After seeing the above Mitt Romney photo for about the 100th time (this time accompanying a thread at TP), I decided to refresh my memory as to the origin of the photo. Checking a couple of search results, I noticed this, from the National Journal:
“Asked on Fox News Sunday about a whimsical [“whimsical”?] black-and-white photo of Romney and his colleagues at a private equity firm smiling and posing with money in their pockets, hands and teeth, Romney explained that the image was taken after they won their first round of investment, which he said was roughly $37 million.
“We posed for a picture to celebrate the fact that we raised a lot of money,” he said, adding that he anticipated the photo will surface repeatedly in the election if he becomes the Republican nominee. “I know there will be every effort to put free enterprise on trial,” he said.
Asked whether President Obama might try to paint him as Gordon Gekko, the famous corporate raider from the 1980s movie Wall Street, during a general election matchup, Romney said he anticipated just such a move.
“Of course he will,” Romney said, “in part because he has been the great divider.””
In my search, I also ran across an ad in the Boston Globefor a book about Mitt Romney, written by two of the Globe’s writers. Here’s a couple of teases from the ad:
THE REAL ROMNEY
By Michael Kranish and Scott Helman of The Boston Globe
Chapter 9: The CEO governor: “his campaign produced television ads designed to preemptively beat back any Democratic attacks. It was a lesson learned from the Kennedy onslaught eight years earlier, which had typecast him as a heartless corporate raider. This time Romney would define himself, instead of letting his opponent do it for him.”
Chapter 10: Health care revolutionary
It was a sunny October afternoon in 2008, and Mitt and Ann Romney were making a return visit to the Massachusetts State House to meet with the portrait artist Richard Whitney. Together they walked to the third-¬floor office Romney had once occupied, its broad windows offering expansive views of the Boston Common and bustling downtown. Whitney needed photos to paint Romney’s official portrait. Romney had been clear about the image he wanted to convey for posterity. Wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and striped tie—the dress uniform of a businessman—he would be sitting on his desk in front of an American flag, next to symbols of two things he held dear. The first was a photo of his wife, the center of his personal universe. The second was the Massachusetts health care law. “He wanted to be remembered for that,” Whitney said.
Apparently RMoney only wanted to be remembered for his historic health care law for as long as it was politically expedient, i.e., until President Barack Obama touted “Romneycare” as a basis for the Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare.” Now, of course, RMoney says that repealing “Obamacare” is on his Day-One “To-Do” list upon his inauguration.
Meanwhile…an article in yesterday’s Boston Globe describes RMoney’s relationship with Michael Milken, the junk bond king – a relationship that continued even while Milken was being investigated for insider trading.
So, which image of Mitt RMoney do you think with be remembered by posterity?
This is our daily open thread — have at it!
I think he will be remembered as the candidate that loved himself and money the most.
Romney makes a sandwich and compares the process of sandwich making to the federal government. http://takemycountryback.com/romney-sandwich-people-applaud/
Regarding the picture of Romney, the artist left out Romney’s second head, the one that keeps changing his position on issues.
The focus is on Rmoney but I think the real question shouild be: who are his cronies?
We are well aware of his amoral lust for money and his own planet but who is he going to use as his henchmen?
They will have to be even less amoral than mittens and that’s a really low bar to pass under.
His cronies?
The usual suspects.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Exxon, all the telecom giants, Wal-Mart, etc, etc, etc.
I’m sure Halliburton is still sniffing about the war zones as well.
Don’t be surprised when it is discovered that Dick Cheney has a remote hand up Mr. Mittens colonic.
Yes, I find it curious that the portrait of Rmoney has only one mouth. He will be remembered as the Dressage Vulture Plunderer of Hostile Takeoverness.
i’m personally looking forward to the debates.
the image of George H. W. Bush stammering and stuttering when asked the “cost of a gallon of milk” was priceless….and effectively exposed him as the out of touch millionaire elitist he truly was.
The Supremes shot down the Montana law banning unlimited contributions from corporations. There is nothing in the Constitution that states that the Supremes are appointed for life.
Article III.
Section. 1.
The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office
What’s the definition of “good Behaviour”? That could be open to interpretation. When the Supreme court places the welfare of corporations above the welfare of “we the people”, then I would call that bad behavior.
So, in breaking news, the SCREWEDUS has struck down……the AZ immigration draconian law.
Health Care Reform? Hello? SCREWEDUS????
Well they struck down parts/most of it. They left the “papers please” portion still intact.
Oh so they still have to wear yellow chili pepper armbands?
And sombreros
Nope, it was struck down.
Remember when Bush told an audience they were the haves and have-mores (aka his “base”). Romney’s crowd is richer then those people.
They sure are. They can’t afford to hire more workers or give workers a decent raise and benefits but they have millions to hand over to Mr. Etch-a-Sketch.
And they certainly don’t want those millions to go towards paying down the Bush tax cuts….
Mitch McConnell squeezes out some slime over the SCOTUS strikedown of the MT anti-corruption law, in favor of Citizens United.
1) He’s parsing words. Not all corporations are in the Fortune 100 club, but they still pile money into PACs.
