Posted on 01/10/2012 2:45:06 PM PST by NKP_Vet
Well if everyone didn't know it, they know it now. Ron Paul is in the race to help Willard the liberal win the nomination. One liberal helping another. Could there a cabinet for the old man in a Willard the liberal admintration. Never in his history of running has Paul ever attacked the opposition like he does now. He's lost whatever integrity he ever had. In the past he has teamed up and worked closely with Dennis Kucinish, the most anti-war code pink liberal in Congress. He's also a good friend of Cynthia McKinney, the 911 truther. Maybe Willard has a place for all three of them if makes it to the White House.
"In an exclusive interview outside a Manchester polling place, Ron Paul lashed out at fellow Republicans for making unfair and ignorant attacks on Mitt Romney’s business record"
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Pauly the Pin Head defending Darth Romney? Lol...
“Ron Paul Defends Romney, Lashes Out at His Critics “
What did we tell you?
Wouldn’t be surprised if Bachmann (part of the anti-Newt tag team in Dec) got some sweet deal from Mitt for that.
I completely agree with your assessment of Ron Paul. But it would have been better to have posted your comment as a comment. Right now it looks (mistakenly) like it is part of the excerpted article. And I can guarantee that Jonathan Karl does not agree with us.
If true and Romney wins (ugggg) I hope he puts paul in charge of the fed.
This GOP race is getting weirder by the minute. Sure would nice..and THIS year, unusual... if they`d occasionally direct some rhetorical fire at Obama. It`s one thing to go after each other`s records.. but maybe..just maybe.. throw in an attack on Obama for a change.
“One liberal helping another.”
In the end, the only one that is helped is Obama.
It is okay when Romney puts out false ads and attacks the others but when he gets it back every one wants to shout “foul”. here is some advice Romney gave Newt “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”.
2012 GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, who has a large lead in the polls heading into the New Hampshire primary tomorrow, has been taking heat from both Democrats and his Republican challengers for his time at Bain Capital, the private equity firm that he headed. Bain’s modus operandi was to invest in companies, leverage them up with debt, and then sell them off for scrap, allowing Bain’s investors to walk away with huge profits while the companies in which Bain invested wound up in bankruptcy, laying off workers and reneging on benefits.
Last week, Reuters profiled one company, Worldwide Grinding Systems, that went belly up after Bain invested in it. The company not only lost 750 jobs, but the federal government had to come in to bail out its pension fund, while Bain walked away with millions in profits.
And according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal, this was far from an isolated incident. In fact, 22 percent of the companies in which Bain invested wound up either in bankruptcy or shutting their doors entirely, while Bain itself has made billions of dollars for its investors:
The Wall Street Journal, aiming for a comprehensive assessment, examined 77 businesses Bain invested in while Mr. Romney led the firm from its 1984 start until early 1999, to see how they fared during Bain’s involvement and shortly afterward.
Among the findings: 22% either filed for bankruptcy reorganization or closed their doors by the end of the eighth year after Bain first invested, sometimes with substantial job losses. An additional 8% ran into so much trouble that all of the money Bain invested was lost. [...]
The Journal analysis shows that in total, Bain produced about $2.5 billion in gains for its investors in the 77 deals, on about $1.1 billion invested. Overall, Bain recorded roughly 50% to 80% annual gains in this period, which experts said was among the best track records for buyout firms in that era.
Adding insult to injury, Bain would hide its profits in tax havens, not even paying the rate it was supposed to on the profits it made laying off workers.
Let's see how the taxpayers feel about bailing out these companies' pension funds and receiving no tax money back from Bain. Let's let the people decide what they think of bailing out Romney.
Paul’s moment in the sun is done after NH. I hope he’s got all of his sound bites in today because the mics will be getting scarce soon.
Interestingly, Rush Limbaugh weighed in on this today at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/01/10/gingrich_goes_perot_on_romney
There are only the two Reagan Free Market Conservatives in this race. The others besides Santorum all attack Business.
Romney tries to defend the Bain company by turning around and attacking insurance companies...
Asked about the previous day's statement by a reporter just after Romney emerged from his campaign bus, he said: "I was talking about, as you know, insurance companies. We'd all like to get rid of our insurance companies."
Interesting. Not what a lot of Paul supporters think.
Interesting. Not what a lot of Paul supporters think.
Interesting. Not what a lot of Paul supporters think.
No, Paul is not going after Mitt because everyone knows who and what Mitt is. Paul sees no advantage in going after Mitt, he does not think he would pull any Mitt voters away from Mitt so for now Mitt gets a pass from Paul.
Ron Paul is a capital-L Libertarian.
In the Libertarian mindset, pretty much anything goes.
The Libertarian mindset really is, everyone should do what is right in their own eyes. There is no moral compass with Libertarianism—not the capital L kind.
So, if Romney made his money by destroying healthy companies, that’s fine by Libertarian standards.
Of course, if Romney had made his money conning little old ladies out of their money, THAT would be fine by Libertarian standards also (because, capital-L Libertarians believe if you allow yourself to be conned, it’s your own fault for not knowing better, not the person who took advantage of you).
Ron Paul’s defense of Romney is perfectly consistent. As long as Romney didn’t do anything illegal, from a Libertarian standpoint, then what he did to get his money is perfectly OK.
The idea that there is a morality beyond what is legal or what you can get away with is not part of Libertarian though.
Check Drudge headlines now. Paul is beating Romney. I guess those are exit polls.
These liberal NE states can’t bring themselves to vote for a conservative, but they don’t want Romney either.
If Romney can’t even get the votes he got in 2008, he is toast. That dog can’t hunt in Dixie no ways. Dixie will place the grave marker on Romney’s candidacy.
“Let’s see how the taxpayers feel about bailing out these companies’ pension funds and receiving no tax money back from Bain. Let’s let the people decide what they think of bailing out Romney”
This is what Willard Gekko said never happened. Let’s see how the RINOs like Huckabee, Rove and Krauthammer spin this one. I am beginning to see the end of Willard Gekko. His claim of being a job creator is utter BS! Willard Gekko has always been about one thing. Power, and making himself and his cronies richer. Now this fake and fraud has been opened up like a can of worms. The smirking SOB.
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