Governor Mitt Romney went into red-meat-throwing mode at a fundraiser yesterday, doing his best to clear up just what's at stake in the War on Terror.
Today's Boston Globe covers the
gory details.
''We're under attack, as you know, militarily," Romney told about 150 people gathered at an exclusive Raleigh country club. ''They're not just intent on blowing up a little bomb here and there at a shopping mall, awful as that would be. They want to bring down our government, bring down our entire economy. They want to put in place a huge theocracy."
After inflicting this hairball on the luncheon crowd, Romney went for the feel-good follow-up -- a nauseating mix of one part ass-kissing and one part patriotic pabulum.
''Thank heavens we have a president of the United States who recognizes this for what it is and has declared war on it, and thank heavens we have a military that consists of the strongest and bravest and most able men and women in the world," Romney said.
Wow. Kind of takes your breath away, doesn't it?
And this from a guy who is considering a run for the presidency in '08. Maybe he figures the fundraising venue is a good place to try out his new act - kind of like a stand-up comic trying out new material in out-of-the-way clubs.
But what do you think? Does Romney have some killer material here? Can he really expect anyone to buy the idea that installing a theocracy in the U.S. the ultimate goal of Islamic terrorists?