Mr. Romney, Trust Your Pants

[brooklynite]

WSJ:

n the classic 1968 film "Once Upon a Time in the West," a villainous Henry Fonda shoots one of his lackeys, in part for the sin of wearing both a belt and suspenders. How do you trust a man, muses Fonda, who "can't even trust his own pants?"

Mitt Romney is slipping in the polls because, when it comes to his own policies, he is once again wearing a belt, suspenders, and even some elasticized waistbands. The bold Romney who picked Paul Ryan as a catalyst to run on ideas has been ousted by the return of the careful Romney who wants this race to be about Barack Obama. And America is unwilling to trust a man who seems unwilling to trust his own agenda.

...snip...

Credit for this fog goes to that inner circle of Romney advisers who never liked the Ryan pick and have reasserted their will over a candidate who is naturally cautious. In the la-la land where adviser Stuart Stevens presides, Mr. Romney wins by never saying a single thing, ever, that might rock a single boat, ever. Just keep the focus on Mr. Obama. After all, no president has ever won with an economy like this.

...snip...

America isn't going to trust a candidate who doesn't trust his own pants. Unhitch, Mr. Romney, and earn the votes.

Unless, of course, they catch on fire...

[Bake]

1. Trust them? They're on fire!

Mixing metaphors there ...





Bake

[abumbyanyothername]

2. I remember when

the WSJ used to employ people who could write.

[JeffersonLoveChild]

3. Crouching Romney, Hidden Mitt

"Yet his decision to go "safe"—to be Crouching Romney, Hidden Mitt—keeps him from harnessing the American hunger for political change. "

Where did they find this guy? IMDB?

[11 Bravo]

4. I wonder what Henry Fonda would have made of a guy who thought his underwear was magic?

[mikeytherat]

5. No mas pantalones!

mikey_the_rat

[surrealAmerican]

6. Watching old movies does not qualify as ...

... investigative political reporting. Next time try researching the candidate.