What Flip-Flop Mitt Meant to Say: His Party is a Corrupt Hive of Treason

What he said: “A very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.”

What he meant: "A very large portion of the Republican party is made up of seditionists and traitors."

Republicans, millions of them, are traitors. They don't believe in the rule of law or the bedrock document governing this nation. They are, in point of fact, the very enemies that every person who has sworn an oath of enlistment/commissioning has pledged their lives to oppose. They fly the flag of a country that they are not loyal to. They lie every time that they say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Scratch a Republican, find a traitor.

Josh Hawley and J.D. Vance should be kicked out of the Senate for swearing a false oath. They clearly were lying through their teeth. The list of House Republicans who should be indicted for swearing a false oath is too long to list. But you know who they are, I'll wager.

The Stench Bows Out

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection, ending a storied two-decade political career that included the 2012 Republican GOP nomination for president and a term as Massachusetts governor.

I know that there are those who will point to Romney's votes to convict Trump during the impeachment trials and state that this decision not to run is proof of Romney's political morals and courage, but I disagree. There are oodles of people in Utah who have drunk of the Cult of the TOFF. He would have faced a primary challenger and he would have been beaten worse than he was in 2012. No career politico wants to end on a loss, so The Stench is folding his tent.

Still Corrupt AF

This is today's bestsellers list from the NY Times:

Jerrod the Boy wonder's book is at #2. That dagger symbol, underlined in red, indicates that there have been bulk purchases of the books at the bookstores that report their sales to the Times. What that means is that someone, or a group of someones, are trying to cook the bestsellers list by making it appear that a book is more popular than it truly is.

This seems to be a particular thing with the Right Wing Batshitters. A lot of books by the Fascist Right gain bestseller status by cooking the list. Both The Toff and his eldest spawn have done this. Flip-flop Mitt did it. So did Ben Shapiro, Caribou Barbie, Fascist Newtie and the Canadien Usurper. Because, get real; who the fuck is going to buy a book about a guy who shoved his dog into a rooftop carrier? Or some kid who, without connections to his corrupt family (both by birth and inlaws), would be the swing-shift manager at an Arby's?

But when books about the TOFF that are not flattering come into print, those are legitimate bestsellers.

Romney Speaks

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said Sunday that "it just makes me ill" to see people inside of the Republican Party praise Russian President Vladimir Putin as he wages war against Ukraine. Romney even went as far as to describe it as "almost treasonous" to side with Putin.

"A lot of those people are changing their stripes as they are seeing the response of the world and the political response here in the U.S.," Romney said during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," when asked about pro-Putin sentiment within the Republican Party.

"But how anybody — how anybody in this country, which loves freedom — can side with Vladimir Putin — which is an oppressor, a dictator, he kills people, he imprisons his political opponents, he has been an adversary of America at every chance he's had — it's unthinkable to me. It's almost treasonous," he continued. "And it just makes me ill to see some of these people do that."

We all know the people to whom he is referring. It's worth remembering that, when Republicans lined up behind Trump's pressure campaign for mythological dirt on the Binden's, Romney was the only Republican senator to not only refuse to go along, he pretty much accused Trump of lying.

So Many Republican Senators are Dain-Bramaged

Grassley, Collins, Murkowsky, Alexander and others. They all expressed opinions that Trump would learn from undergoing impeachment and moderate his tone and message. That was laid false by Trump's vituperative news conference.

The rest are gutless cowards.

I do owe Sen. Romney an apology for dubbing him "Flip-Flop Mitt". I didn't think he had the guts.

Do Women Owe Their Rights to Racism?And, of Course, Our White-Supremacist-in-Chief

That's an arguable point. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended on the floor of the House at the last minute to include outlawing discrimination based on sex. It's been a long-standing premises that the amendment was a legislative poison pill that was added to increase the chances of killing the bill.

On the other hand, there's also an argument that the congressman who introduced it, who was a southerner, was a strong supporter of rights for women. So he might have seen it as a "win-win" situation: If the bill died as a result, his contributors constituents would be happy and if it didn't, one of his legislative goals would be achieved.

Now, back to Trump:

Another advisory group is walking away from President* Donald Trump after his equivocation on neo-Nazis and white supremacists, with the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities resigning en masse Friday morning.

“We cannot sit idly by, the way that your West Wing advisors have, without speaking out against your words and actions,” members write in a joint letter to Trump obtained by POLITICO, which ends by calling on the president to resign if he does not see a problem with what’s happened this week.
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The PCAH is an official agency. That makes this the first White House department to resign.

Mitt Romney released a long statement on his FB page. This is the first paragraph:

I will dispense for now from discussion of the moral character of the president's Charlottesville statements. Whether he intended to or not, what he communicated caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep, and the vast heart of America to mourn. His apologists strain to explain that he didn't mean what we heard. But what we heard is now the reality, and unless it is addressed by the president as such, with unprecedented candor and strength, there may commence an unraveling of our national fabric.

