What is Romney expecting to happen if he wins?

[annabanana]

http://www.alternet.org/story/155990/what_happens_if_we_wake_up_with_a_mormon_in_the_white_house_what_joseph_smith%27s_run_for_president_suggests_about_mitt_romney?page=entire

According to a controversial Joseph Smith prophecy, when America degenerates to the point where “the Constitution hangs by a thread” -- and most TV pundits agree we’re there already -- at this time, a Mormon will be elected President of the United States, triggering a whole series of disaster-film plot twists: the end of the world as we know it; the overthrow of “gentile” rule; and the long-promised Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Only, instead of teleporting Himself somewhere interesting like Jerusalem, say the Mormons, Jesus will stage his comeback in Independence, Missouri.

Let me put it another way. Mitt Romney was raised to believe that if Mitt Romney is elected president, Mitt Romney will rule the world (or whatever is left of it) as the Mormon gods’ Viceroy, while Jesus Christ stumbles through tornado country, making crop circles in a corn field, or whatever it is you do there.

If you don’t believe me, it’s because you don’t know the operating software system Romney runs on. A slow and stupid operating system, sure, but it may soon be hooked up to about 5,000 nuclear warheads and a global empire, so ignoring it won’t save you.

I know, I know. We're not supposed to bring his religion into the "serious" discussions.. But at what cost?

[Turbineguy]

1. Well to start with......

A Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge tax cut.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Gotta seal the borders.

Wow--am I the last to see the irony of this man taking such a position when he is the grandchild of a family who fled across the then wide-open border with Mexico (albeit in the other direction) to escape what they perceived as religious persecution?

[n2doc]

7. +1

Apocalypses are bad for business. None of this horseshit about prophecy will take place. But America is gonna get screwed anyway, likely by eliminating as many environmental regs as possible, eliminating as much of the safety net as possible, and putting in as many Repub judges in as possible. So that we never again get the possibility of electing a Democrat to the Presidency.

Oh, and probably a protracted war with Iran.

[PCIntern]

2. No bullshit...

People had best better wake the hell up...

K n r!

[liberal N proud]

3. I know that if he wins, we will not be able to drink the water.

If he succeeds in repealing regulations that his ads claim he will do on day one, we will not be able to trust the quality of our water.

[C_U_L8R]

4. We'll all be shopping at the Missionary Mall

http://www.missionarymall.org/

Time to invest in some magic undies or Mitt "Bob Dobbs" Romney will be disappointed

[Voice for Peace]

10. they don't sell underwear at missionarymall

[enough]

6. k&r. Well worth it to read the whole article. (nt)

[magnifisense]

8. What is Romney expecting to happen if he wins? Romney???

How about "What am I expecting if he wins?"

Fear!

So long Supreme Court. Goodbye Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. Good night America! America Out!

[progressoid]

9. This is great for scaring the evangelical Christian voters.

But I'm more concerned about his actual policies.

[annabanana]

14. (then mission accomplished). . . . . n/t

[spin]

11. At this pont all he hopes to do ...

is to be elected President.

He will do anything and everything he can to achieve that goal. He is more than willing to change his previous views on any issue if he feels it will benefit him in the upcoming election. He is not just a waffler, he is a shape shifter.

When he became governor of Massachusetts he described himself as a moderate Republican.

Why Do Reporters Think Mitt Romney Is a Moderate?
Paul Waldman

April 4, 2012

I'm sorry, but I refuse to let this one go, even if I have to repeat myself. Time's Alex Altman writes, "A very conservative party is on the verge of nominating a relative moderate whom nobody is very excited about, largely because none of his rivals managed to cobble together a professional operation." I beg you, Alex, and every other reporter covering the campaign: If you're going to assert that Mitt Romney is a "relative moderate," you have to give us some evidence for that assertion. Because without mind-reading, we have to way to know whether it's true.

What we do know is that when he ran in two races in the extremely liberal state of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was a moderate. Then when he ran in two races to be the Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney was and is extremely conservative. There is simply no reason—none—to believe, let alone to assert as though it were an undisputed fact, that the first incarnation of Romney was the "real" one and the current incarnation of Romney is the fake one....emphasis added

Every single issue position that might mark Mitt Romney as a "relative moderate" is something he has cast off, whether it's being pro-choice, or pro-gay rights, or not hating on immigrants. If you're going to say he's a relative moderate, you have to explain how the Massachusetts Romney was an expression of his true beliefs, and the national Romney is the product of cynical calculation, and how you know this to be the case.
http://prospect.org/article/why-do-reporters-think-mitt-romney-moderate

A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney
By DAVID JAVERBAUM
Published: March 31, 2012

THE recent remark by Mitt Romney’s senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom that upon clinching the Republican nomination Mr. Romney could change his political views “like an Etch A Sketch” has already become notorious. The comment seemed all too apt, an apparent admission by a campaign insider of two widely held suspicions about Mitt Romney: that he is a) utterly devoid of any ideological convictions and b) filled with aluminum powder.

***snip***

What does all this bode for the general election? By this point it won’t surprise you to learn the answer is, “We don’t know.” Because according to the latest theories, the “Mitt Romney” who seems poised to be the Republican nominee is but one of countless Mitt Romneys, each occupying his own cosmos, each supporting a different platform, each being compared to a different beloved children’s toy but all of them equally real, all of them equally valid and all of them running for president at the same time, in their own alternative Romnealities, somewhere in the vast Romniverse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html

It is unfortunate that the Republicans had to chose the best choice of a Presidential candidate in the primaries with a very weak field. Romney was their best choice considering the alternatives.

If the ecomony shows signs of true improvement prior to the election, Obama should win easily. Unfortunately the Republicans are opposed to any measures to improve the jobs issue and the European Union is on the verge of collapse which will have a negative effect on the U.S economy.

If Romney is elected I fear for our future. I have no idea of what his true views are but I suspect that they would benefit the ruling 1% far more than the middle class and the poor. The scary possibly is that the economy might recover during his first administration and he might well win a second term. The Great Recession has to eventually end and if it does Romney will claim credit.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. I believe this is called The White Horse Prophecy

Does Ann own any white horses?

[TlalocW]

13. If he were elected president

And made it through his term or terms without Jesus showing up at the Puppetry Arts Institute (if you were the Son of God, wouldn't you rather go there instead of the LDS Visitor Center?), the prophecy will be changed to one of utter destruction being staved off by the election of the first Mormon president.

TlalocW

[ananda]

15. It doesn't bear thinking about..

.. the continued loss of women's rights for one,
among so many others.