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Mitt a Straight Face
January 25, 2008 3:23 PM
"So last night we talked a lot about the economy," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said today in Florida, "and I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage who'd ever had a job in the private sector."
That's not true.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is an ob-gyn. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been a lawyer and of course he helmed Giuliani Partners and Bracewell Giuliani. And former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was a pastor with his own congregation.
As for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., I suppose it's true that serving in the Navy doesn't count as the private sector, but it hardly seems fair to penalize him for serving his country during a war, especially when he spent 5 1/2 of those years in a P.O.W. camp while Romney was enjoying croissants and studying at Harvard.
-- jpt
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those are all not for profits and Paul doesn't count
Posted by: cordelia525 | Jan 25, 2008 4:23:29 PM
Only a doctor can cure our country...Ron Paul 08
Posted by: arthall33 | Jan 25, 2008 4:14:09 PM
He's talking about business. None of the others have private sector business experience. People are bright enough to figure that out. I don't even like Romney and it's obvious to me the press hates him.
Posted by: Bill | Jan 25, 2008 3:52:18 PM
i think romney is very much a boaster. he's the only one that did this; he's the only one that did that. he's annoying.
BUT, i do think he's right in the sense that giuliani was basically a governmental employee until post-9/11; mccain has done nothing but sit in the US Senate for 30 years; huckabee hasn't done a whole lot, other than lose weight and preach about it in a church.
mitt's actually the private sector guy in the GOP race.
Posted by: teo | Jan 25, 2008 3:51:30 PM
That stupid remark by Romney is why he is my least favorite Republican candidate.
Posted by: George | Jan 25, 2008 3:43:47 PM
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