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Mitt Romney Puts The Religious Faith Issue To Rest Once and For All
by Joseph Ernest November 24, 2010
Newscast Media HOUSTON, TX -- Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney explains why voters should not elect or reject candidates for office based on their religious faith. In 2008 Romney's religious faith was raised, and now, there is a consensus that he has successfully put that issue to rest once and for all. There is no doubt that Romney will be running again for the presidency, but he has said the announcement will not come until after February 2011.
The issue now, that will plague Romney during his run for the presidency will not be his faith, it will be Romneycare. Because of how unpopular Obamacare is with Americans, I suspect that Romney's healthcare plan will be used against him in 2011-2012, even though he has been all over the news networks explaining that his healthcare proposal and Obamacare are totally different. However, that will not deter his opponents from tying him to Obamacare the way John McCain was tied to the Bush policies.
Just as Romney addressed the "faith issue" he is going to have to address his "healthcare issue" before it turns into an avalanche he has no control over. Not diffusing it would give his opponents ammunition to use against him in the primaries.
Let's just say for argument's sake, or illustrative purposes, he manages to win the primaries, it will still not go away. Barack Obama has, on occasion, equated Obamacare to Romneycare, and in order to diffuse any argument that Romney might raise about Obamacare, Obama will attempt to tie his healthcare plan to Romney's in an effort to prevent Romney or others in his campaign from condemning Obamacare.
I have imagined a make-believe debate between the two politicians sitting in a pub, regarding each other's healthcare plans, and here is how I suspect their verbal tug-of-war would unfold:
Fictitious Debate Between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama On Healthcare
ROMNEY: As an opponent of your healthcare plan Mr. President, I recently heard you spreading a message around to the public, that Romneycare and Obamacare are the same. If that were true, then why do you think I am a big advocate of repealing Obamacare?
OBAMA: My esteemed colleague, it baffles me that you advocate against my healthcare plan yet both our plans are very much alike. I presented this very plan you oppose, to voters back in 2008, and they elected me president.
ROMNEY: If you continue along this path, history will not be kind to your presidency.
OBAMA: Since Truth is the daughter of Time, I believe eventually, Historians will find a way of correcting any inaccuracies about my presidency.
ROMNEY: You speak of truth, yet even your very own supporters burn with fury over your broken promises.
OBAMA: I simply rearranged the nation's priorities and to the casual observer, this rearrangement might manifest itself as broken promises and so forth.
ROMNEY: There are several practical solutions to our current economic crisis that are manifested in my book No Apology. If you read it, you might learn something.
OBAMA: What's the use of penning words in a book, if you don't implement solid and permanent solutions?
ROMNEY: May I remind you that words, are more permanent than bronze.
OBAMA: But even if I read the words in your book and applied your solutions, you would still run against me in 2012.
ROMNEY: That's because a true warrior has the ability to decode the pulse of a nation. Had you followed the principles I outlined, it wouldn't have cost you the House of Representatives and seats in the Senate.
OBAMA: The cost of people losing lives due to lack of healthcare outweighs the cost of losing a few seats here and there.
ROMNEY: Rather than admit seats were lost due to a mass awakening by the voters, you recently attributed your loss to ineffective delivery of your message.
OBAMA: I used the same license that poets and madmen use in delivering their messages to the masses.
ROMNEY: But even poets and madmen exercise a certain level of restraint to prevent massive blow-back from the public.
OBAMA: In public office, sometimes it is necessary to play by the exceptions and not the rules.
ROMNEY: Well, I find your reasoning to be faulty and exceptionally absurd.
OBAMA: You'll be surprised as to how many people are willing to entertain such absurdities, my friend.
ROMNEY: Is that why you've plunged the economy into the deepest deficit in the history of our nation?
OBAMA: That's plausible, but deniable. Add Comments>>
**(The above dialogue is simply a fictitious debate between Romney and Obama constructed as a mental stimulus for the readers.)
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