Not sure exactly whom you count as a "Romneybot". Am I in that group because I don't have a visceral, blinding hatred for the man?
As for me, Mitt Romney is off my list of favored candidates. In some critical areas, he's just not on the conservative side of things.
But at the same time, I can think of others who are at least as bad. For example, I don't think he's any worse than John McCain, though they each have their strong and weak points.
I don't loathe Romney, and I don't think he deserves the level of spite, ridicule and anger which seems to arise every time his name is mentioned on FR. I think there are persistent, annoying exaggerations, smears and half-truths about him which are regularly presented as The Gospel (complete with Boston Glob articles), and that makes me sad for FR's sake.
Does that make me a "Romneybot"?
Indeed deceit and “slight of hand” is one of the hallmarks of a Romneybot. The old “I am not really a Romney fan" or "he is not on my list” after posting support of Mitt, other Romneybots or against conservatives and being called on it is one of the oldest ones in the book.
They all recognize Mitt for what he is - worthless, except to help the DNC.
“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006