Mitt Romney: The Artful Dodger (James Henry | Forbes)
James S. Henry, Contributor
7/17/2012 @ 4:48PM
... Aside from these possible exceptions, the fact is that for decades Mitt Romney has basically compiled a virtually-flawless track record of relentless careerism and self-promotion, while sleep-walking through all the critical issues of the day ...
Nor, for that matter, did we encounter him working for Ralph Nader, organizing mine workers in Appalachia, volunteering for the environmental movement, or joining in any of the other stirring civic causes of those troubled times ...
In fact what really distinguishes his “success” is his complete and total absence from the front-lines — on either side – in virtually every single significant social and political struggle of the last forty years ...
He proved to be not just good at this crafty, heartless, socially-dubious business of vulture capital; he was absolutely outstanding at it. And he also trained scores of fellow Bainies to be outstanding at it. Many of them are still swimming all around us, fat proud sharks in the blood-tinged sea ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jameshenry/2012/07/17/mitt-romney-the-artful-dodger/
