Utah Senator Mitt Romney Thread

[Uncle Ted]

Man, that is a really great speech. Too bad we couldn't have him as president.

No, he wouldn't be a good president... he has BINDERS FULL OF WOMEN for gosh sakes!

[Uncle Ted]

Meh, he lost me when he said, "the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine." I can imagine a lot worse! Good grief, what a failure of imagination.

He did a decent job of recapping the claims and defenses. But there's a disconnect from that to why he did what he did.

Look, Mitt is old, he's run for president. He doesn't need this. He'd rather be an outlier, and bet on his legacy. But I think to history he may look vengeful, pious, resentful, and petty.

Is he really going to vote for Bernie Sanders? Let's get real about what's most dangerous to the Republic.

I want to know why Mitt voted "not guilty" on Article 2... Does Mitt have to flip-flop on everything?

[Bo Diddley]

Meh, he lost me when he said, "the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine." I can imagine a lot worse! Good grief, what a failure of imagination.

He did a decent job of recapping the claims and defenses. But there's a disconnect from that to why he did what he did.

Look, Mitt is old, he's run for president. He doesn't need this. He'd rather be an outlier, and bet on his legacy. But I think to history he may look vengeful, pious, resentful, and petty.

Is he really going to vote for Bernie Sanders? Let's get real about what's most dangerous to the Republic.

Right. I mean, he didn't go all Clinton on them and have them killed.

[Uncle Ted]

DT Jr is a wanker and so is anybody else that thinks Mitt is acting on a grudge.

Romney's former campaign spokesman is a wanker apparently...

Former Romney campaign spokesman says conviction decision is 'motivated by bitterness and jealousy'

The former press secretary of Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) 2012 presidential campaign called his decision to convict President Trump on the impeachment charge of abuse of power “motivated by bitterness and jealousy.”

Rick Gorka, who is now a communications director for the Republican National Committee (RNC), tweeted Wednesday that Trump “accomplished what he [Romney] has failed to do multiple times.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...s-motivated-by

[Bo Diddley]

Romney's former campaign spokesman is a wanker apparently...


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...s-motivated-by

That doesn't sound like something a communications director for the RNC would say.

[myboynoah]

Romney's former campaign spokesman is a wanker apparently...


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...s-motivated-by

Holy crap! This is earth shattering! A Trump puppet defames Mitt!

Gorka can ESAD.

Trump butt kissers can't abide goodness. Universal laws force them to turn away.

[Lost Student]

Romney's former campaign spokesman is a wanker apparently...


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...s-motivated-by

Yep, pretty apparent that person is a wanker. Only a wanker could think Romney is jealous of Trump.

[falafel]

Holy crap! This is earth shattering! A Trump puppet defames Mitt!

Gorka can ESAD.

Trump butt kissers can't abide goodness. Universal laws force them to turn away.

Must be why Uncle Ted can't leave Mitt alone.

[Commando]

God bless Mitt. Very proud of my senator today.

Man, that is a really great speech. Too bad we couldn't have him as president.

It's a pretty stark comparison to what we have today, isn't it? How many writers, handlers, coaches, and barbiturates would it have taken for Trump to deliver something like that?

[PaloAltoCougar]

Meh, he lost me when he said, "the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine." I can imagine a lot worse! Good grief, what a failure of imagination.

He did a decent job of recapping the claims and defenses. But there's a disconnect from that to why he did what he did.

Look, Mitt is old, he's run for president. He doesn't need this. He'd rather be an outlier, and bet on his legacy. But I think to history he may look vengeful, pious, resentful, and petty.

Is he really going to vote for Bernie Sanders? Let's get real about what's most dangerous to the Republic.

First, the good news: Romney will not vote for Sanders.

As to how history will view Romney's vote, I'd bet otherwise. Among other reasons, look at your string of adjectives and compare Romney's behavior with Trump's over the past several years--by comparison, Romney looks very good. If Trump looks better than Romney 30 years from now, I'll grieve (admittedly from the next dimension) about what happened to the nation.

There are three basic positions one can have with respect to Trump's impeachment: (i) he did nothing wrong, (ii) what he did was wrong, but he shouldn't be removed from office, and (iii) what he did was wrong, and he should be removed. I think reasonable minds can differ between positions (ii) and (iii), and the dialogue between those two positions can/should be rational and even high-minded. Those ripping on Romney are nearly all in the first camp, however, and in my view deserve little respect as I believe history will prove that that position was demonstrably false.

[LVAllen]

First, the good news: Romney will not vote for Sanders.

As to how history will view Romney's vote, I'd bet otherwise. Among other reasons, look at your string of adjectives and compare Romney's behavior with Trump's over the past several years--by comparison, Romney looks very good. If Trump looks better than Romney 30 years from now, I'll grieve (admittedly from the next dimension) about what happened to the nation.

There are three basic positions one can have with respect to Trump's impeachment: (i) he did nothing wrong, (ii) what he did was wrong, but he shouldn't be removed from office, and (iii) what he did was wrong, and he should be removed. I think reasonable minds can differ between positions (ii) and (iii), and the dialogue between those two positions can/should be rational and even high-minded. Those ripping on Romney are nearly all in the first camp, however, and in my view deserve little respect as I believe history will prove that that position was demonstrably false.

You've forgotten (iv) Whatever Trump did, Obama and Biden were worse. That means you can't remove him.

Yes, it makes no damn sense. Welcome to the national GOP state of mind.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Look, Mitt is old, he's run for president. He doesn't need this. He'd rather be an outlier, and bet on his legacy. But I think to history he may look vengeful, pious, resentful, and petty.

Maybe he is genuinely following his conscience on this one. Does that make him petty and pious? Good grief.

[Lost Student]

Maybe he is genuinely following his conscience on this one. Does that make him petty and pious? Good grief.

Only a wanker could think Romney is jealous of Trump.

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[tooblue]

Look, Mitt is old, he's run for president. He doesn't need this. He'd rather be an outlier, and bet on his legacy. But I think to history he may look vengeful, pious, resentful, and petty.

Maybe he is genuinely following his conscience on this one. Does that make him petty and pious? Good grief.

Looks like Seattle is on the wrong side of history, again ...

[myboynoah]

A Profile in Courage

But Republicans aren’t alone in being exposed by Romney’s admirable conduct. Maybe Democrats and those in the media who delighted in vilifying Romney in 2012—Senator Harry Reid lied about Romney’s taxes; an Obama super PAC tied him to a woman’s cancer death—might, in their private moments, rethink and even feel some remorse for what they did. Maybe they will see, if only for a few fleeting seconds, that they allowed their partisanship to overwhelm their sense of decency, that they sought to destroy the reputation of a man of enormous personal integrity to further their political aims.

Maybe, too, they will begin to understand that people on both sides of the aisle engage in the politics of personal destruction—although Trump plays this game better than they do—and when both sides do it, great injury is inflicted not only on our politics but also on our civic culture.

There’s an old hymn with which Romney is familiar, “Do What Is Right.” The chorus includes this line: “Do what is right; let the consequence follow.” It’s one thing to sing those words. It’s an entirely different thing to live them out.

Mitt Romney has lived those words, and history will honor him for having done so.

Mitt Happens!!!