Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Romney is a gutless wonder. He won't just man up and run himself as 3rd-party, only to get trampled in the dust of the frontrunners. But he'll go around shopping for someone else to ruin themself.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Romney holds the title for 2008, "Loser of the Year".
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Romney is the kind of toffee nosed elitist that is ruining America. Period.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is leading a group of conservatives in trying to draft a third-party candidate who would run in an effort to deny Donald Trump the White House.
The effort, first reported by the Washington Post, includes several top conservatives including Weekly Standard editor William Kristol and blogger and radio host Erick Erickson, along with longtime GOP strategist Mike Murphy and others.
The group is said to be targeting several potential candidates, including Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse among others, but they have yet to find a candidate willing to hop into the race at this late stage.
The deadline for ballot access in Texas, home to the second-largest trove of electoral college votes, has already passed. Deadlines are quickly approaching in other states where thousands of signatures would need to be collected to register a candidate for the election. Members of the "stop Trump" movement said they believe a legal challenge to gain entrance on the Texas ballot would be successful.
What has so far proven a more practical challenge than ballot access for the stop Trump group is identifying a willing candidate. Though according to NBC News Kasich has not decided whether he will endorse Trump, a spokesman told the Post Kasich had flatly ruled out running as a third-party or independent candidate.
Sasse, a conservative first-term senator who has publicly said he will not support Trump, has also thus far batted away calls for him to enter the race.
The potential political blowback for a Republican who ran as an independent candidate could be huge. The presence of the party's official nominee and a stalking horse siphoning away votes would almost certainly give Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton an easier path to victory. If Clinton were to win the general election thanks to the efforts of a conservative also-ran, that candidate would immediately achieve pariah status within the Republican Party.
Murphy told the Post if Trump is a fatally flawed general election candidate, as members of the group believe, there is no risk in running another conservative who is less polarizing than Trump or Clinton as a third option for voters. He and Romney, who did not respond to a Post interview request, believe that a positive, issues-oriented conservative could stand a chance in a three-way presidential campaign because of the unusually high dislike for the two likely major party nominees.
Clinton's disapproval rating has hovered in the mid-50s and Trump's is approaching 60 percent among general election voters, leaving the door open, the stop Trumpers said, to the potential for a independent to win over voters who don't like either of their other options.
The group is also said to have contacted retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis. The group also explored the possibility of finding a candidate who could match Trump's resume: reality television host and billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team Mark Cuban.
All three turned down the overtures, the Post reported.
The effort, first reported by the Washington Post, includes several top conservatives including Weekly Standard editor William Kristol and blogger and radio host Erick Erickson, along with longtime GOP strategist Mike Murphy and others.
The group is said to be targeting several potential candidates, including Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse among others, but they have yet to find a candidate willing to hop into the race at this late stage.
The deadline for ballot access in Texas, home to the second-largest trove of electoral college votes, has already passed. Deadlines are quickly approaching in other states where thousands of signatures would need to be collected to register a candidate for the election. Members of the "stop Trump" movement said they believe a legal challenge to gain entrance on the Texas ballot would be successful.
What has so far proven a more practical challenge than ballot access for the stop Trump group is identifying a willing candidate. Though according to NBC News Kasich has not decided whether he will endorse Trump, a spokesman told the Post Kasich had flatly ruled out running as a third-party or independent candidate.
Sasse, a conservative first-term senator who has publicly said he will not support Trump, has also thus far batted away calls for him to enter the race.
The potential political blowback for a Republican who ran as an independent candidate could be huge. The presence of the party's official nominee and a stalking horse siphoning away votes would almost certainly give Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton an easier path to victory. If Clinton were to win the general election thanks to the efforts of a conservative also-ran, that candidate would immediately achieve pariah status within the Republican Party.
Murphy told the Post if Trump is a fatally flawed general election candidate, as members of the group believe, there is no risk in running another conservative who is less polarizing than Trump or Clinton as a third option for voters. He and Romney, who did not respond to a Post interview request, believe that a positive, issues-oriented conservative could stand a chance in a three-way presidential campaign because of the unusually high dislike for the two likely major party nominees.
Clinton's disapproval rating has hovered in the mid-50s and Trump's is approaching 60 percent among general election voters, leaving the door open, the stop Trumpers said, to the potential for a independent to win over voters who don't like either of their other options.
The group is also said to have contacted retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis. The group also explored the possibility of finding a candidate who could match Trump's resume: reality television host and billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team Mark Cuban.
All three turned down the overtures, the Post reported.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Originally Posted by Virginian2
Romney holds the title for 2008, "Loser of the Year".
+1
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Romney uses the confused restrooms.
Take care, Willie
Take care, Willie
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Virginia: I think "loser of the year" John McCain lost the Presidential election in 2,008 (Romney was an unsuccessful Republican Presidential nominee that year along with others) then in 2,012 Romney indeed became the Republican Presidential nominee and lost the Presdiential election to barrack hussien obama. THUS... truly attaining "loser of the year" status in 2,012.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
RobJordan must be dancing with joy......
