When you're president . . .

[ProfessionalLeftist]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Exactly right. n/t

[tblue]

2. Amen to that! Profit is not in the CONSTITUTION!!

Oy! Thank you, Mr. POTUS!

[freshwest]

3. +1

[xtraxritical]

5. The Costitution refers to the "general welfare" btw

[JDPriestly]

4. K&R for Mr. President -- a thousand thousand times.

Best response to the Republicans that I have ever heard.

It's not about being rich or getting rich. It's about giving everybody a fair chance to be what they can be -- and for some of us, just being rich is not the goal.

Of course, that is why we will be voting for Barack Obama in November.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

10. Agreed. I think he's handling Booker's ignorant little poison arrow

quite nicely.

[kentuck]

6. The point is that Mitt Romney wants to run the government like a private equity firm...

That why he wants to cut programs for the poor and give more taxcuts to the wealthy. He thinks of it as making profits for his stockholders. He is a strong believer in trickle down economics. Give it all to himself and his class. It would be one of the biggest mistakes the voters of this country ever made, and it has made some doozies, if Mitt Romney were to win the next election.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. Romney = Mr. Privatization!!!

he'll take away your library and your fire department too.

[Zax2me]

7. When was he the head of a private company?

Is he comparing two different experiences he has had or talking about someone else?

[jmowreader]

12. He's talking about his opponent

"Private equity firm" is what the corporate raider shops like Romney's Bain Capital are calling themselves these days.

[NNN0LHI]

9. What a great thing it is to have a president who can communicate coherently

That is a big plus.

Don

[Fresh_Start]

11. when you are President

instead of the head of a business, then your job is to improve the country for the long run; not to let a few people enrich themselves today while destroying the future for generations.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

13. "built to last"

Exactly.