Accusing Newt Gingrich of having “cashed in” on the housing crisis may not be the best attack from Mitt Romney, given the work he did restructuring companies as CEO at Bain Capital. But it’s an attack he makes nonetheless in a new ad airing in Florida.
“While Florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, Newt Gingrich cashed in,” the ad says, referring to Gingrich as a “D.C insider.”
It has all the things a good attack ad is supposed to have: cashier sound effects, scary music and spooky Gingrich photos. And it closes with a smiling Mitt holding his wife Ann‘s hand.
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Norsk
Jan. 23, 2012 at 4:34pmDC insider? Romney is one to talk…
But which Romney is speaking?
Romney version 1.0 when running for the U.S. Senate against Ted Kennedy, 2.0 when governor, 3.0 when running for the presidency in 2007-2008, and version 4.0 now. Each version has serious bugs, too.
Romney is as big a political opportunist as is possible. Liberals voters didn’t believe him in 94, and conservatives don’t trust him now. He will say whatever it takes. He won the governorship only because his opponent took a position on abortion so radical that even Massachusetts liberals couldn’t stomach it.
Romney is unelectable. Read the following:
Baltimore Sun
Corporate Welfare for Bain and Romney
Los Angeles Times
Mitt Romney No Stranger to Tax Cuts, Subsidies
American Spectator
Romney: Corporate Welfare Bum
Dirtdiggersdigest
Romney Bites the Government Hand That Has Fed His Fortune
Zerohedge
On Mitt Romney’s Defense of Bain and the Private Equity Industry – Here Are Some Facts
Romney – for free enterprise? Hardly.
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disenlightened
Jan. 23, 2012 at 7:43pmAnd just what does Bain Capital, corporate welfare and biting the hand that feeds him have to do with whether he’s a beltway insider or not? I bet you can’t answer that without drooling on yourself.
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whosjohngalt004
Jan. 23, 2012 at 3:12pmGingrich is a Washington insider of the worst kind. He’s had as many mistresses and financial scandals as Bill Clinton himself. Conservatives: are we really going to try to replace Obama with a Republican version of Bill Clinton?
http://goodsensepolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/gingrich-republican-bill-clinton.html
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flanny
Jan. 23, 2012 at 2:13pmNewt took my money an your money. MItt did what business has to do with a failing business. He took some down in order to build more up. This was the business’s money and his contribution of 16 million to get Bain on its feet. The growth with Bain under his direction was super. Remember he is not running Bain now and hasn’t been part of it for some time.
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