Mitt Romney Had No Desire to Run, Says Son

Mitt Romney didn't want to be president, anyway.

That's what Tagg Romney, Mitt's oldest son, told the Boston Globe for its big post-mortem on his father's failed presidential bid published on Sunday.

“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life," Tagg Romney told the paper. "He had no desire to ... run. If he could have found someone else to take his place ... he would have been ecstatic to step aside.

"He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them," Tagg continued. "He has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention.”

This really ticks me off as this was a critical election. If he didn't want to run then why the hell did he?

Agreed, Steph. If he didn't want to run then why the hell did he?

This makes no sense. If he didn't want to run he simply didn't have to. It was his choice from primaries to general election. It would be quite one thing to say he was a reluctant candidate, quite another to say he had no desire to run at all. I don't buy it.

The story was put out by the NYT ...........who you going to believe ??

If Mitt wanted to see the USA ...I am sure he could have driven Ann around in one of her Cadillacs !!

WHY would he have put himself and his family through that ordeal if he didn't want to be President !!

The reluctance could explain why there wasn't the critical push in the GOTV.

Quote: Justme wrote in post #3

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Baloney. Tagg is embarrassing himself

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This is an outright lie. Does anyone in their right mind think that Romney, after running in '08 and spending all that time afterwards greasing wheels and schmoozing with the establishment wasn't really in to running in '12?

Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #4

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Agreed, Steph. If he didn't want to run then why the hell did he?

This makes no sense. If he didn't want to run he simply didn't have to. It was his choice from primaries to general election. It would be quite one thing to say he was a reluctant candidate, quite another to say he had no desire to run at all. I don't buy it.

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