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05-08-2012, 09:44 AM
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Romney Takes Credit for the Auto Bailout
The same guy who wrote an Op-Ed piece in the NYTimes entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" was quoted yesterday as saying "I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy. And finally, when that was done, and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. So I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back."
I suspect he'll now take credit for tomorrow's sunrise.
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05-08-2012, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by finnbow
The same guy who wrote an Op-Ed piece in the NYTimes entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" was quoted yesterday as saying "I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy. And finally, when that was done, and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. So I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back."
I suspect he'll now take credit for tomorrow's sunrise.
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You really should read his op ed. In it he pushes for a managed bankruptcy: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html
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05-08-2012, 12:53 PM
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Indeed he did. What's funny about it is that Obama took his own course with his own advisers (none of whom were Romney) and was very successful. Romney subsequently criticized him on numerous occasions about his management of the restructuring of the auto industry, but now is trying to lay claim for the credit now that it has been shown to be successful (and that success is being highlighted in campaign ads).
It's remarkably similar to his response after videotape shows up of him saying that he wouldn't go after Bin Laden during a 2007 debate. Now, he's saying he would have done exactly what Obama did.
Let's see. He would have done the auto industry restructuring just like Obama. He would have attacked Bin Laden just like Obama, and his MA healthcare plan formed the blueprint for Obamacare. Just how is it that he's claiming that he's so much more capable than Obama and that Obama's administration has been a failure? Color me confused and amused.
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05-13-2012, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow
Indeed he did. What's funny about it is that Obama took his own course with his own advisers (none of whom were Romney) and was very successful. Romney subsequently criticized him on numerous occasions about his management of the restructuring of the auto industry, but now is trying to lay claim for the credit now that it has been shown to be successful (and that success is being highlighted in campaign ads).
It's remarkably similar to his response after videotape shows up of him saying that he wouldn't go after Bin Laden during a 2007 debate. Now, he's saying he would have done exactly what Obama did.
Let's see. He would have done the auto industry restructuring just like Obama. He would have attacked Bin Laden just like Obama, and his MA healthcare plan formed the blueprint for Obamacare. Just how is it that he's claiming that he's so much more capable than Obama and that Obama's administration has been a failure? Color me confused and amused.
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In the first debate between Mittens and Obama the first thing Obama should do is turn to Mitt and ask him, "Why are you running on my record?".
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05-13-2012, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by wgrr
In the first debate between Mittens and Obama the first thing Obama should do is turn to Mitt and ask him, "Why are you running on my record?".
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I truly believe a Romney/Obama debate will be a bloodletting.
If Obama can go toe-to-toe with Hillary (a brilliant political tactician) he'll eat Romney alive.
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05-13-2012, 11:15 PM
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I hope that it is sponsored by the League of Women Voters instead of the commercial enriched shit that passes for debates lately.
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05-14-2012, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeke
I truly believe a Romney/Obama debate will be a bloodletting.
If Obama can go toe-to-toe with Hillary (a brilliant political tactician) he'll eat Romney alive.
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Hillary was not a great debater, and you over-estimate Obama's chances against Romney.
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05-08-2012, 03:52 PM
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Its called politics Finn. Do you think he'd jump up and down and cheer for a future political opponent?
What I think is hilarious is that Obama flogs private equity firms and banks for political points, but had to turn to Steve Rattner, a product of those firms that he and the OWS crowd love to demonize, to manage the auto industry bankruptcy process. Then Obama wants to take full credit for it. Color me amused over that bit of hypocrisy.
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05-08-2012, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by whell
Its called politics Finn. Do you think he'd jump up and down and cheer for a future political opponent?
What I think is hilarious is that Obama flogs private equity firms and banks for political points, but had to turn to Steve Rattner, a product of those firms that he and the OWS crowd love to demonize, to manage the auto industry bankruptcy process. Then Obama wants to take full credit for it. Color me amused over that bit of hypocrisy.
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I call this post "changing the subject."
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05-08-2012, 04:59 PM
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I call this post "changing the subject."
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I'll call it: "meeting alleged hypocrisy (Romney) with actual hypocrisy (Obama)."
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