The Overweening Gall of Mitt Romney

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Remember when Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times, advocating for the government to let Detroit go bankrupt?

Well, now Romney actually wants a lot of the credit for the auto industry’s recovery.

Despite his 2008 call to “let Detroit go bankrupt,” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that he would “take a lot of credit” for his impact on the U.S. automobile industry’s comeback.

During an interview with WEWS-TV in Cleveland following a campaign stop, Romney said his views helped save the industry.

“I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy,” Romney said. “And finally, when that was done, and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. So I’ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry’s come back.”

For Romney to make a claim like this is audacious, bold, and incredibly dishonest. Every day is Opposite Day in Republican lala land.

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80 comments

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, May 8, 2012 9:31:42am

BREAKING: Mitt Romney takes credit for killing OBL. Developing...

erik_t Tue, May 8, 2012 9:32:08am

I'm growing increasingly convinced that Obama is, at some point in a debate, going to be reduced to saying something to the effect of 'That's false, Mitt.'

Reduced, because the President of the United States should not have to stoop to being a basic fact-checker for his opponents. High five, media. Well done.

darthstar Tue, May 8, 2012 9:36:18am

If there will be one thing that comes from this election, it will be that the name Romney will forever be associated with a complete lack of integrity.

I hope his sons change their name to Davies.

Obdicut Tue, May 8, 2012 9:37:06am

Mitt pushed the fictional, impossible idea of a managed bankruptcy done by a private entity, not the government. There was no one willing to do that.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 9:37:49am

Up is Down

Left is Right

In is out

I'm so tired of political rhetoric

darthstar Tue, May 8, 2012 9:39:26am

I'm more impressed with how Mitt Romney led the charge to kill Osama bin Laden.

Batman Tue, May 8, 2012 9:39:45am

When Romney pushed the idea of not killing Osama bin Laden, he was killed anyway. Coincidence?

Bulworth Tue, May 8, 2012 9:41:08am

Ah, yes, fortunately Obama bailed out the auto industry, I mean took Mitt's advice and bankrupted the auto industry, or rescued the auto industry as Mitt wanted or something. /

WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, May 8, 2012 9:41:31am

ALL HAIL MOR MON

HIS LIES ARE TRUTH

HIS WHITE SOUL IS FREE OF ALL IMPURITIES

BOUGHT AND SOLD BY HIS PERFECT HAIR

Bulworth Tue, May 8, 2012 9:42:13am

re: #7 Batman

When Romney pushed the idea of not killing Osama bin Laden, he was killed anyway. Coincidence?

It was in his double super secret probation editorial titled "Invade Pakistan to get OBL". /

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Tue, May 8, 2012 9:42:45am

Mitt saved the auto industry by personally buying a bunch of Escalades, he loaded them up with all our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he ran over Bin Laden on the way out. What a hero.

Bulworth Tue, May 8, 2012 9:48:38am

Has the media weighed in with its required "Some people say Mitt said this, some people say Mitt said that...anyway, it's all good, both sides rescued the auto industry"? /

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 9:48:57am

Baseball fans know that Manny Ramirez was famous for Manny being Manny. This is Mitt being Mitt, a pathetic liar who rewrites history to make himself look good. I hope Obama's team calls out this liar for the hypocrite he is.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 9:50:37am

Authoritarian Patriarch is not used to having his answers questioned.

His is the final word.

/gah

darthstar Tue, May 8, 2012 9:50:39am

re: #13 HappyWarrior

Baseball fans know that Manny Ramirez was famous for Manny being Manny. This is Mitt being Mitt, a pathetic liar who rewrites history to make himself look good. I hope Obama's team calls out this liar for the hypocrite he is.

I remember when Mitt robbed Manny of a home run by leaping above the outfield wall and bare-handing the ball after dropping his glove on the way up.

Batman Tue, May 8, 2012 9:51:32am

Mitt Romney showed the auto industry the reality of a forced bankruptcy and, after some "bailouts" (or whatever), the industry realized how bad things could be and straightened up their act. So, thanks, Mitt.

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 9:51:35am

re: #15 darthstar

I remember when Mitt robbed Manny of a home run by leaping above the outfield wall and bare-handing the ball after dropping his glove on the way up.

I remember when Mitt hit a grand slam despite the fact his bat missed the ball. It was the most incredible thing.

