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The roots of Mitt Romney's anti-Trump fervor
Yahoo News ^ | May 18, 2016 | Jon Ward

Posted on 05/18/2016 5:46:12 AM PDT by detective

Mitt Romney has ruled out an independent bid for president, and is not actively recruiting any more potential candidates to do so at the moment, though he remains hopeful someone will emerge, allies told Yahoo News Tuesday.

Romney “feels like America hangs in the balance. He’s very distraught about [Trump],” said one Romney adviser. “He thinks Trump is this vulgar, dangerous, principle-less, value-less opportunist — putting it mildly.”

The 2012 Republican nominee for president has been the most outspoken GOP figure continuing to steadfastly oppose Trump. Romney has been asked to consider running for president himself, but did not seriously consider it, those who know him said. But he remains alarmed at the prospect of a Trump candidacy, even as hope appears to be fading that any alternative can be found.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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Romney said bad things about President Reagan and his supporters back in the day. Now Romney has been doing all he can to destroy the Trump candidacy.

Romney's supposed reasons for opposing Trump make no sense. The only reason that makes sense is Romney wants Hillary Clinton to win.

1 posted on 05/18/2016 5:46:12 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Jealousy........


2 posted on 05/18/2016 5:49:18 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: JBW1949

Romney behind closed doors, with tears in his eyes, “The people LOVE him!!! Why don’t they love me?????”


3 posted on 05/18/2016 5:50:59 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: detective

I wish Romney had fought this hard AGAINST obama when he had the chance.

Now shut the f*ck up.


4 posted on 05/18/2016 5:51:38 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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If Romney had fought Obama with the fervor that he is fighting Trump, he (Romney) would be President today.

Go away Mitt. You lost. We don't need your advice, ideas, money, enthusiasm, or anything. Everything you do has shown that you are a stooge for the Democrats, whether you are aware of it or not.

5 posted on 05/18/2016 5:54:39 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: detective

He thinks Trump has no values or principles and is an opportunist? Hypocrite


6 posted on 05/18/2016 5:54:41 AM PDT by Mjreagan
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Romney “feels like America hangs in the balance. He’s very distraught about [Trump],” said one Romney adviser. “He thinks Trump is this vulgar, dangerous, principle-less, value-less opportunist — putting it mildly.”

They still don't get it. They just don't get it. They refuse to believe why Trump happened is because of them - only them. Through their decades of lies, decades of subterfuge, decades of plundering, decades of eroding our freedom and the decades and centuries through which they want to continue that treachery. Opportunist? Yes, maybe. However, we see it as the last 'opportunity' to put these quisling, dissembling liars back in Pandora's Box and shut the effing lid tight, tight, tight. End them.

7 posted on 05/18/2016 5:56:12 AM PDT by Gaffer
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STFU and quit helping Hillary.

If Mittens had only fought as hard against Obama as is he doing against Trump, he would be running for re-election today.

Its pure spite that brought him out of the cold.


8 posted on 05/18/2016 5:56:43 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: detective

Romney is a plutocratic ass. It is that simple.


9 posted on 05/18/2016 5:57:32 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: detective

The Plastic Man accuses Trump of being inauthentic.


10 posted on 05/18/2016 5:58:37 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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Mitt has found a very comfortable niche in the JV team of the Uniparty.

Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the Uniparty.

Therefore, Mitt thinks Trump must be destroyed.


11 posted on 05/18/2016 5:59:29 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Mouton

Romney creates the model for Obamacare, and wonders why we don’t like him. Just go away, please.


12 posted on 05/18/2016 6:00:21 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Gaffer

Right you are, Gaffer. Romney has no one to blame but himself and the other moderate centrist (aka Democrat in all but party affiliation) quislings running the Republican Party.


13 posted on 05/18/2016 6:00:35 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Gaffer

They get it. The Rinos just don’t want to lose the appropriations check book.


14 posted on 05/18/2016 6:00:46 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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To: detective

“Romney “feels like America hangs in the balance. He’s very distraught about [Trump],” said one Romney adviser. “He thinks Trump is this vulgar, dangerous, principle-less, value-less opportunist — putting it mildly.””

From a guy who runs a company that carves up smaller companies and sells the pieces. Rumor has it Bain Capital needs a bailout.that’s what this is all about.


15 posted on 05/18/2016 6:02:26 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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I really don’t think so. If they did understand it they’d realize they are completely out come November. If they understood, they’d be up Trump’s arse trying to resurrect their second tier status to be subservient to him and his new administration. Keep some of the power - even if it is lesser.

They lack the capacity to grow beyond what they’ve become and they are believing their own lies because we all believed them for so long.


16 posted on 05/18/2016 6:03:56 AM PDT by Gaffer
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"I wish Romney had fought this hard AGAINST obama when he had the chance."

I agree. Benghazi had just happened that September at the start of the campaign season. He should have been hammering this one home. He should have been hammering home the question of why did we help topple Quadaffi in the first place. I've long puzzled over Trump's popularity but I think the one thing that binds his supporters together is this, the fact that he is willing to stand up and fight the Democrats unlike any of our past presidents/candidates (McLame, Romney, Bush). If Bush would have vigorously defended the Iraq war as well as Obama has defended Benghazi, pulling out of Iraq, Libya etc.. where would we be?
17 posted on 05/18/2016 6:04:17 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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Romney's supposed reasons for opposing Trump make no sense

Would any of these hypotheses make more sense?

1. In comparison to Trump, Romney is a total failure in the private sector. Romney's "success" was tearing apart companies, ruining people's lives, and profiting from it. And now Trump has left Romney, in comparison, as a total failure in the political arena. That leaves Romney in the history books as a broken man, instead of his intent of achieving what his father could not.

2. Research "Romney and Bain Capital". There's some mention about some upcoming lawsuits against Romney. If he has no clout with pols and legal judgements, it could be financial disaster, perhaps even RICO violations.

3. Romney sees himself as superior and ordained. He really didn't think the "lower 47%" were worthy of his campaigning. Now you've got Trump bringing it to the voters. Romney finds that uncouth and demeaning.

4. Romney's no conservative. His goal is globalist elites acquiring as much power and wealth as possible, while marginalizing and incapacitating the rights and opportunities of anyone he deems unworthy. He's a total tool of the "invisible hand".

5. All of the above.

18 posted on 05/18/2016 6:07:15 AM PDT by grania
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“He thinks Trump is this vulgar, dangerous, principle-less, value-less opportunist — putting it mildly.”

Kind of what I think of Romney.

Does anyone get the impression that despite Trump being extremely rich, their opposition to him has roots in elitism and snobbishness? They seem to look down on him precisely because he appeals to middle class and blue collar people. This election is Caddyshack. Trump plays Rodney Dangerfield's character, and Romney plays Ted Knight's character.

19 posted on 05/18/2016 6:07:39 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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George Romney hated to used the name of the party , Republican he told his campaign for Governor of Michigan to remove Republican from his Campaign Materials.

George along with Nelson Rockefeller and William Scanton sabotage the candidacy of Barry Goldwater.

They didn't care if it was a total destruction of the Republican Party down the ticket

Mitt, never a conservative or a compassionate person at Bain Capital bought companies and laid of American workers

As Governor of Massachusetts he did two unforgivable things, Romeycare and claim he did vote for Reagan-Bush because at that time he was an independent and now as a Republican he would work hard to stop Reagan/Bush as a Republican to stop Reagan/Bush.

It seems the boy loved his nutter of a father and tried to emulate his actions to hurt the Republican Party.

20 posted on 05/18/2016 6:10:05 AM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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