“But not Biden so probably Trump but I will have my fingers crossed when I be a hypocrite and Jebus will forgive me.” - Rich white guy
But… he voted for Biden.
This thread is the epitome of low information D voters parroting the R=bad line. Romney was one of that last reasonable republicans left.
It seems people love drawing lines in the sand, just to vilify those who step over, even momentarily. It’s the middle-ground politicians on both sides that are actually pushing worthwhile legislation.
For example, nationwide stimulus checks during Covid: a Romney initiative. But he has an R by his name, so I guess nothing he does matters. “It wasn’t enough”, “it was just for optics,” etc. The right absolutely moves goalposts, but that doesn’t mean supporters on the left are innocent of doing the exact same thing.
Every once in a while, Romney will stand up and do the bare minimum.
swoons in Mormon
True but it’s almost always too late to matter though…
but that’s everyone in congress
Yeah…. His usual ethical-adjacent stance. He won’t support the awful but the moderately better are just fine. The pinnacle of GOP integrity is still pathetic.
I don’t know. Is DeSantis moderately better?
If you’re fine with whitewashing and gay bashing, sure.
is it me or does it seem like both political parties are dying
Probably not just you, but I don’t see that.
serious question, without naming any politicians, do you think any of the candidates is going to do a good job, from any party, I don’t want to put you in the spot so just yes or no is fine.
It takes two to come to an agreement but only one to start a fight. If one party is dedicated to stopping all progress, the other can only govern if it has a super majority.
but that is both parties when the other is in power, IMO
Define good
edit: I’d say yes, but there’s a spectrum of expectations
good as in being able to balance the budget while keeping inflation low and helping people, all people, earn a living wage, fight for education so we can start exporting engineers and doctors who get money abroad and spend it in the US, instead of importing them, make healthcare care and homes affordable. Last president who balanced the budget was Clinton, I believe, and home costs have been going through the roof after the pandemic. Engineers and doctors are coming from Asia. The military is the last good thing but the cost is very high.
But I think I agree with you, expectations is what drives the votes.
Doing a good job? Debateable. Not being evil? Some of them, but very few on the Republican side.
Lol moderately? He’s basically the villian in It Can’t Happen Here
Sounds vaguely like an ethical stance, except DeSantis is still ok for him.
It’s implied. Sounds tacky to list 3 people in that statement
Is ramaswamy actually out polling desantis? If not it’s definitely implying he would support desantis
He flat out says;
“the others that are running are acceptable to me and I’d be happy to vote for them,”
Yeah, but you’d have to actually read the article to know that.
He also says that he supports “some” of the Democrats running for president. So you know, he wants spoiler candidates to help DeSantis win.
Could be that if he mentions all three, it’s implied he’d choose Nicki Haley and that would just set him up for binders full of women jokes.
Nikki Haley isn’t flat out awful but that’s not really an endorsement
$100 he still votes trump in the end.
What odds are you giving? Because honestly I’d take that bet. Mitt fucking despises Trump.
It’s genuinely surprising how low the bar is for a Republican to be considered ethical - refusing to vote in the guy who literally tried to pull a coup on your country shouldn’t even be an ethical stance, it should be the stance of literally everyone
But… But… Trans people
Seriously tho G W Bush ran on Gays are getting married oh no! And rode that to state and local wins even before 9/11 happened
Right??
Mittens sucks out loud, but I have to give it to him: he’s had some ethical stances on things.
Who the fuck is Ramaswany
He is an anything goes martial artist that, due to the curse of the drowned maiden, transforms into a teenage girl when exposed to cold water.
Never seen the show, but is this a Ranma reference?
Not who you replied to, but im just gonna say yes.
“Yes.”
The most annoying guy at the Republican debates that no one is watching. He’s 5% in the GOP polls and is basically the adult version of the insufferable kid that got way too into high school debate team.
He tried to rap once
Sen. Mitt Romney Says He Would Vote For ‘Virtually’ Anybody Other Than Trump or Ramaswamy
Remember, politicians are often masters at parsing their words; there’s a big difference between “would” and “will”.
Edit: Also remember Romney was a chronic flip-flopper; don’t expect that to change.
Then vote Biden?
Can’t get over the fact that the malarkey guy is still the least bad option and neither can Bo Burnham
The arc of Mitt Romney’s universe is long and flexes back and forth, but it bends towards sanity
You and me both buddy, now do everything you can to convince the fleeting numbers of sane folks in your party to do the same.
Then just say it. Your party is a shell of itself.
As if it wasn’t purposefully working toward this for ages. This is its culmination.
But he would vote for DeSatan?
Well he’s neither Trump or Ramaswamy, so yeah, possibly.
Someone should change parties.
Mitt looks like the villain in an 80s comedy movie and feels like a guy who says what people tell him to say.
IMHO this is just telling people the Mormon church doesn’t support those guys.
He was a corporate raider, so he was sort of the bad guy in 80s comedy movies.
Corporations are people too my friend.
Idk Romney was joining BLM marches in 2020, hate to say it but he might not be a complete piece of shit.
