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Title: Romney and Democrats Spar Over Auto Bailout
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NY Times
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/us/politics/25romney.html
Published: May 25, 2011
Author: NY Times
Post Date: 2011-05-25 10:05:25 by go65
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Views: 488
Comments: 3
WASHINGTON — The recovery of the American auto industry, which repaid a significant part of its debt to the federal government on Tuesday, has sparked a political battle over who deserves credit and who deserves blame. On the day that Chrysler wrote a check repaying $5.1 billion to the United States Treasury, President Obama and his Democratic allies claimed credit for saving a crucial industry in Michigan, a state that will be a critical battleground in the 2012 presidential election. Democrats also sought to highlight past statements from Mr. Obama’s likely Republican rivals, who had criticized the president for a federal bailout that they said was unnecessary and wasteful. The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday released a YouTube video highlighting a 2008 opinion article by Mitt Romney in The New York Times titled “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” In the video, Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is shown asserting, “If you write a check, they are going to go out of business.” In 2009, Mr. Romney said Mr. Obama’s plans for rescuing the automobile industry were “tragic” and “a very sad circumstance for this country.” A Romney spokesman said on Tuesday that the president’s plan was modeled after one Mr. Romney advocated in 2008.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Romney is killing himself with his constant flip-flopping.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." I'm waiting for him to claim that he was "brainwashed" any day now...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." That's because he went from appealing to reasonable people from Mass. to trying to appeal to the broader base of the GOP and they are bat shit crazy.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#2. To: go65 (#1)
Romney is killing himself with his constant flip-flopping.
--GW Bush
#3. To: go65 (#1)
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Romney is killing himself with his constant flip-flopping.
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