Sweet Charity, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise

January 28, 2012 Martha Thomases 32 Comments

There are four candidates left in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.  What have they done lately?

•  Newt Gingrich wants to colonize the moon.  He thinks we should use the resources of the federal government to pay for the program and pay for more freeloading government workers to implement the program.  I don’t know why it isn’t important to reduce the deficit at a time like this, except for the fact that he’s campaigning in Florida, one of the headquarters for the space program.

Or, as Dave Chappelle said, “Mars, bitches!”

•  Rick Santorum thinks, apparently, that rape is God’s way of giving women a surprise gift.  As he, it is a woman’s duty to accept.  Why doesn’t God give us the receipt so we can return it and get one we choose ourselves?

•  I hear a lot about how Ron Paul is great, and Ron Paul is a libertarian who wants to get government out of people’s private lives.  However, he seems really fond of states rights, which might keep the government out of the lives of straight white men, but not necessarily help out the rest of us.  And, as this gentleman observes, it’s hard to get behind a Libertarian who believes that states can define a human being as property.  Or, if I might add, a state that can nationalize my uterus.

• But, let’s face it.  The fun part of the week has been Mitt Romney’s release of his last two years of tax returns.  There’s been a lot of noise about how little he pays in taxes (under 14%), but not a lot of attention has been paid to the rest of it, and what this means. 

For example, almost all of his income is derived from investments, not from salaries, which is why his rate is so low.  The GOP likes to claim that it’s important for this rate to be low so people will be encouraged to invest in businesses and thereby create jobs.  Romney should be their poster boy.  How many jobs has Romney created with his wealth since he left Bain Capital? 

In a capitalist system, we can often tell a lot about a person’s values by how that person chooses to spend money.  In Romney’s case, he gave his money to people who actively campaign to deny basic human rights to others. 

Rumor has it that he’s not releasing older tax returns because he donated a lot of money in support of California’s Prop 8.  I don’t know if the rumor is true, but it’s believable, which says all I need to know about the public’s perception of Mr. Mittens. 

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