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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Irrational Romney Endorsement by the San Angelo Standard Times

Texas
The victory of "hope" over evident desertification.

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The San Angelo Standard Times' endorsement of Mitt Romney is incomprehensible.

To begin:

"Obama has had successes. He averted a second Great Depression. He intervened to save the U.S. auto industry. He moved the nation toward universal health care, a too-long-delayed undertaking in a country too prosperous to accept having citizens suffer because they couldn't afford or were denied insurance." 

Then, the final paragraph -- apparently written from the dark side of the moon -- offers this linguine "logic": "Still... we hope the pragmatic Romney emerges if he becomes president — someone who will thread the political needle to accomplish things that will benefit Americans." 

After acknowledging that 1.) Obama saved the auto industry, 2.) averted "a second Great Depression" -- oh, it was nothing really... -- and 3.) praising the President's extraordinary advancement of "universal health care" -- the editorial concludes by "hoping" "the pragmatic Romney emerges if he becomes president." (See photograph/caption at beginning of post.)

The Standard Times' endorsement of Romney is grounded in the desperate hope that Mitt is not who he seems to be; not who he presents himself to be; not the honest, constant fellow he swears he is.

I am no fan of vulgarity in public discourse, but the only suitable response to such reckless raving is "WTF?!?"

If, by perverse miracle, Romney wins in November, remember... The Standard Times, like other Romney supporters, endorses Etch-a-Sketch on the cynical assumption that he succeeded in deceiving his own Base so that they elect an impostor who probably despises them while pretending to carry their water.

Obama has already done things "that benefit Americans" and the upward swing of the economy -- in jobs, real estate values, housing starts, consumer optimism and complete stock market recovery -- promises he will do more. 

Romney on the other hand... 

Which Romney?

The 1% Romney?

The 13% Romney?

The 47% Romney?

American conservatism" is increasingly populated by Know-Nothing epistemophobes who want to be lied to.

Mitt Romney is plenty smart enough to recognize gnosiophobia's drooling passion for fantasy, and -- being a lifelong admirer of market research -- he "finds out what the people want and gives it to them."

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BTW... How many victimized parasites are in your family? 

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OUR OPINION: Romney best able to lead America's economic recovery

 — Barack Obama set his own standard for his re-election. "If we don't get this done in three years," he said a few weeks into his presidency, "then there's going to be a one-term proposition."
He hasn't. The unemployment rate is where it was when he took office. The economic recovery is weak, and more people are in worse circumstances than when he entered the White House.
Nor has Obama offered a compelling vision for how those things will improve in the next four years. Mitt Romney appears better able to reinvigorate the economy, and the Standard-Times editorial board recommends his election as president.
In an ironic twist, our support for Romney is based more on hope — Obama's theme in the last election — than on what Romney has said over the past year.
Some on our editorial board are concerned about his "flip-flopping" on issues. Others of us see Romney as the ultimate pragmatist — someone skilled enough to become governor of the most liberal state in the country, and a decade later earn the nomination of perhaps the most conservative Republican primary electorate ever.
All members of our board hope he will summon the reasonable, thoughtful politician of his earlier career.
Among the nation's many needs, perhaps the greatest is for prudent austerity. That is, America needs a president who will lead getting its fiscal house in order without shredding the social safety net.
Some on our board question the readiness of Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan. Others find him qualified, but are disappointed that Romney hasn't used Ryan's budget background to frame a serious debate on entitlement reform and deficit reduction.
Still, we believe Romney will be more committed to addressing the red-ink problem than Obama, who declined to embrace the recommendations of the debt commission he appointed.
While Romney's business success doesn't necessarily qualify him to be president, it's likely to boost the confidence of the business sector, which hasn't invested its large profits in growth because of the uncertain economic climate. Too, we have more confidence that he'll surround himself with wise advisers.
And Romney is far less polarizing than Obama. The president's election in 2008 was historic and cause for celebration, and we had hoped it would help heal political and societal divisions. But the opposite has happened, and it's tearing at the nation's fabric. The national tone is too mean, and much of that is because of Congress, where extremists have forgotten their charge is to do what's best for the nation.
Obama has had successes. He averted a second Great Depression. He intervened to save the U.S. auto industry. He moved the nation toward universal health care, a too-long-delayed undertaking in a country too prosperous to accept having citizens suffer because they couldn't afford or were denied insurance. And though he was pilloried for the way it happened, Obamacare was modeled after a plan crafted by Republicans and put in place in Massachusetts by Romney.
In nearly any other period, that would have been at the top of a presidential nominee's resume. These are unusual times, though, and rather than trumpeting that success, Romney has tried to hide it.
Still, we think that achievement represents the pragmatic Romney we hope will emerge if he becomes president — someone who will thread the political needle to accomplish things that will benefit Americans.

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