Posted on 01/12/2012 5:12:36 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Put the worst possible construction on Mitt Romney's career as a venture capitalist and it still looks much better than Barack Obama's. Pecking at the entrails of a limping economy, Obama is the vulture socialist.
A president who promised to bankrupt the coal industry is in no position to gainsay Romney's record of job creation at Bain Capital. Romney created at least 100,000 jobs in private life; Obama created none. Then Obama entered office and racked up a record of job destruction that would give even the most reckless corporate raiders pause.
The vulture socialists feed off an economy that they could never create. Parasitism defines their existence. To the extent that it exists, Obama's moderation consists of keeping the golden goose of capitalism alive just long enough to pluck its eggs.
Were Obama to start an economy from scratch, it would look like the late Soviet Union's. His de facto socialism is the spoiled and ungrateful child of Western capitalism. Take away the reviled rich and he would have no wealth to seize or workers to exploit.
Democrats and liberal pundits chortled over Romney's remark that he enjoys firing people. Now we have got him, they purred. But in context the comment is blameless, as even the gaffe-prone Joe Biden acknowledged. What Romney obviously meant was that he likes the freedom to choose services. But to the vulture socialists who circle over companies dying from taxes and regulations choice is suspicious. They speak of economic freedom as an intrinsic crime.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
And using Joe Biden as a character reference? Really?
How "fun" it will be keeping this all straight during the general election instead of attacking Obama.
The GOP establishment's defense of Mitt Romney is bankrupt.
They don’t want Gov. Perry upsetting their apple cart.
10/25/11 Perry calls on Romney to release tax returns
12/22/11 Romney says he won’t release tax returns
1/11/12 Palin urges Romney to Release Tax Returns, Provide Proof he Created 100,000 Jobs at Bain Capital
Gov. Perry would make a MUCH better POTUS than RINO Romney
who is encumbered with neither honesty nor conservatism.
Hmmm. Shouldn’t those cars be government-mandated-ethanol- burning/electric Hybrids... with fields of Daschle-corn and estro-soy lining the highway?
>>They don’t want Gov. Perry upsetting their apple cart.
You mean the one with all the Countrywide A$$paper in it?
I support Perry, have given him money and will vote for him if he’s still in when the primaries hit my state. I think he’d make a better president than any of them. But his campaign — and I say this as a supporter — has been so horrible that it makes me cringe. And his broadsides against Bain piss me off.
As of yesterday morning I had 2 names left on my list...Perry and Santorum.
After I saw Perry’s morning news interview yesterday, my list was narrowed down to one...Santorum.
I really like Perry - but man oh man....that was one bad interview.
I’ve listened to Romney’s “I like to fire people” comments multiple times. I’m convinced that he was using insurance companies as a specific example, but that his comment “I like to fire people” was a general principle that he applied to the insurance example just the same as he would apply it to little workers in plants that he pillaged.
The fact that Romney is politically tone deaf and those words came out of his mouth (I like to fire people), just like the “$10,000 bet,” will make him a walking DNC political ad for Obama’s reelection.
The push is on to make Romney the nominee - so we need to push HARD back. The GOP wants to wrap this up quickly - so the next couple of weeks are going to be brutal. Perry and Newt need to do some serious damage to Romney in SC.
Jim DeMint said he was “defending Romney not endorsing him.”
There will be a lot of “defending Romney” if we’re stuck with him ‘till Obama is reelected for 4 more years (Imagine! An Obama Super Supreme Court).
Amen.
I found it pretty disgusting. Nobody "enjoys" firing someone, it's something that has to be done. If you are in a position of power and you "enjoy" firing people you are one scary dude.
Of course, in MA under RomneyCare with its multiplicity of "mandated benefits" (apart from the question of the mandate to buy), including abortion, in vitro fertilization, contraception, chiropractic, mental health coverage, etc., etc., the "freedom" to choose your health insurer is close to meaningless.
Great points, mary.
Also, for those who read between the lines, that supposed lover of American capitalism, just attacked the insurance industry.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.