Much has been said about the "etch-a-sketch" comment made by Romney's campaign adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom. To be sure, it was an unintended gaffe, and clearly concerned the overall campaign strategy in a general election, and not the policies of the candidate, Mitt Romney. But hey, let's have some fun; let's go over some comments the other candidates wished they could "etch-a-sketch" away. We have Rick Santorum's: "politics is a group sport," and "I made some votes that compromised my principles." Ouch. Of course, we have Newt's "colonies on the moon" comment made in the face of a 15 trillion dollar debt reality here on earth, and we won't even get into the various Ron Paul rants on foreign policy (or lack thereof). The problem faced by all candidates in this day and age of a zillion cable channels and Youtube, is that if you are not "perfect" if you do not present yourself in a robotic, sanitized, "pure" manner, you will be eviscerated by your competition and the media, no matter what the context of your comment.
We are at a very important turning point in our history, on the precipice of being destroyed by crippling debt and out of control entitlement spending. As Americans, we must train ourselves to see through the smoke of silliness and distraction which will be blown our way from time to time, and understand what is truly at stake: our very freedom. Let's not judge our candidates on gaffes aides make or a slip of the tongue on a bad day. Let's hire the candidate who merits the position, who has the resume to do the job of getting this country back on track. In 2008, we had a choice between the war hero, with the hot temper and the unskilled running mate, versus the polished, well spoken blank slate who used the teleprompter perfectly. How have the past four years worked for you? Remember folks, etch-a-sketch is a toy, we can't erase the damage of incompetency.
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