The problem with Mitt Romney is that Mitt Romney looks and acts exactly like a cliché of what he actually is, a rich white guy.
He’s a bored rich guy who doesn’t have to work for a living and has run out of things to do, he doesn’t have the chops to be Batman so he decided to run for President.
Mitt Romney is literally the rich preppy asshole upper classman from every single John Cusack 80’s teen movie.
Somehow it appears that the dKos community has missed the writings of blogger extraordinaire Jim Wright at
Stonekettle Station:
Don't just embrace the crazy, sidle up next to it and lick its ear.
I'll start with Jim's disclaimer:
Attention.
This site may contain profanity. It also may contain ranting, strong opinions, misspellings, poor attempts at humor, and pictures of cats. If that bothers you, look away now. (Why, yes, my wife did make me add this disclaimer, thanks for asking.)
Jim is a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer (ret.) from Alaska who is just a god-damn brilliant writer. Follow me over the fold for excerpts from his latest on
The Unsinkable Mitt Romney.
I think one of the things that attracts me to Stonekettle is the fact that Jim would seem to be the prototypical Republican: Alaska, ex-military, white, male, outdoorsman. But he just happens to be an incredibly well-read, whip smart, eloquent Democrat who does not deal well with stupidity of any stripe. He is obviously (justifiably) extremely proud of his service to America and that drives him to write stuff like this about Rmoney/AynR's announcement on the USS Wisconsin:
In requisite conservative Chicken Hawk fashion they made the announcement in front of a war machine to the sound of crackling American flags and martial music. Hooray! I can think of no more appropriate setting than to make the announcement in front of the battleship Wisconsin.
If that’s not the very epitome of the modern GOP, I don’t know what is.
Two men who never served themselves, who have never ever put themselves in harm’s way, standing in front of a symbol of military might.
I'll leave you with a paraphrase of another of Jim's thoughts from this post: A rising tide lifts all boats but that's only a good thing if you are in a fucking boat that isn't leaking and there don't appear to be enough boats for everyone:
Instead, those same rich folks are standing at the rail enjoying the view with a glass of tax free champagne, and they’re pissing over the side – and if we all shuffle together down here between the waves, well we might be able to enjoy a brief warm trickle in the cold, cold ocean. Thanks rich people. Thank you, Ronald Reagan.
Go. Read. Enjoy.