Mitt Romney
When we at HUSTLER think of Willard Mitt Romney—the former governor of Massachusetts and current Republican Presidential aspirant—T.S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men comes to mind. How else would you describe someone who has no discernible identity? Oh sure, flip-flopper kinda works, but does it really convey the truly empty and vacuous entity that is Mitt Romney? Of course not.
So just how hollow is Mitt Romney exactly?
That’s not an easy question to answer, given that it’s impossible to know what Mitt really believes in—if indeed he believes in anything at all. In less than ten years, the former CEO of Bain Capital has totally reversed himself on such issues as abortion, same-sex marriage, gun ownership, tax reform, climate change, healthcare and probably a few other issues we’ve forgotten about.
How is such a thing possible? Well, of course, Romney is lying about at least half and maybe even all of the positions he’s taken. It’s possible he doesn’t believe in anything except, perhaps, lying to get what he wants. But even with that, wouldn’t a person feel shame about being such a transparent liar? Or is it possible that the supposedly committed Mormon not only doesn’t believe in anything but also doesn’t feel anything? That would truly make him a hollow man.
Hollow men don’t care about other people. From his early adult years, when Romney served as a bishop in the Mormon church, we have this story reported in the New York Times : Carrel Hilton Sheldon, a married mother of four, was advised by her doctor to terminate her pregnancy because he feared a potentially dangerous blood clot. But Romney, she alleges, insisted—as a representative of his church— that she not go forward with the procedure. According to Mrs. Sheldon, “He was blind to me as a human being.”
That lack of concern for people followed Romney into the job market. As CEO of Bain Capital— a private equity investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts—he bought companies, sold the assets and shipped the jobs overseas. In many cases, although the acquisition was eventually forced into bankruptcy, Bain Capital still made a huge profit. Romney later said if he had the opportunity to do it over again, he would “be more sensitive” to that issue. Notice he didn’t say he’d do things differently.
We all know about Romney’s “I like being able to fire people” quote. Those who defend the Presidential wannabe for that remark point out he was talking about healthcare companies that weren’t providing “good service.” But we’d like to note that most people would say they “changed companies” or they “like changing companies” when they don’t get good service.
Of course, in Romney’s case, he has had a lot of experience canning employees of the companies he took over at Bain Capital, so the words “I like being able to fire people” would seem to flow naturally from his lips. We wonder how many insurance companies he’s “fired,” if any. Additionally, most people are just stuck with their healthcare provider. Only the superrich like Romney can afford to shop around.
Continuing our analysis of Romney’s attitude toward people, let us not forget that this is the man who said “Corporations are people.” Again we have to ask, can he really believe that?
Because, right on the face of it, that’s nonsense.Yet he said it with no shame.You can see him saying it on YouTube. It’s clear he’s talking down to the people who have just challenged him. He is, in our view, once again a Mormon bishop telling people not what’s real but what to think. Mitt’s talking doctrine instead of facts.
We all know what Republican doctrine is. It’s for ending Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and it’s stringently against legalized abortion, same-sex marriage, tax increases for the superrich, banking regulation, the closing of corporate loopholes and, most notably, against Obamacare, which is based on Romneycare, the heathcare program implemented in Massachusetts when Mitt was governor. These Republican positions are all anti-people or at least antipeople who are not part of the 1%. And, of course, the 1% includes Romney with his $250-million nest egg.
It is worth noting that Romney’s 2010 tax return reveals he paid 13.9% in taxes. That is significantly lower than what the average working person pays. Additionally, Romney is hiding millions in the Cayman Islands, an offshore tax haven. The only question is, how many millions?
This is a man who, even though he wants to be President of the United States, doesn’t want to contribute to the well-being of his country by paying his fair share in taxes.
In essence, he’s screwing all of us. So for Willard Mitt Romney, we offer this T.S. Eliot-inspired poem:
You are of the hollow men
You are of the stuffed men
Looting together
Headpiece filled with greed. Alas!
Your dried avarices, when
You whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or vulture capitalists crawling over broken glass
To get to do their leveraged buyouts
This is the way your candidacy ends
This is the way your candidacy ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
Tags: MITT ROMNEY
May 12th, 2012 at 11:24 am
Larry Flint is a wonderful champion for free speech. All free-speech believers should sign their work. Who wrote the Romney material?
May 13th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Why don’t you report on how Romney supporters are committing fraud at EVERY state caucus/convention????
