Why run the second time then?

JK

who was going to usher in an LDS theocracy to save America.

He also probably felt compelled to live out his father's dream because of his inner child's need to win his father's approval.

On edit: Oh, and he wanted to be Prom King, and Ann really, really wanted to be Prom Queen.

Using his son to pitch the "reluctant dragon" story benefits both of them.

Recall that when it comes to telling the truth, the Romneys prefer to tell a different lie about it every day until the problem goes away. I would doubt every word of Tagg's tale, unless corroborated by more reliable observers.

Tagg, I don't think I've ever met anybody stupid enough to believe that.

any peasant stupid enough to have voted for his father is also stupid enough to believe that, and he's probably right.

It's not that he didn't want the presidency, he didn't want to "run" for it. He probably wanted it handed to him without a fight which would be the likely psychological outcome of a person who has never needed to try. He just bought what he wanted.

He tried to buy it, others convinced him they could get it for him, so he went for it. It's the "running" for it that he disliked.

doing a jig in the streets instead. Methinks Tagg is doing the sour grapes thing.

Orange man's time to go? Yep.

Poor little Mittens.

This guy gives the word superficial new shallowness. Just like W and McCain, I think he really just wanted to 'one-up' his dad.

...That translates to: "Dad doesn't like being judged by plebes. He would have hated that part of the job--and really, if he's been made president he would have done something about that. Commoners shouldn't have the right to comment on the acts of a great man like him."

Really, all any of the Romney family wanted was for American to realize that Mitt should be handed the perks and prestige of the Presidency without having to do any of the work, nor have to be in that nasty public spotlight which, after all, is so beneath him

I'm sure they think we're all going to be sorry, someday soon, that we commoners didn't realize what a great king he would have been. We should have just voted the way they told us to.

They should probably just quietly go back to their estates.

Except for one teeny, tiny detail. The man ran for president for seven years. He spent 15% of his adult life running for president. That doesn't strike me as someone who's not interested. Not competent, sure. Not interested? I don't think so.

for that entire 7 years

gawd, please go away rmoney family

Nice try, Tagg. But your mom's prom hair and $25K worth of fireworks ready to roll on election night tells a different tale.

More pathetic lies from Mittens' family. Just GO AWAY, Romneys. Your excuses are getting tiresome and no one cares about you.

(And you'd better give up any dreams of the Oval Office yourself, Taggie. You are even less likeable than dear old dad!)

Rmoney spent 8 years pursuing an office he didn't want. He had 5 or 6 or 9 -- I forget how many clowns there were in that car -- opponents for the Republican nomination, yet couldn't wiggle out of running for the presidency himself.

Sure, that makes perfect sense. And if the Tigers had really wanted to win the World Series, they would've beaten the Giants.

Or the American people demanded he run.

Nice try, Tagg.

romney is a non-issue; but ...

He felt it should have been handed to him,because in his mind he is, the "chosen one".

And that is exactly what the Romneys felt.

He clearly believed he should be President based solely on who he was, not by virtue of any ideas to move the country forward. His continual indignation at being asked to provide specific numbers for his tax plan and to release his own taxes demonstrated as much.

it's one more nail in the coffin of his indecisive nature.

watching old episodes of "Pinky and the Brain" and taking copious notes on the Brain's plans to take over the world. "Father doesn't eat or sleep," says Burp. "He just watches and tries to learn from that old rat."

Burp!

He wanted the job without doing any of the work. His entire campaign was nothing more than a satisfaction of his entire sense of self-entitlement.

He operated under the firm belief that the President was too unpopular to get reelected and all Romney had to do was show up and the job would be handed to him.

He resented having to campaign, he had utter contempt for it.

Which was par for the course; he had nothing but contempt for our democratic system, utter contempt for working class people, utter contempt for women, utter contempt for people of color, utter contempt for diplomacy and utter contempt for anything that didn't serve his own oligarchical ilk.

Tagg has just confirmed everything that I've observed about his father.

in an anything to win mode? He could have come out with some sort of credible reputation instead of the Lying, meanest, most vicious candidate on record.

Is that why he had nothing prepared except the transition team? Face it, tagg.. daddy mittLies was just inept.. he wasn't private except for his damn tax returns. He might have wished he kept mommy more private.. and, I'm sure he didn't want his big fat Boca Raton to go public.. oops. He did win something.. THE BIGGEST LIE OF THE YEAR AWARD. You romneys can be proud of that.

