Romney Attacked by His Father’s Longtime Aide (Mitt would say/do anything to close a deal/election)

out because there is a story about the "Myth of George Romney'. His dad was as big a dick as his soon is.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnrbohrer/making-mitt-the-myth-of-george-romney

they used to write back in the day before 24 hour cable news and the Internet. So Romney is using the racebaiting, divisiveness, fear mongering of the conservative GOP of the sixties.

and maybe it will give some people who are die-hard republicans pause. that would be really good for the country.

before phones were untethered from the wall and came with video recorders

Excellent! A very credible source and one with history with that family. He must be sick to his stomach over what has become of George's youngest. I know I would be.

Mitt Romney isn't even half the man his father was.

George Romney was a good man. His wife Lenore was an even better person.

Their son, Mitt, is anything but!

I had a long way to roll!

Here's hoping this story grows some legs.


October 15, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Former George Romney aide criticizes Mitt
By David Shepardson
Detroit News Washington Bureau


Washington — A former aide to Michigan Gov. George Romney harshly criticized Romney's son, Mitt.

In an essay mailed to journalists, Walt De Vries — who was a campaign strategist to the late George Romney — says the younger Romney "would say and do anything to close a deal — or an election. George Romney's constant mantra to those in and around his campaigns and his gubernatorial staff: 'As you campaign, so shall you govern.'"

The New York Times posted a copy of the memo on its website.

De Vries contrasted Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, to his father. "George Romney was a political risk-taker. He fought for a new Michigan constitution that was narrowly approved, overhauled the administrative structure of the executive branch in Michigan and battled repeatedly for an income tax."

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From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121015/POLITICS01/210150429#ixzz29PitJOXu

I guess this means that Willard's daddy, George W, is spinning madly in his grave right now, gnashing his teeth for having begat such a mutant son, miscreant enough to be threatening America with even more tax cuts for himself and the Cock Brothers, even more unprovoked wars of aggression, and even more Justices Scalia. Poor ole daddy Romney is no doubt bemoaning how the virulent, high class, family genes he passed on in good faith got so hellishly mutated.
God only knows, George, God only knows.
For, not unlike the great Christian God of the Jews, the petty little Mormonic God of thy only begotten son works also in mysterious ways.. apparently.

Of every newspaper in the country. When a longtime aid to his own father diss's him like this it should be a warning to all republicans just what they are buying so to speak.

This should wreck havoc on Romney's deep-seated daddy issues right before the debate.

<snicker>

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

George Romney also ran/held office in the Pre-TPGOP era when you were able to be rational and compromise with others. This just underscores how deranged the current TPGOP is.

I am glad to see that articles like the one about Walter DeVries' jaundiced view of Mitt get printed somewhere in the corporate news media. All too often, such articles relevant to forming an accurate opinion about a political candidate's character get ignored, heavily edited, or back-paged by the jellyfish who purport to edit and report the news for the rest of us.

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A word to any passing Republican lurkers reading this. Please note it's not just us "libs" who are less than impressed by Mitt's character and honesty. It is guys like David Stockman, also former Republican senators and Congressmen, and now somebody who worked for Mitt's dad and has probably met with and dealt with Mitt himself who are less than thrilled about the idea of Mitt Romney as President. It is also the guys and gals who performed the opposition research concerning Mitt for Republican candidates like John McCain and Newt Gingrich who are also less than tickled about Mitt.

I can see why good Republicans might be tempted to discredit anything those rascally Democrats might say. But do you all plan to ignore what guys who served YOUR party for many years say about Mitt, too?

Ignoring so-called "liberals" is one thing. Putting your hands over your ears and saying "la, la, la, I can't hear you!" when confronted with unpleasant and inconvenient facts is symptomatic of an inability to deal with the world as it is.