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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMedia is busy canonizing Mittens
Oh, for God's sake. He's still a Republican.
rickford66
(5,524 posts)Causing untold misery among many working people.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)And voted with him 80 percent of the time.
And God, God, God... Piss off, Mittens.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)krissey
(1,205 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)He's still a blue-blood-wannabe who'd strap his dog on top of the car for 12 hours. Who profits by destroying the lives of working Americans. Who lined his pockets from Clear Channel by destroying the employment of thousands while smothering America's airwaves with the rightwing hatred that brought us where we now are.
He counted his profits while forcing employees to build the stage where Management announced their jobs were going to China.
He hypocritically claimed to be "pro-life" while Bain Capital owned and operated companies that profited from disposing of aborted fetusus
He writes off six-figure sums for his wife's fancy dancing horse as "medical expense" while denying health care to poor working Americans, and that stuck-up wife told Americans that "you people have seen all you need to see" of his taxes.
He's still a two-faced, perfectly-lubricated weathervane who wants to weasel his way into the presidency.
Yeah, he did the right thing on one count, but not for the right reason. And he voted to give MF45 a pass on blatant obstruction .
I say "Thanks Rmoney, now go fuck yourself, and the dancing horse you rode in on."
RockRaven
(14,972 posts)I suspect R-money thought it would be best for him to get some "I'm so principled" attention, but also to have it both ways by not going full "traitor to the GOP"... but thought the optics/impact were better if he split 1yes-2no rather than 1no-2yes. First article is voted on first, that sets the narrative.
krissey
(1,205 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)what with accolades of support for his decision to vote guilty for tRUMP in the impeachment vote. I
just had to do a search on "Dirt On Mitt" to refresh my memory and yes, Mitt's history is a corrupt one.
No wonder he's a reTHUG and whatever good he might do has been carefully calculated, in my
opinion. Don't be a sucker, Mitt is a mother-________.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)and tout him as THE viable alternative to any democrat.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)We don't have to like Mitt Romney. There is no harm in sitting back and cheering him on for a few days though.
They went low, we went high.
They just kept going lower. So now lets kick them in the fucking face.
Quixote1818
(28,946 posts)bdamomma
(63,875 posts)they have kicked us in the face many times. It's tit for tat or quid pro quo.
spooky3
(34,458 posts)in the future.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)I'm really sorry for all those on our side who cannot recognize a profile in courage when they witness it. It says so much about the sad, sad state of our nation.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)nolabear
(41,986 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)That's the mark of a man who knows he ought to do better, but doesn't have the stones to commit to it.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)that he's probably going to lose either way, but wanted to be on the correct side of history.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)spooky3
(34,458 posts)jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)Like you stated, he's still a Republican. It's just one snake biting another.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)Be a grownup and give praise where it is due.
lostnfound
(16,183 posts)And there it sits.
Glad to see that the GOP Senate is only 98% lazy traitors.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)You don't have to like the guy (I don't), but he made the correct choice when it really counted and history will record it as such.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)Democrats: "Uh, hey. We impeached him and voted unanimously to convict."
But I get it, Mitch was a Republican "Unicorn" on one of the charges, so, of course, the media is going to pay more attention to him.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)(although McCain's vote was more immediately meaningful)
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Just keeps it in the news and irritates Trump.
MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)Thats worth a million points in my book. Among republican acquaintances, the mitt vote is spoiling their day.
THIS IS AS GOOD A MEDIA STORY AS WE ARE GOING TO GET. LETS BE HAPPY.
Weeks ago we were worried trump would be acquitted before the SB interview (he wasnt); that he would be acquitted before the SOTU (he wasnt); that some Democrats would vote to acquit (they didnt); and that republicans would all vote to acquit (they didnt).