G-dammit. Romney is NOT a hero. Stop praising him. Just stop!

[Vogon_Glory]

45. Not Right Now I Won't

I won't stop throwing Mitt Romney a compliment or two for standing up and calling #45 a crook and for voting for one article of impeachment. Considering the craven, corrupt behavior of the rest of his Republican colleagues, it's nice to see that one member of Club Pachyderm still had enough integrity to act according to his oath of office.

I hardly think this makes me a Republican or a Republican enabler. Mitt Romney is a Republican, not a Democrat. There was a time I voted for Republicans, but those days ended with the end of the Cold War and the end of the Soviet threat. That was thirty years ago: I've voted Democratic ever since. I still oppose the agenda Romney ran on in 2012 and anything Romney runs on in 2024 will be at least as horrible as his 2012 platform.

One more thing: I strongly disapprove of lockstep voting and ideological conformity. Such traits are endemic of both kleptocracies and the sorts of tyrannies of strongmen and tyrants plaguing most of the planet. That sort of behavior was a trademark of the old Warsaw Pact and Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime in Iraq.

Having said that, I might tip my hat to Mittsie today. That does not mean I've forgotten what he did in the past, nor does it mean that I won't work to elect Democrats this year.

How about you?