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kpete

(72,895 posts)
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:56 PM Oct 2012

MITT-BRAGS Re: $410 Million FED$: Long-forgotten tape from 02 MA governors race obtained by ABC News

In a long-forgotten tape from the 2002 Massachusetts governor’s race obtained by ABC News:

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Mitt Romney is seen touting his Washington connections and his ability to get millions of taxpayer dollars from the federal government. “I am big believer in getting money where the money is,” Romney says on the video, “The money is in Washington.” [...] As for his experience running the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Romney says, “”the whole winter games was a combination of the federal, state and local governments along with private enterprise.” “We actually received over $410 million from the federal government for the Olympic games. That is a huge increase over anything ever done before and we did that by going after every agency of government,” he says. He even cites money one his colleagues managed to get for the Olympics from the Department of Education.


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/exclusive-in-02-romney-touted-d-c-connections-federal-funds/
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MITT-BRAGS Re: $410 Million FED$: Long-forgotten tape from 02 MA governors race obtained by ABC News (Original Post) kpete Oct 2012 OP
What a find! Again Romney proves he is a big big big big LIAR and CONMAN. The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #1
wow mshasta Oct 2012 #2
Wow - I guess he didn't build it jsmirman Oct 2012 #3
I wish Obama could have seen this tape before the debates aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #4
One of the top 10 Charlatans on the Planet. sarcasmo Oct 2012 #5
Yet again he bilked the American taxpayers, brags about it and then... Spazito Oct 2012 #6
The ABC story is from March OKNancy Oct 2012 #7
Amazing - how is this stuff not on the table jsmirman Oct 2012 #13
KNR...whenever it's from..thanks kpete Cha Oct 2012 #8
Government Builds NOTHING! itsrobert Oct 2012 #9
Yeah, like those Seven Wonders of the Ancient World--all built by private enterprise! tclambert Oct 2012 #12
Somebody please send this to Rachel, et al -- just in case they haven't seen it. gateley Oct 2012 #10
But...but...but, he's gonna make government smaller...get it japple Oct 2012 #11
he's a liar on a scale never seen before. spanone Oct 2012 #14
Bullshitter extraordinaire. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #15
This has been around for months. Blanks Oct 2012 #16

mshasta

(2,108 posts)
2. wow
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:09 PM
Oct 2012

if these comments were made by Obama he's carrier will be over by now..republicans hate the big government ..and they always look for ways to get more government in their packets

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
4. I wish Obama could have seen this tape before the debates
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:20 PM
Oct 2012

and humiliated the son of a b*@ch when he crowed about saving the Olympics. Repeating a quote from Shitt ("That is a huge increase over anything ever done before&quot would have been perfect.

Spazito

(54,188 posts)
6. Yet again he bilked the American taxpayers, brags about it and then...
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:31 PM
Oct 2012

lies about it. Just think what he would do if he was in the White House.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
13. Amazing - how is this stuff not on the table
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:10 PM
Oct 2012

when this ran in March?

Guess this is what happens when no one watches ABC News...

tclambert

(11,129 posts)
12. Yeah, like those Seven Wonders of the Ancient World--all built by private enterprise!
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:06 PM
Oct 2012

Well, okay, except for six of them . . . and the other one.

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