Mitt Romney statement about being “not being concerned about the very poor” is not a Kinsley gaffe, nor a Freudian slip: Although he was inadvertently revealing his ill-advised “marketing strategy”, he wasn’t being disdainful or scornful of his non-target audience: just plain naïve about how well this revelation would play after his Florida Primary victory. Anyhow, the direct result of this stupid error is an element of truth in the Obama 1%-against-99% narrative that will be played 24/7 in case he secures the Republican nomination.Such gaffes are inexcusable for a seasoned politician with an 8-year presidential campaign, because they reek of incompetence. The “It's not worth getting angry about” dismissive response to Rick Santorum in a debate doesn’t seal his posture about repealing Obamacare but reveal how out of touch with the base he is. It almost looks like Romney informed himself about the TEA party reading the MSM.
Two reckless statements show Romney he can’t take the pulse of the media nor his own party base, maybe because being sheltered by a big portion of the party bigwigs and figures has given him a false sense of security. He doesn’t seem to realize he’s getting easy until now, but if he secures the nomination, the mainstream media will hit him with everything it gets, and real hard. His big-time supporters seem to be distracted of this by something else we can’t still grasp.
In the meanwhile, the GOP chances in this presidential election seem to diminish, no matter who secures the nomination. Cain, Perry, Bachmann… everyone that seemed able to compete against Romney has experienced immediately what is to be in the meat grinder. Paul and Santorum have being left alone in the last days because they’re considered harmless, but they’ve felt the heat when they get near the “Inevitable”. Gingrich lost in Florida not only by being subject of a massive negative campaign, but by being outspent by Romney, who had to use the 99% of his ad budget to crush the former Speaker of the House. Looks like a pyrrhic victory to me.
If this is all the might Mitt Romney has, if this is all the political wisdom he can use, if this is the best he can do, and if he needs so badly too many people to carry the water for him in the press and still persists digging a deeper hole by uttering more gaffetastic statements, then he is clearly unfit for command.
Just like John Kerry.
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I hate these days. People are telling you to STFU. Just say it, no matter how stupid or offensive it is.