Utah Senator Mitt Romney Thread

[MartyFunkhouser]

He was the mayor of Provo and then ran successfully for a seat in congress. He has been a pretty good congressman. Moderate enough that the hard-core MAGA people don't like him. Getting through the primary will be the challenge. He circumvented the convention process using the petition method, which I am sure he will need to do again. Stupid utah republicans.

He is mid. We could do a lot worse. We probably will do worse.

[Shaka]

Curtis is a good candidate. Cousin Brent would be good as well. He's a level-headed moderate conservative.

[Jeff Lebowski]

What's his background?

He was the mayor of Provo and then ran successfully for a seat in congress. He has been a pretty good congressman. Moderate enough that the hard-core MAGA people don't like him. Getting through the primary will be the challenge. He circumvented the convention process using the petition method, which I am sure he will need to do again. Stupid utah republicans.

[Pelado]

John Curtis has officially filed his candidacy for Mitt's senate seat. That surprises me a bit because he was reluctant to do so. He just built a big nice house down the street from us and has indicated he is looking forward to a quieter life. But I am very happy to see this as I think he is far better than any of the other candidates that have filed so far.

What's his background?

[Jeff Lebowski]

John Curtis has officially filed his candidacy for Mitt's senate seat. That surprises me a bit because he was reluctant to do so. He just built a big nice house down the street from us and has indicated he is looking forward to a quieter life. But I am very happy to see this as I think he is far better than any of the other candidates that have filed so far.

[Omaha 680]

RINO was always a stupid insult as it denotes there should be purity tests to belong to a freaking political party. But Trump has rendered the term RINO completely meaningless. I don't even know if Trump and Gaetz have guiding political principles beyond raw self-serving ambition, but they certainly aren't conservatives in the Reagan/WF Buckley mold.

[smokymountainrain]

I listened to The Dispatch podcast featuring an interview with McKay Coppins about his new book, Romney: A Reckoning. It was interesting but I wasn't going to buy the book until I read Trump's review:

Putting aside the facts that Coppins, not Romney, wrote the book, and that Trump pretty clearly hasn't read a book in decades, if ever (other than perhaps, The Art of the Deal), Trump continues his stranglehold on the title, Biggest Asshole in Politics Today. His review impelled me just now to order the book.

chances trump read the book (or reads any books for that matter): 0%

[Donuthole]

Trump's impassioned disapproval is pretty much the best endorsement someone could ever ask for.

[myboynoah]

This changes nothing.

Write in Mitt!!!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Seems very presidential.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I listened to The Dispatch podcast featuring an interview with McKay Coppins about his new book, Romney: A Reckoning. It was interesting but I wasn't going to buy the book until I read Trump's review:

Putting aside the facts that Coppins, not Romney, wrote the book, and that Trump pretty clearly hasn't read a book in decades, if ever (other than perhaps, The Art of the Deal), Trump continues his stranglehold on the title, Biggest Asshole in Politics Today. His review impelled me just now to order the book.

[myboynoah]

This changes nothing.

Write in Mitt!!!

[Jeff Lebowski]

I'm pretty sad about Mitt retiring, but mostly concerned about mbn and how he's taking the news. Hope he's well.

Yeah, where is that guy? We need an intervention.

[YOhio]

I'm pretty sad about Mitt retiring, but mostly concerned about mbn and how he's taking the news. Hope he's well.

[YOhio]

We do have minimum requirements in place. Why not maximum?

I don't think we necessarily need an age limit, just see if they can say "Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV." multiple times in order.