Romney to be honored Friday at D.C. luncheon
Mitt Romney will make it to Washington, D.C. for inauguration week after all.
The 2012 GOP presidential nominee and his wife Ann are scheduled to attend a luncheon in their honor Friday at Washington's J.W. Marriott hotel, National Journal reported this afternoon. The reception will be hosted by two of Romney's biggest campaign fundraisers: Virginia philanthropist Catherine Reynolds and hotel tycoon Bill Marriott, Jr.
Romney, a longtime friend to the Marriott family, serves on Marriott International's board of directors. While on the trail, he and his traveling staff stayed almost exclusively at Marriott hotels.
Having opted to spend Inauguration Day at his home in La Jolla, Calif., on Monday, Romney became the first presidential nominee since Michael Dukakis in 1989 to not attend the ceremonial event. But he's made at least one appearance in the nation's capital since the election: Several weeks following his loss, he enjoyed a lunch of white turkey chili with President Obama at the White House.
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Which one of his many lies are they going to honor?
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I love this. Now what foolish self-destruction GOP point is Mitt Romney going to say this time at the D.C. party?
He already said 47% and those with freebies voted for Obama.
Could it be that Mitt's detractors were right all along...that he really IS a bastard in every sense of the word?
Hmmmm...did the Romneys socialize with the Nixons back in the day...or the Bushes?