Romney tells west Mich. businessmen he'll fight unions

[Bozita]

FEBRUARY 15, 2012 AT 9:52 PM
Romney tells west Mich. businessmen he'll fight unions
BY MARISA SCHULTZ THE DETROIT NEWS 14 COMMENTS

Grand Rapids— In a tough fight for a Michigan primary win, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney returned Wednesday to the home of the American auto industry to pledge he'll take on union bosses and end "crony capitalism."

"I've taken on union bosses before," Romney said before hundreds at a furniture manufacturer. "I'm happy to take them on again."

Reiterating a theme from his Detroit News column this week, Romney continued his harsh words for President Barack Obama's bailout of the auto companies — which many Democrats and others believed saved Detroit's hallmark industry.

Calling it "crony capitalism," Romney said Obama took "hundreds of millions" in campaign contributions from labor bosses and repaid them by giving General Motors and Chrysler to the UAW.

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120215/POLITICS01/202150389/1361/Romney-tells-west-Mich.-businessmen-he’ll-fight-unions


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BTW, go fuck yourself, Willard Rmoney!

[sarcasmo]

1. Magic undies will loose Michigan by 10 percent.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. I wonder was it "crony capitalism" when Reagan helped Lee Icoca? Just wonder. Wasn't

he the CEO of Crysler at the time? He bailed him out. Anyone remember besides me?

[RKP5637]

3. Yep, Chrysler was having huge problems!

[southernyankeebelle]

4. How come we never hear anyone say anything about it?

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Same reason we don't hear Republicans talk about Reagan raising taxes...

It never happened. *wink* *wink*

[southernyankeebelle]

9. OMG, that's funny. Your right. The crazy train of denial. Yep you betcha

[Bozita]

7. Shhhh! ... They're still working on that rewrite of history.

Iacocca took the money, saved Chrysler, and repaid the loan AHEAD of schedule.

Even Reagan was too smart to let Chrysler go in the dumpster.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Well we need to remind the teabagger of their hero and what he did.

[Bozita]

11. They need their history in simple, non-elite form.

Such as:

American History 1976-2012
Carter - bad
Reagan - good, ... really, really good
Bush the Elder - good
Clinton - bad, very bad
Bush Jr. - good, 9/11 was Clinton's fault
Obama - bad, very bad ... and evil too!

[RKP5637]

12. Thinking back about it, Lee Icoca was a hero! He also proposed the auto companies

working together to R&D a highly efficient engine that all of the auto manufs. could use (and engine spin-offs) thereby cutting redundant R&D by each company and the waste associated with that. The other manufs. wouldn't go along with it ... he was ahead of his time IMO.

The RW R spin machine churns 7x24 with negativity. It's getting so any good accomplishments in the country are bulldozed under by the RW R spin machine. So much of their crap is so illogical, it pales the imagination keeping up with them they are so unproductive and outrageous.

For some reason (and I think it's human nature) RW BS is more entertaining to believe and listen to than truth. Not too many MSM outfits blast good news, but the crap always gets top billing for greed and $$$.

[southernyankeebelle]

13. I think your right

[secondwind]

5. I remember! Good catch!

[southernyankeebelle]

10. Good. Now make sure the next time a teabagger republicans talks about the

bailout remind them of Reagan's bailout. That should shut them the hell up.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Republicans are for the corporations (greed)

Anti-people party

[sarcasmo]

28. +1

[tech_smythe]

15. Oh no, he doesnt' represent the 1% at all!

:rollseyes:

[Old and In the Way]

16. Good luck with that play in Michigan, Mitt!

"crony capitalism" - a term that was created to describe Mitt's class of predatory opportunists.

Man, this guy couldn't be more tone deaf. His pandering to the Right has lost him all the credibility he could have had with Independents and he's not making a dent with the voters who buy this conservative schtick...Santorum has that franchise all sewn up.

[Mz Pip]

17. Here's a newsflash for you Mitwit

There are more union members than businessmen in MI. And unless something changes, they each get one vote. Do the math. You lose.

[Deep13]

18. Psst. Hey Mitt. Down here. I've got something to whisper in your ear...

DON'T FUCK WITH THE UNION.

[roosterpack]

19. well.........................

.........................go fuck yourself miitens.

past member of steelworkers and umwa.

presently a member of ibew lu#5 pittsburgh.

think you're goona fight us mittens?............................................we'll show youy what fighting is ALL about.

i like being a union thug.

it puts food on the table for my son and my wife.

they're worth fighting for.

i will fight to the death.

you will lose..................................................asshole.

[justgamma]

20. They seem to forget that Union bosses are

democratically elected to represent American workers. When you go after the Union it's American workers you are fighting.

[harun]

25. They don't forget this, but their uneducated supporters do.

[lunatica]

21. Then he's basically saying he has no intention of being my President

I can go fuck off and die as far as he's concerned. He's promising he will represent only a certain sect of us and no one else.

[glowing]

22. Mitt is really running his campaign like the Internet doesn't exist.

He tells a cheap, bastard business owner that he will fight Unions, i.e., the business owner wouldn't have to go up against Unions and negotiations for his workers. The workers can just get screwed like those in "Right to Work States" currently do.

On the other side of the curtain; he would tell a group of workers he wants to make sure the middle class is helped and that their taxes remain low and a whole bunch of other b.s.

I don't get how he's going full on anti-Union and anti-worker? Has he missed the Walker re-call or the Ohio blow-back for repeal of the anti-Union law the Republican controlled Gov's are receiving from the people? How in the world does he expect to win anything.. How could ha possibly win Michigan with this rhetoric.

What a ninny... A dangerous, lying, ninny who needs to keep his self-entitled, privileged a$$ far, far, far away from the White House. I hope that this prolonged primary season is giving America a real fine look at what the Republican Party really is...

[drynberg]

23. Willard's LOVE

Yes, Willard does love to fight (break) unions but not quite as much as FIRING FOLKS, this shall remain his True Love

[cstanleytech]

24. I find it odd how many republicans want to "fight" unions when working with them

would be much more productive imo.
Sure you got corruption at times in them but that happens in anything including the government itself..........Cheney and Bush being two prime examples.

[jmowreader]

26. In other words, Romney just conceded the entire Rust Belt

Next question: by how many percentage points will Frothy Rick win in any heavily unionized state?

[KamaAina]

27. Looks like he flipped when he should have flopped

[2ndAmForComputers]

29. Guy in glasses is exempt from Godwin's Law because the comparison is correct.