When will the romney whining end? My guess? Never.

and insulting half the citizens of this country after he lost - talking about "gifts" and other nonsense.

It will take a long long time for him to get over this. He'll need to repent first for his evil vitriol.

all you Romneys. Yes! Come clean and quit yur whinin'.

He wanted the title, the power, and all the trappings that comes along with the Presidency (200-room mansion with full "wait" staff, Airforce One, Marine One, one-of-a-kind limo service, saluting military, access to heads of states and heads of corporations, Presidential portrait and library, etc), but he didn't want to sacrifice anything for it.

make this point. And, cancelled their campaign workers' credit cards the night of the election.

This entire worthless heap of classless idiots needs to go away forever.

What I focus on from Mitt's career and demeanor

is a very conflicted person. He's narcissistic, as most politicians
and people in public life have to be, but in a religious sense, and
being from a strict, orderly religious background makes one believe
in certainty, righteousness. Politics is not really the place for
righteousness because you must tolerate a lot of ambiguity and
compromise and negotiation in politics.

I suspect Mitt is far better off, and probably happier, in a certain corporate
world focused on profits and control than he was ever in politics.
At times he had a look of confusion on the campaign trail as things
didn't go the way he expected them to, and from all of this
petty analysis I'm doing I just don't think he was a very good choice
as a presidential candidate. And his elitist view of the 47% did not help.
His religious background made him want to do right, but that helping mode
was simply incompatible with profitability, a strict religious demeanor,
and the front man role he was occupying.

To complicate, he was a corporate raider, the Robber Barons of our day.
That made him a lightning rod for the tag of class warfare. The GOP just
didn't understand it: they railed and railed against Obama and "Class Warfare!"
but they they immediately nominated a poster child for the same charge.
Blatant hypocrisy which is sometimes the most virulent when it is subconscious
in the public's mind.

Mitt is probably a great guy to know personally, to have a beer with, but he
just didn't fit as a presidential candidate.

Not that guy, remember?

Anyway, I never need to hear of him again, nor his wife, nor his sons, nor anything to do with him.

"Obama didn't really beat my dad- he wasn't even trying".

how could he say no?

"I meant to do that"

I can not think of a group of people so detestable in my life..... After Gun Nutters

Ol' Mitt's heart wasn't in it. It makes you wonder if all of those gaffes were intentional.

we've been provided (via the Hill) a glimpse into the uber-wealthy and privleged life of the recent Republican nominee- said no one ever!!!!

Getting back at your old man for not getting you that pony? Or getting back him for naming you tagg Rofl?

The fame! The perks! The neat house!

And then reality set in that being president would actually involve work.

...to put certain people in charge and let them run the country while he took vacations at Camp David, flew to Paris on Air Force One, and held soirees at the White House.

No. Mitt was never worried about the "work" he'd have to do as the billions funneled into his campaign came with an agreement that he'd let others do the work (win-win in his mind). What Tagg has got right is that Mittens probably hated the idea that he would have to actually hobnob with the plebes. That the job of President means common folk can scrutinize and judge this great man's every move. Which is fine is one is a commoner president like Obama, but for someone as elite and special as Romney? No, no, no. It's just not right.

*That* would likely have been the part he didn't like. But maybe he thought he could take care of that, too. Maybe, if he'd won, the agreement included only the right-wing media having access to him; no common folk, no one who might write or say anything outside of praising him.

I tell you, we dodged many different bullets in this election.

He just wanted it handed to him, like he deserved it or something.

The prophesy says a Mormon will become president and lead the nation... (who knows to where).

His actions make sense.

No need to announce plans for what I will do when in office? Not to worry. God will tell me (just like he guided McChimp).

No need to have a concession speech. God wants me to be president so it will happen.

Do I want to be president? No. But God wants it so I will have to do it.


BTW, how many of us would really like to be president? I wouldn't.

You nailed it (IMO)

Just like he did not want to be rich, but his daddy forced the money onto him.

He wanted to finish what Dad started years ago. Like GWB finishing his Daddy's war. What is it with Repugs and father complexes?

Worked out perfectly for all involved, eh, Tagg?

When is another of your family going to threaten to punch our president again?

Who really gives a stuff what the spoilt offspring of a spoilt offspring says anyways...maybe another missionary tour of France is on the cards. Maybe it'll be on horseback with Chucky's Bride !

