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Mitt Romney ‘had no desire to run,’ son says

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Monday, December 24, 2012 4:04 AM

PENGUIN


Mitt Romney didn't want to be president, anyway.

That's what Tagg Romney, Mitt's oldest son, told the Boston Globe for its big post-mortem on his father's failed presidential bid published on Sunday.

“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life," Tagg Romney told the paper. "He had no desire to ... run. If he could have found someone else to take his place ... he would have been ecstatic to step aside.

"He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them," Tagg continued. "He has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention.”

Romney's reluctance to become commander in chief has been hinted at by his sons before. Before their father sought the 2012 GOP nomination, several said they tried to convince him not to run.

"I tried to convince him not to," Matt Romney told Conan O'Brien in June. "I think there were a few of us that tried that. I just felt for us as a family, this isn't the best thing. But ... for the country, we think it's the right thing."





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Monday, December 24, 2012 4:04 AM

PENGUIN


Riiiiiight...

He spent 8 years and millions of dollars to NOT be president.





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Monday, December 24, 2012 5:17 AM

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I think he wanted to be President, but he had no desire to do what was necessary to get elected.







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Monday, December 24, 2012 3:08 PM

DREAMTROVE


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1. RWED. ?

2. Romney didnt want to be presidnt, but i doubt he'd admit it. He was a shill candidate like John Kerry. They do it for the other side, and, they are richly rewarded for it. Romneys contract winnings down the road will dwarf his expense on this campaign.

I dont see this as a battle of good and evil, but a conspiracy between two forces of pure evil. In this case, i found romney politicially indistinguishable from obama. Characterwise i think theyre different, but i dont know that that matters to the end policy.


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Monday, December 24, 2012 3:23 PM

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Originally posted by DREAMTROVE:
Penguin

1. RWED. ?

2. Romney didnt want to be presidnt, but i doubt he'd admit it. He was a shill candidate like John Kerry. They do it for the other side, and, they are richly rewarded for it. Romneys contract winnings down the road will dwarf his expense on this campaign.

I dont see this as a battle of good and evil, but a conspiracy between two forces of pure evil. In this case, i found romney politicially indistinguishable from obama. Characterwise i think theyre different, but i dont know that that matters to the end policy.




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Monday, December 24, 2012 9:51 PM

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Its more BS. Romney ONLY wanted to be prez. He didnt care about helping the country and certainly had no dezire for the chores involved with being prezident. He just wanted the title with hiz name in hiz family history.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012 7:21 AM

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Thanx Jo. That about says it for me. If he didn't want to run, my gawd, why work so hard, and gets so down and dirty, to do so? I think "President" is the highest CEO in the land, in his view. I'm just DAMNED glad he didn't make it, considering what's happening in the Republican party currently!

Tit for tat got us where we are today. If we want to be grownups, we need to resist the ugliness. If we each did, this would be a better reflection on Firefly and a more welcome place. I will try.

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