Okay, y’all, this is the nicest thing I’ve read all week.

Coming on the heels of Mitt Romney strapping his poor dog to the roof of the car, and then testimony that he held down a fellow student and cut off his hair, Republicans have been scampering to find examples of how Mitt is really a very kind, gentle, helping person.  You know, when he’s not firing people from their jobs to make himself richer.

One of his top advisers and, as luck would have it, his Lt. Gov. in Massachusetts, Kerry Healey, thought long and hard and then could only come up with one example of Mitt being kind.  It, however, is a good one.  Mitt helps the lame.

In defending Romney as “deeply compassionate” and “unfailingly kind,” she pointed to moments during the GOP primary when Romney was “being attacked from every side.”

“His response was always professional, calm, civil,” she pointed out. “In fact, he even intervened on behalf [of] — to try to help — Gov. Perry when he was stumbling [in attempting to remember a talking point during a debate]. His impulses are very kind impulses and there should be no debate about whether or not Gov. Romney is a bully.”

Y’all, listen to me.  Do not roll your eyes, secure in the knowledge that Romney was taunting Perry.  Do not do that.

You need to appreciate that the only damn thing a woman who has known him for 20 years can think of as an example of Mitt being kind is that he was trying to help a special needs Governor who was too drugged up to count to three.

I mean, that make him practically the Mother Teresa of compassionate conservatism.

If you’re only going to do one nice thing every 65 years, then helping a special needs Governor should certainly be what you pick.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.