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In reply to the discussion: And now a message from sore fucking racist loser Mitt: [View all]crunch60
(1,412 posts)Utah Olympics. I see you take lots of government "gifts", and you think that's just fine for you, because you think you are entitled. NOT!
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With the ABC News revelation of the IOC committee bribery scandal, the fate of the 2002 Olympics on U.S. soil, and a predominately Mormon city in the balance, the organizing committee searched for their white horse to salvage not only the Olympics, but Salt Lake City.
When it came to the Olympics, the relationship between Mitt Romney and the LDS church was symbiotic. The LDS church needed Romney to aid in ushering in the Mormon Kingdom on earth while portraying the Mormon faith as a wholesome, mainstream religion. With his eye on the Office Of the Presidency, and just coming off his loss to Senator Edward Kennedy, Romney needed the LDS church and its vast network to finance, support and promote his political aspirations. Nowhere was this more apparent than the Salt Lake City Olympics the Greatest Show on Earth for the Mormon Church and Mitt Romney all funded in part by you, the U.S. taxpayer.
Quoting an article by David Baumann, "Romney Helped Salvage Olympics." St. Petersburg Times: Sydney Fonnesbeck, who was on the Salt Lake City Council and a friend of Welchs, said, He (Romney) just came in and gathered the money that was already (pledged)
He didnt want to give anyone else any credit. We became nobodies. A lot of us were hurt and angry. It didnt surprise any of us when he ran home and ran for governor.
Mitt didnt save the games. It was a publicity ploy from the beginning to build his platform in politics,
Mitts objection was to look as good as he could.
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