Really Mitt Romney? Really?

As I predicted in my last post, Mitt Romney has dropped out, oh wait, I mean "suspended" his bid to become president of the United States. You know you have to sympathize on some level with these candidates when their bid fails, even if you don't agree with their values and stance on the issues. They live on little sleep, literally zig zagging across the country making speech after speech and spending, in Romney's case millions of his own fortune just for a few seconds of fame without any of the glory.

However, I currently have more resentment towards Mitt Romney than I did before he dropped out (in all honesty I didn't have any resentment toward him, he was kind of a non-issue in my mind). I was watching his speech where he declared that he would no longer campaign and I was getting visibly and physically angry. This man who gave a form of universal health care to his constituents in Massachusetts (I know because I did a research paper on it) and who presided over the most liberal state in the union now sounds like one of the jihadists he so fervently denounces. Essentially, Mitt (is that even a name? because I thought it was a piece of baseball equipment...) wants to turn America into a place where the poor are left to fend for themselves, while the rich, porn-free, straight-laced and uber-Christian, will bathe in dollar bills. You think I am over-exaggerating like I have a tendency to do, but really his speech makes it sound like this is what he wants.

So much for his talk of change and bringing folks together. It's his way or the highway. When he swoops down in 2012 to "save" the Republican party I wonder if this speech will come back to bite him? End of a political career anyone? Well maybe not the end but I doubt if he would ever be elected in the Northeast anymore or by anyone that isn't a fascist.

I have talked to some Republican friends of mine and even they were surprised at Mitt Romney's pandering to the Limbaugh's and Coulter's of the party, seemingly so they won't get on him like they have been getting on McCain for not being conservative enough.
Granted I have my political views, but I think it is so important for America to have a president that will seek to bring us together. McCain, though not my first choice, would be a solid option because-- although his views on the war aren't in line with my own-- he is someone that realizes the worth of everyone working together rather than setting an agenda that leaves behind half of the American population.

Forget sympathy, good riddance Mitt Romney.

Jon Stewart summed it up perfectly as only he can. Check it out.