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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Mitt Romney Will Kill Someone With His Bare Hands Tonight

posted by on January 2 at 10:31 AM

And hopefully it’ll be an Iowan. Hey, maybe the dude that indicted me in 2000?

How else can Romney—the flip-flopping, formerly pro-gay/pro-abortion rights governor of a liberal state—respond to this charge leveled in Huckabee’s pulled-from-the-airwaves/shared-with-reporters attack ad?

About mid-way through the ad, during a litany of accusations against Mitt Romney, Huckabee criticizes his rival with this data point: “No executions.”

Apparently, Huckabee—you know, the evangelical, pro-life Republican—is going after Romney for not having executed any Americans during his gubernatorial tenure.

I realize Republican politics are far more crass than norms should allow, but it’s disconcerting to think “You didn’t kill anyone” has suddenly become a criticism in conservative circles.

We know that Romney will do anything to get his animatronic ass elected. And with Huckabee out in front in Iowa and McCain surging in New Hampshire, Romney—who has not only spent millions of his own money on this campaign, but sacrificed his five sons too—is gonna stop talking about muffins and start offing pig farmers.

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What amazes me is this; Would it have been possible (however unlikely) that HAD Romney been consistant with his pro-gay stands, pro-choice stands etc. could have he brought the Republican Party to a more reasonable point of moderation?

As much as part of me LOVES the idea of the GOP imploding on itself in the long run it is not a good thing for the Democratic Party. We need to have logical discourse on issues looking at all sides in a reasonable fashion. AND with one party heading to totally freakazoidville the Democrats are already showing a complacancy in congress. Just a thought. Feel free to attack me; you always do.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | January 2, 2008 10:38 AM
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Actually Cato, I totally agree with you.

BTW, Mass doesn't have the death penalty. They abolished it a long, long time ago. I'm sure if Slick Mitt could have gotten away with wacking someone by executive order, he would have. Fortunately, Masshole governors just don't have that power.

Posted by Providence | January 2, 2008 10:42 AM
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This Christmas there will be no peace on Earth.

Posted by monkey | January 2, 2008 10:50 AM
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But didn't Iowa abolish the death penalty in 1965?

Posted by Tagg's Dad | January 2, 2008 10:53 AM
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Enough with the Slick Mitt, already - it's Slick Willard for Chrissakes. Yeah, I know that sounds stupid; that's the general idea.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | January 2, 2008 11:01 AM
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Well, Massachusetts banned the death penalty years ago long before Romney was governor there. Romney actually tried to reinstitute capital punsihment in MA in 05. So there, Huckabee. Wait a minute, am I DEFENDING Mitt Romney? Ugh, it's time to perform capital punishment on myself...

Posted by Jhell | January 2, 2008 11:15 AM
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Slate has a thing on how this whole "story" is just a craven attempt by Huckabee to go negative without appearing to do so:

http://www.slate.com/id/2181100/nav/tap3/

Dan, do you ever worry that in an effort to give people information, you and the Stranger might inadvertently fall into the marketing ploys of, say, sleezy nutball Baptist preachers? It must be hard to balance some days...

Posted by Big Sven | January 2, 2008 12:47 PM
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Well, if he does kill someone, please provide a youtube link.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | January 2, 2008 1:01 PM
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If you can't kill criminals, how can you be trusted to lead a war effort? How do we know that you'll accept moderate civilian casualties for greater stability and the destruction of terrorists? Like we learned in Lethal Weapon, you can't just shoot the bad guys in the knees.

Posted by Joshua | January 2, 2008 2:26 PM

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