{"id":752,"date":"2012-08-30T07:02:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2012-08-30T07:02:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:02:54","slug":"the-games-people-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight all eyes will be on Gov. Mitt Romney.\u00a0 Ok, perhaps not all eyes… I read rumors and rants from people who say something along the lines of \u201cI just can\u2019t stand the sight of him\u201d<\/em> \u2014 a reaction many politicians elicit regardless of affiliation.\u00a0 Truthfully, that reaction bothers me a bit.\u00a0 How can we know who someone is, what they believe, what they stand for, if we only listen to critical analysis via partisan filters?<\/p>\n

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But lest we digress…<\/p>\n

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Just as then Sen. Barack Obama did 4 years ago, tonight Mitt Romney will attempt to \u201cdefine\u201d himself to the American people.\u00a0 As the incumbent, Pres. Obama is already \u201cdefined\u201d in regard to what kind of president he would be.<\/p>\n

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And so sometime shortly after 10 p.m. EST, the former Governor of Massachusetts will share with the viewing public who he is and how he intends to govern.<\/p>\n

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Friends, this post is not about Mitt Romney.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about Barack Obama.\u00a0 It\u2019s not an endorsement nor favoring of either candidate; in fact, next week at the Democrats\u2019 convention at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, we could reprint much of this post\u2019s same points, simply by changing the order of the names.\u00a0 Today\u2019s main point, no less, speaks directly to the attempt by the candidates to \u201cdefine\u201d themselves…\u00a0 and the game that is played to obstruct the truthfulness of the process…<\/p>\n

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\u201cOh, the games people play now\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Every night and every day now\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Never meaning what they say now\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Never saying what they mean…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note the impurity of the American political process, acknowledged by Democrat strategist, Joe Trippi, yesterday morn, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re fighting over the <\/em>definition<\/em><\/strong> of Mitt Romney right now.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The fight?<\/p>\n

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Best this current events observer can discern \u2014 noting descriptions actually articulated by Romney and his campaign \u2014 Mitt Romney will attempt to \u201cdefine\u201d himself Thursday night as the following:<\/p>\n

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