Friday 11 May 2012

Romney passé

THE EVIL UNDER
THE SUN
Mitt Romney is an evil man. "I participated in many pranks in my life, and some went too far," is the self-apologetic wink of the man just found out. He forfeited all legitimacy to run for the highest office.

Everyone at some point in life was part of some prank, and hazing routines in US colleges are legendary. But not everyone is running for president, and the man in the... White House has to stand up to pristine standards (OK, forget Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, Clinton). Throwing a classmate to the ground and humiliating the guy in a prolongued attack is neither a spontaneous act nor one of a spur of the moment kind of thing. It was a deliberate attack (concocted over several days) on a weaker classmate. It is not even relevant that the subdued comrade was gay, nor wether Romney knew. It exposed vicious traits in Romney's character that I fear could become a problem for the US if he were to be president.

As it happened, Mr Romney buried all chances to win the top job.

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