Liveblogging Mitt

[elfs]

Did Mitt just say that the Republican Party will enter your homes and make sure there's no pornography there? And then, "It's not time for the party of Big Brother." Cue Scooby "Huh?" sound!

The hypocrisy is strong when Mitt says he'd use governmental power to ground Al Gore's plane. That's pure revenge politics, and it's apalling.

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[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

that does it. I wanna vote for Jed Bartlett!

[danceswithlife]

Or Aaron Sorkin...

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

At this point, I would seriously consider Stephen King.

Still with the irrelevant trivia, huh?

[ideaphile.livejournal.com]

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's transcript quotes Romney thusly:

"And I have one more recommendation for energy conservation — let's keep Al Gore's private jet on the ground!"

http://www.startribune.com/nation/27838569.html

But this is the "as prepared" text, not the "as delivered." What did he actually say?

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Never mind, I found it

[ideaphile.livejournal.com]

I just watched the speech. His line, as delivered:

"And I have, uh, one more recommendation for energy conservation: let's keep Al Gore's private jet on the ground."

So basically you were completely off base with your statement that "Mitt says he'd use governmental power to ground Al Gore's plane."

He didn't say that at all. I'm willing to believe you remembered it that way, but I still have to ask, why?

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Re: Never mind, I found it

[elfs.livejournal.com]

No, I pretty much remembered Mitt's speech as delivered. I just have to know: who is this "us" of whom Mitt speaks, who has the authority to do what Mitt suggests?

Of course, it's for rhetorical effect. But it's the kind of casual, rule-of-men-not-rule-of-law thinking that passes for the Republican party these days. Like the little snot on the radio the other day (Mike Levin, I think) who thought that Troopergate was overblown because she only abused authority he thought she should have anyway. Rules and regulations be damned.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Stephen King, if Wikipedia is to be believed, is a nice guy. He supports local charities, is a well-known Red Sox fan, pro-civil-rights, and likes rock and roll (he owns a small chain of stations). Heck, I'd vote for him.

Well, anyway

[ideaphile.livejournal.com]

He didn't say anything about "government power."

What he did say is more like a description of peer pressure than anything else.

That's that, I think.

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Re: Well, anyway

[elfs.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the rhetorical state of the campaign currently does not allow either Mitt or Al to consider the other a "peer" in this respect.

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Tell you what, let's do a Teddy Kennedy on Al Gore. Let's put the people we don't like on the 'No-Fly' list. Let's make it hard for them to come to Congress, and keep those stinking liberals where they can't do any harm.