Elect me class president and I promise to eliminate all homework & add candy bars to lunch menu.
Remember high school elections when the nominees got up and made silly promises to their fellow classmates... coca-cola in the drinking fountains, a bowling alley in the school basement, recess in place of math?
Of course we all laughed, but everyone knew they were silly little lies meant to entertain.
I wonder if Mitt started out that way, and eventually the lines just blurred. ?? I'm trying to figure out if he thinks he can truly base all of his debates on pure crap and fantasy? I wonder if we as adults are still smart enough to separate the truth from the entertainment?
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And nice to meet you, the evil twin of DU's own taverner 
and the very first town on the second island of Plantation Key, split by a bridge: our claim to fame. 
Tanks! 
I'm an old-old member... used to be KeysDisease. I just had to leave politics for a while during the bush years. I had to zone out in order to survive.
... and welcome to DU!
Getting anything he wants, any way he can... deceit, bribes, boasts... anything goes. To be perfectly frank, there were people in my high school who had parents with some hefty "pull"... and they were often chosen for things... leads in plays, football, cheerleader, etc. I never knew whether there was some pressure applied, as in campus donations and other perks, because as a kid I was too naive to think that way, but I'm pretty sure Mitt got plenty of parental "support" to assure his popularity. 
