Has Pierre Delecto Killed Mitt Romney’s Political Career?

A self-styled paragon of ethical behavior, Romney ‘fesses up to Twitter pseudonym.

To begin with an entirely objective statement: Rational people, when considering the worth of any politician, find nothing more distasteful than the politico in question deliberately concealing his or her true feelings, opinions, or policy agenda.

All of us want our political representatives to be “real”: to stand on principle, say what he or she means, and mean what he or she says.

How many currently elected politicians measure up to that expectation is debatable, of course, and it is difficult, for most, to judge them fairly.

Supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) would no doubt argue that she is entirely principled and honest about her political intentions.

Her detractors, meanwhile, would describe her as evasive at best and downright dishonest at worst.

Similarly opposing views might be applied to President Donald Trump or to any member of Congress.

Delecto? Mitt Romney Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who – it could be argued – suffered an almost inexplicable loss to President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, is one of those politicians who has tried hard to portray himself as eminently principled, morally upstanding, and an all-around decent man. To be sure, he has done things in his personal life that lend credibility to such an image.

What if it turned out, though, that Romney – until now – had secret social media persona for the primary purpose of defending and boosting the image of none other than Mitt Romney?

Enter (on Twitter) Pierre Delecto. Sounding more like a 1970s porn star, Delecto is the Mr. Hyde to Romney’s Dr. Jekyll – only, we must presume, without the homicidal tendencies.

As Delecto, Romney spent most of his time trying to make himself look good, defending himself to reporters, and bashing Trump.

He may or may not also have been delivering pizzas or cleaning the pools of shapely but lonely wives.

If Pierre had a PhD, we might have expected Dr. Delecto to be plotting world domination from a secret, high-tech bunker beneath a volcano.

To be fair, the senator is not the first politician or senior government official to use a false identity online.

Former FBI Director James Comey, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, and Trump himself have all done so – and they are just a few of the ones we know about.

Obama communicated by email with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton under a false name – presumably so that he could deny any knowledge of the latter’s use of private email accounts to conduct official business.

Romney’s Delecto, though, was focused on praising and defending himself and on undermining a sitting president from his own party. This makes the ruse all the more disdainful – especially from a man so obviously concerned with public image.

In fact, Delecto is known to have tweeted only ten times since December 2015, so it would not be fair to make this matter into a constitutional crisis.

It is worth speculating, though, about how much damage Romney might have attempted to inflict upon the current president in the run-up to a possible impeachment trial and the 2020 election had Delecto not been exposed.

Tiring of Secrecy as popular as he may be within the Republican establishment (and that is no more than speculation), Romney is not at all popular among conservative voters.

He has always been a “never-Trump” Republican, which hurts him even more in the current climate.

The outing of Pierre Delecto may be the final nail in the coffin of his political future – if for no other reason than the pure ridiculousness of it.

More than ever, Americans are growing wearing of secrecy and duplicity. The feeling that almost nobody within the interlocking circles of politics and media can be trusted is looming ever larger in the conscience of voters: The anonymous sources, the so-called whistleblowers, the leakers, the fake social media accounts: All add up to a widely shared consensus that the nation’s lawmakers and reporters cannot be relied upon to present the nation with the unvarnished truth.

Is it not time for America’s journalists and politicians to be held fully accountable – in the court of public opinion, at least – for their own words and actions, without hiding behind secretive informants and fictitious personas? [formatting added] LINK

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:

More of Huckabee's thoughts:

" The man’s 72 years old. Having fake Twitter accounts on social media, that’s the work of kids, cowards, couch potatoes and perverts like Carlos Danger. What on Earth does a United States senator do calling himself Pierre Delecto? If he’s got something to say, man up and say it.

Let us all realize that this guy is not a team player. He’s still bitter because Donald Trump got elected and he didn’t. He needs to get over it." LINK

^^^^^ There are a lot more folks than just Mitt Romney who need to "get over it". Their behavior is childish and disgusting.

flashguy

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Originally posted by Ripley:

... Since that time, both Romney and Ryan have comprehensively cleared up my confusion.

Yep. Both are huge, huge disappointments. They looked like set-ups, like a fixed boxing match.



