My Thursday column illustrates why Mitt Romney is a dangerous and destructive man.
The formerly hilarious comedian and satirist Dennis Miller endorsed and stumped for Mitt Romney at a rally in Virginia yesterday. I have to say, even though Miller flipped to the dark side long ago and, as such, ceased to be funny, the guy can still put together an English sentence. Granted, nearly all of what he says is horseshit these days, but it's definitely well-constructed horseshit. Still, I couldn't help but to feel sorry for Miller as he walked onto that rally platform to the tune of a random they-all-sound-alike yickadoo country song, tasked with fluffing Romney before of a crowd of sweaty yokels. How far the once mighty have fallen.
Anyway, a couple of things jumped out at me about Miller's remarks. First, he noted Romney's quote from the debate in which Romney lauded his ability to work with an 87 percent "Democrat" legislature in Massachusetts. Miller went on to pitch how great it was to hear that -- we can put aside partisan rancor, Miller said, and work together. The audience applauded with the full knowledge that the congressional Republicans have vowed to block everything the president proposes and are currently responsible for the highest rate of filibusters in American history. That, Dennis, is rancor.
Second, he described in effusive detail how Mitt Romney is a "good and decent man."
Yes really. And no that wasn't an unfunny Miller joke.
We know that Romney's a pathological liar and will say anything he needs to say in order to make it safely through the news cycle. But what else flies in the face of being a "good and decent man?" [continued]