Posted on 04/08/2015 5:40:24 AM PDT by Rockitz
BOSTON (CBS) It might just be the biggest upset of the NCAA tournament.
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican nominee for president, has never claimed to be an expert on basketball. But his March Madness bracket turned out to be one of the most accurate in the country, finishing in the 99.9th percentile.
Romney correctly picked Duke as the national champion, nailed the Final Four and selected six of the Elite Eight teams. His bracket was leaked by a source to the Huffington Post.
In 2012, Romney said he decided not to fill out a bracket because he was too busy campaigning. Now he just wishes he put some money on his picks.
Shouldve put $10,000 on my bracket, Romney tweeted after the championship game, referencing a widely-mocked remark during a 2011 presidential primary debate. Congrats, Coach K and @DukeU.
So ol’ white bread Willard whipped the snot outta ubercool Obama. Funny.
We can carp all we want about Romney but there is no doubt in my mind that we would not have had most of the disasters of the past three years if he had one. We wouldn’t be happy, but we wouldn’t have Obama’s absolute disasters.
Correction, “won”
Those Mormons in Utah know their basketball.
The past 3 years? How 'bout the past 6+ years?
That’s true, he did run against McCain in the primary in 08
I don't vote on NCAA picks. I vote on abortion, illegal immigration, guns, socialized medicine, and the size of the federal government. Romney was 100% against what I wanted on those issues.
/johnny
Well, clearly, Obama was the better pick.
Yep, he's unelectable, regardless of what the GOP-E says. Reality proves otherwise.
/johnny
Conflating not voting for Romney as voting for Obama is a GOP-E dirty trick.
/johnny
If you refused to vote against Obama then it’s no wonder your conscience is eating you alive.
BS. When the libs vote for their candidate who is “not lib enough,” they work to change him or her to their liking. People like you stay at home and cry.
sure is
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Romney was a liberal, pretending to be “severely conservative” but nominating him even took ObamaCare off the big debate topics.
He was destined to lose.
I don’t vote on NCAA picks. I vote on abortion, illegal immigration, guns, socialized medicine, and the size of the federal government. Romney was 100% against what I wanted on those issues.
I agree but I have a hard time believing that Romney would be worse then Obama. The states would still be reducing abortion access. We probably wouldn’t have socialized medicine because Romney would not have gotten it through the Congress. I don’t know. Obama certainly has destroyed our country.
Not voting for a liberal, any liberal, is the goal, and I managed that in that particular race.
Voting for a liberal, even a republican liberal must be eating YOU alive.
I'm not a republican. I'm a conservative. I don't vote for liberals. Ever.
I do try to politically destroy liberal republicans. And I always will.
I worked hard to help send Dewhurst back to his farm, and today, he is retired from politics. The favorite of the GOP-E and the guy endorsed by Perry got the message to get out of Texas Politics.
Romney, of course, lost again. He's got a track record of losing.
Anyone supporting Romney is a liberal.
/johnny
Harry Reid's "exercise equipment" maintenance guys?
But yes, NCAA picks and $5 may get you a coffee at Starbucks.
That was an uphill battle, but the fight still had to be fought.
/johnny
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