Why does Mitt Romney want to be President?

[Heather MC]

Martin Bashir just asked a great question
he basically said:
Mitt Romney wanted to let the housing market go bust
he wanted to let Detroit go bankrupt
and he doesn't want to help the working poor
what does he want to do? Why does he want to be president?

I have one extra thing he didn't mention
Romney's plan for the middle east is kick the ball down the road and hope someone else picks it up.

When you start to put the things he says together it really sounds like the narrative he is putting together is

DO NOTHING GET PAID! I think that is his bumpersticker slogan he doesn't want us to know

[hollysmom]

1. It's his turn.

[Heather MC]

6. Who decides these things???

Seriously, wanting something doesn't mean you should have it.
Crackheads want Crack
Meth addicts wants meth
Alcoholics want booze

It doesn't mean they should have it

Mittens may want to be President, but he doesn't deserve to be President

[hollysmom]

18. I don't know, all I know is what Ann Romney tells me

hee. this is a joke, in case you think I am serious. I don't think you can take these people at their word.

[Heather MC]

33. I think when they think they can speak freely

That is when they are telling the MOST truth. I think the worst thing he said was he didn't know what to do about the Middle East. And don't quote Ann too much use her sparingly

[nichomachus]

2. It's what he does

Takes over operations that have financial problems, borrows tons of money in their name, sells off the infrastructure and then he and his buddies pocket the money.

That's what he did to every company he took over. That's what he'll do to the US.

[Initech]

10. Yup the US government would be a wholly owned subsidiary of Bain Capital.

And that would be economic suicide for us. The US would enter into a depression that would not be able to recover from. And the vulture criminal thieves like the Koch Roaches would get it all and laugh all the way to the bank.

[left on green only]

34. I agree with your thesis except........

.......even before Bain Capitol, isn't the r man's primary allegiance to the morman church? To that I would ask the question, "During a Romney presidency, how do we wash our magic underwear when we look down and discover they have a gold spot in them?"

[Initech]

41. Yes - the thought of *ANY* theocratic government taking over the US scares the shit out of me.

[Beartracks]

32. Pardon me while I Tweet your analysis. It's too scary-true. n/t

[DJ13]

3. Its a daddy thing

Dad was a Governor, Mitt had to be one too.

Dad ran for President and failed, Mitt wants to one up his dad.

[Heather MC]

15. Dad also lived in Mexico I wish he wanted to do that. maybe after Nov 6th LOL

[hamsterjill]

17. That's what it was for Shrub, too!

n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. James Clyburn Nailed It

To enhance his resume.

[csziggy]

5. He wants to do what his father couldn't?

Sort of like Shrub invading Iraq because his father didn't get Saddam overthrown.

Not only was George Romney likely to not have been qualified to be President because of his birth in Mexico, his campaign was as disastrous as Mitt's is.

Reporter Jack Germond joked that he was going to add a single key on his typewriter that would print, "Romney later explained...."[20] Life magazine wrote that Romney "manages to turn self-expression into a positive ordeal" and that he was no different in private: "nobody can sound more like the public George Romney than the real George Romney let loose to ramble, inevitably away from the point and toward some distant moral precept."[11] The perception grew that Romney was gaffe-prone and a plodder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Romney_presidential_campaign,_1968#Campaign_development

[Rambis]

14. Poppi was smart enough not to destabilize the entire region

Rummy and Cheney wanted $ that was enough for shrub!

[XemaSab]

7. Well put... I think a lot of people are asking that question

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021377197

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Ego - and a means to fulfill his psychopthic obsession of finding ways to lower taxes

especially his own.

[ecstatic]

9. Well, he did joke about being unemployed

and he did express self hatred during his rant against people who don't pay income taxes. Maybe he just needed a job and nobody else was hiring?

[mnhtnbb]

11. Ultimate power trip. It's for his ego.

[kentuck]

12. It's on his bucket list.

Just something he wants to do before he dies...

[Whisp]

13. I don't think he's in it for the salary

but to do whatever he can for the 1% and get his money that way.

Or, his next reveal via vid or otherwise, will be he wants Mormons to rule the earth and he was called to lead that.

[Heather MC]

19. IF Romney is their Great White Hype err I mean Hope, I don't think the the Lord likes Mormans...

very much

[barbtries]

16. it's another plaque

to put on his wall?
i think we can all agree that it is NOT because he wants to serve his country. serving his church may have some bearing on it.

[Skidmore]

20. He's running another hostile takeover.

Vulture capitalist to the bitter end.

[Auntie Bush]

21. How the hell should I know why he wants to be President? He doesn't even know!

Maybe it just seemed like a good idea one day...so what the hell...give it a
try... I did everything else! All the rich and stupid white racist will give me a majority.

[woodsprite]

22. He's the neocon's "signature" man, but it also happens to be on his bucket list. n/t

[moondust]

23. He thinks it's his "calling"?

Divine right of kings?

[Heather MC]

24. God help us Their have been alot of horrible Kings in history

I think of him as the Mormans GREAT WHITE HYPE

[randr]

25. He thinks the government owes it to him.

[mr_hat]

26. Hah! n/t

[JI7]

27. He thinks he is entitled to it

that's the only way i can see.

[bongbong]

28. Only a few possibilties

Or combination thereof:

1) Make more money for himself
2) Send more gov't money (read: taxpayer dollars) to his Mormon cronies' businesses
3) White Horse prophecy
4) Power mad sociopath

That's it. Take your pick, or pick a combo and assign a percentage of the total to each of your picks.

[aletier_v]

29. He wants to fulfill Mormon prophecy

probably burned into his head since he was born by his dad.

[valerief]

30. Make rich people richer. That's the most important thing in the world.nt

[lunatica]

31. Maybe he'll be able to change the laws so he can make more money than ever.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

35. I don't know

I don't think anybody does, honestly. The best theory I've heard is that he wants to add it to his "trophy collection".

[jmowreader]

36. He never wants to pay taxes again

Both the Romney plan and Pizzanomics (written by another guy who lives off his investments) called for eliminating the capital gains tax.

[Tribetime]

37. I was thinking that after his last blunder....BUCKET LIST

he only cares about himself. The world revolves around him.

[HopeHoops]

38. He feels entitled to it.

[Arugula Latte]

39. Does the White House have a car elevator? I don't think so!

Mitt is the man for the job!

[arthritisR_US]

40. It's the only thing he can't buy so it truly presents a challenge to him? n/t

[tavalon]

42. Because he thinks he's entitled

In fact, he knows it.

[Samantha]

43. The Magistrate posted recently Romney is running to win to get his hands on the largest pension

plan funds in the world -- the Social Security Trust Fund. I believe that.

Obviously, if the man were truly interested in politics or public service, he would update his own personal knowledge base on issues of importance. Since he obviously does not, there has to be something else prompting him to try to gain the Oval Office. Since money appears to be his main interest, I would say the Social Security Trust Fund is the beacon for Romney's run.

In 2003, when Bush* tried this, economic analysts projected if he were successful, the transition costs to a private entity would be 3 trillion dollars. They said the Federal Government would not pay the transition costs, and neither would a receiving entity. The only way it could be accomplished would be if the beneficiaries paid for the transition. That would mean a cut in monthly benefit checks.

If the estimate in 2003 was 3 trillion dollars, I wonder what that number would be today. Can you imagine getting your social security check in the mail with a Bain Capital return address on the envelope (or an electronic deposit from Bain)? It is beyond my comprehension ... really. And then your eye focuses on the amount and you see how much less the check is than what you were projected to get because you had to contribute to the transitional costs, in order words the Bain coffers.

Sam