Romney was the worst possible choice in 2008, and is in 2012, and he is so bad that many of us have vowed that we will not vote for him.
Romney needs to be driven from Republican politics. Romney has a life long dislike for conservatives and even left the party when Reagan was elected, Romney has a very Democrat political makeup and for years he was devoted to them with campaign support and fundraising (late 1980s-early 1990s), until he wanted to run for office, then he became a hard left Republican, re registering in the GOP in late 1992.
We don’t even know why Romney is in politics, but it isn’t for good.
Romney has been running for 20 years, and no one knows why, or what for, yet the great majority of people feel uneasy about him.
I believe the reason Romney is in this race is to unleash the ultimate crony capitalism on our country like we have never seen before. I think, if he got the chance, he would loot our treasury for every cent he and his greedy, filthy rich (with the emphasis on “filthy”) partners in predation could get, bankrupting our country in the process while they pocket the profits for themselves. After all, that’s the one thing Romney learned how to do in his business career. His record of looting companies in the private sector gave Romney the experience to do just one thing well in the federal government and that is to loot the treasury. He will drive up our debt, funnel the money to his Wall Street cronies, bail out after 4 years and escape to some permanent offshore getaway.
If you thought John Edwards was hiding something sinister beneath his smiling, sunny exterior, Romney gives off the same signals 100 times more intensely. There is absolutely no rational reason for him to be as much of a pathological liar as he is unless he is trying desperately to hide a Machiavellian agenda of gargantuan proportions beneath the layers and layers of facades that form his political makeup. It’s the ultimate double blind game. You make yourself look like you have a flimsily fabricated false facade for a seemingly obvious, benign reason, in this case the political expediency of a flip-flopper. But what it really accomplishes is to cause people to write off your unmistakable inauthenticity as mostly harmless, when in reality you’re using your entire multilayered persona as a cover for deeper, darker plans that most people could never imagine.
Mitt Romney is a bizarre and creepy character who lacks even the most faintly detectable ethical pulse. There is a thinly veiled rage lurking beneath his surface that occasionally exhibits itself in what look like very awkward behavioral moments, as if he is contorting his body in a struggle to suppress deep, feral and bloodthirsty instincts.
I believe Romney could do even more damage to this country than Barack Obama. Someone who thinks he means well but does everything wrong is still not as dangerous as a malicious character out to coldbloodedly destroy your livelihood, dismantle your dreams and take you and your family for everything you’re worth.
Newt Gingrich is an absolute patriot and American hero for trying to take this frightening, sinister character out ANY WAY THAT HE CAN, and for possibly being willing to fall on his own sword in the process of saving his country. I think Newt instinctively understands the threat Romney poses to our nation after suffering the brutal, amoral and heartless attacks from Romney and his cronies firsthand. If Newt can succeed in wiping Romney off the face of the political landscape for good then he will have done our country his greatest and most admirable service to date.
In my opinion, between McCain and Romney, it was a close race as far as the worst candidate. I share your unease about Romney, but McCain just lacked the temperament needed to be president. Recall his "suspension of campaign" during the financial meltdown, and extremely irresponsible foreign policy statements, especially regarding Russia (post Cold War).
But I have a question: in states and cities with zero chance of electing a conservative / Tea Party Republican, would you just cede those completely to Democrats? Isn't it better to have Christie, Giuliani, Romney in Democrat states, and conservative Republicans in conservative states? How about the 2 Maine Senators, Scott Brown? If we had someone like Scott Brown earlier, Obamacare would have never happened.
Or even somewhat sane Democrats (sometimes running as Republicans, like Bloomberg), rather than insane Democrats.
I live in New York City, so this issue is very relevant to me.