Bulworth Tue, May 8, 2012 9:51:48am

Anyway, I think the official Teabag party stance on the auto rescue/bail out is "Soshulism! Oppression! Don't Tread On Me!" so, congrats, teabaggers, here's your candidate.

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 9:53:24am

Obama's team is going to have fun showing the rest of America what many of us already know about the fraud known as Mitt Romney.

Bulworth Tue, May 8, 2012 9:54:05am

Gonna got out on a limb here and predict that the auto industry bail out/rescue/managed bankruptcy thing doesn't get into Mitt's convention acceptance speech.

Targetpractice Tue, May 8, 2012 9:54:24am

re: #4 Obdicut

Mitt pushed the fictional, impossible idea of a managed bankruptcy done by a private entity, not the government. There was no one willing to do that.

He continues to push it because it's what the base wants to believe, the Detroit could have gone to bankruptcy court and done the one thing they are convinced would have saved it: ripped up decades worth of union contracts and broken the UAW for good. That the only reason the government (read: Obama) intervened is because the unions had bankrolled his election and it was his way of "paying back" that support.

darthstar Tue, May 8, 2012 9:55:15am

re: #17 HappyWarrior

I remember when Mitt hit a grand slam despite the fact his bat missed the ball. It was the most incredible thing.

When the Patriots lost their last Superbowl, Eli Manning was sick with the flu, so Mitt wore his uniform and played that entire game for the Giants...nobody was the wiser...which is good, because he'd win New York in November if anyone found out.

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 9:57:02am

re: #22 darthstar

When the Patriots lost their last Superbowl, Eli Manning was sick with the flu, so Mitt wore his uniform and played that entire game for the Giants...nobody was the wiser...which is good, because he'd win New York in November if anyone found out.

Mitt saved a thousand orphans from socialism but he didn't say anything because he's that modest.

AK-47% Tue, May 8, 2012 10:03:01am

Romney learned the trick with quoting Obama completely out of context: he can get away with saying anything he wants now because he is the Republican candidate.

And the GOP can say or do nothing wrong when it comes to fulfilling their task of ousting Obama.

Batman Tue, May 8, 2012 10:03:13am

By the way, "pushing the idea" is how I get everything done. I feel it's very presidential. "Doing" is for, snicker, congressmen.

Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Tue, May 8, 2012 10:03:20am

re: #13 HappyWarrior

Baseball fans know that Manny Ramirez was famous for Manny being Manny. This is Mitt being Mitt, a pathetic liar who rewrites history to make himself look good. I hope Obama's team calls out this liar for the hypocrite he is.

The first debate in the general election campaign will be moderated by Morbo and feature Obama and two Mitt Romney's - "conservative Mitt" and "moderate Mitt".

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, May 8, 2012 10:04:36am

re: #26 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

The first debate in the general election campaign will be moderated by Morbo and feature Obama and two Mitt Romney's - "conservative Mitt" and "moderate Mitt".

I'd rather let Mitts fight it out first.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 10:04:54am

re: #27 May Day! May Day!

I'd rather let Mitts fight it out first.

wearing mittens?

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 10:05:03am

re: #26 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

The first debate in the general election campaign will be moderated by Morbo and feature Obama and two Mitt Romney's - "conservative Mitt" and "moderate Mitt".

I expect the most heated debate will between the two Mitt's.

Simply Sarah Tue, May 8, 2012 10:05:17am

Mitt is just using one of the key skills needed to get ahead in business. Taking credit for a good idea after the fact which you opposed in the first place. Remember kids, it doesn't matter what you actually did, only what you claim you did.

Simply Sarah Tue, May 8, 2012 10:05:47am

re: #26 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

The first debate in the general election campaign will be moderated by Morbo and feature Obama and two Mitt Romney's - "conservative Mitt" and "moderate Mitt".

Modermitt

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 10:06:52am

I keep on imaging Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump/Buddy Love in the Nutty Professor thinking about Mitt debating himself.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 10:07:19am

Have we ever seen Mitt in anything a suit and tie or business casual?

Remember when Kerry did a last minute faux hunting trip to try to the the NRA vote.

I predict we'll see Mitt playing basketball in ghetto long shorts and a beater.

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Tue, May 8, 2012 10:07:38am

When Mitt's president he is going to save the economy by renaming "recession" to "failing upwards".

