Last week Mitt Romney gave a foreign-policy speech at Virginia Military Institute.
If you’re the Romney campaign, good for you. Speaking in front of a sea of uniformed cadets underscores Romney’s commitment to a strong military, one with a responsible global-leadership role embodying America’s democratic principles. Etc. Optics to vie for.
If you’re VMI, shame on you. You allowed your cadets to be stagecrafted props for political purposes. You were complicit in politicizing the military–for a candidate who is running against the commander-in-chief. Shameless sell-out. Optics to lie for.