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Romney touts business experience; says most of his rivals don't have it
CNN ^
| 11-15-11
| Rachel Streitfeld
Posted on 08/15/2011 2:37:13 PM PDT by icwhatudo
Litchfield, New Hampshire (CNN) - Mitt Romney said Monday his experience in business would help propel him over his opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, including the man who threatens to be his biggest rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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Romney has repeatedly faulted President Barack Obama for failing to understand how private business works, and he pivoted to apply that criticism to the Texas governor. Perry has essentially been a career politician, serving 11 years in the Governor's mansion and as Lt. Governor to then-Gov. George W. Bush before that.
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Perry, a tea party darling who is pursuing both social and fiscal conservatives in his bid for the White House, touted his jobs record in Texas at events over the weekend.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: perry; romney; romneybigdig; romneycare; romneyfees; romneytaxes
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Romney on the attack.
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:37:16 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
To: icwhatudo
If he was so good why did he leave the State in such a mess?
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:39:08 PM PDT
by
mulligan
To: icwhatudo
why would anyone with business experience create romneycare?
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:39:48 PM PDT
by
ken21
(ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
To: icwhatudo
2 candidates running for president in 2012 socialized medicine while in office. Can you name both?
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:39:59 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(Why does so few (IA, NH, SC) decide so much?)
To: Sybeck1
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:41:18 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
To: icwhatudo
Well, lst’s see now3. Mr. Cain has a great deal of businesss experience, and even Michelle Bachmann has been there and done that. Mr. Romney, you are barking up the wrong tree!
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:42:50 PM PDT
by
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:43:08 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: icwhatudo
Perry has essentially been a career politician, serving 11 years in the Governor's mansion and as Lt. Governor to then-Gov. George W. Bush before that.
Well the only difference I see between Mittens and Perry, with their career choice, is that voters actually elected Perry. Romney has been running for all types of elected positions in that time period. In most cases, he was rejected.
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:46:24 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: icwhatudo
I’d put Palin’s business experience on their fishing boat up against Romney any day.
Heck, I’d put Perry’s farm experience up against Romney any day.
Romney has big business experience in a leveraged buyout firm.
He also has the porn business experience from the board of Marriott that paid his director’s checks that he cashed...
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:50:12 PM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(This message carfully checkd to misteakes by powerful softwhere)
To: ken21
When you govern Massatooshits , the gay state, home of Barny Frank, there's probably a good reason. They demanded it.
States rights. If 90 percent of the people in Massatooshits decided that all houses had to be painted pink, and then packed the courts with Think Pink Judges, they can do that. The other 10 percent can leave if they don't like it.
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:53:54 PM PDT
by
PA-RIVER
To: PA-RIVER
crony capitalist establishment candidate a) Romney
crony capitalist establishment candidate b) Perry
Either way , Open borders and Wall Street wins ...again.
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:58:33 PM PDT
by
RED SOUTH
(If you liked George W. Bush, you will LOVE Rick Perry! Follow me on twitter @redsouth72)
To: ken21
why would anyone with business experience create romneycare?”””
My thoughts exactly.
I will NEVER vote for Mitt Romney.
To: icwhatudo
Romney bought successful companies, bogged them down with debt while extracting “management fees,” then left them to burn while walking away a rich man.
Screw him - he has more in common with derivatives traders and Bernie Madoff than he does with job creators. He’s a crook and scammer of the highest magnitude.
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:02:02 PM PDT
by
sbMKE
To: icwhatudo
If only Romney had experience being a Conservative.
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:07:04 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: icwhatudo
American voters tout Authentic Conservatism; says Romney doesnt have it.
To: icwhatudo
No question Romney is an establishment kind of guy.
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:09:34 PM PDT
by
pallis
To: icwhatudo
"
As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal." [Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:14:56 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain)
To: ken21
“why would anyone with business experience create romneycare?”
Because Romney’s business experience was sitting in a big chair in a company created with money bilked from members of an off-shoot cult branch of the Mormon Church and letting others do everything.
If anything, he’s a lesson on how to become a millionaire —— be born as a billionaire and make bad business calls.
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:14:56 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: icwhatudo
Romney Running a State is running a business.
Makes you sound stupid.......
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:29:24 PM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
To: icwhatudo
Yes, it’s interesting. Looks like Romney is finally moved to engage. Feeling a little like your coronation may not happen now Mitt?
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:45:35 PM PDT
by
Soul Seeker
(“I will work every day to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your lives as I can.”- Perr)
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