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PatSeg

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28. And I believe the father is the problem

Reply to Aristus (Reply #24)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 01:32 PM

Dec 2011

He is living in the shadow of a big man and I think that's why he's running for president. George Romney never made it to the White House, so Mitt desperately and pathetically tries to accomplish something his father couldn't.

We saw the repercussions of that kind of father-son relationship with GW. Poppy didn't take out Hussein, so GW had to prove himself by doing it, no matter how many lives were ruined.

Men who have to be bigger than their fathers can really be dangerous in politics.

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