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Mitt Romney and the GOP: 'The Loser Syndrome' (Le Figaro, France)

 

"Today the Republicans have lost all sense of who they are, of their core values, and out of the anger that seems to possess them, blaming everyone but themselves for their misfortunes. ... Four months later, Romney is unable to recognize this error of becoming someone he was not to make himself more appealing to very reluctant Republican base. ... And he laments that minorities and young people didn't hear his message. He should have begun by not despising them."

 

By Jean-Sébastien Stehli

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Translated By Katarzyna Wisniewska

 

March 10, 2013

 

France - Le Figaro - Original Article (French)

Four months after the presidential election, Mitt Romney is still unable to recognize the reasons for his defeat. It is a syndrome that afflicts the Republican Party. There was a time when things were reversed: The Democrats always posed as victims, and Republicans, on the contrary, advocated responsibility. Today the Republicans have lost all sense of who they are, of their core values, and out of the anger that seems to possess them, they blame everyone but themselves for their misfortunes. Example: the recent interview with Mitt Romney on Fox News.

 

First, Romney is unable to examine his campaign with a critical eye. He denies to his interviewer, Chris Wallace, that he became more conservative during the primaries, an obligatory process that had become a genuine ideological death trap. Romney denies the obvious, and the daily videos were there to prove it. His rather center-right opinions from when he was governor of Massachusetts turned completely to the right when Gingrich, Santorum, Perry & Co. began attacking him. So, four months later, he is unable to recognize the error of becoming someone he was not, to make himself more appealing to a very reluctant Republican base.

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The second sign of his blindness: Romney says in the interview that “the president has the power of incumbency. In plain language, the Mormons say that Obama's victory is due to the gifts he showered on his base. He repeated what he had told his campaign backers a week after his defeat. According to him, Obamacare, which allows millions of Americans to have health insurance, is not a moral imperative, but a gift to the poor (read: minorities) who, in return, moved en-masse to vote for 44. For the Republican candidate, enabling the poorest to have insurance is actually a bribe. For the former Republican candidate, White people of a certain age are animated by a sense of public service and are concerned about the common good, while Blacks, Hispanics and young people think only of government benefits.

 

In his interview, Romney laments that minorities and young people didn't hear his message. He should have begun by not despising them.

 

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Posted By Worldmeets.US Mar. 10, 2013, 8:59am