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Mitt Romney Says He’s ‘Working Harder Than Anyone I Know’ To Make Sure Ron Paul Doesn’t Get Nomination

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MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell had GOP hopeful Mitt Romney on her show Friday, and he dropped a bomb, stating that he’s been working “harder than anyone I know” to make sure Ron Paul isn’t nominated.

First, however, Mitchell asked him — after a set-up that included mentions of Romney’s ties to SuperPACs run by former colleagues and friends, including anonymous donations of a million dollars — if he wanted to apologize for running the negative ads — aimed mostly at Newt Gingrich — that have been running in Iowa.

“Do you have an apology to make to the voters in Iowa and around the country for the kind of negative advertising that’s been run?”

Romney twice asserted that Gingrich’s numbers have gone down more in New Hampshire — where, Romney noted, there are no negative ads being run — than they have in Iowa. But, according to Real Clear Politics poll averages, measured from Gingrich’s peak on Dec. 10 in both states to today, this isn’t true.

Iowa
Dec. 10 – 31.0%
Dec. 30 – 14.0%

Net change: -17%

New Hampshire
Dec. 10 – 24.3%
Dec. 30 – 17.0%

Net change: -7.3%

Mitchell again asked if he wanted to run a negative campaign, and Romney didn’t say no, simply stating that his future campaigning, “would describe why I should be President, and how I’m uniquely qualified to run the country.” He did add that anyone running for President would do a better job than President Obama. Which then led Mitchell to ask about Ron Paul.

“I totally disagree with Ron Paul’s position on Iran and a whole series of other issues. I don’t believe he will become our nominee. I’m working harder than anyone I know to make sure he’s not our nominee.”

Romney added, however, that if Paul was the Republican nominee, he would support him.

Watch a clip of the interview below, courtesy of MSNBC:



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  • http://twitter.com/pornofan386 John Doe

    god this guy is a douche.

  • Anonymous

    Ron Paul is working harder than Romney to make sure Ron Paul isn’t the nominee.

    RON PAUL 2012.  RUNNING AWAY FROM GAY TOILETS SINCE 1982.

  • Anonymous

    If Romney wants the nomination, he should be working more on how he can get it, rather than working on someone else not getting it.
    Defense wins football games, not elections.

  • Mo Fokker

    It would be a shame after all the tea party hype, that the Republican party were to nominate an establishment Republican with a history of flip-flopping and and health insurance mandates, who intends to spend a hell of a lot more taxpayer money expanding the size of the military.

  • Anonymous

    Stupid people are being tricked into thinking that there is something inherently wrong with negative ads.  This happens every election cycle, but this time around, Newt Gingrich has turned it up a notch.  He tricked people into thinking that negative ads were somehow improper or untoward.  That’s probably a good strategy for somebody who has so many negatives, but why the other candidates don’t call him on it is a mystery.  I guess they realize that the Republican voters are too stupid to understand what’s going on.

  • Anonymous

    .
    ~Mormonism Not Christian

    Mormonism [Church of Latter Day Saints] is not
    Christian is because it denies the doctrines

     of Christianity. Mormonism denies that there is only one God, Jesus is God in flesh,

    forgiveness of sins
    is by grace, Jesus rose from the dead physically.
    God, One of Many Gods, is An Exalted Man, Who is Married with Many Wives
    Mormonism teaches that God is a an exalted man, that he used to be a
    man on another

     planet and he is only one of countless gods and that God is married and he brought one

     of his
    wives to this world and produces spirit children who then
    inhabit human bodies at birth.
    God Had Sex with Mary
     Mormons say God had sex with Mary and
    produced Jesus! According to Mormonism there

    was no virgin birth. “The Father came down from heaven…and begat the Savior of the World;

     for He is the Only Begotten of the Father which could not have been if the Father did not

     actually beget him in person…The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of

    our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood.” (Brigham

    Young, Journal Of Discourses, Vol. 1 page 238 and8:115)
    Man Can Become God
    Mormons believe that man can become God! “The
    Lord created you and me for the purpose

     of becoming Gods like Himself.” Brigham Young
    (Journal Of Discourses 3:93).
    Jesus Was A Polygamist
    The reason people “persecuted Jesus Christ, was because he had so many wives; there were
     Elizabeth and Mary, and a host of others.” [Journal of Discourses, Vol 1. ppl 345-346] “The

