Kathleen Parker: Voters forgive imperfections, but Mitt's perfections troubling

Published: Friday, Feb. 3 2012 1:11 p.m. MST

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When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect.People can't identify with perfection, he said. For the character to be sympathetic, he needs to have a flaw. He needs an injury or a wound of some sort so that people can identify with and care about him.

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wrz

Salt Lake City, UT

@Screwdriver:

"It's that people sense that he's not honest."

Then they need to check their senses for faulty wiring.

"Pretending to be perfect is just another dishonesty."

He's not More..

1:18 a.m. Feb. 4, 2012
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liberal larry

salt lake City, utah

Kathleen missed the mark on this column. Sure Mitt has the "perfect image" but that's not what troubles people about him. He has several faults that hinder his candidacy, the first is that he has a rich boy stiffness similar to Al Gore More..

7:34 a.m. Feb. 4, 2012
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Thinkin\' Man

Rexburg, ID

Mitt was a Bishop and Stake President, which means he spent many years counseling average, ordinary individuals and families about wide-ranging issues from finances to spiritual growth. He knows the problems they face. He knows what goes on in an More..

3:36 p.m. Feb. 4, 2012
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