Wednesday, July 09, 2003

Over at Right Wing News I found this post about Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s rescue of a family at Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. (News story here).

As John Hawkins points out, it doesn’t take long for “the opposition,” in this case the Democrats, to complain about the act of a Republican Good Samaritan.

...“There are lots of people drowning in the commonwealth right now who would certainly welcome a rescue,’’ said Rep. Jay R. Kaufman (D-Lexington).

...But Rep. Paul Kujawski (D-Webster) said other governors would have been “condemned for leaving the state,’’ while Romney “seems to have privileges other governors haven’t.’’

“Mitt Romney only chooses to run for office from Massachusetts - he doesn’t vacation here,’’ said Democratic Party spokeswoman Jane Lane.”

All of those snide comments were prompted by, “Romney and two of his sons (leaping) onto Jet Skis and pluck(ing) members of a New Jersey family and their dog out of dangerous waters Saturday night.”

Honestly, who do those Democrats think they’re impressing by taking shots like that at Romney given the circumstances? It makes them look small, petty, partisan, & undignified and I can’t imagine that those types of attacks would appeal to anyone except the most rabid partisans.

“When somebody’s drowning, we’re not Democrats or Republicans,’’ Rep. Eric T. Turkington (D-Falmouth) said. “I’m impressed that we have a governor who can do that kind of thing.’’