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This article centers around Mitt Romneys push for the Florida GOP vote, but the issues brought to my attention are more vast. What does it take for a person to be elected as a representative in our government? or even more generally, to find success? Can an honest man succeed?
Using Mitt as an example, I'm going to come straight out and say that Mitt Romney is a politician in the sense that he will say and do what must be said and done to get elected. Though I'd like to believe that a consistent track record, both in and out of office, would earn you the public support needed to be elected, we see in the case of Ron Paul that this is rarely the case.
But does that mean that Mitt isn't honest? well... sorta. Where others see a, "perfectly lubed weather vein," I see a reliable, capable, and decent man simply trying to play the best hand of cards he can to earn a seat at the champions table. I for one have nothing against him for that. There was a time when I'd have thought that a good man couldn't use the weasly tricks of politicians to get elected without losing his integrity but that time has past and I would not call Romney's political strategies dishonest in the least, in my humble opinion he is simply playing the high-stakes game of American Politics. For this reason, I'm relieved to see a man of Mitt Romney's caliber who is also politically savvy enough to understand that sometimes you have to jump a few hoops to be able to make a difference.
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