“JET-BLACK HAIR, GRAYING NATURALLY AT THE TEMPLES”….Are Mitt Romney’s advisors complete idiots? Is there something in the Romney family DNA that causes them to say stupid things while running for president? The answer increasingly seems to be yes. Garance Franke-Ruta has the latest.

UPDATE: False alarm. Apparently this passage didn’t come from Romney’s campaign literature after all. Mark Kleiman has the details.

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