Just some mental chewing gum for speculation, and hence not worth "stickying."
Are the primitives going to Hate Romney more than they Hated Bush?
The primitives' Hatred of George Bush of course is legendary for its passion and intensity.
To be honest, it wasn't until January-February 2001 that I myself became aware that vigorous Hate existed in America. Before then, I had gone my merry way thinking the strongest feelings in American politics were simply those of dislike or distaste or contempt; the usual standard "oh, I just don't like that guy" stuff.
I had no idea. franksolich was obviously living in a dream world utterly disconnected from reality.
Being who and what I am, I've never Hated a politician; a "mild dislike" is about the strongest emotion that ever arose in me.
Even Barack Milhous, who's running the country into the ground, and who's pretty shallow and stupid to boot, inspires in me nothing more than "mild dislike." I don't want to see him come to harm, I don't want to see him drop dead; all I want to see is Barack Milhous in retirement.
The politician for whom I've had the most contempt is Vast Teddy, but even then, it was just a mild dislike for him.
I suppose on a linear gauge of "Love-Hate," one extreme to the other, the furthest I've ever gone is a little bit past the middle-mark towards the latter.
But the primitive's Hatred of George Bush went way past the end of that "Love-Hate" line.
It was when I discovered Skins's island, and how the primitives felt about George Bush, that I suddenly became aware that franksolich has a totally unrealistic Pollyanna-ish attitude about Democrats, liberals, and primitives.
I used to think they were more, uh, human than they apparently are.
Well, the primitives Hated George Bush because he's a decent, civilized, modest, principled, ethical person, and primitives Hate those characteristics. On Skins's island, honesty and integrity and modesty are considered significant character flaws, not virtues.
I can't pass judgement on Romney because he's not president; I assume he's decent, civilized, modest, principled, and ethical--no evidence to the contrary seems to exist--but he doesn't have a record yet. All I'm confident about Romney is that he's an adult, highly likely to be shitloads better, tons more competent, than the low-IQ loser and whiner currently in the White House.
But given the primitives' Hatred of Bush, one wonders if it's possible the primitives could Hate Romney even more, because as already mentioned, their Hatred of Bush ran way off the charts.