Romney re-emerges at CPAC to pass the Republican torch

[brooklynite]

Source: NYC News

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney sought to pass the torch of leadership in the GOP to a new generation of conservatives in his first major public speech since losing last year's election.

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"It is up to us to make sure that we learn from my mistakes, and from our mistakes, so that we can win the victories those people and this nation depend upon," Romney told a warmly supportive CPAC crowd.

In his first public appearance since losing the 2012 presidential election to President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney starts off his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference offering "advice" to the president of the United States, stating "do whatever you can to keep America strong, to keep America prosperous and free, and the most-powerful nation on Earth."

"It’s fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party," he added. "I utterly reject that pessimism. We may not have carried the day last Nov. 7, but we haven’t lost the country we love, and we haven't lost our way."

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One suspects his torch was snuffed out some time ago...

[Enrique]

1. there's always hope for the GOP

they might be able to crash the economy and get people to blame the Democrats.

Or they might be able to disenfranchise enough minorities to win.

[Jamaal510]

12. +1

[L0oniX]

2. It's still burning??? ...after he had it all the way up his arse???

[CanonRay]

3. That's right Mitt, you just keep on keeping on,

just the way you did before. We'd appreciate that.

[RobertEarl]

4. What a prankster

His torch reminds of the prank of leaving a burning pile of manure on someone's doorstep.

[upaloopa]

5. No they haven't lost so long as they can rig

elections. Nobody would vote for their agenda of more weanth for the 1%

[grantcart]

6. Romney may not think he is lost but his GPS isn't working correctly.

[lunatica]

7. "And everyone who's out of a job because of me makes me feel

very positive about America. The Best Country in The World!"

[WestSeattle2]

8. And this would be the same Willard Romney who saddled

financially healthy companies with millions of dollars in debt, driving the victimized companies into bankruptcy and throwing thousands of employees out of work. But not before the cash from the debt obligations was disbursed to Romney and his cronies.

And this is the man the repugs heralded as a brilliant businessman. Brilliant? Hardly. Totally lacking in business ethics and basic morality yes;but a brilliant businessman, no. An emphatic no.

The man is nothing but a con man and thief.

What a joke.

[Figaro78]

9. The only thing Romney could pass....

...is a large turd that looks exactly like Paul Ryan.

[mountain grammy]

11. Spent last week in Delaware visiting kids and grandkids (5 granddaughters)

I had seen them at Christmas, after the election, and the kids, ages 12 down to 5, were all glad Obama won.
We went out to dinner at a great little restaurant in Centerville, Maryland (Doc's) and much to my surprise, they had MSNBC on the televisions. The Ed Show was on and he was interviewing Scott Prouty who recorded Rmoney's 47% remarks. They kept showing clips of Rmoney and my girls were upset. "Why is he on? Didn't he lose? You didn't vote for him, did you grammy?"
I was surprised at their outrage over seeing him on the tv once again.

[yurbud]

13. ...that he was unable to light

[jmowreader]

14. Your biggest mistake was running for president in the first place, Mitt

The GOP's biggest mistake is yet to come: after the two extremists they ran in 2012 got slapped down by the electorate for being too extreme, they'll find someone even worse to run in 2016.