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ksoze

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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:29 PM Sep 2012

This is the Same Guy Who Saved the Winter Olympics?

All of the accolades from his role in the Salt lake City Olympics seem at odds with the details emerging from the inside of his floundering campaign. Leaving aside the fact that the Utah Olympics relied heavily on federal funds which Romney lobbied heavily for, how can this be the same person? Described as hands on and involved in all aspects of his Olympic stint, he seems a decade later to have abdicated and just assumed the Presidency was now his. Maybe his Olympic credentials were not all that they seem...





10 years after Salt Lake City Olympics, questions about Romney’s contributions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/10-years-after-salt-lake-city-olympics-questions-about-romneys-contributions/2012/02/01/gIQABnCX9Q_story_2.html

Snow Job
Thanks to Utah politicians and the 2002 Olympics, a blizzard of federal money—a stunning $1.5 billion—has fallen on the state, enriching some already wealthy businessmen
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1024516/1/index.htm

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This is the Same Guy Who Saved the Winter Olympics? (Original Post) ksoze Sep 2012 OP
At LEAST it was COLD enough! Else he would have outsourced them somewhere else!!! benld74 Sep 2012 #1
Home owners here in Wellstone ruled Sep 2012 #2
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