In '94 Romney Warned Of Undue Influence Of Money In Politics

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012 7:05PM

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To say that Mitt Romney is a flip-flopper is a little like saying that Charlize Theron is a reasonably attractive woman.

Most of Romney's "flipiousity" has been focused on health care, abortion rights, tax increases and whether or not he had a man-crush on Ronald Reagan. Very little attention has been paid to Romney's shifting views on campaign finance.

During the 1994 Senate race between Mitt Romney and Ted Kennedy, Romney forcefully laid out his concerns regarding the toxic effect that too much (Kennedy) money has on politics.

Later in the speech Romney went on to decry the use of PACS, basically saying that he has no use for them.

Now flash forward to the 2012 Presidential campaign as Mr. Romney stutters and stammers his way through a question from a woman who is clearly concerned with the appearance of wrongdoing on Romney's part.

(Romney did so well fielding this question it's obvious that he won't have any trouble debating President Obama.)

Romney mentions "a guy named Ed Conard" as if he barely knows who he is. Then he comes semi-clean as he slips the word "partner" into his explanation. Ed Conard was one of Romney's business partners at Bain Capital. The 2012 Romney is okay with the idea of "a guy named Ed Conard" giving him a million dollars for his campaign. Romney's caveat that "He's given me money before,"makes it all okay.

If Mitt Romney was to be believed in 1994 he would have been disgusted by that amount of money coming into his campaign. After all, a person that gives a million dollars will expect something in return. Romney said so himself.

Since Mr. Romney admitted that large amounts of cash will influence the way he governs, it might be telling to see who has been slipping $1,000 bills into his pocket.

Employees of the following companies have donated the most money to Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign:

Goldman Sachs $496,430

JPMorgan Chase $317,400

Morgan Stanley $277,850

Credit Suisse $276,250

Citigroup $267,050

Bank of America $211,650

Barclays $203,650

Kirkland & Ellis $201,701

HIG Capital $188,500

PriceWaterhouse $179,300

Breathe easy one percenters. If all goes right in November nobody will fuck with you. You will be able to continue to steal with impunity. Mr. Romney knows who butters his bread.

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Oh how they flip flop on this issues....that was so popular to throw out in the past the democrats, wonder if someone will have the balls to call Mitt out on it in the same tone. Probably not. The Repubs are just so much more self righteous and snarky.

SheilaTGTG55

February 01, 2012 07:10 PM

The world would be a better place if those who give out advice took their own once in awhile. In '92, Cheney warned that going into Baghdad would result in sectarian violence and a protracted an ultimately unwindable land war. Gee, I wondered what happened in the interim to change his mind?

Tom Cordle

February 01, 2012 08:10 PM

It's okay, Mitt is one of us!! He said so!! And I believe him!! I'z gotz five mansions too, or as I like to call them, vacation homes!! ~:D

Tinkerertink69

February 01, 2012 08:10 PM

"There's the spirit of something, and there's the legality of something." And never the twain shall meet with Mitt. Great post, Roger.

And Tink--those are CATHOUSES you have.

The Good Daughter

February 01, 2012 09:18 PM

Roger, that was then and this is now. Didn't the whole world change after 9/11? And poor Mitt can always remind folks "If you'd only listened to me then..."