     Scripture says the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with HIS TRAIN; I do not know who they

    were, unless his wives and children.” Brigham Young [Journal of Discourses,Vol.13.pg309]
    Jesus and Satan Are Spirit Brothers
    Mormons believe
    that Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers. [Journal of Discourses, 93:21]

    Salvation through Joseph Smith

    “No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial
    kingdom of God

     without the consent of Joseph Smith…every man and
    woman must have the

    certificate of Joseph Smith.” [Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p.289-91]
    The Bible Is Not Infallible and Is Not Reliable
     Mormons teach that the Bible
    has many errors and is unreliable and was corrupted in

     translation and it is not infallible.They believe their Book of Mormon is God’s Word. It is
     “the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion.” Joseph Smith
    Polygamy Marriages in Heaven
    Mormon’s believe that you can be married to many wives in Heaven.

    Baptism for the Dead
    Mormon’s baptize people in water on behalf of dead people for the forgiveness of their sins.
    Mormon’s Holy Underwear
    Mormons
    have a Temple Ceremony where the person is given “Mormon

    Underwear” that is to protect
    them against the Evil One.

    Joseph Smith, Mormon Founder, Met Jesus
     In 1820 Mormon founder Joseph Smith
    was 14 years old and he said God the Father and

     Jesus met him outside of
    New York. Three years later he said an Angel named Moroni

     inspired him
    to write the Book of Mormon, which is “another Bible” and “new revelation” of

    Jesus Christ and it is about an ancient people who came from the middle
    east to the

     Americas. The Mormons follow 2 other books, Doctrine & Covenants & Pearl of Great Price.
    Joseph Smith Met John the Baptist
    In 1829 Joseph Smith said John the Baptist appeared to him and ordained him.

    Christians Are All Wrong…Their Creeds Are An Abomination
     Joseph Smith said, Christians were “all wrong… all their
    creeds were an
    admonition.”
     Joseph Smith Greater Than Jesus
     Smith said, “I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only
    man that has

     ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days
    of Adam…Neither Paul,

    John,
    Peter, nor Jesus ever did. I boast that no man ever did such a
    work as I”
    Joseph Smith:”I Am Impregnable…God is My Right Hand Man”
    Smith said, “The whole Earth shall bear me witness that I, like the towering rock in the

     midst of the ocean, am impregnable…I combat the errors
    of ages… I solve mathematical

    problems of universities, with truth, diamond truth; and God
    is my right hand man…

     you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves,”

     Brigham Young, Mormon’s 2nd Prophet, Creates New Scriptures
     Young said, “I
    have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out that they may not call

    Scripture. Let me have the privilege of
    correcting a sermon, and it is as good a scripture”
    Mormon PolygamyAfter 1852, when the Mormon Church was openly practicing
    polygamy, the leaders of the

    church were declaring that it was
    absolutely essential for exaltation. A
    revelation given by

    Joseph Smith, “Ten virgins given unto him [Solomon] by this law,
    he cannot commit

     adultery…therefore is he justified.”
     Joseph Smith A Polygamist…An Adulterer…and A Pedophile
     Joseph Smith had 33 wives! He married several who
    were married to other men.” Nancy

    Marinda Johnson married Joseph
    Smith while her husband, Orson Hyde, was on a

    mission to Jerusalem.” Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, the wife of Adam Lightner,

     said that Joseph claimed an “angel” came with a “drawn sword” and told him that if

     he did not enter into polygamy “he would
    slay him.”
    Joseph Smith’s youngest wife, Helen
    Mar Kimball, was 14 years old!!!!
    Joseph Smith Wife Damned If She Doesn’t Accept Polygamy
      Joseph
    Smith prophesied his first and only legal wife Emma would be damned

    or
    destroyed if she did not accept polygamy (Doctrine & Covenants 132).

