Posted on 01/07/2019 2:21:55 PM PST by Kaslin
It seems Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has short-term memory loss. This week he wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post in which he blasted President Trump for his leadership style. He opined that the president has not risen to the “mantle of the office.” Through the piece, Romney continually hit at Trump naming off each offense one-by-one. The article was a critique of Trump’s character, but a brief look at history shows that Romney’s has some flaws as well.
In 2012, Trump made a run for the presidential nomination but did not climb high enough in approval to continue, so he dropped out. After Trump stepped out of the race, Romney accepted Trump’s endorsement. In 2016, Romney tweeted that he would not have taken Trump’s support in 2012 based on some of the things Trump said on the 2016 campaign trail. It seems that Romney has forgotten his principles and tweets.
In February of 2018, Romney announced his senatorial run to replace now retired Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. Soon after his announcement, Trump tweeted his endorsement of Romney. After saying in 2016 he would not accept Trump’s endorsement, Romney took Trump’s endorsement a mere two years later. It was a strange acceptance for someone who prides himself on character and being so principled, especially against Trump.
For a man who claims to have so many values, he seemed to need the president. Romney felt his character, reputation, and public policy was strong, but he accepted the endorsement. If Romney was a man of his words, he would have declined it and ran on his principles, but he did not.
One is left wondering if Romney’s beliefs are real, or is his desire to be in politics more important. There seems to be a character issue here.
Romney’s article focused on Trump’s character. He blamed Trump for the division in the country, but America began to divide under former President Obama. Anti-Trumpers love to blame the last two years on Trump as if Obama never existed.
Has the anti-Trump army forgotten about Obama’s IRS's purposeful suppression of conservative groups, or how Obama denigrated Christians by calling them “bitter clingers," or maybe when he lectured the police days after five Dallas officers were gunned down while protecting Black Lives Matters protestors? Apparently, to Romney and his crew, those few examples were unifiers and brought “comity” to the nation.
Either Romney does not understand that “civility”- also known as bowing down, spinelessness, folding, weak-minded, and fecklessness in the GOP - was what Trump’s voters hated. Trump was elected because he was the exact opposite of the Republican Party leadership and the character that Romney touts. The Republican electorate was tired of “compromise,” which in truth meant that the Democrats get what they want and the GOP gets nothing.
GOP voters made a statement. Romney said that Trump’s conduct the last two years has been unbecoming to the Office of The President; however, nothing has changed. President Trump is the same as candidate Trump and still decisively beat Hillary Clinton. If anything, Trump has been consistent while Romney flip-flops for the sake of a political office.
Obama was not some great unifier, despite what the media, Democrats and establishment Republicans say. All of this supposed Trump-driven incivility should have his approval numbers in the tank. However, at this point in his presidency, Obama was at 47%, and Trump is at 46%. So who has the character flaw here? Trump or Obama?
Yes, character matters. However, before you point out one’s character flaws, make sure you delete the tweets that contradict your op-ed. Otherwise, you will be called out as a hypocrite.
6 MINUTE CHAT ON ROMNEY by BRENT BOZELL & LEVIN
Surfing YouTube one night before drifting off at 3 am for my now customary 5 hours of sleep, I stumbled across this Mark Levin interview with Brent Bozell.
The entire 40 minutes is more than worthy of your attention and if you’re as tight on time as I am, boot it up and let it run in the background as you do other computer “stuff”.
That said, I sent this for the highly informative 6+ minute discussion between 4:20 and 10:40 of soon-to-announce GOP candidate MITT ROMNEY for whom I also voted in 2012 ONLY because he wasn’t obozo.
This guy is a opportunistic political/ideological chameleon! On the billboard in the background in the accompanying graphic, I call him the “Kama sutra of politicians.” That’s actually understatement.
This guy has become a Trojan Horse of the Deep State for the sole purpose of TAKING OUT DONALD TRUMP so they (the Dems, RINOs and other beneficiaries of the massive corruption in that swamp) can RESUME BUSINESS AS USUAL!
