My first diary entry....
I have vowed to never watch Faux news because I dont want to contribute to their undeserved ratings. But I happened to catch the last minute of his interview on Hannity and Colmes as he played the 'word assocation game'. You can find the transcript for the entire interview here. The word game is at the very end of the interview.
I wanted to point out how Romney's responses to each of the candidates mentioned can be categorized into the following responses: 1) Rethuglicans get very positive word associations that are actually more than one word answersand 2) Democrats get very negative word associations that are conveniently summarized into one word or very idiotic generalizations. Lets analyze some these responses-
McCain="Friend. American hero. I'm not going to give you one word but friend."-->But wait...isn't "Friend. American Hero" actually 3 words?? Romney might have trouble counting like the Dubya.
Giuliani="Strength in a real time of crisis." -->Uh oh...he definitely cant count.
Newt="Brilliant. Wonderful idea generator." --> Definitely needs to learn how to count
Fred Thompson="You know, I don't know Fred terribly well. I watch him on "Law & Order", but he always seems to have the right answer."-->WOW. He bases his opinion on a fictional television show. AND he cant count!
Clinton="Misguided."--> WOW! Mitt learned how to count to one! How convenient!
Obama="Inexperienced."--> Good job Mitt! Keep answering the word game with one answer like you're supposed to.
Edwards="Two Americas. And he's wrong. There's one America."-->Uh oh. Mitt forgot how to count again.
Cheney="Strength, resolve, maturity."-->ditto.
Bush="Great heart. Great character. A man of passion and integrity."-->Do any of these answers deserve a comment???!
Rosie O'Donnell=" Who? Just — just moonbeam. Out of touch."-->So the only other figure with a negative word association is a liberal lesbian? OHH! I see...b/c the democrat party is full of these kind of people! I get it now!
Given that: 1) Romney has raised the most money of any Rethuglican candidate; 2) Romney has the lowest poll numbers among top Rethuglican candidates; and 3) Romney has less than 50% name recognition, we can very easily conclude several things.
First, Romney already views his White House bid as very unlikely since he is willing to use the air time given to him to give RETHUGLICANS positive word associations. Where is his sense of competition?!!?? Doesn't he have to win the primary first???! Why is he giving his primary opponents praise??
This is absolutely sickening. Romney has just proven himself to be a cog in the faux news propaganda machine that is willing to sacrifice his own interests for the benefit of the party as a whole. Self-sacrifice can be respectable but not when its for a bunch of crooks and liars.
Second, we can conclude that Romney is willing to buy into the Faux news propaganda without any critical thought. It got to the point where the interviewer answered "good" as Romney gave answers! He was being coached! I would love to know who wrote the script for this ridiculous interview. The worst part of the whole thing was throwing O'Donnell in there to paint an even more negative picture of Democrats.
I'm done rambling. Check out the interview and see if the word association game somehow embedded itself into your psyche...