Why in the world is Romney aligning himself with that nutbag Trump
 

I don't have a clue. Trump is an egotistic frat boy that inherited a whole bunch of money from his dad and then lost almost all of it, and what is it with that rodent, having a bad hair day, on his head.

Romney is doing himself a disservice associating with the birther Trump. Not to mention the fact that the other egotistical ahole in the mix is Gingrich.

Please Mittens please, please, choose Gingrich as your running mate.

I'm sure Newt and the egotistical pig are suckin' up for the VP spot. As far as why Mitt is not keeping them at arms length----Who cares? Let him sabotage himself.

I think it has more to do with the fact that Romney is afraid not to associate himself with Trump. If Romney were to openly dis Trump (as he should), Trump may open fire with both barrels thereby further confusing the nutcase base.

He understands that Trump can still energies a sector of the electorate needed to vote in November. So by keeping him associated in someway keeps the lunatic fringe in the party happy.

Or it could just be Romney is just hard up for friends.




Barney

I still do not understand why anyone likes Trump. He was an arrogant ass three decades ago and is the same today and is not representative of the wealthy IMHO. Is his show still being broadcast?

I believe so. As long as there is money in that ass fouling the cable lines with his presence, he will continue to broadcast. This is what we call, "The Free Market".................

I ran across this the other day. :p


Carl

I wonder if Romney has the cojones to distance himself from the crazies like McCain did in the last election?
He just might decide that throwing the birthers under the bus won't hurt him like Obama coming out in favor of same sex marriage hasn't been hurt.

Somehow I don't see Mitt having the backbone to publically rebuke Trump on stage tonite about his bullshit. We'll see...

perchance its because trump has free market experience. Bummer doesnt. But romney does.

He's a businessman, and America is full of morons who think any businessman in government will do?

We need a businessman as POTUS like we need another round of the Great Depression, and frankly kiddies it was not all that great.

This just in - Romney is a unicorn!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...RzU_story.html

Bingo

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He couldn't be a unicorn Finn, or McCain would've drank his blood :D

Pete

Businessmen historically have been some of he worst Presidents. The worst being Harding, Hoover, and W. GHW Bush was a one term President and so was Carter.

The problem with being a business man is that you are used to total control over your business. When you become President you lose a lot of power.

As President you cannot make a decision, say on the economy, and just implement it. That is what kings do.

In this country we have a judicial branch and a legislative branch. They put the reigns on the Executive branch. Business men don't like having their little dictator title stripped from them. They tend to throw tantrums like "the Decider" did.

Go ahead Republican's, get Mittens into the White House, and take the House and the Senate. With what I see of your policy platforms, even though it is very cryptic, If it is all implemented it will doom the Republican party.

People will wake up when they can't "put food on their families" and the elderly and disabled see their cherished SS, SSI, and Medicare pretty much go away. there will be more than one pissed off tea bagger when they realize there new Hoveround electric wheel chair is going to cost them ten grand while the watch the US spend billions bombing Syria and Iran. No..really, grampy McInsane is back in the news. How in the hell can a tortured POW, in the Vietnam police action, be such a war hawk. I can't believe I used to admire him as a logical thinking Republican.

The important question is, does he fart glitter that smells like fresh roses?

Nope, 100% Rainbows!

Well at least we agree on McCain—I never did like him.

It's all relative. The sclerotic and confused McCain has become the seasoned voice of reason in a party increasingly dominated by the Teabaggers. There's a chance he'll stray from the RNC talking points and inadvertently say something true or insightful, something that cannot be said for much of the rest of the GOP.

He should, however, hang it up and go home to his blond millionaire beer heiress. Gotta give him props for that at least.:D

please elaborate. i could use google. But as some here have said i cant seem to have google find me the link for what you said...:D

Successful businesman, successful politician, successful governor, successful President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Choose one or more. They're all Mitt Romney.

What's he up against? A mediocre community organizer, a junior senator, a successful choom gang member... a failed president.

I hope the choice is clear to more people than just myself.

I think we all hope that more people have a clearer view than you have.:rolleyes:

You failed to mention failed senate candidate for Mitt.

One could just as easily argue that being a successful vulture capitalist is a negative qualification for being a political leader. Political decisions are generally more complicated than what's best for the bottom line.

Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, and Bush senior served as Republican Presidents without having business experience. Bush junior was a failed business man. Indeed, the only president this century who ran a successful business was Jimmy Carter. Are you going to hold him up as your example. :p

Regards,

D-Ray

Back to the thread topic, it is amazing how Obama supporters have latched onto this Trump thing. I guess it's the talking points issued by the whitehouse the other day which is driving this feigned concern from liberals to this 'nothing' issue. Distraction afer distraction for them. The only strategy left with the record of mistakes Obama's got hanging over his head. What a joke. Here's John Sununu telling it like it is:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/3...birther-story/

John Sununu spinning it like Mitt wants it spun.

Regards,

D-Ray

The news sure won't do it for him!

Pete

No. I'm not going to go to Jimmy Carter, I'm just going to point out that Mitt Romney's experience and accomplishments as governor of Massachusetts in the face of a huge dem majority in the Massachesetts legislature during his entire tenure easily dwarfs any claim that Obama had, or has even now after 3 years as POTUS, of being able to demonstrate successful governance in the face of challenges and adversity. Romney's qualifications quash Obama's in just about any turf you want to compete on... except may perfecting bong hits from the roof of a volkswagon van.

Quit listening to the bloviating liberal taking heads. They're morally ok with lying 100% of the time which makes their ranting a little hard for any objective and intelligent listener to swallow.

I'm afraid that my analysis came from my knowledge of history. In other words, I think for myself, thank you very much.

One bit of turf where the battle will be joined will be the debates. Mitt better do a huge job of lowering expectations, or he's going to come out of the debates looking like he got cut from the junior varsity debate team.

What Obama accomplished legislatively is amazing considering that he has been dealing with a Republican party that believes that compromise is a dirty word. Just ask Alan Simpson.

Another thing Obama will have on Romney is four years of experience in the toughest job in the world. During that experience he has seen 24 straight months of private sector job growth, eleven straight months of increased retail sales, and steadily decreasing unemployment. Oh yeah, Obama has created such a bad business atmosphere that we have seen record corporate profits.

Did I mention that Osama Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive. :D

Regards,

D-Ray

From an article in the latest newsweek;

"When Bain owned Steel Dynamics, Romney and his investors took $37 million in taxpayer subsidies—a sweet deal when they only invested about half that amount themselves. Tad DeHaven of the libertarian Cato Institute told the Los Angeles Times, “This is corporate welfare, an example of the government stepping into the marketplace, picking winners and losers, providing profits to business owners, and leaving taxpayers stuck with the bill.”
Classic crony capitalism: privatize the gain, socialize the risk. When Romney drove GST Steel into bankruptcy, he and his partners made $12 million in profit and another $4.5 million in consulting fees. But Romney stuck the taxpayers with a $44 million tab for the company’s underfunded pensions."

Successful businessman my arse.

16.5 mil on a 18.5 mil investment? That's an amazing return, around 89%.

Pete

Actually Romney make me think of nothing so much as a Chameleon, whatever gtoup he is with . . .

Precisely why Romney should NEVER see the inside of the Oval Office. Unless he's there to sweep the floor and empty the trashcans.