Romney again credits himself with the success of the US auto industry.

[Cali_Democrat]

This guy is a real piece of work.

Romney: 'I'll take a lot of credit' for auto industry success
Posted by
CNN's Kevin Liptak

(CNN) - Democrats and Republicans have slammed Mitt Romney for his 2008 view that Detroit should "go bankrupt," but the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said Monday his views played a big part in the auto industry's recovery.

"I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back," Romney told WEWS-TV in Cleveland. Speaking after a campaign stop at a metal stamping facility in nearby Euclid, Romney said the industry needed to enter a "managed bankruptcy" process in order to fully recover – and that was what eventually helped American automakers get back on their feet.

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Responding to the former Massachusetts governor's comments, President Barack Obama's national campaign co-chair Ted Strickland said Romney was trying to "fool" Americans with his remarks.

"Mitt Romney may think he can fool the American people by hiding his belief that we should 'let Detroit go bankrupt,' but the American people won't let him," Strickland said in a statement. "His comments today that he will 'take a lot of credit that the [auto] industry has come back' are a new low in dishonesty, even for him. Mitt Romney seems to think Americans will just forget the past and his very vocal and clear opposition to the successful auto rescue."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/07/romney-ill-take-a-lot-of-credit-for-auto-industry-success/

[Beartracks]

1. I think it's funny that GOP talking heads say that Obama can't run on his record...

... and yet Obama's record is precisely what the GOP nominee is trying to run on himself!



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[sakabatou]

2. Scumbag Romney: needs to be made into a meme (DONE!)

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"Let Detrot go bankrupt!"

Takes credit for the auto industry success

Done!

[deacon]

3. Childish. Sounds like an 8 year old. n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Yes! Just as Al Gore invented the internet ...

Mitt Rmoney invented bankruptcy.

[treestar]

5. What was Rmoney doing at the time?

How can he possibly have anything to do with it?

If he takes credit, I'll take credit.

[liberal N proud]

6. No shame

There is nothing this desperate man will not try to become President.

He will lie cheat or steal to get to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[PragmaticLiberal]

7. I'm probably going to be criticized for saying this but I dislike Romney more than GW.

Much more actually.

[Ganja Ninja]

8. I always got the sense that deep down Dubya knew he was a fraud and a failure.

How could he not? He knew he was living a lie but hoped he could get away with it.

Romney on the other hand strikes me as having a bloated sense of entitlement and superiority. His attitude is 'I got mine, all the rest of you need to be more like me. That's your problem.' He's clueless as to the advantages he was born with and thinks he's a self-made man. He's easy to hate.

[cali]

9. so do I.

and he isn't even president. heaven help us if he ever is.

[MatthewStLouis]

10. I get the feeling that if you sawed Romney in half you'd have trouble counting the rings thru...

all the s__t.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. It should be noted that he opposed the Federal loans which was the most important part

Remember...back in 2008/2009 credit was totally frozen. No private institutions were lending. Nobody. The loans accepted by GM/Chrysler amounted to $80 billion. There was no other way to get this kind of money than through the Federal government.

The Federal government had to step in as the lender of last resort and Romney opposed this. There's no possible way he can take credit for the success of the industry now. It makes absolutely no sense.