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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI seriously am beginning to think that Romney is a bigger dolt that Dubya.
I've watched this guy the last couple of years and he says mind numbingly things that have me shaking my head in WTF disbelief.
Dubya did it---but not on a scale of what this guy does.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)the bad news is that nobody wants to have a beer with a Mormon Bishop..
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)... that Mitt is someone you'd want to pour a beer ON.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)unblock
(52,418 posts)for the most part, at least.
i think republicans haven't taken to rmoney because he wouldn't be a good little puppet like shrub was.
Solomon
(12,319 posts)profit, er, I mean prophet.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)George W Bush surpasses Romney in charm. That is really sad!
CrispyQ
(36,547 posts)Romney is an entitled dullard.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)you never hear that name ...
Laurian
(2,593 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)bush had this sort of cunning and some social IQ.
romney has zip in the way of social intelligence but I think he's smarter on another plane.
johnnie
(23,616 posts)Ahhh...what could have been.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)by being an idiot. The problem is Mittens is more liberal then he shows and the more he ties to move to the middle the teabuggers make sure he stays on the right of W on everything. He can't talk about being governor because of health care. He can't really talk that much about Bain because everyone still wants to know about his taxes. Let's be honest here Mittens is a business man. I don't think our early leaders wanted government to be runned like a business. There is a need for government no matter what republicans say. I don't think Romney has a clue to what a president really does. If he can't go to a country and not put his best foot forward I fear for our country. He did terrible. Mittens and his wife have this entitlement attitude. You see it and they aren't aware of it. How can this guy be president when he doesn't understand everyday people. I am not knocking him being rich. I am glad for him. However it does bother me his wealth comes at the expense of working people. That alone should disqualify him as president. We need to start electing people who represent us and not sending jobs overseas.
cali
(114,904 posts)accept his belief that he should wield tremendous power.
spanone
(135,915 posts)chowder66
(9,093 posts)Siwsan
(26,310 posts)I don't know which is worse.
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)He is just plain arrogant, and AFAIC, that is worse. At least ignorant people like Dumbya have some potential for treating others decently. Somehow, I don't think Bush would ever shove his grandkid's face into a plate of butter, or either of his daughters, for that matter. And, dropping Barney on his head was an accident. I don't see him strapping any of his dogs to the roof of his car and driving for 12 hours. Willard is better than everyone else in his warped, creepy mind. And, that is why he likely doesn't understand why his fuck ups are fuck ups, or more likely just doesn't care. That's not just worse, it's damn dangerous for this country, if he is ever given any sort of power again. Bush is a sociopath. Willard takes that sociopathy to a whole new level.
Siwsan
(26,310 posts)Bush was more like brain damaged. But they both act oblivious of the feelings of others. Like they can say what ever the hell they want, and nobody should be shocked. Both have terminal frat boy syndrome.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)and knew the importance of having people run interference for him. Romney is oblivious.
Raine
(30,541 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)and he listened to them. Funny thing is I always thought the "good 'ol boy" thing was a put on. Now that I have seen a couple of interviews and events out of office, I think it's authentic. The contrast to Mitt on my own likability radar astounds me. Bush obviously did have a way with people. Especially people who would be inclined to vote against their interest.
I think that Mitt won't be able to court the masses who voted against their interest as easily.
I suspect he knows what he is doing and will not be advised or handled. He will not be able stifle his contempt for the average Americans.
Seeing that rigidity makes him more dangerous than I initially believed.
Gman
(24,780 posts)Than every business W started failed miserably. He had nothing thst wasnt his dad's until he was given a piece of the Texas Rangers.
At least Romney can run a business.
Raine
(30,541 posts)letterhead and nothing more. Rmoney tries to use that as being a experience for holding office but it's a double-edged sword. IMO he is hiding his record because he did NOTHING but collect a salary in return for his family name.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Which kind of says something for W. I would like to think he was just a disinterested, partying fratboy who happened to luck into some wealth. Mitt is aggressively cruel.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)off of Dumya now and then. Dumya was somewhat genuine, not so totally phoney like Rmoney.
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)And neither of them was an overly stupid man. Both are caught up in a world of their own, one that has no regard for the likes of you and me. We are the wheat in the field to them, just a harvest to take in and profit from.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Rmoney has no such excuse. He's just a garden-variety dumb TBM. He knows what his church tells him. He is utterly brainwashed.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)W was so obviously Dick's sockpuppet that even the clueless saw it.
What is scary is that Mitt really is delusional; he genuinely does not understand that he is doing wrong. He thinks he can do what he wants because he is God's tool, to help expand the Mormon church into national dominance.
Please keep in mind, the Mormon faith believes that man can literally become as God. I do not mean "at one with" I mean that God was just a man on some planet that ascended, and that Mormon males can do so too. Note, NOT females, they are simply adornments to the male. This means mitt can have a literal God Complex, fed by the church.
It is one thing to suffer a fool, it is another to be at the mercy of a would be God.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)to fully comprehend or even care about the effects of his stupidity. I see Romney, on the other hand, as a privileged scion of money, a pampered fuck who just doesn't give a damn what happens to the "littles", as long he continues to be able to inflate his offshore accounts.