And Ann Romney didn't want be first lady.

tripping over your own feet, falling flat on your face, and when you notice that your clumsiness has been witnessed, you jump up and say,

"I meant to do that."

Mittens had been running for POTUS losing the Republican nomination to McCain in 2008,then licking his "wounds" and running again this year. May be NOW he'll stop running ...

He evaporated from the Governorship of Massachusetts a little befor he'd finished out 2 years.

Unless. . . . was Mitt TOLD to run? Hmmmmmm?

He just wanted the title and if he didn't get it, meh.

"punch" Obama after the debate? And did Mittens pick his name out of Sarah Palin's ass?

I had that same thought re: Palin but you phrased it so much more horribly/awesomely.

Mittens was used to WINNING everything he'd wanted in his life, and never having to be told NO by anybody. The fact that he stayed isolated for weeks after the election tells me he was pouting and emotionally hurt by his first defeat!

Thats just as big of a horseshit as I would have heard from Romney during the campaign. Looks like the whole family is loathsome.

Try Googling Lying for the Lord

Pretty interesting

not voting for your father, we already had enough.

As a former Mormon Bishop and Stake President I can GUARANTEE you that Romney and Crew believed they were fullfilling that prophecy.

What a load of dung.

Have they no shame?

did Romney spend all those years and all that money "running"?

...or both.

Don't worry Tagg, you and your family are yesterday's news. Good riddence, and go back to your gated communities and business deals.

I think it's safe to say the Mittster wanted to be president pretty bad.

After all, Ann Romney said it's "our turn" to be in the Whitehouse. Mitt spent over $40 million of his own money in 2008 in his loss to John McCain so tell me Tagg that your dad wasn't desperate to be President, perhaps to avenge his own dad's failed attempt.

good one - if someone doesn't want to do something - they usually don't.

As for hesitant to reveal his personal side - must be code for taxes and bilking millions out of $$$$ and jobs.

I guess Tagg doesn't want to be president either.

"reluctant to reveal his personal side", "private person", who "doesn't want the attention".

... Mittens thought we should just simply GIVE him the job, because of who he is.

Folks like him don't apply for/go through interviews for a job, they simply 'get the call' after a racquetball match & a handshake between daddies/uncles etc.

That's why your father kept running for office, because he didn't want to. Right.

We certainly understand his reluctance to avoid attention, especially when it comes to his finances, his business dealings, his honesty, and his integrity. All of which no doubt couldn't stand the scrutiny necessary for the top job in the country.

What's more important, however, is the country wanted him to be president less than anyone else, too, and that was based largely on your father's secret finances, his dirty business dealings, his lack of honesty, and his complete lack of integrity.

I just wonder if Tagg now wants to punch his father!

Somehow I don't think Mitt will be invited to many Republican functions.

In defense of his family pre-campaign, there were a number of articles that his family tried to talk him out of it...especially his sons, due to Ann's health. Oh, he wanted it...come hell or high water. So, like a good Mormon family, they supported the Patriarch and of course they got on board to help. Now their name will be forever connected with defeat.

Even thinking you are going to win in spite of the evidence to the contrary. To have one of your chief surrogates say you didn't want to even be President after the incredible amount of money and effort spent to make you President. Romney's name should be a epithet for the Republicans for all time. The man cost them an election cycle, an incredible amount of money, and uncountable labor.

The family is populated by sociopaths.

To quote the grifter, "it's just a title" LOL! And I bet she still doesn't know what a VP does.

That's not saying much; most people would rather be thrown naked into a nettle patch than be president. Even so I don't believe it. I think Mittens didn't like running for president - he's not big on pressing the flesh, especially that of the plebeian classes. But I think he very much wanted to be president, because that way he could be the boss of everybody. And it's likely that Ann wanted it even more.

President Barrack Obama beat him soundly, who cares what the rmoneys think?

Everybody knows anybody who runs for president for a decade, and does everything to prepare him for that presidential run, is desperate to be president. Even shredding his gubernatorial records.
The son is a pathological liar like the dad.

Mitt has a burning desire to be president. How else is he going to erase the last vestiges of his tax bill and one-up Senor Romney?