    Brigham Young 55 Wives and 57 Children
    Brigham Young, the 2nd Prophet of Mormonism had 55 wives and 57 children!!
    Must Commit Polygamy to Become Gods
     Brigham Young said, “The only men who become
    Gods, even the Sons of God, are

     those who enter into polygamy.” (Journal
    of Discourses, vol. 11,269)  “If you want to

     become a god one
    day you must violate the already given law of God now.

    “[Doctrine and Covenants132 Verses 62-63]
    Must Commit Polygamy or You Will Be Damned and Not Enter God’s Glory 

    “He that abideth not this law (polygamy)
    can in no
    wise enter into my glory, but

    shall be damned, saith the
    Lord.” (D&C,132:27). “Now if any of you deny the

     plurality of wives, I promise
    that you will be damned.” Brigham Young

    Mormonism is Not Christian

    “Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.”[Jesus Christ,Mt.24:11]

  • http://twitter.com/HighlyRandom Highly Random

    gop 2010: “we have to get the country back on track” 

    gop 2011: “we have to beat obama “ (doesn’t really seem to matter who)

    gop 2012: “we have to beat obama and ron paul”

  • Gloves Y. Donahue

    Ridiculous question, Andrea. Apologize for negative ads, hmm? Would you ever ask that of any Dem? Of course not,

    The woman long ago quit being a reporter. This is a snide, fulltime Dem operative.

    All he was saying, in a roundabout way, was that he was working to win the nomination. MSNBC does everything they can to stir up Paul’s supporters.

    Tune in election night, Tuesday, to see a lefty sneerfest, if you can stomach it.

  • Gloves Y. Donahue

    You are sick. Bigot.

  • Mo Fokker

    So your point is basically the same one made by the pastor of that megachurch in Texas that Christians should NOT vote for Mormons.

    Plenty of Christians would NOT vote for a Muslim and it would NOT be considered “sick”, so I don’t know why a fundie shouldn’t be able to apply that same standard to Mormons.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    How do we know you are not a false prophet?

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    Who is she married too again?  Not really a liberal is he?

  • Anonymous

    Then you think Jesus is sick and a Bigot…I quoted him!  So have fun blaspheming Christ and see where it gets you.

  • Anonymous

    It’s simple Jesus says you know people by their fruit…check out the fruit of my life. Here is the fruit of someone running for President: Mormonism and it’s Prophets teach:

    God, One of Many Gods, is An Exalted Man, Who is Married with Many Wives

    God Had Sex with Mary

    Man Can Become God

    Jesus Was A Polygamist

    Jesus and Satan Are Spirit Brothers

    Salvation is through Joseph Smith

    The Bible Is Not Infallible and Is Not Reliable

    Polygamy Marriages in Heaven

    Joseph Smith, Mormon Founder, Met Jesus & John the Baptist

    Christians Are All Wrong…Their Creeds Are An Abomination

  • Anonymous

    Ron Paul of all the candidates has defiantly been thru the hottest fire. We are trying to hire the best person for the job of leading the American people, not the banks. Corporations are people LOL.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    So the fruit of your life is making comments on news related websites? I wouldn’t lead with that on a resume.

  • Mo Fokker

    Stipulating to all of that, why is Romney getting traction in Iowa?

  • Anonymous

    You are mighty fruity.

  • Booberry Pah

    Obama’s little butt-boy Bill Burton is running a sleazy Obama PAC, but the extremely biased MessNBC loon Andrea Mitchell would never ask Obama to apologize for the crud Burton puts out.

  • Booberry Pah

    Don’t fall into the leftist trap. Romney’s comment was a mistake only in that he left just enough ambiguity in it for the leftist media to take it and twist what he said in order to make a controversy out of it. He was basically saying that he is working hard to make sure no one but himself get’s the nomination and only mentioned Paul because Mitchell wouldn’t STFU about him.

  • Anonymous

    Romney’s new ad tagline: “Ron Paul. Anyone but him; why not me!”

