It's certainly hard to move about with strings attached.

Remember the Howdy Doody Show on 1950s TV? “Howdy Boys and Girls…” All manipulated by strings. And as you may know or remember Howdy Doody and his puppet friends were moved and manipulated with strings from above. They use to call them Marionettes. Legs, arms, and mouth operated over head by a hidden puppet master pulling the puppet’s strings. Puppets giving the allusion of a real person walking and talking. Certainly a fun show to watch.

I loved Howdy and his perpetual smile. And as the show begins, Howdy would walk out on a raised stage greeting smiling, and engaging the kids in the “Peanut Gallery.” “It’s Howdy Doody time! “Howdy Kids, Doody would say with a broad wooden smile. “Howdy Buffalo Bob,” Doody would greet. Just fun and fantasy provided by puppeteer illusionist from above. Hidden manipulators coordinating, choreographing, and controlling all that is said and done. All of which was scripted and rehearsed for great entertainment for the kids.

Well, don’t despair. This kind of activity still exists. You can see it on the nightly news and hear it on the radio. It’s now called the Mit Romney Road Show. Still scripted and rehearsed. And manipulative by attached strings. Strings held by the RNC and the TEA Party. Walking talking, and Mit with a broad wooden smile. “Howdy Boys and Girls.” Greeting people as if they might have the mentality of a second grader. People believing every platitude and empty word former Governor Romney says. Rhetoric so broad and general. Statements made not many could grasp and challenge. Just gas and vapor wafting in the air.

“I can lead America. I am a businessman. I can grow jobs. President Obama is bad for America. I will do what it takes to fix our education system.” And on and on. Hollow platitudes with no meaning for the grass roots American. Just words manipulated through a broad wooden smile. A smile controlled by strings from above.

Is this who you want as president? A puppet on strings? Mouthing partisan rhetoric? Rhetoric scripted so general and meaningless, surely it was meant for someone with a child’s maturity and not for intelligent adult voters. “Howdy Boys and Girls. I am a businessman. Never mind my attached strings.”