Team Romney: if Mitt had won, there’d be no ISIS

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By Steve Benen

Shortly before he lost his second U.S. Senate race in as many years, Republican Scott Brown presented a curious argument to New Hampshire voters: if Mitt Romney had won in 2012, Brown said, “I guarantee you we would not be worrying about Ebola right now.”

Three months later, I still have no idea what Brown was talking about. But the thought experiment itself is nevertheless a fun parlor game for Republicans: what would conditions be right now if Romney’s 2012 campaign hadn’t failed?

As the Boston Globe reported overnight, some folks in Team Mitt apparently have some thoughts on the subject.

If Romney were president, one longtime adviser said, “There wouldn’t be an ISIS at all, and Putin would know his place in life. Domestically, things would be in better shape.”

Sigh.

Look, I realize Romney and his party are in a tough spot. They’re not exactly able to say, “If Romney had won, we’d see a big drop in unemployment, cheaper gas, and much stronger economic growth,” because Obama won and we got all of those things anyway.

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[Historic NY]

1. Then we'd have more dead Americans....

Putin has learned his place but he decided to take his country with him. Sanctions work.

[Xipe Totec]

2. And flying pigs would be soiling the Capitol Mall. nt

[gordianot]

4. No minus the wings, they do their buisness inside the Capital.

No reason to take it outside.

[Johonny]

3. "But we can't all dodge the draft by going to France," Mr. President

as overheard in fictitious Romney White House.

[Erose999]

5. They'd be called something else and we'd be in a land war with them, and probably Iran too.

[Auggie]

6. Tell the people what they really want to hear: we'd all be billionaires by now!

[librechik]

7. no ebola either. And the stock market would be at 16,000 …wait n/t

[dhill926]

8. if Romney had won...

there'd be no middle class left in the US...

[JaneyVee]

9. There would be no America left for ISIS to hate.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Team Reality: "If Romney wins unemployment would be under 6% in 8 years"...wait a minute...

[JonLP24]

11. ISIS existed before the 2012 election

ISIS existed before the 2008 election. Remember "Al-Qaeda in Iraq"? That's who ISIS is.

Truth is if there was no Iraq war there would be no ISIS. If we never gave Saudi Arabia money there would be no Al-Qaeda or Taliban.

[Turbineguy]

12. It's the "Say Ridiculous Things

And Conservatives Will Vote For You" doctrine.

That's why we have Fox News. To destroy any ability for critical thought.