Simply Sarah Tue, May 8, 2012 10:08:04am

re: #33 ggt

Have we ever seen Mitt in anything a suit and tie or business casual?

Remember when Kerry did a last minute faux hunting trip to try to the the NRA vote.

I predict we'll see Mitt playing basketball in ghetto long shorts and a beater.

He'll probably keep away from the tank, though.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 10:08:25am

re: #35 Simply Sarah

He'll probably keep away from the tank, though.

Yeah, I don't think he has the shoulders for it.

AK-47% Tue, May 8, 2012 10:09:00am

re: #30 Simply Sarah

Mitt is just using one of the key skills needed to get ahead in business. Taking credit for a good idea after the fact which you opposed in the first place. Remember kids, it doesn't matter what you actually did, only what you claim you did.

It is not about what you accomplish, it is what you can get away with claiming you accomplished.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, May 8, 2012 10:09:18am

re: #33 ggt

Have we ever seen Mitt in anything a suit and tie or business casual?

Remember when Kerry did a last minute faux hunting trip to try to the the NRA vote.

I predict we'll see Mitt playing basketball in ghetto long shorts and a beater.

Youtube Video

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 10:09:53am

re: #37 Expand Your Ground

It is not about what you accomplish, it is what you can get away with claiming you accomplished.

Ah the story of Romney's life.

iossarian Tue, May 8, 2012 10:10:05am

re: #38 May Day! May Day!

[Embedded content]

Never gets old. Terrified of black people.

goddamnedfrank Tue, May 8, 2012 10:11:59am

Facts are stubborn things:

To go through the bankruptcy process, both companies needed billions of dollars in financing, money that auto executives and government officials who were involved with Mr. Obama’s auto task force say was not available at a time when the credit markets had dried up. The only entity that could provide the $80 billion needed, they say, was the federal government. No private companies would come to the industry’s aid, and the only path through bankruptcy would have been Chapter 7 liquidation, not the more orderly Chapter 11 reorganization, these people said.

In fact, the task force asked Bain Capital, the private equity company that Mr. Romney helped found, if it was interested in investing in General Motors’ European operations, according to one person with direct knowledge of the discussions.

Bain declined, this person said, speaking anonymously to discuss private negotiations.

Targetpractice Tue, May 8, 2012 10:12:13am

re: #30 Simply Sarah

Mitt is just using one of the key skills needed to get ahead in business. Taking credit for a good idea after the fact which you opposed in the first place. Remember kids, it doesn't matter what you actually did, only what you claim you did.

Taking credit for other people's work, but being the first to place blame when things go wrong.

iossarian Tue, May 8, 2012 10:12:35am

I just can't get over the saps who are actually going to pull the lever for this guy.

Gus Tue, May 8, 2012 10:13:43am

Mitt Romney as Dwight Schrute.

nines09 Tue, May 8, 2012 10:14:41am

Mitt Romney must have a 16 screen Movie Theater in his head. 16 movies, all starring....HIM! He's like a Mini-Rick Santorum. He seems to forget what the cameras actually do; Record your statements and actions. He's running against himself at this point. Gives a whole new meaning to "Empty Suit".

simoom Tue, May 8, 2012 10:14:51am

Many here are probably aware that Romney gave 10K to NOM back in 2008 during the Prop 8 fight:

[Link: www.deseretnews.com...]

Romney donated $10,000 to the National Organization for Marriage, Fehrnstrom said.

“The governor feels strongly that marriage is an institution between a man and a woman, and one of the most high-profile fights on this subject is happening in California,” Fehrnstrom said.

The contribution from Romney, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is “completely unconnected” to the church’s own involvement in the issue, Fehrnstrom said.

Perhaps this was just calculated election year positioning & pandering but obviously that kind of money had real consequences in that it helped fund NOM's campaign to tear marriage rights away from gay Californians.

Out of curiosity I paged back through NOM's YouTube channel to see what sort of TV ads Romney was financing and here are some samples from their Prop 8 efforts:

Youtube Video

They're all essentially variations on, “they’re coming for your children!”

Does anyone know if any reporter has ever asked Romney to answer for funding this sort of slime?

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 10:16:12am

re: #46 simoom

Many here are probably aware that Romney gave 10K to NOM back in 2008 during the Prop 8 fight:

[Link: www.deseretnews.com...]

