Yes, I said I'd be back last week with this, but work got crazy.
Anyway..here we go.
1) I don't trust him.
2) When he was Governor of MA, he was pro choice--now he supports a personhood amendment to the constitution. This would outlaw in-vitro fertilization, without which his son would not have children. That he's willing to sacrifice his family on the altar of political expediency troubles me.
3) I think you can learn a great deal of someone by watching how they treat their pets. Seriously, he drove to Canada with the dog on top of his car? Come on! This is disgusting. And he thinks it was funny!
4) I have had to show more financial information to buy my house than he has shown for the presidency.
5) When Americans were dying in Libya, he took the time to try to score political points. Politics end at the waters edge, and a person who doesn't understand that is not someone who would get my vote.
6) He gives the impression of someone who feels that he is entitled to the presidency, not that he has to earn it.
7) By choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, he chooses a person who doesn't care about the elderly. This is abhorrant to me.
8) 47%. enough said.
9) The one thing that he should be running on--Romneycare, he's running away from because he would dismantle Obamacare--which is the same thing. It is beyond hypocritcial.
10) He treated the President of the United states with disrespect. If you don't respect the man, respect the office.
11) He would not allow my gay friends to be married. That's just cruel.
12) He thinks corporations are people.
13) I believe he views women as beneath him, or in a servile role.
There's more, but this is a good start.
I can see you've given this quite a lot of thought, and number eleven is definitely a sticking point for me, too.
Posted by: Kimberly Menozzi | October 18, 2012 at 09:06 AM
(btw - your comment on my blog came up blank, so if you want to write it again, that'd be great.) :)
Posted by: Kimberly Menozzi | October 18, 2012 at 09:17 AM
Agree with you completely. Nicely said.
Posted by: CountryDew | October 18, 2012 at 09:29 AM
I'm with you.
Posted by: Alice Audrey | October 18, 2012 at 10:45 AM
well said!!!
Posted by: Janet | October 18, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Don't even get me started with this one....
Some people just don't get it or want to get it. I'm just wondering when a picture of Big Bird with a binder is going to show up somewhere
Posted by: Harriet | October 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM
I don't know who the real Mitt Romney is, maybe a car salesman.
Posted by: Colleen@LooseLeafNotes | October 18, 2012 at 12:35 PM
An eloguent and scary list!
Posted by: The Gal Herself | October 18, 2012 at 01:39 PM
I agree with you one hundred percent. He obviously knows nothing or cares about the middle class. While most of us struggle to pay rent on tiny apartments, you could fit my entire block into his primary residence, and most of us don't have banks in Switzerland or the Caymans. I'd like to see him try to live on *my* salary for a year!
Posted by: Heather | October 18, 2012 at 01:45 PM
I agree 100% with all of these. I would never vote Republican anyway, but honestly? Even if I was considering it, #3 would have been an early clincher against. WHO DOES THAT? What is he, Clark Griswold?
Pretty close, actually, except he makes a lot more money than Clark, and is a lot less funny.
Did you know that clicking the link to this over on Thursday-13 sends you to the TypePad SALES PAGE? I had to cut and paste it into my address field! Ummm... coincidence? Or am I just paranoid? (Hey, after 2000, I consider anything possible in politics.)
Posted by: Heather | October 18, 2012 at 01:52 PM