Ask not!
On January 20, 1961, JFK's inaugural address contained this famous phrase: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". That clarion call to be a better citizen resonated with this impressionable 15 year old, and helped launch a lifetime of trying to be just that.
On August 23, 2012, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney grotesquely altered that phrase to sometime like: "Ask not the questions that are vital to this election, ask what I allow you to". While Romney didn't actually say, that his campaign essentially did when they instructed Denver CBS reporter Shaun Boyd, in her one on one interview with Romney, not to ask any questions about abortion or Rep. Todd Akin and his controversial remarks concerning "legitimate" rape and a womens' magical powers to prevent pregnancy from rape.
To paraphrase Senator Lloyd Bentson in his October 5, 1988, campaign debate put down of Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle, "I've been inspired by President John Kennedy, Mr. Romney, and you're no John Kennedy".
On August 23, 2012, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney grotesquely altered that phrase to sometime like: "Ask not the questions that are vital to this election, ask what I allow you to". While Romney didn't actually say, that his campaign essentially did when they instructed Denver CBS reporter Shaun Boyd, in her one on one interview with Romney, not to ask any questions about abortion or Rep. Todd Akin and his controversial remarks concerning "legitimate" rape and a womens' magical powers to prevent pregnancy from rape.
To paraphrase Senator Lloyd Bentson in his October 5, 1988, campaign debate put down of Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle, "I've been inspired by President John Kennedy, Mr. Romney, and you're no John Kennedy".
posted by Walt Zlotow at 4:46 PM
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