{"id":1500,"date":"2012-08-25T09:39:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/blog\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2012-08-25T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T13:39:47","slug":"in-the-words-of-willard-mitt-romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/in-the-words-of-willard-mitt-romney\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Words of Willard Mitt Romney…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Corporations are people, my friend\u2026 of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People’s pockets. Human beings, my friend.” \u2014Mitt Romney to a heckler at the Iowa State Fair who suggested that taxes should be raised on corporations as part of balancing the budget (August 2011)<\/p>\n

“I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” \u2013Mitt Romney, using an unfortunate choice of words while advocating for consumer choice in health insurance plans (January 2012)<\/p>\n

“I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.” \u2014Mitt Romney (January 2012)<\/p>\n

“He [Obama] says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.” \u2014Mitt Romney at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 8, 2012<\/p>\n

“I’ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry’s come back.” \u2013Mitt Romney, \u2013Mitt Romney, on the American auto industry, despite having written a New York Times op-ed in 2008 titled “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” in which he said if GM, Ford and Chrysler got a government bailout “you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye”<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to know just how well [the 2012 London Olympics] will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting. The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging.” \u2013Mitt Romney, insulting Britain on the eve of the Olympics by suggesting the country is not ready, NBC News interview, July 25, 2012<\/p>\n

“I’ll tell you what, ten-thousand bucks? $10,000 bet?” \u2013Mitt Romney, attempting to make a wager with Rick Perry during a Republican presidential debate to settle a disagreement about health care (December 2011)<\/p>\n

“I should tell my story. I’m also unemployed.” \u2014Mitt Romney, speaking in 2011 to unemployed people in Florida. Romney’s net worth is over $200 million.<\/p>\n

“[My wife] drives a couple of Cadillacs.” \u2013Mitt Romney, campaigning for president in Michigan (February 2012)<\/p>\n

“I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.” \u2013Mitt Romney (January 2012)<\/p>\n

“Join me in welcoming the next president of the United States, Paul Ryan.” \u2013Mitt Romney, committing a gaffe while introducing his running mate, Norfolk, Va., Aug. 11, 2012<\/p>\n

“PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air.” \u2014Mitt Romney in 2007, responding to criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals following revelations that he had once put the family dog in a carrier and strapped it to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip<\/p>\n

“I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.” \u2014Mitt Romney, after being asked whether he follows NASCAR racing (February 2012)<\/p>\n

“There were a couple of times I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip” \u2013Mitt Romney, attempting to identify with the problems of average folk (January 2012)<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure about these cookies. They don’t look like you made them. No, no. They came from the local 7\/11 bakery, or whatever.” \u2014Mitt Romney, visiting a local bakery while campaigning in Pittsburgh, PA, April 17, 2012 (The owner of the baker later told MSNBC he was offended by Romney’s remarks.)<\/p>\n

“I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks.” \u2014Mitt Romney to a group of NASCAR fans wearing plastic ponchos at the Daytona 500 (February 2012)<\/p>\n

“We have a president, who I think is is a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps.” \u2014Mitt Romney, who has two Harvard degrees (April 5, 2012)<\/p>\n

“I love this state. The trees are the right height.” \u2014Mitt Romney, campaigning in Michigan (February 2012)<\/p>\n

“I’m running for office for Pete’s sake, we can’t have illegals” \u2013Mitt Romney, recalling his reaction when he learned that there were illegal aliens working the ground on his property, employed by a firm that he subsequently fired (October 2011)<\/p>\n

“I get speaker’s fees from time to time, but not very much.” \u2014Mitt Romney, who earned $374,000 in speaking fees in one year according to according to his personal financial disclosure (January 2012)<\/p>\n

“It’s not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.” \u2014Mitt Romney, speaking in 2007 about killing Osama bin Laden<\/p>\n

“Who let the dogs out? Who, who.” \u2013Mitt Romney, during an\u00a0awkward photo op<\/a> with a group of African Americans kids at a Martin Luther King Day parade (January 2008)<\/p>\n

“I’m Wolf Blitzer and yes, that’s my real name.” \u2014CNN’s Wolf Blitzer at the beginning of a November 2011 Republican presidential debate
\n“I’m Mitt Romney\u2014and yes Wolf, that’s also my first name.” \u2014Mitt Romney, getting his own name wrong (his first name is “Willard,” and his middle name is “Mitt”)<\/p>\n

“I’m not familiar precisely with what I said, but I’ll stand by what I said, whatever it was.” \u2014Mitt Romney (May 17, 2012)<\/p>\n

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