Mitt Romney is owed an apology
for how he was attacked in 2012.
He’s unlikely to get it
Los Angeles Times,
by
Jonah Goldberg
Original Article
Posted By: tisHimself,
6/10/2020 9:37:21 PM
“Romney didn’t win, did he?”
That was former Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid’s response to whether he regretted lying about then-GOP presidential nominee — and now Utah senator — Mitt Romney.
Reid accused Romney on the Senate floor in 2012, when he was running for president, of not having paid any taxes in four years. It was absolutely untrue and was discredited by Washington Post fact-checkers and others at the time. But that didn’t stop the onslaught of unfair and inaccurate accusations and innuendos.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bassman 6/10/2020 9:39:39 PM (No. 440409)
Actually Harry Reid did us a favor. I regret my vote for that POS.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
philsner 6/10/2020 9:47:14 PM (No. 440413)
Good grief. TDS has totally fried Goldberg's brain.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/10/2020 9:47:38 PM (No. 440414)
Romney sowed trouble wherever he went. And then, when nominated for the 2012 Republican opposition to Obama, he caved. We remember his pathetic performance in the debate with that fat Crowley (sp?) woman. So bad that some questioned whether it was deliberate. almost deliberate. He threw the election. His defeat had nothing to do with Harry Reid. Or the media on what Reid had alleged. No Republican believed Harry Reid. No, it was not about unpaid taxes. It was a too-long history of forgiving Mitt for his own mistakes. Or misconduct. Bain Capital. Massachusetts. And then the election. The one chance to cut a disastrous president off after only one damaging term. He couldn’t - wouldn’t? - do it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bighambone 6/10/2020 10:05:25 PM (No. 440425)
Mittens Romney got a taste of what the leftist and liberal Democrats are trying to do to President Trump. Romney is a rich globalist investor class wimp, as when the Democrats claimed that he did not pay taxes for ten years, Romney never responded effectively or at all. The problem for the Democrats is that Trump is not any sort of wimpy Romney.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Griller1 6/10/2020 10:07:19 PM (No. 440427)
Does Jonah mean Mitt Romney, or Pierre, Delecto. What a loser. I don't care how wealthy he is, what he's accomplished, or who he thinks he is, he's a loser.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Turninggrey 6/10/2020 10:16:03 PM (No. 440437)
Goldberg has been on his knees for a long time.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jimincalif 6/10/2020 10:16:39 PM (No. 440438)
If Mitt won in 2012, no Trump in 2016. Mitt would have caused a slight slowdown in the Obama-Clinton16 year plan to “fundamentally transform” the US, but that’s all.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 6/10/2020 10:25:26 PM (No. 440449)
I suspect Romney didn't respond to the goading about his taxes, because his financial situation probably cannot stand up under the close scrutiny. Like his ties to Bain and the dodgy practices he indulged in to make himself and all the mangers filthy rich. I imagine there are some huge skeletons in his financial closet that could get him in serious legal trouble.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Safari Man 6/10/2020 10:25:35 PM (No. 440450)
W O W. just W O W
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
dirtyjersey 6/10/2020 10:34:04 PM (No. 440461)
I would like to apologize to Pierre for the way I treated him in 2012.
I’m sorry I voted for you, I’m sorry I told people that you were worth supporting, and I’m sorry that I believed your bs. Please accept my deep regrets.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Hermoine 6/10/2020 10:43:24 PM (No. 440470)
When Andrew Breitbart died, I remember watching Jonah on live tv, choke up and come to tears over the death of his friend. I've often wondered what Andrew Breitbart would think of the Never Trumpers. I know wholeheartedly that he would not be with them, but I do wonder what he'd think of his dear friends, like Jonah. It defies all logic that they behave as they do.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 6/10/2020 10:49:57 PM (No. 440474)
Hopefully Romney will get what he deserves one day for the nastiness he represents, the lies he has told, and those he has stabbed in the back. Trump should make Utah a federal park for what they have done electing Romney. Utah stabbed Trump in the back, and after Trump revoked Obama's nationalization of a large swath of Utah. Orrin Hatch also stabbed Trump in the back. Anyone that has ever dealt with Orrin Hatch had to pull the knives out of their back.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ben Around 6/10/2020 10:52:01 PM (No. 440476)
Two scumbags, harry and mitt. Knowing what a low life he really is, mitt deserved every vicious attack that he got.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/10/2020 11:12:50 PM (No. 440487)
Mitt Romney mailed in the third debate against Hussein, intentionally, and Paul Ryan let Sleepy Joe laugh the night away throughout their sham of a debate. Add in John McCain scolding us about how Hussein was a great American and we'd have nothing to fear from a Gay Kenyan presidency, and in came 8 years of darkness that bears its rotten fruit to this very day. And wow, look who's complaining about unfair and inaccurate accusations and innuendos; Donald Trump shrugged them off and came back twice as hard, unlike the rest of what we used to call the GOPe.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Newtsche 6/10/2020 11:28:44 PM (No. 440505)
Wouldn't it be better for everyone -- I mean everyone -- if this were a Jonah-Free Zone?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
granny5 6/10/2020 11:35:46 PM (No. 440514)
Poor Jonah has gone over to the dark side. Romney is a carpetbagger with a grudge. Sure, the Dems lied about him -- they lie about all Republicans and the media takes it as gospel. Romney plays nice until he wins -- then the true asshat that he is comes out. Oh, how I loathe that man.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 6/10/2020 11:36:33 PM (No. 440515)
Jonah, you poor soul. What does Pierre have on you?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Mauigirl 6/10/2020 11:54:15 PM (No. 440526)
I don't know what happened to Jonah.
