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M.I.T.T. Romney

Posted by Starspangledblogger on Monday, January 15, 2007 6:18:50 PM
The world renowned name of M.I.T. is an acronym standing for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Well, now MASS has yet another, similar sounding acronym:  M.I.T.T.  It stands for  Mostly Incapable of Telling the Truth. I trust him as far as I could throw his very talented team of hairstylists.

Romney is obviously a talented campaigner. His looks and suave demeanor will enchant many. And he's a talented executive.

I just have one problem: I have no idea where the guy really stands. Now, I can't bury him for having evolved in his worldviews. I was a flaming lib 10-12 years ago. My views have completely shifted since then. I'm practically a new person, and I'd hate to think that my foolishness as an 18-20 year old would be used to discredit me or my more evolved views. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

But the problem with Romney is the way these changes have occurred (over and over again). I just do not trust him.  He comes across as a much less profligate Clinton.  And to say he's less profligate than Bill is not saying much.
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Good v. Perfect

Posted by Starspangledblogger on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:31:16 PM
 
Don't Let Good Militate Against Better.
"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." While just slightly too unwieldy to make a good bumber sticker, it's a cliche I have come to revile almost as much as "No blood for oil."

It's meaningless drivel. Perfect is never the enemy of the good. Perfect is the guidepost that reminds us what the good is and where it should aim. And although we rarely find "perfect" in our real life experience, we must remember that we can always do better. We should at least strive for the better.

But we don't do this anymore. Instead, we lull ourselves into complacency with bromides and by accepting the mildly-less-repugnant. This pretty much covers the current offering of name brand contenders for the Republican nomination. McCain and Giuliani are nothing but donkeys in elephant's clothing. Romney (probably the best of the bunch) will have an uphill battle for acceptance among many Evangelicals, and, more importantly, is too polished (not to say "slick") for his own good. Tancredo would get my vote, but the "mainstream" Republicans have disowned him. This proves one thing. We have waged a war of the so-called good which militates against the closer-to-perfect. We have sided with the former every time.

This is what killed Republicans in 2006, and the effect will be even greater in 2008. Observe the "Tancredo effect". He tells the truth about terrroism and illegal immigration, and he's invited to leave the party.

Face it. We're hosed because the Republican party has been taken over by sissies, corporatists, and globalists.

The sissy-boys who are running this party (into the ground) think they can garner the support and affection of the left by striking a more "moderate" pose and being soft on illegals. Think again. When a Republican candidate is nominated, the long-whetted claws of the left-owned media will bare and the fangs will run red.

And when this happens, you're gonna want the support of conservatives like me...and we won't be there because we have a bumper sticker of our own:" Don't let the marginally better be the enemy of the best available."

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