Friday, January 6, 2012

Krugman goes after Romney

Bain, Barack and Jobs

excerpts:
  • he’ll almost surely face Mitt Romney.
  • his claims about the Obama record border on dishonesty [emphasis mine]
  • Mr. Romney’s claims about the Obama job record aren’t literally false, but they are deeply misleading[ comment : like a pot calling a kettle black when it comes to Krugman, but that's not the point.  Mitt can be called a liar because that is what he is]
  • It’s the sum of job gains at three companies that Mr. Romney “helped to start or grow”: Staples, The Sports Authority and Domino’s.  ...It’s “based on current employment figures, not the period when Romney worked at Bain, [ comment: well, I don't know about that, but if true, that's a problem.]
  • On the point about using current employment, consider Staples, which has more than twice as many stores now as it did back in 1999, when Mr. Romney left Bain. Can he claim credit for everything good that has happened to the company in the past 12 years?
  • The real complaint about Mr. Romney and his colleagues isn’t that they destroyed jobs, but that they destroyed good jobs. [ comment: once again, if any of this is true, it destroys Romney's claim.]
Comment:

For me to use Krugman is tantamount to desperation, but use it I will.  Overall, I think the mere possibility that Romney could be accused of destroying jobs will work to solidify Obama's class warfare message.  In such a case as that, a winnable election could be turned into a loser.

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