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Romney: Uck-Uck-Uck-Uck-Uck-Uck!

I just have to do what Popeye used to say: “I am what I am and that’s all I am.” I indicate what my positions are, what I think about issues. ~Mitt Romney

Well blow me down!  Of course, Popeye didn’t used to donate money to Bluto and vehemently reject all association with spinach and then turn around and decide that Bluto was his enemy and spinach was the source of his strength, since that would be, well, less than honest.  Romney may be what Romney is, but the question everyone else has is: what exactly is that?

The standard Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor opening title sequence, giving the ever-present steam whistle-like toot on his corncob pipe here taken from Ancient Fistory (1953).

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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