Romney: ‘I am big believer in getting money’ from Washington

[Klukie]

In a 2002 video recently uncovered by ABC News, then-Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Mitt Romney bragged about being able to get taxpayer dollars from Washington, D.C., despite his current attacks on federal subsidies.

“I am big believer in getting money where the money is,” Romney said in an address to the New Bedford Industrial Foundation on Oct. 16, 2002. “The money is in Washington.”

“I want to go after every grant, every project, every department in Washington to assure that we are taking advantage of economic development opportunities,” the candidate explained.

“I have learned from my Olympic experience that if you have people who really understand how Washington works and have personal associations there you can get money to help build economic development opportunities,” Romney said.


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This story is from March of 2012, but I think it might apply to the current conversation....especially his claims that business owners have done it all by themselves.

[nc4bo]

1. Is Rmoney discussing fatback, backfat, baconfat, pork rinds or just plain pork.

And he was one of the first in line with his hand outstretched to catch some of those greasy drippings.

Republicans don't get the entire idea of the internet very well do they?

[enough]

2. Thanks for bringing this back up. I keep expecting to see this video in an ad.

Maybe they're saving it.

[JBoy]

3. Romney's view is that if you're a business that's successfully taken government pork

then you "earned" the money.

If you're a poor person looking for government assistance, then you're just lazy, looking for "free stuff".

[HopeHoops]

4. If someone offered him five million bucks to get assfucked by his wife's horse he would do it.

[chowder66]

5. Romney! Exploiting America One Million Dollars At A Time.

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6. The YouTube video.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=973174