Fu%$ing MA liberal POS can't just fade away into the ether.
Fu%$ing MA liberal POS can't just fade away into the ether.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
If Romney wanted to make a difference or "stop Trump", he should have run in the Primaries himself. He didn't, so he needs to STFU and go home.
I hate critics that are ready to point fingers but won't lift on to help.
I hate critics that are ready to point fingers but won't lift on to help.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Romney woulda/coulda/shoulda played hardball with BHO
Now it's Trumps turn to played hardball with HRC
Now it's Trumps turn to played hardball with HRC
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Romney really puts the 'loser' in 'sore loser'.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Originally Posted by BMT
Romney woulda/coulda/shoulda played hardball with BHO
Why would he? They are, along with Hillary on the same team. He is going to try to play hardball with Trump till Trump knocks him out of the park.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
His kind are the problem. They're scared to death that somebody's going to upset their apple cart. The Bushes are in the same club. They're not "Conservatives", they're just rich a**holes that want to run thngs, either in office or in the background. They literally haven't a clue about what the average person's life is like or what it's like to try and scratch out a living in the real world, and they couldn't care less.
The thing that really exposes them is their insistence on opening the borders to bring in millions of unskilled workers as well as the high-tech, low wage people to displace Americans. That only benefits the wealthy, and at the expense of ordinary citizens. Their children will never have to compete for jobs or college openings with these foreigners, or be at risk from gangs on the street or in school, or get killed on the road by repeat-offender drunks, and it pisses me off no end that they the rest of us should edure all that just so they can get a little richer.
Romney, the Bushes, Zuckerberg, Gates, Disney, and the Clintons; all cards fom the same deck.
The thing that really exposes them is their insistence on opening the borders to bring in millions of unskilled workers as well as the high-tech, low wage people to displace Americans. That only benefits the wealthy, and at the expense of ordinary citizens. Their children will never have to compete for jobs or college openings with these foreigners, or be at risk from gangs on the street or in school, or get killed on the road by repeat-offender drunks, and it pisses me off no end that they the rest of us should edure all that just so they can get a little richer.
Romney, the Bushes, Zuckerberg, Gates, Disney, and the Clintons; all cards fom the same deck.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/15/16
Originally Posted by Pappy348
His kind are the problem. They're scared to death that somebody's going to upset their apple cart. The Bushes are in the same club. They're not "Conservatives", they're just rich a**holes that want to run thngs, either in office or in the background. They literally haven't a clue about what the average person's life is like or what it's like to try and scratch out a living in the real world, and they couldn't care less.
The thing that really exposes them is their insistence on opening the borders to bring in millions of unskilled workers as well as the high-tech, low wage people to displace Americans. That only benefits the wealthy, and at the expense of ordinary citizens. Their children will never have to compete for jobs or college openings with these foreigners, or be at risk from gangs on the street or in school, or get killed on the road by repeat-offender drunks, and it pisses me off no end that they the rest of us should edure all that just so they can get a little richer.
Romney, the Bushes, Zuckerberg, Gates, Disney, and the Clintons; all cards fom the same deck.
The thing that really exposes them is their insistence on opening the borders to bring in millions of unskilled workers as well as the high-tech, low wage people to displace Americans. That only benefits the wealthy, and at the expense of ordinary citizens. Their children will never have to compete for jobs or college openings with these foreigners, or be at risk from gangs on the street or in school, or get killed on the road by repeat-offender drunks, and it pisses me off no end that they the rest of us should edure all that just so they can get a little richer.
Romney, the Bushes, Zuckerberg, Gates, Disney, and the Clintons; all cards fom the same deck.
Sycamore
Re: Romney at it again - 05/16/16
He clearly has always looked out for his own best interests, but he's never been a part of the global control-freak bunch like those others. As President, I expect he'll protect American interests, but won't expend American lives and treasure on "Nation Building" and other Neocon expeditions, or to get revenge on people that hired assassins to kill his father. I also don't believe he'll leave American diplomatic staff to die to avoid upsetting some tinpot government, and then create an elaborate lie to cover it up. And I'm pretty sure that he won't think that his presidency should be followed up by those of his children or spouse.
If Trump was one of them, they wouldn't be soiling their nappies like they are.
If Trump was one of them, they wouldn't be soiling their nappies like they are.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/16/16
Originally Posted by VarmintGuy
Virginia: I think "loser of the year" John McCain lost the Presidential election in 2,008 (Romney was an unsuccessful Republican Presidential nominee that year along with others) then in 2,012 Romney indeed became the Republican Presidential nominee and lost the Presdiential election to barrack hussien obama. THUS... truly attaining "loser of the year" status in 2,012.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Yep, he was just the 'loser to the loser' in 08.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/16/16
Originally Posted by Pappy348
He clearly has always looked out for his own best interests, but he's never been a part of the global control-freak bunch like those others. As President, I expect he'll protect American interests, but won't expend American lives and treasure on "Nation Building" and other Neocon expeditions, or to get revenge on people that hired assassins to kill his father. I also don't believe he'll leave American diplomatic staff to die to avoid upsetting some tinpot government, and then create an elaborate lie to cover it up. And I'm pretty sure that he won't think that his presidency should be followed up by those of his children or spouse.
