Mitt Romney: Douchebag Extraordinaire
Mitt Romney is a douchebag.
Exhibit A: As a member of a religion so insane that Christianity looks somewhat rational by comparison, Mitt had to perform a careful tap dance two months ago on the subject of faith. Had he emphasized his Mormonism too strongly, or taken the alternate path of overly downplaying the importance of his religion, Romney would have alienated the slack-jawed mouth-breathers of the Religious Right (a crucial segment of the Republican electorate). Behold, the power of political pandering:
Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.
How wonderfully generic. “Vote for me — I believe in a Big Sky Daddy (TM) just like you do! (Sort of…) We’re not so different, you and I, especially compared to those damn dirty atheists.”
As a decidedly non-religious person, I was surprised to learn that I oppose freedom. I must be a part of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy (TM) to overthrow democracy. Hmmmm.
Exhibit B: Good riddance — the crazy Moron Mormon is withdrawing his presidential bid. Rather than bowing out with the grace, style and decorum one might naively expect from a would-be leader of the free world, good ‘ol Mitt got off a particularly sanctimonious parting shot:
“Frankly, I’d be making it easier for Senator Clinton or Obama to win” if he stayed in the race, he said. “I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
Is this asshat actually implying that electing a Democratic president would be surrendering to terrorism? Unfortunately, the implication is quite unmistakable.
News flash, genius: damn near everybody (except for the stupidest one-fifth or so of the country, i.e. the uber-loyal Republican base that overlaps neatly with the aforementioned Religious Right) has figured out that the Republican occupation of Iraq was, to put it gently, a colossal clusterfuck that has ended up creating far more terrorists and anti-American sentiment than ever before. The “vote for us or TEH TERRORISTS WILL 9/11 GET US!!!!!!!!!!! 9/11 OMGWTF9/11BBQ!!!!!” line of bull is wearing very, very thin.
The people rest their case.