Please!
Posted on 07/01/2011 8:39:29 AM PDT by ejdrapes
Romney backtracks on argument that Obama made economy worse Over the last few weeks, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has argued that President Obama's policies have made the economy worse. Here was Romney in New Hampshire on Monday:
And he said something similar at the New Hampshire debate earlier this month:
But at his press conference today in Allentown, PA -- where he was highlighting a company that had closed, after President Obama touted it benefitting from the stimulus -- Romney backtracked on the he-made-it-worse line. When NBC producer Sue Kroll asked the former Massachusetts governor why he believes that Obama's policies have made the economy worse -- when the economy is now growing (and not shrinking like it was in 2009), when the Dow is climbing (and no longer in a free-fall like it was in '09), and when the unemployment rate is down a full percentage point from where it was in Oct. '09 -- Romney gave this answer:
By NBC's Mark Murray and Matt Loffman The people of New Hampshire have waited long enough. They want to see good jobs. They want to see rising incomes. They want to see an economy that's growing again, and the president's failed. He did not cause this recession, but he made it worse.
He didn't create the recession, but he made it worse and longer.
I didn't say that things are worse.
(Excerpt) Read more at firstread.msnbc.msn.com ...
Makes you wonder if he got beat all the time as a kid, or maybe if he just got beat up by other kids all the time.
ANY time he is confronted, challenged, questioned even-—he drops ‘em and bends over.
Does he think THAT’S what’s needed in the world around us now?
What a freaking clueless pansy.
Huh? Those are actual quotes from Romney. Nothing for MSNBC to ‘spin’.
Perhaps he’s just being honest, all the better a reason to not be the Republican nominee.
What I can’t understand is how he accepted the premise of the question as accurate? The economy is better? Unemployment is improved (the real number is still running around 18%)?
I hate it when candidates capitulate to the mantra of the Media.
Should he become the Republican candidate, those who vote for him will be idiots.
Why didn’t he hit this stupid MSM bimbo back by pointing out GNP growth is anemic at best and not creating significant job growth, certainly not enough to keep up with population growth much less the millions who have been looking for jobs for months and years, and point at at an avg. of only 2% GNP growth we have the weakest economic recovery following a recession in generations, when GNP growth normally hits as much as 6-7% for several quarters after?? By any standard this is a jobless recovery which has profits up for corporations, a large part of which coming from overseas sales due to the weak dollar, but is producing only higher unemployment, one measure that is demonstrably worse.
My fear is Timmy will be the exact same way. So all the Mike Murphy’s of the world freaking out that Michele Bachmann is hurting Timmy....sorry Timmy won’t be any different that Romney.
Romney has more waffles than a House of Pancakes.
It certainly appears that way. UGH.
I was watching Dana Perrino and Joe Trippi talk about how “presidential” Romney sounded in this ad on FOX last night. How he didn’t appear in it at all, but he was a leader and was so strong. He is the head of the pack and others are in his shadow.
Puhlease. I couldn’t switch stations fast enough.
Who would we vote for, Obama? Not voting or voting 3rd party would also be tantamount to a vote for Obama too. We should fight to keep him from the GOP candidacy with all we have but if God forbid he's the GOP candidate we have to do a nose holding. We cannot afford another 4 years of Obama. If that makes me an idiot, sign me up for idiot.
romney just cannot admit that his marxist ideology has failed... FUmitt!
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Romney is such a wienie douche. He doesn’t cause liberals to violently hurl therefore I cannot support him. At this point in time, I take a Bachman/Cain ticket with Bolton at State. Can’t decide if Sarah should clean out the GOP or just continue her very effective airstrikes on the DNC and all their miserable minions.
Please!
Not to mention that under Obama Unemployment as INCREASED significantly, the Deficit has Exploded, Food Stamps has skyrocketed, Gas Prices are almost double, Growth is paltry, Exports are down, etc., etc.
Romney could have made hay with this question. Instead he BLEW IT!!
go away willard. just go away.
And you have to love how the press is still acting as Obama’s Praetorian Guard. This “reporter” sounds like an Obama campaign commercial. Seriously, whoever is the GOP nominee is going to get these hostile questions from the Obama cheerleaders in the press and is going to have to know how to answer them effectively. Romney failed the test with his answer.
Give him enough rope and he’ll bracktrack himself right out of the perceived front runner status. Remember Rudy in 2007? He was the perceived front runner at this point in time. Remind me how that worked out.
More houses are underwater.
Dollar is weaker
Inflation is worse
National Debt is worse
States' debts are worse
Misery index is worse
Individual Americans now bear greater share of debt burden
More Americans on food stamps.
Gasoline, energy, and food prices are inflating dramatically. The stock market recovery is a function of flooding the markets with fiat money. The unemployment figures are misleading because they exclude those on the margins who do not seek work, work off the books, work part-time, have outlived their benefits.
The answer to that Government-reporter’s question is, “Of course things are worse! Unemployment is down 1%? First, Obama promised his massive spending would cap the unemployment rate at 8%, and that didn’t happen. Second, unemployment is much higher than 9%. The real rate is 15-20%. Only in the bizzaro world of government statistics is the real rate 9%, where the people who have given up, or are working 20 hours a week under the table are not counted.
When Obama took office, gas was $2 a gallon. Now it’s $3.50. His massive spending has doubled the government debt, now totalling $14 TRILLION! It has led to runaway inflation. If you’re lucky enough to have a job, your paycheck doesn’t go as far. And you think things are better???
Then, I would have launched into a laundry list of the realities.
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