Perhaps this was just calculated election year positioning & pandering but obviously that kind of money had real consequences in that it helped fund NOM's campaign to tear marriage rights away from gay Californians.

Out of curiosity I paged back through NOM's YouTube channel at what sort of TV ads Romney was financing and here are some samples from their Prop 8 efforts:

[Embedded content] They're all essentially variations on, “they’re coming for your children!”

Does anyone know if any reporter has ever asked Romney to answer for funding this sort of slime?

Actually I didn't know this. Makes one want to laugh at those who say Romney's close to Obama on gay rights. Just no........

Targetpractice Tue, May 8, 2012 10:19:25am

re: #43 iossarian

I just can't get over the saps who are actually going to pull the lever for this guy.

It's the usual team mentality, the one that says "The only thing that matters is that my 'team' wins!" They're not voting for Romney, they're voting against Obama.

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 10:20:38am

re: #48 Targetpractice

It's the usual team mentality, the one that says "The only thing that matters is that my 'team' wins!" They're not voting for Romney, they're voting against Obama.

Same thing many of em did with McCain.

simoom Tue, May 8, 2012 10:21:00am

re: #47 HappyWarrior

He also signed NOM's 2012 5-point Presidential Pledge. Here's the PDF with Romney's signature:

[Link: www.nomblog.com...]

I, Mitt Romney, pledge to the American people that if elected President, I will:

One, support sending a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the states for ratification.

Two, nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal bench judges who are committed to restraint and to applying the original meaning of the Constitution, appoint an attorney general similarly committed, and thus reject the idea our Founding Fathers inserted a right to gay marriage into our Constitution.

Three, defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act vigorously in court.

Four, establish a presidential commission on religious liberty to investigate and document reports of American who have been harassed or threatened for exercising key civil rights to organize, to speak, to donate or to vote for marriage and to propose new protections, if need.

Five, advance legislation to return to the people of the District of Columbia their right to vote on marriage.

HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 10:23:57am

re: #50 simoom

He also signed NOM's 2012 5-point Presidential Pledge. Here's the PDF with Romney's signature:

[Link: www.nomblog.com...]

That I knew about. Typical Romney.

celticdragon Tue, May 8, 2012 10:30:15am

Breaking news...

Romney takes credit for the entire graduating college class of 2012 and all of their future accomplishments...

lawhawk Tue, May 8, 2012 10:36:53am

Meanwhile, President Obama is speaking at my alma mater today - SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Going to talk about the to-do list, while Mitt's busy trying to claim credit for the bailout/managed bankruptcy.

He was against the bailout before he took credit for it.

Jerk Tue, May 8, 2012 10:38:52am

Romney might have had an argument with bankruptcy as an option if that was all he wanted to say. He was head of Bain, he didn't want the government to run GM, and he wanted them to restructure. OK, I'm on board. But no one was willing to give them money, and he made this false gloom and doom statement in the beginning of his article:

IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.

Yea, the government took preferred stock and let them settle things, and they're going strong. He can't claim credit for this.

dragonfire1981 Tue, May 8, 2012 10:43:40am

I think a new meme has been born: Mitt Romney "accomplishments" done in the style of the "most interesting man in the world" commercials.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 10:43:41am

Mitt --did you see this video?

Purity Balls? Really?

WTF?

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Tue, May 8, 2012 10:43:51am

When Mitt is president he will fix the school system by demanding more responsibility. Kids that can't meet their stitches per minute quota are fired.

Bulworth Tue, May 8, 2012 10:47:28am

Next Republican meme: Obama is "spiking the ball" on auto industry recovery. /

dragonfire1981 Tue, May 8, 2012 10:48:23am

re: #56 ggt

Mitt --did you see this video?

Purity Balls? Really?

WTF?

With the purity ball thing, it kind of looks similar to me. The father is responsible for his daughter’s chastity, he locks it up in this little box, and on her wedding day he hands the box and the key to the husband and the husband gets to unlock her sexuality.

It doesn’t make for a whole lot of agency on the young woman’s part. But I do think that in these families, these are really profound and important relationships. While a lot of us stand on the outside and say, “That’s incestuous,” or “That’s creepy,” when you’re inside that world, it’s part of an important relationship a daughter has with her father. So, while it’s founded on some ideas that I think are really retrograde and dangerous about men controlling female sexuality, it looks very different from inside that community.

