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Is Romney business record is fair game?

bob 2012/05/21 19:03:46
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Mitt Romney's vulture capitalist record is a distraction from the real issues
Mitt Romney's record of destroying American Comapnies and Jobs is nauseating
To examine Romney's Vulture Capitalist business record is reasonable since Romney himself has made it a centerpiece of his campaign.
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  • merlinskiss 2012/05/21 19:15:15
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    merlinskiss
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    Romney's business record is certainly fair game. So is taking a very close look at the big money that supports him, his record on corporatism and cronyism and, the mere fact he is a business as usual Repub. We have been there, done that, and it doesn't work for the average American.

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  • ACE 2012/05/22 02:22:26
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    ACE
    fine as long as you report facts, not your tripe.
  • Ambassador II 2012/05/21 23:52:29
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    Ambassador II
    +3
    What else would we look to? His magic underwear, his donation to the Church, maybe
    his "Auto Elevator" or numbers of rooms in his several homes? He is what he is, a guy
    dressed in magic underwear, a large contributor to his political backers in Utah, a very rich
    man with an elevator and a hundred rooms in his several homes, a hedge fund buyer and seller of the jobs of America's workers who now are unemployed. Let the debates begin, we can all have a cup of OJ or lemonade, no coffee, tea, or soft drinks allowed. Isn't he one exciting personality? Party ON!!!!
  • ComeOnNow Ambassa... 2012/05/22 01:32:05
    ComeOnNow
    Mitt was successful and Obama has never had a real job. Greece is freaking failing due to the same failed ideology you dunces are ushing. Ask the MAJORITY of employees that still have jobs because of Romney. Are you being fair and crying about all of the GM and Chrysler employees or Solyndra employees that lost their jobs. Of course not. You are a pathetic partisean troll that is grasping for anything that you can to avooid talking about the democrats proven to faile ideology that bankrupt Greece
  • my2cents ComeOnNow 2012/05/22 02:59:13
    my2cents
    +1
    Obama worked as a civil rights lawyer in the private sector for years after graduating from Harvard and before running for public service. That qualifies as a "real" job.
  • ComeOnNow my2cents 2012/05/22 21:39:12
    ComeOnNow
    +1
    Shaking down companies and suing banks forcing them to do bad loans is not exactly a normal and productive job. It is down with ambulance chasers.
  • my2cents ComeOnNow 2012/05/23 04:16:04
    my2cents
    That's not what Obama did. Look it up. He won some pretty impressive cases.
  • ComeOnNow my2cents 2012/05/23 23:58:11
    ComeOnNow
    That is what what I have been able to find. He was an intern at two firms while at Harvard, and then flopped once he got out. he ended up just writing his book (If he even did that himself), and then became a professor. Those that can't do teach.
  • wildcat 2012/05/21 23:46:55
    To examine Romney's Vulture Capitalist business record is reasonable since Ro...
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    +2
    Mitt brought it up
  • Iamfree 2012/05/21 21:40:09
    To examine Romney's Vulture Capitalist business record is reasonable since Ro...
    Iamfree
    +2
    Yes, it is fair. It is also fair to examine Mr. Obama's school records, etc., but he won't let us, will he?
  • my2cents Iamfree 2012/05/21 21:49:49
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    +1
    Why don't you need to examine Romney's school records?
  • Iamfree my2cents 2012/05/21 21:58:24
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    +1
    I think those are fair game too.
  • my2cents Iamfree 2012/05/22 03:00:02
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    +1
    Yet no one on the right is asking to see them.

    They're still demanding Obama's but couldn't care less about Romney's.

