Romney not cut out to be US president

[Fozzledick]

Republican candidate’s recent observations reveal meanness and divisiveness in his personal character

By Michael Cohen
Published: 00:00 September 21, 2012

If the Republican primaries and presidential campaign have taught us anything, it is that Mitt Romney is not very good at politics. Incessant gaffes, strategic missteps, a paucity of policy prescriptions and a plethora of head-scratching tactical decisions have come to define his run for the White House. Quite simply, Mitt Romney is a bad politician.

But on Monday night (September 17), we learned something new - and profoundly unsettling - about him: he may very well also be a bad person.

I don’t use those words lightly, but I’m not sure how else to interpret the comments he made at a closed-door fundraiser that were posted online by Mother Jones. They are devastating. They suggest a level of meanness and divisiveness in Romney’s personal character that is disturbing ‑ even disqualifying for the nation’s highest office.
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Worse than the crudeness of Romney’s argument is its remarkable lack of social empathy. The United States provides healthcare, food, housing and “you-name-it” to our fellow citizens not as a means of capturing their vote, but because this is fundamental to the basic social compact. That fact seems to elude Romney.

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/romney-not-cut-out-to-be-us-president-1.1079068

[magical thyme]

1. Dead on. He's not fit to lead the country. nt