National Waffler Service Watch

Daily Kos' Bill in Portland Maine gives us the National Waffler Service and its Mitt Romney Base Abandonment WATCH for Willard's waffling on the new non-deportation of undocumented youth policy:

ATTENTION REPUBLICANS:

The National Waffler Service has issued a Mitt Romney Base Abandonment WATCH effective immediately in the following area: Immigration.

[Yesterday] morning on CBS, Mitt Romney was asked five times whether he would continue Obama’s new policy on immigration, ending deportations for DREAM-eligible youth. Romney flatly refused to take a position.

A Mitt Romney Base Abandonment Watch means that conditions are favorable for Mitt Romney to back away from his "severely conservative" GOP base-friendly positions---including the mandatory and immediate "self-deportation" of all undocumented immigrants---by increasingly desperate leaps and bounds.

Should an actual base abandonment occur, the appropriate warning will be issued. Please note that these conditions may be accompanied by additional damaging flip flops, flop flips, gaffes, blunders, "hot mic moments," bewilderment at the sight of everyday objects (including doughnuts and rain ponchos), and attempts at humor followed by condescending "HehHehHehs" that come uncomfortably close to sounding like George W. Bush.

Republicans who feel a sense of despair, disappointment, heartburn and/or outrage that Mitt Romney, who never met a position he didn’t change, is the GOP nominee, should understand that these feelings are normal and will never, ever go away.

Republicans are urged to stay tuned to the National Waffler Service for updates, instructions, and links to the nearest online "Chris Christie in 2016" support shelter.

Now back to your regularly-scheduled blogging…

Profile in Cowardice, Cont'd.

Well-lubricated weather vane and Etch-A-Sketch master Willard "Self Deportation" Romney was quizzed by CBS' Bob Schieffer yesterday on the President's order not to deport immigrants who were brought here illegally by their parents. To no one's surprise, when asked if he would repeal the executive order, Willard weaseled out and refused to give a yes or no answer on five occasions.

Clearly, this issue has the Rethuglicans on the defensive, as well it should, considering their abject extremism during the Rethug primaries. When Willard said he thought the "papers please" policies of Arizona's Gov. Jan "Witches Brew" Brewer should be adopted nationally, and that illegal immigrants should "self deport," he locked in his, and his party's, position going into November. No amount of Etch-A-Sketching on his part, or ducking questions, will erase that.

Spineless Mitt and Birther Trump -- Plutocrats in Love

"... I'm appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people.” -- Willard "Spineless Mitt" Romney, yesterday, when asked if he was bothered by birther and "bloviating ignoramus" (--G. Will) Donald "Rump" Trump's support. Hey, it takes one good person to recognize another good person, right!?

(Photo: Ann Romney: "Uh, Willard, there's a guy taking a picture of this over there." (Associated Press))

It's Why We Call Them Rethugs - Crackpots and Cowards Edition

Check out the erudite woman who suggests President Obama has been "operating outside the structure of the Constitution" and should be tried for treason (with the approval of the crowd of half-wits), and Willard "Etch-A-Sketch" Romney's silly non-response (surprisingly, he didn't start quoting "America the Beautiful"). Does he challenge the loon's statement, or will this be another profile in cowardice? Let's see.

Quote of the Day

As we keep noticing, they're just not that into you, Mittens.

"If Mitt Romney can be pushed around, intimidated, coerced, co-opted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America, then how is he going to stand up to the Chinese? How is he going to stand up to Putin? How is he going to stand up to North Korea if he can be pushed around by a yokel like me? I don’t think Romney is realizing the doubts that this begins to raise about his leadership." -- Bryan "Yokel" Fischer, spokesman for the right-wing, homophobic American Family Association, after Willard "Etch-a-Sketch" Romney buckled into Fischer's (and other right-wing homophobes') demand that the campaign fire national security adviser and openly gay Richard Grenell. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, to coin a phrase.

Profile in Cowardice

Coreless shape-changer Willard "Etch-A-Sketch" Romney wants to be all things to all people, now that he's the presumptive nominee of the Rethuglican / New Confederate Party (which still deeply mistrusts his "severe" conservatism). The latest example of weird Willard's spinelessness was the recent sacking of his openly gay foreign policy advisor, Richard "Contra-Dick-tion" Grenell. Contra-Dick-tion is no progressive on foreign policy: as wingnut flamer John "The 'Stache" Bolton's deputy at the U.N., he's about as much of a neocon war pusher as you can get.

But, as we know, in today's Rethuglican Party, it's not what you know, where you stand, or what you believe; it's who you are, and the far right of the party couldn't abide an openly gay advisor to Willard. Of course, weird Willard could have mustered some minimal courage, had his "Sister Souljah" moment, and told the wingnut fanatics to sit on it. He didn't, and won't, just like he passed up criticizing Pills Limpballs over the Sandra Fluke smear. So ask yourselves: if he's afraid to stand up to the kooks in his own party, how will he deal with the world's bad guys?