Resenting Romney

Jay Nordingler hits on what has bothered me the most about the primary camapign so far.  Not whether people care about his being a Mormon, but the personal resentment towards his success:

It seems that there is a fair amount of resentment of Romney — for his wealth, success, etc. For the whole package he represents. And is there a worse human trait than resentment or envy? I also might note that I hear a fair amount of denigration of Romney’s business background — I mean, from Republicans. Which is terribly odd and dispiriting . . .

Years ago, Thomas Sowell wrote a column that I have never forgotten. He said that liberals field their A team, while conservatives field their B team. What did he mean by that? He meant that the “best and the brightest” of the liberals slaver to enter politics, or journalism, in order to control other people’s lives. But our best and brightest — the Right’s elite — are in the economy, inventing things, establishing businesses, and making the country grow.

Well, here is Romney, a clear member of our A team, who segued from business into politics, and succeeded. He is a mixture of private-sector accomplishment and political accomplishment.

Its not like Romney’s the first or only millionaire running for office.  He may be one of the rare ones though, who made his money before entering poltics.  The fact that this seems to be a bad thing in the Republican primaries is very troubling.

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