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Huckabee vs. Romney
by funuvit
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I want to know if it is possible for Mike Huckabee to form any two sentences without verbally man-bitch backhand slapping his arch-enemy Mitt Romney. Is anyone else just plain sick of hearing him whine about his empty pockets while he panders to the downtrodden and adds to the victimization complex of a certain demographic. A ray of hope and empowerment is what would encourage the suffering of the middle class, not commiseration.

Mitt Romney is putting his own money where his mouth is and what the hell is wrong with that. He is successful and knows how to help others to be successful. His money should speak positively of him and not negatively as Huckabee keeps trying to do. What determines your level of personal commitment to serve Huck?
Re: Huckabee vs. Romney
by chrisbz
It amazes me to here Romney supporters imply that since he produced a lot of capital for himself, he would have no problem doing it for ALL OF US as potus.

Kind of makes you wonder if they understand capitalism at all.
Re: Deep pockets
by benhon3
Agreed. Bush also has money, but how did that ever qualify him as president?
Re: Deep pockets
by funuvit
I am not speaking merely of Romney's money as an indicator of his success, but how he earned it. He is known for taking failing ventures and organizations and turning them completely around. Just one example: With the chaos that the 2002 Olympics was in, he stopped the finger-pointing and just rolled up his sleeves and solved it. Riddled with debt and scandal and just months from 9/11, he pulled off the most successful Olympic games ever. The event was running $379 million short of its revenue benchmarks. The Games were also damaged by allegations of bribery involving top officials, including then Salt Lake Olympic Committee. Romney was hired as the new president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Romney revamped the organization's leadership and policies, reduced budgets and boosted fundraising. He also worked to ensure the safety of the Games following 9/11 by coordinating a $300 million security budget. Despite the initial fiscal shortfall, the Games ended up clearing a profit of $100 million, not counting the $224.5 million in security costs contributed by outside sources. Romney contributed $1 million to the Olympics, and donated the $825,000 salary he earned as President and CEO to charity.
Re: Deep pockets
by progressivebulldog

Romney was a success as a businessman and with the Salt lake Olympics. How was he successful in business though? He lowered costs by laying off employees. Romney is far from alone in this by the way. CEO salaries have skyrocketed in the recent past while wages for workers have at best stagnated. The job of a CEO is to make maximum profit for the shareholders which often means cutting jobs or sending them overseas.

Romney won in Michaigan by saying that he'd protect the worker's jobs while McCain was more honest and said that many jobs were gone and weren't coming back.

The US auto industry is doing very poorly with no improvement likely for some time to come if ever. Much of the blame goes to short sighted CEOs who focused on bloated SUVs while the Japanese, Koreans and Europeans made efficeint cars and when the price of gas rose most people no longer wanted these land yachts and Detroit had nothing else to offer.

George Bush is a "CEO president." How has that worked?

Re: Deep pockets
by middleview
It showed that he knew how to make money without having to earn it.....who wants a president who says we're going to have to work up a sweat here to get this done?
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