Greg Sargent ripped into Mitt Romney for describing the president's Libya decision as "nuanced."
Call it the Dingbat Doctrine: If you think the world is a complicated place; if you think that navigating the most powerful military in human history through treacherous and ever-shifting geopolitical cross-currents involves difficult moral choices; if you think America can gain anything at all by recognizing that we have common interests with other nations; well, then you’re too weak to be president.
Of course, I agree with Greg's analysis in general. However, when Romney or any other of the Republican A-listers call President Obama "nuanced," they don't really mean "nuanced." They mean "gay." It's a way of accusing the president of being feminine and gay. Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santorum -- they're all accusing the president of being gay.
Not only is that offensive to gay men -- many of whom have endured and survived hardships worse than anything Romney could possibly imagine -- but it's also an insult to anyone who doesn't subscribe to the Idiot Strength "Dingbat Doctrine" that Romney and others seem to embrace.
How about this: let's get "anti-nuance" Romney to strap on some rebel garb, load an AK and charge into the Qaddafi-held sections of Libya without examining the terrain or having any semblance of a plan. See how that works out for him.
Some people like to have a plan and proceed with some reasonable thought before sending our pilots into battle. That's not a gay or a straight approach -- it's a smart, realistic approach. Only the Republicans could turn smartness into an insult.