A Slimey Hallmark Card Named Mitt Romney

by: Matt Stoller

Wed Jan 02, 2008 at 17:32

Incidentally, during the speech he lauded Bush for getting us off oil, and then lamented that oil hit $100 a barrel today and that we buy 60% of our energy and that energy independence is a major challenge.  But his cadence made it all seem fine, so it was!  Or maybe straightshooter Joe Klein will call it a gaffe, as he was there.

Also, I met Craig Romney and I asked him if he writes the blog posts on the Five Brothers blog.  And he looked blank for a second, and then said 'yes'.  One Romney supporter I talked to went on and on about illegal immigration, socialized medicine, and then she insulted 'Hickabee' (she also said 'Huckster' and 'Huckleberry').  She also spoke fluent Chinese, had seven children, was really smart, a Mormon, and her husband was an engineer working for a defense contractor.  And she referred to a Thomas Jefferson line about the problem with giving each man a vote, since a majority would vote themselves money from the public treasury.  So I pointed out that her husband is a defense contractor, she looked confused, and there ended the conversation.

Good times.