Obama hits Romney hard on auto bailout "thats a load of you-know-what" (Transcript Added) [View all]

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President Barack Obama has been digging at Mitt Romney's opposition to the auto bailout for months, but as he spoke to auto workers on Tuesday -- and as Michigan votes in its presidential primary -- he attacked the former Massachusetts governors more forcefully on the issue than ever before.

"It’s been funny to watch some of these politicians completely try to rewrite history now that you’re back on your feet. The same folks who said if we went forward with our plan to rescue Detroit, “you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye.”

That line, "you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye"? It comes right from the first paragraph of Romney's oft-cited 2008 New York Times op-ed, in which he urged the federal government not to bail out the struggling automakers.

"Now they’re saying they were right all along.... Or you’ve got folks saying worse, they’re saying that the problem is that you, the workers, made out like bandits in all of this; that saving the American auto industry was just about paying back unions. Really? I mean, even by the standards of this town, that’s a load of you-know-what."

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/02/obama-hits-romney-hard-on-auto-bailout-115791.html


Serving Romney ass on a platter, like it or not!

Transcript of Speech at UAW Conference

Hello, Autoworkers! Thanks Bob, for that introduction. Thanks to your International Executive Board and all of you for having me here today. I brought along my Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, too.

I’m always honored to spend some time with folks who represent the working men and women of America. It’s unions like yours that fought for jobs and opportunity for generations of American workers. It’s unions like yours that helped build an arsenal of democracy that defeated fascism. It is unions like yours that forged the American middle class – the greatest engine of prosperity the world has ever known.

You helped write America’s story. And today, you’re busy writing a proud new chapter. You’re reminding us that no matter how tough times get, Americans are tougher. No matter how many punches we take, we don’t give up. We get up, we fight back, we move forward, and we come out the other side stronger than before.

You are showing America what’s possible. So I’m here today to tell you one thing: you make me proud.

President Obama Dings Romney In UAW Speech

Edit: I realize there should be an apostrophe for the word "that's" in title of OP, however when it's added for some reason it keeps removing the quote...strange