Romney’s Discreditable, Dishonest Vote
American Greatness,
by
Conrad Black
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
2/5/2020 11:00:54 PM
What an unexpected sorbet Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) served up on Wednesday afternoon. (Snip) This odd man, so overbrimming with conscience and full of consultation with the Almighty, has finally revealed his purpose in returning to public life. His incandescent conscience managed to be a self-enriching asset-stripper at Bain and Company. He possessed a near-Olympian talent for flipping in all four directions on practically every public policy question from abortion and healthcare to taxes. But he could not manage his spirit of vengeance. As an authentically scriptural man, Mitt Romney would know that it is the “God of Vengeance, God to whom vengeance belongs.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ming 2/5/2020 11:08:54 PM (No. 309063)
I'm wondering if 'Romney' is Mormon-speak for 'slime?'
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
msjena 2/5/2020 11:10:16 PM (No. 309065)
Why did Romney vote for more witnesses when he thought there was already enough to convict? His vote was based on jealously and personal animosity, not on the evidence (or lack thereof).
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 2/5/2020 11:15:07 PM (No. 309073)
Peter Tasty is McCains illegitimate daughter. At least we know why he rolls with the left. His daddy put him up to it.
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Who refers to himself as "profoundly religious"?!
He described himself as a “severe conservative” during the 2012 campaign.
Who does that?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bogeegolf 2/5/2020 11:22:15 PM (No. 309077)
Apparently a symptom of TDS is political suicide. Do you feel better now Mitt? Was it worth it? What a very pathetic shallow person you are.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 2/5/2020 11:26:29 PM (No. 309078)
Don't worry, Msr. Pierre Delecto consulted with Moroni before making that stupendous lone vote. He will go down in history with the lone House Republican from Louisiana (single-term) who voted in favor of Obamacare.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
msjena 2/5/2020 11:30:17 PM (No. 309084)
Good article but Romney didn't meet his wife when they were both LDS missionaries in France. He met her before she converted to LDS and she converted to marry him.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
gop_guys 2/5/2020 11:43:44 PM (No. 309099)
Conrad Black hits the nail on the head. His career as a Republican is over. He is a Judas! He joined the forces of Schiff, Nadler, Pelosi and Schumer. He is worse then the Dem hissing house women at the SOTU. . His jealousy and hate for President Trump has driven him half crazy. Wondering what shady companies those boys of his sit on their boards? Something doesn’t pass the small test. I feel the need to write a letter the Utah GOP.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 2/5/2020 11:44:05 PM (No. 309100)
Excellent article. I felt better after reading it. Thanks for posting.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
paloalto 2/5/2020 11:47:43 PM (No. 309102)
Mitt's a Ratt. And a Professional Loser.
If this was the kickoff for The Ratt's 2024 run for the White House, all I can say is: "Au revoir, Pierre Delecto."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 2/5/2020 11:51:35 PM (No. 309105)
Black is brilliant, but this was hardly unexpected. Mitt Romney has been predictably dishonest his entire life, and his number was up on this site more than 10 years ago. In reply to severe reassurances about his election to the Senate, I said this:
"Those who claim that Mitt Romney is reliable in politics are simply being disingenuous. Romney has always been better at attacking Republicans than defeating Democrats. He has been completely inconsistent in holding to any political principle beyond expedient self-advancement.
This time, however, Romney is more than just another politically dishonest opportunist. Mitt has a mission: He wants to reverse the takeover of his daddy´s GOP by President Trump, and he will stop at nothing to achieve this. He will provide crucial aid and comfort to our political enemies by validating progressive narratives designed to achieve impeachment.
But, of course, you know all of this already. Mitt Romney is reliable in only one sense.
He will always let you down."
