Mitt Romney makes the ladies at Mustang Ranch appear as paragons of integrity

As noted by Greg Sargent, Mitt Romney is becoming some sort of genius at soundbite pandering to the aggressive ignorance and resentments of the GOP base, in search of their affections. Here's Mittens latest on the President:

I believe that (Obama's Libya policy) flows from his fundamental disbelief in American exceptionalism. In the President’s world, all nations have ‘common interests,’ the lines between good and evil are blurred, America’s history merits apology. And without a compass to guide him in our increasingly turbulent world, he’s tentative, indecisive, timid and nuanced.”

Sargent  proceeds to nail it:

  Call it the Dingbat Doctrine: If you think the world is a complicated place; if you think that navigating the most powerful military in human history through treacherous and ever-shifting geopolitical cross-currents involves difficult moral choices; if you think America can gainanything at all by recognizing that we have common interests with other nations; well, then you’re too weak to be president...

 Romney’s intended audience here is the Republican primary electorate, and for some reason he appears to have concluded that GOP voters will view this as a liability and will respond well to his use of the word “nuanced” as an epithet.

Initially I was going to toss off some snark about how this shows that Romney really knows his Tea Party audience. But that’s not fair to these folks at all. What this really reveals is the low regard Romney himself has for them.

And, of course, what low regard Romney has for himself as he proceeds down this path.

Comments

[JB]

This has been bothering me all week, so I guess it's time to ask:

What makes you think the ladies at Mustang Ranch lack integrity? Virtue perhaps, but integrity? Do they not provide the services they advertise at the prices they advertise? Do they water the drinks?

[reg]

"Do they water the drinks?" Excellent question. I don't have the answer. Take that shot at Mittens as "a manner of speaking." No offense intended to decent, honest working people or small business entrepreneurs.

[Rob Grocholski]

Great little read by Sargent. Totally agree.
Mitt Romney has had more makeovers than Hedwig Schmitt.