    Why the double standard?
  • Iamfree my2cents 2012/05/23 18:23:29
    Iamfree
    I haven't heard anyone from the left asking either. Could it be because they haven't been given reason to doubt that Romney is who he says he is?
  • my2cents Iamfree 2012/05/24 00:48:05
    my2cents
    Could it be that the left is more sane?
  • Iamfree my2cents 2012/05/25 15:44:18
    Iamfree
    Or could it be that Mr. Obama's lack of transparency with the records of his past (college, financial aid, etc.) give people cause to wonder?
  • les_gvt 2012/05/21 21:24:53
    To examine Romney's Vulture Capitalist business record is reasonable since Ro...
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    And while we are at ot, let us examine Obama's business experince in the private sector too - as soon as we find it, that is
  • my2cents les_gvt 2012/05/21 21:50:14
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    +2
    Obama has never claimed to have business experience.
  • les_gvt my2cents 2012/05/23 16:31:52
    les_gvt
    Then what would make him think he is qualified to run the largest business in the history of mankind?
  • my2cents les_gvt 2012/05/24 00:53:32 (edited)
    my2cents
    1983-84 — research assistant, Business International Corporation — New York — At this firm that helped American companies do business abroad, Obama was a researcher and writer for a reference service called Financing Foreign Operations; among his duties was writing a newsletter called Business International Money Report.

    1985 — project coordinator, New York Public Interest Research Group — New York — Obama mobilized student volunteers at City College in Harlem for NYPIRG, a nonprofit organization that promotes consumer, environmental and government reform. He promoted activism around issues such as mass transit, higher education, tuition, financial aid and recycling.

    1985-1988 — community organizer, Developing Communities Project — Chicago — Obama advocated for asbestos removal, job training and public-works services at this community organization on Chicago's South Side.

    1990-1991 — president, Harvard Law Review — Obama was the first African-American to hold this prestigious position.

    1991-1992 — executive director, Project Vote — Ran a campaign that registered nearly 150,000 black voters for the 1992 elections.

    1993-2004 — associate and partner (starting 1996), Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland — Chicago — defended clients ranging from landlords to a securities trader, and handled...









    1983-84 — research assistant, Business International Corporation — New York — At this firm that helped American companies do business abroad, Obama was a researcher and writer for a reference service called Financing Foreign Operations; among his duties was writing a newsletter called Business International Money Report.

    1985 — project coordinator, New York Public Interest Research Group — New York — Obama mobilized student volunteers at City College in Harlem for NYPIRG, a nonprofit organization that promotes consumer, environmental and government reform. He promoted activism around issues such as mass transit, higher education, tuition, financial aid and recycling.

    1985-1988 — community organizer, Developing Communities Project — Chicago — Obama advocated for asbestos removal, job training and public-works services at this community organization on Chicago's South Side.

    1990-1991 — president, Harvard Law Review — Obama was the first African-American to hold this prestigious position.

    1991-1992 — executive director, Project Vote — Ran a campaign that registered nearly 150,000 black voters for the 1992 elections.

    1993-2004 — associate and partner (starting 1996), Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland — Chicago — defended clients ranging from landlords to a securities trader, and handled employment-discrimination and voting-rights cases at this Chicago law firm.

    1993-2004 — part-time lecturer, University of Chicago Law School — Chicago — lectured on constitutional law.

    1997-2004 — state senator, Illinois — senator from Illinois' 13th District on Chicago's South Side.

    2005-2008 — U.S. Senator — represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate.

    I think knowing the Constitution well enough to hold a position for 7 years lecturing on Constitutional Law, serving as a State Senator for 7 years and a U.S. Senator for 3 years qualifies him indeed.

    P.S. Running a country and running a business are very different positions.
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  • les_gvt my2cents 2012/05/26 22:16:18
    les_gvt
    It is obvious he doesn't know how to run a country, and I notice he did not actually RUN any of the "businesses" you listed- he was an employee- a lecturere ( not even a professor) is not a "business", neither is being a community agitator
  • none 2012/05/21 20:58:14
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    none
    +4
    If everything about Romney is fair game then everything about Obama should be fair game too.
  • my2cents none 2012/05/21 21:51:12
    my2cents
    +2
    Everything about Romney is NOT fair game.

    Romney refuses to discuss his religion. Romney won't talk about his term as Mass gov.
  • none my2cents 2012/05/21 22:03:43
    none
    +2
    Think of all the things that Obama hasn't revealed, the list is much longer than Romneys.
    But this is about the election and the Dimorats go after anything they can and they're going to hit Romeny with anything they can too, so in my opinion Obama should be just as big a target and everything that can be thrown in his direction should be. No reason to treat Obama with kid gloves, he doesn't deserve special treatment.
  • my2cents none 2012/05/22 02:57:55 (edited)
    my2cents
    Obama has revealed everything every other president has been required to.

