Maybe this is one of the reasons why Romney doesn't want to release his tax returns.
But when it comes to the retelling of his Olympics story, Romney never mentions the L word. Lobbyist.
Liberals, man. You do like little word games, don't you? You find a good one then you just keep saying it to each other and poking each other and giggling.
Lobbyist! Ha ha ha. Do it again...
Lobbyist for the Olympics? What did he actually DO you object to? Just the word gave you a giggling fit? That's bad because...
Well, after further research, he WAS a registered lobbyist for the Olympics because that was the only way he could have access to the federal government to work with the Olympics. And while the federal government does not directly fund the Olympics, Mitt was able to get quite a bit of federal funding to upgrade infracstructure etc. critical to the success of the Olympics.
The Salt Lake City Olympics were the most scandal ridden in my memory, but that was not due to Mitt's efforts. I would suggest that the federal funding that went into it was inappropriate, but I don't fault Mitt for doing what he was hired to do which was to save the Olympics that most likely would never have happened that year if it had not been for his efforts whether you approve of the efforts or not.
Currently Mitt is trying to calm down British ire when he questioned whether London was ready to host the Olympics. And they are retaliating by dissing Salt Lake City. But if you give him a job to do, Mitt seems to have the ability to get it done.
I find that encouraging on many different levels. The idea that he had to register as a lobbyist in order to have any voice in Washington and get done what he was hired to do does not bother me in the least. That problem is with the system, not Mitt. For sure he was not working as a lobbyist to make money for himself in any way or as a career choice.
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