[jeffkrol]

worth noting again...

Romney and Capitalism didn't "build" the 2002 Olympics...............

Mitt Romney: 2002 Winter Olympic Games Were Made Possible By 'Enormous' Federal Spending

"Without question, we simply could not host Games in Salt Lake if it were not for the enormous spending and services of the federal government," Romney had said in a 2001 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing around cooperation between federal, state, local and private agencies for the Salt Lake City Olympics.

"When I came to the Games two years ago, following the revelations of bid impropriety, there was nothing which caused greater anxiety than whether or not we could count on this critical federal support," he said, before thanking both the Clinton and Bush administrations for being involved with his committee's planning efforts "every step of the way."

According to Romney at the time, former President George W. Bush specifically included Olympic items in the budget he submitted to Congress.

The testimony doesn't just contradict Romney's current position on the role of federal spending -- it also underscores the outside help he received in orchestrating the 2002 Olympics. Throughout Romney's candidacy, his campaign and affiliates have used the event to tout Romney as an "Olympics Savior." Pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future placed a $7.2 million ad buy centered on his Olympics success, featuring Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi in one of its ads reflecting on how Romney brought her "a sense of hope."

Missing from the ad, and Romney's own telling of the story, is how that hope for the 2002 Olympics was also restored through $342 million in direct federal funding and an additional $1.1 billion in indirect financing from Washington.

Gee why leave that out...............snicker

[boriscleto]

Daily Kos: Romneyland defends shredding Olympic documents: It wasn't Mitt's fault. He'd already retired.

Daily Kos: Romney did NOT "save" 2002 Olympics. Lost his cool. Likely breached his contract. Profiteered.

[jeffkrol]

Daily Kos: Romneyland defends shredding Olympic documents: It wasn't Mitt's fault. He'd already retired.

Daily Kos: Romney did NOT "save" 2002 Olympics. Lost his cool. Likely breached his contract. Profiteered.

Lot of dirty snow in that there Olympics.............. of course that is SOP................