Romney was crystal-clear that there is absolutely no moral equivalence between Nazis and those who oppose Nazis. And unless you want to be saddened by the number of Nazi-sympathizers who are screaming at him in fury, then don't read the comments.

You might want to check your local congresscritters' social media sites: Their web site, Twitter feed, FB page and see what they are saying about the Nazis of Charlottesville. Mine has been radio-silent. If yours has been, call them out as the cowards that they are.

I put no stock in this. Though I do agree that Trump does not, nor has he ever known the difference between right and wrong. He knows the difference between what he can get away with and what he cannot, but that's as far as it goes.

And yes, it's wrong to call for Trump to be assassinated. Jesus, is that even a debatable proposition?

Trump Showed His Petty Vindictiveness By Publicly Curb-Stomping Mitt Romney

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, says the president-elect interviewed Mitt Romney for the secretary of State position just to "torture him" for his former criticism.

Romney, who as much as I've opposed him politically, is still a decent man. He can't seem to understand that Trump was fucking with him, just to humiliate him in front of the world.

Romney confidants say they still believe Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence were genuinely vetting Romney for the job, with phone calls, a meeting at Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, N.J., and a sumptuous two-hour dinner at Jean Georges in Manhattan, complete with frog legs and diver scallops.

The one thing that nobody, other than those in his family, will ever say about Trump at his memorial service was that "he was a decent human being".

Selling Out, Mitt?

Mitt's expression seems to indicate that he didn't get a good price for his soul.

Trump, on the other hand, looks like a cat playing with a fresh mouse.

Here's another one, for your pirating pleasure:

It appears that Mitt forgot to bring it.

My guess is that, having publicly humiliated Mitt and destroying what's left of his reputation for integrity, Trump will curb-stomp Romney. And it would seem that Romney knows that will happen, for he looks about as happy as a man whose been told that he has stage 4 penile cancer.

(Romney's thinking: "I got more votes than this tool and I lost?"

The Fraud Meets the Worst Campaigner, Ever

US President-elect Donald Trump has met one of his fiercest critics, Mitt Romney, with reports suggesting he may be considered for secretary of state.

Neither man gave details of their 80-minute meeting on Saturday. Mr Romney said the talks had been "far-reaching".

During the campaign, Mr Romney called Mr Trump a "fraud", while Mr Trump said Mr Romney's unsuccessful presidential bid in 2012 had been "the worst ever".

Yep, that's some impressive swamp-draining.

Gad, that must chap both Rudy Giuliani's and Chris Christie's asses. Christie did everything he could for Trump, including swallowing public humiliation, and he seems to be getting nothing for it. It was pretty much an open secret that Giuliani was angling to be the AG, which as we know now, didn't happen.

And yet it's ol' Willard M. Romney, the leader of the last-ditch attempt to derail the Trump Nomination Express, who gets a well-publicized meeting with The Donald.

All of which may mean nothing. The Donald plays the press like a drum kit. Only he and his kids know for sure whom he is considering for what jobs.

Meanwhile, The Donald demonstrates, yet again, that freedom of speech means nothing if his tender ego is bruised.

Rmoney Makes a Joke

His joke: "Donald Trump has had several foreign wives. It turns out that there are really are jobs Americans won't do."

Not bad, Willard. How much did you pay for that one?

Mitt the Fudge-Packer Is Still an Idiot

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has said he will vote for Ted Cruz in the upcoming caucuses in his home state of Utah, intensifying his attack against frontrunner Donald Trump.

(Like I'm going to pass up a chance to reuse this photo)

Cruz has earned a reputation of being the single most detested person in the U.S. Senate. Considering some of the trolls and misanthropes who inhabit the place, that took some real doing. Nobody likes Cruz. Even G-d won't talk to him directly.

Rafael Cruz looks the sort of creep that would put a roofie in your drink and then stuff you into a panel van (a good-enough reason to ban vans). Mittens must be desperate beyond belief if he's willing to support him.

Speaking of Cruz, he was babbling about "appeasement" regarding the President's trip to Cuba. I wonder if he regards Nixon's trip to China in `72 as "appeasement". Probably safe to bet "no". Cruz is a fricking moron; the "isolate Cuba" policy of the early 1960s hasn't accomplished a goddamn thing in the last fifty years, other than strengthen the hold of the Cuban communists over their own people.

Willard, Go Back to Closing American Factories and Exporting Jobs

It's the only thing you're good at.

Among Trump supporters, 56 percent said they are more likely to vote for Trump after he was denounced by Romney, while 5 percent said they are less likely to vote for Trump. Thirty-six percent said their opinions were not changed.

And among those who voted for Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee, his speech was less helpful in curbing support for Trump: 30 percent were more likely to vote for Trump, while 20 percent were less likely.