If Trump was one of them, they wouldn't be soiling their nappies like they are.
If Trump was one of them, they wouldn't be soiling their nappies like they are.
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Big ole +1 Pappy348 !!
Saying Trump is one of them is ignorant !
Re: Romney at it again - 05/16/16
I had little respect for Romney the first two times he ran. I have no respect for him now.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/16/16
So in his lackluster incompetent way he is trying his best to get hillary elected.
As he showed us in the past with his abilities on the campaign trail he was able to get obunghole a second term.
As he showed us in the past with his abilities on the campaign trail he was able to get obunghole a second term.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/16/16
Originally Posted by Pappy348
If Trump was one of them, they wouldn't be soiling their nappies like they are.
Spot on!
Re: Romney at it again - 05/17/16
Chill........it's all just entertainment at this point anyway. Besides, most everyone here, including all the usual fickle parties, voted for him anyway...... just like "anyone who doesn't pull Trump's dick, lever is only pulling the crank which is Hillary. 
You do have to admit that, better than watching paint dry, seeing which pile of shiit has the first, biggest, and best tomatoes is slightly amusing.
BTW, if your state yet has an unexpended primary, you still have the option of voting Democrat, Socialist, or Communist. How great is that? (We'll only get two of those choices in the fall.
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You do have to admit that, better than watching paint dry, seeing which pile of shiit has the first, biggest, and best tomatoes is slightly amusing.
BTW, if your state yet has an unexpended primary, you still have the option of voting Democrat, Socialist, or Communist. How great is that? (We'll only get two of those choices in the fall.
)
Re: Romney at it again - 05/17/16
Yes, Romney ran in 2012. And he could have won. He could have taken it to Obama in the second and third debates.
He could even have beaten Obama up on Rev. Wright.
Romney chose not to fight, as he and, the lib media, naturally, never grilled Obama on Rev.Wright and many other troubling things in Obama's past.
Mitt blew it, he ought to get out of politics and stay out.
He could even have beaten Obama up on Rev. Wright.
Romney chose not to fight, as he and, the lib media, naturally, never grilled Obama on Rev.Wright and many other troubling things in Obama's past.
Mitt blew it, he ought to get out of politics and stay out.
Re: Romney at it again - 05/17/16
Mittens is certainly fighting harder to keep Trump out than he did to beat Obama.
Wonder why?
He had his opportunity to run again and chose not to.
He needs to take a[back] seat and STFU
Wonder why?
He had his opportunity to run again and chose not to.
He needs to take a[back] seat and STFU
Re: Romney at it again - 05/17/16
Originally Posted by Sycamore
Originally Posted by Pappy348
His kind are the problem. They're scared to death that somebody's going to upset their apple cart. The Bushes are in the same club. They're not "Conservatives", they're just rich a**holes that want to run thngs, either in office or in the background. They literally haven't a clue about what the average person's life is like or what it's like to try and scratch out a living in the real world, and they couldn't care less.
The thing that really exposes them is their insistence on opening the borders to bring in millions of unskilled workers as well as the high-tech, low wage people to displace Americans. That only benefits the wealthy, and at the expense of ordinary citizens. Their children will never have to compete for jobs or college openings with these foreigners, or be at risk from gangs on the street or in school, or get killed on the road by repeat-offender drunks, and it pisses me off no end that they the rest of us should endure all that just so they can get a little richer.
Romney, the Bushes, Zuckerberg, Gates, Disney, and the Clintons; all cards from the same deck.
The thing that really exposes them is their insistence on opening the borders to bring in millions of unskilled workers as well as the high-tech, low wage people to displace Americans. That only benefits the wealthy, and at the expense of ordinary citizens. Their children will never have to compete for jobs or college openings with these foreigners, or be at risk from gangs on the street or in school, or get killed on the road by repeat-offender drunks, and it pisses me off no end that they the rest of us should endure all that just so they can get a little richer.
Romney, the Bushes, Zuckerberg, Gates, Disney, and the Clintons; all cards from the same deck.
fixed it for you
Sycamore
Re: Romney at it again - 05/17/16
Originally Posted by Raeford
Mittens is certainly fighting harder to keep Trump out than he did to beat Obama.
Wonder why?
Wonder why?
Ego no doubt.
He looks down his nose at Trump. He is incredulous that he could not garner the support and enthusiasm that Trump has achieved.while considering Trump to be lower on the acumen/evolutionary scale than he is.
So he wants to knock Trump off but his ego cannot handle two withering losses so he is looking for someone else to take a fall.