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peter s. Canellos

Mitt Romney’s biggest mistake

The bitter politics of envy. Who would have guessed that the most memorable phrase of the 2012 primary season would come from the almost deliberately bland Mitt Romney? But that line, inserted in his New Hampshire primary victory speech, could turn out to be the worst miscalculation of his career.

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Meanwhile, more imprtant issues are not being discussed by any of the GOP marathon runners such as the gutting of the Bill of Rights by the NDAA bill, signed by President Obama into law New Years Eve while the Nation was celebrating. Nationwide, the media was either asleep or some hgher power forced them to be silent about the ransacking of what was once my delight of saying the pledge of allegiance.

'...because they saw the GOP (wrongly, perhaps) as the party opposed to Wall Street." Clearly, that was the Tea Party's first mistake.

Hey...Bain Capitial produced a lot of stuff that ordinary Americans need...like food stamps, unemployment, and shuttered small businesses that allowed Willard and other 1 percenters to make a lot of cash while producing NOTHING!!!