Romney Dooms His Candidacy By Doing The Full Murray - Bill Black/HuffPo

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Romney Dooms His Candidacy by Doing the Full Murray
William K. Black - HuffPo
Posted: 09/18/2012 8:49 am

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Charles Murray's newest book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, proves two classic truths. First, it is impossible to compete with self-parody. Second, be careful what you ask for; for you may receive it. Charles Murray asked right-wing plutocrats (he dismissed left-wing plutocrats as disloyal to their class and to capitalism) to drop what he derided as "political correctness" and denounce Americans who received governmental support as immoral failures. Murray is a vigorous supporter and flatterer of Mitt Romney, claiming that the fact that he became wealthy at Bain should make him a "slam dunk" for the presidency. Murray's reasoning is so crude that he announces a new doctrine -- the divine right of CEOs to govern America. "Who better to be president of the greatest of all capitalist nations than a man who got rich by being a brilliant capitalist?"

No need to hold elections; simply make whoever tops the Forbes list of wealthiest people the president. Think of the competitive incentives that rule would create.

Romney and Paul Ryan answered both aspects of Murray's call of right wing plutocrats to arms. They embraced social Darwinism and the view that anyone who received governmental assistance was morally inferior and needed to be denounced. They agreed with the need to remove the safety net to destroy a "culture of dependency" so that the working class and the poor would be forced to assume personal responsibility and stop being freeloaders.

In adopting the full Murray, Romney has doomed his electoral chances. His response to a question by a wealth donor as to how he would convince poorer Americans that they needed to adopt "personal responsibility" will become a classic.

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Much More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/romney-47-percent_b_1892995.html

[cr8tvlde]

1. One can hope.

[tk2kewl]

2. Wow. These guys are really delusional.