And what about the king-sized whopper he told about having actually witnessed his father " march with Dr. Martin Luther King " in support of the civil rights movement?
So,
what will be heard next? Given the ease
with which they accept specious and delusional hyperbole and even outright
lying from their candidate, should we now expect Romney's supporters to float a
claim that years ago there existed a "severely conservative" planet called
Krypton where -- just like the "real" Superman -- Mitt once owned a home?
The Human Waffle House
In
addition to the obvious role in helping build a highly fictitious narrative for
himself, the distortions, embellishments, and oftentimes lies
put forth by Mitt Romney function as the supply chain that's fed a decades-long
strategy of flip-flopping his way to his ultimate goal: the Oval Office. And, similar to his approach to backtracking
on the issue of Ohio's
Question 2 in October, his seamlessly swift 180 on the Blunt
amendment in late February typify just how fluently Romney's lying and
flip-flopping co-exist. Here, as in the
case of Question 2, a union-busting initiative, Mitt was either lying when he
initially denied supporting the Blunt amendment, or, lying when he subsequently
claimed to have misunderstood the question.
But the facts remain that within hours after an interview during which Romney
announced: "I'm not for the bill," he pulled the about face during another
interview: "Of course I support the
Blunt amendment," Romney declared.
Indeed,
through the course of his present campaign, and certainly those that have preceded
this one, Romney has proven to be more than just another hackneyed competitor
in the sleazy game of political and philosophical opportunism; indeed, in many
ways, he's the quintessential characteristic
of it. His fervent political and rhetorical
half-heartedness dwell comfortably
within the fluid philosophical parameters necessary to the development
of what might be described as Mitt Romney 3.0. It's the upgrade from earlier versions
starting with 1.0, aka "Progressive/Liberal
Mitt," released in 1994 for his challenge of Ted Kennedy. Its modified version, 2.0, otherwise known as
"Moderate Mitt," was unveiled for use
in his successful run for Governor of Massachusetts.
This
latest version, 3.0, "Severely
Conservative/Economic Recovery Expert Mitt," has been formatted to enhance
his ability to falsely convey to his targeted-voter-base du jour -- America's severely conservative Republicans -- that Willard
Mitt Romney is not just a master of the corporate universe but more importantly,
a full out "scorched-earth-in-starched-shirts" arch-conservative.
In
other words, that he's a Brooks Brothers version of Rick Santorum. That is, at least until after Mitt achieves
the GOP nomination. It's anyone's guess as to who version 4.0 -- "General Election Mitt" -- will turn out
to be should Romney in fact become the GOP nominee.
Mitt's Inconvenient Truth
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