From Here to Anonymity (Eve of Derision edition)

[DemocratsForProgress]

Jeff Rosenzweig: From Here to Anonymity (Eve of Derision edition)

It has long been apparent that neither Mitt Romney nor his handlers have any idea what they’re doing, and since nothing says “helpful and fellow-feeling” like the Republican Party, a stampede of GOP deep thinkers has charged into the breach. The unsolicited advice began before the first balloon hit the floor at the end of the convention in Tampa, and has only increased in sound and fury since.

The clearest sign of the mess Mitt Romney finds himself in is that even perpetually ardent hyper-partisan Peggy Noonan is beginning to sound delirious with frustration. Her September 18 Wall Street Journal column – entitled “Time for an Intervention”! – excoriated Romney’s hamfisted attempt to exploit tensions in the Middle East:

… he seemed like a political opportunist, not big and wise but small and tinny.

Noonan was even more dismissive of Romney’s notorious Boca Raton fundraiser remarks...

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2012/10/02/from-here-to-anonymity-eve-of-derision-edition/

[freshwest]

1. What freaks me out, is that other such Morans have been elected and are likely to be elected soon.

See the tea baggers in Congress, the ones running for the Senate and likely to win; the governors of several states, N. H., WI, FL, etc. The legislative, school and other bodies that influence people's lives across this nation, and they are just as bad as this pair from Hell. I can understand the joke, that picture is awesome, but there's nothing funny about what is going on in lesser contests. Ugh.