Note To WSJ: Romney Didn't Build The Olympics On His Own
Samantha
2012/07/25 20:30:46
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on how Mitt Romney's stint as CEO of the organizing committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics "remains one of the clearest examples of how he sought to transfer his corporate-restructuring experience to a public institution...
And that's why it's so curious that the Journal's write-up of Romney's Olympic tenure omitted any mention of the hundreds of millions of federal dollars Romney secured -- and later boasted of -- to help fund the 2002 Olympic Games. Romney was so appreciative of the federal contribution that a 2001 Sports Illustrated article quoted him saying: "We couldn't have done it without them. These are America's Games."
As ABC's Jonathan Karl reported in March, Romney, during his 2002 run for governor of Massachusetts, boasted of the more than $410 million he got from the feds to pull off a successful Games, which he described as a collaborative effort between the private sector and all levels of government:
And that's why it's so curious that the Journal's write-up of Romney's Olympic tenure omitted any mention of the hundreds of millions of federal dollars Romney secured -- and later boasted of -- to help fund the 2002 Olympic Games. Romney was so appreciative of the federal contribution that a 2001 Sports Illustrated article quoted him saying: "We couldn't have done it without them. These are America's Games."
As ABC's Jonathan Karl reported in March, Romney, during his 2002 run for governor of Massachusetts, boasted of the more than $410 million he got from the feds to pull off a successful Games, which he described as a collaborative effort between the private sector and all levels of government:
Read More: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/07/25/note-to-ws...
Obama on the other hand funds failed green energy companies, foreign car manufacturers, Unions, and crony donors....
Yes, there is a difference.