Re: Mitt Romney's Etch-A-Sketch Disaster

Actually Tommy it is a good trait to deal with life and that it throws
at you "one thing at a time" not being distracted from the task at
hand.

On Mar 23, 9:38 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mitt Romney's Etch-A-Sketch Disaster
>
> A turnaround Etch-A-Sketch guy. With Flip Flops. -T
>
> By Joe Klein |Time| March 22, 2012
>
> I've been thinking about this all night: Eric Fehrnstrom's Etch A
> Sketch gaffe yesterday may go well beyond a momentary embarrassment
> and become a campaign-defining disaster, much as John Kerry's "I voted
> for it before I voted against it" gaffe -- which came at almost
> exactly the same point in that campaign, as Kerry locked down the
> nomination -- was in 2004. This is true for several reasons:1. Most
> obviously, this was a classic Kinsleyan gaffe -- an inadvertent
> blurting of the truth -- that goes to the very heart of the character
> problems that have bedeviled Mitt Romney throughout this campaign. It
> provides a handy prop for Romney's opponents and an obvious template
> for future TV ads. 2. It makes it much harder, perhaps impossible, for
> Romney to begin to tack back to the center to appeal to centrist
> voters, an absolute necessity for the fall campaign after the
> free-range extremism of the Republican primary. Every time Romney
> makes a move or even a head fake, it becomes an Etch A Sketch
> moment.3. There is a gestalt to every campaign, a deep organic spirit.
> Kerry's campaign was infected by the candidate's indecision about what
> to do regarding the war in Iraq. Bill Clinton's campaign was propelled
> by his native resilience. George W. Bush succeeded because of his
> gormless certitude. The Obama campaign's steadiness emanated from the
> candidate's no-drama persona.  In Romney's case, this spirit expresses
> itself in embarrassing gaffes, often at the moment of victory -- and
> it reflects the sterile management-consultancy ethos at the heart of
> the candidate. In last week's issue of the New Yorker, Louis Menand
> had a terrific essay about how this ethos really is Romney's defining
> characteristic. A management consultant or private equity turnaround
> specialist can wipe the slate -- or Etch A Sketch -- clean and start
> anew with each new project. A political candidate can't. There has to
> be some passion for a presidential candidacy to work. Romney has none,
> just a deep abiding faith in his ability as a turnaround guy. A
> turnaround guy. Etch-A-Sketch.
>
> A turnaround Etch-A-Sketch guy. With Flip Flops. -T
>
> http://swampland.time.com/2012/03/22/etch-a-disaster/
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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