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Monday, February 11. 2008

Re Mitt Romney, a QQQ

I am a Mitt fan, but I knew he'd have trouble as yet another East Coast patrician country club Republican. As somebody said on the radio, re Mitt:

We had the best dog food in the world. Best ingredients, the healthiest balanced diet, a great name, the best packaging, the best marketing, and a huge advertising budget.

So why wasn't it successful?

Dogs didn't like it.

Posted by The Barrister in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 07:27 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Mitt was defeated because he is a Mormon, plain and simple. Too cult like for mainstream America, too unknown, too too...great guy but out of the mainstream.
#1 Habu on 2008-02-11 09:45 (Reply)
No, Mitt was defeated because he approached this campaign like a marketing project. He looked out at the field and the voters, found the marketing space that wasn't being served, and tried to occupy it. But it wasn't him, and voters knew that.

The McCain campaign faltered last summer formuch the same reason. McCain had time to go back to being McCain, and his fortunes reversed.

If Romney had faltered a little earlier, he might have gone back to the appeal that was starting to work: a competent, can do guy, who knows something about the business world, and how to get things done.
#2 wph on 2008-02-11 10:04 (Reply)
No, he lost because he belongs to what is viewed as a cult in a Christian nation.

Nice analysis but you're working too hard to uncover the reason. He was fine as a manager for this and that , even as Gov for a fruitcake state, but nationally CULT MEMBER.
#2.1 Habu on 2008-02-11 10:41 (Reply)
Habu,

The Mormon Church is in fact Christian. It is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Characterizing them as a cult merely re-enforces bigotry and slanders millions of wonderful people. Did you know that Utah votes Republican in higher percentages than any other state in the union? Also, I flew with a Mormon in the Marines, great guy. He didn't drink alcohol or coffee but who cares, he could fly... Steve Young, NFL Hall of Famer who played the the SF 49ers, is Mormon and a direct descendant of Brigham Young. I could go on but what's the point...I don't think you believe they are a cult but repeating the idea still leaves a mark on some.
#3 Scott Wiggins on 2008-02-11 11:32 (Reply)
Scott,

I want to make it clear that I have nothing against Mormons. I actually believe they are much finer folks than the average Joe. I do believe that our nation has a overall feeling that they are not legit, or that their practices are too cult like.

All the ones I have personally known have been great people, but the door to door, tie and bicycle thing freaks people.
By marriage there are about 40 Mormons on my wife side and they are fantastic people.

Easily my "gut" instinct on this could be way off and I think Romney should have held tight a bit longer. I was sorry to see him leave the field.

And I do think you're right, repeating just a "gut" level feeling doesn't help a darn thing. I'll take your good advice and not move in that direction again concerning Mormons.

Semper Fi

PS. I can't promise backing off of "gut" levels about Muslims quite yet..
#3.1 Habu on 2008-02-11 16:57 (Reply)
I can only speak for myself and the local folks, but tho the locals are all Babtists & Lutherans, I've never once heard a single soul fret about Mitt's religion.
#4 buddy larsen on 2008-02-11 13:19 (Reply)
Dogs know before the bag is opened that marketing is hype and packaging doesn't make the inside product palatable.

They eat scraps from the childrens table but eschew the devil's.

MorMitt is no more Christian than Abu Bakr was.

He's Mormon and Abu Bakr was Muhammmadan.

They share more in common than they do with Christ's Church and they both acknowledge some other Jesus.

Mormitt ought to favor a Mormon presidency and leave wise dogs be.
#5 Leag on 2008-02-11 17:20 (Reply)
Mitt lost because he's a Mormon. It pisses me off. The Evangelicals piss me off. When it comes to theology, lots of folk just aren't very agile, too goddamned arthritic to think. They don't know their own various and wide ranging traditions, much less that of the wonderful fellow next door.
#6 bob on 2008-02-11 23:14 (Reply)

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