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cali

(114,904 posts)
117. I told you so
Thu May 10, 2012, 04:44 PM
May 2012

He is Nixon without the awesome, class-bred insecurities. Nixon knew when he was being vicious. He gloried in it. The White House tapes drip with his self-indulgent tough-guy crap through which you can see the quivering little grocer's son. That insecurity may be the only thing that saved the Republic. Willard Romney never has known that insecurity for a day in his life. He is casually vicious and he doesn't even recognize that he is.

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He ENJOYS firing people. FSogol May 2012 #1
I agree with you. This election really scares me. I feel that our nation LiberalLoner May 2012 #2
I have to admit Bush scared me more. dkf May 2012 #63
I thought that he would be a mediocre one-term POTUS (at best) Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #75
With Bush ailsagirl May 2012 #82
I wholeheartedly agree Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #100
Copy that!! n/t ailsagirl May 2012 #80
Amen. Bush scared me more, too. But I also remember feeling, later, that he WAS worse Nay May 2012 #88
Romney doesn't seem driven enough to lie us into war. dkf May 2012 #90
mitt is a clueless corporate kiss butt stooge which is bad enough newspeak May 2012 #101
Someone that is coreless EC May 2012 #3
well put. cali May 2012 #4
+1000 Aerows May 2012 #52
That is where it is at. TheKentuckian May 2012 #111
Ther eis a "pod people" quality to Willard. hifiguy May 2012 #5
I don't think he's as despicable as the Bush family. Cleita May 2012 #6
I'm talking about him as an individual- and as an individual I think he's cali May 2012 #8
Uhm, no. Both pa and sonny are murderers and responsible for the unnecessary loss of life. Cleita May 2012 #21
Disagree... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #27
Can't really disagree cause we don't know what he's capable of. Cleita May 2012 #31
That I agree with. Drunken Irishman May 2012 #40
What scares me the most about Romney is PatSeg May 2012 #55
He is totally without ANY moral convictions. The worst kind of human being. olegramps May 2012 #91
I've never seen anything like it in real life PatSeg May 2012 #92
The Vince McMahon of the GOP nt maryellen99 May 2012 #93
yeah, but most will only be gentile blood newspeak May 2012 #102
um, so has Obama been responsible for the unnecessary loss of life. cali May 2012 #38
Did Obama start any wars? I don't think so. Cleita May 2012 #39
I abhor both ex-Prez Bushes and share BlueMTexpat May 2012 #89
I disagree Aerows May 2012 #53
Don't forget, he has 5 sons. nt DocMac May 2012 #61
I think he's a saint compared to the bushies. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #7
he's not. at all. cali May 2012 #10
As I said..."compared to the bushies"... cynatnite May 2012 #13
He is only because he hasn't been president yet... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #28
It's hard to say if he will do similar extensive damage given the opportunity... cynatnite May 2012 #30
You knew what you had with Bush Aerows May 2012 #54
well, the mormon church is just a very big business corporate structure newspeak May 2012 #103
I lived in Rexburg, ID. Some said it was too Mormon for Mormons. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #109
Romney is a caricature onto himself. Dawson Leery May 2012 #9
An unemployed corporate raider who hides his money overseas malaise May 2012 #11
eggzactly, Malaise. cali May 2012 #12
"believes in absolutely nothing except his sense of entitlement" trotsky May 2012 #58
Typical vacuous self indulgent malaise May 2012 #71
He hasn't swiveled his hips in triumph in a flight suit yet aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #14
Romney is like one of those lifelike androids from Westworld. Almost human, but coalition_unwilling May 2012 #46
and his wife looks like an alien Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #73
See message below ailsagirl May 2012 #84
Or like Bride of Nosferatu (pic below): coalition_unwilling May 2012 #86
My, what big teeth you have grandma! Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #96
A dead ringer ailsagirl May 2012 #115
The man is SMARMY ailsagirl May 2012 #114
It always amazed that a state like Ma. HockeyMom May 2012 #15
