Posted on 06/01/2012 9:40:40 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Mitt Romney arrived at the shuttered headquarters of Solyndra Inc. this morning, a surprise visit that was shrouded in secrecy and part of the presumptive GOP presidential candidate’s attack on President Obama’s record on jobs creation.
“Two years ago President Obama was here to tout this building and this business as a symbol of the success of his stimulus,” said Romney, stepping off a bus and onto the public sidewalk in front of the Solyndra buildings just outside Silicon Valley. “Well you can see that it’s a symbol of something very different today.”
Read More About Solyndra from ABC’s The Blotter
“It’s a symbol not of success but of failure,” he said. “It’s also a symbol of a serious conflict of interest. An independent inspector general looked at this investment and concluded that the administration had steered money to friends and family – to campaign contributors. This building, this half a billion dollar taxpayer investment, represents a serious conflict of interest on the part of the president and his team.”
“It’s also a symbol of how the president thinks about free enterprise,” said Romney. “Free enterprise to the president means taking money from the taxpayers and giving it freely to his friends.”
“You look at this building behind us; this is not the kind of building that is built by private enterprise,” he said. “This is the kind of enterprise – the kind of building – that’s built with half a billion dollars of taxpayers money. It’s not just the Taj Mahal of corporate headquarters. you probably also heard that inside there are showers that have LCD displays that tell what the temperatures are of the shower water. and the robots inside actually provide Disney music tunes.”
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
H/T to Fox Business News and Marketwatch.
The Repubs will not be lacking for ammo during this campaign season.
“The Repubs will not be lacking for ammo during this campaign season.”
Only question I’ve got is whether or not they have the balls to use it.
LOL. That’s fer sure.
That the Romney team got this presser together on the quick shows he may have the drive and know how to win in 11/12. I was not a Romney backer, but he is now the alternative to the Obama disaster, so I am pleased Romney is pushing hard to win.
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: Yesterday’s surprise appearance at Solyndra resulted in a new ad from Mitt Romney’s campaign attacking Barack Obama on job growth and stimulus. This is not just serendipity — the Romney campaign was ready for this report:
“The President fails to understand the basic nature of free enterprise in America.” Today, that message may resonate even more. The turnaround time on this spot is rather amazing — less than 24 hours.
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See if this works:
See the update just above....Romney has an AD from the visit.
I can appreciate that sentiment.
OKay. Thanks very much!
Six months and a few days and counting...
Agreed. MR was surely not my first choice for Rep. candidate for President...but he has my backing 100% now.
I think Romney REALLY wants to win, unlike Juan McCain. Obama is in deep doo-doo.
Twenty three million Americans out of work. Crony Capitalism just does not work. The message was well delivered.
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