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Related: About this forumMitt Romney’s claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama rates 4 Pinocchios
Mitt Romneys claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama
Posted by Glenn Kessler
05/18/2012
Mitt Romney, interview on Hot Air, May 16, 2011
The 100,000 jobs is back! The presumptive GOP nominee all but stopped mentioning he created 100,000 in the private sector after we declared in January that claim was untenable and unproven. The biggest problem is that Romney is counting all the jobs added by companies long after he had left the leadership of Bain Capital and even after Bains investment in the companies had ended.
In the Hot Air interview, Romney even made this claim while at the same time arguing that a recent Obama campaign commercial slamming the job losses at a particular Bain investment was unfair because the steel factory closed down two years after I left Bain Capital. I was no longer there, so thats hardly something which is on my watch. (Technically, Romney had not completely extricated himself from Bain but thats another story.)
The logic there escapes us. Romney appears to be saying it is okay to count jobs created after he left Bain, but its not okay to count jobs lost after he left Bain. As we have said, Romney certainly has a good story to tell about knowing how to manage a business, spotting opportunities and understanding high finance. But if he wants to wall off companies that failed after he stopped managing Bain, he also has to stop counting jobs created after he left Bain.
So Romney gets a repeat offender award our crack graphics staff is still developing the icon for once again saying he created 100,000 jobs. But lets also look at his claim that 100,000 jobs were lost in the auto industry on the presidents watch. Thats a new one.
The Facts at link below...
The Pinocchio Test
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romneys-claim-that-100000-auto-jobs-have-been-lost-under-obama/2012/05/17/gIQA9wYMXU_blog.html?hpid=z1
Posted by Glenn Kessler
05/18/2012
Mitt Romney, interview on Hot Air, May 16, 2011
The 100,000 jobs is back! The presumptive GOP nominee all but stopped mentioning he created 100,000 in the private sector after we declared in January that claim was untenable and unproven. The biggest problem is that Romney is counting all the jobs added by companies long after he had left the leadership of Bain Capital and even after Bains investment in the companies had ended.
In the Hot Air interview, Romney even made this claim while at the same time arguing that a recent Obama campaign commercial slamming the job losses at a particular Bain investment was unfair because the steel factory closed down two years after I left Bain Capital. I was no longer there, so thats hardly something which is on my watch. (Technically, Romney had not completely extricated himself from Bain but thats another story.)
The logic there escapes us. Romney appears to be saying it is okay to count jobs created after he left Bain, but its not okay to count jobs lost after he left Bain. As we have said, Romney certainly has a good story to tell about knowing how to manage a business, spotting opportunities and understanding high finance. But if he wants to wall off companies that failed after he stopped managing Bain, he also has to stop counting jobs created after he left Bain.
So Romney gets a repeat offender award our crack graphics staff is still developing the icon for once again saying he created 100,000 jobs. But lets also look at his claim that 100,000 jobs were lost in the auto industry on the presidents watch. Thats a new one.
The Facts at link below...
The Pinocchio Test
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romneys-claim-that-100000-auto-jobs-have-been-lost-under-obama/2012/05/17/gIQA9wYMXU_blog.html?hpid=z1
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Mitt Romney’s claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama rates 4 Pinocchios (Original Post)
flpoljunkie
May 2012
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LiberalFighter
(50,825 posts)1. Who created Bain Capital?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)2. Okay ...
In the Hot Air interview, Romney even made this claim while at the same time arguing that a recent Obama campaign commercial slamming the job losses at a particular Bain investment was unfair because the steel factory closed down two years after I left Bain Capital. I was no longer there, so thats hardly something which is on my watch. (Technically, Romney had not completely extricated himself from Bain but thats another story.)
So I can make sure I have his logic correct ...
Say someone wanted to kill someone else. They cook a meal full of rat poison, and feed it to the victim. The victim eats the meal. The victim days two days later.
So Mr. romney, is it your assertion that the cook is not responsible for the death of the victim, because the victim died after the cook left the victim's house?
Is that your claim, Mr. romney?