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Why did Romney run for President when he didn't want to be President?
Mitt Romney didn't want to be president, anyway.
That's what Tagg Romney, Mitt's oldest son, told the Boston Globe for its big post-mortem on his father's failed presidential bid published on Sunday.
“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life," Tagg Romney told the paper. "He had no desire to ... run. If he could have found someone else to take his place ... he would have been ecstatic to step aside.
"He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them," Tagg continued. "He has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention.”
Romney's reluctance to become commander in chief has been hinted at by his sons before. Before their father sought the 2012 GOP nomination, several said they tried to convince him not to run.
"I tried to convince him not to," Matt Romney told Conan O'Brien in June. "I think there were a few of us that tried that. I just felt for us as a family, this isn't the best thing. But ... for the country, we think it's the right thing."
What a Freaking Martyr. lmao
7 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
That is a pathetic excuse . He had been running for 8 years . Obviously Tagg is as big a LIAR as his dad . Just another rich self indulgent a$$hole .
- CharlieLv 78 years ago
What a joke. The guy spent 6 years running for a job he didn't want? Why didn't he just go away so Obama could have won 49 states against Sanatorium?
- ?Lv 48 years ago
To me this reads like Tagg (what kind of name is that?) is trying to cover up the loss by saying that mitt wasn't really trying. Seems to me to be sour grapes
- ?Lv 68 years ago
The rulers of the universe had to have Obama defeat evil. So that when Obama gives away the store to "the 1%," people can't complain much.
- 8 years ago
If Mitt didn't want to be President - then he got EXACTLY what he wanted. Sometimes, you take an a**-whomping when you least expect it. Mitt was relying on hatred of Obama to get elected - not anything he could come up with HIMSELF.
- WUtangkarateLv 58 years ago
Isn't that what all the kids say. I didn't want to run anyway. I know his son said it but the guys an idiot who raises Idiots.
