Oh my God, David Brooks http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/brooks-the-real-romney.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB: :
He [was born] hair
first, believing in America ,
and especially its national parks. He was given the name Mitt, after the Roman
god of mutual funds... [ed note: Oh my God!]
He uttered his first
words (“I like to fire people”) at age 14 months, made his first gaffe at 15
months and purchased his first nursery school at 24 months. The school, highly
leveraged, went under…
Mitt grew up in a
modest family. His father had an auto body shop called the American Motors
Corporation, and his mother owned a small piece of land, Brazil .
...his fourth-grade
project, “Inspiring Actuaries I Have Known,” was widely admired.
He developed a
lifelong concern for the second homeless…[ed note: Oh my God!]
Romney also went on a
mission to France .
He spent two years knocking on doors, failing to win a single convert. This was
a feat he would replicate during his 2008 presidential bid.
...he attended Harvard,
studying business, law, classics and philosophy, though intellectually his
first love was always tax avoidance.
He once canceled a
corporate retreat at which Abba had been hired to play, saying he found the
band’s music “too angry.”
Mitt helped Ann raise
five perfect sons — Bip, Chip, Rip, Skip and Dip…[ed note: ditto]
After a successful
stint at Bain, Romney was lured away to run the Winter Olympics, the second
most Caucasian institution on earth, after the G.O.P.
Brilliant, brilliant writing. David Brooks, YOU sir, deserve a Pulitzer Prize for that column alone...No, a Nobel Prize, ALL the Nobel Prizes. This was Mitt Romney's week. Until now.
Image: "We are not worthy."
Image: "We are not worthy."