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Robert Creamer: If He Were President, the Far Right Would Lead Romney Around by a Ring in His Nose
Romney, getting punked by rightwingers? Where is his sense of manhood to stand up for what he believes in?
Believe that, as President, Mitt Romney would revert to his days as a "Massachusetts Moderate?" Think again.
Every bit of evidence indicates that if he were President, the Far Right would lead Romney around by a ring in his nose.
Just last week, we saw it clearly on display. It didn't take but two weeks for the Far Right to force the Romney campaign to sever its ties with openly gay Richard Grinnell, who it had hired as its foreign policy spokesman. The campaign itself argued that it had begged Grinnell to stay. But right wing talk show host Brian Fischer of the American Family Association, who had led the drive to force Grinnell's resignation, declared it a major victory.
On his radio show, Fischer bragged that Romney had learned his lesson and would never again hire a gay or lesbian in a major campaign role. And you certainly didn't see Romney contesting that assessment.
Instead we've seen Romney lined up shoulder to shoulder on TV with Tea Party icon Michele Bachmann, and Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell -- a potential Romney VP pick and a champion of "trans-vaginal ultrasounds."
Romney, getting punked by rightwingers? Where is his sense of manhood to stand up for what he believes in?