A Desperate Mitt Romney Claims Obama Planted Gay Bullying Story

[MrModerate]

26. Whether this is the issue that kills Romney's presidential ambitions . . .

Or something else later down the track, it's certain-sure that he will self-destruct at some point. Perhaps not spectacularly, but more like when you ride on a flat tire — eventually it falls apart.

Because the more people know about Romney, the less they like him — and he didn't start out especially likeable to begin with. And that liar label — against which politicians are only partially immunized — will overwhelm him sooner rather than later.

Add to that his tin ear, ill-gotten wealth, and truly fucked-up ideas of governance, and it's going to take a seriously charged up righty electorate to get Romney into the Oval Office.

Or a charged electorate and black-box voting (see Kerry, John).