Dad Myths

Could even the Mittster be considered a son who sees a dad in some sort of divine light or should his recent "gaffe" be viewed only in the context of politics?

Candidate Romney said he saw his dad march with Martin Luther King Jr. He didn't. Now he's saying thisandthat, rationalizing in a way only slightly more convincing than when Joseph Smith tried explaining what happenened to the gold plates.

But suppose it's just a family myth about his father and he really believed it? Until it got revealed to him that dad did much but not all, who was hurt? Does it make it any less real for him than, say, a man's belief in Santa Claus and the happiness that gave him his whole life because his dad worked like a fiend year after year to make the jolly fat man real for him every December?

** And why doesn't Santa have kids, except in Xmasploitation movies? **