ROMNEY'S INSECURITY

ACTUALLY......Mitt Romney seems to be a bit confused about fairness, truth and honor concerning his opponent in the presidential race.  Or, perhaps he just lacks the confidence in himself to participate in a crucial debate.  Regardless of the reason, Governor Romney believes that Barack Obama, the President of the United States, would "say things that aren't true" in a debate for the purpose of misleading him in questions that were asked by the moderator.  I can't think of a more despicable to thing to say about the President, or for that matter the office of the presidency.

Romney has played down Obama's likability and the advantages of his friendly personality.  Perhaps  because he knows he is has a reputation of being not well liked and he's trying to compensate.  Romney is well aware that these debates will be a decisive point in his campaign and has been training for them.

In Romney's own words on Good Morning America, he said he "thinks the challenge that I'll have is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren't true." (Is that the same thing as saying that the president would lie?)  He has this worked out though.... he said "I've looked at prior debates.  And in that kind of case, it's difficult to say, well am I going to spend my time correcting things that aren't quite accurate?  Or am I going to spend my time talking about the things I want to talk about?"  When asked about what course he'd take, Romney said "well, it's a challenge you always have.  And that's a judgement you make".

If you can make any sense out of all that babbling, you will remember that in the past Governor Romney has often not answered questions put to him and always talked about what he wanted to talk about whether it's in a debate, or a news interview.  That's probably because the rich kids can do whatever they want.  He's wealthy, you know!  Not to worry, he has an ace in the hole........

"ANN ALWAYS GIVES HIM THE ADVICE HE NEEDS AS HE GOES ON STAGE"

"THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF LIES - LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS"

ACTUALLY......We have a man who is vying for President of the United States, that has flip-flopped and lied on so many things it's hard to keep count. Recently he "switched" from government spending creates jobs, to government spending destroys jobs - that was in once sentence.  His campaign asked the Governor of Florida to tone down the states improvement in economy because they clashed with Romney's message that the nation is suffering under President Obama.

 His record as Governor of Massachusetts is less than sterling.  Mitt Romney left behind a legacy of rising debt, higher taxes and one of the worst economic records in the Country.  When he left office the state was 47th among 50 states in job creation, taxes and fees increased by $750 million, long term debt increased more than $2.6 billion.

Then he was called to work his magic and "save" the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Utah state records show that Romney wasn't just the head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, Romney was also a registered lobbyist for the organization.  As lobbyist and president of the SLOC, he brought in a record $1.3 billion in federal dollars for the games and more from Utah. Romney last worked as a lobbyist on Dec. 31, 2000, according to a spokesman for the state lieutenant governor, who oversees the registry.  His stewardship of the 2002 SLOC was not without controversy.

This brings us to Bain Capital.  That subject has been discussed by every columnist for several months now.  He has bought and broken companies, left employees out of work,  lied about his involvements and his time spent there, and made millions of dollars through dishonest dealings.  He claims that he left Bain in 1999 in order to fend off attacks that he is responsible for Bain layoffs or outsourcing.However, according to the Huffington Post, Romney noted that he regularly traveled back to Massachusetts. "There were a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to Massachusetts, board meetings, Thanksgiving and so forth." The Boston Globe reports that "the SEC documents show that Romney stayed as Bains Chairman and President, owning 100 percent of Bain as late as 2002."   Oh yes! While I'm at it, Mitt hides his money in offshore accounts, some of which do not require him to pay taxes. He plays by his own rules because that's the way he was raised.  He's wealthy, you know!

Remember when Mitt Romney said "Let Detroit go bankrupt"?  Everybody knew GM and Chrysler needed to go through a managed bankruptcy. The question was whether the companies would go through that process with or without the backing of the federal government.  Romney wanted to let the companies go through bankruptcy on their own, however if that happened the entire industry would have been devastated.  President Obama made a tough call—and took a huge political risk—when he put the weight of the U.S. government behind the auto industry. Mitt Romney would have done the exact opposite, and the results would have been disastrous. Romney claimed that if the U.S. took the path followed by President Obama, "you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye."  Well, look where they are now - no thanks to Mitt Romney.

Romney finds it very hard to be honest.  He admitted as much when he pledged to a group in Ohio "If I'm President of the United States, with your help, I will tell the truth".
  

 WHAT KIND OF A MAN NEEDS HELP TO TELL THE TRUTH??

ROMNEY - THE OLYMPIC SAVIOR

ACTUALLY..... Were you aware that Mitt Romney saved the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City?  His campaign says the event was "on the verge of collapse" and Romney "salvaged" it from "certain disaster".  It's been said that Romney overstated the Games budget problems to cast himself as a savior.  Those in charge  felt the reason Mitt was there was because he was going to run for Governor and needed the press.  He believes his Olympic experience is one of his career's greatest accomplishments.

