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Mitt Romney Announces He Is Not Running For President: "Best To Give Other Leaders The Opportunity"
Just out from Hugh Hewitt:
I’ve been emailed this text of remarks Mitt Romney will be making to his supporters shortly:
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Let me begin by letting you know who else is on this call, besides Ann and me. There are a large number of people who signed on to be leaders of our 2016 finance effort. In addition, state political leadership from several of the early primary states are on the line. And here in New York City, and on the phone, are people who have been helping me think through how to build a new team, as well as supporters from the past who have all been kind enough to volunteer their time during this deliberation stage. Welcome, and thank you. Your loyalty and friendship, and your desire to see the country with new, competent and conservative leadership warms my heart.
After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I’ve decided it is best to give other leaders in the Party the opportunity to become our next nominee.
Let me give you some of my thinking. First, I am convinced that with the help of the people on this call, we could win the nomination. Our finance calls made it clear that we would have enough funding to be more than competitive. With few exceptions, our field political leadership is ready and enthusiastic about a new race. And the reaction of Republican voters across the country was both surprising and heartening. I know that early poll numbers move up and down a great deal during a campaign, but we would have no doubt started in a strong position. One poll out just today shows me gaining support and leading the next closest contender by nearly two to one. I also am leading in all of the four early states. So I am convinced that we could win the nomination, but fully realize it would have been difficult test and a hard fight.
I also believe with the message of making the world safer, providing opportunity to every American regardless of the neighborhood they live in, and working to break the grip of poverty, I would have the best chance of beating the eventual Democrat nominee, but that is before the other contenders have had the opportunity to take their message to the voters.
I believe that one of our next generation of Republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee. In fact, I expect and hope that to be the case.
I feel that it is critical that America elect a conservative leader to become our next president. You know that I have wanted to be that president. But I do not want to make it more difficult for someone else to emerge who may have a better chance of becoming that president. You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside, especially knowing of your support and the support of so many people across the country. But we believe it is for the best of the Party and the nation.
I’ve been asked, and will certainly be asked again if there are any circumstances whatsoever that might develop that could change my mind. That seems unlikely. Accordingly, I’m not organizing a PAC or taking donations; I’m not hiring a campaign team.
I encourage all of you on this call to stay engaged in the critical process of selecting a Republican nominee for President. Please feel free to sign up on a campaign for a person who you believe may become our best nominee.
I believe a Republican winning back the White House is essential for our country, and I will do whatever I can to make that happen.
To all my supporters, friends and family who worked both tirelessly and loyally to support my campaigns in the past, I will always be deeply appreciative. What you have already done is a tribute to your patriotism. We are overwhelmed and humbled by your loyalty to us, by your generosity of spirit, and by your friendship. God bless you all.
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Not to worry, he has binders full of other candidates.
Bush v Clinton
Clinton v Bush
At least his last name is not Santorum! Frothy mixture of...(well, just look it up)
Guess Mitt wasn't asked to the Bilderberg meeting, huh?
Smart move.
He didn't stand a chance being the Poster Boy of the 1%
Now if we could only get the rest of the bastards not to run...
Ha Ha! Jokes on him... Now he's gonna have to be subject to Obamacare!
Kinda narrows the "choices," eh?
The dogs are relieved
His statement should have been:
"Best to give BETTER leaders the opportunity."
His statement should have been:
"Best to give ACTUAL leaders the opportunity."
Statement shoulda been:
Let some other Establishment Republican get thrased to shit by Hillary (Your next president)
Stsatement Reads: " I don't want to be the first presidential candidate to lose to a girl, let's nominate Newt." The fix is in 'Merica, Hillary is you rnew champion for a moral, transparent and ethical leadership of Western Civilization. Makes me wish I was a crossdressing womens libber, imagine the parties.
Romneys statement should have been: "Fuck me. I'm Mitt Romney"
As Romney is a bigger flip-flopper than even John Kerry I expect him to announce his candidacy any day now.
Romney is anti-gun, pioneered Obamacare with Romneycare, believes in global warming, supports open borders, claims he was a job creator when his ENTIRE CAREER at Bain Capital was offshoring American jobs, lost the last presidential election to lameduck Obama, and he has the audacity to announce he is not running in 2016 to represent the GOP.
Gerald Celente is spot on by saying politics is show business for ugly people and has less credibility than World Wrestling Entertainment.
Why is Mitt even relevant? The door hit his ass on the way out back in November 2012 so why even bring him up?
Beyond joke level this is.
