Scary, Scary Man
Lately, I’ve been looking at the ads for former governor, current Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and finding him a scary, scary man. He looks for all the world like a televangelist with his perfect hair and perfect wife and crisp, expensive suits.
However, the thing that really caps it for me is the photograph he uses in his ad when talking about how he’d handled the illegal immigrant problem while Governor of Massachusetts, that he’d given the State Police permission to deal with with them. This one:
It’s all perfectly innocent, well in line with his duties as governor to inspect his troopers.
But, but…
It just makes my skin crawl for some ineffable reason.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:29am
I couldn’t help looking at your headline and mentally hearing a parody of “Starry, Starry Night” …
Military trappings assumed by civilian leadership always bother me a lot. Think of how much we learned about the Shrub when he started appearing occasionally in military uniform. Here, Romney appears with an honor guard in a situation not calling for one. You are right to warn us.
August 24th, 2008 at 10:55am
Have you noticed how many of the worst Republicans have that buttoned down look down pat. Indeed very scary. All they need to do is put on the white suits with the shoulder straps. Maybe a chest full of ribbons, medals and merit badges. It is a look seen again and again in tin dictatorships around the world and throughout history.