Should we say #ThankyouMitt?
The glory of social media is that with a click you can be connected to a lot of people with a lot of ideas, good and bad, weird and thoughtful. These are people you probably know nothing so there is little context or sense of why in their opinions. You can then create a backstory and personality and life for that person on the feed. Or you can just ignore them or ask Facebook to de-expose you to their rants.
Somehow, I think through a writer friend, I got on a feed or thread or page or profile (these are all different but we use the words interchangeably and incorrectly) called Conservatives for a New Movement or some such. And the post of the day was #ThankyouMitt.
Why? Because Mitt Romney voted for Donald J. Trump to be impeached, going against everyone else in his party in the Senate.
So, was he a Profile in Courage or a traitor? Was he making a statement about what the Republican party must regain and return to--ethics in its leaders--or just looking for attention and a way to stick it to Trump who has criticized him so much.
Since I voted for Romney in 2012 and thought he would make a great president (despite the oddities of his Mormon faith which he may or may not personally hold to), and since my favorite thing to say about Trump is that he is a lunatic but even a stopped clock is right twice a day, and since I am disgusted with the way Republicans faun over Trump--I'll go with the Braveheart version.
But I also know nothing is that simple.
Somehow, I think through a writer friend, I got on a feed or thread or page or profile (these are all different but we use the words interchangeably and incorrectly) called Conservatives for a New Movement or some such. And the post of the day was #ThankyouMitt.
Why? Because Mitt Romney voted for Donald J. Trump to be impeached, going against everyone else in his party in the Senate.
So, was he a Profile in Courage or a traitor? Was he making a statement about what the Republican party must regain and return to--ethics in its leaders--or just looking for attention and a way to stick it to Trump who has criticized him so much.
Since I voted for Romney in 2012 and thought he would make a great president (despite the oddities of his Mormon faith which he may or may not personally hold to), and since my favorite thing to say about Trump is that he is a lunatic but even a stopped clock is right twice a day, and since I am disgusted with the way Republicans faun over Trump--I'll go with the Braveheart version.
But I also know nothing is that simple.
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