  • http://twitter.com/mattparkerfl Matt Parker

    Mitt Romney is lacking a basic understand­­ing of what it means to be an American, to struggle in life and work hard to provide for your family. Romney is a man of the upper class, a super-rich monarch that truly believes he is the only soul that can ave America merely because of his own personal wealth, a wealth gained through firing hard-worki­­ng Americans and bankruptin­­g companies to appease Wall Street greedsters­­. He has probably directly led to more layoffs than any man in America today. Willard Romney is totally foreign to the fabric of the American Dream, and he would be disastrous as the leader of this great nation.   www.sunstateactivist.org

  • Anonymous

    For any semi-sane Republican who else is there?

  • Anonymous

    bad news my friend, Defense has never won a football game. Defense has never won me a nickel playing poker. Games are won by a combination of a good offense coupled with a good defense. You can have the best defense in the world and not win a football game if your offense can’t put a point on the scoreboard.

  • Anonymous

    Gloves did not call you a bigot because of your quotes of Christ daner.

  • Anonymous

    Just speaking the truth to set people free…Jesus the fruit is where the truth can be found…so yep I want to be mighty fruity…thanks

  • Anonymous

    that’s why with all respect I will to my part to spread the facts so people can make an informed decision…besides popularity is not a mark of success. Germany proved that long ago.

  • Mo Fokker

    Did you see that mansion he lived in while he was doing his missionary work in Paris? He was really roughing it.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    A Purebred Mormon ChickenHawk

    A blue ribbon ChickenHawk named Mitt
    Used every type deferment he could get
    To stay out of Viet Nam
    And avoid serving Uncle Sam
    For he supported the war, while he avoided it.

    Mitt’s daddy, George, was a purebred ChickenHawk
    Born in Mexico of good Mormon polygamous stock
    But when the Mexican war began
    These Mormons up and ran
    To adapt to the rest of their Salt Lake City flock.

    Mitt counter-protested those who stood against the war
    ‘Cause daddy taught him to avoid serving in The Corps
    Then a Mormon mission to France
    Insured there was no chance
    That little Mitt would ever have to face the bloody gore.

    When Mitt next became a world class neocon
    He made sure his five sons would carry on
    The Romney ChickenHawk bloodline
    With that yellow Mormon spine
    By avoiding fighting the followers of the Quran.

    So the next time you hear those loud war squawks
    When Mitt stands to give his Presidental talks
    Remember there’s nary a draftee
    In Mitt’s Mormon pedigree
    ‘Cause he’s from a line of purebred ChickenHawks!
    _________________________
    Charles Ulysses Feney

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    ChickenHawk Romney – loves every War except the one he could have served in!
    Romney’s Achilles heel is his purebred ChickenHawk pedigree. 

    Romney counter-protested against Viet Nam anti-war protesters and was a big supporter
    of the war, so long as he had his two school deferments and a three year ministerial deferment which all Mormons got. Not only did he not serve and avoided the draft with deferments while finding time for a Mormon mission, all five of his sons avoided service after 911 so they could do
    the important work of helping daddy become president.  They too all served Mormon missions.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4xEK9IP2z0

    Romney is a special breed of ChickenHawk!

  • Mo Fokker

    But hey, he has a strong marriage; plus he leveraged his dad’s wealth and connections to get into investment banking.

  • Mo Fokker

    Tea partiers love big money, financier types.  If there was a another bailout required, they would hope it would benefit a man like Romney.

  • Anonymous

    They are going so hard against Ron Paul, that I want him to somehow, someway win the republican nomintaion. I hate that everyone is talking down to him. I mean even Michelle, I lie for a living, Bachmann is talking down to him. Come on Ron Paul!

  • Anonymous

    It’s pretty funny watching these cockroaches scatter, more afraid of one of their own potential nominees than they are of the guy whose birth certificate they were all just calling for,

  • Anonymous

    Super rich douche.

  • Anonymous

    When will he disclose his income spent on Special Mormon Underwear??

