position":2},"title":"Herman Cain (along with his BFF Bryan Fischer) is a dolt","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Jul-11 9:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Herman Cain, one the GOP contenders for President, has decided to distinguish himself by being the most anti-Muslim candidate on the ticket. That he's doing so is simply despicable -- that he's doing so claiming that it's not a matter of religious discrimination is what makes him a dolt. Here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dolts"","block_context":{"text":"Dolts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/dolts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Herman-Cain.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23152,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/23\/unblogged-bits-sun-23-oct-11-1130.html","url_meta":{"origin":23448,"position":3},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 23-Oct-11 1130)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Oct-11 11:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Religious Right Erupts Following Herman Cain's Incoherent Position On Abortion - What's remarkable here is that the Right is unable to distinguish, even among their own, between pro-choice and pro-abortion. You can argue that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23234,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/28\/unblogged-bits-fri-28-oct-11-1730.html","url_meta":{"origin":23448,"position":4},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 28-Oct-11 1730)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Oct-11 5:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Romney Flips To Denial: 'We Don't Know What's Causing Climate Change' | ThinkProgress - Romney is such a hack it isn't even funny. He's flopping around wildly, hoping to appeal to one audience after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25072,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/rick-perry-lost-because-of-vast-democrat-conspiracy.html","url_meta":{"origin":23448,"position":5},"title":"Rick Perry Lost Because of Vast Democrat Conspiracy!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Jan-12 2:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's true! Iowa Democrats were so utterly terrified of Rick Perry winning the presidential election, that they invaded the GOP caucuses in Iowa and voted for liberals like Romney and Santorum and Paul and Gingrich in such incredible numbers that they drowned out all the True Republicans(TM) who were lined\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}