The Cheshire Cat, aka Mitt Romney

  When it comes to seizing hold of an opportunity to promote their own self-interests, there exists no more cunning class of person than American politicians. Among American politicians, the Republican party of the last twenty years or so have become absolute grand masters at this.

  If a Republican congressman were strolling down the banks of the Potomac and found a little girl clutching a basket of puppies drowning in the river, he would do nothing at all if the little girl were brown-skinned. He would step down on her head if she were a Muslim or homosexual. The only conditions under which that congressman would save the little girl is if she were rich, if there were cameras rolling nearby to capture the awesome act of altruism, and if there were a way to spin the story so that a Democrat-Commie-Muslim-Fag chucked the little girl and her precious pups into the drink on account of how much she and her pets loved Jesus and freedom. Behind every tragedy, opportunity...or some other, equally nauseating fortune cookie ethos. Theses people are opportunists, make no mistake.

  I have already covered in this blog my feelings about the vitriolic tone of this presidential election and my feelings about how awful our "choices" are this time around. I don't think it is necessary to reiterate my displeasure with the job President Obama has done. I would rather focus on one particularly disgusting gaff perpetrated by Mitt Romney. The guy who claims to love America SO much more than Barack Obama.

  A few days ago, on the anniversary of 9/11 no less, our embassies in Libya and Egypt were assaulted by some of the citizens of those countries. Four Americans were killed, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. These assailants were, evidently, incensed over some movie they claim depicted their precious (and hyper-sensitive) prophet, Muhammad, in a negative light.

  It is not without some difficulty that I move on from that last paragraph without going into great detail about how religion makes our world a far worse place than it would be otherwise. That is not the topic I set out to report on this time, however, and I'll have to revisit it again later.

  Instead, I write this to highlight what a dick Mitt Romney has proven himself to be following these attacks. Before even knowing all the facts about the horrible events in Libya and Egypt, Romney quickly called a press conference. One might think this would be to offer sympathies to those hurt or otherwise affected. One might think this was a chance for Romney to really show his humanity and compassion. One would be totally off-base in either case.

  Romney called the press conference so he could hurl political mud-balls and misinformation. He claimed, completely without evidence, that the President had somehow apologized to the Muslim people for offending them with a movie he had no part in making. Romney stated as if it were a fact that the President sought to comfort those who attacked American citizens instead of vowing justice, which is what the President actually said. Romney pretty much improvised his whole presser. He just made a bunch of shit up and let loose from his tongue. He was in rare form, indeed.

  Besides all the blatant lies Romney told at his press conference, there is something more subtle that I find even more disquieting than the dishonesty. A photographer captured an image of Romney as he came away from the podium that Mitt never intended the world to see. As the nominee walked away from the journalists, a self-satisfied smirk spread across his face, like the cat who just ate the canary. He couldn't have been happier with himself.

  Despite the fact that four American patriots were dead, Romney was just pleased as punch that he had an opportunity to politicize their deaths. How fortuitous for him that these Americans were killed and gave him a chance to look good on camera being all presidential-like. Smugness doesn't look like leadership, Governor Romney. And it is disgusting that you would try to cash-in on the deaths of American citizens. Bad look. Bad move. And we won't forget it. 

Sincerely, America

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