Why lol?

1/2/2019 11:53:37 AM

He’s going to be a both-sides media star. I can already see Chuck Todd having him on every weekend.

Also, I thought twice-losing POTUS candidates were supposed to shut the fuck up and knit.

1/2/2019 12:16:47 PM

^^ because he’s going to vote with Trump 98% of the time no matter how many stern looks he gives

and no republican is going to run in 2020, because republicans love Trump. he is the GOP.

1/2/2019 12:32:39 PM

I know plenty who don't claim him. I hope somebody runs against him.

1/2/2019 12:41:49 PM

he’s the GOP of the last 30 years, personified

1/2/2019 12:43:14 PM

Quote :

".@MittRomney to @jaketapper on shutdown: "i'll be with republicans. I think it's important to secure the border.""

Lol

1/2/2019 4:23:30 PM

Didn't take long at all for Mr. Comity-and-Mutual-Respect to put his toes on the line.

1/2/2019 4:46:46 PM

shocking

1/2/2019 5:14:45 PM

I'm on the fainting couch

1/2/2019 6:35:36 PM

Quote :

"he’s the GOP of the last 30 years, personified"

GOP of the last 40 years belongs to the Bush family, doesn't it?

1/3/2019 8:39:05 AM

Still waiting on Romney to stand up to Trump. At least more than criticizing the budget deficit. No other republican has the gravitas.

8/23/2019 12:18:53 AM

http://twitter.com/npfandos/status/1171455841230192640

Quote :

"Mitt Romney outspoken on Bolton’s firing: “I’m very, very unhappy to hear that he is leaving. It’s a huge loss for the andministration and for the nation.” Asked about a possible replacement, Romney suggests “John Bolton”"

9/10/2019 1:18:51 PM

He could have won the 2012 election. But it's just about timing. He was rising at an inappropriate time.

9/10/2019 1:30:05 PM

^^Maybe he assumes what most people assume, now that there's a job opening Trump will find someone that's somehow even worse as a replacement?

9/10/2019 1:41:33 PM

Good job voting guilty

2/5/2020 4:31:08 PM

For abuse of power, yes.

He voted against abuse of Congress, which kinda cancels it out imo. Fine example of handwringing.

2/5/2020 4:41:54 PM

^^He's just doing it for personal gain.

2/5/2020 5:24:35 PM

^^he voted against the obstruction charge and he had a good argument for it.

2/5/2020 6:17:15 PM

^^what gain? I think he did it to give cover to Manchin and Jones to vote guilty. Supposedly even ppl from Utah are souring towards him, Trumps approval is higher than his. I had heard before that Utahans didn’t like Trump as much because mormons don’t like brash ppl like that but I guess not. Perhaps in 4 years that will be moot and opinions will change.

2/5/2020 6:35:40 PM

^It's very dated now but there was a poll that showed Trump was more popular among Mormons than all other faiths represented in the poll:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/225380/trump-approval-highest-among-mormons-lowest-among-muslims.aspx

More recent trends:

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/02/04/jana-riess-trumps-mormon/

2/5/2020 9:38:34 PM

^^^^ what the fuck?

I can't beat Romney's own response to such a silly allegation:

Yes! That’s it! They caught me!” he proclaimed. “Look at the base I have! It’s going to be at least 2 or 3 percent of the Republican Party. As goes Utah, so goes the nation!

[Edited on February 5, 2020 at 9:42 PM. Reason : interview in The Atlantic]

2/5/2020 9:42:04 PM

Quote :

"he voted against the obstruction charge and he had a good argument for it."

I Googled and couldn't find it. I can't think of any conceivable reason that Trump DIDN'T obstruct congress, so forgive me.

2/6/2020 12:27:26 PM

He voted against the obstruction charge because Trump did not break any laws while refusing to cooperate. This rolls back to previous points I made regarding how the House should have proceeded with the full investigation, up to and including forcing the Supreme Court to finally decide this nonsensical executive privilege garbage once and for all.

In other words - Trump broke no laws avoiding Congress due to a legitimate legal belief/precedent regarding executive privilege. Because of this, Romney did not consider it obstruction.

But I mean yes, absent the whole charade of having to go through the courts, Trump obstructed Congress' investigation, a role afforded them by the Constitution.

[Edited on February 6, 2020 at 9:16 PM. Reason : a]

2/6/2020 9:16:08 PM

" He didn't break any laws" is not a good argument against impeachment.

2/6/2020 11:36:43 PM

He voted to convict him on abuse of power. So what's the issue?

2/6/2020 11:37:46 PM

Huh? You said he had a good argument, I'm disputing that. The issue is pretty clear I thought.

2/6/2020 11:42:00 PM

Oh I misunderstood my bad. I see your point. I think I was more comparing his argument versus the nonsense the rest of the GOP gang.

2/7/2020 2:21:19 PM

^^^^^ Right. I don't agree--I'm with you--but it's not totally specious reasoning, I suppose.

...but in that light, you have a Republican Senator, from a bright red state, who is a former standard bearer for the party, who explicitly stated that he wanted to find any possible justification for not voting for either charge of impeachment, who conjured such a justification on one of the charges by the narrowest, most convenient logic that still falls within the bounds of straight-faced reason, who STILL felt compelled to vote for the other impeachment charge, against all historical precedent, self-interest, and arguably the interest of his constituents.

2/7/2020 8:21:23 PM

Or...you know...he'll want to run in 2024, and will use his vote here as a signpost for his 'return to normalcy' platform.

2/10/2020 8:24:24 AM

He got a round of applause during his senate thing just now

1/6/2021 9:31:55 PM

The coz didn’t post his quote here

NTTAWWT

2/27/2022 10:19:50 PM

Voting yes on supreme court pick

[Edited on April 7, 2022 at 12:29 AM. Reason : -]

4/7/2022 12:29:21 AM

...and he's pro-pedo!

4/7/2022 1:55:51 AM

4/7/2022 6:16:42 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/romney-santos-gop-tension.html

+1 for cursing at Santos in a Mormon way

2/8/2023 10:28:59 PM