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Mitt Romney, Nazgul of Nauvoo

Vanity Fair says it’s exploring “the dark side of Mitt Romney.”  I thought, what, that his servomotor was made by slave labor in the evil Chinese Foxconn factory? Well, let’s see what dirt they have on Romney… The Romneys’ Mormon faith, as Mitt and Ann began their life together, formed a deep foundation. It lay […]

Vanity Fair says it’s exploring “the dark side of Mitt Romney.”  I thought, what, that his servomotor was made by slave labor in the evil Chinese Foxconn factory? Well, let’s see what dirt they have on Romney…

The Romneys’ Mormon faith, as Mitt and Ann began their life together, formed a deep foundation. It lay under nearly everything—their acts of charity, their marriage, their parenting, their social lives, even their weekly schedules. Their family-centric lifestyle was a choice; Mitt and Ann plainly cherished time at home with their children more than anything. But it was also a duty. Belonging to the Mormon Church meant accepting a code of conduct that placed supreme value on strong families—strong heterosexual families, in which men and women often filled defined and traditional roles. The Romneys have long cited a well-known Mormon credo popularized by the late church leader David O. McKay: “No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”

Dear God. He’s a monster. More:

Then Mitt put his sons on notice: there would be pre-determined stops for gas, and that was it. Tagg was commandeering the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, when he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. “Dad!” he yelled. “Gross!” A brown liquid was dripping down the rear window, payback from an Irish setter who’d been riding on the roof in the wind for hours. As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Mitt coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the road with the dog still on the roof. It was a preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management. But the story would trail him years later on the national political stage, where the name Seamus would become shorthand for Romney’s coldly clinical approach to problem solving.

He made that poor animal leak poo. Is there anything this Nazgul of Nauvoo wouldn’t do? It does not stop there:

“He wasn’t overly interested in people’s personal details or their kids or spouses or team building or their career path,” said another former aide. “It was all very friendly but not very deep.” Or, as one fellow Republican put it, “He has that invisible wall between ‘me’ and ‘you.’”

Wait, are they telling us that here is a national politician who doesn’t have a million best friends? Whoever heard of such a person?!

Michael Brendan Dougherty nails this stuff:

As Mitt Romney advances closer and closer to the Republican nomination, the media is attempting to “vet” him for anything negative in his past.

And, so far, the attempt is pathetic.

 

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