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Posted on 01/29/2014 5:09:36 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
“I can’t fake it,” then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney said as the political advisers and family members nearby deflated. They knew what that meant.
The scene, which occurred during the heated 2008 GOP primary battle between Romney and his rising political adversary, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), occurs early on in the new Netflix documentary, Mitt. The film premieres on Netflix at 11 AM today and offers a rarely-seen look at the former Governor and his family as they trudge through two seemingly-endless presidential campaigns.
Director Greg Whiteley was given great access to Romney during those campaigns, and he uses it to craft a delicate but commanding voyage into what it means to be a presidential candidate today. The feature begins and ends with the results of the 2012 election. We all know how the election ended but few of us know what it’s like working day-to-day on a presidential campaign and seeing the disparity between a candidate’s real personality and the caricature of him that’s presented to the public (“the flipping Mormon,” as Romney says).
Leaving superficiality aside, Mitt offers up an intimate look at this skilled politician, and a man who— if things had been different— could’ve been president of the United States.
When he notes he can’t “fake it,” he’s talking about the long odds against him in the 2008 primary. After losing Florida (thanks in part to Governor Charlie Crist’s endorsement of McCain), Romney knows that his opponent is unbeatable. The former Governor could, as some presidential aspirants would, continue to give the same stump speeches, the same talking points and the same fundraising calls he’s done a million times before. But he refuses. He can’t fake something he doesn’t believe in anymore.
And one of the most compelling aspects of Whiteley’s well-organized feature is how open the candidate is to the camera, even during moments of great sadness and heartbreak. While some of the candidate’s best-known attributes are on display (his business acumen, for one), the documentary also presents a more fully-rounded portrait of Romney and his family.
This is a heart-breaking movie. Mitt comes across as about as decent a man as anyone can imagine. He's realistic, level-headed, and loving. His family is absolutely beautiful.
And I'm saying this as someone who was a harsh critic of his.
The movie is especially poignant, considering the fact that the fundamental transformation of America is almost complete.
We would be far better off with him as president today.
Did Mitt ever apologize to Gov. Palin and her children
for the attacks of his disgusting surrogates just
prior to the Election of 2008?
or did he not let her speak in 2012
after he attacked every conservative
but before he ‘gave up’?
I agree with you and in before the bash Mitt posts. 5,4,3,2,......
I agree too... and you weren’t fast enough. ;-)
Oh just suck it up and get over it. What a bunch of whiners there are on this website. I’m really tired of it.
Are YOU “over” Romney’s RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE?
or how about the rest of HIS impositions?
Clearly, you also support Obama.
“”Mitt” Like You’ve Never Seen Him”
This makes the unfounded assumption that we would like to see him again.
I’ve seen all I need to see of Willard RINOmney.
Does it bother you that after the nomination he reverted back to being pro-abortion and came out against the party's pro-life platform, and that he ran pro-choice ads in Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin?
In before the in before the folks.
Damn!
/johnny
Have any links between Romney and Palin smearers been made? Or are these just rumors and guesses? I would like to know.
But I think we might be some better off with Mitt...Although I think Mitt is a GOPe..and maybe it's better we just get to the end of it..with Bracki.
I'd rather get to where we are going...faster than drip, drip, drip.
Mitt wasn't going to stop anything. Just like McCain, Dole, Hatch, McConnell, Cristie, Bush,..etc...etc...
Mercat beat you in post three.
I’m in before the pointless, bitter, internecine mudfight, hurled mittful after filthy mittful...lol....
I should DVR it in case I ever eat something bad and it needs to come up. I can save the charcoal or syrup of ipecac
The only thing worse than this tripe is Rush, et all, falling for this
It’s right on the heels of Christie losing his spot. This stand for nothing but getting rid of conservatives guy who goes in just to clear the path for the dems so the GOP can stay in the minority country club collecting perks from lobbyists working for corporatists, is worse than Obama
At least we know he’s a Kenyan born, lady hating interloper as Gutfeld aptly points out
No no no no no
“We would be far better off with him as president today.”
Yes, we would. But he is not and the bastard is and he post because he ran the poorer campaign and made some serious mistakes and I don’t want HIM, or “JEB” or Christie or some other damn RINO to run again.
Its time we ran a Reagan clone and WON for a change!!
Mitt played the puppy to McCain, so that “his turn” was next!
Neither one of these lizards are worth it, then and now.
No thank you, GOP_E!
The last thing we need is a candidate the media can love for a while before the thrill is gone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fk2prKnYnI
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