I've often wondered about the outside perceptions of things like purity pledges and whatnot. I've also heard the idea that a girls first "date" should be with her father. He should take her to dinner and show her how a man is supposed to treat a lady, so she'll know when she's found a good guy.

Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 8, 2012 10:50:01am

re: #59 dragonfire1981

I've often wondered about the outside perceptions of things like purity pledges and whatnot. I've also heard the idea that a girls first "date" should be with her father. He should take her to dinner and show her how a man is supposed to treat a lady, so she'll know when she's found a good guy.

If she doesn't know by the time she is of dating age . . . .

How does Dad treat Mom or the Lady in his life.

LIttle pictures have big eyes and perfectly functioning brains.

This ritual tribal behavior only reinforces Patriarchal stereotypes.

Simply Sarah Tue, May 8, 2012 10:52:02am

re: #59 dragonfire1981

I've often wondered about the outside perceptions of things like purity pledges and whatnot. I've also heard the idea that a girls first "date" should be with her father. He should take her to dinner and show her how a man is supposed to treat a lady, so she'll know when she's found a good guy.

While the internal community may have some distorted perspective in which this sort of thing seems OK or even good, that doesn't change the fact that the perspective is still distorted.

Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 10:58:19am

re: #30 Simply Sarah

Mitt is just using one of the key skills needed to get ahead in business. Taking credit for a good idea after the fact which you opposed in the first place. Remember kids, it doesn't matter what you actually did, only what you claim you did.

The Steve Jobs biography is rife with this kind of behavior. The key difference, however, is that Jobs and his company made useful items*, whereas Romney's company seemed to be gutting businesses to enhance shareholder profit.

*Yes, I know not everyone likes Apple and not all of their products were screaming success. Big picture view here.

Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 10:59:22am

re: #55 dragonfire1981

I think a new meme has been born: Mitt Romney "accomplishments" done in the style of the "most interesting man in the world" commercials.

I was thinking the same thing. "#mittdidit" has a nice ring.

Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 11:02:24am

Just tweeted this:

Mitt Romney won WW2 by personally setting Hitler on fire and hurling A-bombs at Japan from Salt Lake City. #mittdidit

Haven't figured out how to directly tweets here yet.

AK-47% Tue, May 8, 2012 11:04:09am

re: #52 celticdragon

Breaking news...

Romney takes credit for the entire graduating college class of 2012 and all of their future accomplishments...

except for the embarrassing crap they posted on facebook...

wrenchwench Tue, May 8, 2012 11:10:52am

re: #64 mattand

Just tweeted this:

Mitt Romney won WW2 by personally setting Hitler on fire and hurling A-bombs at Japan from Salt Lake City. #mittdidit

Haven't figured out how to directly tweets here yet.

Go to the tweet you want to post. Click "Expand" in the bottom left corner. Then click "Details" at the new bottom. Then copy the address from the address bar, and paste it on its own line in the comment box. Preview to be sure, although it won't do the Tweet format in the Preview.

Mitt Romney won WW2 by personally setting Hitler on fire and hurling A-bombs at Japan from Salt Lake City. #mittdidit
— mattand (@mattand) May 8, 2012

Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 11:30:52am

re: #66 wrenchwench

Gracias.

Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Tue, May 8, 2012 11:37:07am

re: #53 lawhawk

Meanwhile, President Obama is speaking at my alma mater today - SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Going to talk about the to-do list, while Mitt's busy trying to claim credit for the bailout/managed bankruptcy.

He was against the bailout before he took credit for it.

You'd think that speaking at a location like that Obama would be there to talk about little things...
;)

How's the SUNY system holding up anyways given NYS's income woes? My brother (who works at a SUNY school) says that whether particular budgets are getting slashed or even whole departments keeps coming up.

wrenchwench Tue, May 8, 2012 11:38:02am

re: #67 mattand

Gracias.

De nada.

Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 11:52:13am

Mitt Romney broke up the latest Al Queda underwear bomb plot by disguising himself as a Saudi Fruit of the Loom salesman. #mittdidit
— mattand (@mattand) May 8, 2012

Ming Tue, May 8, 2012 1:23:24pm

I read Romney's 2008 editorial ([Link: www.nytimes.com...] and it strikes me as reasonable, and not very different from what Obama actually did to save the auto industry. The editorial recommends a bankruptcy that would restructure the auto industry. I happen to agree with Romney's position that the auto workers should make major concessions (I've never owned an American car in my life, and I probably never will). In the editorial, Romney mentions concessions for management as well, like reduced salaries and perks. If Romney had been president in 2009, the deal he would have crafted with Detroit would probably look a lot like what Obama actually got.

