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Unfit to be President - Romney to GOP: Raise Minimum Wage
newsmax ^ | 5/9/14 | w carruthers

Posted on 05/09/2014 10:14:16 AM PDT by bestintxas

It is "appropriate" for Republicans to use investigations, such as those into Benghazi and the IRS, for election campaigns, two-time presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday.

Romney stressed that the investigations would not be taking place if Republicans did not have a majority in the House.

"There would not be an investigation into Benghazi, there would not be an investigation into the IRS, were there not a Republican House. And, so to say, 'Look, elect Republicans so that we can have these kinds of investigations' is appropriate," the former Massachusetts governor told MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

The issue of using the probe of the 2012 bombing in Benghazi, Libya, for fundraising purposes came to light after a letter using the attack as a backdrop appeared on the National Republican Congressional Committee website as part of a fund raising appeal, the Wall Street Journal reported. Democrats have blasted Republicans as conducting a partisan "witch hunt" with the select committee appointed to investigate the Benghazi attack. Some Democrats have threatened to boycott the committee, while others have criticized the uneven number from each party on the panel.

Romney said the Benghazi investigation was valid because "there are questions that have to be answered that have not yet been answered" about the incident. He also maintained that the administration of President Barack Obama had "apparently withheld certain information" about the bombing where four Americans died.

On the minimum wage, Romney said, unlike other members of his party, he felt "we ought to raise it." He said it was important for the GOP to communicate to workers, and, in particular, to Hispanics, their commitment to job growth.

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Glad we dodged the bullet. We could have been stuck with a President Romney. Obama at least makes no bones about being liberal. With Romney, the shiftiness makes one queasy.
1 posted on 05/09/2014 10:14:16 AM PDT by bestintxas
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To: bestintxas

Still trying to play nice with a lake full of alligators. Pitiful.


2 posted on 05/09/2014 10:18:12 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: bestintxas

If you think the clusterf—k by Obama is better than a mild rebuke from Romney, you may have masochistic tendencies.


3 posted on 05/09/2014 10:19:27 AM PDT by entropy12 (I am sick of people who think Obama is no worse than Romney, as bad as Mitt was.)
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To: bestintxas

He’s still trying to out liberal the liberals while at the same time trying to claim to be a conservative.


4 posted on 05/09/2014 10:19:47 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: bestintxas

“Romney: Benghazi, IRS Probes ‘Appropriate’ Tools for GOP Campaigns”

He doesn’t appear to have said anything like that spin, though.

Why do people appear on media shows when they know they are just going to be used to support an agenda? It appears Repubs and RINOs are particularly stupid in this area.


5 posted on 05/09/2014 10:22:50 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: entropy12
That's the problem with democracy how it is implemented. The best liar wins, while nice guys finish last. Are democracies doomed to be governed by patently unfit people?
6 posted on 05/09/2014 10:23:58 AM PDT by Greysard
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To: bestintxas
Romney knows better than this. He knows full-well that wage levels in cities are completely different than those in small towns.

One size doesn't fit all and he knows it.

Something here doesn't pass the smell test.

7 posted on 05/09/2014 10:24:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: bestintxas

With Romney, the shiftiness makes one queasy.

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He is also more diligent and less drug addled in fomenting his perverse agendas.


8 posted on 05/09/2014 10:24:54 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Like Obama, Romney is living proof that Neanderthals did the wild thing with human beings.


9 posted on 05/09/2014 10:25:35 AM PDT by huckfillary
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To: huckfillary

LOL


10 posted on 05/09/2014 10:29:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: bestintxas

Sad, so many incompetents in the political arena. Guess that is what one has to be to be in politics.


11 posted on 05/09/2014 10:30:36 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: bestintxas; C. Edmund Wright
On the minimum wage, Romney said, unlike other members of his party [WTH?!], he felt "we ought to raise it." He said it was important for the GOP to communicate to workers, and, in particular, to Hispanics [good grief, here we go again, following the liberals in dividing the country by race and class pandering instead of boldly defending freedom, free markets and the dignity of the individual], their commitment to job growth. [Job GROWTH?! Horse hockey. Raising the minimum wage will lead to job destruction, hurting the most economically vulnerable the most. And even Romney knows this but still panders anyway?!

It would appear that Mitty is attempting to OUT-Santuckabee on pandering to liberals. A pox on all their houses.

12 posted on 05/09/2014 10:33:44 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: bestintxas

And this is the choice we had in 2012, no better than the one in 2008.

It exposes just how screwed we really are.


13 posted on 05/09/2014 10:40:00 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: bestintxas

Romney ran and lost. His time is over. He should gracefully recede into the background and let others lead the way.


14 posted on 05/09/2014 10:48:34 AM PDT by Essie
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To: cuban leaf

What we got in 2012, was the guy we rejected in 2008, even though he broke records in spending, and spent 50 million dollars of his own money.


15 posted on 05/09/2014 10:59:44 AM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: entropy12

Willard is a clusterf*ck, too.


16 posted on 05/09/2014 11:08:59 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: bestintxas
Glad we dodged the bullet. We could have been stuck with a President Romney. Obama at least makes no bones about being liberal. With Romney, the shiftiness makes one queasy.

Perfect example of why we are doomed - when folks keep claiming that we "dodged a bullet" by kicking Romney to the curb and giving Obama another 4 years. Don't want to call you names but my head about explodes when folks make statements like yours - there's only about 15,000 reasons why you haven't a clue.

17 posted on 05/09/2014 11:32:16 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ansel12

Well, I didn’t want him. But, sadly, I’m not in the majority, even of the R’s. This is why I have not been an R for going on a decade now.


18 posted on 05/09/2014 11:47:25 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: bestintxas

This from a supposed “businessman”! Yes, we should be glad he lost.

GO AWAY MITT!


19 posted on 05/09/2014 11:51:46 AM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: trebb

15,000? Name one.


20 posted on 05/09/2014 11:53:11 AM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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