07:45 am
Et Tu, Mitt Romney? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Turns out that this is from the primary season. Thanks to reader KMD for pointing out the mistake. I will say, however, that it goes to show that charges that McCain lies are not new. That said, I apologize for the misleading information.
Okay, this is getting craaaaazy. Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney! — is calling out John McCain for lying. Mitt Romney?
Et tu, Mitte?
My guess is that Romney recognizes that a McCain victory in 2008 effectively kills his chance to be President — Sarah Palin will become the heir apparent. Romney needs to create an environment where McCain and Palin both go down in flames as dishonest lying liars who lie.
This also may be a bit of sour grapes: Romney swallowed his pride and sucked up to McCain in the hope/expectation that he would get the VP nod. And instead, McCain picks that woman. It must have really frosted him. And now it’s payback time.
Romney is no paragon of virtue in my book. Anyone who wants to triple the size of Guantanamo is not a person I want to see anywhere near the White House. In war, however, you don’t choose your allies. And if Romney wants to go on the attack, more power to him.
Hat tip: Matthew Yglesias