Romney may have some traits of a fine man. Holding the kid down to cut his hair and putting the dog on the roof of his car are not among them, of course.

However, the main thrust of his campaign, other than his whining that everything Obama has touched or done is evil incarnate, is that being a good businessman makes him qualified to be a good president.

Perhaps he was a good businessman. Perhaps. Open to debate. But the imperative in business is to make profit. Whether animals, children, or the environment is/are killed in the process is immaterial. The goal is money, pure and simple.

The government, on the other hand, has a very different mission. That is to do the wish of the people, to defend the weak against the steamroller of the wealthy and powerful. it is not about making profit. Furthermore, in principle anyway, since it does NOT have to turn a profit to make investors happy, it can do things more cheaply, or at least more effectively. See: prisons, schools, roads, police, and yes, health care.

No, Romney, decent or not is most UNqualified to lead the government BECAUSE his interests are business-oriented.

Saul