Comments on: Mitt Romney: An Excellent Politician http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/ Pragmatic Libertarianism Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:19:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: nosurfgirl http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-112650 nosurfgirl Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:33:31 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-112650 I think he's shrewd when he has to be. But I think he's also very very very much mormon, and I smile sometimes, listening to his turn of phrase and the slight mormon-brand naivete that colors some of his comments. :) I think he’s shrewd when he has to be. But I think he’s also very very very much mormon, and I smile sometimes, listening to his turn of phrase and the slight mormon-brand naivete that colors some of his comments. :)

]]> By: cody http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103824 cody Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:21:19 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103824 Personally, I'm having trouble finding any candidate that isn't too shrewd for me. Hillary? Obama? Juliani? Nope. Personally, I’m having trouble finding any candidate that isn’t too shrewd for me. Hillary? Obama? Juliani? Nope.

]]> By: Jeremy Manning http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103492 Jeremy Manning Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:03:16 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103492 A, http://www.answers.com/topic/shrewd Lets go with Definition 2. Romney is cunning and tricky but he isn't very trustworthy. I prefer the untrustworthy characters I encounter to not be as shrewd as Romney. Is silly parsing of my vocabulary choice really the best response you and Mick can come up with? A,

http://www.answers.com/topic/shrewd

Lets go with Definition 2.

Romney is cunning and tricky but he isn’t very trustworthy. I prefer the untrustworthy characters I encounter to not be as shrewd as Romney.

Is silly parsing of my vocabulary choice really the best response you and Mick can come up with?

]]> By: ATaylor http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103433 ATaylor Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:22:18 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103433 The ultimate winner in this presidential contest will have to be shrewd. To suggest that you would prefer a chief executive (and chief diplomat) who isn't begs the question of how you would like to have this country run. The ultimate winner in this presidential contest will have to be shrewd. To suggest that you would prefer a chief executive (and chief diplomat) who isn’t begs the question of how you would like to have this country run.

]]> By: Jeremy Manning http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103320 Jeremy Manning Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:45:02 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-103320 Jasonthe, Thanks for the comment. Mitt is probably much better off when people focus on the meme that his main problem is his religion than he would be if the honesty issue had been made front and center. Mitt hasn't yet found a policy position he wouldn't be willing to change if he thought it would help his chances at getting elected. He's a very smart but completely fake candidate. Wow Mick...thats pretty classic coming from an unquestioning Bushophile like yourself! Maybe slick would have been a better word than shrewd. Jasonthe,

Thanks for the comment. Mitt is probably much better off when people focus on the meme that his main problem is his religion than he would be if the honesty issue had been made front and center. Mitt hasn’t yet found a policy position he wouldn’t be willing to change if he thought it would help his chances at getting elected. He’s a very smart but completely fake candidate.

Wow Mick…thats pretty classic coming from an unquestioning Bushophile like yourself!

Maybe slick would have been a better word than shrewd.

]]> By: Mick Stockinger http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-102996 Mick Stockinger Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:24:10 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-102996 You prefer stupid presidents? You prefer stupid presidents?

]]> By: jasonthe http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-102927 jasonthe Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:56:19 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-an-excellent-politician/#comment-102927 Nice post, I tend to agree with you here. It was a crafty move on Romney's part. The media is handing him free campaign attention. What bothered me most was the speech being touted so often as the "JFK Speech," and then watching Romney slaughter the message JFK was trying to convey ("this is my faith, it won't effect my politics"). Romney put many words in the founding father's mouths I don't think they would've agreed with. It's troublesome his faith has become an issue so vibrant it is distracting the nation from the simple, and still unreasoned-with fact that he is horribly dishonest and without principle. Nice post, I tend to agree with you here. It was a crafty move on Romney’s part. The media is handing him free campaign attention.

What bothered me most was the speech being touted so often as the “JFK Speech,” and then watching Romney slaughter the message JFK was trying to convey (”this is my faith, it won’t effect my politics”). Romney put many words in the founding father’s mouths I don’t think they would’ve agreed with.

It’s troublesome his faith has become an issue so vibrant it is distracting the nation from the simple, and still unreasoned-with fact that he is horribly dishonest and without principle.

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