Mitt Romney’s speech to CPAC today was largely a re-hash of his basically competent stump speech, with a few chunks of red meat awkwardly thrown in. There wasn’t much that was memorable, but there was this line–astounding in its sheer counterfactual chutzpah:
I was a conservative governor. I fought against long odds in a deep blue state. I understand the battles that we, as conservatives, must fight because I have been on the front lines. (In the speech as delivered, Romney described himself as having been “severely conservative.”)
Few conservatives will buy that. (continue reading)
He can’t have said that accidentally….that is not the kind of phrase that pops into the mind of a normal person. So if we assume he said it with forethought–good grief: what kind of goofball thinks that’s a good way to describe yourself. Is he also a severe Mormon? Was he a severe governor? Is he severely for Romneycare?
Severely ambitious. Severely narcissistic. Severely connected. Severely dangerous.