Posted on 01/30/2012 6:39:39 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
“Romney’s assertion that he left in disgrace is totally wrong and simply untrue,” ... Bob Livingston
Romney is a despicable opportunistic liar.””””
Romney is trying to run on his ‘running a business’ record. I don’t think he is as talented as he claims.
Romney filed his Financial Disclosure papers in order to run for office of President.
He apparently did NOT list bank accounts & investments in 23 foreign companies. He signed that document.
I am a life long bookkeeper. I have done books for small businesses which grossed from $80,000 to $3,000,000 annually for over 35 years.
I am pretty sure that someone with Mitt’s wealth has a good supply of bookkeepers & accountants. I don’t for one minute believe that they were incompetant about not listing his foreign investments on such a disclosure form. A licensed CPA would not risk his license.
Therefore, I can only draw the following conclusion:
Romney is deliberately hiding from the American voter that he has 23 foreign bank accounts & foreign investment income. OR:
Romney is totally incompetant himself in the details of his own life. I just cannot believe that he didn’t know that he had investment accounts in 23 foreign countries.
Either way, how can he handle the mass of details that hit the Oval office on a daily basis???
I think Mitt is even more of an empty suit than Obama. I don’t trust Mitt. I will NOT vote for him, no matter what.
That stuff matters... but, this country (this world) is in BIG financial trouble. We may well be past the point of no return. I hope not… but, if not, we’re close enough to it that major change is needed, and fast.
This country needs someone bold… someone with courage.. someone persuasive… someone able to articulate a conservative vision.
Tim, you're to be commended for taking the time to do something that few others will. You honestly vetted a candidate you were not supporting, and changed your position, based upon what you uncovered.
Like you, I had great reservations about giving my support to Newt, prior to the Iowa vote, but just as you've done, I had to put my strong disagreements with him into context with his entire career record. It was only when I realized that his on the job performance matched what I need and want to see in a conservative leader, that I began to grant the man the credibility he deserves.
Newt's got a few old bones rattling around in the closet, but where it counts, he's sterling silver. None of us can predict with total accuracy what any man or woman will do once elected, but a close examination of their prior record can help us to choose wisely.
In Newt's case, there's enough in his record to give me the confidence that he'll do what he says he's going to do. He's already demonstrated it.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Well, really... it's I who should be thanking you. I HATE losing an argument. When you told me I needed to do my "due diligence"... it really hit home. Because, I hadn't with Newt. I was really too much on my memory of him. I needed to go back and refresh myself with the facts.
I must also give credit to my 23 yr old son. Newt inspires him. Here's what he wrote to me.
This isn't a race about what happened in the 80s, or the 90s. It is a race about defeating Barack Obama with quality ideas that take the country in a fundamentally different direction than where it is currently headed. It's about education, jobs, growth, and reducing the deficit.
Newt is not one to be known for character by any stretch of the imagination, but he unlike Romney, has the rockstar status that got Obama elected in the first place. The country elected someone with NO experience, which leads me to believe that what someone did or didn't do 20 years ago isn't going to make a difference.
I want to defeat Obama. The only way to do that is to elect someone that has the boldness and for lack of a better term, cojones to lead the nation and change it so my future looks better than now.
This was at the end of a series of emails we exchanged as we were were debating Mitt, Newt, and Santorum.
In times like these, keeping the productive young citizens of this country inspired is one of the most important things a President can do. This reminded me of the way my attitude was changed by Ronald Reagan. It matters.
Newt might blow up and fail us... if he does, we were toast anyway. He's the ONLY person running who has a chance to inspire, with action.
I hate spell check...
really = relying!
Well said!
What a great kid you raised!!!
He is EXACTLY the reason Newt is doing this! We are so lucky to have a man like Newt, who is asking for the “loan” of the presidency.
I liked your son's viewpoint on all this. It's very interesting to hear how a young person sees the same things we're looking at. What's interesting to me, is that he sees the fundamentals of this primary so clearly, where some of us older folks had to muddle our way through to the light.
I think it's very cool that he's got a keen nose for what's happening in this race. Gives me some hope for the future generations of Americans.
Newt might blow up and fail us... if he does, we were toast anyway. He's the ONLY person running who has a chance to inspire, with action.
That's some airtight logic, my friend. As others have said, "we have to go to war with the army we have, not the one we wish we had."
Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud.
There is no law against it, so it is up to the voters, not only in Florida but in other states, to punish it at the ballot box — the only place where punishment is likely to stop the practice.
You're right! ... and there's already two of 'em!
Awesome “;^)
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