Mitt Romney and his SmearTroopers Get Really Nasty

As I noted in the previous post, Mitt Romney has begun focusing his attack machine’s full forces on Huckabee. With Huckabee getting away from him in the first rounds, Mitt’s looking to get a few below-the-belt shots in to “even things up.”

His latest low blow? A speech earlier this morning by Mitt compared Huckabee to Bill Clinton. I won’t go into all the details, but needless to say, that is a very low blow. Not only below the belt, but bare-knuckled, too. Comparing a former pastor and governor to a whoremonger and liar is nothing short of despicable. Anybody wanna disagree with that? Try comparing Mitt Romney with Ted Kennedy, then. If you think that’s bad, that’s exactly the level of comparison here. Michael Medved was right on when he called this move by Romney “a very low blow indeed” early in his show today. I appreciate that he is not jumping on the “I Hate Huckabee” bandwagon.

I stand by my belief that Romney is behind the anti-Mormon push-polling in Iowa. Nothing has been presented that proves his campaign is not behind it, for one, and the questions that I have raised have not reasonably been answered (as far as I have seen) to the point that it is even plausible that Huckabee would resort to such tactics as push-polling when they are entirely unnecessary and actually self-damaging at this point.

I really cannot remember any Republican Presidential primary sinking to this level of debate. Tossing around petty epithets, airing more dirty laundry than ever, trying to “make” dirty laundry even, taking quotes farther and farther out of context, then blowing them extremely out of proportion: Most of the same old stuff is being repeated over and over again about Huckabee (more so than about any other candidate, mind you). Regardless of who you want to win the primary, you have to wonder about this stuff. If they are so concerned about Huckabee leading the polls right now, why didn’t Giuliani get this heat? Consider the evidence: What other candidate has been so vehemently attacked from all sides in this election? You will find none. Something is up, and it isn’t just about  Huckabee’s foreign policy. I think it has mostly to do with the fact he is a Christian. Romney may be doubted over his Mormonism, but he’s not being attacked as viciously. Rather, he’s the one doing the attacking here.

Funny thing is, Mitt has no more foreign policy experience than Huckabee, and has had little to say about it. It seems that with the pressure on Huckabee, no questions are being asked about Romney’s policies, just like very few have been asked about his record as governor of Massachusetts. Beware, conservatives: What you don’t know about Mitt will hurt you.

With this latest comparison of Huckabee to Bill Clinton, it is sickening and frightening to think of what Romney will use next. I think most of you political minds out there can get an idea pretty fast. You may not want to think of what Romney’s SmearTroopers will come up with next…it could make you sick.

I can only hope and pray that people will see Romney’s ruthless smear tactics for what they are, and recoil in horror at them, causing Romney to lose what steam he has left. Again, regardless of who you support, this is unacceptable. Romney and his supporters ought to be ashamed of themselves for dragging this primary campaign into the mud.

P.S.—I’m compiling a list of Romney supporters who are attacking Huckabee either with the earlier recycled nonsense and out-of-context quotes, or with nasty, disproportionate comparisons. Such people are the “SmearTroopers” I have just briefly mentioned. Get ready for some names of those people in my next post.