He's LYING. Just FLAT. OUT. LYING. here. I've always respected him, though I've had SIGNIFICANT disagreements with him, but this ain't helping...https://twitter.com/nwarikoo/status/978630546418028544 …
I don't think that's his problem. I think decent people can finish first but voters have to like you and trust you. I think it's a total misnomer that you have to be a dishonest prick to get ahead. Sure, you have to have some larceny in you, but that was not Romney's problem
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He was just too decent a man. I mean that in the best possible way. He couldn't "brag" about himself. He couldn't even send OTHERS out to "brag" about him. He has a GREAT story to tell. I've read MANY of them living here in MA. He's very much like my father in that way. He 1/
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does these AMAZINGLY kind things, these INCREDIBLE acts of charity but STEALTHILY. He's done some truly touching things, that have really truly helped people. He's the best POSSIBLE "capitalist." He could have told that story! Defended the righteousness of making it on your 2/
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own. He and Ann literally started with a door on two saw horses in their apartment for him to get Bain going. He didn't have an inheritance. He built his wealth ENTIRELY on his own. And he's been this incredibly devoted husband & father. HE COULD HAVE MADE THE ARGUMENT. 3/
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But instead of being humble & proud he was HUMILIATED AND COWED by the LEFT defining him. He let the LEFT define him, and by doing that, ABANDONED everyone like him, who did the right thing and DOES the right thing a THOUSAND LITTLE WAYS. For reasons I cannot even FATHOM, he 4/
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is or acted ASHAMED. If he wasn't prepared to put himself out there, ALL OF HIMSELF, he SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE RACE. And THAT was his problem. He thought he could humble his way to the WH. Maybe he thought he was like "Silent Cal." I don't know. But THAT'S what I mean 5/
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by "nice guys finish last." He was too NICE, just too DECENT a man to win, because he held back the best part of him. / end.
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