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Romney didn't want to run for president, son says

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It raises no new questions I do not believe it.


No one wanted to be president less than Mitt Romney, his son said in an interview out Sunday that raises new questions about the candidacy of the losing Republican nominee. In an interview with the Boston Globe examining what went wrong with the Romney campaign, his eldest son Tagg explains that his father had been a reluctant candidate from the start.



Romney didn't want to run for president, son says - FRANCE 24
 
Right, because we know that a win just isn't as fun unless we can believe the losing candidate is obsessively eating his heart out over it. Lol.
 
The claim is too bizarre to really comment on.
 
Hilarious. First it was Obama, after he didn't know how to tackle the "I don't believe in anything I previously said I believe in" technique. Now it's Romney.
 
I recall it as common knowledge and casually disclosed, that it was Ann Romney's urging which prompted him to run.

No big deal to anyone who followed the Romney campaign.
 
Why don't i buy thios latest excuse for his failure? Well let me count the ways. First he had multiple opportunities to tank his presidency in the primaries. Why was he even in the primaries if he did not want to be in the first place? But he could have subtly lost to Perry, Bachman, Gingrich, or even Cain. In the end he could have really subtly lost to Santorum who had a good deal of support. Why not make a few faux pas during those fights and let one of them beat you? Yet for some reason he tried very hard to actually beat them considering the republicans were not terribly thrilled with Mittens the liberal. Why go extreme conservative to win the primaries if you did not want the presidency? He could have just ran in the GOP primaries as a very moderate republican and lost easily. They already knew he was a moderate so why fight the losing image if you wanted to lose?

Now for reason 2. it was repeatedly noted that Mittens lked the fight with obama, and he clearly enjoyed himself during the debates. You can say it was all an act, but he really seemed to be having a good time with it. He liked the attention. He clearly sought it out. He could have laid off the appearences and then claimed he made a mistake in losing, but he never did that. no, he fought as hard as he could throwing everything he could at obama. This was not a person bored with the election who was shying away from the possibility of being president, this was a guy who was having a good time being the star.

Finally, why go back to being moderate and use the etch a sketch? The only purpose for the shift in his stance was because he wanted to win. He could have easily lost while remaining the hero and the great white hope of the republican party and stayed really right. He was clearly losing as his lying son claimed he wanted to. Why shift to being a moderate at that point? He was screwing up all over the place, and then he starts coming back in the debates by shifting to obama's position despite complaints from his own party about him becoming too liberal. Just stay on the right, please your party, and lose. The loss was clearly within his grasp and he tried to win.

Sorry Tagg, but you are a liar and your dad is also a liar. There is one legacy of the Romtard family and that is losing presidential races. See you in a few years for your beating.
 
marsden said:
I recall it as common knowledge and casually disclosed, that it was Ann Romney's urging which prompted him to run.

No big deal to anyone who followed the Romney campaign.
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No really, he did not mean to lose, him and the republicans actually planned on losing. No really, it is all part of their master plan to take over the world. You will never be able to beat the republicans at losing you democrats. Come on, we dare you to lose better than we do. Even john kerry could not lose by the margin mittens did. I knew we would win somehow, so suck on that democrats. This was actually a victory for us because we never wanted to win the presidency anyway, and you fools took the bait.

Good god, how the hell do you stand after spinning that fast?
 
This is baloney. Worse. It is yesterdays digested baloney about to go to its final resting place.
 
Oh for cryin' out loud. Stop it! The election is now history and the same for that Romney fellow(s). It's time to move on to focus on important things such as the fiscal cliff and gun control.
 
Yeah I'm not really buyin this one.
 
Right after romney lost..it was reported he was stunned and sullen along with all this campaign staff who didnt expect the loss. I believe that. Romney put his heart and soul into winning that election, his wife was very sincere in her campaigning. There is absolutely no way that I can believe that romny was the last guy around that wanted to run...this is an attempt by a guy who lost and wants to act like he doesnt care or his son does.
 
I'd like to think he's been downright suicidal. It's just more fun that way.
 
Wow, wish he woulda followed his heart and listened to his family on this one. Instead, Romney whiffed on listening to his personal Jiminy Cricket and screwed us all into 4 more years.
 
This is patent nonsense. Romney had been running more or less continuously since 2006.
 
Obviously Tag wants 16 minutes of fame. Pretty pathetic to make this kind of claim, don't see what to be gained other than pulling a Palin to see his name in the media again.
 
joko104 said:
The claim is too bizarre to really comment on.
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Perhaps the most creative sour grapes in POTUS election history. At least its a more manly response than "Acorn Did Me In".
 