  • Anonymous

    Romney’s statement was a leftist trap?  I didn’t know “leftists” had gained mind control abilities.  Watch out, guys!  LOL

  • Anonymous

    tl;dr

    … And that means a lot coming from me.

  • Hout Bosques

    “would be a shame” = was inevitable.

    “expanding the size of the military” = strengthening the hold banksters have over our lives

    Fixed it for you.

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    So what’s next are you going to make fun of Jews who wear Yamakas?
    How about making jokes about Muslims who wear a Kufi?
    I know let’s laugh at African Americans who wear a Dashiki?

    Why do you feel a need to disrespect someone’s religious belief?

    You can be against Romney for many reasons, like Romney care, his stance on Global Warming, but no need to make fun of his religious beliefs.

  • OSTL

    shut up, asshat

  • Hout Bosques

    “I guess they realize that the Republican voters are too stupid to understand what’s going on.” 
    Indeed.   

    The idea behind negative advertising is that it hurts the public standing of who’s being attacked. It does – to some extent. It also does other things: it somewhat hurts the public standing of the attacker; it hurts more the public standing of the process, by debasing it & rendering it illegitimate – it tends to increase anxiety, apprehension & despair. 

    It works best when the opposition cannot afford, or for whatever reason chooses against, reciprocating. In the current circumstances, Mittens has drawn “lucky”:  

    - his most able critic among his opponents, the Ging-grick, doesn’t have the money to reciprocate, or the support from other monied interests;  
    - his most erratic & unpredictable opponent, RoPaul, chooses against doing so;  - the one among his rivals with the most credible conservative governance record is only reliable in being a dumb;  
    - the one among his rivals with the most credible image & policy list as a conservative has not the money, or the backing, or the standing, or the incentive to compete;  
    & the remaining two are fighting over the same discarded husk, their struggle fated to end her in the corny compost.

    Out of this gathering of beaglets, they’re expected to act as if the survivor has been anointed their all-conquering hero – when it’s clear to the rational observer that they will have been gamed into following Dolos, the most appropriate leader of the party of deceit & lies.  

    In a sense, those visiting the reader section at Mediaite are fortunate, in being able to observe close up the behavior of this beknighted bunch of nincompoops.

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    His sons avoided service? Last time I checked serving in our military is voluntary. There is no mandate that anyone serves. If you want to say his sons avoided service, it could also be said Obama avoided service, along with tens of millions of other able bodied Americans, perhaps including yourself.

    I find it laughable now that libs are all concerned that someone didn’t serve in the military by using LEGAL deferments. Back in the 60s it was a noble thing to get a deferment in the eyes of libs, now it is bad?

    I think it is very sad that you people are attacking Romney for his religious views….it would be so much easier to attack him for his political views.

  • Anonymous

    What have you added? While you may be right about their beliefs I am not out to vote for a Christian candidate though I am Christian. Most politicians claim to be Christian but they are not. I would vote for a Muslim who believed in our country if he believed the same way I do on the issues. While I may understand what Mormons believe Romney has never pushed his faith or governed based on Mormon values. Mormonism is not the issue here but how well he can do the job we ask of him. Romney is a flip flopper who says anything to get the vote but is really quite the liberal. He will be better than Obama by quite a bit but I sure don’t want him to be the candidate.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    Thanks for the feedback…That’s just the nerve I was looking to hit!

  • Booberry Pah

    Wow, my comment about Bill Burton’s pro-Obama PAC got censored and removed by Mediaite.
    The truth hurts doesn’t it? And don’t even try to  tell me that it was removed because it violated some imaginary TOS…have you ever read anything Tommy Christopher has written?

  • Mo Fokker

    i am betting it had to do with a vulgarity you most likely employed in your comment. This is a family friendly blog.

  • Booberry Pah

    “Family friendly”?
    You mean like Tommy Christopher’s article which is presently on Mediaite’s front page titled “ACORN-Holed”?

  • Mo Fokker

    Actually, I had a couple of comments deleted the other day when I participated in speculation about Gloria Berger’s husband’s ties to big government including defense industry contractors and the pro-Israel lobby.

