OMG! Romney wishes he had run in Michigan. (So do I)

No offense to anyone in Michigan, of course. Can you believe this stuff? Read this, compare it to the love letter that my greatly esteeemed Jr. Senator wrote to his fellow Bay Staters today and compare and contrast: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=273&topic_id=60674&mesg_id=60674



http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=118194&format=text

This is why mild-mannered people like me (who wouldn't hurt a fly after all) are foaming at the mouth whenever someone mentions this friggin bastids name. Honestly, what a jerk. (I just love it every time Sen. Kerry makes a statement about Romney. He just knows this bastid and just knows how to tweak the carpetbagging idjit just right.)

He should have stayed in MI. I am sure that we would have dried our tears very quickly.

We really need a governor who wants to be governor of MA, this time. We should ask a pledge to all candidates that they are not going to run for another post in the next 8 years, if they win.

What an ungracious bastard. (And seriously, we had a gorgeous love letter to the Bay State from Sen. Kerry today in the Metro West papers and this in the Herald. Could there be a bigger constrast between these two guys?)

I agree with you. Anyone even thinking of running for Gov of MA better sign the pledge stating that they are in it for at least 8 years. Of course, it's only the Rethugs who run away. Dem govs stick it out. Voters need to remember that.

factor that keeps me from jumping with both feet onto the Deval Patrick bandwagon. He's charismatic and talented, and could well be destined for greater things. At this point in time I kind of like Reilly's lunchbucket ethic. I think he'd work really hard in the job, and I don't think he has higher aspirations.

And you are by no means the first person to raise this issue. Tom Reilly might not be Mr. Excitement, but he is a Mass-soul through and through and will not abandon the State for greener pastures. I completely understand your concerns. (I have them myself.)

I saw Patrick a couple of weeks ago and he is really great and I dont like Reilly, but I am not that sure that Patrick's ambitions stop in Boston. This is the only reason I am still hesitant at this point and I guess a lot of people feel the same way.

I was really impressed with Patrick, but yearn for a no-flash governor who just gets it done. It's been - how long???? - since Dukakis? that we've had a governor who was actually interested in governing the state. It would be a refreshing change, and I'd gladly forego the charisma.

Romney isn't even charismatic to me.

His good looks are too bland and conventional. And the attitude... COMPLETE turnoff.

Michigan has had liberal Republican governors in the past, including Millikin (who endorsed Kerry in 2004) and George Romney.

Mitt Romney wouldn't fit in here.

I think Michigan voters wouldn't like him anymore than we do. He is loathsome. (And a complete liar.)

Again, no offense to Michigan. We all just hope and pray that his higher aspirations go nowhere.

Dick Morris actually suggested Kerry get a job as an insurance salesman. *snerk*

Wonder if there's a market for older male models, a la More magazine and women? Could still make himself a decent bit of money.

And he could always go the lobbyist route.
Just like I think Santorum will head straight for once he's bounced out of the Senate and his year is up. Too bad. He'll make more money and in some way, potentiall have more influence... come to think of it, maybe he knows this and is trying to lose his seat?

toe sucker. (Honestly, where does he come off suggesting roles for JK. He still thinks '08 is going to be Condi vs. Hillary. I don't friggin think so Dick!)

self-deluded as Bush.



Question: what streets does he walk on???

But the general populace there would probably think he's too liberal. :eyes:

http://www.bluemassgroup.com/frontPage.do



May be he should stay out of politics altogether, if he thinks that Howie Carr's listeners are representative of MA people.

And from BG

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/22/romney_says_media_distort_his_views/

Romney says media distort his views
Insists positions moderate in US, except in Mass.

By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff | December 22, 2005

Several critics said yesterday that Romney was motivated by politics, and that he switched his stance to curry favor with industry groups that might help him if he runs for president.

''The fact that Governor Romney's turnabout on RGGI occurred on the very day he announced he would not run again for governor, and the fact that his negotiators around the table were comfortable with the agreement we were reaching . . . suggests that it really was a matter of larger politics rather than policy," Bradley M. Campbell, commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, said yesterday in a conference call with reporters.

Governor George E. Pataki of New York, a potential rival of Romney for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, first proposed the multistate pact in 2003, but Massachusetts has taken a leading role in the negotiations.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/21/7_states_sign_emissions_pact/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City/Region+News

he run against Kennedy in 96? That does not make a lot of sense.

That one rings a bit hollow.

Play Musical Chairs much, Romney? First Utah, then Mass., and now he wishes he had run in Michigan?
At least he'll cover all 50 states now with his presidential ambitions. Saves himself some time there.

AND I KNOW HE ISN'T

He should have run in Michigan? Has he said one nice thing about Massachusetts SINCE he was elected? Nice holiday spirit. But, having run in Massachusetts - he is guilty in spades of flip-flopping and it sounds like there will be more than enough aloof, reserved Bay staters who will be happy to politely point this out in language often described here.

The other difference is - it's all about him. In Michigan, he could run on his mom and Dad's reputations etc, nothing about what he could do about the state's problems when elected. Kerry's on the other hand is, as you described it, a love letter to Massachusetts - spelling out the good that people are doing. (without mentioning anything he's done to help). The last paragraph is incredibly sweet - when is the last time a person who has been in public office for 23 years has thanked people for honoring him with that job.

I hope Kerry's article will get a lot of readers. It really praises the type of activities he sees as good citizenship.

...and all we got was a giant Mormon temple towering over Route 2. That gaudy monstrosity must have been his doing, am I right?

I got to 'bask' again over that one. Oh, that was so sweet. Now that man is a class act. The Gov is just an act, no class at all.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a presidential campaign. This guy is really a piece of work. My deepest sympathies to the good folks of Massachusetts. (Now which one of you will be hosting the party when his sorry ass leaves town for good?)

That is going to be one hell of a party. We just have to make sure that Kerry Healey, aka Barbie, doesn't get in after the Mittster leaves. She is awful. (And she can't tell a joke to save her life. We used to have standards in MA, honestly.)