We can't believe we didn't enter, but somehow the deadline for the essay contest for Mitt Romney's Free and Strong America PAC passed us by. Not to worry, plenty of intrepid folks poured their hearts out on paper, answering the question "What does a free and strong America mean to you?" Some of them even won. Nobody from Massachusetts made the cut, naturally, but a Mainer got honorable mention for writing a poem instead of an essay. Sample stanza:
A Free & Strong America, Don’t let it slip away, For some misguided souls around, Attack it every day.
Souls like Romney, mayhaps? Anyway, the grand prize winner was Jacob Walters from Peosta, Iowa. This 15-year-old who says "To me, a free and strong America is a land of opportunity were [sic, though it's not clear if this is Jacob's error or the PAC's] you can chase your dreams, and where we have a chance to make them come true." A noble idea, but is that really the case? Who cares? Jacob got to go to a Sox game for free thanks to his winning essay. And that's what a free and strong America is really all about: paying grown men millions of dollars to play games. Play ball, America. Play ball. [via mnftiu.cc]
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