"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you..."
DiMaggio's name, evoked in these timeless lines, reminds listeners of a different era. Lost in the tumult of the Sixties, Americans needed the values and virtues of DiMaggio's America to return to greatness.
Similarly, Republicans should turn their lonely eyes to Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential election if they want someone who best represents the party. The Democrats are lucky. Their candidates say the right things: The Iraq War is bad, we need better health care, Bush is evil. But on the Republican side, the candidates are tweaking their positions like Paul Wolfowitz with his hair in the infamous scene in "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Romney's flip-flopped as much as anybody else, but he seems to have started taking pages from the party playbook more recently than Rudy Giuliani or John McCain. Romney's battled gay marriage in Massachusetts and welcomed Ann Coulter at CPAC. Given such an inconsistent field, these developments show Romney's riding a streak as formidable as Joltin' Joe's 56-game hitting streak in 1941.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Dimaggio was great in his time as a player, but when it came time to make some bucks, there he was touting Mr. Coffee. Romney also knows how to say the right thing to sell today's product.
Steve Bonomo at 7:51PM on May 3rd 2007
2. Dimmagio and then some! If his only downside is his religion then this country has fallen back to the pre-John F. Kennedy type of predjudice. Romney was an exceptional business leader and has the reputation of being honest and thorough to the nth degree, before he makes comments.......What a welcome change that would be!
Joseph Shenton at 7:27AM on May 22nd 2007