Amazing, but the plea is the same as when I wrote this blog 50 odd days ago…
Under one hundred days to the ballot box and the presidential Play-Doh is taking the shape of a cliffhanger. I don’t know about you, but I am in no mood for squeakers. A good ole barn-burner would suit me just fine. It’s now or never. Let’s have at it.
The time has come to get in the game and un-tie the polls. It is not as though the choice isn’t clear. The chasm between the candidates’ worldviews is epic. If you missed the clues about the President’s agenda last time, you have no excuse now. His velvet gloves are off and his boxing mitts are on.
And speaking of mitts, the challenger isn’t playing softball, either. Or is he?
Before I throw down my cap and kick the dirt, some reality: Mitt Romney is not the baddest hombre on the diamond. I’m not saying he’s not a pol. He is. He proved it to Gingrich and Santorum earlier in the season. But for the big game, he’s sticking to issues and passing on cheap shots.
That’s commendable. We are desperate for decency. But finesse isn’t enough. America is teetering on the edge of someplace we’ve never been before. Next season might never come for the country we used to know. Play clean, Mitt, but play hardball. You’re a contender, and you’ve got to throw some heat. Not insinuations, division, and spaghetti-against-the-wall stuff, but some high inside strikes. Put something on that ball. Let it slice through the issues. Catch your opponent looking, already. We ain’t got all day.
You’re playing in the bigs, Mitt. There is no tenth inning, so step up to the rubber and own it.
Categories: Politics
Tags: Ballot box, election, heat, Mitt, Mitt Romney, Play-Doh
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I do wish he’d try to go easy on the gaffes – the only thing Obarmy and co. are doing is looking to smear Mitt, and he should stop passing the ammo
I agree. But I also think that the media plays them completely dishonestly. The gaffes are essentially truth, but Romney pays dearly. POTUS’ gaffes are based in an utter lack of integrity, and are given a nod and a wink. Romney, imho, needs to wield those “gaffes” like machetes and cut through the nonsense. He has one chance to change the national conversation and re-center it on reality. I wish he do it with with gusto.
Yes, if he really believes what he says, he should make a point of saying so – he must know that the MSM is out to get him.
It’s a jungle out there :/
It is so.
I hope that Romney can understand the anxiety that his base is feeling. To us it isn’t about winning or losing a campaign, it’s about the very real possibility of losing our way of life. Obama could actually win this election and that would be disastrous for our country. We need Mitt to know that we are depending on him to stop this from happening and he needs to step up his game.
Absolutely agreed! McCain, unfortunately, failed to grasp your point. A repeat performance would be unthinkable. Both good men, in my opinion, nevertheless…