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Mitt Romney plays the jobs card (Mitt's jobs record is ATROCIOUS)
Market Watch/The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2-23-2010 | Brett Arends' Roi

Posted on 01/08/2012 7:57:09 PM PST by TitansAFC

Commentary: Looking at his record, it's a losing argument

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Is Mitt Romney for real?

Romney, who may well be President Barack Obama's opponent in 2012, he had great time last week blaming the president for the current jobs shortage.

Speaking to the CPAC right-wing conference in Washington, D.C., Romney said that the dismal employment situation, a year after Obama took office, showed the president was a "failure" who was "going downhill faster than... Lindsey Vonn."

OK, let's take him at his word. Then what does that say about Romney?

The Republican contender was the governor of Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2007. And during that time, according to the U.S. Labor Department, the state ranked 47th in the entire country in jobs growth. Fourth from last....

The Massachusetts jobs growth over that period, a pitiful 0.9%, badly lagged other high-skill, high-wage, knowledge economy states like New York (2.7%), California (4.7%) and North Carolina (7.6%).

The national average: More than 5%.

Net result: 50th out of 50 after one year, 47th after four.

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; badgovromney; bishopromney; gingrich; liarromney; loserromney; mitt; newt; piousbaloney; romney; romneytheliar; saboteurromney

1 posted on 01/08/2012 7:57:20 PM PST by TitansAFC
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To: TitansAFC

Brett Arend is a far left columnist for Marketwatch who’s in good company with the rest of the far left columnists there.


2 posted on 01/08/2012 8:02:20 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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3 posted on 01/08/2012 8:03:23 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Zhang Fei

Governor Romney was shoved out of the door as a failed Governor with 34% approval, no chance for reelection, turned the seat over to the dems, and destroyed the state’s GOP.

Romney was a lousy Governor, was he a success there in your eyes?


4 posted on 01/08/2012 8:16:45 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: TitansAFC

I just sent this article to Newt. He can definitely use it to pound Romney about his poor jobs record. I would say jobs and the economy are uppermost in voters minds right now and especially in Florida.


5 posted on 01/08/2012 8:18:11 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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Newt’s Superpac Revenge

http://www.kingofbain.com/


6 posted on 01/08/2012 8:22:42 PM PST by ak267
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To: ansel12

There should be ads running every 5 minutes in South Carolina trumpting this sort of information about Romney from the rooftops.

I want to see crime rate statistics, pardons, arrest records from his youth, I want private eye’s investigating his sex life, I want to destroy Romney.


7 posted on 01/08/2012 8:29:21 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

The article for this thread below says that in this mornings debate, Santorum asked Romney why he didn’t run for reelection if he was so successful. The reason was Romney’s own polling which revealed that he zero chance.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2830443/posts


8 posted on 01/08/2012 8:33:57 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: ak267

Get the popcorn out. MMMM MMMM MMMM


9 posted on 01/08/2012 8:36:30 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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To: ak267

That was GREAT, and I hope it gets a lot of air time.


10 posted on 01/08/2012 8:47:09 PM PST by annieokie
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Newt? Newt !! LOL!!! Let’s give the left someone they can really beat us like a gong with. Seriously. My mom, an 80 year old lifetime religous Catholic really enjoys the tale of his conversion and 3rd marraige in the Catholic church.

Sure dude, whatever.

Personally, I like the %1.5 million he took from Freddie Mac. That rocks.

Newt is a clown. It’s on us if we choose him to represent us. It’s a 100% sure thing for Obama if we do.

I’m amazed that so many people here don’t get that, but then again, FR has a terrible record of picking winners. Fred Thompson anyone?


11 posted on 01/08/2012 10:04:37 PM PST by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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To: Jack Black

And you’re supporting…?


12 posted on 01/08/2012 10:41:38 PM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: sheikdetailfeather; All

How does breaking up companies and selling off the pieces create jobs?


13 posted on 01/08/2012 10:53:05 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: Utmost Certainty
And you’re supporting…?

Yeah, Jack. Let's hear it. Who ARE you supporting?

14 posted on 01/09/2012 9:42:38 AM PST by Mind-numbed Robot
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