I was away on vacation, very much off the grid and out of touch from the primary circus for more than a week...I returned to find the latest Republican love spat between Sen. Sam ("Where is NH?") Brownback of Kansas and former Massaschusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the currenty leader of the GOP pack.
The Brownback/Romney showdown for conservative hearts is fast becoming one of my favorite snippy melodramas of the primary -- and reminded me why the primary beat offers numerous opportunities to laugh and wonder why.
In this latest installment of unrequited yearning (Brownback would love the Mittster's poll numbers and fund rasing prowess), Brownback's campaign -- which is betting everything on Iowa -- has invented a new term: "Mitt-amorphasis."
Here's the rest of the campaign release explaining this latest Primary 2008 phrase for the ages.
DES MOINES – The Brownback for President Campaign announced it is officially proposing a new word be added to Webster's Dictionary: "Mitt-amorphasis."
Below are the details for the proposed word.
MITT-AMORPHASIS
Phonetic:
Mitt-a-mor-pha-sis
Definition:
1. (v) A self-directed and self-contradictory cyclical process, occurring in even-numbered years, by which a Massachusetts politician transforms at will.
2. (v) The evolutionary process by which a member of the species homosapiens becomes a dolphin.
3. (v) The synchronized revolution at any given point in time consistent with the changing political winds
Usage:
1. Franz Kafka clearly understood the dangers of mitt-amorphasis.
2. John Kerry personified mitt-amorphasis, and others have taken it to new levels
3. The mitt-amorphasizing agent caused the politician to grow gills and flippers.
Synonyms:
flip-flopper, opportunist, chameleon, unelectable, John Kerry
Antonyms:
consistent, principled
Not surpisingly, despite the constant yelping of Brownback, the Romney folks have yet to respond to Brownback's assaults in a meaningful way. After all, Romney leads the latest UNH Granite State Poll with 33 percent while Brownback barely registers a pulse at under 1 percent. We suppose this is response enough. But you can bet that Democratic party opposition researchers won't forget "Mitt-amorphasis" in the general campaign if Romney makes it that far. It's perfect negative campaign fodder.
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