Romney’s distinctive hair
Here’s a distinctive article about how Mitt Romney’s hair is his most distinctive feature:
By far his most distinctive physical feature, Mr. Romney’s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign trail, with many seeing in his thick locks everything they love and loathe about the Republican candidate for the White House. (Commanding, reassuring, presidential, crow fans; too stiff, too slick, too perfect, complain critics.)
It may be his most distinctive feature, but not distinctive enough for me. In fact, I never really noticed it before.
I think Romney’s most distinctive feature is his lack of distinctive features. His most distinctive feature is a handsomeness that looks like a computer-generated amalgam of handsome men, creating a generically handsome man of a certain age.
Could Lincoln have won in today’s media and image obsessed culture? I doubt it and the nation would have been poorer for it.
A candidate’s appearance has never been a factor in my decision making. (Though I might have made an exception if Palin had run!)
“Romney’s most distinctive feature is his lack of distinctive features. His most distinctive feature is a handsomeness that looks like a computer-generated amalgam of handsome men, creating a generically handsome man of a certain age.”
The same is true for his convictions, moral and political, as if the only thing which matters to him is to be likeable to as many people as possible. For this, he choses some mix of the most popular ideas of the target crowd.
That’s a good point, Sergey. Of course I’d still greatly prefer that sort of market-tested blandness to the phoniness and class-hatred of the community-organizing liar-in-chief.
I’m afraid that in today’s political environment, someone who tells the truth about the dire situation facing our country on so many levels will be marginalized as a nut.
I watched the hour long interview that Romney gave on the Hannity show a few days back. My impression is of a very nice man who is very likeable. He defended his conservative bona fides fairly well, but he is not a true right winger by any stretch of the imagination.
My question about him would be whether he is just too nice. I have fairly direct knowledge of Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan from people that I have talked with who worked with those Presidents. All three of those previous presidents seemed nice enough for public consumption – especially Reagan. In truth all three of them were extremely tough – with spines of stainless steel. That is what is required of any man who would be C-in-C, and is what I primarily look for in a candidate for president. Romney’s only indication of that kind of toughness would be the no-nonsense business decisions he made at Bain Capital. There is quite a difference between hard-nosed business decisions and those required to send people in harm’s way or to stand up to thuggish leaders of rogue natins. That trait of inner toughness is a hard thing to measure except by looking at a person’s record. Thus far the only Republican who appears to have it is Newt.
Romney’s clean-cut, good looks don’t hurt him in the hunt for votes among independents, but appearances don’t seem to help him among conservatives. I do believe that his looks are held against him by some – particulary those who think him without conviction.
The Codex Alimentarius is being implemented and you talk about hair?
http://investmentwatchblog.com/new-food-bill-in-new-zealand-takes-away-human-right-to-grow-food/
New food bill in New Zealand takes away human right to grow food..
the bill is being brought in because of the WTO
– It turns a human right (to grow food and share it) into a government-authorised privilege that can be summarily revoked.
– Under the Food Bill, Police acting as Food Safety Officers can raid premises without a warrant, using all equipment they deem necessary — including guns (Clause 265 — 1).
– Members of the private sector can also be Food Safety Officers, as at Clause 243. So Monsanto employees can raid premises — including marae — backed up by armed police.
– The Bill gives Food Safety Officers immunity from criminal and civil prosecution.
The Government has created this bill to keep in line with its World Trade Organisation obligations under an international scheme called Codex Alimentarius (“Food Book”). So it has to pass this bill in one form or another.
– Home-grown food and some or all seed could not be bartered on a scale or frequency necessary to feed people in communities where commercially available food has become unaffordable or unavailable (for example due to economic collapse).
That is disturbing, Artfldgr, but if you’re familiar with the 1942 decision in Wickard v. Filburn it sure sounds like the U.S. got a head start on that sort of thing. And then, more recently, there was this egregious case in a court in Wisconsin where the judge declared: “no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice…”
Personally, I think I will have to commit to memory the definition of a contemporary liberal as being someone who is upset that somewhere someone else is doing something without the government’s permission. (I saw this definition online someplace the other day, but can’t find it just yet, so I may have remembered it incorrectly.)
One thing I’ve noticed about Romney’s hair is that often, a small lock drops over his forehead. I betcha’ his handlers recommended that so he’d look less perfect and less formal.