Chameleon Accountability

Just when you think the republican presidential campaign can't possibly become any more entertaining or humorous, it does. During a TV interview one of Romney's top aides was asked if perhaps his candidate had become too conservative during the primaries to appeal to moderate undecided voters during the general election campaign against Obama.

He replied that there is no problem, since his candidate will simply press reset, reinvent himself anew for the campaign against Obama, like shaking an Etch A Sketch and then drawing a new picture.

Santorum and Gingrich are all over it, handing out Etch A Sketches to members of the media. (Everyone should have one; its a great toy.)  Newt handed one to a child, and said now the child is qualified to run for president. Rick had helpers handing out mock Etch A Sketches at  campaign events.

Newt and Rick are not going to let this Etch A Sketch scandal go. Trust me on this. They are going to rip into it, cling to it, bring it up, over and over again. It might be Mitt's worst gaff yet, out of a long and entertaining, and humorous series of verbal faux pas.

And who knows how many more there are to come? Hell, Mitt might just be getting started! One can scarcely imagine how potentially entertaining he might become in a debate with Obama...

I got my first Etch A Sketch sometime in the early to mid nineteen sixties, when I was a kid. I spent hours enjoying it. My mom gave me another one, as a kind of joke gift, just a few years ago. I enjoyed it for awhile, then gave it to a disabled child. Etch A Sketch is the greatest toy on the planet. If you've never had one, you need to get one.

So now the great secret is out. Political candidates, always pretending to be genuine, sincere, and honest, are in reality a pre planned packaged commodity. How surprising. As if we didn't already know, or sense.

The ironic thing is the fact that of course the Romney aide was simply telling the truth, about his candidate, about any candidate.  They all do that; they present whatever image works during the primary campaign, then switch to a new image during the general presidential race. All of them do it.

Obama and Hillary Clinton fell all over themselves trying to be more liberal than each other during the 2008 democratic primary race. After Obama won the democratec nomination, and started running against McCain in the general election campaign, he moved steadily towards the middle, and has stayed there ever since...

 Romney's aide made a big mistake in admitting it. In this world, if you tell the truth, you pay a high price. AS Goethe said "we resist the truth simply because we would perish if we accepted it."

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