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JHB

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7. Easy cure for that: Just remember that he only objects to the optics...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Wed May 15, 2019, 12:39 PM

May 2019

If he'd won in 2012 and again in 2016, Republicans would still be grabbing with both hands, demonizing opposition, stuffing the courts with conservative activists, and taking all the credit for getting out of the Great Recession while setting up the next. And probably still be cosy with Russian, Chinese, and Saudi money too. He'd just be less personally chaotic and have a coat of "reasonable" varnish intact.

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Mitt Romney is a mensch. Yeah, I said it [View all] DemocratSinceBirth May 2019 OP

I admit, I wish he's positioning himself as a primary challenger. Probably not, but I can wish. Siwsan May 2019 #1

Trump would crush them. It's a cult. DemocratSinceBirth May 2019 #2

Maybe not crush, because I think some might cherish the opportunity to 'jump the cult' Siwsan May 2019 #3

That's a fantasy I share with you lunatica May 2019 #6

How weird is it that I find myself sticking up for Mitt Romney? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #4

That's okay,you just had a Wellstone ruled May 2019 #5

Easy cure for that: Just remember that he only objects to the optics... JHB May 2019 #7

Oh, I know Romney is one of *them* - The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #8