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mabuhayp

(135 posts)
Tue May 8, 2012, 05:04 PM May 2012

Anyone who votes for Mitt Romney, has to be a nut, loser or an idiot!

Given all his inconsistencies, lies and flip-flops, how can any sane rational person vote for him? How can any sane rational person endorse him? How can any sane rational person nominate him for POTUS? What is wrong with the Republican party? They are going from bad to worse!

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Drale

(7,932 posts)
1. Who is the bigger fool, the fool or the fool who follows him
Tue May 8, 2012, 05:10 PM
May 2012

that statement perfectly represents all Republicans all the time.

indivisibleman

(482 posts)
2. being Republican is not about being sane or rational.
Tue May 8, 2012, 05:12 PM
May 2012

I too am beside myself in disbelief over some friends and relatives that are voting for this guy. They just don't seem to get it and I just don't understand them. Some of them are very smart and very thoughtful but when it comes to the current state of politics they are just plain crazy. If someone can explain this please do.

 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
3. The hatred for and fear of Obama will drive many into the arms of Mittens...
Tue May 8, 2012, 05:14 PM
May 2012

Reason has nothing to do with it. Unless, of course, you are a one percenter and then you know who will provide you with the best return on investment.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
6. I had a (otherwise) intelligent friend who told me that Dems were bad for small business
Tue May 8, 2012, 06:13 PM
May 2012

That's why he was a Republican and will probably vote for Rmoney.

I should've challenged him when he said that.

mabuhayp

(135 posts)
8. Anyone who votes for Mitt...
Tue May 8, 2012, 06:30 PM
May 2012

There are times when you cannot fix stupidity, this is one of those time!

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/08/152278047/enthusiasm-for-romney-runs-low-in-north-florida

Now that former candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are endorsing Mitt Romney to be the Republican nominee for president, the GOP is working to get the rank and file to fall in line.

That's especially important in swing states like Florida. But in the primary, Romney struggled in the Panhandle of the Sunshine State — a bastion of conservative voters. And it might take more convincing for them to really get behind the former Massachusetts governor.

Back in January, the day before the Florida primary, retired schoolteacher Jane Hayes was dressed in red, white and blue at a Pensacola rally for Gingrich. She said at the time that she could not support Romney.

"Republicans that are conservative need to get the message to the establishment that — don't give us weak candidates," she said then. "You gave us McCain and he was weak; you gave us Dole and he was weak; you gave us Romney and he's weak; and somewhere along the line we have to stop and say, 'No more.' "

Booster

(10,021 posts)
7. I have asked several of my Republican friends: "Are you really going to vote for a guy
Tue May 8, 2012, 06:25 PM
May 2012

that believes in magic underwear and baptizing the dead? I have yet to have one say yes - I did get one "well, maybe".

MatthewStLouis

(904 posts)
12. I am going to see if I can get a bunch of Mormon info brochures sent to my crazy Aunt who just
Tue May 8, 2012, 07:47 PM
May 2012

liked Rmoney on facebook. I know she'll freak out if the Mormons start sending her stuff.... Right wingers are big on conspiracy theories.

Booster

(10,021 posts)
13. Better yet, call the Mormon church in her area & tell them to visit her because she's rich &
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:39 PM
May 2012

interested in becoming a Mormon. Be sure & tell them she's rich - they will hound her to death and they can be really irritating when you tell them you aren't interested and ask them to leave.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
11. For one thing, the 99% economy is a catastrophe with
Tue May 8, 2012, 07:01 PM
May 2012

no real relief in site. Voting for Romney will likely make things worse, but any glimmer of hope is pretty attractive to desperate people.

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