Apparently there is a Trump-Orban-Putin authoritarian alliance as well as coordination and support for the Trump re-election campaign. It did seem more inevitable that Mitt Romney would choose party over country if only to demonstrate a potential leadership position upon the repudiation of Trumpism. Apparently he can vote one way on impeachment as a random…
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Mitt Romney: 'No way to spin' Trump's coronavirus failures
Oh, check out the above photo. Mitt Romney looks like such a lapdog you might be justifiably worried that Mitt Romney is about to strap Mitt Romney to the roof of Mitt Romney’s car. But sometime after Donald Trump invited Romney to dinner so he could humiliate him by scuttling his bid for a cabinet post, Romney discovered…
Romney Strategist: What I'm gonna do is support Democrats because …
Former Romney Republican Strategist Stuart Stevens recently appeared on TV and said he will be voting democratic. He gave specific reasons. Strategist Stuart Stevens is voting Democratic to save Democracy from Trump tyranny x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. “What I'm going to do is support Democrats,” the former Romney strategist said. “Because I…
Should Joe Biden Pick Romney for State?
Taegan Goddard has a members-only piece up on Political Wire: Imagining Biden’s Team of Rivals. If Biden is elected — and I will hold my breath until he’s actually sitting behind the Roosevelt Desk and the nuclear codes are safely in his hands — then, Goddard suggests, Biden should consider making Mitt Romney his Secretary…
NYT: Bush, Romney won't support Trump; Colin Powell will vote for Biden
To be sure, I am not a fan of George W. Bush, no matter how many candies he hands Michelle Obama. But if Bush was a big, jagged kidney stone that took eight years to pass, Donald Trump is a large cache of unexploded Korean War ordnance lodged in my urethra. And he needs to…
Mitt Romney: U.S.' coronavirus testing record 'nothing to celebrate whatsoever'
The best I can say about Mitt Romney is that he ran for president as a Republican and somehow isn’t a garbage heap of hate and willful stupidity. The second best thing I can say about him is Donald Trump despises him, which means he must be doing something right. Today, he spoke truth to…
Mitt Romney slams Trump's Testing Czar: Nothing to celebrate whatsoever
Mitt Romney showed his independence as he slammed the president and his Testing Czar much harder than even Democrats. Is he running for president? Romney let busts the president lies on testing Watch our full episodes here. ”I understand that politicians are going to frame data in a way that is most positive politically,” Mitt Romney…
Romney Is Just Another GOP Hack
Well, so much for Saint Mitt. Just yesterday I had a diary praising Romney for actually putting the country first, not to mention common decency. Today he proved me wrong: Romney to vote for subpoena in Senate investigation targeting the Bidens A day after threatening to withhold his vote, Sen. Mitt Romney signaled Friday that…
Romney Throws a Wrench into GOP Plans to Smear Biden [Update: The Fix Analyzes Romney's Move]
Mitt Romney is once again showing that it’s possible for a Republican to stand up to Trump and survive. The Hill reported about an hour ago that Romney is calling the newly revived Hunter Biden “investigation” out for what it is: a political stunt. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Thursday that a GOP investigation…
Two cheers for Mitt Romney’s Lincolnesque moment
One day after he cast his historic vote to remove President Donald Trump office, Utah Senator and former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has continued to receive accolades for his principled and lonely stand. But Romney didn’t merely buck his Party of Lincoln in becoming the first Senator to ever vote to convict an impeached president…
Sen. Mitt Romney excoriates Trump and will vote to convict (VIDEO)
Mitt Romney did not pull any punches as he said he would vote to convict President Trump. He said that the president’s council did nothing to prove that the president did not commit an impeachable offense. x x YouTube Video “There was no question in my mind,” Romney said. “That were their names, not Biden, the…
Romney campaign adviser: Republicans now intent on extinguishing the very concept of truth
When the history obscene bathroom-stall doodles of this presidency are finally written, they will note that Donald Trump was an impeached president. And you’ll be able to find GOP Congress members’ souls for sale at deep discounts in St. Vinnie’s bargain bins across the country — because having sold them to shield the most egregious…
Romney and Ryan: candidates with poor judgment
Saturday’s announcement by Gov. Mitt Romney that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is his new running mate wasn’t a complete surprise; it was well known he was on the short list for weeks. To casual observers, this is a good choice for Romney, as Ryan and he are said to get along well and share similar…