On the heels of Newt's win last night in South Carolina I want to make one suggestion to the assertion that Mitt Romney is the most electable of the GOP candidates. You are wrong.
See, electability means that you can win. Sure, Mitt can win. So can Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Why is Romney more electable? I think he is the least of the three. Here is why:
Because he can easily get spoofed by the John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Saturday Night Live people who have destroyed George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, etc. He can get destroyed by the mainstream media that destroyed Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, Herman Cain as well. He will be portrayed as out of touch, too wealthy, the 1%. It is already happening.
The attack on success and wealth is making me sick, by the way. Why should Romney need to apologize for his success and wealth? We should want someone who knows how to do that to lead us rather than a community organizer who has never worked a real job in his life like Barack Obama!
Further, George Washington was one of the richest Americans when he was President. And the Democrat leaders aren't too poor themselves the last I checked. Bill and Hillary make hundreds of thousands of dollars a speech!
Trouble is Romney seems embarrassed of his wealth. He should be bragging that he knows how to make money and he will do it for us. The other trouble is some Americans do not care. The class warfare ploy created and perpetuated by the Obama Administration worked. The occupiers mindset hates success. Capitalism has been attacked and it is resonating. So, Romney, because of this, might be the least electable.
Newt may be wealthy as well but no matter. In spite of his troubled personal life past he seems to have it bounce off. He is far to arrogant to be messed with by the media or an opponent on personal stuff. Besides, you can't have it both ways. FDR, JFK, MLK Jr., and Clinton are all documented adulterers and well, that is not what comes up when talking about them. I am not saying I condone Newt's marital past, it disgusts me. I am saying, however, there is a clear double-standard.
Newt can also not be spoofed. Sure, they can say he has a big fat head and looks like a white-haired pumpkin. They'd be right. But they can't make him dumb like Quayle, Bush, Palin, Bachmann. For all of Newt's traits, good and bad-NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE would say he is dumb. That is huge to many. Sarah Palin is despised just because Tina Fay and others stereotyped her accent and made he to be dumb. Quayle and Bush are even better examples.
When push comes to shove if Romney is the candidate he will need to reteach capitalism to many Americans and explain that most rich are rich because of hard work and not because they are Kardashians or Paris Hilton. Most are the innovative geniuses that make this country great. If Newt is the candidate he will have to get Obama to debate him as much as possible. If either of these things happens it could spell lights out for Barack.
Did I mention I like Rick Santorum best? :)
Nevertheless, I think it is a two-horse race and Newt might even be the favorite right now. Boy it could get interesting.
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