Wednesday, 18 July 2012
US Presidential Election 2012: A matching pair of political liars?
Australian Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is on record as cheerfully admitting that he lies to Australian voters at the drop of the hat.
It seems he has a mate in America, because Republican presidential canidate Mitt Romney has been discovered making his resignation for Bain Capital 'restrospective'.
Something he neglected to tell the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
CNN News 13th July 2012:
"The documents, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, place Romney in charge of Bain from 1999 to 2001, a period in which the company outsourced jobs and ran companies that fell into bankruptcy.
Romney has tried to distance himself from this period in Bain's history, saying on financial disclosure forms he had no active role in Bain as of February 1999. Obama has labeled Romney a job killer in hopes of undercutting the Republican's claim that his private business experience gives him the ability to turn around the struggling economy.
But at least three times since then, Bain listed Romney as the company's "controlling person," as well as its "sole shareholder, sole director, chief executive officer and president." And one of those documents — as late as February 2001 — lists Romney's "principal occupation" was as Bain's managing director."
If Tony Abbott and Mitt Romney are both leaders of their respective nations in 2013, will anyone be able to trust official foreign policy announcemnts about the Australian-US alliance for the next four years or more?
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Democrat, Republican, Independent or something else. It does not matter who we are. It is an affront to humanity, Christianity, Islam and Judaism that in 2012, in America, we have to still suffer those who would lie, tell half truths, mischaracterize, mislead, etc. to gain power. We all know that when we make a mistake or say something wrong we clear it up. And when it’s a serious matter, we go the extra mile to clear up it up in every way possible so there is no misunderstanding. One certainly does not keep making the same claims over and over and try to defend your actions as right when they are clearly not. Not in my fathers house. Not in any tribe or clan could a person behave like this and survive. It is Fraud. Why do we give a pass to those at the top? I cant believe people are defending lying and mischaracterization as acceptable just because it allows them to make a point or win an election. We are judged by our actions and words not by intensions. What do we end up with if we elect those who lie and manipulate us to get there? Can we really end up with the good government everyone wants?
The truth is we need to fix our government. There are right answers to many questions facing us. Its not a democratic answer, or republican answer. It’s right answer for all of us. We, Americans, - we need to fix this together. Forget the media and those working to control us. We need a government for all, not one that only serves one side or the other, for a few years. We need a government that serves all of us. This is not a game. We are not enemies. We are not even rivals. We are on the same team! If we use our God given gifts wisely, we can do anything together. No one can beat a United America!
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