Remember back when Mitt Romney was the governor of Massachusetts and became the father of “Romneycare” which then became a model for “Obamacare”, but when running for president in 2012 he did everything he could to have people forget that because he wanted conservative votes?
Well he’s at this flip-flopping again.
Yes, that flip-flopping thing he does so well, like when he was for Gay equality as governor, but against it as a presidential candidate.
Back in 2012, he wanted Donald Trump’s support because
“Being in Donald Trump’s magnificent hotel, and having his endorsement, is a delight. I’m so honored and pleased to have his endorsement.”
And why was that endorsement such a positive thing?
“Donald Trump has shown an extraordinary ability to understand how our economy works, to create jobs for the American people. He’s done it here in Nevada; he’s done it across the country.
He understands that our economy is facing threats from abroad. He’s one of the few people who stood up and said, you know what, China has been cheating — they’ve taken jobs from Americans, they haven’t played fair. We have to have a president who will stand up to cheaters. We believe in free trade and free enterprise — but we don’t believe in allowing people to cheat, day in and day out.
So I want to say thank you to Donald Trump for his endorsement. It means a great deal to me to have the endorsement of Mr. Trump, and people across this country who care about the future of America.”
But now in 2016 when people had hoped he would run for president, and his jumping in now could really get his party out of the mess it is in, a mess of its own creation, he has announced that the man whose endorsement was such a delight is actually a “phony” and a “fraud” who has stoked racism, sexism, vulgarity, and otherwise lowered the level of the public discourse.
“If we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished.”
Why?
“If Donald Trump’s plans were ever implemented, the country would sink into prolonged recession” because “His proposed 35 percent tariff-like penalties would instigate a trade war and that would raise prices for consumers, kill our export jobs and lead entrepreneurs and businesses of all stripes to flee America.
His tax plan in combination with his refusal to reform entitlements and honestly address spending would balloon the deficit and the national debt. So even though Donald Trump has offered very few specific economic plans, what little he has said is enough to know that he would be very bad for American workers and for American families.”
As far as Trump’s business successes that Romney had praised
when he got that earlier endorsement,
“His bankruptcies have crushed small businesses and the men and women who work for them.”
And after listing Trump’s business failures, Romney declared,
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“A business genius he is not.”
Romney even declared that Trump is a liar when it comes to a lot of things he says.
“Dishonesty is Donald Trump’s hallmark.”
He listed Trump’s bad qualities: bullying, greed, showing off, misogyny, absurd third grade theatrics, his being a con man, and a fake “who has changed his positions not just over the years, but over the course of the campaign. And on the Ku Klux Klan, daily for three days in a row.”
He went on to declare, “He creates scapegoats of Muslims and Mexican immigrants. He calls for the use of torture. He calls for killing the innocent children and family members of terrorists. He cheers assaults on protesters. He applauds the prospect of twisting the Constitution to limit First Amendment freedom of the press.
This is the very brand of anger that has led other nations into the abyss.”
He cautioned,
“His domestic policies would lead to recession. His foreign policies would make America and the world less safe. He has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president and his personal qualities would mean that America would cease to be a shining city on a hill.”
And when people speculated that all this was Romney’s way of preparing us for announcing his intention to run for president, Romney flatly denied that.
“I’m not running for president and I won’t run for president,” Romney said on March 4.
But put on your flip-flops and step back a pace or two.
In late January and early February of this year, and prior to his we-need-to-oppose-Trump speech, Romney’s campaign finance entities, Romney for President and his PAC, Romney Victory Fund, were both reactivated with amended campaign statements filed with the FEC making them legally able to solicit donations and organize for a presidential campaign.
Romney will now be able to collect campaign contributions and coordinate fundraising activities with other organizations that already include the Idaho Republican Party, the Massachusetts Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Oklahoma Leadership Council, the Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, and the Republican National Committee.
He loves Trump.
He hates Trump.
He isn’t running.
He’s prepared to run.
He’s baaaaaaaack.