2) He fails to mention that only a few billionaires gave the $96M, which makes up that 86.32% of monies given to PACs.
3) He’s a skeezy bastard.
I’ll say it again, when a member of the Supreme court places the welfare of corporations above the welfare of “we the people”, then that member is guilty of bad behavior and should be removed. The Senate approves and the Senate should remove and fuck the filibuster. The Constitution states that the members of SCOTUS only serve with “good Behaviour”. There is NO LIFETIME appointment stated in the Constitution.
I understand what you’re saying but, Lindsey Lohan just had some dental work done and that is more important to the sheeple.
Oh I heard that becomes necessary with meth …
And where did yer billionaires get their wedge, from obscene pay awards to themselves from their companies?
Where are the “conservatives” screeching about states’ rights and the 10th Amendment? Crickets?
They only scream when they are instructed to scream by their corporate owners.
“Clearly, the much predicted corporate tsunami that critics of Citizens United warned about simply did not occur.”
Clearly, Mitch, you’ve been walking around with your head tucked into your shell.
Mitch doesn’t see or hear anything he doesn’t want to.
Major portions of the AZ immigration law were struck down by the SCOTUS, but the “papers please” portion was upheld as Constitutional. Un-fucking-believable.
Just wait until they put implants behind the ears to determine citizenship. That way people don’t have to carry papers with them. Don’t they know that this is the electronic age and people are trying to reduce paper usage? The Supremes are so behind the times.
uh, no, “papers please” portion of the law WAS struck down. Bad media reporting. Still, go stand in the corner and repeat…”I will not be a knee jerker” for the rest of your life. 😉
What!? No, I thought “papers, please” was the only part upheld. *sigh*
Idiot America – told what to think.
Americans oppose the Affordable Care Act, but ‘strongly support most of it’
The disconnect is scary!
This is what happens when people allow Faux to be their “thought process”.
The healthcare decision will be announced on Thursday.
http://scotusblog.wpengine.com/
Shall we start a pool on what parts/all will get overturned???
I’m afraid to even think about it. I need this damned law to even have a shot at obtaining health insurance if my husband loses his job when the contract ends next year. My entire family is an interesting cluster of pre-existing conditions.
It’s farily certain that Alito, Scalia and Justice Snoozer will agree with Emperor Roberts that we should go back to the days of leeches and alchemy. Kennedy will be sure that having no health care at all wouldn’t impose any burden on the populace.
Andy Borowitz reports on the news of the day – Egyptian election results
“Street artist?” More like a common vandal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/47944789#47944789
The Guardian has the 2012 campaign In a nutshell:
“The United States has never been witness to a presidential candidate, in modern American history, who lies as frequently, as flagrantly and as brazenly as Mitt Romney.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/21/mendacious-mitt-romney-bid-liar-in-chief
Hmmm, seems familiar…
Did I repeat?
Just my Friday post. 😆
From a concept by a Mr T TheTurtle, of course 😉
Mine post was pithier.
That’s ‘TH’ you smartasses.
Have you always had that lisp, badmoodman? 😆
Deja vu all over again!
Bye George…
Lonesome George Dead: Last-Of-His-Kind Galapagos Tortoise Dies At 100
Not sure if there are any Blade Runner fans here… but in an effort to make us all feel old…
‘Blade Runner’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
After 30 years, they aged? In Hollywood?
Weird.
Oh look, it’s a big ol’ tote bag.
My daughter LOVES the black and white bag that I bought for her for her birthday. She takes it everywhere and she is always getting compliments on it. Both my girls have been to your store and they told me that you make really nice things and that your prices are fair.
That’s wonderful, Cats. I’m so happy she likes it. 🙂
I’m glad your girls like my shop, too!
I happened to watch this episode live, and while I thought Gillespe was being a total dick, I didn’t feel Rachel handled it as well as he could have. He allowed him to box her into a corner, and she avoided answering some fairly simple direct question. Don’t get me wrong, I love Rachel, but this just didn’t feel like a shining moment for her.
Rachel Maddow, Nick Gillespie Have Intense Argument On ‘Real Time’ (VIDEO)
My Daguerreotype Boyfriend
Awesome…
Oh yeah!
Antonin Scalia hates the founding fathers. Here’s more proof
The problem with Scalia is that he is too old too make sound judgements. He lives in a past world of make believe. Scalia should retire and Thomas should be impeached for blatant ignorance. Neither of them have “good behaviour”. Alito should go too because talking at the President during the State of the Union is NOT “good behaviour”.
Asshole Catholic League President Warns Rabbi to Keep His Jew Nose Out of Birth Control Debate
I hope Donohue keeps up this level of outrage (and fuckwit stupidity), it should do his heart some good.
That’s precious! And here I thought the charicterization of “Asshole’ was yours!!!
Billy needs a couple dozen Hail Marys and several Our Fathers, just for being such a jerk.
When headlines are that good, I like to use them verbatim. 😉
And meanwhile – I’m hearing rumours that the SCOTUS deep-sixed (refusing to hear) the Montana state’s challendge to Citizens United – maybe because it would make them look like the corporate sock-puppets they are…..
