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In reply to the discussion: The GOP's Kamikaze Candidate-"Republicans have selected the worst candidate in recent memory" [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)6. Republicans
were going for the kill. Mitt is the perfect soulless bastard to carry out their coup. He's gotten by on money. He's rich and he has the backing of the wealthy class of predators.
This transition from democracy to plutocracy is the broader context of our times and of the current Presidential campaign. Now comes Mitt Romney, a very rich man, who became so rich by engaging in business activities whose ethics are at best questionable, and, at worst, disloyal to the broader interests of almost all American employees of whatever class, and he says to us, I largely refuse to disclose my tax returns to you, the American public, because I don't think it would be good for me to give the Press and yourselves a chance to evaluate them and draw your own conclusions about my business and political activities based on what they reveal.
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The GOP's Kamikaze Candidate-"Republicans have selected the worst candidate in recent memory" [View all]
kpete
Aug 2012
OP
wait, mr. sure-i'll-pardon-a-criminal-for-the-presidency was a man in integrity?
unblock
Aug 2012
#4
Romney was simply the least offensive, and limped into winning because he seemed more electable.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#9
"opportunistic" says it all in a nutshell. This is the 1% going for broke.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2012
#30