"Liberal Fascism" is one of the best treatises written about the 'left' in my library.
But now Jonah proclaims his friendship with Charley Sykes of Bulwark and Hugh Hewitt of MSNBC.
Presumably that means he agrees with their disgust of Trumpism.
(Although phony Hewitt, so he can retain sponsors, pretends to be a Trump supporter.)
Maybe Jonah will grow up some day.
It's past time.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/11/2020 12:15:06 AM (No. 440539)
Mitt Romney and his sycophant running mate owe ME an apology!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
EQKimball 6/11/2020 12:42:38 AM (No. 440554)
Thank you, OP. As you well know, when it comes to principle versus personality, personality usually wins. History may yet view Governor Romney differently, but his supporting Biden and the left will not vindicate principle. Forget history. Please give this more thought.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
aasilver 6/11/2020 1:02:48 AM (No. 440567)
Iregret my vote for that PoS.
Hopefully the people of Utah will realize who he really is and defeat him.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 6/11/2020 1:16:19 AM (No. 440578)
OP seems obsessed with Romney. I hope his hatred doesn’t continue to eat away at him.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Annie Xango 6/11/2020 1:59:02 AM (No. 440599)
Hmnn!! I seem to recall Dingy Harry( Thanks..Maha) saying Mittens had not paid his taxes in ten years not four!!! no matter..he didn't win ...did he!!!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
john56 6/11/2020 2:02:57 AM (No. 440600)
If I had been a Utah resident in 2018, I think I would have voted for the Democrat instead of Pierre Delecto (aka Mitt Romney) as Senator. We knew he was going to stab Pres Trump in the back every chance he got. He sure was happy to take Mr Trump's endorsement in 2012 (and probably his check). The least he could have done was keep his big yap shut, but nooooooooo .....
I think President Trump would have a field day telling the stories of all the politicians and their bag men/women who showed up at Trump Tower looking for a check for their campaigns or money-laundering political causes.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Petronius 6/11/2020 5:38:30 AM (No. 440635)
Harry Reid will get his in Hell.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 6/11/2020 5:48:08 AM (No. 440642)
Actually, the only thing that Romney is owed, is to be shown the door to exit the Senate. Utah should be recalling this idiot. He is an embarrassment to the Republican Party. By the way, he can take Murkowski with him.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
pros7767 6/11/2020 7:03:11 AM (No. 440668)
I suspect both Mittens and Ryan were victims of the Deep State, behind closed doors of course. FBI showed up at their offices with a list of their corrupt activities over the years and suddenly they threw the campaign.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/11/2020 8:05:24 AM (No. 440733)
Romney didn't win, He LOST on purpose, NO ONE is that stupid it was done on purpose.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Laotzu 6/11/2020 9:22:55 AM (No. 440818)
It took Jonah 8 years to come to Romney's defense? Now?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Italiano 6/11/2020 9:46:47 AM (No. 440855)
FTA: "What he isn’t — and wasn’t in 2012 — is a racist, a sexist or a cold-hearted monster."
What a coincidence. Neither is Donald Trump.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
MDConservative 6/11/2020 10:13:04 AM (No. 440887)
More battlefield prep for a possible "independent moderate" Romney run, the businessman who can unite America and make it run again. If Trump's numbers falter before September...
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 6/11/2020 11:07:36 AM (No. 440982)
Saw the author...stopped reading. Sorry, but I support President Trump vs a bumbling/woman groping old fool like Joe Biden. Not even close. The media is in for another shock in November...unless the RATS steal the election with vote by mail fraud! Trump better be preparing audits and monitors to combat this or he will loose!!!
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