Mitt Romney is like a box of chocolates because you do not know what you are going to get. For a while, I have been attempting to figure out who Mitt Romney is and what he stands for. It is a difficult task since he is ‘evasive’ when answering questions. Maybe evasive is not the correct word. Perhaps ‘dishonest’ or ‘deceitful’ or ‘opaque’ or ‘dodgy’ or ‘secretive’ or ‘sneaky’ or ‘tricky’ would be better. I realized that he was running against other Republicans and therefore needed to be the right of ‘Attilla the Hun’ during the primaries. Even so, if he changes his positions at this point one must wonder whether he would say anything just to win votes. Based on his past history of changing viewpoints, if medals were awarded for flip-flopping, then Mitt Romney would be the all-time gold medal winner. Anyway from my attempts to learn more about Romney there is my list below of highly speculative of possible but unlikely Romney campaign slogans or bumper stickers.
The campaign debate went beyond flip-flops and included many inaccurate comments by Romney. One example is the debate statement that he (Romney) 'would not' cut taxes on those with high incomes. Romney indicated in the primaries that he 'would' cut taxes for high income individuals; so you have a flip-flop right there. Romney wants to kill the estate tax which does not comport with his debate statement of not cutting taxes for those with high income. Individuals subject to the estate tax have high income in addition to at least millions in wealth. The amount of taxes will be reduced on high income wealthy individuals and their families if the estate tax is eliminated as Romney wishes.. This is one example of the demonstratable false statements made by Romney in the debate.
To increase my knowledge I have looked through a few books on Romney’s faith and business activities. The ‘Real Romney’ was I thought a fair portrayal, perhaps too fair, but it left me wanting to know more about his business activities. The September Rolling Stone magazine articles take a more critical viewpoint of Romney’s business career. Mitt appears willing to break rules and dare I say laws when they do not fit into his plans. It seems fair to question his business activities. If Romney has nothing to hide he should release more of his tax returns. As far as religion goes, Romney and the media have brought up the topic in recent weeks. The book ‘One Nation under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church’ by Richard Abanes adds to what I have seen elsewhere. If you know little about the early history of Romney's religion you should check it out.
Possible Romney Campaign Slogans or Bumper Stickers
1. Romney: Scofflaws Rule.
2. Romney: Surprise! GOP nominated another aging scion.
3. Romney: GOP buying another election. Selling off America jobs.
4. Romney: Taking back America from the middle class.
5. Romney: Romney-Hood for the 1%.
6. Romney: Retirement heists from the workers to the corporate execs are enriching.
7. Romney: Just call me: Commander in Thief!
8. Romney: Believe in Switzerland, Bermuda, Luxembourg, and the Cayman’s.
9. Romney: Believe in Burma for your Olympic uniforms.
10. Romney: I love plutocrats and kleptomaniacs who aspire to be plutocrats!
11. Romney: Larger tax cuts for the rich; Longer Wars; Little middle class help.
12. Romney: Paul Ryan because his budget plan kills jobs now and the elderly asap.
13. Romney: A destroyed USA. Because that is what Joseph Smith promoted.
14. Romney: Betting $10000 that you will never see the rest of my tax returns.
15. Romney: First Act day one: Destroy all my records at SEC and FEC.
16. Romney: Second Act: Support legislation allowing etch-a-sketch tax returns.
17. Romney: Same transparency as Utah Olympics; shred all documents.
18. Romney: My tax returns began Palin’s national political career; you are welcome.
19. Romney: Goal after the Presidency; become a Mormon God.
20. Romney: Being a “minister trainee” helped kept me out of Vietnam.
21. Romney: All the rewards of America none of the sacrifice for the Romneys.
22. Romney: I will send your family to war but remember the Romneys won’t go.
23. Romney: Good thing I can get John McCain to represent me before Veterans.
24. Romney: Ministers should have the biggest house in town(s).
25. Romney: It is hell if you do not believe Joseph Smith was a prophet.
26. RMoney: The Romneys may have 70 million reasons to kill the Estate Tax.
27. RMoney: Maybe 50+ million more reasons to love previous tax breaks and cuts.
28. Romney: For those who remember George W. Bush economics, it will be déjà vu.
29. Romney: Who was President when the financial markets collapsed? Don’t recall.
30. Romney: Who was President on 9/11/2001 or after Katrina? I do not remember.
31. Romney: Oh, that George W. Bush? I do not remember him. Who is that?
32. Romney: George W. Bush, thank you for not attending the convention!
33. Romney: So what, if I stopped drivers while wearing a police uniform.
34. Romney: Assault and battery since1965! That blond hair was driving me crazy.
35. Romney: Feel safe my fellow Americans unless you do fit in.
36. Romney: Thank goodness, dogs can’t vote.
37. Romney: Abracadabra, I promise to create 12 million jobs with magic.
38. Romney: Happily, the GOP is purging likely Dem. voters
39. Romney: It is not polygamy to love more than one tax shelter.
40. Romney: Master of the Universe! King of the 1%.
41. Romney: Munchhausen by Proxy capitalism worked for me.
42. Romney: Not only a flip flopper but also a flop flipper.
43. Romney: Your business is my business and then it is huge cash inflow for me.
44. Romney: Cracking down on Big Banks? Never, they might leak my documents.
45. Romney: Foreign policy experience in France in the 70s; no VC attacks there.
46. Romney: France during Vietnam era. Oh, the horror, the horror!
47. Romney: Because the Romney family has zero military experience.
48. Romney: Extremism in defense of the 1% is no vice.
49. Romney: Karl Rove will be pardoned if charged.
50. Romney: Call Karl Rove and ask him about Scooter Libby.
51. Romney: Ask Rove about his Current Day Extremist Party majority movement.
52. Romney: Call Karl Rove and ask him about his list of donors.
53. Romney: Call Rove and ask him about the bags of campaign loot from the 1%.
54. Romney: Call Karl Rove and ask him about all that debt GWB created.
55. Romney: Tampa: great image of privateers, buccaneers, rovers, and GOPers.
56. Romney: Call Rove and ask him about his resemblance to Porky Pig.
57. Romney: Call the Koch Brothers and ask them about their Bush tax cut savings.
58. Romney: Do not ask me about my added millions because of the Bush tax cuts.
59. Romney: More corporate tax breaks because they need to hoard even more cash.
60. Romney: Some economists thought I might be a closet Keynsian: not after Ryan
61. Romney: I support the GOP austerity plan because they work so well in Europe.
62. Romney: I assured Trump that Rubio was not born in Cuba, even so it’s Ryan.
63. Romney: The decision came down to Paul Ryan or Tommy Flanagan.
64. Romney: Could not run on my record in Massachusetts so did not seek re-election
65. Romney: I am like a box of chocolates; you should be afraid.