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Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout
The Hill ^ | 01/11/12 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 01/11/2012 7:40:30 AM PST by Qbert

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To: Anti-Hillary

Imagine this dingbat going up against Irans leadership or Putin to negotiate any dealings whatsoever....we are toast if this goes down as it looks it might if something isn’t done soon......How did we get this far down that road!

Memories of McCain seem mild if this is the tune Romney keeps singing.......they’ll both be singing to each others choir!


21 posted on 01/11/2012 8:16:46 AM PST by caww
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To: Qbert

Let me guess...

“Taken out of context!”


22 posted on 01/11/2012 8:17:24 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Timaeus

quote “Thank you, Willard. Now everyone who wants to defend Romney by conflating the anti-capitalist activities of Bain Capital with “capitalism” or the “free market” may pour themselves a tall cool glass of STFU.”

ROFL

Go Newt!


23 posted on 01/11/2012 8:20:19 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: caww

" Please someone help me understand that this isn't Romney supporting Obama????? ..He did say he'd be pointing out Obamas record of saving business????"

Yep. There are so many ways he could point out the key differences between Obama's failures and corruption in the auto bailouts- and instead he plays defensive and praises him. Romney wants to show that he's the nice, even-handed guy- well, we all know what Leo Durocher said about nice guys...

24 posted on 01/11/2012 8:20:33 AM PST by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: caww
WORTH A REPOST

"""ROMNEY.....In the general election I’ll be pointing out that (Obama) the president took the reins at General Motors and Chrysler – closed factories, closed dealerships laid off thousands and thousands of workers – he did it to try to save the business,”.......President Obama has publicly touted his plan to “retool and restructure” the auto companies as “an investment in American workers.”...(Romney was strongly opposed to the auto bailouts,.. but on Wednesday likened the president’s strategy to his own.)

Please someone help me understand that this isn't Romney supporting Obama????? ..He did say he'd be pointing out Obamas record of saving business????

If this weakling goes further in this Primary we are cooked frogs in a pot!!!! and Obama will turn the heat up even higher.

God have Mercy on all.

25 posted on 01/11/2012 8:21:10 AM PST by annieokie
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Romney used Bain to raid workers pension funds then stuck the government (US taxpayers) with the bill.


Could you spell this out in layman’s terms so I can properly argue this point with Romney backers? Thank you.


26 posted on 01/11/2012 8:21:50 AM PST by bramps (zero from zero is zero)
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To: Timaeus
"""Thank you, Willard. Now everyone who wants to defend Romney by conflating the anti-capitalist activities of Bain Capital with "capitalism" or the "free market" may pour themselves a tall cool glass of STFU.""""

ROFL. Seems we have a MittBiden running. This is going to be a fun day.

27 posted on 01/11/2012 8:23:52 AM PST by annieokie
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To: Qbert

Admitting that he and Obama do the same things? Romneycare and Obamacare, Automaker takeover and Bain Capitol takeover? And those who call themselves conservative support this man? There is a difference between “working with the other side” and being like the other side and conservatives had better learn to tell the difference.


28 posted on 01/11/2012 8:25:42 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: Qbert

All you sudden Romney lovers here, this is your guy...enjoy.


29 posted on 01/11/2012 8:27:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Qbert

More vote for me... I’m like Obama BS.

The only difference between Romney and Obama is $50.

Under RomneyCare abortions are $50, with ObamaCare killing your baby is free.


30 posted on 01/11/2012 8:28:46 AM PST by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: bramps
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/06/399117/romney-bain-federal-bailout/?mobile=nc

here's an article about how Romney fired the workers (which he loves to do), looted their pension plans to line his pockets, then left US Taxpayers with the tab (just like the auto bailouts that Romney embraced today)

31 posted on 01/11/2012 8:29:45 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: CynicalBear

“Admitting that he and Obama do the same things? Romneycare and Obamacare, Automaker takeover and Bain Capitol takeover?...There is a difference between “working with the other side” and being like the other side and conservatives had better learn to tell the difference.”

Good points.


32 posted on 01/11/2012 8:32:09 AM PST by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Thinkprogress is your source? Left-wing, pro-OWS, we are the 99% Thinkprogress?


33 posted on 01/11/2012 8:32:15 AM PST by magritte
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To: magritte

who cares about the source? are you disputing the facts?


34 posted on 01/11/2012 8:34:14 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: dfwgator

Man, THIS thread got quiet, didn’t it?

Where oh where did the Mitt-Bots go?


35 posted on 01/11/2012 8:34:24 AM PST by Reagan69 (I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
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To: magritte

here’s another source if you prefer:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/mitt-romney-bain-capital-bailout_n_1189227.html


36 posted on 01/11/2012 8:36:42 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: Qbert
Romney’s critics have accused him of destroying jobs in order to increase profits for his investment firm, Bain Capital, but speaking Wednesday on CBS, Romney said that what he did was no different from the Obama administration’s auto industry bailouts.

My Lord, who in the bloody hell is advising Romney to say such stupid things?!

This is why Mitt Romney should NEVER be President. He's too stupid to see the difference between Bain's using PRIVATE CAPITAL to turn companies around vs. the US Government STEALING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PERFORM UNCONSTITUTIONAL BAIL-OUTS FOR OBAMA'S BUDDIES, THE UNIONS.

If Romney gets the nomination, the Country, the American Tax Payer, and the Republican Party are all EFF'ed.

37 posted on 01/11/2012 8:37:03 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

Romney has no chance in HELL of beating Obama.....zero, zilch, nada!


38 posted on 01/11/2012 8:39:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: usconservative
No kidding!

This is so idiotic of Romney.

He should have presented it as an either/ or.

Either we have firms like Bain that buy out and restructure companies to make a profit and/or to make the company profitable - OR we have massive government bailouts with bought and paid for politicians deciding who gets what based upon political clout rather than economic concerns (i.e. giving GM to the auto union goons and leaving the bondholders out in the cold).

39 posted on 01/11/2012 8:42:40 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: Qbert

“In the general election I’ll be pointing out that the president likes to fire people too,” Romney said Wednesday on CBS.


40 posted on 01/11/2012 8:47:52 AM PST by running_dog_lackey
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