Saving the Olympics!

[dogman]

How Rmoney saved the Olympics:"The federal government provided between approximately $400 million[126][128][129] and $600 million[127][130] of that budget, much of it a result of Romney's having aggressively lobbied Congress and federal agencies.[130][131] It would prove to be a record level of federal funding for the staging of a U.S. Olympics.[129][131] An additional federal $1.1 billion was spent on indirect support in the form of highway and transit projects.[132]" per Wikipedia

FREE money from the TAXpayers

[nolabear]

1. And then he outsourced the uniforms to Canada.

LOL! I am having the best time. Romney's going to regret he ever THOUGHT about being president.

[Riley18]

2. Now I see why he jumped in to "save" it.

How much did he get? We will never know.

[chollybocker]

3. Bring on the Dancing Horses, Mitt.

The show's over.

[treestar]

4. As to the claim Rmoney "saved" them

What is that about? It's not as if they were not going to take place. What does he claim he saved them from?

[dogman]

5. From the same wikipedia reference:

"Romney emerged as the public face of the Olympic effort, appearing in photographs, news stories and on Olympics pins.[119] Robert H. Garff, the chair of the organizing committee, later said that "It was obvious that he had an agenda larger than just the Olympics,"[119] and that Romney wanted to use the Olympics to propel himself into the national spotlight and a political career.[124][131] Garff believed the initial budget shortfall was not as bad as Romney portrayed, given there were still three years to reorganize.[124] Utah Senator Bob Bennett said that much of the needed federal money was already in place and an analysis by The Boston Globe stated that the committee already had nearly $1 billion in committed revenues.[124] Olympics critic Steve Pace, who led Utahns for Responsible Public Spending, thought Romney exaggerated the initial fiscal state in order to lay the groundwork for a well-publicized rescue.[131] Kenneth Bullock, another board member of the organizing committee and also head of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, often clashed with Romney at the time, and later said that Romney deserved some credit for the turnaround but not as much as he claimed:[119] Bullock said: "He tried very hard to build an image of himself as a savior, the great white hope. He was very good at characterizing and castigating people and putting himself on a pedestal."[124]"