If you don’t know why constitutional 12th Amendment was added to protect infant Republic from mob rule mentality, you might be a “Put the white back in the White House” Romneysiac.
If you believe we’re worse off than when Cheney’s burning Bush scorched our economy, you might be a cinder simmering in Romneysia.
But, if you know the difference between Socialism and Communism, you might be a high school graduate.
If you blame the president for high gas prices, but “remain silent” when they drop, you might be a Romneysiac.
If you rush to mislead and target opponents with gun sight cross-hairs, you might be a shooter, mentally ill with Romneysia.
However, if unlike Virginia’s 30,000 machine gun owners you leave the ‘Ol West’ in movies, and hang up your 9-mm semi automatics, you might be the enlightened one
If you give insurance companies a pass on pre-existing conditions and youthful coverage until 26, you might be a Romneysiac.
If you think the U. N. is an abstract adjunct moocher of America like Mitt’s ‘47%,’ you might be ‘in your cups’ or an intellectually challenged S. E. Cup of Romneysia.
But, if you believe in informed thinking before you speak, you might realize the U. N. personifies international thought.
If you are all clammy to limit a president to one term by obstructing legislation to help Americans out of ‘The Great Recession,’ you might be a Mitch Romneysiac.
If you pooh-poohed “The Grand Bargain,” dumping on Social Security and Medicare, while sparing extremely wealthy taxation, you might be a Ryan, lyin’ about Romneysia.
However, if you can discern between cable opinionated pretend news and corporate owned networks, you might be an undecided voter.
If you used the debt ceiling politically, sacrificing compromise and civility, you might be a Young Guns Romneysiac.
If you are a billionaire Pied Piper marching Congress to polarize our nation, you might be both host and carrier of Romneysia.
But, if you are an American who believes being American means treating all Americans equally and humanely, you might be a hero.
If you believe secret PAC political ads, you might have had unsafe sex with an infected Romneysiac.
If you blocked legislation recognizing the right of ALL to marry their loved ones, you might be a Mormon Church disciple of Romneysia.
However, if you see the big picture and listen to views of others, you might be a descendent of our Founding Fathers.
If you believe Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert are Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley, then “good night and good luck,” cuz you might be a joke’s on you Romneysiac.
If “you people” still believe “I love you women,” you might be a victim of Ledbetter Law Romneysia.
But if you are a man who supports a woman’s full and equal citizenship, you might be an Equal Rights Amendment savoir.
If you practice ‘my way or the highway,’ you might be a Conservative Governor Romneysiac.
If you fail to see the need for a president, except for his ‘digits,’ you might be a Grover Norquist puppet inoculated with Romneysia.
However, if you believe we are a ‘Republic if you can keep it,’ you might be a force against ‘flip flopping’ and filibustering pretend patriots.
If you’re frank about twisting words to spin people into voting against themselves, you might be a ‘Tricky Dick’ Luntz Romneysiac.
If you pay to keep the fake fact checkers unchecked, you might be a Koch brother spreading Romneysia.
But if you want America to be ‘all for one and one for all,’ you might be a real patriot.
If you can’t recognize similarities between new voter ID laws and 1959 Virginia governor closing public schools rather than integrate them, you might be a Romneysiac.
If you vote for those who shout “liar” during State-of-the Union and praise “legitimate rape,” you might be a nightmare of Romneysia.
However, if you refuse to donate to any congressional candidate who obstructs bi-partisanship, you might be a Coffee Dreamer.
If you choose to bet on America’s past rather than its future, you might be an Adelson Romneysiac.
If you’ve forgotten how Bush/Cheney ‘Left Behind’ all of us, you might be in deep Romneysia.
But, if you think being born in Detroit to a car company CEO father sounds like, “I can see Russia from my house” foreign policy, you might be ready for the voting booth.
If you think reminding a presidential candidate of American military updates is a “cheap shot,” you might be a “bomb, bomb Iran” McCain Romneysiac.
If you think the third debate was between a desperate Obama and a “man with the kind of temperament and demeanor that makes for a great president” you might be a Ryan and Milbank double dipping in Romneysia.
However, if you think “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it,” you might be an informed voter, voting for campaign reform, saving America from American Crossroads double-cross.
If you believe mutual respect for all Americans is ‘The tie that binds’ the Declaration, Constitution, Gettysburg and “Old Glory” to our moving ‘Forward,’ you might be our true blue fair and balanced future.
‘Money Changers’ can’t steal your power to think, unless you give them the power of your vote.
Marcello Rollando publishes The Reasonable Voice, where this first appeared.
