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MITT CONTRADICTS HIMSELF AGAIN. 2012—SAYS HE WANTED OBAMA TO SUCCEED. 2009—SAYS HE WANTED OBAMA TO FAIL.
HUFFINGTON POST, September 1, 2012 -- "I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed," Mitt Romney said in his acceptance speech.
But, it turns out he didn’t always feel that way. In fact, just after Obama was inaugurated, Romney explicitly said he wanted the president to fail:
“I want liberal policies to fail. I want him to fail in trying to put in place a health care plan that takes away the private sector from health care. I want him to fail in this cap and trade program as long as China and Brazil and Indonesia are not going to play in it. But I want him to succeed as a president, meaning, I want him to succeed in strengthening our economy, keeping us free, bringing our troops home in success from Iraq and Afghanistan. But I don't want his liberal policies to succeed.”
The remark, made in an interview with CNN's Larry King on March 19, 2009, was unearthed by MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes" and aired during his Saturday show.
With many voters claiming to feel an emotional attachment to Obama, Romney tried to downplay the "excitement" of the president's 2008 campaign during his RNC speech.
"Hope and change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?" Romney said. "You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him."
Romney's RNC speech isn't the only one coming under scrutiny. Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's speech was built on demonstrably misleading assertions and has been largely criticized.
But, it turns out he didn’t always feel that way. In fact, just after Obama was inaugurated, Romney explicitly said he wanted the president to fail:
“I want liberal policies to fail. I want him to fail in trying to put in place a health care plan that takes away the private sector from health care. I want him to fail in this cap and trade program as long as China and Brazil and Indonesia are not going to play in it. But I want him to succeed as a president, meaning, I want him to succeed in strengthening our economy, keeping us free, bringing our troops home in success from Iraq and Afghanistan. But I don't want his liberal policies to succeed.”
The remark, made in an interview with CNN's Larry King on March 19, 2009, was unearthed by MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes" and aired during his Saturday show.
With many voters claiming to feel an emotional attachment to Obama, Romney tried to downplay the "excitement" of the president's 2008 campaign during his RNC speech.
"Hope and change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?" Romney said. "You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him."
Romney's RNC speech isn't the only one coming under scrutiny. Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's speech was built on demonstrably misleading assertions and has been largely criticized.
Uh oh…Here we go again! Mitt Romney arguing with himself.
"I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed,"
~ Willard Mitt Romney, August 30, 2012
“I don’t want his liberal policies to succeed. I want him to fail…”
~ Willard Mitt Romney, March 19, 2009
It turns out, when you read the full 2009 statement to Larry King on CNN, he claims he wants him to succeed as President—but he says explicitly four different times that he wants his policies to fail.
His statement makes no sense. How is it even possible for a man to succeed while his policies fail? Clearly, Romney and the GOP were all rooting for Obama to fail and by their actions and efforts to obstruct and negate his policies they made sure they could make the claim that Obama failed.
Turns out, his policies could not possibly have failed because many haven’t been tried. They were blocked by GOP.