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    I’m not sure what ‘nerve’ you thought you hit, isn’t it easier to attack him for his political views than to go after someone’s religious views?

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Romney supporter. I’m just looking for a fair debate about things that matter like his policies, not where he goes to temple.

  • Anonymous

    You are an American treasure.

  • Anonymous

    I can make fun of anyone’s myths and legends that I want to.

    Nobody complains when people mock Zeus, do they?

  • Anonymous

    Conservatives get their posts deleted pretty easily round these parts.  Liberals can call names, use four letter words, demean, slander and lie, and their comments are just fine.

    Unfortunately, it is the way it is here at mediaite. 

    Conservatives have to watch themselves and be very very careful; liberals not so much.

    Oh well.

  • Anonymous

    My comment sits in moderation because it dealt with the truth about how this baord censors conservatives….it will never see the light of day!

    It is what it is….lefties get free reign to curse and lie; righties get censored.  WOW.  Dan must be very proud.

  • Mo Fokker

    If that were true then the comment posted below by Knute Rockne wouldn’t have been deleted as well.

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    Who mocks Zeus? Zeus Rocks, he is one bad ass God!

  • Anonymous

    Agreed Zeus would kick Jesus AND Tebow’s asses!!!

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Jeff once so set me against Americans I considered becoming Haitian but I loathe the tropics.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Conservative Victimization Syndrome.

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    “a wealth gained through firing hard-worki­­ng Americans and bankruptin­­g companies to appease Wall Street greedsters­­.”

    What companies has he bankrupt? He saved Bain and Company which was hemorrhaging money, and turned it into a profitable company.

     What hard working Americans did he fire? Some Executives at Bain and Company perhaps, just speculation, no facts there. He did save the company from bankruptcy, where everyone would have lost their job, and by saving that company and turning it into a profitable venture that spun off other companies, he saved an untold number of jobs.

    How about attacking George Soros who has a history of destroying economies, who has bet and made an estimated $7 Billion off the collapse of our economy, and hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs.

    Romney did what liberals love, he went along with a Democrat Massachusetts Congress and developed Romneycare. Shouldn’t he be praised for that, that is unless you don’t want people to have healthcare and want people to die.

    He took control of the 2002 Winter Olympics and made it a profitable venture, for perhaps the first time ever. Giving tens of thousands of Americans, many Union members jobs.

    Try educating yourself and stay away from the Progressive Propaganda websites.

  • Anonymous

    He did not “control” the Olympics, let alone give tens of thousands of americans jobs.  The International Olympic Committee controlled the 2002 Olympics, as they control all Olympics. Romney raised money from corporations and made speeches. And the 10s of thousands of jobs?  The Olympics last 2 weeks.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    well, you’ll notice the teabaggers have vewy vewy quiet this primary season. Translation: the establishment yanked the corporate funding from their useful idots, fearing a Christine O’Donnell scenario on a national level. Once Mittens gets the nod, you’ll suddenly hear bagger hype all over again.

  • Anonymous

    Does this have something to do with the article, or was this meant to be a response in an ongoing thread?

  • Anonymous

    One more flip flopping socialist ad about this stepford Romney and it’s over. We all know Dr Ron Paul with his consistency, honesty will wipe the floor with Obama and his flip flopping socialist agenda. Come on now. You know the public is wide awake and your psyops have failed. LOL!!!!

  • Anonymous

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Banksters.jpg

    Goldman Sachs top Romney contributor. US Air Force top Dr Ron Paul contributor. HELLO AMERICA!!!!!

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    He was president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. The SLOC was responsible for setting up and running the 2002 winter olympics and 2002 winter paralympics. Both games actually ran a total of 4 weeks, with a couple of weeks need for final setup, and clean-up after the games.

    Do you think the games just magically happen? People show up for 2 weeks then disappear, without venues, housing, and other infrastructure being built?

    Most of the jobs while temporary construction jobs to get the facilities
    up and running still kept people employeed for the 2 years it took
    build the olympic village.