    Just because you won't accept it doesn't make it nonexistent.
  • les_gvt my2cents 2012/05/23 16:33:44
    les_gvt
    College transcripts and thesis? please provide link
  • my2cents les_gvt 2012/05/24 00:56:37 (edited)
    my2cents
    Romney's Harvard transcripts and thesis? Please provide link.

    George W. Bush's Harvard transcripts and thesis? Please provide link.

    Bill Clinton's college transcripts and thesis? Please provide link.

    George H. W. Bush's college transcripts and thesis? Please provide link.

    Ronald Reagan's college transcripts and thesis? Please provide link.

    Etc., etc., etc., . . . . .
  • Queen B 2012/05/21 20:53:15
    To examine Romney's Vulture Capitalist business record is reasonable since Ro...
    Queen B
    +1
    His "business record" was completely fair game in the primary, so it's fair game now.


  • Lady Whitewolf 2012/05/21 20:37:57
    Mitt Romney's record of destroying American Comapnies and Jobs is nauseating
    Lady Whitewolf
    +1
    NUFF SAID
  • ehrhornp 2012/05/21 20:37:04
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    ehrhornp
    +2
    Mitt loves to talk about how many jobs he created so he opened it up. But all politicians past record should be examined. Main reason I voted against Uncle Ron in 1980, I saw how he basically bankrupted California when he was governor.
  • frank 2012/05/21 20:08:36
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    +2
    Only if Obama's history is unsealed and open to the public.
  • my2cents frank 2012/05/21 21:52:40
    my2cents
    Why isn't Romney's history unsealed and open to the public?
  • Seonag my2cents 2012/05/21 23:33:36
    Seonag
    What of Romney's is 'sealed?'
  • my2cents Seonag 2012/05/21 23:42:46 (edited)
    my2cents
    His Harvard records, his grades there. He will not release them to the public.

    I haven't seen his birth certificate either, we should be able to examine that. If Hawaii can falsify birth certificates, ANY state can.

    I haven't seen his passport either. We should be able to see that, to see how much time he has spent in socialist countries.
  • Arel my2cents 2012/05/22 00:45:56
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    +1
    He graduated from BYU with a 3.97GPA and later from HLS cum laude and HBS finishing in the top 5% of his class. That is more than we know about Obama.
  • my2cents Arel 2012/05/22 02:55:57
    my2cents
    Not true, as usual. Obama graduated from HLS MAGNA CUM LAUDE. And the right demands to see his "papers" to prove he earned it on his own.

    Why aren't you demanding to see Romney's papers to prove he really graduated from HLS cum laude and that Harvard isn't lying for him?
  • Seonag my2cents 2012/05/22 12:31:25
    Seonag
    Has he been asked to release them? I've never heard of it, if so. Please document the requests!
  • my2cents Seonag 2012/05/22 16:25:50
    my2cents
    Why hasn't the right been demanding to see them? The right is still demanding to see Obama's Harvard Law transcripts, but no one on the right is demanding to see Romney's Harvard Law transcripts. Why the double standard?

    Why does the black guy have to prove he was smart enough to get through Harvard but the white guy doesn't?
  • Seonag my2cents 2012/05/22 22:28:12
    Seonag
    Oh, right --- NOW LET'S TURN THIS INTO A RACIAL COMMENT. I am so sick and tired of the left, when all else fails, playing the race card.

    If the Left is interested in Romney releasing his JOINT Law/MBA degree from Harvard, they should ask for it. But the information on his cum laude ranking from the law school and his Baker Scholar from the business school is out there for those willing to look. And at least most of Romney's fellow grad school classmates remember his, which is more than Obama can say!
  • my2cents Seonag 2012/05/23 04:18:35
    my2cents
    No it's not, Harvard has not released any information on Romney's supposed cum laude ranking, and Romney hasn't offered any information on it, just like Obama. Nothing has been released to see, just like Obama. But you don't care about Romney's lack of transparency, just Obama's. Why the double standard?

    If you can give me a reason for the double standard that doesn't involve race, I'm all ears (eyes).
  • Seonag my2cents 2012/05/23 12:14:27
    Seonag
    So who asked for it and were denied? I haven't seen that anywhere except on SH where you leftists have nothing better to do than attack anyone who doesn't agree with them.

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