Is the Romney Campaign a Joke?

Romney reminds me of a joke told by a dear Unitarian friend.  "What do you get if you cross a Unitarian with a Seventh Day Adventist?  Someone who goes door to door with nothing to say."  Romney and friends will spend over a billion dollars to knock on our electronic doors to deliver tasteless attacks and bland platitudes.

His domestic menu is empty calories, reheated basic GOP puffery filled with voodoo economics.  His international tidbits have been standard fare for late night monologues. His whine list is long, but poorly chosen.  Romney offerings lack conviction.  He serves up whatever is trendy and expedient.

His resume is incomplete.  There is little mention of his term as Governor or, of his piece de resistance, Romneycare.  There are doubts about when, and under what circumstances, his tenure ended at Bain Capital.  Nor is his financial information filled in.  His advise, based on his  Olympic experience, nearly caused an international incident.

Non-work  experience is similarly sketchy.  There is nary  a murmur about Mormonism, nor mention of his experiences as a  pet owner.

Do not give your blind trust to a candidate who hides the details of his own blind trust.

Just Say No

The famous English historian, William Maitland, reportedly did not speak until a lady spilled hot tea on him at the age of 5.  He reassured  her saying, "It is all right madam, the pain has somewhat abated."  When asked why he had never spoken he replied, "Everything had been had been fine until now."

The media has missed the point about Bain.   Romney did not object to Bain investments after February of 1999 because he thought everything was fine.  As the sole shareholder, the CEO and President, he certainly received updates on the company he founded and, which, was the primary source of his wealth.   He was mute as a matter of choice, not because of the lack of a voice in company affairs.  If, as his titles suggest, he had veto authority, he remains responsible for the actions of Bain Capital until 2002 when he resigned.

Rice Bowl

What do you do when your business background becomes a bane not a boon?  You drudge up the name of a provocative potential VP and leak it to a friendly media source.  Romney desperately wants to change the subject.

However articulate, qualified and demographically desirable  Condoleezza Rice may be, Romney is unlikely to select someone who is pro choice and has ties to the Bush administration.  Romney wants to run out the clock until the public focus shifts to the Olympics, and he can remind voters of his role in the 2002 Salt Lake games.