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slvemike4u -> RE: Mitt Romney (1/23/2014 8:23:49 AM)
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: cloudboy
The film "MITT" is being released this week, an inside Portrayal of Romney and his two presidential bids. Several reviews have noted how the "human, likeable" Mitt was never put before the voting public -- the idea being that if the American people saw him in such a light -- they would have voted for him. There is even talk of the Republican establishment asking him back to run for President in 2016. The "real" Mitt could have vanquished Obama.
I have not seen the film, but as I see it, the problem was never really Mitt Romney, the problem was Mitt Romney being saddled with the current incantation of the Republican Party. One need only think back to fiasco of the Republican primaries with Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Michelle Bachman. On top of that is the crazy base that gets so energized for the primaries.
How exactly can you appeal to the Republican base to win the Presidential nomination and then after that try to appeal to all Americans in the general election?
In the primaries you have to:
(1) Hate on Government as you seek the office of running it;
(2) Hate on Immigration as the country's demographics are shifting;
(3) Hate of gays because the bible say's they are sinners;
(4) Advocate policies that enrich the elite (tax cuts-deregulation, etc.) while claiming they help Joe-the-plumber;
(5) Deny global warming and other problems;
(6) Have no proposals for exploding health care costs, environmental protections, public transportation, and income inequality;
(7) Distance yourself from the failed policies of the Bush Administration (Tax cuts, deregulation, over-militarization) while advocating for more of the same.
"Hate" is the wrong word.
(1) Wanting to limit government doesn't bar one from running for government.
(2) Wanting to end illegal immigration doesn't mean one wants to end legal immigration. Any proof that the GOP is against legal immigration?
(3) Can't have politicians actually stick to a moral code, can we? And, it's not against homosexuals, but homosexuality.
(4) Before the Recession, were Federal income tax revenues higher or lower than pre-2001 recessions? How much of the Federal Income tax burden was shouldered by "the rich" in those two time frames?
(5) Who is denying global warming or climate change?
(6) When the metric is that they have to pass something the Democrat Senate will pass, you're right. But, that's not exactly the best metric to use...
(7) How much has Obama changed?
You are of course ignoring the basic premise that cloudboy is putting forth :namely,that any Republican hopeful needs to move too far right to win the primary thereby hobbling himself in the general
funny how the right never wants to address this simple equation
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