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On The Eve Of Huge Speech, WSJ Delivers A Devastating Mitt Romney Takedown
Business Insider ^ | May 11, 2011 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 05/12/2011 4:47:43 AM PDT by Scanian

It's no secret that one of Mitt Romney's biggest vulnerabilities is the fact that he invented RomneyCare in Massachusetts, thus paving the way for the detested Obamacare.

What is surprising is that the WSJ -- which you'd think might overlook that in Romney's case, given their general common ideologies -- would pulverize him on the subject.

That's exactly what they've done tonight, on the eve of his big healthcare speech, basically branding him has un-credible and self-serving.

They say RomneyCare has been a mess, but that really, up until recently he was bragging about its success. What's more, his new argument that it only failed because of poor execution reeks of passing the buck.

The title of the WSJ's editorial is "Obama's Running Mate", a point driven home in the brutal conclusion:

"For a potential President whose core argument is that he knows how to revive free market economic growth, this amounts to a fatal flaw. Presidents lead by offering a vision for the country rooted in certain principles, not by promising a technocracy that runs on "data." Mr. Romney's highest principle seems to be faith in his own expertise...

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: romney; romneycare; selfserving; uncredible; wsj
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1 posted on 05/12/2011 4:47:48 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Anyone else get the feeling that the establishment knows Myth Romney won’t be able to win and want to stop him now in order to help Myth Daniels?


2 posted on 05/12/2011 4:52:09 AM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
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To: Scanian

Romney should run for president of hell as far as I’m concerned.

I’m sick and tired of phony conservatives.


3 posted on 05/12/2011 5:01:49 AM PDT by Bullish (the golfer gets all the credit while the jet fighter pilot gets all the blame.)
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To: Scanian

The Architect of zer0bama care shall fall by the wayside.


4 posted on 05/12/2011 5:04:53 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Scanian
Mr. Romney's highest principle seems to be faith in his own expertise...

A trait he shares with most liberals. That they just know better than us rubes.

We need someone who governs by the conservative principles that government should stick to its proper enumerated powers and otherwise get out of the way. Romney is the opposite of that.

5 posted on 05/12/2011 5:11:49 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Scanian

Romney is a non-starter. This photo will forever haunt him.

6 posted on 05/12/2011 5:17:18 AM PDT by CASchack
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To: Scanian
Mr. Romney's highest principle seems to be faith in his own expertise.

It reminds of when Dukakis tried to make the central issue of the 1988 campaign "competence."
7 posted on 05/12/2011 5:19:23 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: CASchack

Who would buy a used car from this phony sleezeball?


8 posted on 05/12/2011 5:19:35 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Scanian

Here’s a link to the WSJ opinion piece ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576317413439329644.html#articleTabs%3Darticle


9 posted on 05/12/2011 5:22:20 AM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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To: chiefqc

The problem is that he is leading in the polls for the New Hampshire primary, which is open to dopey uninformed “independents” and crossover Demonrat saboteurs.


10 posted on 05/12/2011 5:22:39 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: Scanian
At the federal level, socialized medicine is completely unconstitutional.
At the state level, socialized medicine is simply stupid.

Mitt isn't good on socialized medicine.
Mitt isn't good on abortion.
Mitt isn't good on gun control.

The only people who like Mitt Romney are Liberals, and in the general election, Liberals will vote for Obama. Mitt will lose worse than McCain.

11 posted on 05/12/2011 5:22:39 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: hellbender

why hasn’t the gop plugged the NH mess ?
The demographic shift in NH make it a trainwreck !


12 posted on 05/12/2011 5:28:29 AM PDT by ncalburt (DO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !)
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To: Bullish

‘I’m sick and tired of phony conservatives.’

Well said!


13 posted on 05/12/2011 5:43:09 AM PDT by Dudoight
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To: chiefqc
Who would buy a used car from this phony sleezeball?

The GOP might, in some states, unless a real conservative steps up.

14 posted on 05/12/2011 6:04:13 AM PDT by CASchack
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To: Scanian

Well, he does have nice hair!


15 posted on 05/12/2011 6:13:20 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: shove_it
Here’s a link to the WSJ opinion piece ...

Most damning summary:

He still seems to believe he somehow squared the views of Jonathan Gruber, the MIT evangelist for ObamaCare, with those of the Heritage Foundation.

In reality, his ostensible liberal allies like the late Ted Kennedy saw an opening to advance their own priorities, and in Mr. Romney they took advantage of a politician who still doesn't seem to understand how government works. It's no accident that RomneyCare's most vociferous defenders now are in the White House and left-wing media and think tanks. They know what happened, even if he doesn't.


16 posted on 05/12/2011 6:15:57 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Winning The Future" = WTF = What The F*** / "Kinetic Military Action" = KMA = Kiss My A**)
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To: jimrob; Scanian

These Romney threads aren’t fun anymore, since you’ve got the RomneyBotts scared witless.

I propose that you let one live, just so we can beat up him/her on a regular basis. Remember “MurrayMom”? She was disgustingly 100% liberal and you tolerated her for years, for that reason.


17 posted on 05/12/2011 6:22:16 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Scanian

Romney would have been a better VP for Obama than Biden. They both know how to destroy the economy.


18 posted on 05/12/2011 6:22:43 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
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To: Graybeard58

Yeah, personally I could use some of it.

In fact, I could use a lot.

But that’s all he has that is worth anything, IMHO.

Do you suppose Romney would favor holding the line on the debt ceiling? I don’t think so!


19 posted on 05/12/2011 6:24:42 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Graybeard58

I see Dems going heavy for Mitty in open primary states.
(their answer to Op Chaos)

They know a Mitty candidacy will produce a Tea Party challenger and a split in the anti-Baraq vote.

In my view, Baraq’s only hope to win is a Clintonian plurality.


20 posted on 05/12/2011 6:27:09 AM PDT by nascarnation
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