OK, I get what Mitt was trying to do...  the republican party holds itself accountable a million times more than the left does.  The issue is, the media always pounds the right on every thing they can and ignore the left's stuff. Mitt has just bought into the idea that if you want the media to like you, then show how you are trying to be the level head.  The problem, just like with mccain, alexander, mitt and others, the media does not care about you until you want to come out and bad mouth other republicans.  Then you are held up and celebrated.   people like Mitt simply forget how they were lauded during their primaries and then destroyed the moment they were the face of the GOP.  Notice how bush, mccain, mitt became so friendly with the media once they got their butts handed to them in the elections?  they did it out of self preservation and have changed their focus on trying to go along to get along despite what the left does.  They keep trying to get people to work together and find middle ground.  No matter how far left the left keeps going, folks like mitt seem to be chancing them instead of holding firm 

With that said, I find it hard to not like leach

Just to clarify, the point my lead post was not to approve of disapprove of either Leach's political position or Mitt Romney. I look at this in a larger context. The main issue here is why would a college football head coach want to get involved in something controversial that generates strong opinions on both sides. It could be politics, prayer in schools, gambling/lotteries, or anything else that pushes people's hot buttons. Sometimes coaches cannot avoid controversy in situations such as a player's actions off the field, etc. However, it just seems unwise for a head coach to stir up controversy on a non-football topic when there was no need to.

You have to wonder why the politicians do not represent the people and do what is best for the people of the country.  Instead they line their pockets and are self serving.

hey super, as a conservative libertarian myself, I have no delusion of the reality that republican and democrats both have their own big government bents.  both side generates their own version of bigger government et al.  My points was more so to beyatch about the media.  I actually think the media is more to blame regarding our current state of affairs than anything.  Mainly because we are not able to turn on the news anywhere without getting a heavy does of ideology injected into the message.  So no one can get a sense of what is actually going on and how it actually affects you or the longer term health of society/economy/etc.   

that is why politicians turn into politicians and specifically in this instance, why Mitt is good with jumping on the anti Trump wagon because it will earn him favor in the media....

Leach is a self absorbed idiot.  He has gotten away with his clown circus in far out post like Lubbock and Pullman.  I don’t know if he will be able to control himself with the SEC spotlight in him, even in a crap hole like Starkville. Its still the SEC with the brightest of the spotlight on them 24/7/365.  The national media has thought some of his little quips were cute at those out post.

Someone, probably the SEC commissioner’s office , got to him, or the msu AD and told him to take that crap down.