So how did I get to comparing Mitt's Magic Underpants to a Thundershirt? It was one of those conversations you have where you just casually mention one item (Mitt's Magical Underwear) and the other person looks at you incredulously so you help them verify your comment with a little on-line research. One of the links took me to a site that had a video which included a young woman's statement that wearing her magical underwear felt like she was wearing a hug. With that comment came an immediate image of the Thundershirt commercials, because in their commercials it's stated several times that wearing a Thundershirt is like wearing a hug.
Now I don't have a problem with what anyone believes. It's their right to believe whatever they what to believe. As long as their beliefs don't interfere with my life or put others at risk, they can believe whatever. And who doesn't have a superstition or two? Walking under ladders, broken mirrors, black cats or whatever. I've owned two black cats, so I let go of that one decades ago. Ladders and mirrors? Again, I've lived long enough for me to have broken multiple mirrors and walked under multiple ladders. But that doesn't stop others from still contorting themselves into all sorts of ways to avoid the superstitions I mentioned above.
And then we have athletes, some of the most superstitious people I know are athletes. I remember having a few in my youth, whether it was football, wrestling or track. It may have been a routine or maybe some lucky article of clothing. Hell, it's been rumored for years that Micheal Jordan wore UNC game shorts under his professional uniform. But here's the thing, Micheal's not running for President and neither am I.
The Mormon Church doesn't care much for the term Magical Underwear, but they still put forward folklore that many of the wearers have extraordinary claims while wearing their Temple Garments. That's where I have a problem with Mitt and his Magical Underpants or if you will, his Mormon Thundershirt. I want a President who has has his own internal fortitude which guides him in a moment of crisis and not be concerned as to whether or not the President has on his Mormon Thundershirt to keep his anxiety level down so he can make a rational decision.
By the way, it seems clear from the day he had yesterday, that Mittens may have left his Mormon Thundershirt at home.
On with the games!!
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