The heartbreak moment in the 250 billionth Republican presidential debate on CNN last night came almost as soon it began. Mitt Romney quoted George Costanza. If there was any hope of my supporting Romney, it was destroyed when he made Costanza sound unfunny.
If Rick Santorum wants to know what true sacrilege is, it was committed right next to him about four feet away by his fellow candidate.
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It was bad enough that Romney quoted Costanza in such a labored fashion. He made it worse by doing so in the presence of three men, namely Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, who were probably mumbling under their breath, “Costanza? Who is that? Is he running for president here? Is he an illegal alien who practices contraception?”
Here is the Costanza clip that I refer to. The compilation is a bit haphazard but I hope you do get the sense, which is that for true showmanship it is always best to leave or end when the applause is at its peak.
Romney, who has struggled to strike a chord with the Republican primary voters, has tried everything—he has tried singing, being folksy, personable, one of the hoi polloi, charming, and now, even funny. None of that seems to be working for Romney as is evident in the rise of Santorum, whom many consider to be too ahead of the 13th century he lives in.
Even I, who would not fit the definition of an American from any angle and by any yardstick, could cite a Seinfeld episode and get a laugh or two out of a fully American audience. To think that Romney cannot even manage that much says something about his disconnection from the rest.
