Perhaps now, in the wake of the heat that Mitt Romney is taking over the
leaked four month old “47 percent” video, he can better appreciate the
position of Todd Akin.
Romney is being accused of writing off “47 percent” of voters as not paying taxes and “dependent upon government,” who “believe government has a responsibility to care for them.”
Of course Romney’s words, recorded behind closed doors at a fundraiser, were not, as he admitted, well chosen. No candidate would call half the electorate dead beats.
But when Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin used the unfortunate phrase “legitimate rape” in answering a question about his pro-life stand, the leadership of his own party pulled the rug from under him, despite his immediate clarification and apology.
Akin had a significant lead over his Democrat opponent Claire McCaskill before his own party wrote him off for his bad phrasing.
Now Democrats are having a field day trying to nail Romney for his bad phrasing.
Only thirty percent of Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll, are satisfied with the way things are going in the nation.
Our nation, dangerously, and many fear fatally, is losing its way.
The greatest concern for all at this critical time should be truth. Not word games.
It is fair to say that at this moment Republicans are in a state of disbelief.
How can it be that with things this bad, with Americans this dissatisfied, with a President whose performance has been this dismal, that this presidential race could even be close?
Yet it is.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2012/09/24/a_time_for_truth_not_word_games
Romney is being accused of writing off “47 percent” of voters as not paying taxes and “dependent upon government,” who “believe government has a responsibility to care for them.”
Of course Romney’s words, recorded behind closed doors at a fundraiser, were not, as he admitted, well chosen. No candidate would call half the electorate dead beats.
But when Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin used the unfortunate phrase “legitimate rape” in answering a question about his pro-life stand, the leadership of his own party pulled the rug from under him, despite his immediate clarification and apology.
Akin had a significant lead over his Democrat opponent Claire McCaskill before his own party wrote him off for his bad phrasing.
Now Democrats are having a field day trying to nail Romney for his bad phrasing.
Only thirty percent of Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll, are satisfied with the way things are going in the nation.
Our nation, dangerously, and many fear fatally, is losing its way.
The greatest concern for all at this critical time should be truth. Not word games.
It is fair to say that at this moment Republicans are in a state of disbelief.
How can it be that with things this bad, with Americans this dissatisfied, with a President whose performance has been this dismal, that this presidential race could even be close?
Yet it is.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2012/09/24/a_time_for_truth_not_word_games
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