- Reply Posted by: Sunhan65 9/11/2018
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 2/6/2020 12:02:22 AM (No. 309108)
As I said on a previous post, Romney has screwed the pooch. He’s finished as a Pubbie and the Democraps don’t want him. He’s persona non grata everywhere in D.C.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bamboozle 2/6/2020 12:12:51 AM (No. 309110)
I think that the author really meant to say execrable in the title?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BRDG 2/6/2020 12:18:57 AM (No. 309111)
Hedge fund corporate raider pillaging businesses, destroying workers' lives OWNED by the deep state.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 2/6/2020 12:19:35 AM (No. 309112)
I suspect the Dems are trying to woo him over to their side of the aisle. For now, we need the number his seat provides. Sen. McConnell has said that Romney has been supportive of many issues. Remember that Leader McConnell is filling judgeship vacancies. This is so important.
It is rather odd, isn't it, how easily all this religiosity drips from the mouths of some of the most pompous hypocrites and critics of faith.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/6/2020 12:46:36 AM (No. 309118)
How can a person be legitimately “profoundly religious” as Mittens Romney says he is and at the same time hold “profound hate” for another human being as Romney obviously does when it comes to President Trump?
From now on, chances are great that Romney is going to be out in the cold in DC as far as the vast majority of Republicans are concerned.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Omen55 2/6/2020 1:00:17 AM (No. 309123)
A RINO sack of schiff!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Truth Czar 2/6/2020 1:07:27 AM (No. 309127)
Conrad Black uses lots of words to say Mittens Romney is a horse's hiney...
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 2/6/2020 1:26:55 AM (No. 309132)
... gutter, indeed.
Conrad Black knows:
“Awkward and embarrassing, and even undiplomatic statements by public people are frequent and excusable. But Romney’s vote to convict President Trump is falsely reasoned, ignobly motivated, and finishes his useful political career on a tragically discreditable note.”
Ashamed to have voted for him...
God showed America today, Romney’s true colors...
KAG
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
PChristopher 2/6/2020 1:31:29 AM (No. 309133)
Say goodbye to whatever stature you might have had in the Senate, Mittens. One and done, I hope; and I fervently pray hat the citizens of Utah find a REAL Republican to replace you with....traitor.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
TulsaTowner 2/6/2020 1:52:49 AM (No. 309142)
Mitt more than deserves what he gets - Joseph McCarthy did not.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Moritz55 2/6/2020 1:57:36 AM (No. 309145)
He’s “profoundly religious” in that he believes he will evolve into a god someday and he’s practicing for the job now.
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Mitt has hated and envied the President for a long time. This was his "gotcha" moment. Hardly a religious person. How many people refused to vote for a Mormon with special drawers ? How many remember he was MittCare and an inspiration for Zippy Care while in MA? He only moved to Utah for the Mormon vote. Look at their payback for electing him. They should recall him.
He is what my mother called "nice nasty"
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 2/6/2020 2:39:25 AM (No. 309152)
“But Romney’s vote to convict President Trump is falsely reasoned, ignobly motivated, and finishes his useful political career on a tragically discreditable note.“
Mr. Black is too generous...
we know Mitt is evil to America. PERIOD.
Definitely a Must Read, then pray...
KAG
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 2/6/2020 2:41:29 AM (No. 309153)
The Bible passages quoted by Mr. Black are meaningless to Mittens. He follows the Book of Mormon and I have no knowledge if it has comparable teachings. All LDS folks I've met in my life were good people; friendly, quick to help and highly professional in their work. It appears that Romney is to LDS as Pelosi is to Catholicism; both wrapping their mendacity in false piety.
