Romney is too delicate to run for the presidency.

[Marr]

That's what I'd be saying if I were a Democratic pundit, at least. Right-wingers despise weakness most of all, and the Romney campaign is handing critics an opportunity to define their candidate as delicate and easily hurt.

First he cries foul when people mention his religion. Then he says it's not fair to talk about his money and privilege. Then he doesn't want to talk about his time as a Governor. Now Republicans are saying it's not fair for his opponents to talk about the business he himself talks about all the time.

Did he think everyone would just spend a few months talking about how great his hair looks, then take a vote?

[HughBeaumont]

1. Something tells me these debates are going to be doctored.

Defending the indefensible isn't good for a tone-deaf asshat who's used to MSM softballs.

[movonne]

2. I think you are right....I love the word delicate...

[calimary]

3. So do I! A new meme is born.

Delicate as can be in Paris, taking cover in that "champagne-missionary-division" during Vietnam, when others went to fight and die. Guess he couldn't afford to get his nice, clean, white, fingernail-polished hands dirty or that nice hair too mussed up.

[Marie Marie]

20. Ditto. Delicate indeed. Perfect.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. He can't even eat store bought cookies

Roughing it is probably a meal without Grey Poupon.

[unblock]

6. grey poupon!? he'd fire his chefs if they didn't make it from freshly ground mustard seed!

[undeterred]

5. Reminds me of executives who don't want any real mail on their desks.

When I was a temp at a large corporation I would occasionally get assigned to the 30th floor, where the top execs were. I couldn't wear slacks to work, had to wear a dress. But most of the "work" would involve making sure the exec got his orange juice, greeting his visitors, and occasional correspondence. They hardly got any mail.

Back on the other floors there would be a ton of mail to sort, documents to produce, and you'd be answering the phones for 3 or 4 people.

When you get to the executive level its all about looking nice and ordering lunch in.

Romney was born on the 30th floor.

[lunatica]

7. He is delicate. Have you ever noticed how he walks in

short quick little steps like his shoes are too small and hurt his feet?

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. His "mom jeans" might be chafing a little.

And there's little he can do about it, since his "stuff arranger" isn't allowed on the podium with him.

[A Simple Game]

17. He doesn't seem to be able to turn his neck. Whenever he turns his head

he seems to turn his whole body.

[WingDinger]

8. More FRENCH than Kerry, more Gentile, than Obama. Should read the bumpersticker.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. OK, let's talk about the hair

How do his haircut costs compare to John Edwards'?

[wial]

10. Don't call him a wimp though!

Look what happened when Dan Rather did that to Bush Sr. We've been dealing with the consequences in mountains of dead bodies ever since.

[wendylaroux]

11. I believe he is a bit

of a ''Fancy Lad",---as portrayed by Chris Elliot in the famous movie Cabin Boy.

[elehhhhna]

12. he's a fop

[wendylaroux]

13. LOL--nt

[SemperEadem]

16. a Dandy, a Mignon...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. He's Freddie Bartholomew from Captains Courageous

after he fell overboard and before he learned his lesson. The delicate rich kid whose father gave him everything he could ever want and who refused to do hard work or eat simple food to earn his keep on the fishing boat. The spoiled kid who threatened his friends by telling them he would get his rich father to fire their dads.

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[wendylaroux]

19. Here it is:

[SemperEadem]

15. spot on--soft in the middle and too delicate to answer questions

cherry picking their audiences, not taking questions from the press, screaming "librul media" anytime anyone of their tits gets caught in the wringer. They are weak and Dems would be wise to drive that point home.

Obama got OBL--not the thugs.

[KurtNYC]

21. His handlers will keep him from apologizing for anything

since that is so key to the RW base.

Previous attempts to talk about strategy and segmentation here have gone poorly but....

The reasons we don't like Romney are very different from the reasons that the RW base does not like Romney. The GOP primaries show exactly what the RW does not like about Romney:
- he is the father of Obama-care
- 2nd generation big government insider
- Romney is a moderate (or even "limosine liberal RINO&quot pretending to be a conservative

What the RW DOES like about Romney:
- he is white, real white, 1950s white
- he is perceived as a successful business man, eg. "rich" like they wanna be
- bullied a gay kid
- Liberals hate him

Ideally Romney gets hammered from the left and right but for the RW base the most effective damage to Mitt has already been done. I think we help Romney when we say simply that he is rich and has rich friends, but when the same angle is centered around Bain, vulture capitalism and job destruction it can work against Romney.