COMMENT OF CLARITY FOR THE YEAR
And the rest of the Establishment Republicans are just as bad. Might as well all be Progressives.
In any case, Establishment Republican or Democrat, we get to the same place anyhow.... just a lotta different Kabuki Theater
More like Bukaki Theater.
I second that vote.
you know, it's almost as if they're all a bunch of corrupt scum
"I'm going to give way to other candidates.
In short, I've accepted the role of Secretary of Transportation in the Bush III administration."
It looks like the repubs got tired finally of this serial loser...
I say too bad...but he probably would have had a tough time with the big donors as a previous two time loser. I like Mitt...he's flipping smart, compasionate and has great values, he knows what it takes to create jobs and build wealth...he would have been a good leader for this country. I will be disappointed if it comes down to another Clinton vs. Bush.
Fucking lol. Yeah, I saw that transcript as well. You just repeated all their talking points.
pathlogical
thief
Romney is a close friend of the Bush family as has known former business ties to Nuttinyahoo. His father was a career Senator. People who love Romney have souls of sheep, and the winds blow freely through their heads.
I say good riddance to this amoral middle class-destroying vulture. He's compassionate to his golden retriever but not to any working Americans he busted into poverty. He knows what it takes to build nine figure trust funds for his sons by strip-mining companies and eliminating jobs. And now he wants to start trillion dollar overseas wars as a retierment hobby. He would have been the death of this country. Piece of shit with legs.
I'd stand in line for a long fucking time to cast votes for "none of the above".
The characteristics needed to be a politician are despicable.
Gee whiz! Now we have no idea who will be the other half of the double-jester!
Mitt did a lot of soul-searching...he finally had to face the fact he doesn't give a shit about poverty.
lol...weenies
They must have an axe to grind with the Mormons. Petty bastards with their magic underwear hatred.
Thank god...that had Barry on the ropes and failed to go for the throat
Fuck you Mitt face
well, to quote another presidential candidate "at this point, what difference does it make"
We will get a banker/MIC sockpuppet, one each from the two wings of the war party for the plebes to choose from, making them feel like they actually have a choice and their voice matters. If it wasn't romney, it will be some other statist authoritarian just like him, really doesn't matter who they put up
Exactly. Whatever turd gets elected next is up against math and the exponential function. Have fun shitwads! May the Cthulhu implant at the base of your skull rest lightly on your shoulders.
"After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I’ve decided it is best to give other Pure Evil Criminal Psychopathic Scum Fuck leaders in the Party the opportunity to become our next nominee." - Mitt Romney
There, fixed it for ya Mittens.
I have inside info that Hillary is being prepped as the next president(100% guaranteed)
this will be sold to the sheeple as first woman to be president (just like they did with Obama being first black president of the free world)
Bush or Hillary..."what difference does it make?"
Despite some of his shortcomings, I'm supporting Rand Paul. At worst, he's a step in the right direction.
Gary Johnson... They would kill him if he got 5% of the vote. I suspect if Rand has even a slight chance it is because they got to him.
Only slightly more likely to be nominated courtesy of the campaign finance oligarchy than his dad. The vested interests don't want real change.
Google a 2014 Princeton study that proved what we all know, the US is an oligarchy, not a democracy or republic. Here are a few quotes from it:
"Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organised interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it."
Yep, and any criticism will be labeled sexism, just like today's label is racism.
I have to admit though, it's a damn fine scam they've got.
She's a WOMAN?!? I thought Hillary was a nickname for Billary..... That's brutal.
</lowhangingfruit>
One, two, three, four!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVG-UUiRE_E
Tell us something we didn't know?
Not possible sickdollar. Hillary Clinton's war crime invasion and destruction of the sovereign nation of Libya will not go unpunished. How many died and continue to die because of her? And speaking of killing, Hillary made sure that 3:00am phone call went unanswered and the ambassador died. That is capitol murder. All this while she stole six billion from the State Dept that no one can trace.
Bloody hands Hillary Clinton founded ISIS with her arms shipments and aid to Libyan Al Qaeda in Benghazi. Hillard actually stopped Gaddafi from pursuing Al Qaeda "rebels" in Benghazi. Aiding and abetting murderers, as only a bloody progressive bitch from hell can. Libya is destroyed, death and chaos reign in the wake of Hillary Clinton's "touch". To expect anything different from the murdering bitch is too naive.
Not an ice cubes chance in Benghazi that she is elected pres. Her criminal record makes Obama (before being elected) look like a piker.
Grimaldus
they know that and hired big PR to fix her image and her policy platform
sheeps will swallow the pill
Good grief.
