What type of stories do you focus on when your candidate is doing well? The guy grew up there - those are the trees of his childhood. Is it an odd way to phrase it? Yes. But having FR filled with stories about Mitt’s views on trees says more negative things about the intellectual interest of a subset of individuals on FR than it does about Mitt Romney.
Mitt sure has flaws as a candidate. If I opposed his as the nominee, I’d focus on those vs. focusing on trees, a 2nd Cadillac, or his underwear.
Romneybot begone!
I grew up around trees. The big pines of North Michigan. Mitt grew up in Cranbrook and Bloomfield Hills in the concrete jungle. The trees of his childhood are the trees in suburbia.