I sure wish I knew Romney so I could shun him. I doubt the Post Office will allow us to send him daggers. Maybe a harness for a jackass so Pelosi can be comfortable when she rides him. I hope he enjoys his exile.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Upright2 2/6/2020 2:55:34 AM (No. 309157)
I think he IS mentally ill. There is something drastically wrong his anger, the unreasonable flaunting of of his position and, as Black has said, his irrational transformation of a conversation into a grounds for removal from office. The man is totally nuts.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Ratslayer 2/6/2020 3:01:46 AM (No. 309159)
.Profoundly religious? Where's your other wives? 12 or 15 kids on welfare. Mittens is wee little man. Who will never be POTUS. Hates Trump cos he is. Mlttens McCain who is left to being a pest.. Hoping for more Sunday AM TV. sticking it to GOP
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Upright2 2/6/2020 3:03:33 AM (No. 309161)
I googled "Is Mitt Romney mentally ill?", thinking I might find a psychoanalytic column.. and I did. From 2012... a Politico article with that question "Is Mitt Romney Mentally Ill?" ... https://www.politicususa.com/2012/10/15/mitt-romney-mentally-ill.html
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Upright2 2/6/2020 3:11:25 AM (No. 309165)
In a previous comment, I cited Politico for a column titled "Is Mitt Romney Mentally Ill?" It was in Politicus. I quote from the anti-Romney column from 2012: "Perhaps Romney’s greatest crime is purporting to be a Christian to appeal to the religious right."
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
DVC 2/6/2020 4:13:00 AM (No. 309180)
#28, that article is just nonsense, a political hatchet job against a Republican. Their theories fit
Obama and BillyJeff far more closely than Romney.
But, Romney is a backstabbing piece of garbage, pretending to be high minded.
The good news is that he has permanently wrecked his political career with this one. He is DONE as a Republican, maybe the Dems will take him, but probably not.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
49 Ford 2/6/2020 6:49:51 AM (No. 309297)
Unfortunately # 15 is right. We need every Senate "R" we can muster for the all-important judicial confirmations. Romney is a skunk, but he is our skunk for at least the next five years. Even if constitutional, sporadic recall efforts won't amount to anything.
Politics is the art of the possible. Hip hip, hooray.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 2/6/2020 6:52:34 AM (No. 309301)
If people have to tell you how religious they are, they generally aren't.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/6/2020 10:13:21 AM (No. 309542)
Apparently, during his little pre-vote chat with God, the Almighty advised Romney to be a vindictive little Schiff.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Smart11344 2/6/2020 12:56:30 PM (No. 309819)
I more than seriously am sorry I voted for this clown. I am not a Mormon, but I thought they were generally Americans.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
DVC 2/6/2020 2:15:27 PM (No. 309920)
#32, Mitch pretty much said this yesterday. Something like "My job is to pass bills through the Senate, and I have to keep as many votes as I can to get that accomplished." He went on to say something roughly like ' it might be temporarily satisfying to point fingers and say things, but in the end that doesn't help me pass bills' .
I will say bad things about Romney, but for the next 5 years, we have to get his vote, and Mitch knows that yelling at Romney now, however satisfying now, won't help get judges confirmed and bills passed. Hard political truths are sometimes really a PITA. I learned this in the 90s when I worked with our state legislature to pass many gun rights bills, all which still stand in what is now one of THE most gun owner friendly states in the union, partially some of my doing. But the process is pretty painful at times. I did have the very interesting opportunity to work closely several times with a Democrat legislator, and we laughed and worked well together, even though each of us knew that concealed carry was the ONLY place where we agreed. We never let that get in the way.
Politics is a very weird game to play, but played well, it can make for good laws.
I still despise Romney.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/6/2020 6:04:21 PM (No. 310131)
So glad to see this posted… Black's is the perfect voice to ream the despicable Romnay.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/6/2020 6:05:11 PM (No. 310133)
Re #2, he really shot himself in the foot with that hold-out for more witnesses. Much talk about that today on the net...
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Mr. Black’s compositions are always well worth reading and this article is especially compelling as he interlaces facts with studied opinion to emphasize the significance of the facts he presents. As an example, “In cobbling together the righteous fairy tale previously utterable only by chronically dishonest people such as Representatives Adam Schiff ... and Jerry Nadler ... and Speaker Pelosi ...Romney descended from the prophet’s chair in the Mormon Tabernacle to the gutter of American public life.”