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Related: About this forumRomney's early valentine to Big Business
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/10/10375719-romneys-early-valentine-to-big-businessRomney's early valentine to Big Business
By Steve Benen
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:27 PM EST
Mitt Romney should probably be a little more aware of how remarks like these will appear to a mainstream audience.
"I know it seems like government doesn't like you," Mitt Romney told a group of about 900 business people Friday morning in a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here. "I love you."
The first part of the sentiment is itself pretty silly. America's private sector is doing quite well, with corporate profits soaring and the major Wall Street indexes climbing steadily in recent months.
But it's Romney's early Valentine's Day "I love you" that rankles. Consider the context: last week Romney told a national television audience, "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.... We will hear from the Democrat Party, the plight of the poor."
Two weeks prior, Romney said discussions about economic fairness should be forced into "quiet rooms." And shortly before that, Romney famously boasted, "I like being able to fire people."
He's "not concerned about the very poor," but Romney's willing to tell business leaders, "I love you"?
Given the larger economic anxieties, it's hard to imagine a presidential candidate with more tone-deaf instincts.
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Romney's early valentine to Big Business (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2012
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. Willard mates with corporations
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)2. Isn't that cute? Will he be marrying a corporation soon?
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)4. Well corporations are people you know....
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)3. my god is he desperate.....
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)5. That clip will be among the many that will help sink Rmoney
DippyDem
(659 posts)6. Yes, it's true. It's love for their money and then
he guillotines them and takes their money. No different from the Bain way.