Romney, The Michigan Announcement and the Globe
13 February 2007 | W A Hurd
Though the timing and location were released earlier, Mitt Romney’s choice of Michigan — and specifically the Henry Ford Museum — to start his Presidential campaign made some news yesterday on the internets. This morning, the Globe’s Scott Helman has an article about the announcement and the history of the Romney name in politics.
Romney had nothing to gain by announcing in Massachusetts, other than grabbing some free New Hampshire media time, so it’s understandable that he’d fly the coop on this one. The two logical choices remaining would be Michigan, where his father was governer and his last name carries cachet, or Utah, where he can appeal to that state’s Mormon population and remind the country that he “saved” the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. McCain won Michigan in 2000 and still has support in the state; unless Chuck Hagel runs, Utah will likely be Romney’s to lose. Romney had more to gain by announcing in Michigan, with perhaps Iowa and some other states picking it up.
Choosing Michigan, then, isn’t the odd choice. Choosing the Henry Ford Museum, however, seems like a disaster. Ford, though a revolutionary industrialist, was also a vehement anti-Semite, using his money and power to slander and propagandize the American (and global) Jewish population. Interestingly, Helman’s article this morning makes no mention of the Ford Museum as the precise location. Rather, we get a puff piece on how much Romney loves Michigan and that he never would have left had Romney known he’d get into politics.
Here’s hoping that Romney takes questions after the announcement and someone from the liberal, Jewish-controlled media (hire me Bill Donahue!) asks him if he agrees with Ford that Jewish bankers control the world and are plotting to overthrow governments and begin wars for their own profit.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:52
the sad truth is that nobody knows/cares that mr. ford was an anti-semite. all we know is that ford makes some pretty sweet trucks. and trucks are nothing if not american. ergo- mr. romney must be pretty american. and sweet.