Thursday, January 26, 2012

Shame Is Not Listed in the Dictionary of Politics

At the big CNN Debate in Florida Thursday, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich got into a back-and-forth over immigration. At one point, Romney’s tough ad attacking Gingrich for saying “Spanish is the language of the ghetto” came up, with moderator Wolf Blitzer asking Romney to repeat the charge.

“I haven’t seen the ad, so I’m sorry, I don’t get to see all the TV ads,” Romney said. “Did he say that?”

The fact that Gingrich did say something like that is a bit awkward for Gingrich, and has been for quite a while. But there was plenty of awkward to go around: Turns out the ad Romney said he’s never heard of is running on the radio from his campaign — and Romney’s voice, in Spanish, is on the end saying he approved it.

  TPM
Awkward? These guys don’t bat an eyelash when dissembling. It’s just the way politics is practiced these days. Nobody holds them to anything and nobody calls them on anything they say. It might be awkward for a decent human being, but it isn’t even a blip on the radar screen of a politician.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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