Now there's certain proof that Mitt Romney isn't human. He has no balls. (Or, in Palin-speak, "cojones.")
The great unloved Republican frontrunner spoke at the ridiculous "Values Voters" summit today, and totally passed on an opportunity for a Sister Souljah moment.
See, yesterday — at this stupid conservative gathering for right-wing whackjobs who pretend to care about Israel but who nevertheless held their big meeting on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar — a religious nutcase named Robert Jeffress disparaged Romney's religion and called it a cult. (Whether he also knew that it's a hit Broadway show, we're not sure.)
So, did Romney respond to Jeffress in his speech this afternoon? Not really. Clearly he hopes he's going to skate by this time, and not discuss Joseph Smith or his magic underwear or the Mormon Church's traditional hostility to people of color. Rather than try to address questions about his faith head-on — that's so 2008, don'tcha know — he's banking on keeping that Christian-right discontent simmering beneath the surface just long enough for him to capture the 2012 GOP nomination.
What a weenie way to go — the weak response of the cautious man. No wonder the rabid Republican base doesn't like him.
We cats have news for Romney, and for all Mormons who consider themselves proud members of the Grand Old Party: Republicans hate you. You are like the Cubans to them — handy in states and communities in which you are either in charge or a sizable majority. The GOP will happily pander to your issues come election time. But in the long run, their attitude is "Beat it, kid, you bother me." Your fealty to the Republican Party is a joke.
We cats are hoping that a prominent Mormon — maybe cutie-pie Jon Huntsman, who hasn't got much to lose? — will bravely step up and state this simple truth. But you'll never hear it from Mitt "The Robot" Romney.
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