Jason Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the Senate - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM In an interview with The Washington Post, Romney is critical of Trump and Biden, and he says most Republicans are drawn to a “populist demagogue message.” His decision not to seek... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 He probably wasn't going to survive the primary anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 McMuffin's year baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 A rare clever thread title from @Jason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I just can't wait to see what replaces him. I have no doubt that it will be a totally sane individual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 It's crazy how Romney went from being a villain to one of the few reasonable seeming republicans... and I'n not sure he really changed at all... the rest of the party just went bat shit insane over the last 20 years... 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 He’s going to make a fine CNN political analyst. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 He says he doesn't want to be an 80 year old senator (what a novel idea!) But it sounds like mostly he doesn't want to stick around for Trump round 2, DeSantis or Ramaswamy but he's into Chris Christie, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott Not much better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 49 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: He probably wasn't going to survive the primary anyway. I think he would have been okay despite losing some of the extremist support here. A Romney is like a Kennedy in Utah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 In hindsight I wish Romney had won in 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I think he would have been okay despite losing some of the extremist support here. A Romney is like a Kennedy in Utah. Gets a pass on killing his girlfriend while driving drunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Just now, Jason said: Gets a pass on killing his girlfriend while driving drunk high on caffeine? Yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 But he's so young! He should obviously be serving for another dozen years. If he's leaving government with all his faculties he clearly doesn't care about America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 This is a prime example of an old person being better than the absolute chudfuck that’s going to replace him. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 2 hours ago, TwinIon said: But he's so young! He should obviously be serving for another dozen years. If he's leaving government with all his faculties he clearly doesn't care about America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 1 hour ago, GeneticBlueprint said: This is a prime example of an old person being better than the absolute chudfuck that’s going to replace him. Sigh. Mike Lee 2.0 is gonna be just freakin' fantastic. Hell, we might not even get that fortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 He called for trump and Biden to step aside which yeah that would be great but has a 0% chance of happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: He probably wasn't going to survive the primary anyway. Probably. But if there's one thing I've learned about Mormons, it's that they don't really fit into a neat political box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 He was once the GOP candidate and now has to pay for protection from the same people who voted for him. I don’t particularly like Mittens, but the real story here—as always—is that Trump supporters are dangerous loons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 17 hours ago, TUFKAK said: In hindsight I wish Romney had won in 12. I distinctly remember a ton of friends and family of both (center-) left and right persuasion saying during the 2016 race “can’t we just have Romney back?” You never appreciate moderate opposition until it’s gone. Curiously enough I also remember all my far left (communist/left-anarchist) friends being very pro-Trump on accelerationist grounds. (and because they consider left-centrists to be their greatest enemies) They at least got part of what they wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 He was a good voice in the Senate. I don't blame him for leaving though. Trump's 2nd term is going to be taxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 14 hours ago, Massdriver said: Trump's 2nd term is going to be taxing. Romney’s very rich, he won’t get taxed under Trump. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 On 9/13/2023 at 1:13 PM, ort said: It's crazy how Romney went from being a villain to one of the few reasonable seeming republicans... and I'n not sure he really changed at all... the rest of the party just went bat shit insane over the last 20 years... I often wonder how the truly normal, and still functioning, Republicans are handling this. If it was me, I'd probably be thinking retirement or a different occupation. Who wants to deal with crazy every day? This reminds me of how people treated Trump as an anomaly, that everything would go back to normal after he was out of office. The crazies are running the government now, and I can only imagine it's just going to get worse with no rational reason for things to ever return to normal because we redefined "normal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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