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Romney's Running for the 2012 Olympics was MASTERFUL!!!
The last president who was elected based largely on his business prowess was Warren G Harding, an influential self-made newspaper publisher.
Harding is best remembered for The Teapot Dome Scandal and has been ranked as perhaps America's worst president.
Although William Henry Harrison died after serving only 32 days in office, he still ranks as the 38th most successful president - so what that say about Harding who ranks 43rd?
The moral of the story is that having a strong background in business has not produced good presidents - they require different skill sets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_Stateswho
Typical of the rw's get THIS happy about the biggest bailout in Olympics.
The TAX PAYERS bailed out the 2002 Olympics.
And so did OBama's boy, Ralph Lauren, so.............you're a hypocrit
Bullshit.
There is simply no way you can blame President Obama for uniforms made in China. OTOH, Mittens was running the Olympics when he signed off on outsourcing the uniforms.
I'd bet rw's will now say that even though he was in charge, Mittens was not really responsible. Just like Bain.
The main reason why Chicago lost the olympics was because obama went to Copenhagen with his insufferable wife. The two of them were so over the top arrogant, that the US lost on the first voting round.
Aside from that, Chicago is so violent, such a lawless and corrupt place, that even if the Olympic Committee had voted to hold the olympics there, they would have tried to get out of it. The olympics were held in Sarajevo BEFORE they had a civil war. Not DURING the civil war.
yeah, and then they chose rio. lol
So, I take it you oppose the bank and GM bailouts, too."Money in" from taxpayers means the profit was on the taxpayer's back.I don't think you even know what profit means.And the entire "PROFIT" came from the American taxpayer. And that's using Willard's $410 MILLION figure. McCain had the GAO look into it and they came up with a $1.3 TRILLION dollar cost to the American taxpayer.
Money out - money in > 0.
It's just that simple.
So, I take it you oppose the bank and GM bailouts, too."Money in" from taxpayers means the profit was on the taxpayer's back.I don't think you even know what profit means.
Money out - money in > 0.
It's just that simple.
smoke and mirrors....
John Hunstman: $1million donation to the SLC Olympics followed by a $250million investment from Bain.
Others of the final tally of 53 corporate sponsors were already under Romney and Bain Capitals influence. Marriott is led by close family friends now campaign finance co-chairs; plus, Romney was sitting on the companys board at the time. Sealy, which Bain Capital owned, became a sponsor. So did Monster.com, where one of Romneys sons worked as a consultant. The vice-chair of General Motors was on Marriotts board of directors with Romney, as were the directors of Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Sears; all became sponsors. Many other sponsors had extensive business dealings with Bain Capital companies, or had top-ranking executives with past connections to Bain Capital companies. And most of them have come through for Romney again, by donating to his campaign.
Daily Kos: Follow. The. Olympics. Money. Bain+Romney 1999-2001
seems the olympics werent as profitable as good friends who just happen to be rich
So, I take it you oppose the bank and GM bailouts, too."Money in" from taxpayers means the profit was on the taxpayer's back.
Yes and no. What I oppose is the fact that the bailouts were necessary not that we stopped financial meltdown of the banks and saved an American icon.
Even Reversible Mitten's bailout was a good thing. It's Willard that's opposed to bailouts if he's not profiting from them.
So, I take it you oppose the bank and GM bailouts, too.
Yes and no. What I oppose is the fact that the bailouts were necessary not that we stopped financial meltdown of the banks and saved an American icon.
Even Reversible Mitten's bailout was a good thing. It's Willard that's opposed to bailouts if he's not profiting from them.
Oh? Romney profited from the Olympics? Link to it.
Romney's Running for the 2012 Olympics was MASTERFUL!!!
The last president who was elected based largely on his business prowess was Warren G Harding, an influential self-made newspaper publisher.
Harding is best remembered for The Teapot Dome Scandal and has been ranked as perhaps America's worst president.
Although William Henry Harrison died after serving only 32 days in office, he still ranks as the 38th most successful president - so what that say about Harding who ranks 43rd?
The moral of the story is that having a strong background in business has not produced good presidents - they require different skill sets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_Stateswho
You do realize that despite Harding's moral failings, the Harding/Coolidge administrations were one of the most economically successful eras of our nations history. They are the only recorded period where the unemployment rate was as low as 2%. And this was done after suffering from a Depression that was deeper than the 1929 Depression.
So I would argue that having a strong background in business has produced good Presidents and good times for the nation.
Well, he certainly did show off his excellent business sense and management skills by turning a money loser into a money winner.Yes and no. What I oppose is the fact that the bailouts were necessary not that we stopped financial meltdown of the banks and saved an American icon.
