By Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger
No word yet if the Moon is in the seventh house or if Jupiter has aligned with Mars but something curious is happening among the monied gentry that form the Republican base. Seems Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is being called out and dissed by the “family.” First, NJ governor Chris Christie, once thought of as a possible Romney running mate for VP, praises Obama for his FEMA support after Hurricane Sandy (and juxtaposed with Romney’s call to end FEMA), and now Chrysler exec. Ralph Gilles calls Romney a liar and full of something rhyming with Mitt.
What prompted Giles’ ire was a tweeted claim by the candidate that, “Obama is a terrible negotiator. He bails out Chrysler and now Chrysler wants to send all Jeep manufacturing to China–and will!” The responding electronic salvo from Gilles was blunt and scatological, “”You are full of sh*t!” Gilles later apologized for his language, but his sentiment was backed up by Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne who emailed employees that, “I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China.”
Romney had claimed at a speech in swing state Ohio that he read a news article flatly stating that all Jeep production was moving. Jeep has a huge assembly facility in Toledo, so the claim hit like an Arctic blast to a state with 7% unemployment (down from 10.5 % in 2010). Marchionne, who heads both Chrysler and Fiat, seemed to blame Romney’s possible dyslexia saying Jeep production in China would be for the Chinese market, and that the company would not take any production away from Chrysler’s U.S. plants. Rather, he said, Chrysler is adding jobs and investment at its Ohio plant.
No word yet on what Romney read. Maybe the polls in Ohio showing him trailing by 3-4 percentage points.
What makes the two circumstances interesting is the public nature of the family dispute. It’s rare that any Republican strays from Ronald Reagan’s cult like (and faintly un-American) “11th Commandment’ that, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”
Even more rare is upsetting the guy you think might be the next President — unless, that is, you don’t ….
Source: Huffington Post
~Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger
The tweet was by Donald Trump. The article was Bloomberg. Romney & Co. taking some big liberties in interpreting that they’ll be “making all models in China” with “moving all production to China”. That would be bad enough, but considering how wrong they are, they’ve once again resorted to doubling down and making it even worse on themselves.
The Romney personality and “leadership” traits are horrible, before you even mix in his low-IQ grasp on policy.
The most striking difference between Obama and Romney at Harvard is you can see a guy who made it there with his mind and on the merits and a guy who was only there because of who his daddy was.
nick,
“So the folks here only give Christie credit for being direct when he praises their guy. But, I see it’s also w/ fat/bully comments as a qualifier.”
Who are all “the folks here” who have done that?
It’s not over until the fat lady sings.
Or, for gender neutrality and political correctness,
It’s not over until the fat man speaks.
Nick, Ohio is the only swing state in which Obama leads with white males. Christie would have more than likely picked some off.
SWM, I’m interested in your Christie would have helped in Ohio take?
So the folks here only give Christie credit for being direct when he praises their guy. But, I see it’s also w/ fat/bully comments as a qualifier. B eing nonpartisan, this is very consistent w/ my take on Christie. He is the governor of NJ and he’s taking the duties of that office seriously. If you can’t give a sincere compliment the classy thing to do is say nothing.
So Gov. Crisco (sic) talks about storm aid and disaster relief — something reality-based — and the Fux people follow it up with a political spin question. Un-reality based. As much as I dislike that bullying tub-o-lard, I gotta give him credit for being able to overcome petty partisan differences and saying a few decent words about a president from the other faction who helped out the people living in Christie’s state. That’s reality. Too bad that spin and illusion are what matter most on TV so-called “news.”
I’m not surprised by this campaigning method from the GOP nominee. When their surrogates state that fact checking is of little importance, this is the end result; more lies.
Sometimes republican Michael Bloomberg endorsed Obama. He believes that climate change is occurring and cannot support a party that is anti-science.
blouise17
Its not that Willard hates American auto manufacturers. Its that he simply loves himself so much more. Anything he damages or destroys was worthless anyway as long as he gets what he wants. See: Bain Crapital.
Sociopath has become the dominant feature of todays GOP sadly.
Blouise, I love that Christie clip.
Something that rhymes with Mitt? Made me think of a joke:
Whats brown & rhymes with snoop?
Dr. Dre
Apparently, Romney made Christie mad by not only not picking him for VP but also not telling him that he had already chosen Ryan. If Romney had chosen Christie, he probably would be winning not losing Ohio.
In order to garner a few votes Romney was willing to trash Chrysler’s hard won market share with falsehoods he could then slough off on some mysterious news article that can’t, to date, be found. Romney must really hate American Auto.
All fair in love and war….. Until you’re no longer the ideal girl next door….
We dont need no FEMA. New Orleans can take care of New Orleans in Katrina. Fly over and look, thats enough. New Yorkies can take care of New Yorkies. Same with them Jerseyites.
Now, if the storm ever takes out the banks in the Cayjmans then the U.S. will have to help out. Or if Pakistan needs some money or Iraq needs to “Rebuild” in the words of Bushie Two.
Yes folks, vote for the gypsie and he will do your driveway when it gets washed out by some schmuck named Sandy.
Aaaaah Finally, someone willing to tell the truth…. Too bad we don’t have a few politicians like this man….
thank you for the news
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If the first two letters are ever the same you drop them both and say the name
Like ,,,
-name game