Der Parson's rant

"I think the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman."
-- Mitt Romney, declining to participate in the next CNN/YouTube debate

Once again proving that the Republicans have no sense of humor or imagination.

I watched the Democrats debate on CNN. I thought they YouTube videos were pretty cool for the most part. Some were kind of dumb, but the snowman video was kind of cute. We could have done without the hillbilly holding his "baby" (some machine gun he needs for personal protection). I kind of liked Obama's answers for most of the questions. A few things Hillary said kind of scared me. I wish I would have wrote this earlier so I could give specific examples. I would like to see Republicans answer questions from ordinary people, but of course they won't do it because they know it will scare us normal people further away from the Republican party come election time.

Oh how I howled with laughter when I read this, What we can learn from Romney's favorite book. - By John Dickerson - Slate Magazine
To save you some trouble, apperently Mitt Romney's favorite novel is, "Battlefield Earth" by L. Ron Hubbard. (The father of scientology). If you haven't seen it, Battlefield Earth is probably the worst movie ever made (well it and Waterworld might be a tie). From what I hear the book "Battlefield Earth" isn't much better then the movie. It's kind of scary someone wanting to lead the free world has such bad taste. I guess it can't be worse then Bush, his favoite book The Stranger. It's about a Arab killer that has no remorse,(hmm sound familar).
I hope Battlefield Earth isn't going to give Romney any ideas like it did Bush.
I figure it won't be long before Romney has to flip flop and come up with something better.

I watch Romney on Jay Leno last night, he talked about how the people want a man of god running the country. I think what made me sick was the audiance seemed to just eat it up, they were cheering like mad, maybe they just liked the idea of being able to have multiple wives?

Were are those swift boat vets now?

"People signing up for, registering and receiving, if you will, a number, a registration number, then working here for six years and paying taxes, not taking benefits...then at the end of that period, registering to become a citizen or applying to become a citizen and paying a fee...I think those are reasonable proposals."
-- Mitt Romney, 2005

"My view is there should be no advantage for those that are here illegally in pursuing a course of permanent residency."
-- Mitt Romney, 2007

It's nice to see this time around it's a Republican flip floping like a fish out of water.

"[My support of the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban are] not going to make me the hero of the NRA....I don't line up with the NRA."
-- Mitt Romney, 1994

"I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. I'm a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms."
-- Mitt Romney, 2007

Maybe it's not really a flip flop, but If a democrate would have said that, then you know Fox news would be rallying the swift boats.

If a democrat did this, he would be called a "flip flopper" or something.
"I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country."
-- Mitt Romney, 1994
"I saw where the harsh logic of abortion can lead -- to the view of innocent new life as nothing more than research material or a commodity to be exploited."
-- Mitt Romney, 2005
I guess Republicans just call it "business as usual"? I guess I could give him the benefit of the doubt were he says "I saw where", maybe a light bulb when off or something, but giving the benefit of the doubt isn't a much fun as calling someone a flip flopper for changing their mind.

This is from the Mitt Romney web site
"a social conservative; someone whose personal integrity and moral values are unquestioned;"
I think some moral values are in question and they changed between 1994 and 2005.

There is tons more crap on his web site, I hope to make it my new hobby to pick it apart and blog about what I find. It looks like we have another up and coming neocon.