Mitt Romney is the king of blind ambition. It may be bad form to kick a guy when he's down, but this is an important moment of self reflection for the Republican party. Romney's "transition website" was released to the public yesterday showing us an alternate world where Romney became the president-elect Tuesday night. Shiver.
The website in itself isn't so offensive as the notion itself. Romney was truly unprepared to lose, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The Right truly fooled itself for the last few weeks, believing victory was the only option. Romney is rumored to have only prepared a victory speech. Concession wasn't an option.
Until it was. The fact is Romney wasn't "narrowly beaten." He was shellacked. The entire Republican party was shellacked. On his website he said:
I'm excited about our prospects as a nation. My priority is putting people back to work in America.
Guess what: Americans didn't buy it. As a resident of Massachusetts I can unequivocally say that Mitt the governor wasn't the same person as Mitt the presidential candidate. Maybe if he'd stuck with his core (or even had one), he would have done better. But the American people saw through him and that's what makes me so proud of this country.
Tuesday night was a huge victory for love. Same-sex marriage referendums were on the ballot in Maine, Maryland, Washington, and Minnesota. So far it did well in three of them and Washington was looking good. Amazing. It was a huge victory for women and minorities and everyone who makes this country such an amazing melting pot.
It wasn't a victory for the Mitt Romneys of the world. And whether you know it or not, that's a good thing for all of us. This country needs to evolve. It needs to change. Open minds are a beautiful thing. Acceptance and rainbow colors are what makes countries strong. That's where we are headed.
Old Mr. Rich Blind Ambition had to go. His victory website is a sad testament to a presidency that would have put us back in 1950. But Americans saw through his anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-poor rhetoric. They saw him for the opportunistic cynic that he really is, a man who set his sights on the presidency and didn't care what he had to say to get there.
America saw through that. His loss is proof that this country is great and that democracy works, and his "victory website"? Is like a sad relic from 1952. If they'd had the Internet.
Do you understand why Mitt lost?
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4 more years of Idiocracy to look forward to now. America missed a wonderful opportunity Tuesday.
Shellacked? I wouldn't claim that. He won by just about 2% of the popular vote. The electoral college vote always makes it look more one sided than it is no matter who wins. This was a close vote with nearly 49% of Americans NOT voting for Obama. Yes, he won, but it was not the huge beatdown that so many are touting. The people have spoken and we are almost equally divided.
If you want to know what a "shellacking" looks like, take a look at the votes for Reagan during the 1984 election against Mondale. He won by a margin of over 17 million popular votes and 512 electoral votes.
Yes, bashing Romney because he thought he would win. Makes sense. And I'm sure if Obama had lost, he would be just as shocked, but I am sure you wouldn't bash him for that. If your side won, why can't that be enough?