I don't buy this one. Romney wouldn't have run for two straight nominations if he didn't want the presidency, he wouldn't have gotten dirty against the rest of the field in both nomination runs if he was running against his wishes. He wanted it, he lost.
 
for all the money the Romneys have you would think they could hire a screener so the first time they say something stupid it wouldn't be out in public.
 
i am inclined to believe tagg's version of events
mitt has no charisma and he must realize that. his VERY weak attempts to match Obama singing at public forums is ample evidence of that reality. he's tone deaf to public opinion; much like hillary talking 'black' before african-American audiences
so, the campaigning and glad handing was definitely an unnatural aspect for him to engage in. but also notice he relished participating in the debates, one-on-one, just like in a board room
mitt wanted to be the president, which is not the same thing as mitt welcomed the campaign
he wanted to be the mormon president
and given the weak economy and Obama's mis-steps, he saw that the election was ripe for the picking
and if there is anything mitt was good at, it was picking low hanging fruit
trouble was, he did not have any idea what he wanted to do with his new-found authority if the American public dared elect him. and it showed. which was why America did not select him
that mitt wanted the office of president i am certain
that he did not want to have participate in the campaign to earn it is also very likely
tagg, you're it
 
lpast said:
It raises no new questions I do not believe it.

No one wanted to be president less than Mitt Romney, his son said in an interview out Sunday that raises new questions about the candidacy of the losing Republican nominee. In an interview with the Boston Globe examining what went wrong with the Romney campaign, his eldest son Tagg explains that his father had been a reluctant candidate from the start.

Romney didn't want to run for president, son says - FRANCE 24
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Responding before I read the rest of the thread.

I read this a day or so ago. I will say that I do not believe it for one second.

However, just for the sake of conversation, let's say it is true. Then I'm glad he lost. I believe it is pretty near impossible for a person to be a good leader if their heart is not in it.
 
I don't know this if this is true or not, but there have been other candidates who have not wanted to run for President, but did so because of either party loyalty or a desire to abide by the people's edict. Horatio Seymour in 1868 absolutely did not want to be President and turned down the nomination in 1864 and tried again in '68.. George Washington, wasn't thrilled about running for a second term. William Taft wanted to be on SCOTUS, not the President. John Davis in 1924 wasn't overly thrilled nor was Adlai Stevenson in his first attempt.
 
lpast said:
It raises no new questions I do not believe it.


No one wanted to be president less than Mitt Romney, his son said in an interview out Sunday that raises new questions about the candidacy of the losing Republican nominee. In an interview with the Boston Globe examining what went wrong with the Romney campaign, his eldest son Tagg explains that his father had been a reluctant candidate from the start.



Romney didn't want to run for president, son says - FRANCE 24
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If that story is true, and I have no reason to doubt it, it's one more reason to have elected Romney. His wife said earlier that he thought he could make a difference. Someone who doesn't really want all the attention, but thinks he can make a difference, is exactly the type of person who should be elected.

Not that it matters now, anyway.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
I don't know this if this is true or not, but there have been other candidates who have not wanted to run for President, but did so because of either party loyalty or a desire to abide by the people's edict. Horatio Seymour in 1868 absolutely did not want to be President and turned down the nomination in 1864 and tried again in '68.. George Washington, wasn't thrilled about running for a second term. William Taft wanted to be on SCOTUS, not the President. John Davis in 1924 wasn't overly thrilled nor was Adlai Stevenson in his first attempt.
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There have certainly been quite a few reluctant politicians over our history. One only has to look to the beginning when Washington refused any kind of kingship, iirc he only agreed to run as president because people convinced him his leadership was critical to the young nation. I don't think Romney was reluctant though, there was a push for him to be the 2012 nominee from the start and it seems to me his "lie low" behavior signaled a man trying not to make mistakes.
 
Dittohead not! said:
If that story is true, and I have no reason to doubt it, it's one more reason to have elected Romney. His wife said earlier that he thought he could make a difference. Someone who doesn't really want all the attention, but thinks he can make a difference, is exactly the type of person who should be elected.

Not that it matters now, anyway.
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While I think Romney wanted the presidency I agree with your statement in full past that. We need politicians who want to serve properly, set policy beneficial for the people as a whole, and can't wait to pass the torch as quickly as possible. IMO those are the least likely to continue the path in D.C. as is.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
I don't know this if this is true or not, but there have been other candidates who have not wanted to run for President, but did so because of either party loyalty or a desire to abide by the people's edict. Horatio Seymour in 1868 absolutely did not want to be President and turned down the nomination in 1864 and tried again in '68.. George Washington, wasn't thrilled about running for a second term. William Taft wanted to be on SCOTUS, not the President. John Davis in 1924 wasn't overly thrilled nor was Adlai Stevenson in his first attempt.
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While these people are good examples, I believe they stand out precisely because they are exceptions to the rule, not of the general rule itself.

It should be noted that, of all those mentioned here, only two actually became President. And of those two, only one served well as President. In fact, Taft may not be a good example. The more I think about it, he was relatively ineffective as President, yet a very fine SCOTUS judge. Where was his heart? On the bench, that's where.

It cannot be known for sure whether the rest would have been effective leaders in their own right, as they never attained the position.
 
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