In New Hampshire, the days before primary voters head to the polls, all the candidates are looking to ride the wave of Iowa-generated Obama Momentum by talking about change, a mostly laughable word in the mouths of U.S. politicians on any day and ironically hilarious in the case of Mitt Romney, a sudden “change” candidate who is also a rich white businessman who can’t be pressed to voice even one significant disagreement with the present extraordinarily unpopular administration. The only change Mitt wants is himself in the White House! If change is what the voters want, Ron Paul and maybe Mike Gravel would be the frontrunners. Granted, there’s not a lot of energy or persuasive power in Gravel to make change, but the snippet above suggests he’s serious at least.

Change? C’mon, Mitt, whaddya say? Should we legalize pot and decriminalize cocaine? Give gay people the same rights as everyone else? Should we revamp the tax code? Reign in our military spending? Provide universal healthcare? Pour resources into public education? Stop the war(s)? Close down Gitmo? Hold the telecoms responsible for allowing government eavesdropping? Appoint a special prosecutor to look into the unabashedly illegal destruction of those CIA torture tapes? Convert to a national green energy policy?

Did he say change? Forget that. “Vote for me, Mitt Romney. And the hell with change!”

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