Mickey Kaus – a friend whose political perceptions I usually find accurate, sometimes even original – has bought the media line about Mitt Romney being a stiff. On his Daily Caller blog he writes: “If I were conspiracy-minded, I might think the press (or at least The Hill) was trying to sucker Mitt Romney into attempting an Oprah/Bill Clinton ‘I-feel-your-pain’ moment at the town hall debate tonight. If Romney can do that non-artificially and effectively, I’ll be very surprised. Seems more likely to be awkward.â€
Actually it’s Romney’s opponent who’s the awkward stiff when it comes to empathy because he’s inauthentic. Romney has spent more personal time actually doing good works for people in tough (read: cancer-ridden) circumstances than any politician I’ve ever heard of. The media declares him to be inauthentic, but if you watch him, he really isn’t.
via Instapundit
Frankly, I never bought Clinton’s “I-feel-your-pain” moments either. In the age of Obama, we tend to forget what a narcissist Bill was (is). Narcissists generally don’t waste a lot of time feeling someone else’s pain. The more practiced among them, however, can often make a good show of it. Obama can’t because apparently he doesn’t care that he doesn’t care and isn’t an “unusually good liar” like Bill.
Obama can lie well when giving prepared remarks with his teleprompter, but unlike bill he cant do it off the cuff.
Didn’t romney also hold a leadership position in his church, that required him to counsel and help people in trouble. And unlike obamas community organizer experience his help did not consist of lobbying for gov handouts.
Exactly my thought when I saw Kaus’ observation. I think he’s 180 degrees out of phase on this one.
Concur Roger. Your observation is on the money.
what if a Republican said or did that is an old and boring game.
But this is an example of the game in reverse with results that are beyond starting.
If the Fraud had done even ONE of the multitude of acts of charity and compassion that Mitt Romney has done in his life, we would never hear the end of it. An encyclopedia of news stories would aleady be written and obama’s face would be 1/2 carved on Mount Rushmore.