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Is it just me or is Mitt Romney a laughing stock before he even starts campaigning in earnest?

I don't remember people making fun of McCain like this (or much at all until the Palin twist)

>> ^raverman:

Is it just me or is Mitt Romney a laughing stock before he even starts campaigning in earnest?
I don't remember people making fun of McCain like this (or much at all until the Palin twist)


I highly doubt it's just you =oD

Strudwick!

People in the press liked McCain, and had this preconceived notion of him being some sort of independent "maverick". Since Republicans don't really tolerate independent thought, he had to work really hard to convince them that he was done being independent and would be a hardline conservative, and in the process turned himself into a laughingstock.

Mitt Romney seems to have been hated by basically everyone, seems to have zero personal charisma, is completely out of touch with how normal people live their lives, and it's virtually impossible to find an issue on which Romney hasn't been on both sides of during his political career. It's not really a surprise that he's a joke right out of the gate.

If Romney wins, it'll be a signal to the rest of the world that America is either no longer a democracy, or is now so completely overrun with people who have no grasp on reality that it probably shouldn't exist anymore.

And I honestly think there's a 40% chance Romney will win, because there's an awful lot of people with no grasp on reality here...

>> ^raverman:

Is it just me or is Mitt Romney a laughing stock before he even starts campaigning in earnest?
I don't remember people making fun of McCain like this (or much at all until the Palin twist)

@NetRunner totally agree...

Actually the nomination of Romney suggest that democracy might have operational limits. That a population must have a minimum level of intelligence, education, and freedom from indoctirnation so that they are capable of recognizing which candidates are representative... and which are not.

If people are too uneducated or too indoctrinatated by Fox, then you're only going through the motions

Yeah, I think that's what we're in the process of learning the hard way as well. I'm not really sure what safeguards we can put in place to prevent propaganda and prejudice from overtaking information and skeptical reasoning.

>> ^raverman:

@NetRunner totally agree...
Actually the nomination of Romney suggest that democracy might have operational limits. That a population must have a minimum level of intelligence, education, and freedom from indoctirnation so that they are capable of recognizing which candidates are representative... and which are not.
If people are too uneducated or too indoctrinatated by Fox, then you're only going through the motions