People have lost their damned minds, part JFC: Aaron Sorkin suggests replacing Pres. Biden with Mitt Romney:

[demmiblue]

Aaron Sorkin published an op-ed in NYT this morning that calls on Democrats to nominate a Republican in place of Pres. Biden next month at the convention, specifically Mitt Romney. For real. Don't click on it. Don't read it. I promise you ain't missing anything.

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[LisaL]

1. You expect that sort of thing from the Onion.

Maybe NYT is now the Onion?

[yardwork]

8. NYT is not nearly funny or topical enough.

[EarlG]

2. HA HA HA HA HA

Great idea! And Republicans can nominate Barack Obama!

[ColinC]

3. That sounds like the theme to a great new political drama

Perhaps Sorkin can start writing that instead of meaningless fluff interfering with actual Democratic decisions

[tanyev]

4. Right, the exciting plot twist for the season finale!

Stick to TV, Aaron.

ETA: This perfectly illustrates how current political discourse values RATINGS over GOVERNANCE.

[Hugin]

5. Yet another Republican woke up this morning and realized their...

Party is dead. Well beyond dead.

The same thing will happen with climate change. It’s the irony of being a reactionary.

[yardwork]

6. JFC is the right response.

[Ocelot II]

7. Brilliant idea! Why didn't we think of this?

Take out a solid liberal of great integrity with decades of experience in government and foreign policy and substitute a clueless plutocrat whose main, if not only, positive attributes are that he doesn't like Trump and he thinks the GOP has gone astray? Yeah, we'll get right on that.



Sorkin is a TV screenwriter, and the scenario might make an entertaining West Wing episode, but Jesus on a pogo stick, fuck me dead, and fuck the NYT even harder for publishing this.

[ms liberty]

11. I have nothing to add; this says it all.

Thank you!

[eShirl]

9. screw that, let the republicans replace Trump with Mitt

[Progressive dog]

10. If we just want to win

We could pick Trump. Then we'd be sure to win.
Has Sorkin gone back to drugs?

[FalloutShelter]

12. The NYT is not even fit for bird cage liner anymore.

Insanity.

[displacedvermoter]

13. Apparently Aaron Sorkin can read

the room really well, too!

[usonian]

14. Conspiracy theory (2 of them). Full Moon last night, and of course, 5 minutes of internet notoriety.

The latter, plus $4.75, will get you a Starbucks Cafe Latte.

[Freethinker65]

15. I was waiting for something like this.

JFC. Biden was effectively the Romney candidate last election...you know, the qualified, experienced, man of reason to return this country to normalcy and stability. A candidate to bring this country together for common causes like increasing employment, decreasing inflation, providing infrastructure, shoring up programs Americans depend on while cutting waste. Biden STILL is that candidate!

Hahahaha. I just realized oped was written by a TV screenwriter! Yeah, that does seem like something we would see in a fictional tv series. Next OP-ED suggestions from scriptwriters of "Spin City", "Veep", "Deadwood", "Baywatch", and "SpongeBob Square Pants"?

Yeah, I am not up with current TV.

[crim son]

16. Thanks for the laugh: "JFC Edition"

I had to cancel my NYT subscription because they publish garbage like your article.

[yorkster]

17. "Aaron, Lawrence O'Donnell on line one -

can't make out what he's saying.."

[delisen]

18. Sorkin cashing in over women,s dead bodies ?

This is part of the new “Me Only” movement.

[Srkdqltr]

19. I think they all need intervention. Good grief this is all a mess.

[Prairie Gates]

20. Is Paul Ryan not available?

[nuxvomica]

21. His fictional president could silence RWers with Bible quotes

The West Wing was a great series but pure starry-eyed, golly-gosh fiction, like everything Sorkin writes.

[spanone]

22. Aaron huffing glue?

[hlthe2b]

23. 'Can't wait to hear Lawrence O'Donnell, Martin Sheen, and Bradley Whitford's thoughts on that (all West Wing alumns)

O'Donnell ought to be quite interesting, but so, too the others.


Ignoring the ridiculous nature of the premise, I can only say that at least he (Romney) is no PUTINISTA... so there is that...

[Ocelot II]

25. To say Romney would be better than Trump is true, but

it's sort of like saying chronic hemorrhoids are better than cancer.

[PikaBlue]

24. Well...maybe

Well, maybe if Romney were willing to travel from Utah to DC in a dog crate strapped to the roof of a station I might consider. . . Nah, who am I kidding? I'd just laugh and say, "Sucker".

[MOMFUDSKI]

26. Who? The guy in the magic underwear?

lol. We are all the way through the looking glass. At least I am amused as hell.

[True Dough]

27. Mitt Romney has been steadfastly opposed to Trump,

and all of the positive things I can say about the vulture capitalist stop right there. He's not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as true Democrats.

