Insult to Injury

I feel insulted by Mitt Romney.

I have been doing a little research on the guy and it appears he actually is an intelligent man (unless, like his business, tax and political endeavors, he also cheated at education).  It seems he was valedictorian of his college graduating class.  Also, clearly, he has enough savvy (or, one could argue, cutthroat nature) to pile up massive amounts of money.  For the sake of argument, lets give the man these two qualities:  Intelligence.  Business savvy.

So - here is what chaps my ass:  Romney's entire campaign has been based on the premise "tell a lie often enough and people will believe it"  with a huge dollop of "keep moving around and they cannot land a swing" thrown in.

Today I was viewing an article about Romney's various distortions and I am not sure whether the man is simply a pathological liar or whether he has so little respect for the American people that he is confident that enough voters will blindly embrace his blatant lies and vote against the guy he is portraying Obama to be.

Who is that guy?  Oh, you know, anti-American, inept in every way, with "failed policies, failed policies, failed policies" bwaaak!  Polly wanna cracker.  Yeah, and so much more..... there is the soundly debunked "apology tour" claim - which I see scarily deliberately ignorant people ranting about daily.

When not spewing bald face lies about Obama, Mitt is busy painting an ever-changing picture of his own magnificent beneficence.  Oh, yeah, he is gonna create 12 million jobs.  How?  Oh, that is a secret, ya know.  Actually, economists seem to agree that if Romney does nothing, 12 million jobs will be created as a result of Obama's stimulus and other efforts - despite the massive obstruction we have endured at the hands of the GOP in congress.

Where was I?  Oh, yeah, lessee, 12 million jobs, lower taxes for all (even tho taxes are amazingly low for all now - and virtually non-existent for the mega rich).   Yeah, lower taxes, that sounds good.  Lower taxes, more wars, more jobs, lower deficit. How?  Now, June, don't you worry your pretty little head over that.  Mitt will discuss that with the right people at the right time and handle it.

The incredible urge to lie seems to outweigh any perceived need for such.  For instance, when introduced by Wolf Blitzer during the Republican debate, Romney came up with "I am Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that is my first name too."  Uh, yeah - no.  Yeah, it is a small thing, but it shows yet again that the man just makes stuff up as he goes along.  The reason the guy keeps making so many gaffes is because of his desperate need to manipulate and sway people.  He can not seem to turn that off.  In fact, he has so much disregard for the facts that one has to wonder how he could possibly be qualified for such a serious job as President of the United States.

Mitt Romney is a showman - and really, a damned poor one.  But he has a few things on his side.  One is the ignorance (largely contrived) and fear and bigotry of many of his supporters.  So here is an intelligent man - capable of doing at least business in a successful way (if success is measured by piling up all the marbles by any means possible, thus rendering the actual game short lived because no one will continue to be able to play.  But hey, we gave him "business savvy" in the beginning, so - onward).  Instead of running for the highest office in this country as that - as an intelligent man with business savvy, he is running as "More White and therefore more American than that other guy", as "Mr Magic" who can do all these wonderful tricks that defy logic - "Trust me".  Yes, he is running as "I stand by what I said, whatever it was" and throughout his campaign, he is running FROM actually giving any details - details of his plans, details of his tax history.  He is running from answering basic policy questions.  It is the most evasive, deceitful, hate provoking (I am referring the  dog whistle tactics) intelligence insulting campaign I have ever seen.

Yes, insulting.  And even as the right wing's would be leader can not stop himself from lying at every turn, even for no good reason, similarly, he can apparently not stop himself from continuing the very actions that have hurt America deep in it's core - and that is the looting of American businesses.

Mitt Romney is like a pirate.  He sails around the country finding companies that are rich and vital, boards them, kills off the crew, ships the equipment to a place where he can use it outside the arm of American law and morals, and stashes all the loot.  Whenever possible, he gets the good ol' US government to help fund this enterprise.  And even now, whilst running as the guy who cares so deeply about the American people, Romney is dismantling yet another profitable company, rendering 170 more Americans jobless.

Yeah, Mitt is so ruthless that he simply can not pause in his piracy for the sake of appearance whilst selling himself as "Mr. Magnanimous".  Or is it that he is just so damn sure Americans are too gullible to notice?