In high school choir, our choir director used to say, “Sing out! If you’re going to make a mistake, make it big enough for everyone to hear!” Her goal was to hear our sour notes so she could fix them. I’ve often wondered if she inspired whoever is in charge of the GOP’s strategy – because they got the loud part down – mistakes or not.
As the Obama team continues to point out issues with Bain – including their seeming lack of regard for things like jobs, the economy, or humanity — the Romney team hasn’t come up with any kind of strategy to respond other than screaming accusations like Mitch McConnell’s stunning “Obama hates capitalism!” charge. What? Bain bought up companies, ran them into the ground for profit, fired/layed off all the employees and ditched the dead business. Romney made millions while many lost jobs. If that isn’t a perversion of capitalism, I don’t know what is! Still – the constant name slinging and vague charges (“Obama is bad for business”) don’t really answer or counter the attacks on the GOP, they just sort of bounce the ball around until it loses momentum.
Any day now I expect Romney to face the camera and say, “I’m rubber, you’re glue….”
So while Romney profits off the backs of the poor, the House recommended cuts continue to ruin the economic recovery, and the GOP keeps fighting for the rich to keep their tax cuts — as yourself – Who really hates capitalism? And why?
