Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:44 PM
BelieveMe3 (134 posts)
I would like to like to just say I think this is a bad ideaMany articles out today suggesting Mittens for cabinet posts. You know, hopeful republicans saying Mitsy has alot of offer. He is a man who insulted 47% of the country, ran a race baiting campaign where he didn't stop surrogates from pushing birther nonsense, didn't stop republican governors and sec. of states from trying to suppress the african american votes, in other words, he lacked character, on top of the dishonest campaign he ran, so I think he should he should be put out to pasture never to be heard from again. His kind of advice the President doesn't need!
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31 replies, 1271 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| BelieveMe3 | Nov 2012 | OP | |
| gateley | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| lumpy | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| BainsBane | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| ibegurpard | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| Kalidurga | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| sadbear | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| pinto | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| trublu992 | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| progressivebydesign | Nov 2012 | #24 | |
| geckosfeet | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| Fridays Child | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| rzemanfl | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| alcibiades_mystery | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| TheOther95Percent | Nov 2012 | #29 | |
| ejbr | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| Wounded Bear | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| kairos12 | Nov 2012 | #26 | |
| Mothdust | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
| Mothdust | Nov 2012 | #19 | |
| doc03 | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
| Cha | Nov 2012 | #17 | |
| codjh9 | Nov 2012 | #18 | |
| R. Daneel Olivaw | Nov 2012 | #20 | |
| BainsBane | Nov 2012 | #21 | |
| Alekei_Firebird | Nov 2012 | #22 | |
| bongbong | Nov 2012 | #23 | |
| Tx4obama | Nov 2012 | #25 | |
| VWolf | Nov 2012 | #27 | |
| kairos12 | Nov 2012 | #28 | |
| lastlib | Nov 2012 | #30 | |
| okwmember | Nov 2012 | #31 |
Response to gateley (Reply #1)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:48 PM
lumpy (12,137 posts)
6. Never never never
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Only gualified need appy.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:45 PM
BainsBane (9,236 posts)
2. I agree
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What would he do anyway? He offered no new ideas during the campaign. He just rehashed tired old ideas from Bush. I can't see how Romney could possibly be of any use.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:46 PM
ibegurpard (11,038 posts)
3. oh hell no!
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:46 PM
Kalidurga (4,819 posts)
4. The only cabinet position Mitt should get is...
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one next to the binders full of women in his office cabinet.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:46 PM
sadbear (4,218 posts)
5. We all know that President Obama has appointed republicans to his cabinet in the past.
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But in general, they've all had at least a shred of competence. That alone disqualifies Romney.
Don't worry about it. It's not going to happen. |
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:48 PM
pinto (97,885 posts)
7. Whaa? Seems a stretch. What articles?
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Response to pinto (Reply #7)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:51 PM
trublu992 (155 posts)
13. WTH!
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That blows my mind I heard some "democrat" say that on C-span about Mitt as a cabinet member. Are they smoking crack
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Response to pinto (Reply #7)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:03 PM
progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)
24. 2 editorials in Boston papers, and a few DUers here thought it was a great idea.
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I can't fathom why anyone would think that was a good idea.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:50 PM
geckosfeet (8,785 posts)
8. Ugh. No. Send him packing off to some barren rock.
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:50 PM
Fridays Child (23,514 posts)
9. A "team of rivals" is one thing.
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But giving that heartless bastard a voice in any public service forum would risk alienating every last one of Obama's voters.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:50 PM
rzemanfl (12,838 posts)
10. Make him Ambassador to the Cayman Islands so he can be close to his money.
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:51 PM
alcibiades_mystery (28,385 posts)
11. Obama is not going to appoint somebody he thinks is a lying incompetent
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Gimme a break. He said, in a conciliatory gesture, that he'd sit down with the guy. How they extrapolate that into "Cabinet Post" is yet another great mystery of MSM Punditry. Obama actively dislikes Romney, and everybody knows it. It's a nonstarter from git.
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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #11)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:52 PM
TheOther95Percent (470 posts)
29. I agree with you, but...
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I never thought PBO would ask Hilary Clinton to be his SOS. One of the President's admirable qualities is to think 12 steps ahead. I still doubt the President would extend a cabinet post to the former governor. I do think strategically it's not out of the realm of possibility that the President would make overtures to Republicans he thinks he can work with like Senators Lugar and Snowe. It would provide cover for the endless calls from the right about the President being unwilling to work with the Republicans. A delicious irony might be to give Romney some "unappointed Czar" position in his administration. Nothing with any real policy influence mind you. Just a window dressing kind of position.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:51 PM
ejbr (3,953 posts)
12. Nah
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Obama couldn't believe anything he ever told him.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:51 PM
Wounded Bear (2,876 posts)
14. Secretary of Fucking People? nt
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:52 PM
Mothdust (131 posts)
15. he should not appoint any repubs
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And fire the ones that he's got !
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Response to Mothdust (Reply #15)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:56 PM
Mothdust (131 posts)
19. take it back
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He could be the men's washroom attendant : )
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:53 PM
doc03 (13,838 posts)
16. Shamus says he isn't even fit to head the county animal shelter n/t
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:53 PM
Cha (124,404 posts)
17. Fuck no. And, it will never happen.
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:54 PM
codjh9 (2,781 posts)
18. No! Never. DISHONEST. What more do we need to know?
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:56 PM
R. Daneel Olivaw (2,928 posts)
20. Why would Obama want to appoint a dose of the plague to his Administration?
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Silly cons. |
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:56 PM
BainsBane (9,236 posts)
21. He couldn't pass Senate confirmation anyway
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Given his tax dodging.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:57 PM
Alekei_Firebird (320 posts)
22. Ambassador to Kolob
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Seriously though, Mitt Romney is damaged goods now. He means nothing to the GOP, and his appointment to the cabinet will not win any converts from the other camp. Meanwhile, Democrats and liberals will see this as a cloying and pointless pander to nobody.
Besides, Romney's a terrible politician with no leadership skills. |
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:01 PM
bongbong (5,436 posts)
23. It's not going to happen
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One of the open "secrets" about the relationship between Obama & Flip-Flopper is that Obama detests Etch-A-Sketch on a personal level. And it's well known that Tax Cheater hates Obama, so there's that.
So, it's not gonna happen! |
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:07 PM
Tx4obama (28,772 posts)
25. Don't worry it will never happen. Obama won't offer -and Romney would never submit his finances...
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Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:08 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) ... to the Senate so he would not make it through a senate confirmation. Also, Mitt isn't ever going to accept a job where he would be working 'for' President Obama. |
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:29 PM
VWolf (2,521 posts)
27. Mitt wouldn't pass the vetting process
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It requires disclosing 10 years of tax returns.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:31 PM
kairos12 (686 posts)
28. Secretary of Bayonets, Ironclads, and Dancing Horses
Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:52 PM
lastlib (3,739 posts)
30. I think Mittens would make a superb Ambassador--to, um, Nauru....
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...that little island in the South Pacific where everybody mines bird-shit for fertilizer and got rich doing it.
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Response to BelieveMe3 (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:06 AM
okwmember (149 posts)
31. I don't even understand the idea
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that the president should meet with him regarding ideas for the upcoming "fiscal cliff" talks. Why? At this point he has no status.
He's not an elected official (unlike his running mate) and with this loss, he's not even the head of his party. |

