Romney's Line

So Mitt Romney lied about his father's marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Silly Sully says, it is a reflection of Mitt's character. It was no mistake. The Romney campaign first  argued that it was true and accurate.  When that failed, it  tried to argue that he was using the tall tale in a figurative manner. If that were the case, it would have been the first explanation, not one proffered after the first one was proved untrue.

Mitt's habitual stretching of the truth is an important aspect of who he is, and is worthy of examination. In fact his father was active in promoting civil rights.  Mitt's own behavior is really where we should be focussed. From an article in the N.Y. Times

While eager to discuss national politics, he hung back from the ferment of the day, recoiling against the student unrest he saw in France and staying on the sidelines when protests broke out over Brigham Young’s all-white sports teams.

He went on to justify his lack of activism:

“I hoped that the time would come when the leaders of the church would receive the inspiration to change the policy,” Mr. Romney said...

But until then, he deferred to church leaders, he said. “The way things are achieved in my church, as I believe in other great faiths, is through inspiration from God and not through protests and letters to the editor.”

While Romney waited for God to speak to the church's leaders, he sent them 10% of his yearly income, and so supported their every action.

His donations directly paid for spreading the gospel of racism.

bbbustard, four years younger than Mitt Romney, was able to march behind Martin Luther King Jr and hear him proclaim his dream in Washington DC. Where was Mitt?

P.S. I refer above to Andrew Sullivan - who so carefully walks that most lucrative line in American Politics- the traitor to his tribe.  No one gets so much for doing so little as a gay conservative, an African American Republican or a Joe Klein liberal in love with a Joe Lieberman.  To gain recognition,a writer must follow the example of Silly Sully today: while calling Romney a liar, make it clear that the definition of a liar is a Clinton.

Sullivan characterizes Romney:

"He really is an almost fathomless bullshit artist."

And then clarifies just how evil the candidate is, by insulting a Democrat:

"Romney is at almost Clinton levels of deception."

And so the line is straddled.

(memeorandum)

 

 

Comments

[Rick]

The Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 was established to protect the identities of covert operators in the intelligence community. The Attorney General recused himself and Fitzgerald was brought in to investigate the matter. His first morning on the job he was informed that the source of the information was Richard Armitage at State. That left open the matter of whether or not Armitage violated the law. Was she covert? It makes no matter whether Hayden says she is covert or not. It is whether or not she is covert as defined by the act. End of assignment, right? Well, not really. It predictably became a political firestorm and Fitzgerald morphed (as they all do) into a fire breather looking to make his ‘bones’ by taking down somebody large. From the day he found out it was Armitage, his actions became criminal. Novak “Googled” her name. She was in Who’s Who in Washington. She was in the CIA phone directory. Libby thought he heard from Russert. Russert told FBI investigators that he might have told Libby or that he might not have told him. He said he had no specific recollection. Those statements were in the FBI report. At the trial he recanted. Andrea Mitchell said numerous times that it “was widely known that Plame worked for the CIA”. She also recanted at the trial. Nobody wanted to go to jail. So, Fitzgerald dragged people before his grand jury until there was contradiction which he could call lying and obstruction and he charged Libby and juries do crazy things. (See O. J. Simpson.) The jury foreman said that they did not understand why Libby was charged. They (speaking for the jury) thought that Cheney should have been tried. So why did they convict Libby? Because they could not get to Cheney. So they also violated their sworn duty. Justice is quite odd. That’s why nobody wants to go to trial. Fitzgerald was on the hunting trip of a lifetime and Libby was the only one he could put in his crosshairs. No my friend, Libby through no sand in the umpires face. Twas the umpire throwing the sand. And, Libby is justly not in jail and will make more money lobbying than practicing law. And Plame will sell a few of her books and she is a pretty woman and probably very bright and she should choose a non a--hole for her next husband.

[Rick]

What did the main doctor say today? Something positive I pray.

[Drudge Report]

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[bbbustard]

So, if I understand you correctly, it all worked out perfectly, except that the only non-lawbreaker was Irve Libby, the most innocent man alive.
The meeting with the doctor was not terribly informative - and Mme is remaining on the same chemo cocktail for the next four weeks, as there is a chance that it is keeping the cancer stable.
Hoping that you're having a fantastic Christmas -