Romney wants to be James K. Polk!?

[salvorhardin]

Romney campaign manager told the Huffington iPad magazine that Mitt Romney's inner circle thinks a Romney presidency could look much like that of President James Polk after tackling issues like the federal debt and entitlement spending.

"Polk, who served from 1845 to 1849, presided over the expansion of the U.S. into a coast-to-coast nation, annexing Texas and winning the Mexican-American war for territories that also included New Mexico and California. He reduced trade barriers and strengthened the Treasury system. And he was a one-term president. Polk is an allegory for Rhoades: He did great things, and then exited the scene, and few remember him. That, Rhoades suggested, could be Romney's legacy as well."

Source: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/24/is_romney_seeking_to_be_a_one-termer.html

James K. Polk? Seriously!? Oh my. This will either end badly for Romney, or very badly for us.

[riverbendviewgal]

1. Is destroying America that one great thing

He is a traitor

[dballance]

2. So we are going to invade CD or MX, steal their land and move their people to reservations?

[Breazy7]

3. Seriously!? yourself

Are you stupid or something? Polk was an amazing president. I don't like Romney, but this makes me like him a bit. As a historian, I believe Polk is a president that gets seriously over looked. He was the only president EVER to campaign what he was going to do, do just that, and then get out of office. That is a great leader right there. If Romney actually thinks he can pull that off, then great. But I doubt he can. Sad to say, there will never probably be another Polk. But if you for some reason think Polk was a bad president, you may want to do a bit more reading on him. Quite honestly he was the best president we've ever had. But people are getting all weird about it because no one knows Polk. They remember Washington, Lincoln, FDR, JFK, but never Polk. It's hard to appeal to voters who are unintelligent. But all this shows me is that Romney, shockingly enough, is actually somewhat intelligent. Mull that over all you like, but leave Polk out of it.