Romney Flip Flops In His Opinion Of McCain’s Knowledge Of The Economy
Romney Flip Flops In His Opinion Of McCain’s Knowledge Of The Economy
As Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) shifted his attention to pushing his misguided economic policies yesterday, his campaign dispatched former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to blanket the cable news networks as his top economic surrogate.
But Romney may not be the best surrogate for McCain considering that, as CNN’s Campbell Brown pointed out last night, he aggressively hit McCain during the primary for saying that “he doesn’t understand how the economy works“:
ROMNEY: [McCain] doesn’t want to talk about the economy, because frankly, he has pointed out time and again that he doesn’t understand how the economy works. And right now, that’s the biggest issue that voters here in Florida are concerned about, and they want somebody who does understand the economy. And having him time and again say, I don’t understand how the economy works, I’ve got to get a V.P. that will show me how it works, that’s a real problem for him.
In a separate interview with CNN yesterday, Romney tried to offer an explanation for why he now trusts McCain’s knowledge of the economy, saying that McCain “spent over 25 years in Washington, DC” working on “economic policies.” Watch it:
But, as the Associated Press’s Glen Johnson points out today, Romney’s line about McCain’s “25 years in Washington” contradicts another criticism he had of McCain earlier this year:
For example, on Jan. 25 in Pensacola, Fla., Romney mocked McCain for equating his Senate tenure and committee chairmanship with Romney’s prior work in the private sector as a venture capitalist and outside the Beltway as governor of Massachusetts.
“Now he’s engaging in ‘Washington talk,’” Romney said of McCain, jabbing as the senator’s self-professed “straight-talk” manta. “‘Washington talk’ says that somehow, because you’ve been in Washington, and you’ve been on a committee, that you somehow know about how the jobs of this country have been created.”
Not only has Romney contradicted himself while stumping for McCain, but he’s also contradicted McCain. As ThinkProgress noted yesterday, Romney told MSNBC that “you can’t keep on growing the deficit” a day after McCain’s top econ adviser said that he wants the next president “not to talk about deficit reduction.”
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What? Romney flippety floppety? Who would have guessed?
April 16th, 2008 at 2:59 pmDon’t they have a picture of flip-flops in the dictionary next to Republican?
April 16th, 2008 at 3:03 pmThey should.
It’s Romney. Of course he switched. The only surprise is that it took a matter of hours rather than seconds.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pmRomney is spreading b.s. He was spreading b.s. before and he is spreading b.s. now. He does not care if it is the truth, the truth has nothing to do with it. It just about selling WTF he is selling at the moment. Pathological liar – and McCain is one too, just look at his b.s about Iran and AQ.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pmIs it just me, or are Romney’s eyes a little too glassy?
Kind of creeps me out. He looks like he should be a singer on the old Lawrence Welk Show.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pmYep Romney sure values Washington experience..
Romney a few months ago:
April 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I get it. McCain is in the Matrix now. He had an implant put in back of his head and they downloaded the information about the economy. Sorry Romney, that is only way McCain could possibly learn anything about the economy,and that’s science fiction. Since when does 25 years in Washington mean that you have learned anything useful. The only thing McCain has learned while in Washington is to look after himself. He certainly hasn’t learned what would actually help the American People. McCain ignores that at all costs.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pmI can’t wait for Barack to be nominated and he can focus entirely on these republiscum idiots. With his intellect, he should be able to make short (and amusing) work of these flipflops and lies.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:19 pmI wonder how much Romney got paid for the public endorsement by the John McCain Presidential Campaign??? Inquiring Minds want to know…
April 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pmI cannot begin to tell you what an awful phony this man is. He spent the last 2 years of his term as Governor down south, bashing the hard working people of Massachusetts. When he left office, he left us with over a billion and a half debt that our new Governor is trying to get out from under.
Romney–just go away…..like forever. He would be Bush all over again if he ever got into the WH only with fake “charm”. This is the guy the entire Bush family wanted to be prez. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pmThis isn’t flip-flopping; it’s worse. It’s LYING.
I can’t see why the vast majority of the American public isn’t sick to death of it. They insult the public’s intelligence with every word they utter but have the gall to call us ‘elitist’ and ‘condescending’.
The conservative agenda has been tried for the past 7 years, and it has proven to be an utter failure. Why must we be forced to listen to these people as if their opinions are valuable.
We must figure out how to take the microphone away from these people.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pmwell, hoo ray for campbell brown?…
April 16th, 2008 at 3:32 pmfiguring out which way that wind is blowing, it seems…
maybe…
Mitts flip-flopping?
WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!
When it comes to flip-flopping, NO ONE can hold to the king and master of that than mr. flip-flop John flim-flam man McCain.
I mean, after all, who else denounced fundies as agents of intolerance then whored himself out for their endorsement. McCain was against torture before he embraced it. and on…and on…and on….
April 16th, 2008 at 3:38 pmLet me also remind everyone that this is the moron who insisted that John Adams wrote the Constitution–a remarkable achievement, given the fact that he was in London as the U.S. Ambassador to England at the time.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:41 pmHey, let’s be fair. He was running against John Sidney McCain III at the time. So he was making up stuff right and left, trying to smear John Sidney McCain III as a less than prepared candidate.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pmNow, he’s auditioning for Veep, and sucking up big time to John Sidney McCain III, and nothing he said in the past should be construed as a criticism of John Sidney McCain III, as that was then and this is now.
Would you buy a used car from this man?
April 16th, 2008 at 3:45 pmoh come on, you would wash his socks for him. It must be love, nothing else makes any sense.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:53 pmDoc Rock, that quote didn’t come out right….it was directed at eatmybush trajan. Sorry
April 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pmOh, yuck. Mitty needs to wipe that disgusting brown stuff off his nose!
April 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pmAlthough I’m usually not fond of negative campaigning, this year I want LOTS of it. I want to see video of McCain’s flip flops, blunders, and gaffes. I want to see montages of McCain’s war mongering toward Iran in juxtaposition with the BushCo liars pushing the Iraq war. I want to see the pictures of Bush and McCain hugging each other. I want to see the Democratic Party playing tough and for keeps. We don’t have to resort to dirty tricks. We need to collate the dirty tricks of the last eight years, with McCain’s “leadership” as part of the equation. We’ve had a “culture war” declared against us. It’s time to fight. We can still put forth the “hope” message because our fighting to get our country back IS the only hope.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pmI’ve got nothing to say until TP brings back the abuse link, the trolls have destroyed this site.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:06 pmBuckie Boy Says:
I’ve got nothing to say until TP brings back the abuse link, the trolls have destroyed this site.
Your wish has been granted. Maybe you can use it on JDC as soon as it steps out of line.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:14 pmIt’s must be Flip Flop week starring the Mittster. Mitt just wants the Veep position.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:34 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
Although I’m usually not fond of negative campaigning,
this year I want LOTS of it.
i kno-ooow! makes me crazy, this high road stuff… not used to it, evidently…
but i’ve really come to appreciate it also… the clinton campaign seems to
just keep digging deeper…
but i’m pretty sure the TRUTH will get out – and that’s not negative…
April 16th, 2008 at 5:51 pmeh?
Re: Romney Flip Flops In His Opinion Of McCain’s Knowledge Of The Economy.
I love it!
April 16th, 2008 at 7:16 pmBut…but…he’s got shoulders you could land a 747 on! Isn’t that enough? ;-)
April 16th, 2008 at 10:11 pmI’ve been too busy to check…
Has anyone asked Romney his opinion of the chaos that is the Polygamous sect of the Mormon church?
April 17th, 2008 at 1:21 am