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Look Who's Back: Lee Iacocca Endorses Mitt Romney
Forbes ^ | October 18, 2012 | Micheline Maynard

Posted on 10/18/2012 9:47:44 PM PDT by Brandonmark

Once, not all that long ago, Lee Iacocca was courted as a possible presidential candidate. But on Thursday, the 88-year-old former Chrysler chief executive put his weight behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Business icon Lee Iacocca (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)

Iacocca has voiced his support for Romney in the past, notably on an appearance last year with Charlie Rose. His endorsement came in a statement issued by his California office and reported by the Detroit Free Press. He said Romney has “dozens of years of experience in the public and private sectors” and a plan that “will enable a stronger America.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012endorsements; 2012polls; chrylser; chrysler; iacocca; leeiacocca; romney

1 posted on 10/18/2012 9:47:46 PM PDT by Brandonmark
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To: Brandonmark

And I seen old Ross Perot endorsed Romney too. At least he didn’t stick his nose in the race again.


2 posted on 10/18/2012 9:52:49 PM PDT by forbushalltheway
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To: Brandonmark

But Mr. Obama has Saheeb the convenience store clerk, Ali the goat herder, Kamil the community organizer, Muhammed the taxi driver and Hadji the falafel cook backing him!


3 posted on 10/18/2012 9:54:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Brandonmark

Welcome home Mr Iococca. This is a lot better than your 2004 endorsement of John Kerry.


4 posted on 10/18/2012 9:55:04 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Brandonmark

That’s a big endorsement in Michigan with Obama’s crowing about GM which did go bankrupt anyway.


5 posted on 10/18/2012 9:56:01 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Holding my nose one more time to get rid of Eric Holder)
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To: Brandonmark
See, I keep saying, the ghost of Detroit is wispering thru the aether "Romney...avenge me!"
6 posted on 10/18/2012 9:58:07 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Ephesians 6:12 becomes more real to me with each news cycle.)
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Scanned one of his relatively recent pennings and noticed an apparent affinity to the Democrat party — didn’t care much for Dubya.


7 posted on 10/18/2012 10:00:03 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Muscians who support Mitt Romney. Were you aware?

“1. Kid Rock, 2. Lynyrd Skynyrd, 3. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, 4. Avenged Sevenfold, 5. Beach Boys, 6. Charlie Daniels, 7. Sammy Hagar, 8. 50 Cent, 9. Alice Cooper, 10. Dave Mustaine, 11. Styx, 12. Gene Simmons, 13. Alabama, 14. Ted Nugent, 15. Meatloaf, 16. Rush, 17. Bobby Steele, 18. LL Cool J, 19. Chad Sexton, 20. Dave Smalley, 21. Joe Escalante, 22. Michale Graves, 23. Shawnee Smith, 24. Brad Whitford. 25. Ronnie Milsap, 26. Sam Moore, 27. Lee Greenwood, 28. Trace Adkins, 29. Jo Dee Messina, 30. Collin Raye, 31. Jamie O’Neal and many more, have joined the campaign to bring Mitt Romney to the White House.”


8 posted on 10/18/2012 10:04:00 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: Brandonmark

WOO-HOO!


9 posted on 10/18/2012 10:21:40 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: Brandonmark

I thought he died years ago from kissing a mirror.


10 posted on 10/18/2012 10:23:42 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: Brandonmark

In a fairly significant way, Iacocca’s book changed my life.


11 posted on 10/18/2012 10:36:34 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Brandonmark

In a fairly significant way, Iacocca’s book changed my life.

More specifically, my world view.


12 posted on 10/18/2012 10:36:53 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Makes it all the more valuable, too.


13 posted on 10/18/2012 10:41:33 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Brandonmark

Let's move on to other things. Who hasn't
endorsed Romney yet?

14 posted on 10/18/2012 11:48:40 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Gene Eric

I recall the Dems were trying to court him for WH runs in 1988 & 1992.
Would have been a helluva lot better than Slick Willie...


15 posted on 10/19/2012 1:43:48 AM PDT by rfp1234
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