Mitt Romney to launch U.S. Senate campaign Thursday in Utah - Polidicks

[quote] Mitt Romney plans to announce his long-expected U.S. Senate bid on Thursday in his adopted state of Utah with a low-key rollout intended to duck roiling Republican divisions and avoid signaling that he will play the role of foil to President Donald Trump. Wednesday night, however, Romney said he would delay Thursday's announcement because of the Florida school shooting in which at least 17 people were killed. "Out of respect for the victims and their families, I will not be making an announcement tomorrow about the Senate race," he tweeted.[/quote] [url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mitt-romney-senate-campaign-20180214-story.html[/url]

Not a giant fan of Mitt but if this leads to a career of wrecking Trump, I'm all for it.

Romney > Trump

We now live in a timeline where people like Romney. Just ponder that for a minute.

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;53134043]We now live in a timeline where people like Romney. Just ponder that for a minute.[/QUOTE] Would you prefer a loaf of bread, or a shit sandwich? That's how I see it.

I mean he’s not too bad. He’s out of touch and run of the mill conservative but he tends to see problems in things and tries to address them. Obviously were he up against a competent democrat I’d prefer them but if I had to pick a republican at any point here it’d be him

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;53134043]We now live in a timeline where people like Romney. Just ponder that for a minute.[/QUOTE] The weird thing about the Republican Party is that every next candidate they offer is arguably worse than the last one. Just imagine if the next GOP presidential candidate makes Trump look great...

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;53134119]The weird thing about the Republican Party is that every next candidate they offer is arguably worse than the last one. Just imagine if the next GOP presidential candidate makes Trump look great...[/QUOTE] Just an actual plague that kills anyone who looks at it

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;53134119]The weird thing about the Republican Party is that every next candidate they offer is arguably worse than the last one. Just imagine if the next GOP presidential candidate makes Trump look great...[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;jjonGtrCyVE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjonGtrCyVE[/video]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;53134119]The weird thing about the Republican Party is that every next candidate they offer is arguably worse than the last one. Just imagine if the next GOP presidential candidate makes Trump look great...[/QUOTE] That may be impossible, unless richard spencer or steve bannon somehow win the nomination.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;53133999]Not a giant fan of Mitt but if this leads to a career of wrecking Trump, I'm all for it.[/QUOTE] he won't. Utah is the theocratic capital of the GOP, he will run exactly down the line with their socially regressive agenda, at best he is a jeff flake, at worst, another rand paul

[QUOTE=TheBorealis;53134138]That may be impossible, unless richard spencer or steve bannon somehow win the nomination.[/QUOTE] a worse Trump would just be Trump except actually competent

from what I recall, Utah's one of the red states that doesn't [i]particularly[/i] like Easy D Romney's also not a fan of T-dog, as everyone already knows, so I suppose it's better him than, y'know, a Roy Moore type, or some other degenerate. However, as the article says, [quote]Mitt Romney plans to announce his long-expected U.S. Senate bid on Thursday in his adopted state of Utah with a low-key rollout intended to duck roiling Republican divisions and [b]avoid signaling that he will play the role of foil to President Donald Trump.[/b][/quote] so he's probably gonna stop being so vocally anti-Trump, but HOPEFULLY he'll stop flip-flopping for once in his life and actually stick to being such a generic white bread conservative, which isn't the best but better than the alternative type of conservative as much as it pains me to say it, I'll tolerate the Mormons. FOR NOW

Utah had better take a good hard look at Romney's time as governor of Massachusetts before they elect him as their Senate representative

I'm actually rooting for R-Money to win an election this is the worst timeline

This is one seat I can't imagine going to the Dems, even in the flood of 2018. If it does, it shows how much of an embarrassment Trump was to the GOP.

if he gets elected he'll bend over and take donald's dick right in his ass and you're very gullible if you think otherwise

[QUOTE=Raidyr;53134134][video=youtube;jjonGtrCyVE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjonGtrCyVE[/video][/QUOTE] Why are you just posting a video about Trump? We already know he's an angry orange asshole

[QUOTE=Lambeth;53134782]Why are you just posting a video about Trump? We already know he's an angry orange asshole[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Youtube comment]1 year ago (edited) I'm not laughing anymore.• [/QUOTE]

I don't know how to feel about our traditional protestant based religious fundamentalist congressmen being replaced with mormon based fundamentalist congressmen. Sure mormons are nicer and they're friendlier to us hispanics but that's only because they want to assimilate instead of step on us

[QUOTE=Dr.C;53134897]I don't know how to feel about our traditional protestant based religious fundamentalist congressmen being replaced with mormon based fundamentalist congressmen. Sure mormons are nicer and they're friendlier to us hispanics but that's only because they want to assimilate instead of step on us[/QUOTE] I think the key here is that Romney was one of the few Republicans that is fairly vocally anti-Trump. Sure I'd take a Democrat over him any day of the week, but this will (hopefully) be a prominent voice of opposition from inside Trump's own party.

[QUOTE=Dr.C;53134897]I don't know how to feel about our traditional protestant based religious fundamentalist congressmen being replaced with mormon based fundamentalist congressmen. Sure mormons are nicer and they're friendlier to us hispanics but that's only because they want to assimilate instead of step on us[/QUOTE] Mormons also tend to have a disgustingly disrespectful view of women, more so than your average religious fundamentalist though. I don't think I could ever make a vote for someone with religiously based views that they also take into their job as a congressman in good faith anymore. Lesser of two evils is one thing I sort of understand. Lesser of two choices I would otherwise never consider representative of anything I stand for in a million years is another. I'd rather my vote have worth and make me feel like I did something right, not all slimy and regretful because it was an okish choice I guess sorta maybe if I don't think about it too much, ya know?

[QUOTE=Xion21;53135044]Mormons also tend to have a disgustingly disrespectful view of women, more so than your average religious fundamentalist though. I don't think I could ever make a vote for someone with religiously based views that they also take into their job as a congressman in good faith anymore. Lesser of two evils is one thing I sort of understand. Lesser of two choices I would otherwise never consider representative of anything I stand for in a million years is another. I'd rather my vote have worth and make me feel like I did something right, not all slimy and regretful because it was an okish choice I guess sorta maybe if I don't think about it too much, ya know?[/QUOTE] Eh, my GF is an ex-Mormon from a devout but not fundamentalist family. From how she talks about it there's some obviously sexist shit in their religious doctrine, but no more so than the Catholic Church. Historically they were actually pretty progressive in terms of getting women in the workplace and suffrage campaigns. You should also keep in mind there's a pretty big variation in how devout Mormons are. From what she said the vast majority aren't fundamentalist.

[QUOTE=Harbie;53135073]Eh, my GF is an ex-Mormon from a devout but not fundamentalist family. From how she talks about it there's some obviously sexist shit in their religious doctrine, but no more so than the Catholic Church. Historically they were actually pretty progressive in terms of getting women in the workplace and suffrage campaigns. You should also keep in mind there's a pretty big variation in how devout Mormons are. From what she said the vast majority aren't fundamentalist.[/QUOTE] That's certainly good to know, most I've known were less like that, save for one family I went to high school with, but that was mostly down to their daughters not being all that religious, their parents weren't so keen on it. I guess my opinion is mostly down to the idea that I believe there should be a separation between your beliefs and your job at all times. There are Christian scientists but they don't try to insert their views into their findings, they leave their beliefs at the door. When they are in the lab, they are scientists, when they are at home, they leave their job at the door. I think politicians should do the same, because I view it as healthier for them, and for the country. I just don't think I could vote for someone that doesn't represent that view for me anymore.