Posted on 05/06/2016 6:05:06 AM PDT by C19fan
Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, said at a dinner in Washington on Thursday night that he had no intention of supporting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and said he was "dismayed" by what he saw as a drift toward "demagoguery and populism" in both parties.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
All the vitriol vs Romney is earned and deserved by Mitt. But. He and the Bushes and McCain and Ryan and the rest are good for Trump by being negative. They all validate Trump as not being one of them.
I wish all of these GOP priggish old farts would just shut up.
Romney mischaracterizes and trivializes Trump’s assessment of the country’s problems and shows contempt for American citizens.
I regret my vote for this jerk more everyday.
Romney Backs democrats By Default
I don’t understand how a loser like Romney can say crap like this. He was rejected by the American people in 2012. In 2016, all GOPers of his ilk have been rejected. Why does he want to be on the outside looking in?
I'm with you
You have to be an idiot if you don't see the harm that the Islamist and Illegals are doing to this country.
It isn't demagoguery to tell the truth.
Romney had my vote, now he doesn't even have my pity. Go away Mitt to where losers go and just shut up.
Romney is a bubble boy. These people live in bubbles, in clouds and have no idea that the grassroots are growing.
Sit down and shut up!
Let me fix this... Romney is mad because he thought there would be an open convention and that he would get SOME ATTENTION again
Mitt, shut up and sit down.
Top Aide Illegally Impersonating Police Officers
The most bizarre scandal of Romney’s 2008 campaign involved Jay Garrity, Mitt’s director of operations (basically, his right-hand man.) Garrity resigned from the campaign after several allegations that he claimed to be a policeman, and used that authority to intimidate people.
In one case, Garrity pulled over a New York Times reporter, ran his plates and ordered him to stop following the campaign caravan. In another, he allegedly called a plumbing company to complain about one of their employees, whose driving upset him, and identified himself as “Trooper Garrity of the Massachusetts State Police.” Garrity denied that allegation, but he was cited by Boston police in 2004 for having police equipment — including flashing lights — in his Crown Victoria sedan without authorization. The phone call was recorded because an answering service actually fielded the call, which the person who called himself “Trooper Garrity” apparently didn’t notice.
Despite his resignation, Garrity remains under investigation in two states for impersonation of police.
Well, it gets worse. According to three different anonymous sources, one who works for the Romney campaign, Garrity made up fake police badges — bright silver plates with the seal of Massachusetts on them — and gave them to several other staffers, who used them to order reporters and other people out of events, get past security guards, and avoid paying highway tolls. In fact, Garrity has been handing out badges since Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
So this was not just one staffer’s personal fetish. Sources named at least two other Romney staffers who used the badges — Mark Glanville and William Ritter. “They knew the badges were fake and probably illegal,” the campaign source said. In fact, Garrity was Romney’s right-hand man and rarely left his side. It’s hard to believe that Mitt Romney himself did not notice the fact that Garrity was constantly flashing a police badge as they blew through security into various events. The Romney campaign has not commented on whether Mitt Romney knew about the badges.
Using fake badges is, of course, illegal.
Romney aide is the focus of probe - Allegedly acted as State Police trooper”, By Stephanie Ebbert and Scott Helman, Boston Globe, June 22, 2007
POS
Most Republican politicians are spineless twits.
He and Krisol and Paul Ryan can go off to their own little non-demagogue non-populist island, and enjoy that 3% of the vote.
How is populism not conservative ?
Yes, and McCain.
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