The Problem with Romney Nostalgia

Townhall.com ^ | January 14, 2015 | Jonah Goldberg

[Finny]

I fully accept the possibility that I may have gone insane [for refusing to vote anymore for a leftist Republican in the general election].

Actually, McBuff, you and I (I'm right there with you) have gone SANE. It's poor ol' Kaslin who still, as you and I used to, subscribes to Einstein's definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.

NOTE: Excuse the BAD typo in my post 21!! I've asked the mods to delete it!!

[RipSawyer]

“But in the category “cares about people like me,” Romney lost by a staggering 63 points (81 to 18).”
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I don’t want him to run again either but the idea that more than four out of five voters think Romney cares less about people than Obama does seems to say far more about the stupidity of the voters than about Romney. I don’t want him in the white house but as I have said in the past about George W. Bush, I would rather have Mitt holding a knife to my throat than have Obama invite me to dinner. I mean really, who do people think would be more likely to go out of his way to help someone Romney or Obama? I personally think anyone who says Obama is living in a fog. Obama does a fine job of talking about all the great things he will do for you but I doubt that he would spend fifteen minutes of his own time to save the life of a stranger if he didn’t expect to get some political benefit from the action.

[Finny]

I would rather have Mitt holding a knife to my throat than have Obama invite me to dinner....

Wow. Such is the logic of those willing to vote for Romney.

[RipSawyer]

Did you even read it? I said that I DON’T want Romney for president but I still say anyone who trusts Obama more than he does Romney is a blithering idiot.

[GeronL]

Why should we trust either of them? Both of them are bald-faced liars

[highball]

I understand what you’re saying, and respect it, but so long as we reward the GOP moderates with our votes, they’ll have no incentive to nominate a conservative.

I just can’t do it any more. They’ll have to get by without me. I’ll donate to the men I believe in, and vote for the ones I can trust, but I won’t blindly cast a vote for anyone just because they carry the magic (R) after theIr name.

Whatever it takes to get the Party bosses to wake up. I don’t know what else we can do.

[RipSawyer]

The question is which one would you choose if you had no OTHER choice! If you had to put your life in the hands of one or the other which would it be. Maybe I’m crazy but I cannot see any way to choose Obama.

[GeronL]

The answer is still neither of those leftists.

[RipSawyer]

Well, in 2012 you were going to get one or the other whether you voted, stayed home and pitched a screaming fit or whatever. None of the above was not a choice.

[Finny]

Ah! I stand corrected. Thank you for setting me straight with regard to your sentiments. My apologies, and glad to see that we are on the same page! God bless you and yours!

[Finny]

That said ... yes I do read, and I think anyone who trusts Romney more than they trust Obama is a blithering, if well-meaning, DUPE. :^)

[Jewbacca]

Romney is the herpes of the Republican Party.

You think he’s gone, but then he reappears and never seems to go away.

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If you are for:

Interference in foreign countries
The ongoing, senseless war on drugs
The wasteful war on terror that only serves as a feel-good measure
Government interference in and control of the markets
Stopping fuel exploration in this country
Control of healthcare
Regulating arms

Then you'll have to win without me.

Sounds like your quarrel isn't just with Romney.

Opposition to 1-3 (maybe 1-4) represent a libertarian point of view that any Republican nominee would be unlikely to satisfy.

[x]

In 2007, when President Obama announced that he was running for president, he did it in Springfield, Ill., to highlight his supposed connection to Abraham Lincoln. He brought in his biggest fans to cheer him on. When George W. Bush announced in 1999, he did it in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Bush campaign, likewise, brought in a big crowd of supporters. John Kerry announced in Patriot's Point, S.C., in 2003, amid a sea of American flags, war veterans and an aircraft carrier in the background. And where was Mitt Romney when he announced on Friday that he was thinking of another run in 2016? He, too, was talking to his base: about 30 deep-pocketed donors in New York City. "Tell your friends," he said.

I don't disagree with Jonah's criticisms, but that's anything but a fair comparison.

Maybe every presidential candidate first floats the idea in private to the money guys so as not to be left high and dry by contributors, but that's not the official announcement of a candidacy.

Last time Romney officially announced on a tractor on a New Hampshire farm. The time before that it was at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. If he announces again it won't be at a closed meeting of donors.

[arderkrag]

I’ve never made any secret of that.