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[UnObtainium17]

Wow darn.. downgrades from president down. And Mitt being the most decent human being linked to trumps cabinet afaik says a lot.

 

[Torokil]

Hillary
Kerry
Romney

I guess SoS is the consolation prize for losing elections?

 

[Gutek]

Trump was a trainwreck(who might destroy the party) that no one thought would win, but he did win, and that certainly changes things.

I will assume this is a leak from the Trump camp to give the illusion that they have their shit together until Mitt Romney joins the Trump administration.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I will assume this is a leak from the Trump camp to give the illusion that they have their shit together until Mitt Romney joins the Trump administration.

Yeah, maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised either way at this point.

 

[Jimothy]

Surrogates will spin this into "HE IS CONVERTING THE HEATHENS NOT BECOMING ONE".

The swamp is fullest just before the draining.

 

[Tarkus]

YASSSS PLZ

 

[boiled goose]

It's a fucked up year when I'm hopeful about Romney being SoS.

About to post this.

 

[Revolver]

"ROMNEY BENDS THE KNEE"

I keep thinking about that scary Omarosa quote:
“Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump. It’s everyone who’s ever doubted Donald, who ever disagreed, who ever challenged him. It is the ultimate revenge to become the most powerful man in the universe.”

 

[IrishNinja]

It's a sad day when Romney is the most acceptable contender.

Yes please.

God I feel dirty saying that.

literally my first thoughts here

 

[Funky Papa]

Yes please.

God I feel dirty saying that.

Romney never supported Trump. I would be happy with him in the cabinet.

.

Dat antiestablishment bent, though.

 

[MLCodest]

Do it please Mittens.

Don't do it for Trump, do it for America.

Spoiler

Save us from Newt or Rudy

 

[pa22word]

Would be a shrewd move for trump if so. Kicking Romney upstairs so he doesn't primary trump in 2020 would be great for him.

 

[Makonero]

Would be a shrewd move for trump if so. Kicking Romney upstairs so he doesn't primary trump in 2020 would be great for him.

romney was a loser already

he would never run again for prez

 

[Torokil]

Our brave new world

 

[AngmarsKing701]

I'd be ... ok ... with this?

Is this Trump's plan? Say outlandish thing... backtrack to something reasonable. Suggest crazy people in roles ... backtrack to someone reasonable.


But then I remember oh shit Bannon.

 

[SchrodingerC]

I actually feel relief seeing Romney being considered in Trump's raw sewage swamp. He's basically the less evil of Trump's picks.

What a fucked up year this is.

 

[Linkyn]

To be fair, just about anything would be an improvement over Newt.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Weird, Romney bad mouthed Trump quite a bit.

Listen to some Hamilton and you'll start to get it.

 

[acheron_xl]

I think someone in the Trump camp leaked this just to confuse people.

 

[Makonero]

I think someone in the Trump camp leaked this just to confuse people.

Nah, just to give us hope and then stomp on it with Giuliani's face

 

[superdeluxe]

You know you are in a Strange World when you are wishing for guys like Mitt and Dubya to come get involved.

 

[Cagey]

It's a sad day when Romney is the most acceptable contender.

I actually feel relief seeing Romney being considered in Trump's raw sewage swamp. He's basically the less evil of Trump's picks.

What a fucked up year this is.

I don't understand this perspective unless the idea is "any non-Democrat is unfit for the job, gross it's a Republican." What precisely makes Mitt so bad?

 

[LegalEagleMike]

The diplomat we need...

 

[Steel]

It'd be a fine pick.

Which is why it won't happen.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

It DOES suck when Mitt seems like the most normal human among a bunch of unqualified cartoonish freaks, but then again, I recall saying the same thing during the 2012 Republican primaries.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Okay, folks. But Bannon?

Bannon?

Bueller?

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Okay, folks. But Bannon?

Bannon?

Bueller?

I don't see anything to be happy about regardless of whether Romney gets the position or not. Republicans have all the power, regardless of the puppet at the helm.

 

[Joe]

 

[Xe4]

I'd love Romney in the Trump admin, if only because we need as many sane people as possible. He's in pretty high standing with me already, for going against Trump, I'd like to see him do some good in the Trump admin.

 

[superdeluxe]

The diplomat we need...

 

[Joe]

How does this news "distract" from the Bannon and Priebus hirings? The media have been talking about them since they were announced.

Bannon is so bad that no amount of "good" news should supersede it at any point. The longer Bannon is in the more normal it seems.

 

[DudeWithNoName]

Do it please Mittens.

Don't do it for Trump, do it for America.

Spoiler

Save us from Newt or Rudy

Agreed.

 

[Makonero]

The diplomat we need...

I mean, the dude did do a lot of good work for African nations. But other than that he'd be a foreign relations disaster.

Still, one step up from the rest of the slime.

 

[Red]

Romney is like best case scenario for a Trump pick. I would be satisfied with that.

 

[mnannola]

Romney seems like a normal human being, which is a huge step up for this new Trump administration, but does he have much foreign policy experience? I thought that was one of his weaker areas in 2012.

 

[Hellwarden]

I feel like Romney could do the job well.

 

[superdeluxe]

I don't see anything to be happy about regardless of whether Romney gets the position or not. Republicans have all the power, regardless of the puppet at the helm.

Using John Oliver's Trump analogy, Romney might take you for a wild ride in the airplane, but at least he is going to land the plane (with a bumpy landing).

We are not sure if Trump is not necessarily going to crash the plane killing everyone board. That is why you have many that are left or lean left praising the news. At least with Romney we will be able to get another plane flight.

 

[andythinkpad]

Guys, Trump is just bringing Romney's hope up and then perform a Blood Eagle on him.

 

[Raven117]

I mean...of all the people mentioned....

That.....that's not a terrible choice.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

The diplomat we need...

he always seemed like a genuinely good guy, was just a puppet of this father's administration

 

[samn]

he always seemed like a genuinely good guy, was just a puppet of this father's administration

yeah who cares about all the war and stuff, look at him dance!

 

[RustyNails]

DRAIN THE SWAMP

by filling it with new swamp

 

[SchrodingerC]

I don't understand this perspective unless the idea is "any non-Democrat is unfit for the job, gross it's a Republican." What precisely makes Mitt so bad?

Was never a fan of his proposed policies, or Romney himself when he originally ran in 2012, but as of now he's the most sane of the rumored picks. I'd take Romney as President than the parasite.

 

[Lo-Volt]

Bend the knee until you can never stand again, Mitt, if that's where you think you belong. DAMN you.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Maybe he wants to see those binders

Y'know, for "reasons"

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

he always seemed like a genuinely good guy, was just a puppet of this father's administration

He's lucky he's not rotting away in some jail for his war crimes.

 

[RedHill]

Please. I don't agree with Romney on a lot but he's sane

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Things are dire when the idea of Romney as Sec. of State brings a marginal sense of relief.

 

[Miletius]

It's rather sad but I see that as a sane pick that I could reluctantly get behind.

And as for Romney, maybe he believes that he can best serve his country by trying to serve in a Trump administration. I don't blame him if he takes the job -- it's true. He could serve as a sanity check in a Trump administration in a way that no Democrat could.

 

[Yamauchi]

I think Romney would make an excellent SoS pick. I certainly like him more than Giuliani.