you do know that we all remember stuff, right?

It's possible that he might actually decide to point out to the country at large that he was governor up here. He will undoubtedly will remind you that he "never raised taxes" during the two-and-a-half years he actually gave a frog's dong about being the governor. This is true. What he did was raise fees on practically everything.

Including being blind:

It now costs to

be blind in Massachusetts. The state's approximately 35,000 blind and

legally blind residents must now pay $10 annually for a certificate of

blindness and $15 every four years for a blind identification card.

Without the formerly-free documents, blind people cannot take advantage

of tax abatements, affordable housing programs, health care services,

transportation discounts and other benefits. ... The fees originated in

February, in Gov. Mitt Romney's budget proposal for fiscal 2004.

—Shaun

Sutner, "Advocates Fight Fees For The Blind," Telegram & Gazette, 8/5/03

Oh, dear. History is a a harsh mistress.

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FURTHER DELVING INTO ROMNEY'S PAST:

• A Grateful Citizen Says Thanks to Governor Romney

• Mitt Romney, Trust-Fund Bully (and Not Just in School)

• Me-Me-Me': The Tale of Romney in Massachusetts

• Can the Massachusetts Moderate Bail Out Romney?

• ...and Willard Central

LONG READS ON THE POLITICS BLOG THIS WEEK:

• Black Like Him, by Charles P. Pierce

• Keystone, by John H. Richardson

Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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