Having the New York Times, CBS-NBC-ABC-CNN-PBS, and every liberal talking head from sea to shining sea shoving "Ready for Hillary" in your face is NOT "inside information".
It's a shame that presidential elections matter this much. This wasn't the intention of the founding fathers. States should take back their autonomy from the federal government and people should take their autonomy back from the states.
but then the federal teat would dry up
"It's a shame that presidential elections matter this much."
Thing is, they don't. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
"At least his last name is not Santorum! Frothy mixture of...(well, just look it up)"
Typical liberal attack. They hate Santorum because of his stance on gays but in order to make him seem disgusting they equate him with gay sex. But if they think that gay sex is disgusting why do they upbraid Santorum for expressing the same view? Goes to show you that those trapped in false political dichotomies do not engage in critical thinking and are willing to use the lifestyles of those they claim to support as a means of a hypocritical pejorative attack on their opponents. Just like calling folks "tea baggers" (a homosexual act), it's a case of political operatives trying to make opponents look bad by highlighting what they consider to be the disgusting habits of their own supporters.
BTW I can't stand Santorum.
Bush v Clinton v Revolt
No more fucking dynasties. I seem to recall the US being founded on a LACK of titles of nobility. But it may be what we get.
I also remember Mitt's son getting on the radio during the 2008 primaries to shill for his dad before Mitt lost the nomination and McInsane got the GOP nod. Was he asking people to be loyal to the US or the people of the US? No, he was asking for party loyalty above all else. The funny thing is, the Democrats and the Republicans are just different crime families that should inspire no loyalty in anything, but still, it was all about the party. Fucking mafia.
No sane and honest person would accept the office of the president if it were given to him at this point.
Chelsea/Pocahontas 2016
Mooch/Pocahontas 2020
Other ticket:
Running Bear/ Little White Dove
Alas, you've got that right Vaquerlo = "No sane and honest person would accept the office of the president if it were given to him at this point."
This country really was, if not great, pretty damn good once. What a surveilance state oligarcist shithow it has become.
I wonder who is going to deflate whom's balls?
Somebody ought to deflate Hillary's balls before she does anymore damage.
I heard she likes the synthetic rubber ones.
I don't want to. I don't have to. You can't make me.
or
Take this job and shove it.
"Bush v Clinton Clinton v Bush"
That gives me hope actually, as the posts here have Zero track record of making a right prediction.
Damn Mitt, 3rd time was a charm too. LOL
Sounds like his Davos interviews did not go well...
Mitt has determined he'd have to be president for 100 years to earn what he pulls down as a retired gen. partner at Bain and that he couldn't reduce his taxes by moving the White House to Ottawa. Also, he'd rather be the puppet-master than the puppet.
Good for him...problem is the next generation is clowns on both sides...Hillary strangely enough looks like the only adult in the room...sigh
I still contest that Hillary is just too fundamentally ugly and unlikeable as a "human" being to get elected even by the people stupid enough to elect Bushbama each twice.
As long as it's her or Jeb though...
"What difference does it make?!?!?"
What fucking room is she in for that to be true?
The mush-room.
That would explain the smell.
A new orderly at the funny farm is getting a tour from the facility's director. The director is showing the orderly some of the more notable patients. The first room that they looked into had a woman dancing around the room. The director said "This is one of our success stories. She's practicing ballet and wants to join a troupe when she gets out of here." The second room was a different story, at least upon first glance. When they looked in, shit was smeared everywhere, and the patient was slowly scooping it into a pile in the middle of the room. The new orderly was aghast at this sight, but the director said, no, it's OK. He's just getting his shit together. He'll be fine in time. The orderly didn't know what to think about the third room. When he looked in, there was a naked man standing in the middle of the room with his dick stuck in a bowl of almonds. The orderly looked confused and the director said "Be careful with that guy. Very careful indeed. He's fucking nuts!"
(You were asking what fucking room she is in for that to be true? Yup ;)
"Hillary strangely enough looks like the only one in the room who is not an adult."
Fixed it for ya.
Hillary is the only adult in the room after absorbing them all in her humonguous thunder thighs.
Her serial rapist and pedophile husband will help her get elected. The complete stupidity of the American public cannot be overstated. Watch any mark Dice video if you doubt me.
my mom thinks she's great, cuz she's a woman, and a woman would do a great job in the oral office, no matter what her actual beliefs and actions may say about her. Hilldabeast is the next Obama. The fucking lunatics will vote for her b/c she's a woman. It's a woman's turn. Women are smarter than men. They care about the people, blah blah blah. fucking nitwits on msnbc will be giving it a tug on live tv.
