Mitt Romney’s quote was out of context.  You’d expect Democrats to try to twist and demonize.  It’s pretty sad that Ron Paul is the only one who is honest here.

I just heard Ron Paul agreeing with Mitt Romney’s actions at Bain.  He characterized it as restructing and in line with free market principles.    He add that is the same thing that he wants to do  with the federal government–  that is he wants to restructure it.    In this segment, I didn’t hear any thing about re-investment in the nation nor job growth.  

The quote is not totally out of context.  To be sure, he was specifically speaking about insurance companies, but then he went on to widen his point by saying that he liked to fire people– pausing and then saying who didn’t give him service.  In this respect, he went beyond insurance companies, and the pause was heard as through he was speaking about people in general.

But to a larger point,  most people do not like to fire anyone.  Sometimes you must fire someone, but most of the time you do relish in firing anyone. 

He didn’t even pause though, bison1, it was a completely fluent sentence. 

You are correct.  There was no pause, the six words sound worst.Must people have never fired an insurance company, they have fired people. I had to let someone go one time that I could not stand, and it is one of the worst things I ever had to do.  People’s policies have been cancelled by insurance companies.  Romney’s language was out of context.

If Romney’s actions at Bain netted jobs, what would be your problem with that?  That he made too much money?  That he could have taken the money to net more jobs for the public good?

Private equity firms provide high risk investment for high returns.  They can save businesses that would otherwise fail or invest in others that no one else would.  That’s how it works, and by all accounts Bain was one of the best.

Paul also defended Mitt here:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/abc-exclusive-ron-paul-defends-romney-lashes-out-at-his-critics/

Good for him.

Ron Paul 2012~

http://www.whatthehellbook.com/2012/01/05/fired-for-not-believing-in-hell/

Do not have any issues with people creating wealth.  Bains managed wealth it did not create wealth.  If they would have re-invested in new industries in these communities they would have create jobs and wealth for the public good.   Bains with make money and there would have been some real trickle-down.  Their is a substantial  difference between re-structing a business to become more productive with greater efficiency and vulture capitalism.

Santorum has also declined to play this game.

On edit, Sorta.

Santorum said, “it was certainly an inarticulate way of phrasing what he wanted to phrase, but it’s a little bit of a gotcha…I am not going to make a big issue of that, I understand what he meant, we all say things a little left-handily. But obviously the way you say things left-handily can provide some insights on how you actually see things and we’ll let the American public figure that out.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/santorum-says-romneys-i-like-firing-people-moment-not-a-good-message-to-voters/

When you have to trim the last four words from an 11 word sentence, it’s out of context, and it’s dishonest.

BTW, if you’ve got a lazy jackass who produces more grief and discord than actual work, you like firing them. Laying people off sucks. Firing people is usually addition by subtraction.

If you’re not creating wealth, you’re not managing it. If you’re not growing your money, you suck at your job and you get….fired.

CBS and Bob Schieffer are lying through their teeth about what Romney said; this is why the media is hated so much by the right in this country.  They couldn’t/woudln’t tell the truth about a conservative if their lives depended on it.
Time for Bob to retire.

Santorum and Parry are attacking Williard from the left as well.  This as consequence of Williard’s poor stategery… disappearing his record as a moderate governor while heralding his record as a market agent has forced other Republicans to attack him on the “Bain” front… wearing down the effectiveness of his only possible thrust in the general.  

Dr. Ron is a Class Act
Still have any doubts?

Maybe Newt and Perry are the ones who started the lies.

No, but they’re playing along.

Yes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlPSzoCp-I

Many of you folks are just lagging behind the “fix being in”, lol!  Romney wins everything because the moderates, Independents and liberals have said so. The conservatives havent said this. However, giving the moderate Governor his dues, Ron Paul will support Mitt Romney when the smoke clears. Be sure.  hahahahaha!   Hang in there Newt!  We are comign south, and sure cannot wait to get around fair and more clear thinking Americans.

I am so dissappointed in my party in New Hampshire. What happened to the tea party outrage, the taking our country back, the screaming to be heard in all of the town halls!  wow, end around, and now we being pushed by Fox news to back a liberal to moderate candidate. I promise you this, Mitt cannot defeat the great apostate, not in this universe.

I guess what continues to amaze me is how Ron Paul wins his nice 3rd place percentage of 122,000 votes in a state that can vote left or right (Iowa Caucus), and repeat in liberal New Hampshire, and one has to ask, can Ron Paul win without help from the liberals, & gays in Iowa, the crossovers again show big for him in New Hampshire? You have to love the Republican Party, we accept all comers. wow. No way.

The hysteria of 2010 is gone.
Good riddance.

What did he say there that you doubt?

Fixed, or the real democracy in which more people actually prefer Romney over the others in the competition?

So sad that the election has already been decided by unelected officials who could care less about freedom, liberty, democracy, and the Constitution.

In the link, Ron Paul is a class act.
He is crazy in other ways, but not in that link.

The general conclusion is that Romney’s actions did not net jobs gained.
Pure capitalism (which cannot exist because nothing is pure) does not promise job creation. It only promises efficient redistribution of goods from those who produce them to those who consume them. If that can be done with fewer workers, then jobs are lost, not gained.
I think the three of us in this line agree on that. 

No, that’s not classy. It’s also unsupportable. It’s a smear with no basis in fact.

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This is what happens when a principled man comes up against a politician.  

The Principle is Liberty and Free -Market Economics.

A politician (“Fib Newton”)  Slings some mud at Romney in desperation.

Ron Paul defends the principle even though it is to Romney’s advantage.

Ron Paul has already won this election on principle and we just need the electorate to get informed about a debt-based currency and the Federal Reserve.

When people understand how good it feels to vote for a principled man with a solid voting record as proof, Ron Paul wins in a landslide. 

Did you all see Romney defer the constitution question to Ron Paul on the Saturday night debate?

That is the evidence of a politician deferring to the principled man for guidance.

I am a Mormon and I am thrilled to be supporting Ron Paul. 

For Liberty, Peace, and Sound constitutional money, and BALANCED BUDGETS in one term

I would never vote for Ron Paul based on his platforms, but he’s kinda awesome in his honesty and ability to stick to his positions.  I wish more politicians had those attributes.

That’s because in a free market, the government doesn’t grow jobs!!!  It’s stunning to me how so many people just don’t get this.  Even some conservatives act like it’s the government’s job to create more jobs.  Rick Perry says he “created” jobs.  In a free market, only the private sector should create jobs.

BTW, I’m NOT a Ron Paul supporter.  But I agree with his assessment of Romney’s Bain experience.

What do you have against honesty and principles ?  These attributes are lacking in all other candidates. You know where Ron Paul stands on all the issues, some people say he is crazy, I think he is the most sensible candidate that has come along in a long time. The American people just arn’t used to someone being honest, they would rather believe lies and slander, that’s why president Obama was elected.