Because it will help radicalize a large chunk of the middle class who see him as evil incarnate. Now, I certainly don't believe he is evil incarnate; our problems are far more profound and systemic than a single president, who in truth is merely a figurehead for the ruling class and can't defy them in any meaningful way (lest he be assassinated by a "lone nut"). I wrote two books excoriating the modern federal government when George W. Bush was president, so I'm not about to say that Romney would be any better.
But in politics perception is reality, and an Obama victory would go a long way toward making the middle class perceive that there is no hope of salvation at the ballot box (which there really isn't anyway, but I've long since given up hope that people will believe the right thing for the right reason). Revolutions are made by the middle class. If the middle class perceives that its vote is powerless, that its blood, sweat, and tears are held hostage by the whims of dope smokers, promiscuous college students demanding free birth control, illegal aliens, mindless celebrities, ex-cons, and other such people, then the middle class is far more likely to look away from Washington and understand -- at long last -- that salvation lies close to home.
A Romney victory would be disastrous because the middle class would perceive -- completely incorrectly -- that it has staved off a socialist coup and rescued American life for the time being. We will continue to drown in debt, punish excellence to reward mediocrity, invade and "liberate" other countries, imprison more people than anywhere else on Earth, and generally succumb to tyranny because a once-restive middle class will have grown docile in its delusions. The silver lining to a Romney victory is short-term entertainment value: watching people such as Barbra Streisand, Chris Matthews, Bill Maher, and every other sanctimonious supporter of Obama lose it would be a lot of fun. Who says I'm not an optimist?
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