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Mitt Romney Does the Dirty Work

By Paul Bedard

February 24, 2010 RSS Feed Print

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

"I hate to weed," is how onetime and likely future GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney opens his latest political manifesto. "I've hated it ever since my father put me to work weeding the garden at our home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan," he pens in his upcoming No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, which includes a wonky 64-point to-do list (like "Adopt dynamic regulations") for America.

Romney's dad made his kids do grunt work around the house after the family struck it rich, just to make sure they knew what it was like to get their hands dirty. "I know he worried that because my brother, sisters, and I had grown up in a prosperous family, we wouldn't understand the lessons of hard work," Romney says in what amounts to his 2012 presidential campaign theme book. "That's why he put us to work shoveling snow, raking leaves, mowing the lawn, planting the garden, and, of course, weeding—always reminding us that work would make us strong."

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Buy Ambien of AL 7:31AM April 05, 2010

No wonder Romney lost support at CPAC. Mitty has been sure riling them up, like campaigning against tea party candidates in AZ.

Its pretty hard to take a stand with Mitt without checking which way the wind is blowing. Romney might be able to get elected in the Cayman Islands considering he's their poster boy for their tax havens. Romney is the candidate for the filthy rich but its going to be pretty hard for him blend in with the tea party crowd, but stranger things have happened. That's his problem, Mitt doesn't stand for anything and will flip-flop to any position trying to be Mr Popular or kowtowing to the highest bidder.

Will the real Mitt please stand up?

Jake of PA 11:23PM February 26, 2010

Wow, where to start.... You left wingwackos are getting desperate with your comments about Romney so I feel like I have to make a couple of comments to just counteract the numerous lies that you guys have spewed.

Romney is a true patriot who has given to his country when he could have been far more wealthy staying in Private life... Just a few of his accomplishments:

1) He took a $3B deficit in MA (a deep blue state) and left it with a $2B surplus in four short years without raising taxes;

2) He turned around an Olympics in SLC in 2002 that was doomed for Financial Disaster and riddled with corruption and actually made it profitable;

3) He has been married to one person for about 45 years and has raised five outstanding adult boys wh are also successful;

4) He has served his Church in Leadership positions and received nothing for his service.

5) He is accused of "flip-flopping" (which is really getting old) but in actuality has changed his position on one issue and one issue only. He chooses "Life" over "choice" as he believes it to be a more basic "right". He also governed that way.

6)He has "Economic Fix-it" skills unparalleled in Politics and this country needs Economic Fixing badly; AND,

7) He was by far and away the best speaker at CPAC (I was there and heard them all).

Romney is the medicine this country needs and it is sad that he won't have an opportunity to "Fix" us for three more years.

poyman of OR 12:31AM February 26, 2010

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