Join me as I explore the world of politics--be it of the United States or of overseas. In a sense, the theme of this blog will simply be that of a politically clueless yet curious student, exploring and commentating on articles she comes across. Bear with me and my inexperience, and really--feel free to point and laugh at my cluelessness as you will.
Mitt Romney owes his nearly $350 million fortune and his political career to a delicate negotiation with his boss in the summer of 1983.
Okay. So Romney can do what he's doing because he made bank back in the day. Nothing wrong with that, right? He used his skills of persuasion and logic to succeed in the business world--granted, he did make a couple of mistakes, as are pointed out in the article. But the article focuses in on two incidents--that's two incidents out of about fifteen years. If those are the only two screw ups that can really be picked at, I say Romney did a pretty dang good job. He's human, and people make mistakes. I think too often we forget that politicians were normal people before they became what we view them as today. Though...that's not to say that politicians aren't normal people. Actually, I guess they really aren't. But that's an entirely different story...
"I don't think in modern day America anybody is going to run against him because of his religion. I don't think his argument last week with al sharpton will be anything other than a sideshow, nor should it be. I think the real question is: Where does he stand on the issues? What's he going to do for America and how do his views match up with the Democrats?"
Well said. I didn't even realize people still thought that the Mormons were huge on polygamy anymore. I thought that was a thing of the past-gone and over with.
What the guy said in the interview is true--who's going to run against him because of his religion? Granted, we can't neglect his religion; we can't trivialize it and say that no one cares at all. It probably does and will have an affect on the voters. But that's from the point of view of the voters, not the candidates. I highly doubt the candidates would see his religion as a big enough weakness to explicitly run against it. Truly, it is the issues that he flip-flopped on that should be much more of a concern to anybody than his religion.
As for his charisma...
That most definitely is a force formidable enough that his opponents may have to deal with. During the presidential campaign and elections of 1960, Nixon practically got owned by Kennedy because of their televised debates. In a nutshell, Kennedy was more charismatic--and he won.
Religion? Not as much of an issue as is his charisma.
Okay. So Romney can do what he's doing because he made bank back in the day. Nothing wrong with that, right? He used his skills of persuasion and logic to succeed in the business world--granted, he did make a couple of mistakes, as are pointed out in the article. But the article focuses in on two incidents--that's two incidents out of about fifteen years. If those are the only two screw ups that can really be picked at, I say Romney did a pretty dang good job. He's human, and people make mistakes. I think too often we forget that politicians were normal people before they became what we view them as today. Though...that's not to say that politicians aren't normal people. Actually, I guess they really aren't. But that's an entirely different story...