Sadly....you are probably correct - if not Hillary then hypocrite Fauxcohantas
Oh gawd! A retarded lying socialist politician who talks smack about the banks but does nothing vs a bitter and shrill totalitarian cave troll.
Which of them are not serial rapists?
Well, Spitzer did have to pay. Of course, that doesn't necessarily negate coerced activities.
H.L. Mencken
What difference does it make?
I feel dirty having read your comment.
An adult psychopath is still a psycho.
Id word it as "Good for him...problem is the next generation is clowns on both sides...Hillary obviously enough looks like the the next obvious criminal psychopath in line..."
Everyone remain calm!
Our great and wise president, Barack Hussein Obama, has explained exactly why Hillary will never be president:
He is exactly right.
Goodfuckingriddance! Now we get to choose between a bush and a cunt. What a fucking joke.
There will be decent candidates, and all will be rejected by the fuck tards we call citizens at the primary level. Then we'll stuck stuck with communist #1 or communist #2 as the options for presidency.
There is no such thing as a decent candidate, because anyone with any decency does not desire to rule over others (regardless of the 'public service' idiocy they've been brain-washed with).
Sorry, but there aare Ron Paul's and people out there who want to avert the disaster they see coming for the good of their kids' futures. You are wrong.
330 million people and it's down to Bush V Clinton again! YAY everything is awesome YAY!
In our last election here, we had a choice between a dick and a dyke.
This like a bad dream. I guess the only upside is when it all goes to shit and one of them faces the wrath of the sheeple. Baaah!
Welcome to the matrix. You thought you could escape taking the red pill didn't you?
I realized the pills don't work a few years back. They just wee weed a few folks up.
Mitt Clinton or Hillary Romney...Who do we vote for?
We don't. Voting only lends legitimacy to a corrupted system with predetermined outcome.
Why the only one qualified.
NOTA!
Mitt quit.
Mitt ain't shit.
Too bad. Watching that out-of-touch Martian attempt to relate to humans was funny as fucking hell. Remember that time he had to have it explained to him what a donut was?
Thanks for the memories, Mitt!
Smart man for not running...kinda makes me want him to run now.
I guess that means it is all about Jeb. Excuse me while I puke.
While Bill prefers a bush, Hill likes it shaved.
RAND PAUL!!!!!
thank god ... someone give him a medal!
smart move - he had his chance. he and jeb would have just eaten each others cash positions. im no jeb fan nor fan of the republican party, but facts are facts and whoever "the other side is" simply CANNOT lose to her - they gotta put someone up who can win because at the end of the day, this country is going over & into a fiscal abyss. im not sure anything will actually be able to stop it. what i do know is she will do exactly what obama's been doing which is to ignore the debt & support $$$-printing. im still hoping scott walker can gain some traction as he's the only governor ive seen with a track record for standing up to & defeating the unions. he walked into a $3 billion debt & 3-4 years later, wisconsin is $500 million in the black. he's 1 of the few in the mainstream i wouldn't choke on my own vomit as i check that box.
What about the other public sector unions?
The FIREFIGHTERS?
The POLICE?
Scott never finished his job.
Wow, you made a post without spamming your blog?
Kudos!
You're mistaken.
Walker like to pick on the easy targets like teachers and nurses. Police have guns and firefighters are all heroes after 911. Walker is the worst kind of asshole. If he were to eliminate one union, eliminate them all... Even the "heroes".
LOL, you act like this criminality is responsible governing?
You're the real problem here.
I like how you mention that she will continue Obummer's path when all he's done is to contine Shrub's path. But hey, it's somehow important that Shrub 2.1 win so that he can continue the legacy of his brother/father.
Gawd, I need a fucking drink!
I'm sort of sad to see this, but I think Jeb may be the only chance we have against Hilary. And that is a bigger issue than Dem vs Rep's.
Rick Perry 2016!
/s
Beavis and Butthead 2016!
Yep, Hillary and Jeb about same
mitt was smit with the ungreatful conservatives..and in a huff said enough. I say good you understood your type are history.
Phew! That bullshit is done. Let the new bullshit begin.
The "Tribe" has other plans with a third burning "Bush"!...
Did you see the earthquake cluster in Nevada where they hold Burning Man?
http://www.iris.washington.edu/ieb/index.html?format=text&nodata=404&sta...
And give other candidates the chance to lose their billion dollar campaign funds in a Hillarious victory.
