Oddbean new post about login | logout Jared Yate Sexton isn't buying the whitewashing of Mitt Romney's legacy by never-Trump Republicans and by Romney himself: "Romney’s true legacy is that he was part of the GOP’s old guard in that he was most concerned with lowering taxes for the wealthy, enabling corporations, destroying governmental impediments on personal profits, shredding the social safety net," #Romney #republican /1 https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-best-theyve-got-mitt-romney-and
"but was also willing, in a tradition that is honestly dying, to do it all with a smile and dress it up in faux-compassionate language. He welcomed the authoritarianism of Trump and others if it was dressed in a disguise. Why? Because he was in aggressive self-denial about his own motivations and hopelessly, tirelessly concerned about how he was perceived by the media and the nation at large." I'd say Romney's image-management style is quintessentially Mormon. #Romney #Republican /2
@William Lindsey :toad: Oh c'mon. Admit it. It took Trump to make Romney look good.