Utah’s Most Famous RINO May Fall Off the Fence

PJ Media ^ | 27 Dec 2022 | Lincoln Brown

[Rummyfan]

It should come as no surprise to Utahns or anyone who identifies as conservative that Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) did not vote along party lines when it came to the $1.7 trillion spending bill/omnibus package. Well, he did vote along party lines, just not the party with which he is affiliated. Romney took to Twitter to explain his rationale...

If you couldn’t stand a political version of a time-share pitch, let me summarize it for you:

- It would cost less to pass it this year than next.
- Republicans aren’t organized enough to get a speaker together, let alone budgets.
- They need Senate Democrats to pass a budget, anyway.
- Sure, $1.7 trillion sounds like a lot of money, but it only makes up 1/3 of government spending. The other 2/3, which include social security, entitlements Medicare, and Medicaid, are the real culprits when it comes to debt.
- The Electoral Count Act will stop attempts to overturn elections.
- The bill has some good things in it.
- Utah gets some money out of it.

[Olog-hai]

There is no “fence” that Romney has ever straddled. He is consistently left-wing.

[nickcarraway]

- It would cost less to pass it this year than next.

On that point he my be right, but wouldn't that be a plus for him?

[StAnDeliver]

How is it, that the Mormon cabal, has not found a better nitwit? Romney stained the brand in 2012, and yet the White Underwear crowd has not groomed a successor, they haven't even cleared their throad Harrrumph! at Bishop Dullard's complete lack of grip, particularly in int'l influence -- which the Golden Plates cabal cravenly crave.

Trump should manipulate the 2024 Utah primary, surreptitiously pitting Evan McNothing vs Pierre Delecto, opening the door for MAGA candidate Sean Reyes to win a plurality.

If you get rid of Pierre's fat, stupid niece at the RNC, then this scenario is not only possible, but it's plausible.

[dsrtsage]

Munt can go to H E double sticks

[LouAvul]

You can say that again.

He just did

[kiryandil]

I couldn't resist.      

[Magic Fingers]

“It was ideological for him.”

I agree. Romney has wallowed in wealth his entire life; people who can’t imagine a life like that think that every move is based on picking up some additional cash. Power, ideology, and other factors matter much more to someone like him.

[LouAvul]

I say, "You can say that again. Wait! You just did!"

Cracks me up. They rarely respond.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Romney is a Mormon elder.

[Organic Panic]

I can’t believe he was the one I had to hold my nose and vote for against the Obama demon.

[dfwgator]

The ultimate Turd Sandwich vs. Giant Douche Election.

[falcon99]

There is something very wrong mentally with this one.

[lewislynn]

You can add 15.2% self-employment tax to that too.

15.2% is equal to employer/employee FICA.

[mewzilla]

But he’ll always be Deep State’s.

[mewzilla]

If those are my choices, I’m writing in Giant Meteor.

“Just End It Already” will work for me.

[Drew68]

I’m waiting for the day they declare social security bankrupt and can’t pay out its obligations while they still collect the withholding from people’s paychecks and the employers portions. That’s gonna be some sales job bolder than global warming, Covid, and FBI testimony, combined.

That'll happen the moment the dollar ceases being the world's reserve currency. And then everything collapses.

It'll be a variation of that old saying, "How did America go broke? Very slowly at first and then all at once."

[TomEd]

In 2012, I had the pleasure of evaluating 4,442 essays written by 5th graders on the topic of (I paraphrase) “who do you admire?”

Of course, somewhere around 25-35% of these kids admired either Barack or Michelle.

The number of Romney fans was MUCH easier to estimate. One (1). Not 1% — ONE. Out of 4,442.

At that point, I knew that the fix was in, the game was rigged, and the unprincipled, weaselly RINO enlisted to throw the election.

[2CAVTrooper]

“Social security was a ponzi scheme from day one—it is just a very long con:”

Social Security was never intended to be used as it’s being used now. It was never intended to provide an income for independent living.

Back when it was created, families were tight knit, and upon retirement the parents would move back in with the kids to help raise the grandkids and tend to the homestead. SS was intended as a supplemental income.

[Elsie]

I voted for NEITHER demon!

[scrabblehack]

A mugwump has his mug on one side of the political fence and his wump on the other.