Archive for May 28, 2012

Shal­low breather

I love this coun­try. I spent my life in the pri­vate sec­tor, not in gov­ern­ment. I only spent four years as a gov­er­nor. I didn’t inhale.

—Mitt Rom­ney, Sep­tem­ber 22^nd, 2011

If there was a pro­gram or agency or depart­ment that needed cut­ting, I did it… That skill I learned in the pri­vate sec­tor, and prac­ticed for four years in Mass­a­chu­setts, where by the way I served in gov­ern­ment, but I didn’t inhale. I’m still a busi­ness guy.

—Mitt Rom­ney, CPAC, Wash­ing­ton, D.C., Feb­ru­ary, 2012

Mitt Rom­ney has repeat­edly used this line. He’s still using it.

On this Memo­r­ial Day, it needs to be said. This is one of the most unpa­tri­otic things we have ever heard from the mouth of a man who wants to be America’s Commander-​​in-​​Chief.

Make no mis­take. Mitt Rom­ney is com­par­ing being a pub­lic ser­vant to being a user of ille­gal drugs. It’s a slap in the face to all ded­i­cated gov­ern­ment work­ers. On this Memo­r­ial Day, it needs to be said. Mitt Romney’s laugh line is a direct insult to our men and women in uni­form. (more…)