It is sad that Mitt Romney, the 47% man, is the only GOP Senator with any integrity.

[guillaumeb]

We all remember the video of Romney speaking to a room of his rich supporters and complaining that 47% of the population would never vote for him because they were takers.

And of course, when Romney used the word takers, he was not referring to the financial industry recipients of trillions in quantitative easing, or to be honest, corporate welfare, nor was he referring to the huge corporate farm owners who receive so much in corporate welfare.

Nor was he referring to people like Jeff Bezos, or the Walton family, or the Trump family. What they take from the taxpayers is never called welfare, or subsidies. Those terms are reserved for the always undeserving victims of US conservative economic policies.

But all of that aside, out of 53 GOP Senators, 52 showed a complete lack of integrity, and showed their cowardice, and their lack of any feeling for this country.

[2naSalit]

1. Sets the bar pretty low.

[guillaumeb]

3. Bar none, Barr is a master at lowering the bar. eom

[DownriverDem]

18. His Father

Back when repubs were sane and worked with Dems to help we the people, Romney's Dad, George, was governor of Michigan. I think his Dad might have had an effect on him.

[llmart]

24. From what I understand...

and I'm not a native Michigander, his father was rather well respected.

[malaise]

2. Yes indeed

but he got this one right - anyone that fucks up the Con for history deserves credit.

[guillaumeb]

4. True, Malaise.

One right is still one more than Trump ever got right.

[mercuryblues]

5. I honestly did not think Romney

had it in him to vote like that.

[guillaumeb]

6. Nor did I.

And now, a GOP Governor has joined him.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Partial integrity, remember he's still part of a company-destroying capital firm.

[guillaumeb]

8. True.

Thus his 47% comment.

[Turbineguy]

9. Yeah that is bizarre.

Colonel Sanders. A true friend to chickens.

Or something like that.

[guillaumeb]

10. I never would have guessed.

My guess was that none of them would turn on Trump.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

11. No doubt Romney believes the moneyed class should run the country

But he does not agree that totally immoral people should.

That is what separates him from the other Republicans. They will accept that compromise in order to retain power.

[guillaumeb]

12. Very well stated.

Romney might not be a racist, but he will work with them to advance his class interests,

[Johonny]

13. I believe the power of the mormon church insulates him from Trump's wrath. Most GOP senators

don't have that kind of organization to back them up.

[guillaumeb]

14. And most GOP politicians have no spine to hold them up.

So there is that factor as well.

[TryLogic]

15. Commentators should not be saying Trump was aquitted by the Senate.

Trump was acquitted by Republicans.

[guillaumeb]

16. He was neither acquitted nor exonerated.

The GOP openly proclaimed that they would never convict him, or allow anything like a fair trail.

[inwiththenew]

17. I think we are conflating integrity with vindictiveness

Romney doesn't like Trump and this was a safe way to say "Fuck you" to him without really doing anything. If he had even an ounce of integrity he wouldn't be a Republican. That's to say nothing of the way in which he made his fortune or the way in which he changes his stance on issue for political expediency.

[Scruffy1]

19. Well said. n/t.

[democrattotheend]

20. That is a Republican talking point

This sounds like it was ripped right from the talking points Don Jr. sent around yesterday. I personally think Romney was acting at least mostly out of conviction, but even if you don't, it's not in our interests to discredit him. No matter what Democrats say at this point about Trump, Ukraine, impeachment, or even the Friday Night Massacre, it feels like they are just being written off as partisan. Romney's speech on the floor the other day, on the other hand, was more powerful as a case against Trump because it came from someone in his own party.

[inwiththenew]

21. Romney is a piece of shit

You can gush about his meaningless vote all you want. Even if it was based on conviction and not a safe way to send a fuck you to Trump it doesn't make up for what he's done his entire adult life. The guy has been a unprincipled opportunist his entire adult life. Just because he does one thing right, for dubious reasons, I'm not going to hold him up as some man of integrity.

[Perseus]

23. Agree 1000%. His speech was not only against the con but the entire group of GOP chickens

It was a beautiful speech, one that should be played over and over, and hopefully heard by republicans when its played.

Romney did the right thing, what is the use to bash him now? If he runs for office then bring his baggage to light, but makes no sense to try to disparage the guy after he has shown he acted out of principle. Yes, he hates the con, and so many of those chickens from the GOP do too, but he had the balls to say it and vote accordingly, it should be left at that.

[Perseus]

22. Mitt Romney did the right thing this time around, he must be admired for that act

I don't think anyone at DU or even the Democratic party would vote for Romney if he decides to run for president, we all know who he is, what he has done, and how he thinks, but one thing he did prove this time around is that he is a man of principle, whether he linked it to his religious beliefs or not, he did the right thing and he must be recognized for it, so this time around we can leave the rest to the past (unless he decides to run for anything) but lets allow him to basque in his good action, and lets applaud him for it.

[guillaumeb]

25. I agree.

He did the right thing, this time.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. The sauce they hold on Mitt must be weak

[guillaumeb]

27. Romney might also feel his support in Utah is strong. eom

[kentuck]

28. Do all of the 61 million voters who voted for Romney now support Trump?

That is hard for me to believe.

[guillaumeb]

30. Perhaps a majority, for one reason or another.

Will this hurt Trump in Utah, or help him?

[LiberalFighter]

29. He only recognized takers as those with little means

When the rich take a lot more than the rest of us combined.

[guillaumeb]

31. Exactly.

Poor people receive welfare, while rich people receive incentives.