Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Media / Politics / Free Shit / Swag / Clout City Mitt Romney's Seamus problem
Posted by Sam Worley on 01.10.12 at 04:00 PM
- Ordinary Guy
In a recent piece in the Boston Globe (via Jim Romenesko), Swidey says that he’s tried to stay away from retelling the anecdote. He thinks that the media is overconcerned with the story: he reported it during the last election cycle, he notes, and “here we are, once again, watching the media and blogosphere—even the sober Wall Street Journal—fixate on Romney’s treatment of his dog nearly three decades ago.” Why? Swidey thinks it’s because other parts of the candidate’s bio—Mormonism, finance—seem so obscure to large swaths of the electorate. And because, as a candidate, Romney’s got a bit of a “Stepford husband” feel to him. "The more Romney’s handlers try to control his environment and prevent him from going off script, the more people will hunt for flashes of unscripted behavior," Swidey writes.
Does this story work to humanize the candidate? For some reason it calls to mind, for me, the father in A Christmas Story. There's a guy who would strap a dog to a car—wouldn’t he? All these Republican candidates need what little color they can get. And so we—the public, the media, the Internet—are giving it to them. Here's Romney, with his dog-shit problem. Santorum, with his santorum problem. Gingrich, with his verbal incontinence. They really are more similar than they think.
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Anyone who would do something that horrid to a pet needs a brain and a heart!
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dislikeJoin the Dogs Against Romney movement! http://www.DogsAgainstRomney.com
See new website http://seamus2012.com/
One need not be member of Newt's anti-Romney PAC to join another kind of pack. And that centers around animal lovers (dog owners specifically) who still can't fathom what the Romney clan did to their family Irish setter Seamus strapped to the car roof for 12 hours. While Gail Collins has ensured that this story won'd die, there's more at stake than saying it's a trivial matter. And to that end, a new website has been recently launched:
http://seamus2012.com
It features news, views, and videos on the topic.
Dog House or White House for Romney? That’s a no-brainer.
And now a crossword puzzle to commemorate the event: www.mojo-working.com/GailCollins
~Mormonism Not Christian
Mormonism [Church of Latter Day Saints] is not Christian is because it denies the doctrines
of Christianity. Mormonism denies that there is only one God, Jesus is God in flesh,
forgiveness of sins is by grace, Jesus rose from the dead physically.
God, One of Many Gods, is An Exalted Man, Who is Married with Many Wives
Mormonism teaches that God is a an exalted man, that he used to be a man on another
planet and he is only one of countless gods and that God is married and he brought one
of his wives to this world and produces spirit children who then inhabit human bodies at birth.
God Had Sex with Mary
Mormons say God had sex with Mary and produced Jesus! According to Mormonism there
was no virgin birth. "The Father came down from heaven...and begat the Savior of the World;
for He is the Only Begotten of the Father which could not have been if the Father did not
actually beget him in person...The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of
our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood." (Brigham
Young, Journal Of Discourses, Vol. 1 page 238 and8:115)
Man Can Become God
Mormons believe that man can become God! "The Lord created you and me for the purpose
of becoming Gods like Himself." Brigham Young (Journal Of Discourses 3:93).
Jesus Was A Polygamist
The reason people "persecuted Jesus Christ, was because he had so many wives; there were
Elizabeth and Mary, and a host of others." [Journal of Discourses, Vol 1. ppl 345-346] "The
Scripture says the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with HIS TRAIN; I do not know who they
were, unless his wives and children." Brigham Young [Journal of Discourses,Vol.13.pg309]
