… nothing worse…
I heard a quote from Mitt Romney today, apparently from an interview that is going to be aired on 60 Minutes this weekend (or some weekend, at least), which is sort of a defensive posturing against the more irksome aspects of Mormonism to the effect of:
“I can think of nothing worse than polygamy.”
It is a strange arena that no other candidate will feel the need to wander into, and for all the racial politics surrounding Barack Obama and the gender politics surrounding Hillary Clinton, I cannot possibly figure out what the equivalent would be — at least in terms of bluntness. Naturally the host of the radio show I heard the quote on, Rick Emerson 11 to 3 970 AM, plowed through “Um. The Holocaust? A giant meteor striking the Earth and destroying all life on Earth?” (Polygamy, as anyone who ventures through Utah or rural areas of adjoining states, is not completely dead — offically stricken from the Church of Latter Day Saints, the offshoots of the religion striving toward the pure meanderings of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young against the accomodating mainline church carry on… awkwardly.)
Coming shortly to a move theater in Portland is the well-reveived at … it wasn’t Sundance?… movie on about the most viewed news article on the Seattle Times’ website. That would be the incident in Enumclaw… Zoo. I think I’ll pass, knowing that the mild curiosity I find with the subject is not going to be well displayed with any narrative. They’re showing the Buffy the Vampire musical episode on the screen next week or soon thereafter. I’ll wait for that one.
Meanwhile, as a follow up question, I would ask Mitt Romney “Which is worse…?” Feel free to answer that question!