I think the real story here is how screwed up our "political discourse" is. Incredibly, the two major-party candidates for president this November will be attacking each other over the auto industry and health care, while they both did (or advocated) very similar things.

Of course, no one on the left or the right can possibly know whether a President Romney would govern like the guy who wrote that editorial in 2008, or a "humble servant" of the religious right. There will be many educated guesses between now and November, but I doubt anyone has a clue. Romney himself may not have thought about it very much.

Obdicut Tue, May 8, 2012 1:25:15pm

re: #71 Ming

But his editorial talks about there being a non-governmental entity doing the financing. That wasn't possible.

Romney didn't advocate something similar, no.

Mich-again Tue, May 8, 2012 3:24:56pm

re: #71 Ming

I happen to agree with Romney's position that the auto workers should make major concessions (I've never owned an American car in my life, and I probably never will).

Well the auto workers did make concessions in the restructuring that you could learn about if you spent a few minutes educating yourself. But I don't see the connection between that and never owning an American car. I find it funny that Americans who refuse to buy an American car because it was made by union employees will buy a car made by German union workers or Japanese union workers or Korean union workers. Whatever..

If Romney had been president in 2009, the deal he would have crafted with Detroit would probably look a lot like what Obama actually got.

What makes you say that? Romney said clearly and repeatedly that it would have been best if the Government had stayed out of the bankruptcy proceedings. And he knew then and knows now that there was no one else around at the time who would have or could have bankrolled the restructuring so if Obama had followed Mitt's plan, it would have all ended up in liquidation and by the time the creditors got done fighting over scraps in court there would have been nothing left. Mitt already said these things, he can't come back now and unsay them. Its silly to say that Mitt would have done the same thing that Obama did when there is no evidence he ever agreed with what was happening at the time.

Romney is adrift and he has no problem at all making shit up out of thin air to distance himself from what he said before to a different audience. He has zero chance of winning here.

Mich-again Tue, May 8, 2012 3:30:22pm

Mitt Romney's experience in the workforce was as a guy who went garbage picking in a suit for Bain Capital.

Haywood Jabloeme Wed, May 9, 2012 12:24:56am

Mitt Romney saved the US Auto industry like Al Gore invented the Internet!

Obdicut Wed, May 9, 2012 5:44:04am

re: #75 Haywood Jabloeme

No, that's a terrible comparison. Gore actually did quite a lot to help the emergence and spread of the internet.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, May 9, 2012 5:45:29am

re: #75 Haywood Jabloeme

Mitt Romney saved the US Auto industry like Al Gore invented the Internet!

Except Gore never claimed to have invented the internet.

jamesfirecat Wed, May 9, 2012 8:01:37am

re: #75 Haywood Jabloeme

Mitt Romney saved the US Auto industry like Al Gore invented the Internet!

I don't recall Al Gore publishing a piece of work entitled "The internet is a bad idea that will never work and people should stop investing time and money in it..."

Ming Wed, May 9, 2012 8:07:30am

re: #73 Mich-again

These are the last sentences in Romney's editorial:

"The American auto industry is vital to our national interest as an employer and as a hub for manufacturing. A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the industry needs. It would permit the companies to shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs. The federal government should provide guarantees for post-bankruptcy financing and assure car buyers that their warranties are not at risk.

"In a managed bankruptcy, the federal government would propel newly competitive and viable automakers, rather than seal their fate with a bailout check."

It looks like Romney was open to some government role in restructuring the auto industry. When I read his editorial, I thought: wow, it looks like this guy could have worked with Obama on the auto industry bailout, like his staff did (to some extent) on the health care plan. But instead, our politics knows only opposition: my side is right and your side is wrong.

So, the way things are "translated" in our politics is: Obama used the government to rescue Detroit, while Romney always said that the government has no role to play at all.

SpikeDad Wed, May 9, 2012 3:31:38pm

The worse part is the mute media each time Mittens vomits out one of his lies or flip flops. Did anyone from WEWS make note of the seemingly impossible gymnastics one would need to perform to get from what he wrote in 2008 and what he said in 2012?

Nope.

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