Unlike Mitt Romney’s political beliefs my feelings on Romney have never flip flopped. I never trusted his views because I never actually believed that he believed them. Romney has provided us with years of evidence that he is inauthentic at best and generally perceived as plastic.
Based on this premise, the Super PAC that I founded, AmericanLP, put our resources behind creating ads that mock Mitt Romney. Some of you might remember these ads from the way we crowd sourced ideas and concepts in the past.
As part of our January “Messing with Mitt” campaign we will begin airing two new attack ads in New Hampshire. The ads are designed to mock GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney by highlighting his “plastic” nature. “Mitt Romney v. Ken doll” is a new 30 second TV ad produced to highlight the inauthentic nature of Romney’s political beliefs. A second ad, “Stretch Romney” will also be aired to highlight the lack of core political values held by Romney. The first dozen airings of the commercials will begin airing on WMUR TV in Manchester after Saturday night’s debate.
Republican and Democrats across the spectrum can agree on one thing: Mitt Romney appears to have no core convictions. While Romney might be bright, disciplined, hard-working and successful, he doesn’t have any true and sound personal beliefs. There is something profoundly inauthentic and unreal about a man who will change his position on any issue, any time, and always from less popular positions to more popular positions. There is one word that continually pops up any time political observers gather to discuss Mitt Romney: ‘Plastic.’ We want Republican Party voters as well as Democrats and Independents to start viewing Romney as a comical character so devoid of authenticity and core values that he is fundamentally unfit for the Presidency.
Click here to watch the ads and to find out more about the super PAC AmericanLP.
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On watching Romney in these past months, I am almost convinced that he has a mild form of Aspergers or something. He needs a memorized spiel, when he gets off topic, its almost as if he doesn’t know what his words portray. I have a grandson with Aspergers and he will say things like, “Is that sarcasm?” or will take things seriously when people are joking, as if he just doesn’t get it. I think that high functioning people with Aspergers can be successful and have good jobs, decent marriages as an adult, but sometimes they just don’t “get it”.
If Romney gets off speech, he’s in trouble. He also is trying so very hard to be like everyone else, which is also a a sign of the aspergers. Maybe not, but that’s what it looks like to me.
Also, his flip flopping is a sign of desperate to be liked. If he’s talking to someone that approves of marriage equality, he does too. If someone is talking about pro life, he likes that too. As if he doesn’t know what he feels inside, he just uses other people’s ideas as his own. Regardless, can you imagine Romney in a meeting with a foreign dignitary, using an interpreter to talk, and getting his thoughts and ideas screwed up? He could really upset people with his thought process. Obama 2012
wahela Wed 11 Jan 8:16 AM
I don't get an Aspergers vibe
but I do get a sense of someone who tries very hard to say the “right” thing (as opposed to speaking frankly). Growing up in a political family, maybe he had to be concerned about making the right impression from a very young age. The “right” answer changes in different contexts with different audiences, hence Romney’s authenticity problem.
desmoinesdem Wed 11 Jan 10:52 AM