Why was Romney so hated in the Midwest

[Statilius the Epicurean]

"Mitt Romney looks like the guy who comes to lay you off" - Mike Huckabee.

You really don't need to go further than this.

And the guy who literally was famous for the phrase "you're fired" did not look like the guy who lay you off lol

Except that watching The Apprentice, as viewers we don't identify with the people fired: we identify with Trump (Alan Sugar in the UK) humiliating the dumb celebrities/sleazy marketing phonies and telling them how much they suck. It's reality TV allowing us to share in the jouissance of the ritual debasement of arrogant, dumb big city big shots.

Romney was like the rich guy who owned your workplace. Trump was a rich guy on TV who only fired incompetent people who think they're better than you.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Doubt it. Romney is a stronger candidate than McCain, he would not have picked Palin as his running mate

When will this myth die? Have you not learned anything from 2016? The Palin pick was great from McCain, it gave his struggling campaign a huge boost out of the convention and he was leading Obama in the polls until Lehman Brothers happened.

Palin was a 100x smarter pick than the Romney pick of Ryan in 2012, which got the GOP ticket eviscerated by being tied to the Ryan's Medicare vouchers for seniors plan.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Doubt it. Romney is a stronger candidate than McCain, he would not have picked Palin as his running mate

When will this myth die? Have you not learned anything from 2016? The Palin pick was great from McCain, it gave his struggling campaign a huge boost out of the convention and he was leading Obama in the polls until Lehman Brothers happened.

Palin was a 100x smarter pick than the Romney pick of Ryan in 2012, which got the GOP ticket eviscerated by being tied to the Ryan's Medicare vouchers for seniors plan.

That was a standard convention boost. Palin proved to be a blatering idiot who alienated moderates and cost McCain dearly. Studies show that she cost McCain several million votes. He probably would have won IN, NC, FL, NE02 if it weren't for Palin.

Lol sure.