Today is an auspicious day for Mitt Romney. It was four years ago today that he surrendered:
Romney’s candidacy, into which he has dumped well more than $35 million of his own fortune, had become a longshot, slipping far behind John McCain and losing ground even to Mike Huckabee. But he said he was pulling out of the race and clearing the way for McCain’s nomination for the good of the party and, ultimately, the country.
The good of the country?!? What the fuck?
As president, either of the Democratic contenders, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, Romney asserted, “would retreat and declare defeat” in Iraq and the war on terror. “And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney said.
Oh yes…we all remember that day when our President, Barack Hussein Obama, handed keys to the White House over to Osama bin Laden—you know, shaped into and delivered to Osama in the form of a bullet. To the head. But, you know, with a limited stealth operation instead of a full military invasion, it was kind-of surrenderish.
Four years ago now, the G.O.P. front-runner was John McCain. My Monte Carlo-based analysis of the polling data had McCain leading Sen. Obama by 341 to 197 electoral votes and Sen. Hillary Clinton by 310 to 228 electoral votes.
How did Romney stack up against Obama at the time? My last analysis in that match-up had Obama trouncing Romney 378 to 160 electoral votes. Four years later, the “score” has Obama up 335 to 203. Not much of a marginal return on investment after the first $35 million!
Today is auspicious for another reason. Romney will win at least one of the three primary contests—Colorado caucus for sure. But he’ll sure be red-faced if he only wins one of the three. And the last polling in Minnesota shows Santorum with a double-digit lead over Romney—who may even finish third or fourth. The most recent poll for the Missouri primary was from late January and showed Rick Santorum over Romney by +11%.
If he does suffer a pair of losses tonight, Mitt should consider for future 7 Feb to not even get up in the morning—instead, he should spend the whole day nestled in his recharging unit.
He can lounge around at home in his special underwear.
I’ve had some quality time with Mormons.
Whenever I think about Mitt Romney, I think of the White Horse Prophecy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Horse_Prophecy
I have no doubt the loons believe it. I’ve heard some pretty whacky stuff from “Mormons in good standing”.
Remember devout President Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen), launching the nukes to bring about the end of days, so Jesus can return?
The Dead Zone
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085407/
Art anticipating reality.
We hear “hang like a thread” a lot from the fatuous Glenn Beck.
Or heard anyway.. Does any right winger still pay attention to that charlatan?
It’s a good thing no American Hindu is a contender for the presidency. There’d be endless bashing of world-bearing turtles and elephants. The 1.2 million American Hindus and the nearly one billion Hindus around the world are obviously a bunch of loons. I recall that some native Americans believed in the turtle thing as well. Just imagine! Believing in world-bearing turtles. Loons, all of them, I’m sure.
If you don’t believe with me in eleven dimensions, particles being both here and there at the same time and infinite universes, then you’re a fucking loon.
Romney seems to have made a career of mouthing apocalyptic political slogans. Maybe they should call his campaign “Apocalypse Never Comes.”
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Right. All those fundamentalist Hindus that literally believe that Krishna was a blue avatar chasing maidens.
Talk to a Mormon missionary. At length. Then report back.
Today is auspicious for another reason. Romney will win at least one of the three primary contests—Colorado caucus for sure.
Well, so much for Darryl’s predictions :)
Richard,
Somehow I think Mitt has far more to be red-faced about than me.
Just one more reason for Mitt to spend every future Feb 7th nestled in his recharging unit….
@6 “Talk to a Mormon missionary. At length. Then report back.”
Well, Holy Golden Salamanders, Mr. Osgood, please tell me, will my being a baptized Mormon for the last forty years suffice as “quality time” with you?
Please feel free to report back to me when you’ve come up with an excuse for hating on millions of people you don’t even fucking know. Then explain to me how that makes you better than a wingnut who hates on millions of people they don’t even fucking know.
“Remember devout President Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen), launching the nukes to bring about the end of days, so Jesus can return?”
Please tell me that you don’t base your hatred for millions of people on something you saw on West Wing.