“Believe in America.”
— Mitt Romney’s campaign slogan, 2012.
“I believe in America. America has made my fortune.”
— Amerigo Bonasera, the undertaker in the film “The Godfather” (1972). [It might be recalled that Bonasera only got ‘justice’ for his daughter by begging mobster Don Vito Corleone to authorize a criminal act.]
“Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is back to claiming that his former private equity firm, Bain Capital, helped create at least 100,000 jobs, telling conservative radio host Ed Morrisey that ‘we were able to help create over 100,000 jobs.’ The Romney campaign used the 100,000 number at the outset of the campaign, then admitted it was bogus, started using it again, couldn’t answer challenges from reporters, and finally gave the number a massive downgrade to a mere ‘thousands’ earlier this week. There’s still no evidence backing up the claim, other than a right-wing editorial endorsing Romney. An ad from Romney’s 1994 Senate campaign, meanwhile, claimed that the firm created 10,000 jobs — though there’s little evidence to support that either.”
— Travis Waldron, “Romney Flips Back To Claim That Bain Capital Created 100,000 Jobs,” Think Progress, May 16, 2012.[By this time next week, it could be up to a million jobs Romney created at Bain, yeah, a million, that’s the ticket.]
“I stand by what I said, whatever it was.”
— Mitt Romney to Sean Hannity. [This is a line that will haunt Romney until the election.]