Pantone287
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That middle paragraph is his whole deal in a nutshell. Such a delusional, pseudointellectually-presented claim that is nothing but complete nonsense.
torontoduke
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I guess the plan was to turn twitter into 4chan.
Fuck him.
Fuck him.
deepdarkblue
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I'm old enough to remember when Cal Cunningham lost a Senate race due to sexting.
physicsfactor
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I’m hard
deepdarkblue
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We are so doomed.
deepdarkblue
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I'm not sure why so many people - both citizens and elected officials - want this country's government to become no different than Sudan or Burkina Faso's, but here we are. The GOP is in shambles and the Dems have no clue how to take advantage of it.
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Poor Kevin, killed and eaten by his own party. RIP
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Mitt Romney's got a new book. In it, he says unkind things about some fellow Republicans. This would be cool if he'd done more while he was in office to prevent them from fucking up the country.
NY Times - Romney Writes a Book
Chris Christie:
The two also came into conflict in 2016 after Mr. Christie became one of the first establishment Republicans to back Mr. Trump.
“I believe your endorsement of him severely diminishes you morally,” Mr. Romney wrote in an email. He added: “You must withdraw that support to preserve your integrity and character.”
Evaluating Mr. Christie’s 2024 campaign, Mr. Romney labels him “another bridge-and-tunnel loudmouth” like Mr. Trump.
Ted Cruz:
Mr. Romney called Senator Ted Cruz of Texas “scary” and “a demagogue” in his journal, and in an email assessing political candidates in 2016, he said Mr. Cruz was “frightening.”
He was also bluntly critical of Mr. Cruz’s role in Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, including his perpetuating Mr. Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud.
Mr. Romney said that he believed Mr. Cruz and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, another objector, were too smart to believe what they were saying.
“They were making a calculation that put politics above the interests of liberal democracy and the Constitution,” Mr. Romney said.
Ron DeSantis:
Mr. Romney’s views on the governor were decidedly mixed, according to the book.
“Mr. Romney wanted to like the governor,” Mr. Coppins writes. The senator said that it was a “no-brainer” to support Mr. DeSantis if it meant keeping Mr. Trump out of the White House.
Yet Mr. Romney appeared to have reservations. He worried that Mr. DeSantis shared “odious qualities” with Mr. Trump, pointing to his penchant for stoking the culture wars and his fight with the Walt Disney Company.
And Mr. Romney appeared to have objections to the Florida governor on a more personal level.
“There’s just no warmth at all,” Mr. Romney said. He added that when Mr. DeSantis posed for photos with Iowa voters, “he looks like he’s got a toothache.”
Even his appraisal of Mr. DeSantis’s positive qualities came with a backhanded sting.
“He’s much smarter than Trump,” Mr. Romney said. But, he added, “there’s a peril to having someone who’s smart and pulling in a direction that’s dangerous.”
Mike Pence:
Mr. Romney makes his disdain for the former vice president abundantly clear, calling him “a lap dog to Trump for four years.”
He seems particularly appalled by what he viewed as Mr. Pence’s willingness to compromise his own moral views, or contort them, to be a loyal foot soldier to Mr. Trump.
“No one had been more loyal, more willing to smile when he saw absurdities, more willing to ascribe God’s will to things that were ungodly, than Mike Pence,” Mr. Romney told Mr. Coppins.
Donald Trump:
“He is unquestionably mentally unstable, and he is racist, bigoted, misogynistic, xenophobic, vulgar and prone to violence," Mr. Romney wrote. “There is simply no rational argument that could lead me to vote for someone with those characteristics.”
NY Times - Romney Writes a Book
Chris Christie:
The two also came into conflict in 2016 after Mr. Christie became one of the first establishment Republicans to back Mr. Trump.
“I believe your endorsement of him severely diminishes you morally,” Mr. Romney wrote in an email. He added: “You must withdraw that support to preserve your integrity and character.”
Evaluating Mr. Christie’s 2024 campaign, Mr. Romney labels him “another bridge-and-tunnel loudmouth” like Mr. Trump.
Ted Cruz:
Mr. Romney called Senator Ted Cruz of Texas “scary” and “a demagogue” in his journal, and in an email assessing political candidates in 2016, he said Mr. Cruz was “frightening.”
He was also bluntly critical of Mr. Cruz’s role in Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, including his perpetuating Mr. Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud.
Mr. Romney said that he believed Mr. Cruz and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, another objector, were too smart to believe what they were saying.
“They were making a calculation that put politics above the interests of liberal democracy and the Constitution,” Mr. Romney said.
Ron DeSantis:
Mr. Romney’s views on the governor were decidedly mixed, according to the book.
“Mr. Romney wanted to like the governor,” Mr. Coppins writes. The senator said that it was a “no-brainer” to support Mr. DeSantis if it meant keeping Mr. Trump out of the White House.
Yet Mr. Romney appeared to have reservations. He worried that Mr. DeSantis shared “odious qualities” with Mr. Trump, pointing to his penchant for stoking the culture wars and his fight with the Walt Disney Company.
And Mr. Romney appeared to have objections to the Florida governor on a more personal level.
“There’s just no warmth at all,” Mr. Romney said. He added that when Mr. DeSantis posed for photos with Iowa voters, “he looks like he’s got a toothache.”
Even his appraisal of Mr. DeSantis’s positive qualities came with a backhanded sting.
“He’s much smarter than Trump,” Mr. Romney said. But, he added, “there’s a peril to having someone who’s smart and pulling in a direction that’s dangerous.”
Mike Pence:
Mr. Romney makes his disdain for the former vice president abundantly clear, calling him “a lap dog to Trump for four years.”
He seems particularly appalled by what he viewed as Mr. Pence’s willingness to compromise his own moral views, or contort them, to be a loyal foot soldier to Mr. Trump.
“No one had been more loyal, more willing to smile when he saw absurdities, more willing to ascribe God’s will to things that were ungodly, than Mike Pence,” Mr. Romney told Mr. Coppins.
Donald Trump:
“He is unquestionably mentally unstable, and he is racist, bigoted, misogynistic, xenophobic, vulgar and prone to violence," Mr. Romney wrote. “There is simply no rational argument that could lead me to vote for someone with those characteristics.”
Rollins
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romney is an interesting figure as the last true believing chrisitan and free market utopia horizon liberal subject in national politics.
sounds like he genuinely fears god witnessing the culture war amplification shift of the republican party.
sounds like he genuinely fears god witnessing the culture war amplification shift of the republican party.
rhfarmer
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He may be correct about all of those assholes in the GOP, but he us still a vulture capitalist and a liar. Fuck him for trying to wash his hands of this shit instead of doing something to fix it.