Go into archives and watch video of that race. bluestate10 May 2012 #106
well said- he Bluerthanblue May 2012 #16
I have to say the bar is already set pretty low... jimlup May 2012 #17
The Pat's (Robertson & Buchanan) jaysunb May 2012 #18
neither was ever the repub nominee cali May 2012 #23
Neither is Romney jaysunb May 2012 #98
scarier than Bush 2000, but not as scary as Bush 2004 DisgustipatedinCA May 2012 #19
I think Mitt's scarier than bushco but I'm not sure I'd say he's scarier than Mr. Malevolent cali May 2012 #20
Romney will make that bad WBush joke "compassionate conservatism" seem like a 60s love-in... CenaW May 2012 #22
C'mon, let's be serious. Marr May 2012 #24
bzzzt. wrongo. and I'm serious. He couldn't be more different than Obama cali May 2012 #35
Of course it's an opinion. That goes without saying. Marr May 2012 #44
Agreed. nt Lucky Luciano May 2012 #60
I agree.. sendero May 2012 #62
to me, Romney looks pretty moderate. provis99 May 2012 #78
Socially, he'll bend with the wind. janx May 2012 #116
Textbook psychopath. No, he's not a sociopath, he shows every indication of Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #25
Can he use a pen? Politicalboi May 2012 #26
I feel certain the Republican powers that be are desperately asjr May 2012 #29
Scarier than Dubya? caseymoz May 2012 #32
Not worse than Bush. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #33
Have you been listening to Romney? On Iran? On China? cali May 2012 #36
He's a compulsive liar. Bush was simply deluded. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #43
He seems very shallow and full of himself. kayakjohnny May 2012 #34
He's the ultimate puppet boy usrname May 2012 #37
Mormon Billionaire Mitt Romney who made B Calm May 2012 #41
not IMO Flatpicker May 2012 #42
No one thought "W" could win, either. /nt October May 2012 #67
yeah, well this country is already fekked newspeak May 2012 #105
That is what scares me siligut May 2012 #110
Plastic, moneymonger. tabatha May 2012 #45
"Corporations are People" guardian May 2012 #47
Seriously? Rittermeister May 2012 #48
aargh. I said republican nominee. Newt isn't and never was. Santorum isn't cali May 2012 #49
The far right being cool to him indicates he isn't sufficiently insane. Lucky Luciano May 2012 #65
It's like comparing vomit and shit Hugabear May 2012 #50
This guy has never been bounced sulphurdunn May 2012 #51
succinct Demonaut May 2012 #56
Sorry. No. ConservativeDemocrat May 2012 #57
I'd say you're not remotely rooted in reality, conservative cali May 2012 #64
Well, thankfully we have others to compare him to outside of deep-red cow country. October May 2012 #69
W. wasn't as scary a nominee, but we had no idea Faygo Kid May 2012 #59
Both Bush the Lesser and Rmoney were/are puppets. bluesbassman May 2012 #66
Romney is an empty suit Can I Come Home May 2012 #68
GWB was an empty suit, as well. Ignorance/stupidity can still be evil. /nt October May 2012 #70
He's like a Bond Villain.. Except... ThoughtCriminal May 2012 #72
Willard is despicable and scary not only because of how much he lies, Jamaal510 May 2012 #74
I think you give him way too much credit. Jester Messiah May 2012 #76
He is quite possibly the blandest, dullest most boring human being alive. Initech May 2012 #77
Ugh...Dudya ailsagirl May 2012 #79
He's obviously scarier Mutiny In Heaven May 2012 #83
I don't agree, Raygun was the scariest nominee and the absolute WORST president EVER nt Raine May 2012 #81
KnR #68.... +100000 opihimoimoi May 2012 #85
He's got shifty eyes and doesn't give a damn about people who aren't the super rich. ailsagirl May 2012 #87
Everything Romney says is a lie. mwb970 May 2012 #94
That's exactly the impression I get from him, too. polly7 May 2012 #95
He is the perfect republican candidate... eek MD May 2012 #97
What bothers me most about Romney Blue_In_AK May 2012 #99
Romney is entering a zone where his lies will be put up against the truth. bluestate10 May 2012 #108
Oh, no no no. Nothing is worse than little bush. Zax2me May 2012 #104
Bush, Reagan, and Romney all tie Auggie May 2012 #107
K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #112
See, this is what I like about progressives hfojvt May 2012 #113
I told you so cali May 2012 #117
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