Topic: Newsmax
Another tidbit from NewsMax's March 27 "Insider Report":
[We heard ...] THAT NewsMax chief Washington correspondent Ronald Kessler has garnered attention - and praise - from a prominent political blogger for his online article about Mitt Romney and his wife Ann.
In an item headlined "Talk about a must-read," Jonathan Martin of politico.com writes: "I don't even know where to begin. This Ronald Kessler story about the Romneys has so much to offer.
"Go read the whole thing now."
Kessler was also the author of the in-depth profile "Romney to the Rescue," the cover story of NewsMax Magazine's April issue.
But Martin's Politico post didn't endorse Kessler's article on Ronmey for the reason NewsMax wants you to think. Here's what Martin wrote after "Go read the whole thing now":
First off, Kessler is clearly infatuated with Ann Romney. I'm not even sure what a "good carriage" is, but he says she has that to go with a "rosy complexion, square jaw, and blond mane." Like I said, he's quite taken.
In case you don't believe me..."When she is not flashing her truly unbelievable smile, she may lower her eyes demurely. But Ann Romney is not demure — she may be modest, but she isn't meek. She is unpretentious, but she isn't shy. She lowers her eyes, thinking, and then looks up directly at her interviewer and dazzles him with that smile."
Ok, at this point the gov may be getting a little worried. Frankly, I was also.
In other words, it's a must-read to observe Kessler's creepy sycophancy of Ann Romney (which we've noted). NewsMax similarly ignores the comments of another Politico writer, Ben Smith, who was even more mesmerized by Kessler's purple prose. NewsMax also doesn't note that the above passage Martin quoted was edited out of Kessler's article.
Martin continues:
Kessler goes to lengths to show how influential Ann Romney is with her husband. She even weighs in on staff hires, he writes.
Which is revealing and fascinating. But it also makes what Mitt said after the news of his wife's Planned Parenthood contribution broke look even worse. Recall -- "her positions I don't think are terribly relevant to my campaign."
Ann Romney also says both are pro-life, which evidently means both have switched their stance on the issue. But she also says that her husband was "always been personally pro-life," but then says on the matter, "Well, you know what? He did change his mind." Perhaps she meant as it relates to his policy/governmental views and not just personal opinion, but the contradiction don't look good.
In other words, Kessler essentially caught Romney in a flip-flop that he won't admit is one. This is, after all, the guy who insists that "While all the leading candidates have changed position on a range of issues, Romney has made a clear change on only one issue" (as we've also noted).
