Switch hit Mitt Romney has a good reason for concentrating on his experience with Bain Capital, despite vulnerability to attack, because of his history as a corporate raider there. He prefers, anything over getting into his record as governor of Massachusetts. Especially to his own party, Massachusetts is muck for Mitt.
There’s an old saying that "you can’t go home again." Especially if you’re Mitt Romney and home is Massachusetts. After all, Governor Romney ended his tenure with a dismal 34 percent approval rating and now trails President Obama by as much as 20 points in his own state. Worse still, Romney launched his perpetual quest for the presidency by mocking Massachusetts to woo conservative Republican primary voters. And most damning of all, Massachusetts Mitt has betrayed his fellow Bay State residents by renouncing almost every pledge he made to them, including his signature health care reform law.
That Mitt was using the governor’s mansion in Boston as a rest stop on the road to the White House was clear to many in Massachusetts even Romney took the oath of office. But as the Washington Post reported in September 2005, Romney’s disdain for his neighbors was a stump speech staple two years before the first votes were cast in the 2008 GOP primaries:
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, exploring a possible presidential run in 2008, has a message for his fellow Republicans. Take my state. Please!
"Being a conservative Republican in Massachusetts," he told a GOP audience in South Carolina, "is a bit like being a cattle rancher at a vegetarian convention."
Bada-bing. For months, this blue-state governor has been pitching himself to conservatives in a way that campaign experts say is highly unusual — perhaps even historic. Instead of talking about his home state with the usual lip-quivering pride, Romney uses it like a vaudeville comic would use his mother-in-law: as a laugh line.
As in: "There are more Republicans in this room tonight than I have in my state!" — another joke he used in South Carolina.
At the time, his spokesman Julie Teer said the jokes would continue and insisted, "Of course, the Governor loves Massachusetts." His constituents weren’t so sure. As the Boston Globe reported that spring, "Only 28 percent of those surveyed said Romney should seek the presidency, while 53 percent said he should not." After hearing about Romney’s Massachusetts mockery, one Brookline resident asked, "Well, what are you doing here?"… [emphasis original]
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Look how far this liar has etched his sketch since he was governor.
Still, I can tell you which Mitt will show up in Washington if elected. Ge will be the Mitt that govern’s exclusively for the benefit of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals. How do I know? He’s a Republican, so he will NOT represent YOU!
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“Look how far this liar has etched his sketch since he was governor.”
Right on TomCat, 😉
Thanks Richard, twice.
“Look how far this liar has etched his sketch since he was governor.”
Right on TomCat, 😉
He shows disdain for the only things he did that were worthwhile when he was governor, yet people believe him. Amazing!
Those who do meet on the corner of ignorance and apathy.
I think Myth Rmoney is having an identity crisis; he can’t decide if he’s an R or a D.
I think he knows he’s a Plutocon R. He just doesn’t want us to know.
I am really scared that the “dumbed-down” American people will believe this pathological liar and actually vote him into office. We must do everything within our power to make sure Pres. Obama is re-elected in November!
My fear also! There is nothing I can add to what has been said here!!!!!
Ditto that!
Latest polling shows the Rmoney is going to lose BOTH of his home states – Massachusetts AND Michigan – and by wide margins.
I think Mittens will have a better chance at becoming President of AmerCIA. Yep, it’s a typo – but it’s Rmoney’s own typo!
His campaign tried to be all cool and put out an iPhone App that allows you to tag your photos with “I’m with Mitt” graphics, and then add one of 14 different slogans to it. But they misspelled A-m-e-r-i-c-a.
If the Dems wanted to be tacky, they could sure make political hay out of this! ‘How can he be a real American if he can’t spell the name of the country properly!’ Wouldn’t that be similar to the birther issue?
Great minds fall into the same ditch! 🙂
I don’t even think you can call him Switch Hit Rmoney anymore. Switch hitters have some skill but Rmoney doesn’t! Some say he is a skilled liar, but if so, how come he keeps getting caught?
Rmoney graduated from university sum cum laude with a degree in Bullshitology!
He knows that he can deceive the ignorant,