Posted on 01/20/2012 1:51:14 PM PST by publius321
After viewing the Thursday night GOP debate in Charleston, I noticed a recurring pattern with Mitt Romney.
After virtually every hard hitting, direct question - he responds by saying “I’m going to answer your question - BUT FIRST...” then he rambles on with some canned nonsense having nothing to do with the question. It's pretty obvious that he has these remarks well memorized, having been campaigning for the past six years.
What Mitt seems to be doing is thinking of how he's going to answer the poignant question while the torrent of dribble effortlessly spills out of his mouth.
You may have noticed that sometime’s he finally follows the ensuing monologue with an insipid answer to the original question posed - and sometimes he exhausts all his time and bores the audience so much that he gets away without answering the question at all.
A classic example would be last night after he rambled on for several minutes without answering the question, he actually had to ask "where were we?" That was when Newt paused and smiled with subtle sarcasm, then said "Gee Mitt, I don't know". It was a masterful execution on Newt's part and demonstrated what an impressive communicator he is. I highly recommend watching that moment again as I don't think most people appreciated it. It's worth a rewind.
The thing is that Mitt is only fooling his disciples, the 25% GOP moderates.
The rest of us are tired of the platitudes and question dodging. The November election is going to be a street fight and banal remarks won't get it done. We cannot send in a paper champion with a glass jaw. Newt is ready for prime-time.
Following is my take from last night: Mitt Romney: a “Glass Jaw” Candidate (video at sight)
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“I didn’t notice that technique until you pointed it out.
Glad I could provide something about which to think!
“Mittens always looks like he is either constipated or is holding in some nasty gas.”
LOL. What makes this funny is the truth of it. You are absolutely right.
I am not a senior, but I am female, and to me, mitt abominey is nowhere close to what I would call handsome. He tries to be handsome, but he isn’t. He’s ‘pretty’ like john edwards, and equally as phony.
Now Todd Palin. THAT is handsome.
“I didn’t notice that technique until you pointed it out.
Glad I could provide something about which to think!
“Mittens always looks like he is either constipated or is holding in some nasty gas.”
LOL. What makes this funny is the truth of it. You are absolutely right.
At this point, I think Newt is the only choice I have. I can’t stand Romney. Hate his phoney baloney personality. Ron Paul doesn’t even exist to me. Santorium? No.
The problem with Newt is, that with all of his history, the ‘average’ uniformed voter will just hear the baggage. The Dems have a potload of money to go on and on about his ethics violations, infidelity, quotes from other republicans about his ‘reckless’ leadership skills...I am not saying these points are valid. But the uniformed undecided voters are gonna hear it and hear a lot of it.
Honestly, I am not crazy about the lot of them. I yearn for a statesman. Gingrich is closest to that, I suppose.
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