Listen to Brent’s spot-on analysis of Romney and decide for yourself if trading Trump for this guy is a good idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1DSigwRm4w
(And, though they’ve left it up, YouTube DOES NOT want you to watch that video. I went to my “History” and it wasn’t there. I had to do a search to relocate it. Might want to copy the link if you want to share it between now and the 2020 election.)
Something else rhymes with mitt.
6 MINUTE CHAT ON ROMNEY by BRENT BOZELL & LEVIN
Surfing YouTube one night before drifting off at 3 am for my now customary 5 hours of sleep, I stumbled across this Mark Levin interview with Brent Bozell.
The entire 40 minutes is more than worthy of your attention and if you’re as tight on time as I am, boot it up and let it run in the background as you do other computer “stuff”.
That said, I sent this for the highly informative 6+ minute discussion between 4:20 and 10:40 of soon-to-announce GOP candidate MITT ROMNEY for whom I also voted in 2012 ONLY because he wasn’t obozo.
This guy is a opportunistic political/ideological chameleon! On the billboard in the background in the accompanying graphic, I call him the “Kama sutra of politicians.” That’s actually understatement.
This guy has become a Trojan Horse of the Deep State for the sole purpose of TAKING OUT DONALD TRUMP so they (the Dems, RINOs and other beneficiaries of the massive corruption in that swamp) can RESUME BUSINESS AS USUAL!
Listen to Brent’s spot-on analysis of Romney and decide for yourself if trading Trump for this guy is a good idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1DSigwRm4w
(And, though they’ve left it up, YouTube DOES NOT want you to watch that video. I went to my “History” and it wasn’t there. I had to do a search to relocate it. Might want to copy the link if you want to share it between now and the 2020 election.)
He never changes....
This clown is the Dem’s Trojan horse to insure 60% of the Republican base sits home on Election Day when he runs. Wonder what he makes for that role ...
Willard is a pathological liar, treasonous scumbag, Derp State operative and Socialist. He has no character whatsoever.
“Not even” Mitt? Bwahaha!!! Mitt’s been a Bush boy for decades. Take a look at the Riggs Bank scandal and how Romney got his Bain funding.
Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt.
If Mittens was reincarnated as the embodiment of a human physical act he would be the ‘Strawberry Swirl’.
I wish that there was a toilet in this universe that was powerful enough to flush this turd.
There is a great deal lacking in his character. Care to list the flaws?
And let's not forget that Ann, his HS sweetheart, was embraced by the family and groomed to be an ideal Mormon wife. There's something so cultish about that.
‘Mittens’ Romney is political herpes. No matter how bad he gets, he somehow comes back like a reoccurring rash.
Not even Harvey Milk.
Thats got the same ring to it.
Mitty threw the election against obozo.
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 2020! 2024! 2028!
Why are we even discussing this buffoon, moron, Mitt Romney. I do not know what the voters in Utah see in this phony, low life piece of human scum & vermin, Mitt Romney. He is useless with not an ounce of loyalty or honor in his entire supposed Holy Mormon being.
My fondest dream would be to witness Ex-POtUS, Barack Hussein Obama instructing Mitt Romney, kneeling on his knees, as to how to lick the bare feet of CNN’s Candy Crowley, done with Mitt’s highest effort of total servitude to Ms. Crowley!!! and, then when finished with Ms. Crowley...he can offer the exact same service to Mr. Obama. Now...that would be justice served, IMHO.
Actually, I blame Mitt Romney for nothing....he lost his soul, honor & dignity, long ago. But...I do blame every voter in the state of Utah that voted for him, when they had many other fine choices to choose from. Goodbye, Mitt, your done, dude, you is toast..no burnt toast!!!
Mitt Romney should resign immediately and fade forever into eternal obscurity, where he so rightly and justly belongs!!!
Strange dream.
‘Mittens’ Romney is literally the worst. Romney is a very modest man, with much to be modest about.
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