Posted by
GenXDad on Monday, January 14, 2008 5:41:22 PM
Why am I so decidedly anti-Mitt, after weeks of hyping him as my #2 choice?
Beacuase I want to WIN! I want us to beat the Democrats! That's my #1 focus. I don't want to lose with honor, I want to WIN, because ANYBODY is better than these Democratic candidates, who are absolutely terrifying.
I believe Rudy and McCain present the best chances for our party to win, but I'm willing to admit Huckabee has somethign special, and he might be able to win over some new voters to the GOP side.
But that's pretty much it.
Mitt Romney, unlike the other three, has proven that he would lose badly. Don't take my word for it, look at the polls. Of four candidates I've mentioned, he's the weakest.
Michael Medved explains it clearly. And there's this:
"After spending more money than his major opponents combined, Romney appears more and more clearly unelectable, and a Saturday column by Gail Collins in the New York Times gives a clear explanation why. “Unfortunately, there’s something about Romney’s perfect grooming, his malleability and his gee-whiz aura that seems to really irritate both the other candidates and the voters,” she writes. “What bothers voters about Romney, as it turns out, is not his Mormonism but his inherent Mitt-ness.”
Lately I've received a few emails basically saying that, since I read polls and can see that Romney can't win, I'm anti-Mormon. No, I'm Pro-WINNING, and he can't win. That's like a sportscaster seeing that Notre Dame is 1-7, saying they're having a losing season, and being called anti-Catholic. No, you're calling a spade a spade. It's not religious bigotry to point out that somebody is losing. I'm sorry the truth is hurting your candidate, Mitt supporters, but take it up with his campaign, not with me.
More from Medved:
"As I’ve said repeatedly over the last several weeks, the problem for Romney isn’t his faith, it’s his phoniness. It’s even worse to see that in-authenticity combined with an all-too-visible mean and nasty streak in going after his rivals."
And that's what it boils down to. I've watched the campaign unfold. I like the campaign Huck and McCain are running. I think Mitt is too slick by half and is running a negative campaign that I disapprove of. I wish I could say something nice about Rudy's campaign, but I'm disappointed about that campaign, too, and I think their strategy is failing. I judge candidates not by what they say but what they do. McCain has a long record and is running a great campaign. Huckabee is connecting with voters. Mitt looks less and less likeable every minute I watch his Ward Cleaver impression. I don't like him. I don't trust him. He can't win. I think the Republican voters would be suicidal to keep him in the mix.
It's time to select a candidate who can win. It's time to DUMP MITT!