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Mitt Romney, We Hardly Knew Ye
The Federalist ^ | 10/30/23 | MARK HEMINGWAY

Posted on 10/30/2023 5:56:20 PM PDT by CFW

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There are several good bits in the article, but one of my favorites is this:

"I half expected the excerpt to end with Coppins nervously edging toward the door as Romney casually starts to fondle an axe and lay down plastic sheeting in the living room while cheerfully monologuing about what a tool Josh Hawley is."

1 posted on 10/30/2023 5:56:20 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

It’s hard to know a vacuum.


2 posted on 10/30/2023 5:57:25 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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He’ll always have a spot at CNN as the go-to Republican.


3 posted on 10/30/2023 5:59:20 PM PDT by freedomlover
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4 posted on 10/30/2023 6:01:28 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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Mitt Romney announced he will retire from the Senate after one term.

I had to check this. It feels like Romney has been in the Senate for two terms (12 years).

Romney couldn't face the voters for re-election after his poor performance in Washington.

5 posted on 10/30/2023 6:03:49 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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Ritt Momsey....good riddance to Pierre Delecto.

“PIERRE DELECTO, Anti-Trump Republican Senator Is Done - Calls It A Career IN WEAK MITT ROMNEY STYLE”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3yE3R__f7o


6 posted on 10/30/2023 6:04:42 PM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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This will make two one-term offices Romney has held, in two different states, and being forced to leave both of them for poor performance.


7 posted on 10/30/2023 6:05:21 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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One of my old ones

Good job! 😅👍🤣


8 posted on 10/30/2023 6:06:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

He couldn’t even get re-elected in Massachusetts even though he represented that constituency for most of the last six years.


9 posted on 10/30/2023 6:07:02 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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10 posted on 10/30/2023 6:08:58 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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11 posted on 10/30/2023 6:10:12 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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Sorry, Romne did not have a 30 year political career.

He appeared out of nowhere to run against Ted Kennedy in 1994 (mainly on his father’s name), then vanished, then reappered to take out acting-governor Jane Swift of MA and he defeated the Democrat in November.

Did a shitty job as governor (I live in MA), decided to run for president, lost, decided to run for president, lost, then was bequeathed a US Senate seat because Orrin Hatch wanted to retire and didn’t want the seat to go conservative.

He’s not some elder statesman like Richard Nixon.

He’s a failed and worthless politician.


12 posted on 10/30/2023 6:11:28 PM PDT by cotton1706
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13 posted on 10/30/2023 6:11:39 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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Well……………bye


14 posted on 10/30/2023 6:12:44 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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Never in my life have I been MORE disappointed in a leader than I am with Mitt Romney.

As early as 2001, when I saw Mitt Romney come in and SAVE the 2002 Winter Olympics, I thought... This guy would make a GREAT President.

I was disappointed that he didn’t run in 2008. But, I dismissed it by thinking. “He saw the writing on the wall with Obama’s 1st term”.

In 2012, Mitt was PERFECTLY positioned to save us from the Communist’s 2nd term. But, he WIMPED OUT! He refused to go after Obama’s failure at Benghazi and handed over any chance he had at victory.

I’m convinced, this weakness was a BIG part of what persuaded Trump... (a patriot who would have preferred to remain a businessman) ... to run for President. I think DJT would have been MUCH happier to see Romney win, and enact pro-business policies. But, he didn’t. So, Trump had NO CHOICE.

After that, Romney went total milque-toast. Worse, he became a Trump-hater.

Well... SCREW YOU, Mitt Romney. Go enjoy your millions of dollars and grandkids. Just leave REAL governance to men with BALLS, like DJT!


15 posted on 10/30/2023 6:13:18 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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16 posted on 10/30/2023 6:13:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I don’t see how Hemmingway can call Romney an “otherwise exemplary man” after setting out what he knows about him and the lies in the book, but the final paragraph in the article is this:

“By contrast, until I read Romney: A Reckoning, it had never occurred to me that the most obvious reason Romney’s political career petered out in a hail of grievances is that he’s turned into — and it pains me to say this about an otherwise exemplary man — kind of an asshole.”


17 posted on 10/30/2023 6:16:23 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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🐶🐶🐶🦮🐕‍🦺🐩 WE APPROVE. 🐾


18 posted on 10/30/2023 6:23:40 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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Long-winded article on a subject none of us really care about. Hard to believe an entire book on him will sell.


19 posted on 10/30/2023 6:24:36 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (11)
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Yes, we know Romney and he is a real POS. Hopefully, Mormons will learn not to vote for a candidate just because of his/her religion.


20 posted on 10/30/2023 6:26:45 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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