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Hey, Mitt, Your Naked Opportunism Is Showing

Flip-flop on Detroit shows McCain was right not to pick Romney as running mate

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2008 3:43 PM CST
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(Newser) – Mitt Romney is speaking sideways when he talks about Detroit these days, Joan Vennochi writes in the Boston Globe. The man who promised he would “not rest until Michigan is back” in the Republican primary is now urging bankruptcy for Detroit automakers. “If the auto industry could reinvent itself as quickly as Mitt Romney,” Vennochi writes, “it wouldn't need a bailout.”

Romney’s “willingness to shamelessly reverse direction” shows that John McCain was right to keep him off the Republican ticket, Vennochi continues. “McCain knew Romney would always be a rival, never a teammate. His ambition is too naked. His finger is always in the air, not just testing the political winds but succumbing to them at first gust.”

Romney in New Orleans.
Romney in New Orleans.   (AP Photo)
Mitt Romney.
Mitt Romney.   (AP Photo)
Mitt Romney speaks at the Republican National Convention.
Mitt Romney speaks at the Republican National Convention.   (AP Photo)
Unsold 2008 Wranglers sit at a Chrysler-Jeep dealership.
Unsold 2008 Wranglers sit at a Chrysler-Jeep dealership.   (AP Photo)
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If politicians never change their thinking, they risk turning into George W. Bush. Stubbornness will forever define his presidency. But if the changes of heart are too extreme and obviously calculated, they end up looking like Romney.
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Guest
Nov 24, 2008 12:59 AM CST
Who ever wrote an opinion about Mitt Romney either did not read all of Mitt's published opinion, or is so brain washed against him, that understanding of what he has written concerning the American Auto industry and what would benefit it in the long run, went completly over that persons head. The American auto industry is in trouble simply because they have not done it rigiht! Notice: Toyota, Honda, and other imports are not with their hats in hand at governments door. Mitts financial acumen is well documeted by how he runs his personal finances, and other state and private businesses.
Guest
Nov 24, 2008 12:50 AM CST
My how cleaver you are. Too bad you dont make sense!
Guest
Nov 24, 2008 12:49 AM CST
Excust me seditionmonger, are you a highschool drop out? If not, you do aninjustice to your education.

The offending op-ed
New York Times

Michigan not so important to Romney anymore, apparently
Jalopnik

Former (and future?) rival Huckabee criticizes
Boston Herald

American auto industry doesn't deserve to succeed, says Romney
Washington Post

 
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