     He was responsible for making sure the games were properly funded, he over saw the spending of money collected, and the expenditure of that money which included building of venues, housing, and support facilities needed to put on the Olympics.

    Do a quick internet search and do a little research.

  • 12voltman1

    Mormonism is not Christian?
    Is that why the religion is officially called “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    I’ll freakin stay home before I vote for Romney. He’s the biggest phony I’ve seen since Johnson.

  • Anonymous

    Of course Mitt Romney is working hard to make certain Dr. Paul is not the candidate – after all, Goldman Sachs wants to make sure they’re getting their money’s worth out of him!

    View the link below for a brief history of his contributors:

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/31/romney-campaign-raises-12-million-from-just-90-don/?page=all

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    Are you talking about the same Goldman Sachs that Jon Corzine made millions off of, and that donated $1,013,091 to the Obama campaign in 2008?

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    LOL!

  • 12voltman1

    A lot of them seem to know–a lot of those Shithouse Wire people don’t grill me about what’s going on. They don’t grill me about wanting me to do things their way. One of the hardest things in this job is when people want you to do things their way. And if you don’t then they think you’re listening to somebody else. I’ve been lucky with my group of people. They seem to understand that I’m going to be autonomous. It seems I don’t get as much “when you are going to do this or that?”
    Happy New Year

  • Anonymous

    Why would anyone believe that Goldman Sachs and the rest of Wall Street would support only one candidate from one party? That would seriously curtail their influence. After all, it’s not like they are spreading their own money about. Owing to the naivety of the general investor, once their money is in the hands of Wall Street it is as good as gone. With regards to the MF Global caper, Mr. Corzine et. al. will shrug their shoulders, scratch the back of their heads and then tell us that clearly something is amiss and that they are genuinely apologetic for this unhappy error.

    What does the hard working farmer in Iowa say to this when his life savings has disappeared? Or the newly retired couple now forced to work as greeters at their local Wal Mart. Does the single parent struggling to make ends meet for their child simply agree with Mr. Corzine?

    Mr. Romney has his campaign coffers lined with donations from Goldman Sachs.

    That is who he is representing.

  • Anonymous

    Change your name as often as you need to…we can still spot you by your idiocy !!

  • Anonymous

    You’re a Christian and won’t vote for one? That’s not real. Maybe you’re not a Christian at all. Read Matt. 25:31-46 and tell me if you believe Jesus! Jesus says you must HATE everyone compared to your love for him. [see Luke 14:26] Are you a Christian accordijng to God’s Word or just one in your head? And yes most so called christians today are total hypocrites that’s why I simply follow Jesus alone. And what a person believe, whether Morman or Muslim TOTALLY COLORS everything in their life [if they are a true follower of their religion]. So it is extremely dangerous to make someone the highest leader in our land who believes twisted and perverted truth in his heart.

  • 12voltman1

    I didn’t say I was a Christian. I’m a practicing evangelical agnogtic.
     Happy New Year1

  • http://www.whitehouse.gov TOTUS

    Is Obama representing Goldman Sachs, he has received money from them also, in 2008 he received over $1 Millions.

  • chris ruffin

    people are to much like sheeple to be led to the slaughter
    obama is a new world order goldman sucks crony just like
    mitt romney they all have a burning desire for power and prestige
    they are all selfish narsacists.they are all puppets following orders
    just like the the soldiers in germany we are just following orders.
    what a lame flippin excuse to be evil…..ron paul is humble and constitutional
    the united nations wants their new constitution and its basically the 10 planks
    of the communist manifesto.it denies all private property rights and steals and kills
    any and all middleclass…does more look for yourself look up the manifesto for yourself..jimbo……………..

  • Anonymous

    One has to ask themselves, what is the true motive of such donations. The ocean of small sum donations being made to Dr. Paul’s campaign is the true indicator of what the majority of people believe in. A returning Iraqi veteran that donates $50 to Dr. Paul’s campaign while still trying to feed his family is worth far more then a million dollar donation from Goldman Sachs. Why? Because that returning veteran represents the feelings of 99% – who still have the vote.

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