In case you missed the great Garry Wills put the final nail in Willard's coffin, perhaps for eternity,
here's his Romney memorial, in which he cites other losing candidates who went on to do very valuable things, ending with this conclusion:
McGovern and Dole were war heroes. They asked what they could do for
their country. Romney, who avoided military service as a missionary,
said none of his sons of military age could serve because they were
serving the nation by helping him, year after year, run for president.
Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do
for your family.
Many losing candidates became elder statesmen of their parties. What
lessons will Romney have to teach his party? The art of crawling
uselessly? How to contemn 47 percent of Americans less privileged and
beautiful than his family? How to repudiate the past while damaging the
future? It is said that he will write a book. Really? Does he want to
relive a five-year-long experience of degradation? What can be worse
than to sell your soul and find it not valuable enough to get anything
for it? His friends can only hope he is too morally obtuse to realize
that crushing truth. Losing elections is one thing. But the greater
loss, the real loss, is the loss of honor.
Note: My e-book on Obama-Romney race
has just been published. "Tricks, Lies, and Videotape"
covers
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links to the most important articles, blog posts and videos. Just
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