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So Mittens has a Sock Puppet.....Irony.

So, what happened to that Twitter account? Is it still active? I can't imagine that this snake would ever again post anything via that account. He'd be savaged by 10,000 Twitter users. He'd be laughed off of the planet.

Well, the twitter account is locked.
One has to request to 'join', so tweets are 'protected'.

Login and request to join @qaws9876.
Which I've done ... doubt if a response will occur.

Account facts:
Twitter account created July 2011.
703 Following
1,165 Followers

Can this possibly make him Pierre Unelecto

Let's not forget when he comes back up for reelection.

Created a fake Twitter account, to back himself up on twitter? And that's the best name he could come up with?

Really?

Wow.

I just can't muster the outrage you guys are feeling over this. I'm too busy laughing into my beer. That's the most pathetic thing I've ever heard.

Wonder if someone will change his nameplate outside his office?

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Originally posted by Rob Decker:
I just can't muster the outrage you guys are feeling over this.

This isn't a reporter for some e-zine. This is a United States Senator using subterfuge to attack the President, who happens to be of the same political party. He should be censured in the Senate, and when he's up for re-election, he should be voted out of office.

We supported this motherfucker and all he's done since January, 2017 is attack the one man who is helping this nation. That's how this sack of shit has paid us back for trying to put him into the White House. He's a petty, pissing little child. and he has no business being in the Senate. People in this forum donated their hard-earned money to this son of a bitch and he's paid us back by shitting all over us. Glad you find that funny.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He should be censured in the Senate, and when he's up for re-election, he should be voted out of office.

Believe me, I will be at my caucus raising hell when he's next up. That's where he needs to be defeated, before the general election.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He should be censured in the Senate, and when he's up for re-election, he should be voted out of office.

Believe me, I will be at my caucus raising hell when he's next up. That's where he needs to be defeated, before the general election.

Ditto that. And I promise right now I'll never cast another vote for that POS. That snake.

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I want my vote back, Mitt. Give me back my vote.
In 2012, I voted for this insufferable establishment icon, this inept goof who the Democrats wish every Republican would emulate. Some nights, I wake up sweating and screaming when I relive it in my nightmares. I should have taken my ballot, lit it on fire and flushed it down the Schiffhole.

Kurt Schlicter: "Snit" Romney

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He should be censured in the Senate, and when he's up for re-election, he should be voted out of office.

Believe me, I will be at my caucus raising hell when he's next up. That's where he needs to be defeated, before the general election.

Ditto that. And I promise right now I'll never cast another vote for that POS. That snake.

It was him or the Dim. Make sure there's a good R lined up for the primary.

Is there really any difference between Romney and a Democrat? Looks like either way you lose. At least with a Democrat you know exactly how the knife is coming.

Yes, Democrats don't hide behind a different political affiliation. Democrats are Democrats and that's bad enough, but a so-called Republican who is really a Democrat is sleazy beyond description. Treachery is the difference.

I want to see someone ask this self-serving deceiver about all if this, in a recorded interview. I want to hear him asked about his behaviour, with a camera in his face. Oh, he'll come up with some more of his lying bullshit, but I want to see him forced to do so. I want to see him put on the spot and then watch him slither away. Let's hear it, fuckstick. Explain your petty, lying bullshit to the American people.

In Dante's Inferno, the Ninth Circle of Hell is reserved for treachery. That's where this motherfucker belongs. The Ninth Circle is the innermost circle, the one you reach right before you meet Satan himself, face-to-face.

To my mind Democrats are treacherous because they are Socialists hiding behind the Democrat banner, which many people are either unwilling to admit or are just plain ignorant about the reality of it, but I get what you are saying - you don't know the the wolf in sheep's clothing until it sheds it's camoflauge, whereas one can guard against the wolf who comes as a wolf. The former being more dangerous.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He should be censured in the Senate, and when he's up for re-election, he should be voted out of office.

Believe me, I will be at my caucus raising hell when he's next up. That's where he needs to be defeated, before the general election.

Ditto that. And I promise right now I'll never cast another vote for that POS. That snake.

Hey you two, stay outta my way at the first caucus. I want to roast that fuck.