Dear Rmoney: Nobody Wants to Hear From You

Mitt Romney, the Republican party’s presidential nominee in 2012, returned to the national stage on Thursday with a blistering indictment of Donald Trump, dubbing the frontrunner “a phony” and “a fraud”.

The full speech, if you have the stomach for it.

In response, The Donald said, in essence, that Romney would have given Trump a blowjob four years ago for Trump's endorsement.

As a candidate, Romney has failed almost as many times as Trump's businesses have failed. But that's not important.

Thing is, the party establishment thinks that Trump will drive the party right over a a cliff. And yet they've waited until the bus was at full speed and 100 feet from the edge before standing up and saying "Driver, I don't think this is a good idea."*

The time to do that was last year, when the opinion polls were beginning to go Trump's way.
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* I await the Downfall parody, with Romney in the bunker.

Flippidy-Flopping on Guns; GOP Ed.

Chris Christie on Wednesday conceded that he changed his mind on guns.

Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed the New Jersey governor on his gun stance, noting that he supported an assault weapons ban in 1995, called GOP opponents who wanted to repeal it “dangerous,” “crazy” and “radical,” and ran against opposition to concealed carry laws in 2009.

Funny how they all seem to do that when they are pandering seeking votes.

Remember Rudy Giuliani or Romney flip-flopping on gun control? Those guys want the job and they, like every othrr candidate (other than maybe Bernie Sanders) will say or do anything to get it.

Another Empty Seat on the GOP Short Bus

Scott Walker quit the race. He blames Donald Trump, I guess for being better at running for political office than Walker is. Since he was polling somewhere between Lindsey Graham and the Herpes virus, well, even billionaires have limits on wasting money.

His plan apparently is to resurface at a divided convention. But hell, even Willard Romney is harboring that dream.

There hasn't been a "brokered convention" in over sixty years. The hope of Dead Candidate Walker and Flip-Flop Mitt that one will come to pass is proof that the only cure for fire-in-the-belly is embalming fluid.

But beyond that, if the party bosses seize control of the convention and lock out the people who have been the force behind the GOP gaining the Congress, look for them to stay home in November in large numbers.

"Good Morning. I'm Running for the Republican Presidential Nomination."

George Pataki. Frothy. Miss Lindsey. The Donald. So many are running, now, that future announcements are going to covered in the "news in brief" column of the papers.

They're going to have to trade the GOP Klown Kar in for a short bus.

The funny thing is that Frothy thinks that his campaign was a success in 2012. Which is bullshit, of course. There aren't second-place winners in elections*. What "success" Frothy had in 2012 was because Willard Romney was such a tool that even a few million GOP voters couldn't stomach him. Rmoney still won the nomination, which meant, of course, that Frothy lost.
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* Or gunfights.

Mittens Folds His Tent

Rmoney isn't going to run in `16. That's reasonable, given that nobody seems to want him to.

Which probably means that the American oligarchs will coalesce around Jeb Bush.

RomneyBot, Version 5.0x10^9

Seems that Willard is now experimenting with being a populist:

One of the most important things to focus on in the post-Obama era, he said, was to lift people out of poverty. "Under President Obama, the rich have gotten richer and more people are in poverty than ever before," Romney said. He also touted his work as a pastor in the Mormon Church helping the sick and elderly.

The "rich getting richer" is pretty much the core of the GOP. You don't have to look hard to find GOP powerbrokers whose cause is cutting taxes for the rich and increasing them for everyone else.

That didn't sell too well on the national stage, so the man who ran in `08 as a slightly moderate conservative and in `12 as a severe conservative is now trying to find some other robe that will look good on him.

At this point, it's clear that Rmoney's core political belief is "I should be president." Which, at least, is honest. He'll say anything, do anything and become anything in order to become the president. But what he'd do as president, well, good luck guessing that. For when you try to find his bedrock political philosophy, there's no there, there.

"When the Presidential Bug Gets in Your Veins, the Only Thing That Will Get It Out is Embalming Fluid."

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said on Saturday that he was leaving his weekly Fox News show so he can explore a 2016 presidential bid.

And

While some people close to [Willard M.] Romney insist he hasn’t moved from saying he has no plans to run, the 2012 Republican nominee has sounded at least open to the idea in recent conversations, according to more than a dozen people who’ve spoken with him in the past month.

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“America loves an underdog. We’re definitely the underdog in this race,” he said in an interview Tuesday. [Rick "Frothy"] Santorum added that being underestimated — again — “has given me a lot of latitude.”

About the only ones not considering jumping into the race are Bob Dole, John McCain and Harold Stassen.

Get Used to the Idea of Another President Clinton

Mitt Romney might run again.

If that's the best that the GOP can do, then they might consider changing their party symbol from the elephant to the wooly mammoth. For extinction, at least on the national level, is looming.

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