On July 25, 2012, journalist Lisa Riley Roche, of the Deseret News reported that, while he was CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Mitt Romney envisioned himself as James Bond.
Please read this fine article http://www.deseretnews.com/...
It is a small minefield of gems for #Romneyshambles, most notably:
The author quotes Ed Eynon, head of the SLOC human resources, reminiscing:
Romney, he said, confided that he "envisions himself as James Bond," often asking himself in situations what the fictional British spy would do. "I think that's about being cool under pressure," Eynon said, "being suave and debonair."
Calling all Kossacks: Does anyone know if James Bond ever said the following to any foe: ‘You don’t want me as an enemy.'
Romney and the Olympics: What the Salt Lake Games say about a Mitt Romney presidency
By Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News
Wednesday, July 25 2012
http://www.deseretnews.com/...
Finding the real Romney
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Nerd, bully or Bond?
Not everyone associated with the Salt Lake Games is a Romney fan.
“Everyone had this love affair with Mitt,” said Ken Bullock, head of the Utah League of Cities and Towns and a member of the SLOC board who believes he’s been unfairly castigated for raising questions over the years about Romney’s leadership.
Bullock described a meeting where Romney attempted unsuccessfully to talk state and local leaders into letting Olympic organizers skip the promised repayment of $59 million in tax dollars used to build venues.
Now isn't that interesting? Romney thought it was a good idea to stiff state and local taxpayers to the tune of $59 million. Fortunately the state and local leaders were NOT on the same page and insisted on repayment.
Continuing, from the article: Really, it is worth a good read!
“We went outside the door and he got quite animated, I guess would be the word,” Bullock said. When they went to a quieter place to talk about the issue, Romney asked why there was continued friction between them.
“He said he and Teddy Kennedy get along just fine, why can’t we,” Bullock said, a reference to Romney’s opponent in the 1994 Massachusetts Senate race.
“I said, ‘We can,’" Bullock recalled. “That's when he said, ‘You don’t want me as an enemy.'”
Bullock said that was just one of several similar encounters with Romney, although he declined to detail any others. “I took it for what it was,” he said. “Did I lose sleep over it? No. When you’re in a pressure situation, sometimes you say things you don’t mean. … I don’t know if he meant it or not.”
Bullock and others who suggest Romney exploited his time in Utah for political gain say the Olympics were never in real jeopardy despite the scandal and the criminal investigations it sparked.
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Even Romney's supporters in Utah acknowledge that he could seem somewhat aloof at times, a different image than what the Olympic leader publicly portrayed with the help of a New York-based public relations firm.
Seeking twitter assistance: Would a Kossack with a twitter account please post some of these amusing gems and a link to the Deseret News article to #Romneyshambles? Our friends across the pond will be duly amused, I'm sure.