Posted on 07/01/2016 5:08:29 AM PDT by blam
Neil W. McCabe
June 30, 2016
Former Massachusetts governor W. Mitt Romney told Face The Nation host John Dickerson Wednesday that his conscience would not allow him to vote for his partys presumptive nominee Donald Trump, reports Atlantic.com. Its a matter of personal conscience, he said. I cant vote for either of those two people, he said at the Aspen Ideas forum, co-sponsored by Atlantic and the Aspen Institute.
Romney also allowed that his wife Ann would be an ideal president and he could write in her name, or failing that, he would write in the name of a third-party candidate.
It is interesting, though, that Romney stressed his conscience. Not so much as his own conscience, which has tacked left and right more times than a yacht off Nantucket, but rather, the 50-years-back dig at Barry Goldwater, the senator from Arizona and the author of the 1960 book Conscience of a Conservative.
In the 1964 race for the Republican nomination, Mitts father George Romney was the governor of Michigan and was well-respected as the successful CEO of American Motors. Thats when Romney-père ran what would now be called the #NeverGoldwater movement.
Goldwater was not backed by what Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) called the kingmakers of the Republican party. But Goldwater was a popular force speaking up for the New West and what was developing as a more robust conservative movement out of the shadows of Dwight Eisenhower.
The heir to Eisenhower Republicanism was supposed to be New Yorks Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, but he had the unwanted blessing of his mistress baby born being right before the California primary. The event cost him the primary and the nomination, spawning the joke: Only Rockefeller could make motherhood a liability.
After the Rockefeller collapse, Romney-pères first overt move was in 1964,
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Romney is a Democrat, Dole is a D, McCain, Ryan, they sold out and Democrats have taken over the party. There is no other logical explanation.
Romney took over Nash and turned it into a very successful American Motors, behind only GM and Ford.
“DNC employee, disguised as a RINO.”
I think he is a Marxist/globalist-
Thinks he and other elites (and families)
are the ones to rule...gee where have I read that before?
behind is the operative word. American motors is long dead and gone because it wasn’t worth a damn
GDYTHMR
You forgot Chrysler. AMC never came close to rivaling MOPAR
George Romney left it in 1962. Its decline set in when it became a ‘me too’ car company later.
What’s his problem? It’s either love of country and he’s acting honorably or complete sour grapes. Either way, get over it. You’ve made your millions. Just live on the coast and shut up.
Under George Romney, by 1960 AMC (headed by the Rambler) outsold Chrysler.
If the elites engineer a Trump loss as they did to Goldwater, I think their party is finished.
As an Independent, I will be voting for Trump, NOT for the Republican candidate.
I may or may not be voting down ticket for Republican candidates since that will depend on the candidate. At this point in time, I have three Republicans plus Trump I WILL be voting far. The rest are up for grabs at this point.
If he’d campaigned as hard against The Won four years ago as he’s campaigning against Donald Trump today, he would be running for reelection now.
It’s time to blow-up this worthless POS party.
Always distrusted Romney, now I wish I voted for my wife and not him last election.
The family name Romney should be put on site ignore.
Romney,,just go away. Go put your dog on top of your car and leave us alone.
” he made Trump sound like the greatest thing since peanut butter...”
Every time Romney says something nasty about Trump, Trump should show this video.
Mitt Romney, as a board member of The Cheap Labor Express, must prevent the citizens from stopping the illegal alien inundation.
By any means necessary.
Since they failed to stop us from nominating Trump, the first non-amnesty candidate since the last amnesty, they will do whatever they can to undermine him and elect Hillary.
The most important thing to the GOPe is blocking the citizens from electing a President who would enforce the laws and borders. That has been the case since Reagan.
Every nominee since the last amnesty has been an open borders toady.
This is why Romney/Ryan were teamed up last election, this is why RINO RYAN is the Speaker of the House, this is why Romney is pushing to get Trump out of the way...
There is dirt here, dirt that the Mormon church doesn't know about or how deep it goes, this is the ruination of Romney...this is what Barky used behind the scenes to get Romney out...
If true (Having very serious doubts, having worked in the industry), they sure crashed and burned fast.
“Chrysler” was a sub brand, as was Dodge and Chrysler truck, much like Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Pontiac. There were few “Chryslers” sold, but huge numbers of Chrysler Corp. vehicles sold.
AMC was never had the market share of Chrysler Corp, and was never considered one of “The Big 3”. And Chrysler targeted gov’t and heavy industry sales, not consumer autos.
I remember that.
I met the man back in ‘68. He immediately struck me as a politician first and foremost. You know how you meet someone, and the first flush thought to sweep over your being is, “I wouldn’t trust this guy as far as I could throw him”.
That’s how George came across to me.
CA....
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