Comments on: Calling it like it is http://committedtoromney.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/ A Community of People Committed to Conservative Principles Since 2005. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: pbj http://committedtoromney.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83202 pbj Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:26:58 +0000 http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83202 MKE: Sure McCain is a budget hawk, and that's part of the reason he's unpopular in the Senate. And props for that. The issue is that (i) that battle is best fought in the Congress, so I'd just as soon have him stay there to continue that fight, and (ii) like the original post said, the economy needs a boost now, not a cutback on spending. McCain's cutting back pork is the right thing, but saying that any tax cuts should be matched by budget cuts is likely to make sure there is never a tax cut passed and bad economics. That makes McCain a much better Senator than President in my mind. The stuff about Bain is irrelevant. Not everything Bain does is what Mitt did, and "pump & dump" is illegal and I'm sure would have been prosecuted if that were the case. Sounds like when Mitt pulled out they lost value. Time to invest in stuff Mitt's involved in! MKE:

Sure McCain is a budget hawk, and that’s part of the reason he’s unpopular in the Senate. And props for that. The issue is that (i) that battle is best fought in the Congress, so I’d just as soon have him stay there to continue that fight, and (ii) like the original post said, the economy needs a boost now, not a cutback on spending. McCain’s cutting back pork is the right thing, but saying that any tax cuts should be matched by budget cuts is likely to make sure there is never a tax cut passed and bad economics. That makes McCain a much better Senator than President in my mind. The stuff about Bain is irrelevant. Not everything Bain does is what Mitt did, and “pump & dump” is illegal and I’m sure would have been prosecuted if that were the case. Sounds like when Mitt pulled out they lost value. Time to invest in stuff Mitt’s involved in!

]]> By: Mke http://committedtoromney.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83184 Mke Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:59:05 +0000 http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83184 You forget that McCain is one of the toughest critics of Government spending. He makes every government program justify itself, under the rule of "pay as you go" that created the surplus Clinton took credit for. And he personally is responsible for killing a number of insider deals based on shady financing (AF Tanker Lease from Boeing, for example - sent a senior acquisition official to jail!). He was co-author of the campaign financing restrictions. His ethics are absolutely spotless. I, for one, had forgotten Romney's involvement with Bain & Co. Their Capital Management company would buy up small companies, pump up the stock value, then cash out big. That was the year I learned about margin calls. Talk about economics lesson! He bought a summer house in New Hampshire while I watched my investments swirl down the toilet. Why would anyone want that kind of a "leader"? You forget that McCain is one of the toughest critics of Government spending. He makes every government program justify itself, under the rule of “pay as you go” that created the surplus Clinton took credit for. And he personally is responsible for killing a number of insider deals based on shady financing (AF Tanker Lease from Boeing, for example - sent a senior acquisition official to jail!). He was co-author of the campaign financing restrictions. His ethics are absolutely spotless.

I, for one, had forgotten Romney’s involvement with Bain & Co. Their Capital Management company would buy up small companies, pump up the stock value, then cash out big. That was the year I learned about margin calls. Talk about economics lesson! He bought a summer house in New Hampshire while I watched my investments swirl down the toilet.

Why would anyone want that kind of a “leader”?

]]> By: denise http://committedtoromney.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83065 denise Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:36:20 +0000 http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83065 Great primer, just mentioned e a little of Mitt's package on another thread! I agree, McCain has to have congenialty skills to lead this country. He cannot be loosing his temper and bad-mouthing to world representatives, and ticking off the business sectors. Rather, we realize it or not, small business help stimulate this country, and we need to save them, just as much as a critcally-ill patient. Romney has the expertise to help lead us up and out of this quagmire. He obviously cannot do it himself, but if he not beholding to lobbyists he has more freedom to lead the charge without the cord about the neck. Great primer, just mentioned e a little of Mitt’s package on another thread! I agree, McCain has to have congenialty skills to lead this country. He cannot be loosing his temper and bad-mouthing to world representatives, and ticking off the business sectors. Rather, we realize it or not, small business help stimulate this country, and we need to save them, just as much as a critcally-ill patient. Romney has the expertise to help lead us up and out of this quagmire. He obviously cannot do it himself, but if he not beholding to lobbyists he has more freedom to lead the charge without the cord about the neck.

]]> By: Peter Combes http://committedtoromney.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83042 Peter Combes Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:26:37 +0000 http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2008/01/23/calling-it-like-it-is-2/#comment-83042 Wow! I'm getting a mini-course in economics. Wish I had the ability to do something about it other than voting and trying to influence others. How do we get things like this in front of the public. I don't suppose we could use it in a performance for American Idol? Keep it coming. Thanks. - P Wow! I’m getting a mini-course in economics. Wish I had the ability to do something about it other than voting and trying to influence others.

How do we get things like this in front of the public. I don’t suppose we could use it in a performance for American Idol?

Keep it coming. Thanks. - P

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