"It is a good thing to pray for the dead".Of course, the Romney campaign is not exactly dead yet, but it's damn sure on life support. His opponents for the Republican nomination smell blood and, in the last Republican debate, moved in for the kill.
When Romney chided Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, telling him to not mischaracterize a certain one of his positions, Huckabee asked "which one?"
John McCain added that, although he disagreed with Romney on many things, one thing he would have to agree on is that "you sure are the candidate of change."
Romney is obviously beleaguered by these assaults, and he had better pull it together. If he can't stand up to these kinds of attacks, he is doomed. Don't think for one minute that questions, reservations, and suspicions about his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints is settled-far from it. Among many things he will be questioned about, like it or not, will be his beliefs that-
*A man named Hinckley, the present day President of the Church, is a modern day prophet who speaks infallibly for God (and who incidentally does not believe in separation of church and state).
*God was once a man, and now lives on a distant planet.
*Mormons are so big on genealogy because they believe they are called to baptize all those people now dead who ever lived-including all non-Mormons-and they do this by way of surrogates.
*The Garden of Eden was once in Missouri, which will soon be the center of a coming world capital (though the spiritual capitol will be Jerusalem).
That is just a small sample. There is more, much more, and if Romney goes much further, he will eventually be faced with serious questions from those who have reservations about electing a man who holds such inordinate beliefs. That he believes them in and of itself might be a miniscule factor were it not for the fact that his family is high up in the leadership of the church.
His father, George Romney, was the first cousin of a man who once held the position of President of the most august body within the leadership of the LDS, known as The Twelve Apostles. Among their responsibilities is electing the President of the Church from within their own membership, and funding proselytization efforts.
His reaction to his loss in Iowa the other night was obviously one of barely disguised disappointment, which is understandable. His reaction to attacks on him during the debate was one of obvious frustration.
I don't know whether or not he has been wearing his magic underwear the last few nights. If so, judging from his reactions at the debate, I think they probably need a good ritual cleansing.
4 comments:
I doubt if any GOP candidate can get much more than 30% of the vote. That will be the Bush legacy.
Romney's beliefs are like the public buses- if you don't them, just wait. New ones will be along shortly.
Ren-Ten months until the election is a little too soon to be counting out the GOP. A lot can happen in that span of time.
Rufus-the changing wouldn't bother me so much if it weren't for the polished, plastic, practiced smoothness. Even when he seems to ooze warmth, it comes across as cold and calculating.
He reminds me of the old Star trek Romulans. He looks like one, talks like one, acts like one, and you can even play it off his name.
I spent a lot of time looking for a picture of a Romulan to use that might fit, but no luck.
I think there's something about politicians in Massachusetts that makes them flip-floppers. First there was flip-flopper Kerry, now you have flip-flopper Romney. It must be something in the water. There's a joke there somewhere about Kennedy flipping a car into Chappaquiddick, but I've been trying to restrain myself.
I think he's one of those lizard-people from the miniseries V.
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