Mitt Romney's Wimp Factor

[romantico]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 10:53am

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/07/29/michael-tomasky-a-candidate-with-a-serious-wimp-problem.html

Dodging reports, fearing his base, hiding his taxes-is Mitt Romney just too insecure to be president? In Newsweek, Michael Tomasky surves a history of presidential manliness and asks just where Mitt would fit amid the studly swagger of Dubya and Reagan.

And what kind of presidential candidate whines about a few attacks and demands an apology when the going starts to get rough? And tries to sound tough by accusing the president who killed the world's most-wanted villain of appeasement? That's what they call overcompensation, and it's a dead giveaway; it's the 'tell.' This guy is nervous-terrified-about looking weak. And ironically, being terrified of looking weak makes him look weaker still.

Compounding matters, when pressed to the slightest degree about his inconsistencies, he can get nasty and whiny. No one talks anymore about his encounter with Bret Baier of Fox News last December, but it was a Moment. When Baier had the nerve to challenge him on his health-care and immigration views, Romney complained-told Baier his questions were 'uncalled for!' Of course it was Fox, which is supposed to be his on-air public-relations firm, so Romney was shocked. But even so, you don't say it. A politician complaining about a journalist just doing his job is ...........weenie-ish.

Romney will go at Obama hard until the election on Pentagon cuts and security leaks and Obama's alleged apologies for America. Here and there he'll score a point. But here, too, he's just trying too hard. You watch something like his recent VFW speech, and you see that he so desperately wants people to see him and think: 'He's like Reagan.' Please. You would no more cast Romney as Reagan than you would Pee-wee Herman as James Bond.

Updated On: 7/30/12 at 10:53 AM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 10:54am

His insecurity is the least of my problems if he becomes President

[romantico]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 11:00am

If he becomes President all those who gave him $$$ will be calling the shots. Someone pointed put to me how much Republicans hate this man.Day after election if he wins, I'll be taking bets on how many campaign promises he will break within a week.Republicans need to look at where Mitt stood on the issues less than 2 years ago and ask themselves, 'gee,I wonder why he changed his position............ON EVERYTHING!'

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 11:06am

Within a week? How many "first day in office" promises will he have broken by Day 2?

[Addison D.]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 11:15am

I'm afraid you are too optimistic, Romantico. If I believed that Mittens would go back to his 'true', 'core' beliefs--i.e. the more centrist values on display when he was an East coast governor-- following election to the Presidency, I would be a teeny bit more sanguine about the notion of Mittens, Ann & Rafalca moving into the White House.

But I just am not convinced he HAS any 'true', 'core' beliefs beyond the belief that he really, really wants to be President. Following election, I'm afraid Mittens would turn the country over to a scary cabal of Bad Guys, in the manner of Bush 43rd, returning control of Defense to Haliburton, Interior to Mobil, Justice to the highest bidders, etc.