OK, it’s no secret that I’m mightily disappointed in brother Barack’s performance in office. And that’s allowing for the fact that I expect to be disappointed by politicians – I’m not stupid. Neither is it a secret that I wish mightily there was a better candidate (with a chance in hell of winning) than either Obama or Willard.
Part of the disappointment has been watching the administration seemingly on their back foot under the GOP assault for the last 3+ years. This latest ad though, which is being shown here in Colorado and, I understand, several “swing” states, is pretty refreshing to see.
For those of us who have been advocating throwing the ball right at their pointy little heads for three years and more (and then while they’re blustering and whining about it, and they are, right now, in a big way – do it again), this is just plain enjoyable. Karl Rove himself couldn’t have done better.
Mitt Romney is not the solution. (pause, then fade in the next line …)
He’s the problem.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
I wish lefty would show up over here – he’s gotta be loving this one.
One other thing. They keep this up and Romney just might come unglued — he’s wound so tight now with having to keep track of his many and varied positions on just about everything that he’s stiff and brittle. My sense is he’s vulnerable to being pushed into losing his cool, and revealing just what a nasty piece of work the real, unzipped Mittens really is.
Case in point, to show how seriously uncomfortable this all is for him. From a CBS interview on Friday;
JAN CRAWFORD: Governor Romney, the Obama campaign is saying that you either committed a felony by lying to the SEC or you are lying to the American people about when you left Bain capital. What do you say to that?
GOV. MITT ROMNEY: Well, I think this kind of statement from the Obama team is really shocking, it’s, it’s ridiculous, and it’s beneath the dignity of the presidency. Look we just had a report come out that millions of Americans remain unemployed.
He’s on the hook, and wriggling.
I did see that elsewhere, and hold no brief for Mittens, so good. But none for the Dems either. So yeah, good, but there is still some ‘splainin to do from the Dems re: Corzine, Dimon, etc, etc…
However, i’m still trying to get my head around my apparently new identity as one of the Republicans with Bongs. (aka libertarian voters).
The democrats are slightly better than the republicans, but the truth is our political system – at both the state and the national level – is completely dysfunctional.
I am a big fan of Fareed Zakariah. He is always so clear and logical. Today I happened to catch him on CNN and he explained the reason the tax code (all 73,000 pages of it) would never be simplified is because politicians of both parties use it to reward donors.
Nothing I did not know, of course, but it is just so damn depressing.
And I cannot jump on the independent bandwagon yet. Remember, I spent many years in the UK and found the Liberals the most inept political party ever.
Elena -
I’ve been indy for a long time, but 95% of the time voted Dem (100% for potus). Can’t do it this time. But i’m sure not joining the Libertarian party, and wouldn’t vote for any old Lib candidate either. Certainly wouldn’t have ever, ever voted for Paul. They just happen to have a very good candidate this time around, and a viable option. If Bernie Sanders ran, i’d vote for him in a heartbeat.
Never did i ever consider voting for Nader. If Bush and Gore had both been found with kiddie porn on their harddrive the week before the election, no way would Nader have ever been up to the job. I think the guy the Libs have up now would be.
Speaking of Bush / Gore, and Barry / Mittens, was reminded of this video, and looks like the commenters had the same idea that i did.
Well played Dems… well played.