Toons: Courage Citizen, Pimple Paul, Young Mitt Learns Firing is Real Fun and More. 1/11/12

[DirkGently]

13. I don't think the context helps there. The sentiment is the same, & the full statement

was disingenuous to begin with. Romney has and likely still does enjoy being "able to fire people" in all kinds of contexts. His decision to dishonestly cloak healthcare issues in the context of the joys of the power to "fire" is legitimately revealing. He has always been the firer. He thinks of corporations as "people," and feels entitled to extract wealth from others by leveraging the ability to fire against them. It's a real hobby of his.

And the idea that rolling back our meager healthcare reforms in favor of the Republican's deliberately false vision of a "free market" of insurance (in which the insurers, not the consumers would hold all the power to "fire&quot doesn't exactly turn the statement on its ear.