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No wonder his negative numbers are so bad.
“One of most humorous I think relates to my father. You may remember my father, George Romney, was president of an automobile company called American Motors … They had a factory in Michigan, and they had a factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and another one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” said Romney. “And as the president of the company he decided to close the factory in Michigan and move all the production to Wisconsin. Now later he decided to run for governor of Michigan and so you can imagine that having closed the factory and moved all the production to Wisconsin was a very sensitive issue to him, for his campaign.”
The reporter goes on to describe how Romney was “laughing” while telling the story.
The apparent gaffe was quickly seized upon by Romney critics. David Axelrod, the communication director for President Obama’s campaign team, tweeted a link to the story along with the one-word commentary “unreal.”
Continue reading on Examiner.com Romney tells a ‘humorous' tale about how his dad laid off workers - National Political Buzz | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/political-b...ut-how-his-dad-laid-off-workers#ixzz1qSrtAXy2
“One of most humorous I think relates to my father. You may remember my father, George Romney, was president of an automobile company called American Motors … They had a factory in Michigan, and they had a factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and another one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” said Romney. “And as the president of the company he decided to close the factory in Michigan and move all the production to Wisconsin. Now later he decided to run for governor of Michigan and so you can imagine that having closed the factory and moved all the production to Wisconsin was a very sensitive issue to him, for his campaign.”
The reporter goes on to describe how Romney was “laughing” while telling the story.
The apparent gaffe was quickly seized upon by Romney critics. David Axelrod, the communication director for President Obama’s campaign team, tweeted a link to the story along with the one-word commentary “unreal.”
Continue reading on Examiner.com Romney tells a ‘humorous' tale about how his dad laid off workers - National Political Buzz | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/political-b...ut-how-his-dad-laid-off-workers#ixzz1qSrtAXy2
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