Mitt Romney's Trump Speech An Ugly Mirror Of GOP Hypocrisy

[Purveyor]

(CNN)Mitt Romney has added his voice to the chorus of Republicans who are dismayed that an ignorant demagogue such as Donald Trump could be poised to capture the presidential nomination of their grand and noble party.

In a speech Thursday morning, Romney said, "Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University." He laid out a comprehensive case for why Republicans should reject Trump and pick one of the other candidates still in the race.

But before we start lauding Romney for being a statesmanlike voice of reason and moderation, it's worth remembering a few things about him.

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To begin with, four years ago, Romney eagerly sought and won Trump's endorsement. This was after Trump went on a crusade to prove that Barack Obama was born somewhere other than America, so it wasn't as though there was some mystery about whether Trump wanted to appeal to the basest prejudices within the Republican electorate.

But more importantly, Romney ran a campaign that was utterly demagogic and dishonest. It may not have been quite as appalling as what Trump is doing now, but in many ways it was similar, the only difference being that Trump says out loud what Republicans such as Romney prefer to imply.

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[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. You nail it in the last sentence.

Trump says out loud all of the ugly things that most elected Republicans believe, but are simply too afraid to say out loud.

[vi5]

3. And I see "our side" playing into it....

Every single person on the Democratic side of things should be saying left and right, as loud as they can "Remind me of what it is Trump believes that the rest of them disagree with? This is the logical end of every single one of their policies and dog whistles of the past 40-50 years. These are the people we've pathetically been trying to negotiate with."

Of course they only want to say that about Trump because he's an outsider and they wouldn't want to offend any of their "friends on the other side of the aisle". So instead they all act as though Trump is some kind of horrifying anomoly.

Cowards till the very end.

[gademocrat7]

2. It is indeed.

[rgbecker]

4. Meanwhile, the sane, establishment Republicans refuse to vote on a presidential judicial appointment

because who needs more than 8 on the bench for a year and a half.