Even Reversible Mitten's bailout was a good thing. It's Willard that's opposed to bailouts if he's not profiting from them.
Oh? Romney profited from the Olympics? Link to it.
Not all profit is monetary.
Well, he certainly did show off his excellent business sense and management skills by turning a money loser into a money winner.Oh? Romney profited from the Olympics? Link to it.
Not all profit is monetary.
So, you are against the GM and bank bailouts, right?Well, he certainly did show off his excellent business sense and management skills by turning a money loser into a money winner.Not all profit is monetary.
Right...by privatizing the profits and socializing the debt. He couldn't have done it without the kind of "bailout" he now demonizes.
Romney's Running for the 2012 Olympics was MASTERFUL!!!
The last president who was elected based largely on his business prowess was Warren G Harding, an influential self-made newspaper publisher.
Harding is best remembered for The Teapot Dome Scandal and has been ranked as perhaps America's worst president.
Although William Henry Harrison died after serving only 32 days in office, he still ranks as the 38th most successful president - so what that say about Harding who ranks 43rd?
The moral of the story is that having a strong background in business has not produced good presidents - they require different skill sets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_Stateswho
You do realize that despite Harding's moral failings, the Harding/Coolidge administrations were one of the most economically successful eras of our nations history. They are the only recorded period where the unemployment rate was as low as 2%. And this was done after suffering from a Depression that was deeper than the 1929 Depression.
So I would argue that having a strong background in business has produced good Presidents and good times for the nation.
Actually, government didn't really measure unemployment back then... not accurately, anyway.
And there was this little Depression in 1921. But the real problem was, of course, that Coolidge was completely asleep at the wheel, and the banks too ridiculous and foolish risks, which is WHY the economy crashed in 1929.
Do they not teach this bit of history in whatever Mormon HomeSkule you went to?
So, you are against the GM and bank bailouts, right?Well, he certainly did show off his excellent business sense and management skills by turning a money loser into a money winner.
Right...by privatizing the profits and socializing the debt. He couldn't have done it without the kind of "bailout" he now demonizes.
The Depression was in 1920. And Harding/Coolidge policies of getting the government out of people's ways lead to a boom for an entire 9 years.
And then, like always, when people become proud and careless and violate natural laws of virtue and the laws of God, they end up making poor decisions and the market has to correct itself. Unfortunately, in 1929, Hoover, a progressive, was in charge and decided he would try to "fix" things by micromanaging the economy. FDR ran against him as a conservative Democrat and then turned around and doubled down on Hoover's micromanaging.
It's not surprising that the Depression of 1920 was over quickly when Harding/Coolidge Cut taxes and cut spending. Nor is it surprising when micromanaging the 1929 Depressed caused it to last 12 years.
And so we see from history that for us to have sustained economic expansion we need:
1) Limited government (cut taxes, spending, and regulation)
2) The people to adhere to the commandments of God.
Otherwise, you have Depressions and downturns which are exacerbated by government manipulation.
and yes, unemployment was as low as 2% during the Roaring Twenties.
Unfortunately, there are too many people who want to relive the Great Depression.
Reversible Mittens DID save the 2002 Olympics and it was a good thing. We needed it. It was right after 9/11 and we needed to show the world that we would not be broken by terrorists.
The Olympics is another one of the good things Willard did that he can't talk about since he had to get a HUGE "government bailout" to make it happen.
Romney is a humble man. You don't hear him saying, "I saved the Olympics when nobody else could, I did it. How wonderfult I am." That is what Obama would be doing. "I, I, I!"
When it would be in his best interest to remind people of this accomplishment ( and whereabouts from 1999 until 2002), you just don't hear him spouting his own praises. That's not the kind of man he is.
LOL...yeah, it takes a real humble man to take credit for the auto bailout he opposed.
So, you are against the GM and bank bailouts, right?Well, he certainly did show off his excellent business sense and management skills by turning a money loser into a money winner.
Right...by privatizing the profits and socializing the debt. He couldn't have done it without the kind of "bailout" he now demonizes.
Romney is a humble man. You don't hear him saying, "I saved the Olympics when nobody else could, I did it. How wonderfult I am." That is what Obama would be doing. "I, I, I!"
When it would be in his best interest to remind people of this accomplishment ( and whereabouts from 1999 until 2002), you just don't hear him spouting his own praises. That's not the kind of man he is.
LOL...yeah, it takes a real humble man to take credit for the auto bailout he opposed.
Well, in fairness, you don't see him patting himself on the back for inventing Obamacare.
