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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney the Racketeer: Elect Me or MY GOP Thugs Will Wreck the Country
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/romney-new-recession-warning.phpIn what his campaign billed as his closing argument, Mitt Romney warned Americans that a second term for President Obama would have apocalyptic consequences for the economy in part because his own party would force a debt ceiling disaster.
Unless we change course, we may well be looking at another recession, Romney told a crowd in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Romney said that Obama promised to be a post-partisan president, but he became the most partisan and that his bitter relations with the House GOP could threaten the economy. As his chief example, he pointed to a crisis created entirely by his own partys choice Republican lawmakers ongoing threat to reject a debt ceiling increase. Economists warn that a failure to pass such a measure would have immediate and catastrophic consequences for the recovery. ...."
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Romney the Racketeer: Elect Me or MY GOP Thugs Will Wreck the Country (Original Post)
amborin
Nov 2012
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tanyev
(42,568 posts)1. A horse head in every bed.
LawnKorn
(1,137 posts)2. Pay me protection money, and I will make sure nothing bad happens
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)3. Goddamn, please make this fucking psychopath go away.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)4. Nice economy you got here...
A real shame if it were burned to the ground.