Romney Lies About Auto Bailout, Takes Credit

Posted on May 9, 2012 at 9:35 am by Bob Cesca

He’s like a Chattie Kathie doll. Pull a string on his back, and out of his positronic neural net comes a gigantic whopper of a lie. This time, Romney is taking credit for the auto bailout — you know, the one he opposed.

Despite his 2008 call to “let Detroit go bankrupt,” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that he would “take a lot of credit” for his impact on the U.S. automobile industry’s comeback. [...]

“I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy,” Romney said. “And finally, when that was done, and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. So I’ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry’s come back.”

Both General Motors and Chrysler ended up taking the massive federal loans supported by both President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush. The bailout included managed bankruptcy filings for both companies.

How does Mitt Romney sleep at night?

He doesn’t. He powers down.

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  • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

    Mitt Romney-bot eats medicine for fuel.

  • Draxiar

    Dear Mitt,

    Fuck you, you fuckin’ fuck!

    *WHEW* I’m so glad I got that out…moving on…

  • GrafZeppelin127

    Jon Stewart had a great takedown of this last night. Paraphrasing:

    I really hate toll booths. Like I said to my friend Joey this one time, “You know, there ought to be a way to make toll booths go faster.” Then, a couple of years later, EZ-Pass. You’re welcome; that was me.”

    What Romney is saying is “I said that this should happen, then something like it happened, so I should get credit for it happening.”

  • http://www.politicalruminations.com/ nicole

    We need to beat the hell out of that lying, contemptible, unpatriotic asshole, and then throw his ass out of the country permanently!

    The Cayman Islands seem about right.

  • Ned F

    Besides the fact there is audio and video proving otherwise, has anyone pointed out that Mr. Mitt, (Me, I would have gone with Will), was not involved in government, not in office, not in a position to actually influence policy at that point in history, and therefore, can no more take credit for saving the auto industry than Richard Nixon.
    Wait, was he governor of Mass at the time? I may be half right.

    • Draxiar

      No he wasn’t, Deval Patrick was (and still is) governer.

      It often shames me that Mitt was the governer of my state.

  • Zen Diesel

    Wow, Mittens will say anything to please the flying monkeys over at Fox.

  • http://www.intoxination.net intoxination

    Hell he was blasting the bailout just this past February:

    http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120214/OPINION01/202140336/Romney-op-ed–Taxpayers-should-get-GM-shares%E2%80%99-proceeds

    If I were a Republican I wouldn’t vote for him just because you don’t know where his mind is, how it’s going to change and what the hell he is thinking.

    • stacib23

      If I were a Republican I wouldn’t vote for him just because you don’t know where his mind is, how it’s going to change and what the hell he is thinking.

      Agreed, but I work with all Republicans. Last week I said something fairly similar to this and called Mitt Romney a liar to boot. I got responses like “what do you mean, he’s not a liar”. These people will be very easy to convince that everything Mitt said is being twisted by the liberal media; even his own words because after all, technology…

      • Victor_the_Crab

        You should have replied to them “How’s life like for you out in Bizzaro World?”

  • Victor_the_Crab

    “How does Mitt Romney sleep at night?

    He doesn’t. He powers down.”

    And sleeps in a crate stuffed with styrofoam peanuts. Geoffery Peterson from the Late Late Show has more of a personality than Romney.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/MKPNGL67RZ3WKTPQI7FUWH5L4Y Andrea Osuch

    And, they say that the polls are close. Gimme a break

  • GrafZeppelin127

    You know, now that I think about it, this means I can take credit for the NFL adopting the 2-point conversion, the USFL’s red-flag challenge replay/review system, and moving the Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl.

    I can also take credit for the Mets fixing their uniforms.

    Billy Joel and Elton John playing together? That was me.

    LIRR into Grand Central? Mine.

    Converting the High Line into an elevated park? All me.

    • Victor_the_Crab

      So what? I invented beer.

      • stacib23

        I invented the internet.

      • http://twitter.com/AlanFors Alan Fors

        Mmmmm, beer. Thank You.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Norris/1597765442 Michael Norris

    Not many people know this, but after I invented the internet (and Al Gore tryed to steal my thunder…) I built Bob Cesca in my laboratory.

  • bphoon

    Hey, GOP (this includes you, Mitt): Just because you can’t remember anything that happened more than about three months ago doesn’t mean the rest of can’t, either.

    “When I look at the economy, I don’t see how Obama can win; when I look at the GOP candidates, I don’t see how he can lose.” – Paul Begala