Yes, he voted on one of two charges, which has nothing to do with anything I have written.
KevinC
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So why not save himself and damage and fallout and fall in line? Why break ranks even knowing his vote wasnāt going to convict?
Exactly like I said, betting on his starting gate in post Trump America, if we get one.
This is the āthe gop is still morally corruptā thread where we all suddenly lose our minds and sing the praises of a man who made his lifeās work to destroy Middle class jobs in America and outsource the wealth (after his cut of course) to the foreign nations his party calls the Axis of Evil.
KevinC
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His term isnāt up for another 4 years, at which point heāll be 77. I donāt really know how much value there is in him planning a political future beyond that.
Progressives will never vote for him and Republicans hate him. If he wanted to position himself to lead the Party of Trump after Trump, heād been better off with the furrowed brows over breaking party lines. Trump is a symptom of the GOP, theyāre not going back to sanity just because heās gone. Especially not when the propaganda starts that leftists and immigrants stole the presidency from him.
The candidates in this yearsā election are 77 and 74 years old.
Mitt is simply getting ready for his next run, and I would push his limo into a ravine if I knew the dog would be safe.
Doesnāt seem like much of a concession to say that Romney did the least he could in good conscience do and was the only Republican with the character or balls to do that much. He did.
Wow, the Trump era has sure shortened the list of qualifiers for āmoral character, and good conscience.ā
If you canāt tell the difference between Mitt and someone like Cotton or Cruz or Mitch, thatās a problem. Electorally I wouldnāt piss on Mitt if he were on fire, but he did his duty on that vote.
Ok bud. I see the gradient of shit stain.
Cāmon man, this is the thread about discussing how all Republicans, or anyone who ever identified as such, is a moustache-twirling villain right out of melodrama. Nuance and reasoned discussion are off-topic!
Mitt Romney is not a good person. Stop trying to find decency where there is none.
I mean, shit, thatās my gig here, right?
Iād suggest filing a union grievance, but the Republicans busted them all. Except the police unions, oddly.
KevinC
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Thatās where Iām at. I donāt like Mitt Romney. Heās the 1% and a vulture capitalist and his politics and policies are based around enriching those like himself. I voted against him in his run for Senate and Iād do so again if he ran again.
At the same time, I can acknowledge that a vote in the Senate to convict his partyās President ā when that party is in the grips of a cult of personality no less ā is a lot more than a furrowed brow.
None of that means weāre Romney fans or think heās a saint.
I really donāt want to come off as talking down to the people in this thread that are much smarter than myself, and can express it as such. Which is why I am absolutely stunned that this same group of savvy commentators could be so uniquely bamboozled by an obvious, hollow gesture. Did he vote against āhis partyā kind of. He isnāt part of the cult you describe and wishes to lead the next version of the party. He is a self serving monster and not deserving of any praise, no matter how faint.
Yes, weāre stupid. Thatās the obvious answer.
Youāre constructing a false dichotomy here. It can be true both that Romney is an irredeemable villain and that he once did the right thing.
Thrag
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Yes, Romney is one of the least worst. Still, he voted for Trumpās judicial nominees, tax bill, etc.
I believe the colloquial rule of legacies is āā¦but you fuck one sheepā not, āā¦but that one time you didnāt fuck the sheepā.
Anyway, wake me when heās calling for impeachment over any of these new scandals.
Ok fine. You win. Mitt succefully enacted a naked political ploy with zero significance excepting to political pundits and bolstering his bonafides.
All hail Our Moderate Hero
