Mitt Romney's on the Edge ...
With almost two solid years of presidential electioneering spread out before us like a big carpet of broken glass, it's time to visit Massachusett governor and conservative pretty boy Mitt Romney. Mitt exemplifies the political maxim--if one face in politics is good, two faces must be even better.
If you live in New England (I do) and even if you don't live in Massachusetts (I don't) it's really, really hard not to think of Mitt as the handsome, moderate, pro-choice politician who, in the wake of returning our beloved Olympic Games to their current level of purity, warmed the hearts of centrist voters--Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike--to become governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, recent breeding ground for presidential candidates such as Tank-Boy Dukakis stand-up comedian-in-training John Kerry.
But for those who live outside the confines of New England Politics, a quick read of this article in the Boston Globe will unveil the several faces of Mitt.
For example, when Mitt needed the the gay and lesbian vote, he was very, very supportive. But now, as he defines his campaign for the presidency, he's shunted those folks aside and is working tirelessly to criminalize the legal marriages of thousands of gay and lesbian couples who have taken advantage of their right (at least in Massachusetts) not to be discriminated against based on their sexual preferences.
I could almost (not quite) ignore Mitt's position on this one if he wasn't a Mormon. You know Mormons, don't you? They're the folks who believe black people are the product of god's retribution against the sins of their ancestors.
Yep. They basically picked the most reprehensible of the 10 commandments, the one where the sins of the fathers (unfairly) result in the punishment of innocent, subsequent generations, and they made it a cornerstone of their 19th century racism.
According to their faith, it only took God until 1978 to let their reigning prophet (Stewart W. Kimball) know that it was now okay to allow the offspring of Cain (black people) into the Temple. Of course, more fundamental offshoots of the Mormon faith still don't believe it.
Lots of luck with that "running for President" thing, Mitt.
If you live in New England (I do) and even if you don't live in Massachusetts (I don't) it's really, really hard not to think of Mitt as the handsome, moderate, pro-choice politician who, in the wake of returning our beloved Olympic Games to their current level of purity, warmed the hearts of centrist voters--Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike--to become governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, recent breeding ground for presidential candidates such as Tank-Boy Dukakis stand-up comedian-in-training John Kerry.
But for those who live outside the confines of New England Politics, a quick read of this article in the Boston Globe will unveil the several faces of Mitt.
For example, when Mitt needed the the gay and lesbian vote, he was very, very supportive. But now, as he defines his campaign for the presidency, he's shunted those folks aside and is working tirelessly to criminalize the legal marriages of thousands of gay and lesbian couples who have taken advantage of their right (at least in Massachusetts) not to be discriminated against based on their sexual preferences.
I could almost (not quite) ignore Mitt's position on this one if he wasn't a Mormon. You know Mormons, don't you? They're the folks who believe black people are the product of god's retribution against the sins of their ancestors.
Yep. They basically picked the most reprehensible of the 10 commandments, the one where the sins of the fathers (unfairly) result in the punishment of innocent, subsequent generations, and they made it a cornerstone of their 19th century racism.
According to their faith, it only took God until 1978 to let their reigning prophet (Stewart W. Kimball) know that it was now okay to allow the offspring of Cain (black people) into the Temple. Of course, more fundamental offshoots of the Mormon faith still don't believe it.
Lots of luck with that "running for President" thing, Mitt.
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