In case any one of the major players of the christian right haven’t heard it yet, Mitt Romney is the family values candidate! This gem spot features his wife, who recounts his real priorities, the way he tells her that “she’s the one doing the important work” in the family, raising the kids, and that he considers his greatest success being able to say that “he’s been a good father and a good husband” and that there’s no work more important than “what goes on within the four walls of the American home.”

So, which of the family-hating candidates is going to puncture these platitudes? If Romney’s family life is going to be a major part of his platform, then he better give us more than a one-minute sugar-coated video. More like a reality TV show, buddy. The cliche he should consider is that you never really know what goes on in another family’s home, no matter what it looks like from the outside, and that often sweetness and light looks mostly like a facade—especially if it’s radiating from the home of a politician. Fact: What goes on within the four walls of nearly every American home is TV-watching. So we all know that a lot of strange things go on beyond the picture windows of perfect suburban bliss.

Tags: christian right, family values, romney