Once Again, Romney’s Exploiting A National Tragedy For His Own Gain
Apparently, Romney didn’t learn any lessons from the criticism he received for trying to use the deaths in Libya to his political advantage, while still in the throes of a crisis, no less.
Romney’s already shooting off his mouth from the safety of the Midwest campaign trail, saying that Obama’s not doing it right and that he’d let the states respond to their own disasters, what he called the “moral” thing to do. A Romney campaign spokeswoman, Amanda Henneberg, said in an email to Bloomberg Businessweek: “Gov. Romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions.”
Why? Because it would be antithetical to the GOP platform to allow any federal tax dollars to go toward serving fellow Americans in need, I suppose. The unavoidable problem is this: Many states don’t have the resources or capacity to handle large-scale disasters on their own, and it would NOT be “moral” to let them try. Can you imagine New York being left to “clean up its own mess” after 9/11?
Romney has also advocated privatizing disaster relief – because if rescuing people struck by disaster shouldn’t be a for-profit enterprise, what should?
I think Romney is the least presidential candidate I’ve seen in my lifetime. If you agree, please share this post so more people know what Mitt Romney stands for before the election.
And, if you really want to help hurricane victims (rather than just pretend like you do), you can donate to the Red Cross here.
Apparently, Romney didn’t learn any lessons from the criticism he received for trying to use the deaths in Libya to his political advantage, while still in the throes of a crisis, no less.
Romney’s already shooting off his mouth from the safety of the Midwest campaign trail, saying that Obama’s not doing it right and that he’d let the states respond to their own disasters, what he called the “moral” thing to do. A Romney campaign spokeswoman, Amanda Henneberg, said in an email to Bloomberg Businessweek: “Gov. Romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions.”
Why? Because it would be antithetical to the GOP platform to allow any federal tax dollars to go toward serving fellow Americans in need, I suppose. The unavoidable problem is this: Many states don’t have the resources or capacity to handle large-scale disasters on their own, and it would NOT be “moral” to let them try. Can you imagine New York being left to “clean up its own mess” after 9/11?
Romney has also advocated privatizing disaster relief – because if rescuing people struck by disaster shouldn’t be a for-profit enterprise, what should?
I think Romney is the least presidential candidate I’ve seen in my lifetime. If you agree, please share this post so more people know what Mitt Romney stands for before the election.
And, if you really want to help hurricane victims (rather than just pretend like you do), you can donate to the Red Cross here.
