Conscience of the Republican Party?
Mitt Romney is held up as the conscience of the Republican Party, the last voice of truth in a national party which has sold its soul to Trump. Thanks to his personal wealth from birth and his own work in venture capitalism, he is not dependent upon politics for his livelihood and thus can speak and vote his conscience without worry about his future finances. He was therefore the sole republican who voted Trump guilty in his impeachment trial. He routinely criticizes the President's behavior, statements, and policies, sometimes finding himself alone in his criticism. He is seen as the last light of sanity in a party which has descended into sycophancy, obliviousness to facts, and pursuit of wealth unconcerned with human and environmental cost. But consider his words eight years ago, when he was running for president. "All right, there are 47 percent who are with him (Obama), who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the g