Strickland: Romney Has No ‘Economic Patriotism’

[ProSense]

Strickland: Romney Has No ‘Economic Patriotism’

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland praised President Obama's dedication to saving the auto-industry and attacked Mitt Romney for wanting to "let Detroit go bankrupt" in his address to the the Democratic convention in Charlotte Tuesday. Strickland argued Romney doesn't care about American workers.

To him, American workers are just numbers on a spreadsheet.

To him, all profits are created equal, whether made on our shores or off. That's why companies Romney invested in were dubbed "outsourcing pioneers." Our nation was built by pioneers—pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

Strickland also lit into Romney for the money he has invested overseas:

Mitt Romney has so little economic patriotism that even his money needs a passport. It summers on the beaches of the Cayman Islands and winters on the slopes of the Swiss Alps. In Matthew, chapter 6, verse 21, the scriptures teach us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. My friends, any man who aspires to be our president should keep both his treasure and his heart in the United States of America. And it's well past time for Mitt Romney to come clean with the American people.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/strickland-romney-has-no-economic-patriotism

Transcript of Ted Strickland remarks as prepared for delivery, Democratic National Convention
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/04/1127778/-Transcript-of-Ted-Strickland-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-Democratic-National-Convention

[Lucy Goosey]

1. "No Economic Patriotism" = pitch-perfect framing

I love it; it should be repeated by every Dem who gets near a microphone.

[FarPoint]

2. Ted Strickland is my favorite Democrat from

OHIO!

[Kolesar]

3. Obama should win Ohio on account of saving the auto industry

We have to motivate autoworkers to vote and to vote Democratic.