Running for the job is another matter. Romney is Exhibit A for the theory you can fix anything if you throw enough money at it. He had a message that resonated with the brazillionaires who funded his campaign: your taxes are too high and regulations too many, and I can fix that. Without plutocrat bucks Michele Bachmann would have lasted longer than Romney did, because the guy can't relate to anyone outside his social circles of Other Rich Guys and Mormons. If you're richer than God Romney is probably a great guy to have a conversation over a tall glass of OJ with. If it wasn't for the adultery Herman Cain probably would have gone against Obama, as he was the only GOP candidate who did a reasonable impression of a human.

This is Tagg's explanation as to why Mr. Patriotic Republican couldn't beat the Kenyan. The real reason? Romney is the middleweight runner-up of the Boston Boxing Club who accidentally got in the ring with Barack Klitschko, the heavyweight champion of the world, who didn't take him seriously in the first round...then in the second and third rounds hit him so hard he had to take off his pants to answer the phone.

To avoid going back to France to convince them not to drink wine?

Keep believing in unicorns and fairies too, Tagg. What a dumbshit.

hot tears streaming down his reddened cheeks.

I'm sure his donors love hearing this!

Insult you host's food. Tell 47% of all voters that you don't like them. Lie your ass
off. Hide the money you made fucking people in off shore accounts. Pretend that you
don't know when the horse your wife owns is scheduled to compete in the Summer
Olympics. Have a really awkward public image. Change your positions on important
issues 2 or 5 times. Have a douche nozzle son who said he wanted to, "take a swing at
the President."

Tagg it is time for you and Biff, Whizer, and Sandy to take you and the rest of your
family and go away.

from this bunch ever again. But no, they keep popping up. It's all sour grapes.

Sour grapes, methinks.

Romney wanted and honestly thought that he won the Presidency. This Tagg crap is nothing more than impression management so Romney can still be politically relevant going into the future.

You LOST BIG Romney. Deal with it like a man, you squirrelly jerk.

J

Sorry I was late...

I always felt like W didn't really want to be President and that the only reason he was, was because his Pops and friends wanted him to because they could control him.

about the campaign were on. They were asked about why Ann Romney never appeared in any commercials for her husband. The guys stated that the Press had asked the campaign about this many times, and the campaign stated that the Romney's didn't want to be putting Ann out there in campaign ads. They later learned after the election was over, that the campaign made several different commercials using Ann Romney talking about her husband, but none of them did well with the focus groups that reviewed them. The focus groups did not like the way she came across at all. They said it was not the usual, "well that is what you would expect to hear from any spouse", it was "she did not come across very well at all and the point of making the commercials was to make her husband more likeable so they scrapped them.

The also said that the reason you didn't see Mitt in more intimate settings with ordinary people, i.e. Mitt going into a local establishment such as Obama visiting the pizza parlor owned by the Republican. They said that campaign was afraid to put Mitt out in those kinds of settings because whenever Romney was around ordinary people, they never knew what was going to come out of his mouth, and whenever he was put into those settings he always said something really awkward which did not go over very well, so they made sure that he wasn't put into those types of situations.

This exposes another lie.

And we all pretty much figured it out. At least with GWB, you'd kind of understand having a beer with him after work. Will check in with Politico for the e-book. Ought to be good and at least some consolation and income? for losing their jobs working for a loser.

But he sure as hell wanted it.

Or he's even nuttier than he looked.

someone who wanted the presidency "less than anyone you've met in your life" doesn't fucking run for the office twice and doesn't spend the better part of 6 years trying to buy his way into the office.

If I recall correctly, there were about 7 other people who would have gladly traded places with him in the thug primary, so don't give me that shit about him being estatic to step aside. When he had the chance to do so, he didn't.

so. shut. the. eff. up. and. go. away.

who wanted him to be President a lot less than he wanted to be President.

If he didn't want it then why did he run twice and pour millions of dollars of his own money into his campaign? Nice try Tagg but I'm not buyin what your sellin

He was doing it out of obligation. He was called to greatness and reluctantly spent years of his life actively seeking it, even though he really didn't want it and had to be effectively drafted.

The whole family are pathological liars

Mitt fought hard to win, and now the son is just trying to makes more excuses for his father.

Shut up, rich boy.

What a dumb ass thing to say. Shut up and go away Tagg.

grapes is an adoescent defence mechanism. Tagg is obviously a neophyte to real life. For most people, life has thrown them some curves and losses by the time they hit Tagg's age. He is new to loss. His father didn't know real people's lives any better.

What a sweet fairy tale.