Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:18 AM

HipChick (9,421 posts)

Mitt was smart enough not to put his own money into his campaign...

He did not bet on himself, he let Rove milk the Billionaire donors

He always came off, as someone who was selling a used car, even though he knew it would be a lemon

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mitt was smart enough not to put his own money into his campaign... (Original post)	HipChick	Nov 2012	OP
smart enough not to put his own money into his campaign	Flashmann	Nov 2012	#1
That is the first thing taught to the richer businessmen	Xyzse	Nov 2012	#2
but they are also taught not to back someone who doesn't put "their own skin in the game"	KurtNYC	Nov 2012	#5
True...	Xyzse	Nov 2012	#6
That is the way he rolls	mikeysnot	Nov 2012	#3
Doesn't Bain own a load of media companies?	CJCRANE	Nov 2012	#4
ding ding ding...and Ryan stayed in congress....	Evasporque	Nov 2012	#7
Mitt did what he does best....	Skidmore	Nov 2012	#8
That's why he quit the primary in 2008..he had spent enough of his own $$$	SoCalDem	Nov 2012	#9
Just wait until those billionaires figure out that WilLIARd got richer off their money with	malaise	Nov 2012	#10
A used car with no motor, a bum transmission, dead brakes - but it did have an exhaust system...	HopeHoops	Nov 2012	#11

Response to HipChick (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:20 AM

Flashmann (1,942 posts)

1. smart enough not to put his own money into his campaign

I find it much more plausible that he was too cheap and stingy.....

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:22 AM

Xyzse (2,107 posts)

2. That is the first thing taught to the richer businessmen

Never use your own money.
Use someone else's money to make money.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:30 AM

KurtNYC (12,065 posts)

5. but they are also taught not to back someone who doesn't put "their own skin in the game"

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:49 AM

Xyzse (2,107 posts)

6. True...

Well, I guess that is why he(Romney) had to leverage bail outs from the government for Bain and during his Olympic tenure.

May also be one of the reasons he lost.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:26 AM

mikeysnot (1,472 posts)

3. That is the way he rolls

Other peoples money for his personal gain.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:27 AM

CJCRANE (13,365 posts)

4. Doesn't Bain own a load of media companies?

If so then he would have gained from all the ad revenue.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:54 AM

Evasporque (2,023 posts)

7. ding ding ding...and Ryan stayed in congress....

they knew chances were slim...

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:57 AM

Skidmore (29,026 posts)

8. Mitt did what he does best....

suck money out of others for his own benefit. I don't think it had to do so much with being smart as being self-serving and greedy.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:26 AM

SoCalDem (99,742 posts)

9. That's why he quit the primary in 2008..he had spent enough of his own $$$

and Mccain & Huckleberry were obviously going to continue.. I remember a comment from Mitten then that went something like this..

After conferring with family, they decided I should not spend the "family fortunes" to continue the run..

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:28 AM

malaise (106,049 posts)

10. Just wait until those billionaires figure out that WilLIARd got richer off their money with

more dividends from Clear Channel via Bain - hahahahahaha - these gys will soon make the mafia look like childsplay

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:41 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

11. A used car with no motor, a bum transmission, dead brakes - but it did have an exhaust system...

... - His mouth.

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