Showing posts with label Party platform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Party platform. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Chosen Defender of the Indefensible: Romney and the 2012 Republican Platform

by Nomad

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fter what seems like an eternity, with a campaign filled with endless debates involving a fairly unimpressive line-up of Republican candidates, it still comes as a shock that this man, Mitt Romney, is the best that the Republican party could come up.

When the candidate's wife has to come before the convention as part of a charm offensive, then something has clearly gone wrong with the selection process.

Who's next on the rostrum, his great-aunt June and her bridge partner?

Romney's unyielding ambition to be president at any cost has finally landed him in what can only be an truly awkward position: attempting to defend the indefensible Republican platform for 2012.