The Nowhere Man

For some time now, I’ve been puzzling over what kind of person Mitt Romney actually is-and have been stumped as to how to describe him. He doesn’t seem to have a discernible personality.

He tries to appear sincere-he attempts to be authentic, and in every instance that I’ve read about, he fails miserably both ways in spades. Others have tagged him with the ‘chameleon’ description-but that’s being insulting to those amphibians.

Mitt Romney is far less interesting.

Every time he’s spoken in private or public, he has uttered some real idiotic statements that would make any political writer duck behind their desk and head for the liquor.

So why does he come across so badly every time? Why is he such a lightning rod? Is it him? Is it the Republican Party and its’ members? Does he have a personality disorder that prevents him from being perceived as having a soul?

I think it’s simple to figure it out.

It’s him-he’s a shallow rich man, thinking he can deceive the rest of us into voting for him.

It’s not working. The more he talks, the less people like him-and there weren’t many to begin with, anyway.

Listen to the song “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles, and you will discover they describe Mitt Romney to a T.

” He’s a real nowhere man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.

Doesn’t have a point of view,
Knows not where he’s going to,
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man please listen,
You don’t know what you’re missing,
Nowhere Man,the world is at your command!

He’s as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?

Nowhere Man, don’t worry,
Take your time, don’t hurry,
Leave it all till somebody else
lends you a hand!

Doesn’t have a point of view,
Knows not where he’s going to,
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man please listen,
you don’t know what you’re missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command!

He’s a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.

Here’s a direct quote from him:

As Romney walked back to the plane to shake hands with the five individuals who drove vans in the motorcade, your pooler asked Romney if he was going to be campaigning a little harder from here on out.

”Ha ha. We’re in the stretch aren’t we? Look at those clouds. It’s beautiful,” he said, pointing to the sky. “Look at those things.”

That’s Mitt Romney-isn’t he just so deep?

A 47 Percenter speaks up

Ever since Mitt Romney described 47% of Americans as

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what…These are people who pay no income tax.

Romney went on: “[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.“

I’ve been itching to respond. Words so far have failed me when I try to describe my overwhelming anger at the sheer effrontery of this person to take nearly half of this country and throw them away as useless garbage, not fit to even think about.

That includes me, my husband, my late father, and nearly every single person I know, or have ever known in my life.

Because it’s more than a figure to us who Romney has described in his little speech to very wealthy donors.

This is an outright insult to those of us who have worked hard all of our lives, suffered and survived economic meltdowns, 5 wars, hurricanes, and other assorted things that go wrong in our lives from time to time. We pay taxes, fight wars, and survive life as Americans the best we can.

But Mitt Romney doesn’t see it that way. He comes from a galaxy where privilege and wealth are the status quo. Being rich is normal for him.

He obviously has personally never known want or fear.

He has never suffered for one minute the anxiety that comes from being not rich.

But that does not give him the right to tell those who have that we are not worth the time or money to worry about.

Because we can make damned sure in November that we use the right to not worry about him and his entire set of friends.

Don’t vote for this man. He doesn’t want your vote. You’re not rich enough for him to bother with.

YOU DON’T COUNT AS A HUMAN BEING TO HIM.