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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Still trying to play nice with a lake full of alligators. Pitiful.
If you think the clusterf—k by Obama is better than a mild rebuke from Romney, you may have masochistic tendencies.
He’s still trying to out liberal the liberals while at the same time trying to claim to be a conservative.
“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.
One size doesn't fit all and he knows it.
Something here doesn't pass the smell test.
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.
Like Obama, Romney is living proof that Neanderthals did the wild thing with human beings.
LOL
Sad, so many incompetents in the political arena. Guess that is what one has to be to be in politics.
It would appear that Mitty is attempting to OUT-Santuckabee on pandering to liberals. A pox on all their houses.
And this is the choice we had in 2012, no better than the one in 2008.
It exposes just how screwed we really are.
Romney ran and lost. His time is over. He should gracefully recede into the background and let others lead the way.
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.
Willard is a clusterf*ck, too.
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.
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.
This from a supposed “businessman”! Yes, we should be glad he lost.
GO AWAY MITT!
15,000? Name one.
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