[GoCubsGo]

28. They're in the "Throw shit at the wall,

and hope something sticks" phase of their lunacy. I think Aaron Sorkin could use one of those mental competency exams they're all claiming Biden needs. So do the rest of them, for that matter.

[we can do it]

29. Remember - stop clicking on their bullshit.

[peggysue2]

30. For the Love of God

This isn't an episode of West Wing. This isn't a fictional moment or fantasy football or any other kind of entertainment.

This is our f*cking lives and future on the line.

The threat is REAL. The damage to the country will continue and if Trump and his Flying Monkey Brigade are successful the damage will be x1000 and generational in nature.

This isn't a moment in time where you throw spaghetti at the wall hoping some noodle design emerges. It's not a creative writer's convention/competition for the best TV script, the most entertaining, the most unexpected, the one with the highest Nielson ratings.

We already know how this storyline plays out from the Dark Side. Because the MAGAts have been screaming it incessantly and Project 2025 was put into writing and made public MONTHS AGO.

And we have HISTORY as a guide. We know where this ends.

Here's a thought: We support our President, the presumptive nominee. We put our heads down, hold the line and fight like hell.

Stop the bullshit and get to work!

[getagrip_already]

31. The money bro's be like two thumbs up!

They do NOT want any part of kamela as a replacement. But they would be fine with a deeply conservative republican.

[highplainsdem]

32. Sorkin is suffering from the delusion that Democrats would accept this + a lot of Republicans would

vote for Romney.

Nominating Mr. Romney would be putting our money where our mouth is: a clear and powerful demonstration that this election isn’t about what our elections are usually about it, but about stopping a deranged man from taking power. Surely Mr. Romney, who doesn’t have to be introduced to voters, would peel off enough Republican votes to win, probably by a lot. The double haters would be turned into single haters and the Nikki Haley voters would have somewhere to go, Ms. Haley having disqualified herself when she endorsed the leader of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government.

Does Mr. Romney support abortion rights? No. Does he want to aggressively raise the minimum wage, bolster public education, strengthen unions, expand transgender rights and enact progressive tax reform? Probably not. But is he a cartoon thug who did nothing but watch TV while the mob he assembled beat and used Tasers on police officers? No. The choice is between Donald Trump and not-Trump, and the not-Trump candidate needs only one qualification: to win enough votes from a cross section of Americans to close off the former president’s Electoral College path back to power.

Part of the wish fulfillment of “The West Wing” was that oratory can be persuasive. So Barack Obama could come forth at the Democratic convention next month in Chicago and remind us, once again, that we’re not red states and blue states but the United States by full-throatedly endorsing his old rival. And Mr. Romney could make the case that the Democrats are putting country before party in ways that the MAGA movement will not, and announce his bipartisan cabinet picks at the convention as well.

-snip-

The writing staff would tell me I was about to jump the shark, that this is a “West Wing” fantasy that would never, ever happen. But as Bradley Whitford used to say, “Isn’t the biggest fantasy on television a mafia boss in therapy?” The Democrats need to break the glass and this is a break-glass plan, but it’s more than that. It’s a grand gesture. A sacrifice. It would put a lump in our throats.

Sheer idiocy.

[LudwigPastorius]

33. While the stakes in November are existentially enormous for our democratic system of government,...

we're not THAT desperate.

[Renew Deal]

34. That's dumb. Romney would lose for to big reasons.

1. Democrats would stay home.
2. Romneys milquetoast style couldn’t win.

You can make a convoluted argument about VP and a unity ticket, but I don’t think voters are looking for that.

[Sunsky]

35. Lololol

It's laughable at this point Truly the age of nonsense.

[bmichaelh]

36. Romney is a bad idea

That would be a bad idea.

Romney was one of the many Republican senators who voted for the repeal of ACA in 2017.

ACA saved my life

I was first diagnosed with lymphoma in 1990.
I was in my second complete remission when ACA was passed in 2010 and when Trump and GOP attempted to repeal it in 2017.

Lymphoma returned in 2019.
Unfortunately, it gets more aggressive and resistant to prior therapies when it returns.
On the 5th different treatment and over the course of 3 years, did I achieve complete remission.
ACA provides me protection against lifetime limits which made a fifth treatment possible.

What is it with these opinions: They say Biden is too old; but then put forward names of men in their late 70s (Romney, Manchin, etc.)

Harris provides a great dichotomy to Trump:
Democracy vs Dictatorship
Truth vs Deception
Prosecutor vs Convict
Etc.

[radius777]

37. Trump is to the left of Romney on several issues

like the social safety net, taxes, social issues, wars, etc. True, Romney is more law abiding and democratic, less loving of authoritarians. But he's far-right and in no way a good guy, despite opposing Trump. Romney would probably push for a national abortion ban. We all know Trump really doesn't care about the issue, just supports it to get the fundie vote.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

38. I suggest Aaron Sorkin stop sniffing his own farts.

[Blue Full Moon]

39. Now they want Liz Chaney