The Game Changer?

[rick-day.livejournal.com]

Well, it looks like Mitt Romney has been playing the "Selective Family Album" game and kinda/sorta/oppsies forgot to tell everyone he is 1/4 Mexican.

And just did why did Mitt's father flee Mexico for the safety of the US?

In his public life Mitt Romney has said and written little about his ancestors' history in Mexico.  In one oft-repeated quote he said his family left the U.S. for Mexico to escape persecution for their religious beliefs.

In fact, Romney's great grandfather, Miles Park Romney, led that first expedition to escape not persecution but prosecution for polygamy, or what Mormons called ‘plural marriage.’

Well, this is rather awkward, from a race standpoint. So we have the Southern US. There is a strong showing of rather simple minded voters who are Crusading Voters for Christ and All Other Things White™.

Who they going to vote for. Mitt the Mex? Barrak the Magic Negro?

Or maybe that white guy Gary Johnson, the only real social liberal/fiscal conservative in the race.

God DAMN I love Southern Idiocracy.

Question: Game changer? If Mitt embraces his SOTB roots, will this swing brown skins to his camp? WILL ANYONE DEMAND TO SEE HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE?

ETA: This just in! Cain demands to know more about this polygamy thing!

Comments

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

My issue with Romney is not knowing or trusting his position on almost every issue.

Yup on this. Stewart pointed out that during one of the debates, Perry called him out for hiring undocumented workers. Romney explained the lawn contractor thing, how his contractor hired them indirectly, and how Romney fired the contractor as a result. His reason? He said, "I'm running for office."

Not "hiring undocumented workers is illegal." Not "you should personally be ashamed of taking advantage of these men." Not any reason but that he, Mitt Romney, was the only person worthy of consideration because he was running for office.

Jon Stewart said it was like the mask dropped just a little, and for a moment we could see the real Romney. Everything else seems just a calculated facade.

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

I would respect any of these guys more if they would just say "I inhaled, it was the 70's' or 'I hired contractors because they were cheap. I didn't check in to see anyone's immigration status. Big whoop.'

Instead, everyone on both sides has to play Pretendsies.