Letters to the Editor
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George Romney had his faults,
but, having lived in Michigan under his governship, I always felt he was honest - for a politician - if sometimes out of touch. Perhaps the difference between him and his plastic son are due to the fact that George earned his money and status.
Mitt, like many privileged children, has been so coddled by power and wealth all his life -notice that dinner with the American ambassador - that he never can see the privilege that has eased his way all his life. Possibly that is not his fault, although there are other privileged children who have tried harder than Mitt ever has to discover what they could do outside their family's influence.
What's really unbearable about Mitt is the sanctimony he exudes while lecturing everyone else on their faults which seem to consist mainly of not agreeing with Mitt. Not that he stands out from the Republican contenders in this. They all are self-absorbed, self-righteous, and living in an America that vanished 50 to 150 years ago.