tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post2842594244282477909..comments2023-10-30T11:46:43.284+00:00Comments on Musings of the Cosmic Calamari: Evil EmpireSpaceSquidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-51669461851885810072012-08-14T14:14:50.571+01:002012-08-14T14:14:50.571+01:00I hope you're right that this has made the GOP...I hope you're right that this has made the GOP ticket unelectable absent new developments, but I keep reading things like this, from Bob Draper at the NY Times:<br /><br />"[Bill] Burton and his colleagues spent the early months of 2012 trying out the pitch that Romney was the most far-right presidential candidate since Barry Goldwater. It fell flat. The public did not view Romney as an extremist. For example, when Priorities [USA] informed a focus group that Romney supported the [Paul] Ryan budget plan — and thus championed "ending Medicare as we know it" — while also advocating tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing."<br /><br />Turns out the Devil's greatest trick was not to convince mankind he didn't exist, but to repeatedly insist he <i>did</i> exist, and have his mates in the press corps keep insisting he wasn't really serious about that whole soul-taking business.SpaceSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-75165506339375310042012-08-13T17:50:49.205+01:002012-08-13T17:50:49.205+01:00Yes, interesting that the Republican party at larg...Yes, interesting that the Republican party at large is smart enough to pick the least insane candidate but then Romney himself blows it by making a 'bold' choice for VP. It's great that the Republicans have made themselves all but unelectable, though it does increase the fear that events could yet conspire to turn it back into a referendum on Obama's handling of the economy. I assume that's what Romney is banking on with this choice.Tomskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04755416032777655782noreply@blogger.com