Pro-Romney Super-PAC Restore our Future spent $7.2 million to buy an ad touting his Olympic success.  Missing from the ad, as well as Romney's story, is how the 2002 Olympics was restored through $342 million in direct federal funding and an additional $1.1 billion in indirect financing from Washington.  Mitt Romney ran the world's most expensive Olympic Games in history - all on the federal dime.

As president of the Olympic Committee, Romney organized the most "elaborate" and expensive opening in history - that only cost $37 million. Romney used taxpayer money to pay for Salt Lake City parking lots, sewer systems and even an Olympic horse adoption program.  (Really, a horse adoption program???)  Romney admitted at the time that some of these unnecessary projects were not "must-haves" for the Olympics, but he has bragged about the "record amount of money" he received from taxpayers.  He refers to his leadership (?) as an indication that he's the only candidate voters can trust to spend taxpayer money wisely.  (HaHaHa) He made a point of going after other Republican primary contenders for wasteful spending.  Romney's spending that federal money in 2002, will certainly earn him a place on the 2012 list of unaccountable Republicans.

Mitt Romney didn't save the 2002 Olympics - the American taxpayer did!!

TELL IT LIKE IT IS

ACTUALLY......A former Navy SEAL with Tea Party ties has launched an attack on President Obama accusing him of taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden.  This group says it is non-profit and non-partisan, however a number of its members have close ties to the Republican party.   This group shares a office with two Republican political firms.  The firms spokesman worked for the Bush administration as a spokesman for the Director of National Intelligence.  One of these SEALS was seeking the Republican nomination for a congressional seat in Virginia - he was unsuccessful.

Like it or not, it was the President who was at the helm of the bin Laden mission.  He promised he would go after bin Laden and he did!  Obama's strong suit is national security.  There's always the risk of the opposition trying to undermine the presidents credibility.  I have the greatest respect for the military and the Navy SEALS, but guy's there was no leak in security.  The Vice-President was speaking to a crowd and was mentioning a list of the administrations accomplishments.  A man in the crowd pointed out that 'we also got bin Laden'.  The Vice-President quickly said "Let me correct that.  The President of the United States and the special forces got bin Laden".  President Clinton praised Obama for ordering the secret raid.There is a short film being released today criticizing Obama for taking credit of the mission that killed bin Laden.  FactCheck.org said it had no problem with most of the video but noted that other parts of it skew the facts, "particularity when splicing together pieces of the president's discussing his role in the operation".

The Obama campaign called the video "reckless rhetoric" and noted that one of the SEALS in question worked for Republican Political causes.  The Republicans are resorting to everything they can to discredit President Obama when it comes to foreign policy and national security.  Mitt Romney made his two foreign policy speeches without ever mentioning Al Qaeda, nor has he outlined a plan for America's relations with a single region of the world.  The White House has denied leaking secret information regarding clandestine operations and 2 federal investigators have been assigned to investigate them.

The raid itself was conducted as a covert operation under the overall direction of then CIA Director Leon Panetta. Yes!  President Barack Obama gave the green-light signal to begin the raid on Abbottabad and issued the order to kill Osama bin Laden.  The head of special operations, Admiral Bill McRaven, a former SEAL himself, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that credit was due to the President.  The Admiral said "at the end of the day, make no mistake about it:  it was the president of the United States that shouldered the burden for this operation, that made the hard decisions".  Our President made this brave determination because he is commander-in-chief, and it was on his watch.

Governor Romney, COULD YOU HAVE MADE THAT BOLD AND RISKY DECISION?

WELFARE-TO-WORK LAW

ACTUALLY......Mitt Romney keeps jumping on things that he's out of touch on.  He has a new attack on President Obama for waiving parts of the welfare-to-work law.  Why can't Mitt remember that he backed a similar move as governor of Massachusetts.  (maybe it's the same reason he keeps forgetting to release his tax information).  President Obama's campaign circulated a letter, dated in 2005, that Romney signed together with 28 other Republican governors in support of Senate legislation that would have permitted increased waiver authority.

Romney's new ad claims Obama's solution to many of America's problems is to rely on government.  He said "We will end a culture of dependency and restore a culture of good, hard work".  The White House press secretary called Romney's charges categorically false and "blatantly dishonest".  This administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more effective ways to help people get off welfare and into a job".  Health and Human Services Department allows states to ask for a waiver from the work requirement of the welfare law in order to find different ways that would help needy families find jobs.  The purpose is to give states some flexibility in how they carry out the welfare law.  As many as 76 Republicans opposed the health department's decision and complained to the Health Secretary.  She assured them that the states will have to move at lease 20% more people from welfare to work.

 Romney's attack ad says "Obama guts welfare reform," while a voice says "Under Obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."
 

Obama campaign spokeswoman say's "The truth is that the President is giving states additional flexibility only if they move more people from welfare to work - not fewer."

Mitt will do anything he can to change the subject from what are you hiding in those tax returns you won't release...........