Whatever else one could say
about Mitt Romney … that he was a flip-flopper, an opportunist, that there was
no “there” there … one couldn’t say that he was a nasty man. One felt that he
would do or say anything he had to to become president, but that he would stop
short of being nasty.
Well, that barrier has fallen. On the stump the other day, Romney said
that no one had ever asked him for his birth certificate … that everyone knew
without question where he was born, where he was from. How despicable!
Clearly, this was a
reference to the Obama birth certificate canard. Although obliquely, Romney with this statement signaled to
the “Birther” movement that he was one with them. And he signaled that no blow would be too low for him to
throw in this election campaign.
So not only is Romney an
opportunist … witness his most recent proposal that states be given the right
to control drilling and mining on federal lands … but far worse than that (for
among politicians this character trait is not unusual), he has shown that he
has no shame. And that should be
beyond the pale, certainly for someone aspiring to be president of this great
nation.
