Romney archives

A View from Abroad

Earlier today, while I was running around Philadelphia frantically searching for a new home, I received this Blackberry'd message from a dear friend of mine in Paris:

OK... But the first pioneers in Iowa were the fucking French right ? This is wy "des moines " wich stands for "from (or the) monks"!!!! OPUS DEI my friend !!!  Anyway if I were an Amarican maybe I lwould cast my ballot for the black guys who seems much more clever than the ex-fat !! I can tell you my Friend !! As far are the rep candidates are concerned, the 9/11 guy seems already out of the race (just my opinion ...and a big mistake to snob the Iowa... What a pity !!!) the ex- heroe pilot is too old , the Mormon is just too Mormon (the rihgt to have several wifes in the US is no politically correct right ?). On the opposit side Hillary seems to have a big handicap : her husband who sometimes forgets to shut his big mouth.... Edwards ? Too much too soon : a USD 400 fee for a hairdresser anois American who usually vote for the Dems.... OBAMA !!!

This friend of mine is conservative by French standards, but could easily be a Democrat in the U.S. I'm not sure which media influences got him to this place, but I know he regularly consumes CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and BBC in addition to the French press.

Twittering Thompson

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For reals.

Get the feeling his heart's just not in it? I get the feeling he's in the race just to fuck it up for someone else. Let's see ...who is Fred Thompson likely to take votes away from?

An End to Nativism?

Ryan Lizza offers an primer on the Republicans' struggle with immigration reform in The New Yorker.

I think you may already know my thoughts on the subject.