That’s Mitticulous!
By Matt Miller,
He goes to London. Insults the Brits. Draws a rebuke from the prime minister. Becomes tabloid fodder.
But the man doesn’t rest.
Mitt Romney goes next to the Middle East. Insults Palestinian “culture.” Palestinians call him “racist.” Says one: Even our worst enemies (i.e., the Israelis) never say such things!
Out of context, Team Mitt cries. He wasn’t singling out Palestine. Why, just the other day he made the same point about Mexicans!
Hole dug deeper.
What next in Warsaw — a Polish joke?
And this is just the past few days.
We’ve reached a rare moment. Sometimes a phenomenon is so unprecedented and altogether singular that existing language doesn’t suffice to capture it. This is how language evolves, as new realities inspire fresh coinages to do justice to human experience.
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