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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsROMNEY: 'I've not been in charge ... I had no idea.'
"I've not been in charge ... I had no idea."Romney: First of all, my investments are not made by me. My investments for the last ten years have been in a blind trust, ...
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/fact-check-some-romney-housing-investments-were-not-in-blind-trust-20120126?mrefid=mostViewed
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/24/romneys-blind-trust-ruse/
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Mitt Romney can't claim to "know how to invest" when he isn't the one who is doing the investing. Maybe the dude doing Mitt's investing should run for President?
Mitt Romney claims he is "not responsible" for:
- his Iran Oil investments, (Gazprom, Lukoil, Sinopec)
- his investments that funded Iranian Militants, (his Swiss Bank)
- Omissions from his Financial Disclosure form,
- his investments in Fannie and Freddie,
- falsely saying Fannie and Freddie were in a blind trust,
- stashing millions in foreign countries to avoid paying US Taxes,
- not know his net worth.
How can Mitt even claim to be a successful "investor" when he doesn't even take responsibility for his own investments?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/27/1059020/-How-Can-Mitt-Romney-Even-Claim-To-Be-A-Successful-Investor?via=siderecent
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Here is what Romney said in 1994 about blind trusts.
"The blind trust is an age-old ruse," Romney told the Boston Globe in October of that year.
"You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don't invest in properties which would be in conflict of interest or where the seller might think they're going to get an advantage from me."
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/08/romney_in_1994.html
"The blind trust is an age-old ruse," Romney told the Boston Globe in October of that year.
"You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don't invest in properties which would be in conflict of interest or where the seller might think they're going to get an advantage from me."
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/08/romney_in_1994.html
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ROMNEY: 'I've not been in charge ... I had no idea.' (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2012
OP
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)1. Does he know how many houses he has?
Or, is that just a john mcsame thing?
PEACE!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)2. "Investments are people my friend, woof woof." nt
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)3. I wasn't in charge?
Do you want this kind of moron running a country?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. "I don't care where bin Laden is. I really don't think about him that much." - sound familiar?