Dear reader-commenters,
Thanks so much for your favorable comments. Sometimes it's a little lonely sitting here in front of my PC screen trying to make sense, not be too feisty, and at the same time say something worth reading.
Now, today's blog may upset you. But, let me explain.
I agree totally with Anonymous that Romney can be a Reaganesque figure for America. He does indeed have the talent, intelligence, wisdom, calm and unshakable values America desperately needs in its leader.
My comments today are meant only to suggest that a presidential campaign is not for amateurs.
We all like to think that Reagan, the Great Communicator, just let tumble from his lips those timeless gems we all remember so fondly. It wasn't so. He had writers, and he followed their scripts after scribbling all over the drafts to get what he felt comfortable with.
Peggy Noonan thought of using the great "to see the face of God" lines in the speech after the terrible Colombia explosion. She knew Reagan so well that he asked her how in the world she had chosen the words he was already thinking about. That is a great speechwriter at work.
Mitt Romney needs a Peggy Noonan.
I fully agree tat a presidential campaign is not for amateurs or the faint at heart. This is going to be an in the gutter campaign. My concern is the Romney staff as it exists today up to it. Nasty can be simply nasty. Nasty can also be "love ya" as you twist the knife in your opponents back another turn. The knife is not half truths or innuendos.No it's fact, indisputable facts. One piled on top of the other. You drown your opponent in facts. The only thing about Obama that should be off limits is his wife and children.We as honorable patriots do not go there, even if they do.
ReplyDeleteThe last I knew Peggy Noonan was still with us. So are a lot of Pres. Reagan high level staffers.
Romney can not go to this dog fight (one that he so desperately wants to win) with a Poodle of sorts - my apologize to all Poodle owners and other cute little doggies. We need a Norwegian Wolf Hound.
And NO "Read My Lips" speeches, please.
He can borrow my cat, Mus'rat, who just happens to be meaner than a "junkyard dog".
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