When the Mitt Hits the Fan--James Wolcott

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The incident of hair assault revealed this week that led colleague Bruce Handy to dub Romney "the Demon Barber of Cranbrook" shows the mark of a bully, part of a pattern that goes from strapping his dog to a car roof to "I like to fire people." But I think that Romney as bully misses something larger about the political, public man: He's a coward. He's never gone against the grain, stood up for an underdog or advanced an unpopular cause before it became popular, risked a single gleaming hair off his head, shone any backbone apart from the determination to win, tapped into anything larger than himself, risen to the moment. His selfishness is such that you think conservatives would appreciate him more, since that's their driving ethos. He may have to show some of that old nasty Cranbrook spirit if he truly wants to win their love.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2012/05/When-the-Mitt-Hits-the-Fan

[DearAbby]

1. People are putting it together

getting a broader perspective. Rachel had a great segment on this last night about his nervous laugh. There is something really creepy about Romney. Too wooden, really creepy. THERE I SAID IT.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Something creepy

No, DearAbby, you are correct there is something creepy about Mitt Romney. For the last month or so, I have been telling my husband that Romney seems creepy. I wasn't sure what it was though. Was it the way he walks (little mincing steps); was it his hair (not a strand out of place); could it be his god awful laugh (imagine being in a room, alone, with someone who laughs like that); the dog on the roof of the car and now finally I think I know. After hearing the bullying story (ScissorsHand Mitt), it became clear ------ the guy is a sociopath. He has the emotions of a robot ------ Robo Mitt.