Nevada? Colorado?
The RNC tried to railroad Oklahoma today and FAILED.
There are videos of people with fake delegate badges handing out fake Paul delegate slates! They are all over youtube!
This is called pretexting and is ILLEGAL.
The RNC and Team Romney are blatantly breaking party rules and trying to illegally force Romney’s nomination!
Romney has NOT even won the primary: his supporters wouldn’t be committing voter fraud at every state convention if he were a shoe in!
May 19th, 2012 at 1:59 am
You are all full of your own $hit! Larry,,, buddy,,,, look at what you got in the WH now!! He promoted or left in place all the agency officials that were there during the Bush years. Now,,, after Dodd Frank nothing has changed and no meaningful fines or handcuffs are being handed out. The alternative candidate is,, I agree poor….much like or current rental. However, you of all people should know that our current course at 100% debt to GDP is complete ruin. We need structural reform my friend. Together, we can make it happen. Just please admit… Our current guy is going to end the idea of America. Help us all save the American dream.
Yours sincerely,
AGW
May 19th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
As usual Mr. Flynt has a questionable position, which is the sign of someone’s journalistic capabilities. If one doesnt have the ability to question objectivity then one can not write factually. Mr Flynt you are right and he is a product of some messed up people that has messed up the United States or America. It is time to put the America back in the United States. You see it everywhere, the U.S., The United States and so on.
It is the U.S.A. period.
It is the United States of America period.
The usage of the U S and the United States has been so popularized by those now referring to their countries of origin that reside in the USA, that the restriction’s placed on us as citizens is paralleled to where they come from. They are carrying out a agenda of their own. A long term plan. A goal for generations to come.
Not the established goal fulfilled by our forefather’s
Our theroey is that he and his family move to Mich. based on the Battle Creek MI DOD facility. The department of defense is near Fitchburg Mich. Well now the big explorers that good upstanding folks do, like Sunday Drives in the library ATLAS he decided to go EAST to Mass and turf up shop with the C.S. Monitors.
Everyone knows that antidisestablishmentarianism begin’s with taking over something, protesting about something and changing laws to suit a position that only became a position because of enough MINABIRDS thought that was their right.
Its hard to argue with stupid if stupid doesnt want to look up the truth or has changed the truth.
Example HIPPA laws. The laws prior to HIPPA already existed. There was and is more than a half dozen laws with more serious implication’s. About a dozen laws when you add the feloney stalking laws.
So who started the statement thats the way the world is. Some preacher’s who missed out on sex education taking a stand with others?
Maybe he is from Palm Beach County, Flo rida.
May 19th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
One other note: is that the company he was vested in paid $119,…
million dollars in fines to the United States of America. This was after a Department of Justice complaint was entered.
June 1st, 2012 at 7:17 am
Go Larry! Keep fighting for free speech.
Looks like another presidential election where we have to vote for the turd that stinks the least. When is somebody worth voting for going to run for president?
August 15th, 2012 at 1:56 am
I have heard from good sources that the reason Mitt won’t show his tax returns, is because he used some corporations about ten years ago, to launder money for him in the caimans. The company was an offshore company, that would super veer charge him for a service. He paid the offshore based company, that then “discovered” the overcharge error, and then paid back the money. But the money paid back, went to a. Offshore based company owned by Romney.
August 16th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Check out the “hard left drudge report” speculation that questions why mitt the twit Romney (brit’s nickname) does not want to put out his 2009 tax return!!! He took the 2009 swiss bank account amnesty offered by the IRS – to avoid a tax cheat felony.
$1,000,000.00 — publishing a request for proof will get the proof you need to nail this cold blooded bully.
http://www.drudge.com/news/159739/did-mitt-romney-take-2009-swiss-bank
Larry – put your PR machine into geer specifically offering to pay
August 16th, 2012 at 9:55 am
Check out A truly politically devastating Reason Romney would not dare reveal his taxes for 2009.
Special note: If his prior presidential reports did not include his Swiss accts – that would be perjury!!!!!
Swiss. Bank account amnesty is the only thing that makes revealing his taxes not an option!!!!!
Why did he NOT reveal his 2010 Swiss account detail???
Check out this Drudge Report link:
http://www.drudge.com/news/159739/did-mitt-romney-take-2009-swiss-bank
September 5th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Please investigate and consider this, Mr. Flynt!
http://pastebin.com/1j1yzQ9S