Dear Mr Romney
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The layman's definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.
In 1994, you challenged Sen. Edward Kennedy, bless his soul, for his Senate seat in the great state of Massachusetts. You were the most serious challenger he had ever faced since being elected. And, in truth, the outlook was pretty grim. It was a Republican wave year (Contract with America), and Teddy was facing some really terrible PR problems. The William Smith trial, and the 25th anniversary of Chappaquiddick, to name a few. You were doing quite well; in fact, most polls had the race as even or, in some cases, you were slightly ahead. Most of the pundits in Massachusetts thought Teddy's long and distinguished Senatorial career was surely coming to an end.
Then you began to emphasize your leadership qualities and entrepreneurial skills as evidenced by your work as CEO of the business you founded, Bain Capital. You knew how the economy worked! You knew how to create jobs! You were a born leader!
Well, Senator Kennedy disagreed. He unleashed an ad campaign letting the voters of the great state of Massachusetts know exactly what you did at Bain. He let them know in every speech, at the debate, in his campaign stops. What did he say to them? Wikipedia tells it much better than I:
After Romney touted his business credentials and his record at creating jobs within his company, Kennedy ran campaign ads showing an Indiana company, Ampad, bought out by Romney's firm, Bain Capital. They showed interviews with its union workers who had been fired and who criticized Romney for the loss of their jobs, with one saying, "I don’t think Romney is creating jobs because he took every one of them away."[14] Romney claimed that 10,000 jobs were created because of his work at Bain, but private detectives hired by Kennedy found a factory bought by Bain Capital that had suffered a 350-worker strike after Bain had cut worker pay and benefits.[15] Kennedy's charges were effective, as more voters decided that Romney was interested in profits more than people.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts,_1994
You lost and Teddy won. Even with the William Smith baggage, the Chappaquiddick baggage, in a wave election, you lost. And Teddy won.
So if the definition of insanity means doing the same thing and expecting a different result, Mitt, you are the craziest motherfucker to ever have an "R" after your name. And that's saying alot.
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