Kelsey Grammer Has An Interesting Point

[russianwolfe]

I listened to the Tonight show and found this point interesting:

From the Tonight Show starring Jay Leno of 11/09/2011

Jay and Kelsey are discussing the Presidential candidates

Jay: How about Mitt Romeny

Kelsey: Well, I think he's probably the guy that's going to get it. This time around.

Jay: Yeah, he's probably going to get it.

Kelsey: And I've talked with him when he was doing his book tour. And it occured to me while I was standing there talking to him, that in the last cycle, he was the only guy who that had only been married once. And everybody was mad about him being a Mormon. So I ... It felt really strange.

Jay: So the Mormon was the guy with the fewest wives.

Kelsey: Yeah, right.

First time I have heard the multiple wives thing used to our benefit.

Marvin

[Calm]

Old stuff though....

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/03/11/romney_places_focus_on_family/

[HeatherAnn]

Marvin,

That is a good point!

So many get all upset about Mormon polygamy from the 1800s & then don't even bat an eye at people with multiple ex-spouses or cheating.

[BCSpace]

Old stuff though....

http://www.boston.co...ocus_on_family/

Such displays of marital bliss may appear warm and spontaneous, but underneath lies a shrewd political calculation. The couple's message is unmistakable: Romney is the lone leading GOP presidential candidate or prospective candidate still on his first marriage. More important , perhaps, he's the only one who isn't an admitted adulterer.

With "family values" a defining principle for many primary voters and competitors' past foibles making headlines, Romney is clearly trumpeting an aspect of his candidacy that none of his top-tier rivals can match, observers say.

"A lot of people have made the argument that if you can't commit to your wife, how are you going to commit to the American people?" said John Stemberger, an Orlando lawyer, activist, and member of the Arlington Group, a national coalition of influential social conservatives. "I think that's a fair argument to make, especially when you see a history or pattern of broken commitments."

By putting his family front and center, Romney also appears to be defusing concern among some conservatives over his past moderate positions on social issues, and over his Mormon faith, of which many mainline Christians remain wary.

Good strategy. I like it. In fairness to Ron Paul, it looks like his current wife has also been his only wife; since 1957.

[morgan.deane]

I listened to the Tonight show and found this point interesting:

First time I have heard the multiple wives thing used to our benefit.

Marvin

Reminds me of an SNL skit. They did a mock attack ad from Ted Kennedy where the announcer said: "Ted Kennedy is only married to one person at a time!"

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