Oh, for heaven’s sake! Did you just parrot that from Mark Levin?
Since when did questioning business ethics make one a socialist, or anti-capitalist? This is insane.
Even if he were a “vulture capitalist,” there is nothing “unethical” about vulture capitalism. Some companies just can’t make it, and they need to be shut down and liquidated so that the assets can be used in a more productive manner. There is nothing wrong with specializing in that kind of activity. It’s good for the economy.
But Catherine, this is not a question of Romney's ethics.
No one has accused Romney of dishonesty. This is an attempt to inflame people already disposed to distrust capitalism. Unfortunately, that includes a large number of "conservatives."
Hear, hear! I see this as a win, win situation. If people would stop the hand-wringing they may just see the glass is half full. But only if conservatives keep pointing out how questioning ethics is NOT equivalent to questioning capitalism. BIG difference. This gives conservatives a chance to show the world that we really DON'T want to push Grandma off the proverbial cliff.
BTW, Sarah Palin just spent 10 minutes on Hannity taking up for Perry on this, trying to help him out by reframing the question to one of ethics. Interesting to watch. Twice, she said something like, "I think what Rick Perry is saying is..." (paraphrasing)
Newt shouldn't have backed down this morning. It makes him look wishy-washy. Again. I bet he's kicking himself now that romney has essentially said his behavior was no different than obama's with GM bailout.
The best thing about all this is that Santorum got to stay out of the fray.
Oh, it's fine to question it when it's some lib dem doing it. But we're supposed to ignore it when the chosen GOP winner may be guilty of similar practices.
bttt
I'm the furthest thing from a Mittbot but what Bain Capital and Mitt Romney did was not unethical or dishonest or anti-capitalist.
What Obama did by contrast was unconstitutional.