Fired Up, Ready to Go
2012-01-10 - by
I call it Hickman’s Law, because I first heard it from pollster Harrison Hickman: “The worst wounds in politics are self-inflicted.”
Mitt Romney has inflected a doozy on himself: “I like being able to fire people.”
He did it just as Winning Our Future, a super-PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, released a doozy of a film, “King of Bain,” about Mitt’s career doing just that.
Newt chimed in with this doozy of a quote, which Democrats will enjoy recycling: “Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of other people and walk off with the money?”
Mitt claims his quote is taken out of context. He said, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”
But you might recall that his campaign ran an ad taking a quote from President Obama out of context, about not wanting to talk about the economy. Obama was actually quoting John McCain, Romney’s new BFF.
That’s called karma, Mitt.
Fired Up, Ready to Go
2012-01-10/
I call it Hickman’s Law, because I first heard it from pollster Harrison Hickman: “The worst wounds in politics are self-inflicted.”
Mitt Romney has inflected a doozy on himself: “I like being able to fire people.”
He did it just as Winning Our Future, a super-PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, released a doozy of a film, “King of Bain,” about Mitt’s career doing just that.
Newt chimed in with this doozy of a quote, which Democrats will enjoy recycling: “Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of other people and walk off with the money?”
Mitt claims his quote is taken out of context. He said, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”
But you might recall that his campaign ran an ad taking a quote from President Obama out of context, about not wanting to talk about the economy. Obama was actually quoting John McCain, Romney’s new BFF.
That’s called karma, Mitt.