"a lot of people in government..allow business leaders to start businesses and create jobs..."

[Lemon Drop]

" There are a lot of people in government who help us and allow us to have an economy that works and allow entrepenuers and business leaders of various kinds to start businesses and create jobs. We all recognize that. That's an important thing.


I know that you recognize that a lot of people help you in a business. Perhaps the banks, the investors. There's no question your mom and dad. Your school teachers. The people that provide roads, the fire, and the police. A lot of people help."


-Mitt Romney, July 18, 2012 on the stump in Ohio

[mick e]

COMMUNISTA!!!!!!!!!

[swampy]

Did the government show up on Steve Job's doorstep offering help to start Apple? Maybe there was no road in front of his house?

[$tevie]

This is such a moronic thing to get in a tizzy about. I can't believe that anyone is trying to turn this into a major campaign issue. This country really does have a lot of fools.

[August West]

Unfortunately, I am not shocked by the people who think society can reach its greater potential without functioning government. They have not understood history.

[Lemon Drop]

$tevie wrote:
This is such a moronic thing to get in a tizzy about.

It is. But it's about all they've got.

Romney has developed this weird habit of paraphrasing and reusing Obama's campaign speeches. Can't he afford writers?

[$tevie]

I can't believe I was worried that Obama might lose the election.

[Ted King]

$tevie wrote:
I can't believe I was worried that Obama might lose the election.

You should still be. It's still possible enough people will not care enough if Romney doesn't release more of his tax records or that Romney will release them and there's not anything all that troubling in them. If so, then even though Romney may not be a very good candidate, that may not be enough to keep him from winning the presidency because the economy is still so bad, there will be a hugely unequal amount of money spent to defeat Obama (thanks in no small part to the Citizens United ruling) compared to money spent to defeat Romney, and many Republican dominated state governments have made it so that literally millions of people who are disproportionately more likely to vote for Obama will not be voting because of the Republican voter suppression strategy. I think if Obama is only a percent ahead in the average of all the polls (of all voters) shortly before the election, then he will probably lose. If he is up a couple of points at that time then it will be really close. I think he will need to be up by an average of the polls of at least 3 percent for him to be more likely than not to win the election.

[beagledave]

Lemon Drop wrote:
" There are a lot of people in government who help us and allow us to have an economy that works and allow entrepenuers and business leaders of various kinds to start businesses and create jobs. We all recognize that. That's an important thing.


I know that you recognize that a lot of people help you in a business. Perhaps the banks, the investors. There's no question your mom and dad. Your school teachers. The people that provide roads, the fire, and the police. A lot of people help."


-Mitt Romney, July 18, 2012 on the stump in Ohio

Sure sounds a lot like that "it takes a village" LIBRUL nonsense!!!!:oldfogey:

[Avenger]

>>-Mitt Romney, July 18, 2012 on the stump in Ohio<<

Too bad nobody remembers that but Obama's "gaffe" is all over the place and will stay there.