Posted on 05/22/2012 7:03:26 PM PDT by tobyhill
Vice President Biden on Tuesday weighed in on the ongoing debate over Mitt Romneys tenure at Bain Capital, arguing at a New Hampshire campaign event that the presumptive GOP nominees investment-firm background no more qualifies him to serve as president than would experience working as a plumber.
Your job as president is to promote the common good, he said, comparing the job of a president to that of a private equity mogul. That doesnt mean that private equity guys are bad guys; theyre not. But that no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber!
Biden, who spoke to a crowd of over 450 supporters and students at Keene State College, called the private-equity business itself legitimate, but pushed the administrations argument that its imperative of wealth creation for investors doesnt translate to the skill set of a national leader.
Folks, making money for your investors, as Romney did very well, is not the presidents job, he said. The president has a different job.
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Which one was more qualified?
(Hint: the one on the right is the plumber!)
What a moronic tool. I heard most of Comgress can't speak above a 10th grade level - I doubt most of them can think above a 3rd grade level.
Sometimes little Plugs can say the cutest things!
Haha. You are a good natured guy.
Our neighbor plays for the Phillies. Mike Stutes.
My son and he played HS football together.
Good kid.
He once was a soda jerk. Now he is just a jerk!
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