re: #379 KGxvi

I think Romney was 1000 times better than Trump. Both lack the self-awareness necessary to be effective politicians in the 21st century, but Romney, for his myriad of problems actually understood policy to some degree. He was often wrong on policy (or at least disingenuous since so many of his policy positions changed between Massachusetts and his run for the White House), but having the wrong policy prescriptions is categorically better than not understanding the issues.

A President Romney would not have been an existential threat to the Union; a President Trump is going to result in a constitutional convention being called.

In fact if Romney had been elected President in 2008, I bet he would’ve passed a stimulus package and he would’ve passed some form of Romneycare bearing strong resemblances to Obamacare (which was, of course, based on Romneycare passed in Massachusetts).