.. and the media coverage…… *crickets chirping*
Scalia and his rabid followers jump the shark on States Rights again. They just can’t be consistent on their logic, only the nedds of the 1%
Would that include sucking off the nedds of the 1%?> heh..
Here, from the ACLU site is a graph, and links is info about SCOTUS ruling on AZ law…
http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/infographic-whats-stake-sb-1070-supreme-court
I’m wondering if anyone is going to start talking about what has been going on solidly for the past 2 years. Congress and Republican controlled states have managed to pass a great deal of legislation dealing with Voter ID, cutting programs and spending on Americans, tax breaks for the rich, union busting, gay sex and girl parts. Now they are complaining that the economy isn’t recovering fast enough even CEO salaries are rising as are major corporation profits.
Whatever happened to that Tea Party claim that they knew how to put America back to work and right away? Is it stuck in some poor woman’s uterus in Kansas? Can’t some private company come up with a peepee police squad numbering in the tens of thousands to protect American bedrooms? Or at least provide video.
Retrain now as a vaginal probe technician – big money to be made….!
Instead of the Army’s “Be all you can be”, we can go with “Get up tight, out-a-sight and in-the-groove!”
I just can’t let this one slide by…
After all these years I’ve finally begun to REFRAIN from said pursuit.
I’m now too old to retrain.
And I don’t care about the money anymore either.
Thanks, TtT, makes my day.
😉
…and, in my defense, I honestly don’t feel as if I need any more training.
🙂
LOL
One thing I have noticed is that the septic tank that is American politics has finally begun to seriously overflow. The anger, hatred, bigotry and lies are seeping out so fast that even Roto Rooter can’t clean up the mess. The Right no longer even pretends to be decent or civil and they do it because there is no one out there to tell them about it.
I am just hoping that the average American is noticing that the neighbor’s yard is turning into a cesspool and if they don’t do something about it, it will be in their yard next.
How very odd. Today the SC said a state could have federal power in dealing with illegal immigrants and then turned around and said states couldn’t have federal power in deciding who could spend money on elections.
The Supremes have the legal consistency of baby poo. Same aroma as well.
Explosive too…never knowing when that will occur. Diaper on or off.
SCOTUS is dangerous and scary these days.
“Team Romney Heckles Another Obama Event”
“It’s the second time the Romney campaign has used one of it’s buses to heckle Obama supporters.”
They can’t help it. Its the only press coverage they get.
Was one of Mitt’s sons driving the bus? They probably have the same sense of humor as Mitt.
What a bunch of children.. Bullies never grow up.
I guess they think that’s ever so clever. 🙄
Well maybe some of the bums got a free haircut out of it by just being in the way?
Sick Conservative Radio host says nuns on a bus tour protesting Paul Ryan’s budget deserve to be “pulled over and pistol whipped” because “they threw the first punch” by speaking out against Ryan’s plan. GOP twofer: waging war on women AND religion!
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/25/radio-host-pistol-whip-the-nuns-who-are-protesting-paul-ryan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
“Those girls deserve it, cuz they pissed me off. Just don’t piss me off anymore, okay baby? Then I won’t have to pistol whip you.”
Abusers logic.
Makes one wonder what his home life is like, doesn’t it?
Will he then offer the nuns flowers and promise “it’ll never happen again” (until the next time).
Humanity Rules:
Money quote:
“We move more earth and stone than all the world’s rivers. We are changing the chemistry of the atmosphere all life breathes. We are on pace to eat to death half of the other life currently sharing the planet with us. There is nothing on Earth untouched by man — whether it be the soot from fossil fuels darkening polar snows or the very molecules incorporated into a tree trunk. Humanity has become a global force whose exploits will be written in rock for millennia. ”
http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=&id=707&fulltext=1&media=
Humans are not likely to be the ones to read what has been written.
When cockroaches learn to read, write and decipher, then our story will be told.
There is always Archie the cockroach….
and his best friend Mehitabel the cat!
🙂
indeed…. mehitabel — the reincarnation of cleopatra
toujours gai toujours gai
Sam Alito has been the worst addition to the United States Supreme Court.
He makes my skin crawl.
Seems I’m beginning to find out why.
It really is sort of ironic. The government went after the mob for loan sharking, bribery of government officials and tax evasion. Did a pretty good job of it, shutting down La Cosa Nostra and other aspects of organized crime.
Yet the Republicans have legalized loan sharking, bribing government officials and tax evasion in the past twelve years. Don Sammy, the Capo di Tutti Capo of the Supremes will keep things legit.
And to think that America was worried about a President in the 60’s that might be taking orders from the Pope. Who knew that the Supreme Court was the real seat of power?
Who worries about all of the Fundamental Catholics on that stellar body?
The Dark Side will attempt to manipulate whatever entity it can.
If it can’t manipulate the Executive, it will focus on the Judiciary.
If that fails, then there is always the Legislative.
-snort-
Organized crime is, well, after all, organized…
Yup. But they are realizing they aren’t anywhere near as organized as the Republicans.
Don’t despair, ‘because we are the people, and the people go on’–Ma Joad in ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ .