I thought Mitt's Olympics service was supposed to be some great gift to us?

[onehandle]

Now Queen Romney is whining about tens of millions that he could have been making during that time for her on top of the hundreds of millions that they already have?

Fuck you, your majesty.

[Siwsan]

1. I don't think that 'out of touch' comes even close to describing this family

Annie might do well to develop a long term case of laryngitis. Or, she needs a coach to teach her how to THINK before she speaks.

[jsr]

2. Romney benefited from his Olympic gig

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/14/more-questions-and-lies-about-romney-and-the-olympics/

Companies like Staples were offered preferential sponsor deals. But wait, wasn’t Staples one of the companies owned by Bain Capital? Would it not be considered insider trading and therefore not only unethical but illegal for the nominal head of Bain Capital to use his position as head of the 2002 Olympic Committee to offer a contract to a company he was heavily invested in personally to assist them in profiting due to his ability to direct business to them? Wait, what?

So here the tale becomes more convoluted. Did Mitt Romney use his dual CEO positions at Bain & the 2002 Olympics to personally and professionally profit? Did he leverage his future political aspirations to gain contributions to the games with promises of future legislative favors? Was his position as “savior” of the games the total fiction it appears to be, as described by two prominent Republican legislators? And finally, did Mitt Romney use insider knowledge to give his investment the inside track on sponsor and business contracts, in violation of SEC and other regulations?

Many accounts of the transition to Romney management of the 2002 games include numerous quotes from those involved who were disgusted by the heavy-handed egomaniacal management style Mr. Romney displayed. One example of such are the buttons Mr. Romney approved, one showing his image and sporting slogans such as, “Hey Mitt, we love you.”

It would seem that this successful CEO used his private position to gain a public position to further his political aspirations, using his position to leverage favors and seemingly, coerce cooperation and contributions. Not quite the white knight or business leader we have been told about.