So they got around to showing Mittens the the real Zapruder film?
I know both parties are against "the people" but Romney is a true leader and very smart.
"Billary" is a fucking disgrace, Id almost vote for Obongo over him.
Damn ! Now my local polo club has a ringer.
Well, thank god, now Jeb can run unhindered.
We're sorta fucked.
He knows that the center can not hold. Why subject yourself to such idiocrisy? I wouldn't either.
It would appear that humanity has in fact been devolving for quite a while now.
True. Probably why we'll end up with Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho as next prez.......
Hey, at least he was a respectable pornstar before being elected President! :>D
and if christie somehow gets the nod (which i can't see) we'll rack-up more debt than obama & bush combined. im from jersey and i never thought it would be possible for this state to elect a "fiscally conservative republican" (lol) and have the state even more upside-down than when corzine was here. hell, i can make the case that IF corzine had won, we MIGHT have worked our way out of our mess because instead of betting all MF global's $$$ and getting stopped-out on european debt, he hypothetically could have borrowed a gazillion $$$ and let it ride on european debt, not have gotten stopped-out, and paid-down all ours. he was early but he was eventually right on his call. what he did was completely illegal and i still have no idea how he's not in jail, but facts are facts.
i can't believe i just wrote that. what a sad, sick state of affairs we have going on here. we really are fugged.
I can't believe you'd even waste your time considering it, let alone putting it into prose. The idea that any politician (let alone one like Corzine) could fix things is beyond absurd.
Which part of "the mafia runs the world" is escaping you? I thought someone familiar with Jersey politics would know better.
@ NA - JMO but at least mitt was a bankruptcy specialist and we are broke. while i do believe the overwhelming majority of these guys are self-loating, i do believe there are a select few who do love this country and are willing to take the "1-term president" approach to at least TRY and fix things. maybe my heads in the clouds. maybe i wanna believe. IDK. i do think mitt would have made the difficult (common sense to us) decisions on debt reduction, federal reserve oversight (he did say he would have fired bernanke because he did not agree with his philosophy of debt monitization). again, im no fan of either party and i find myself day-by-day gravitating more & more towards the libertarian viewpoint. ive always been about earned success but the more i learn about your guys stances here, its hard to argue the position.
Ask JFK how those "try and fix things" presidential terms work out.
These people are but mere puppets to the true power behind the throne. To pretend they are statesmen is to fill yourself with delusions in order to avoid the truth of their criminality.
Sure, the Bushies and Clitons have gained true power, but it comes from their families CIA networking, not from any ballot box. George W. doesnt' call Clinton "his brother from another mother" because they are ideological opposites.
AKA, "I got a lot richer over the last four years, and Pappy Bush told me to sit down and STFU."
You wouldnt have had a chance and you knew it. The NWO can't lose now --> Bush vs Clinton. God help us.
Again? Yes, 'merica is in fact a monarchy, run by a few royal families.
Who knew?
/s
He would not get away with NOT putting out 10 years of tax returns for the world to see how private equity guys work, how many jobs they create, and how they end up with $100 Million IRAs. - while paying minimum taxes.
Too bad, just as he had figured out a way to help the 47%!
I dunno, Bath House has gotten away with NOT releasing much of any personal information. Oh yeah, forgot, he was the hopey changey saviour guy.
If nobody decides to run expect them to start warming up the Gulfstreams...
while he says its "unlikely" that he ultimately runs, I think this is just another part of the strategy. Lets republicans see other clowns and reevaluate down the road.
Guarentee that Romney made a deal with Jeb. When his top advisor 'switched' to Jeb this week something didn't smell right. Romney pulls out, but gives all his resources and advising to Jeb and he wins the primary Romney is on the ticket as VP. Fucking RINOs
Probably right. I'd still vote for nearly anyone else over Hillary. I can't see anyone beating the system now though. The new world order crew has taken over everything.
who would want to take the shit for all the years. things breaking up one by one
they will loose; they are all pro bailout repulicans
Haha... Bush to Romany, "Sit down, boy." And Romaine high-tailed it.
If you still think your vote counts...you're delusional...
Well . . .
If you think that warning delusional people about their votes not counting is going to have any effect on anything . . . you're delusional.
bush cabal probably flexed and said sit down. this is jebby's time.
fucking taitorous dynastys
"Prescott Bush sanctioned for aiding and abetting Nazis"....if you want some facts.
Oh, horrors. Nazis! Nazis! Nazis!
I understand that one of Jeb Bush's ancestors also took a bite out of an apple in the Garden of Eden.
I'm scared!