KnotaFrayed
Mayor
Mr. Romney concedes that as the loser of the last election he is not in the position to tell people how to win elections. Then he goes on to say how Mr. Obama is not leading the nation and suggest that he feels if he were in office, he'd do what Obama is not doing. He spends much of the interview and discussion blaming Mr. Obama for blaming Republicans. HELLOOOOOOO!!!!
This is becoming an emerging hallmark of a political party in distress. A lack of introspection, hints that some introspection and changing tactics that would no longer demonstrate their lack of introspection, perhaps by applying some introspection would appear to correct this have been offered. Yet, the same old denial and delusion, the same old narcissistic return to the idea that Republicans, Mitt Romney, lost, not because of something they did, not because they can't seem to realize, acknowledge or take note of (because they lack introspection) remain in force all the time they spend criticizing their opponents for criticizing them, essentially blaming their opponents and their losses on the criticism of their opponents. Most of America appeared to take note of this, even members of the Republican Party have and with great difficulty for some, brought forth the notion that there is an element of their losses that are due to the party's inability or unwillingness to take a good hard look at itself in the mirror.
This interview of Mr. Romney only seems to reinforce a real need to apply some real and honest introspection, even therapy to get off the habit of blaming their losses on the opposite party's criticism of them. They don't seem to recognize what it looks like to others and some members of their own party to spend most of the time in an interview blaming one's opponent for using blame. if blame is the crime of the opponent and the wrong of the opponent, don't join the opponent by doing the very thing you're trying to criticize them for.
If one would like to demonstrate they are in touch with themselves, aware of their own faults and potential for being offensive, one who does not like people smoking would not be wise or exhibit intelligence by puffing on a cigarette while talking about how bad other people's habit of smoking is.
On the other hand, if one is conciliatory and fully recognizes, acknowledges and points out their own problems with their addicition to a bad habit as their basis for urging others to stop or not start, their message presents some credibility, honesty and clearly shows they have taken note of themselves and are not trying to suggest what others should do while they proceed to do the same or criticize others for doing the very thing they are doing.
The use of criticism by Democrats, Republicans or any party is their own problem, if it is truly the problem or reason their opponents lose. Let the people decide if anyone's use of criticism is bad or is warranted.
Criticizing others for criticizing offers a theater of the absurd, one that I could/may have just offered here, but perhaps some will get the point, that hearing Romney launch into criticism of Obama's use of criticism makes one wonder if Romney ever listens to himself honestly and forthrightly.
I'm not sure how any of us, religious or not, can apply any sort of ethic of reciprocity (those found universally throughout different ages, cultures and religions) without being totally honest with ourselves and applying and honest and forthright critique of ourselves in order to apply thought to whether our own actions are something we would approve of coming at us, no less than we'd readily approve aiming the same at others. Do we ask others to accept something we wouldn't accept ourselves?
Bobby Jindal, touched the surface of a great opportunity for the Republican Party to take an honest look at tself and admit to the American people it's frailties in the past and its committment to trying to avoid falling into the same traps which have turned off the American people to their party and lost them elections. So far as I can see, that glimmer of honesty and call for introspection has been ignored or buried and the same old same old continues to emanate from what was once a grander old party, that now seems to have no interest in recognizing, much less looking for, any cracks in its hull. At the same time, they have been trying to convince Americans they know how to run the government like a well oiled business.
After experiencing the worst financial crisis since the worst and based on the bad judgment, greed and gluttony of America's business elite, there seems something wrong with the suggestion that a big business influence is the right thing to solve what big business calls big government.
Kinda like saying, 'oh yeah, we ran the nation's economy into the ground, got a bailout, abused that too, (and by the way, love to bash the gift horse), but we'd be very good for government and we'd get a handle on things right away' and expecting any sane and intelligent person outside your cabal to believe you.
http://theweek.com/article/index/240843/mitt-romneys-first-post-election-interview-5-takeaways
This is becoming an emerging hallmark of a political party in distress. A lack of introspection, hints that some introspection and changing tactics that would no longer demonstrate their lack of introspection, perhaps by applying some introspection would appear to correct this have been offered. Yet, the same old denial and delusion, the same old narcissistic return to the idea that Republicans, Mitt Romney, lost, not because of something they did, not because they can't seem to realize, acknowledge or take note of (because they lack introspection) remain in force all the time they spend criticizing their opponents for criticizing them, essentially blaming their opponents and their losses on the criticism of their opponents. Most of America appeared to take note of this, even members of the Republican Party have and with great difficulty for some, brought forth the notion that there is an element of their losses that are due to the party's inability or unwillingness to take a good hard look at itself in the mirror.
This interview of Mr. Romney only seems to reinforce a real need to apply some real and honest introspection, even therapy to get off the habit of blaming their losses on the opposite party's criticism of them. They don't seem to recognize what it looks like to others and some members of their own party to spend most of the time in an interview blaming one's opponent for using blame. if blame is the crime of the opponent and the wrong of the opponent, don't join the opponent by doing the very thing you're trying to criticize them for.
If one would like to demonstrate they are in touch with themselves, aware of their own faults and potential for being offensive, one who does not like people smoking would not be wise or exhibit intelligence by puffing on a cigarette while talking about how bad other people's habit of smoking is.
On the other hand, if one is conciliatory and fully recognizes, acknowledges and points out their own problems with their addicition to a bad habit as their basis for urging others to stop or not start, their message presents some credibility, honesty and clearly shows they have taken note of themselves and are not trying to suggest what others should do while they proceed to do the same or criticize others for doing the very thing they are doing.
The use of criticism by Democrats, Republicans or any party is their own problem, if it is truly the problem or reason their opponents lose. Let the people decide if anyone's use of criticism is bad or is warranted.
Criticizing others for criticizing offers a theater of the absurd, one that I could/may have just offered here, but perhaps some will get the point, that hearing Romney launch into criticism of Obama's use of criticism makes one wonder if Romney ever listens to himself honestly and forthrightly.
I'm not sure how any of us, religious or not, can apply any sort of ethic of reciprocity (those found universally throughout different ages, cultures and religions) without being totally honest with ourselves and applying and honest and forthright critique of ourselves in order to apply thought to whether our own actions are something we would approve of coming at us, no less than we'd readily approve aiming the same at others. Do we ask others to accept something we wouldn't accept ourselves?
Bobby Jindal, touched the surface of a great opportunity for the Republican Party to take an honest look at tself and admit to the American people it's frailties in the past and its committment to trying to avoid falling into the same traps which have turned off the American people to their party and lost them elections. So far as I can see, that glimmer of honesty and call for introspection has been ignored or buried and the same old same old continues to emanate from what was once a grander old party, that now seems to have no interest in recognizing, much less looking for, any cracks in its hull. At the same time, they have been trying to convince Americans they know how to run the government like a well oiled business.
After experiencing the worst financial crisis since the worst and based on the bad judgment, greed and gluttony of America's business elite, there seems something wrong with the suggestion that a big business influence is the right thing to solve what big business calls big government.
Kinda like saying, 'oh yeah, we ran the nation's economy into the ground, got a bailout, abused that too, (and by the way, love to bash the gift horse), but we'd be very good for government and we'd get a handle on things right away' and expecting any sane and intelligent person outside your cabal to believe you.
http://theweek.com/article/index/240843/mitt-romneys-first-post-election-interview-5-takeaways
