Editor,
Whenever a liberal sings the praises of a (former) Republican president or presidential candidate you can be certain that the honored Republican is either deceased, out of office, or an election loser.
Mr. Weil’s feeble attempt to elevate Romney as a spokesman for character and integrity is laughable. Mitt Romney is the least relevant Republican in the Senate today.
As Dennis Prager recently noted, Romney is severely deficient in key elements of character:
One character issue is lack of courage. In today’s environment, it takes no courage to attack Donald Trump, especially in the Washington Post. Sen. Romney is now the darling of the elites of this country. He will be showered with praise by the elite newspapers and all the news networks (except Fox). He will be invited to give talks at universities throughout the country. He will be feted in Europe. And no one will scream obscenities at him when he dines in Washington, D.C., restaurants.
Another character issue is pettiness. It now seems very hard to deny that Romney resents Trump for doing what he failed to do: win the presidency.
A third character problem is a lack of conviction. Does anyone know what Mitt Romney stands for aside from winning elections? Can one reader name one strong conviction Mitt Romney holds? I can’t. He appears to be essentially conviction- and ideology-free. The New Republic wrote in 2012, the year Romney ran for president, “In his various incarnations as a candidate, he has campaigned as a progressive, a conservative, a technocrat, and a populist, suggesting his deepest attachment is to winning.”
Since Susan Collins has not responded to Romney’s comments, one can logically assume that she does not share his conclusions.
Finally, the solution to ALL of the rancor and dismay in Washington is simple: term limits on the House and the Senate.
Paul Israelson
Biddeford
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