WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney promised “complete transparency” when he took charge of the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Olympics, a pledge that included access to his own correspondence and plans for an extensive public archive of documents related to the Games.
But some who worked with Romney describe a close-to-the-vest chief executive unwilling to share so much as a budget with a state board responsible for spending oversight. Archivists now say most key records about the Games’ internal workings were destroyed under the supervision of a staff member shortly after the flame was extinguished at Olympic Cauldron Park, after Romney had returned to Massachusetts.
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Transparency. Anyone that promises transparencey is a liar. Never happen.
Willard fears evidence of thins he said or did, and with good reason. With no evidence, much like his staffers in the governors office purchasing their hard disks to destroy the data, Willards money can buy whatver truth he wants. And as we have seen, Willard has different truths at different times depending on who he speaks to.
This, the destruction of his records as Governor of Mass., and his unwillingness to disclose his tax returns add up to a guy who does not understand what transparency is.
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Let's dispense with the myth of Romney "saving" the 2022 Olympics once and for all. The Olympics had plenty of money and a large local and international organization behind them. The Olympics were going to be held no matter who was on the committee. Romney was there for one reason: to protect the Mormon hierarchy from further embarrassing scandals. (Also interesting to note that Mitt always seems to have no knowledge of the questionable operations or actions of some entity he has headed).
Waiting for the day when the "Campaign" coverage features a critical Obama headline
System/Willard/Fehrnstrom, At this point, you must be just cutting and pasting from day to day. It has been literally weeks since you contributed anything new to a conversation on here. That's understandable, though, since the illustrious ex-one-term-governor Willard hasn't contributed anything new to national discourse in the same period.
System/Willard/Fehrnstrom, At this point, you must be just cutting and pasting from day to day. It has been literally weeks since you contributed anything new to a conversation on here. That's understandable, though, since the illustrious ex-one-term-governor Willard hasn't contributed anything new to national discourse in the same period.
Kudos to the republican party for letting Willard force an end to primary season and any serious discussion of conservative solutions. People used to say "never put all your eggs in one basket". This is why. The republicans are left with no choice but a non-candidate even before the convention.
The man is a liar, first and foremost. This is one more further proof.
Over eight percent unemployment for years. More people getting onto social security disability than are getting new jobs. They are permanently lost to the labor force. Trillion dollar budget deficits as far as the eye can see. Strained relations with our British, Polish and Israeli allies. Hundreds of guns walking across the Mexican border. The Obama administration is a failure but the Globe continues its vendetta against Mitt Romney.
As TheSystemWorked himself says: " Yes, I've posted nearly the same point daily for the last four years or so. Daily, I get to mock and satirize the daily rants and unhinged, delusionalism of liberals and Democrats who contribute to this (news)paper. I appreciate your example of hypocrisy in taking no offense to the Globe's daily rants." He's just trolling.
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Ozark, you chide people for not addressing the substance of an article or opinion, yet when a story provides all kinds of evidence of what a secretive liar Romney is, you hypocritically try to change the subject.
Ozark, let's go back to your friend Bush for a second. The trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see are mainly his responsibility since he doubled the national debt from $5 trillion to almost $11 trillion after inheriting a surplus. His administration oversaw the collapse of the economy and a near-depression, which Republican obstructionists and ideologues like you are trying to shift blame for to Obama. He started a war in Iraq for which he should have been impeached and which led to the deaths of 4400+ Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis. Bush's administration will define failed presidencies for decades to come.
mecn, my comment is very pertinent. The Globe NEVER publishes an article critical of Obama. But almost every morning for months the lead headline purports to expose Mitt Romney for some character flaw. This is not journalism. This is partisan advocacy hiding behind a cloak of supposed news reporting.
Tomorrow, the Globe is going print a report showing how TAXPAYER funds went to Mr. Obama's FAILED attempt to use POLITICAL influence with the Olympic Committee to give the next Summer Olympics to chicago. Including a visit to Europe on Air force One.
The article is well-researched, factual, and evidence-based, and is part of the vetting process of any presidential candidate, particularly one like Romney who refuses to provide specifics about his policies, refuses to release his tax records, and clearly seeks to cover his tracks by destroying records (which is also the case about his governorship). Obama has already gone through such scrutiny and will no doubt undergo more. Find another news outlet if you don't like it.
There you go again, telling conservatives to stop reading the Globe. You have so little capacity to tolerate criticism of your liberal ideology.
As you like to say, you didn't address the substance of my arguments or the facts in the article. Roger Ailes loves you guys.
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Mitt is as transparent as a rock. Believe nothing he says. Very handsom and model of what a president candidate should look like but it is all am illusion. never trust what he says. he will delegate the dirty work to his subordinates and then deny he knew anything about what they did. he will remain the clean white knight. all praise MITT AND THE SALVATOR!!!!
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