LOLOLOL.
Posted on 09/02/2008 7:02:47 AM PDT by sevenbak
Romney also said if McCain is elected, he has absolutely no interest in a cabinet post. His father George, who lost the 1968 Republican nomination to Richard Nixon, ended up as Nixon's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
"I actually saw my dad serve as a cabinet secretary," Romney said. "One thing I know is, that's not a job I'd want. It's not a job I'd take."
"My dad found that he was being ordered around by the White House and a bureaucracy inside his own department that was hard to move. It's not for me."
(Excerpt) Read more at wbztv.com ...
Business and economic policy advisor would be a good role for him.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13801
GLOVES OFF
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may be putting on a brave face for the cameras after losing out to Gov. Sarah Palin for the veepship, but his ever-loyal cadre of aides and consultants and conservative media types continue to work for him.
Almost every critical remark made about Palin on a recent briefing call about her selection came from political consultants with ties to Romney. Those comments were planted, says one, because they knew that reporters would be on the call.
Sometimes serving from the outside can do more good.
My thoughts exactly.
Maybe he’s standing in the wings hoping Palin goes down in a flame of scandal and gossip, and he can step in for her.
So much for service to country.
So much for Romney.
The end.
Adios creep!
Or Chief of Staff.
Ahhh, you're just trying to get our hopes up...
I would love for him to get his own conservtive show on Fox News...something to replace Greta or Geraldo or even Bill O’Reilly. He would be outstanding as a role model and speaker for the conservative movement.
“My dad found that he was being ordered around by the White House and a bureaucracy inside his own department that was hard to move. It’s not for me.”
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Yeah—one way or another, ya gotta play ball, if ya wanna be at all successful—butcher, baker candlestick maker; otherwise....
Semper Fidelis
Dick
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Watch for his minions. They’re already restless and ready to start.
I agree. Of course all the haters are saying all the expected things. It is beyond their ability to behave with civility so of course they are unable to recognize classy behavior in others.
I remain extremely proud of my candidate but at the same time, like Mitt, whole-heartedly support Gov. Palin as the VP nominee.
Yeah, it’s especially hard when the ‘mover and shaker’ is as slimy as Mitt.
He already has said on Ingraham’s show today that he plans on staying active in advancing conservative issues for the Republican party. I believe him. He could have done a Hillary and went off to lick his wounds when he lost, but he’s been actively campaigning for McCain.
Seems like more and more people are just plain nasty these days. I’m a realist and not pie in the sky, but one can’t be cynical all the time.
However, if he is called on to lend his expertise to a cabinet post, he probably will.
Compare and contrast a competent adult who doesn't seek adulation and position to that of an adolescent like Hucksterbee who needs the limelight as badly as the Hollywood crowd.
Romney is a very talented man, but apparently lacking in good character. Obviously he could have delayed making these comments until they were relevant late in November. The fact that he didn’t makes him look like a sour-grapes loser of the worst sort.
Good.
We don’t need people whose idea of a great policy is one like that “RomneyCare” fiasco in Massachusetts.
What a nightmare it would be to have something like that on a national scale!
I think that is especially true of people who can hide behind the anonymity of the internet. I live in a small town and people are so incredibly kind here. Part of that is because we were raised to behave with civility but part of it also has to do with the fact we all shop at the same stores, eat at the same burger joint and service each others homes and businesses. Our children grew up together and played on the same teams.
I think this is part of why Gov. Palin has an 80% approval rating in Alaska, which is made up of many small communities like the one in which I live.
Urban dwellers and internet posters are not held personally accountable when they say or do cruel things. Here in small town America we have accountability.
I read that last night. I don’t believe everything I read. I would need to see more evidence.
I love the internet but I was just thinking yesterday about how nasty people are after reading some lefty sites’ comments about Palin.
P.S. I agree with you about the anonymity of the internet has made some people really foul.
Wow! I think we have gazillions-of-voters-and-candidates' consensus on that!
McCain may become the nightmare of the clogged bureaucracy in Washington.
I am friends with people of all types, with different opinions and backgrounds and we routinely and robustly disagree about most things but we never make the attacks personal and hateful in a manner that is demonstrated routinely on the internet. I am especially disappointed in self-described conservatives who behave in such an impolite fashion.
I can only hope that these people behave in a more respectable manner in person than they do here on Free Republic.
I thought Rove calling Biden a blowhard doofus was uncalled for and only adding more fuel to the fire.
Thank you for posting this. Had pretty much figured it out last night from some comments of his supporters trashing her on here.
Why would Sen McCain want Romney near the White House? He tried to undermine Sen McCain every step of the way and then wanted to be VP. Guess he couldn’t buy the VP slot either. Republicans don’t need their own flip flopper and yes I am getting ready for the 2012 race when Romney tries to buy the race again but it won’t happen. Too many people will know all about him by then thanks to people like Huckabee who had him pegged and stayed in the race to block Romney. Thanks Gov Huckabee.
It was Romney who leaked Palin’s dirt to reporters in a conference call last week.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13801
He’s through.
That’s the end of GOP politics for him. He burned his last bridge.
" Talking to reporters after the breakfast, Romney said "no thanks" to a 2012 run for the presidency. "I do not anticipate doing it again," he said, noting that he also wasn't interested in a Cabinet spot in a McCain administration.
He gave no hints of what he would do now besides stumping for McCain and other Republican candidates. Romney launched a political action committee this summer to raise funds for federal and state candidates.
"I haven't given a lot of thought to what I do after November," he said.
Save this statement for further use.
"Almost every critical remark made about Palin on a recent briefing call about her selection came from political consultants with ties to Romney. Those comments were planted, says one, because they knew that reporters would be on the call."
--And who really cares? I think Romney is irrelevant in politics. That's why I keep mentioning the private sector calling.
Romney/Palin would be a far better ticket than McNuts/Palin.
Never trust a RINO.
I am beginning to think the Romneyites are interested in torpedoing McCain/Palin this year. A Romney supporter was on FoxNews this morning saying that Sarah Palin should put her family first and be a stay-at-home mom.
Like if some nation has problems with paying for their Olympic costs?
He could help them getting bailed out by their federal gummint.
We’ll have to send Hugh Hewitt to have a talk with him. Hugh is already cheerleading for Palin, having gotten over his man-love for Mitt rather quickly.
INDEED!
98.76% of us folks knew that already!
If she goes down in a flame of scandal and gossip then I think she'll take McCain down with her.
JOE!!
Say it isn't so!
Since last Friday?
He needs to do what Reagan did...write conservative pieces, support conservative candidates and give conservative speeches.
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