Comments on: Picking Mitt’s Nits

By: Micha Ghertner

Micha Ghertner — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:03:54 +0000

I keep reading this title as “Picking Mitt’s Nuts.” I think this says more about me than Julian, though.

By: BostonSatyr

BostonSatyr — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:56:55 +0000

Amen, Brother Sanchez, you hit the nail right on the head with that one.

I’m perplexed as to why these little trivial oddities get so much attention (i.e. did Hillary really leave a tip for that waitress in Iowa?, did Guiliani’s mistress get security on the public’s dime, the details of Edwards’ $400 haircut, etc.). I suppose journalists like to report on them because they will get alot of internet traffic because of their tabloid-esque qualities. Instead, I think we’d all be better served with substantive examinations of candidates’ past records, and their policy positions. PErhaps it would be a bit more dry, but the taboid-obsessed types probably won’t be voting in the primaries anyway.

This country needs to eat its proverbial vegetables and pass up this frosted “saw MLK” transfat crap.

By: lemmy caution

lemmy caution — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:08:19 +0000

At least he is getting better over time: "My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit."

By: Joe W

Joe W — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:27:35 +0000

The uproar over Mitt’s statement is absurd. But the issue is not the word “saw”, the issue is the word “march”, because technically he didn’t march with the man. But I don’t think it’s a problem to say someone marched with MLK as a way of expressing the fact that he actively supported him. It’s like if he said his father had “stood” by MLK — again, a pretty reasonable figure of speech. Wouldn’t mean he stood right next to him. And assuming George Romney was a supporter, which few are disputing, then Mitt’s use of saw is fine.

By: JM

JM — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:58:06 +0000

I agree with you about the general “I saw” thing, but I was under the impression that George Romney never did march with MLK, which turns “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King” into “I knew my father liked civil rights.”