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YouDidn'tBuildThis-Gate UPDATE: "You Olympians know YOU DIDN'T GET HERE solely on your own power!" (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 OP
Bush was an idiot. KevTucky Jul 2012 #1
Mitt Romney's Olympics didn't get there alone either. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #2
Thank you RSL... Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #5
FYI: The part where he says that starts at 1:32 (nt) RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #3
More hypocrisy from the Romneybot. liberal N proud Jul 2012 #4

KevTucky

(90 posts)
1. Bush was an idiot.
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 05:33 PM
Jul 2012

At least he stood by his decisions right or wrong. This guy is all over the place. You know the Repubs are holding their noses.

RedStateLiberal

(1,374 posts)
2. Mitt Romney's Olympics didn't get there alone either.
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 05:34 PM
Jul 2012

As you posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021002939

A September 2000 report from the United States General Accounting Office tells us that tax payers paid nearly $1.3 billion for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. The majority of that, 80% of that, in fact, $1 billion of that, was spent not on the game themselves, but on infrastructure upgrades. With 51% going to improving highways and 28% to improve mass transit.

To put that into perspective, we, the taxpayers, spent roughly $75 million on the Los Angeles Olympics and $609 million on the Atlanta Olympics.


Thank you Amerigo, your posts rock!


Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
5. Thank you RSL...
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 05:54 PM
Jul 2012

...I DEFINITELY plan on keeping an eye on this guy between now and November. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. On "Hardball" a few moments ago, Chris Matthews sliced that one line out of the clip to show how easy it would be to make an attack ad...just like Romney did with Obama's speech.

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