#CNNDebate: Mitt Romney Fires Newt Gingrich
It's true. Mitt Romney really does like firing people. With a somewhat condescending tone after Newt Gingrich paints a grand picture of his dream of a moon colony (not that it wasn't a bald pander or anything), Mitt lets him know that corporate investors would guffaw at him right before they fired him. The joy Mitt gets out of saying "you're fired" just shines through. Channeling his inner Donald Trump, perhaps?
BLITZER: We're going to move on, but go ahead, Governor Romney.
ROMNEY: I spent 25 years in business. If I had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I'd say, "You're fired."
The idea that corporate America wants to go off to the moon and build a colony there, it may be a big idea, but it's not a good idea. And we have seen in politics -- we've seen politicians -- and Newt, you've been part of this -- go from state to state and promise exactly what that state wants to hear. The Speaker comes here to Florida, wants to spend untold amount of money having a colony on the moon. I know it's very exciting on the Space Coast.
In South Carolina, it was a new interstate highway, and dredging the port in Charleston. In New Hampshire, it was burying a power line coming in from Canada and building a new VHA hospital in New Hampshire so that people don't have to go to Boston.
Look, this idea of going state to state and promising what people want to hear, promising billions, hundreds of billions of dollars to make people happy, that's what got us into the trouble we're in now. We've got to say no to this kind of spending.
did romney just accuse newt of being a big government liberal?
I'm constantly amazed at how anybody could think that government is the same as business, and that a CEO would in any way be a good choice to head a country. It just baffles me how anyone could be that stupid.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
Welcome to America the beautiful .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
Where I, the Republican party, will be your tour guide to all things "that stupid."
Pick me!
...that some people just think it looks good on a bumper sticker; you know, those who get their politics from bumpers and prefer the easily shouted sloganeering.
But what they never ask themselves, apparently, is what if the CEO In Chief runs a business BADLY? These morons always envision the USA becoming a Google/Apple/Microsoft titan under the guidance of a 'brilliant' CEO president. They never stop to imagine that plenty of businesses fail. Actually, more fail than succeed, no? Anyway, they don't seem to imagine the business run badly, or straight into the ground. Cripes, that moron, GeeDub, claimed to be a CEO president and he couldn't run a lemonade stand without it catching on fire. Is it any wonder how badly we did with him at the helm? Sheesh.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
I have only watched the MSNBC babbling heads and they did not mention it at all.
This segment was kind of a microcosm of who these guys are as politicians and people.
Of all the goofy ass shit Newt could trot out, the idea of a moon colony becoming established in 8 years and then become pour 51st state has got to be the best example of how he is at once self absorbed and yet not self aware.
Mitt's ending response was tough and decisive. He has been told he needs to cloe stronger and listens to his managers. But his middle response, not wanting to piss of Florida space connected voters, was at odds with that and uninspiring.
Paul wanted to send politicians to the moon. Most voters think he is already there to welcome them.
Santorum seems there, as always, to unzip his fly and pee on all of them with the indignation of one who is right, as always, all along.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
The colony has already been established , that's where Paul and his ilk spend most of their spare time .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
I hope that Paul took his son and the screwy college kids with him!
as this Romney rebuttal developed?
It was a clear reflection of his inner self, completely revealed.
This was a standout moment for me because it was such a shining example of the "no, we can't" attitude. I felt like Mitt Romney was trying to be the parent telling the child that no matter what his dreams were, they just weren't going to happen.
But for me, the most revealing moment was how much pleasure Mittens took in saying the words, "You're fired."
He *does* like firing people.
If you can't perp walk em and throw them under the jail to restore the sense of fairmess that our founders intended, you have abandoned what American freedom used to stand for.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
you just can't help yourself can you? even though Mitt was taken out of context with the "I like firing people" remark, you just have to drum this up as more of the same, except its not more, because he was taken out of context last time.
And whats the context this time, well, he makes a valid point about Gingrich, no? C&L just had a triumphant piece about Rachel Maddow telling Politifact they are fired. Hey! Rachel likes firing people! Rachel is like Mitt Romney! C'mon, lets join the adult world. Mitt is lame for the reasons he is lame, not because he fits your stereotype of a businessman. I don't recall everyone freaking out about Kerry being filthy rich, wonder what he paid in taxes?
you can not trust someone like mitt to have your best interest at heart to any degree- you would be fired ifyou worked for him and the bottom line dropped one penny - put him at the helm of the government and we are in for extreme poverty for the rest of us - and that is the fact in the adult world- dude!
roger allen
You OK? Had too much to drink?
I'm a little concerned...
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---Southwest Airlines
brings brevity to the verbose?
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
That's precisely why business should stay out of government... There are things governments do which just don't make sense for businesses. Projects such as going to the moon, building free highways, running a post office which might lose money, designing the ARPAnet, building GPS, and the list goes on.... Newt's idea might have merit--who knows--but to judge it as if it were a money making proposal to a business enterprise is really stupid, short sighted and show why he is completely unqualified to be President.
We agree then!
They're in Florida , NASA country , frankly I am surprised that Newt didn't run clips of the cartoon series in his ads and promise Floridians that he would make George Jetson's world a reality ... and by the end of his first term .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
...I'm surprised he didn't offer to make George Jetson his running mate.
...so if Newt brought home a dumptruck full he could pay off the National Debt OVERNIGHT!!!
http://gizmodo.com/5242736/how-an-intern-stol...
;)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
congressional politics.
And that's all the Newt DOES understand.
Buy yer votes here, buy yer votes! Raiht heah, buy yer votes!
but the boys and girls at the Daily Show saw this issue of paramount importance too. Lordy did they have fun with the Newtster on this one.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
thanks for the heads-up.
or remotely close to the Sendak interviews, but quite good. You'll enjoy their take on the Supreme Court and Free Speech as well.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Newt can get us back to the moon, while fighting six wars and lowering taxes on the rich. Of course the rest of us will be eating gravel by then.
OK, that was pretty good.
I had better things to do tonight = getting my singing voice back after a cold. Seems like I missed the effective end of the clown show.
But it sounds/reads like Mitt did himself no favors.
not all martyrs see divinity
who likes to say "You're fired." Apparently Rachel Maddow, whose show includes equal segments of telling journalists what and how to cover, and Democrats how to campaign and govern, apparently wants to play Trump and Mitt too.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
The sort of grand ideas that Newt bloviates about are exactly what America should be working on. America's wealth should be invested in its infrastructure, and in the future. Instead it is wasted on the rich who seek only to accumulate more... like Mitt... who preach the virtue of greed.
...state is just more typical Republican sleaze. He'll build the colony, put a few hundred people there -- all hand picked to be Wingers -- make it the 51st state complete with a Representative and 2 Senators. Brilliant Newt. For only a few hundred billion dollars (it would be trillions, but Newt would undoubtedly outsource all the work to Chinese slave labor) the Republicans would get 2 new Teabaggers in the Senate and 1 more Teabagger in the House.
He IS firing Newt Gingrich, I mean who wouldn't want to fire Newt Gingrich?
Goodnight, Frau Blücher
Can you imagine the size of that long form birth certificate for the poor dears born on the moon. And if one should be elected president at some future point in in the future, can you imagine Zombie Malkin constantly reminding us of how extremely expensive it is when the president goes home on vacation. To the Moon, Newt. To the Moon.
Well, firing people is his first love - pyromaniac that he is.
He just wants to up his brand and raise his speaking fees. The whole moon thing is just to make sure he won't get elected.
because Gitmo is too close to Florida
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
a republican moon program would be an off- planet Guantanamo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTpCheX46wI&fe...
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