funhusker Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: That doesn’t tell the whole story. What are the main priorities that each candidate is willing to fight for and against on their own accord tells a bigger story. Most votes in Congress are pretty easy to vote for or against for politicians. It says what votes they disagreed on. The only one where Romney didn’t have other Republicans join him was impeachment. Maybe it would be easier if you could post which “appeasing” behaviors you’re talking about. 2 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, funhusker said: It says what votes they disagreed on. The only one where Romney didn’t have other Republicans join him was impeachment. Maybe it would be easier if you could post which “appeasing” behaviors you’re talking about. This can never be proven obviously, but I have little doubt in my mind that Romney would have walked away from Cavanaugh after the bogus allegations came out and went for a less political risky option. I also have little doubt that Romney would not have nominated ACB in October and given in to Dem demands to wait until after the election. Fighting for immigration reform that included border security first before anything else. Those are a few that are opinions of mine 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: This can never be proven obviously, but I have little doubt in my mind that Romney would have walked away from Cavanaugh after the bogus allegations came out and went for a less political risky option. I also have little doubt that Romney would not have nominated ACB in October and given in to Dem demands to wait until after the election. Fighting for immigration reform that included border security first before anything else. Those are a few that are opinions of mine “Kavanaugh” 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: not have nominated ACB in October and given in to Dem demands to wait until after the election That would have been a great "reach across the aisle" moment for the Republicans, helping to overcome the stain of the Gorsuch situation. Alas... Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, knapplc said: That would have been a great "reach across the aisle" moment for the Republicans, helping to overcome the stain of the Gorsuch situation. Alas... If I actually thought that Harry Reid or Schumer (Last two Dem Senate leaders) would have done anything different than McConnell I might have agreed with you. 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Just now, Archy1221 said: If I actually thought that Harry Reid or Schumer (Last two Dem Senate leaders) would have done anything different than McConnell I might have agreed with you. This projection doesn't excuse what McConnell did. 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, knapplc said: This projection doesn't excuse what McConnell did. Do you believe that Reid or Schumer would have done anything different if roles were reversed? 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: Do you believe that Reid or Schumer would have done anything different if roles were reversed? Unlike you, I'm not going to speculate. We know they have not done what McConnell has done, and we know that with ACB the Republicans had an opportunity to work with Democrats, but instead they unilaterally rammed another judge down our throats. No speculation about what anyone else would or wouldn't do will change that. 2 Link to comment
commando Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 hypocrisy based on projection 3 Link to comment
funhusker Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Archy1221 said: This can never be proven obviously, but I have little doubt in my mind that Romney would have walked away from Cavanaugh after the bogus allegations came out and went for a less political risky option. I also have little doubt that Romney would not have nominated ACB in October and given in to Dem demands to wait until after the election. Fighting for immigration reform that included border security first before anything else. Those are a few that are opinions of mine So you don’t like Romney for what he might have done in an alternate reality? Got it. Because Romney did vote for ACB and he’s on record saying he would have voted for Kavanaugh. https://apnews.com/article/ac3554d9962a486fb2f753017fba741f 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, funhusker said: So you don’t like Romney for what he might have done in an alternate reality? Got it. Because Romney did vote for ACB and he’s on record saying he would have voted for Kavanaugh. https://apnews.com/article/ac3554d9962a486fb2f753017fba741f Of course it’s hypothetical because Romney was never President. Does Romney have the same foreign policy theme as Trump? Same trade policy them as Trump? If you are trying to tell me Romney would have put forth the same agenda and policies as Trump without the social media nonsense Trump carried, I’m just not gonna agree. 1 Link to comment
DevoHusker Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: Of course it’s hypothetical because Romney was never President. Does Romney have the same foreign policy theme as Trump? Same trade policy them as Trump? If you are trying to tell me Romney would have put forth the same agenda and policies as Trump without the social media nonsense Trump carried, I’m just not gonna agree. Wish we knew...I voted for him. Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, DevoHusker said: Wish we knew...I voted for him. Me too. I still find it amazing he lost to Obama in 2012 and it wasn’t extremely close either. His data team was a complete failure. 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: Of course it’s hypothetical because Romney was never President. Does Romney have the same foreign policy theme as Trump? Same trade policy them as Trump? If you are trying to tell me Romney would have put forth the same agenda and policies as Trump without the social media nonsense Trump carried, I’m just not gonna agree. I thought this conversation was about Romney’s current beliefs and how they fit in the current party. My mistake... 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 This... does not bode well for the future of the Republican party. Lots of brains to scrub clean of trumpism and whackadoo conspiracy theories. Note poll taken in the week after the Capitol murders. 1 Link to comment
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