Buck Naked Girls vs. Bare-Assed Ambitions

Mitt Romney has wanted to be President in the worst way for many, many years. Many believe that his run for Governor of Massachusetts was simply to "position him" for a run for President, an ambition his father had for many years, but was unable to realize.

The problem is, Romney's father and mother were for the most part people of principles. Whatever Romney ever was, which by all accounts was always fairly dodgy and off-putting, became odder and less comfortable still when he dove into making money… at all costs. Ambition is laudable, but ambition at any cost is a great deal less so.
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.It is doubtful that anyone will be able to accuse Romney of being caught in bed with three young beauties, the floor littered with champagne bottles and lingerie. By all accounts Romney is a loyal husband and a strictly observant Mormon, enough so that he never drank, smoked cigars or pot, nor presumably drank coffee. Good for him… except the Mormon religion has a troubling omission; it does not speak to the issue of someone becoming obsessed with making money, in pursuit of high political office.
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Ironically, the lack of other outlets for his youthful energies may have contributed to Romney's bullying, dressing up as a policeman and play acting at arresting other students, and his desires to dominate others. Regardless of the harm it might do to others. Taking out large loans, keyed to a company that his firm has just taken over, taking the money for his own firm and then running the subject firm into bankruptcy and collapse, putting thousands out of work when those companies failed? Those are the actions of what has sometimes been called "Vulture Capitalism".

We are left with a puzzling dilemma. Although I am inclined to distrust men whose wives cannot trust them out of their sight, that has an impact only on the quality of their own lives and the lives of their immediate family. It does not demolish the lives of thousands of innocent workers and their families. By comparison, Romney has managed to make Bill Clinton seem like a saint. We've got to ask, which is better? Buck naked girls or bare naked ambition.

Romney seems poised, if he is elected, to further erode the middle class, while reducing his own taxes and raising ours. I hope I will not be counted as selfish if I say, I'd prefer for him to have the hots for a flirtacious waitress.

Arthur