Willard is Still Weird

Steve Benen at Maddowblog weighs in on why the Obama attacks on Bain are relevant. Romney could simply dispel the attacks by publicizing the jobs gained and jobs lost by his days at Bain but the problem is that the numbers are far below the 100,000 he claims this time around. Hence, the sole rationale for his candidacy gets trashed. He is running on the simple premise is that he is a genius businessman and can turn the economy around. But his days as Governor and the real record at Bain undercut that claim. Instead, he is another man who made millions through leveraged buy outs.


The cost to the Obama campaign of the Bain roll-outs was $100,000--well worth it.


Romney appeared in Philadelphia at a for-profit charter school which he extols as a his model for educational reform even though its test schools are at one-third of Pennsylvania's requirements. To win the hearts and minds of teachers there he advocated large class room sizes and quoted a McKensey study of foreign classrooms to prove his point. No one asked him his his parents advocated larger classrooms at Cranford Prep. His interaction with school kids was priceless. He should have reverted to his "Who Let the Dogs Out" chant to the mostly minority students.


But earlier in the day, Willard the Weird trying to copy Barack Obama's dinner with George Clooney advertised supporters could dine with him and Donald Trump. You would fly to New York and be picked up by the Trump Vehicle and then driven to Trump Towers where you would get a private tour before dinner. While this was being advertised, the Donald told the "Hill" that he would be the ideal vice presidential candidate. 


If Romney was so great as Governor of Massachusetts, don't you think he would have a decent showing in the state. Obama leads Romney 59 to 34 in the commonwealth. 


Am beginning to get the right-wing viral e-mails praising Romney as a "self-made" man, married for decades and living his Mormon beliefs like life was in the 1950s. 


David Axelrod was either a genius by banning the "Romney is weird" motif from the Obama campaign or making a huge mistake. I guess he thought it would be obvious to everyone who watches the guy that he has less personality than Richard Nixon.