No, you really DIDN'T build it alone

[veronica_rich]

The move by the GOP and Mitt Romney's campaign to selectively edit Obama's speech about small business owners not building their businesses all on their own without any help through their lives, to make it the centerpiece of Romney's election campaign LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS from Election Day, makes the GOP swift-boating of John Kerry eight years ago look like a childish effort.

You know, there are things that don't need my commentary. They stand on their own. I think I'll just leave this here for now, in that spirit ...

Comments

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Romney's in Britain atm offending just about everybody: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/29/henry-porter-mitt-romney-cant-say-anything-right

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

The comment about the Olympic prep, if he'd just said his short piece and added that he was basing it on what he'd seen in the news but that was his only source, I think it would've been fine. It seems fair to base an answer on what you've read from a reputable source, after all. But the more I see, the more I'm sure he's not used to explaining himself to ordinary people, and it smacks of being dangerously out of touch with his intended constituency.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

There were some serious cock-ups with the security firm supposed to be handling the Olympics; I don't deny that. But that's because they were handed the job because of their connections to certain Tories rather than their ability to do the job. :(

But a politician visiting another country and making diplomatic blunders doesn't exactly make himself look electable. ;)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

As Dave Barry wrote, even if a javelin came flying through the air at that moment and went through his head, the only correct answer to if the preparations are good was "Yes." LOL