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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Engineering, yes. But dance at Dennison isn't getting paid back. If you're dumb enough to borrow that much money for that kind of degree, you're lucky to able to pay the rent.

I think Romney is proving that being a soulless numbers cruncher renders one a sad political figure: A man who'd probably be a really good President, but never will be, because to do so requires an emotional connection with voters he could never hope to forge.

We're emotional creatures. It holds us back terribly, but it'll never change. Most people allow emotion to remain paramount in their decision processes. They act on what they feel. I feel Romney is a fucking creep with whom I'd never want to spend any more time than I absolutely had to. I'll still vote for him if the race is close because it benefits me. But that only occurs because I choose to act entirely against my emotional reaction to the man. Most Americans won't do that. He's such a robot he thinks they will. Mitt somehow graduated from B school without taking Marketing 101.

ETA: Perhaps it's his squareness, his Mormonism, that does him in. He can flip flop with the best of them, but he's a terrible liar, and an even worse actor, both of which are essentials for political success. I can't help but think these disabilities derive from growing up in a culture of scarce irony.

Translation: I have bought into the Republican brand, and will happily buy rancid, botulism-inducing products that carry it.