FOX: Alan Colmes aired Mitt's "clinton moment"

mikethom1 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:29 am

If you listen closely to Romney's explanation to the press, you get some insight into his character.

When pressed on the issue, in exasperation he resorts to an appeal to his educational background: I was an English major. He did the same thing when pressed by the WHO radio talk show host to reconcile his stand on abortion with his church's official pronouncements on the issue: You're not a Mormon; I'm a Mormon; I know better than you what my church teaches.

In these two cases Romney demonstrates that he has limited powers in the area of persuasion and logic. He does not seem to possess the ability to engage in the kind of sustained, reasoned, logical dialog that is necessary to understand his opponents' point of view and to persuade his opponents.

I would characterize his way of dealing with these situations as very lawyer-like: aggressive, martial, win-at-all costs. Not calm, self-assured, confident, winsome.

In my book, Mitt is not well suited tempermentally to serve as our President. We need someone who can bring the country together, someone who can reach out to the other side, listen to them, win them over.

justinok · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:40 am

Great analysis. Glad to have you on Hucks Army. Keep opining!

mikethom1 wrote:

If you listen closely to Romney's explanation to the press, you get some insight into his character.

When pressed on the issue, in exasperation he resorts to an appeal to his educational background: I was an English major. He did the same thing when pressed by the WHO radio talk show host to reconcile his stand on abortion with his church's official pronouncements on the issue: You're not a Mormon; I'm a Mormon; I know better than you what my church teaches.

In these two cases Romney demonstrates that he has limited powers in the area of persuasion and logic. He does not seem to possess the ability to engage in the kind of sustained, reasoned, logical dialog that is necessary to understand his opponents' point of view and to persuade his opponents.

I would characterize his way of dealing with these situations as very lawyer-like: aggressive, martial, win-at-all costs. Not calm, self-assured, confident, winsome.

In my book, Mitt is not well suited tempermentally to serve as our President. We need someone who can bring the country together, someone who can reach out to the other side, listen to them, win them over.

joyman25 · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:58 pm **Posts:** 1218

Excellent! Posted your quote to my blog with a link back here.

justinok wrote:

Great analysis. Glad to have you on Hucks Army. Keep opining!

mikethom1 wrote:

If you listen closely to Romney's explanation to the press, you get some insight into his character.

When pressed on the issue, in exasperation he resorts to an appeal to his educational background: I was an English major. He did the same thing when pressed by the WHO radio talk show host to reconcile his stand on abortion with his church's official pronouncements on the issue: You're not a Mormon; I'm a Mormon; I know better than you what my church teaches.

In these two cases Romney demonstrates that he has limited powers in the area of persuasion and logic. He does not seem to possess the ability to engage in the kind of sustained, reasoned, logical dialog that is necessary to understand his opponents' point of view and to persuade his opponents.

I would characterize his way of dealing with these situations as very lawyer-like: aggressive, martial, win-at-all costs. Not calm, self-assured, confident, winsome.

In my book, Mitt is not well suited tempermentally to serve as our President. We need someone who can bring the country together, someone who can reach out to the other side, listen to them, win them over.

FOX: Alan Colmes aired Mitt's "clinton moment"

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