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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsROMNEY: “It’s extraordinary, “but it’s cheaper to get it from China.”
*More on Romney and offshoring: ABC News scoops that some of the paraphenalia for the 2002 Olympics Romney ran was manufactured overseas, including a piece of 9/11 memorabilia bearing the words United We Stand. ABC also digs up this 2002 quote from Romney about material the Olympics used from China:
ROMNEY: Its extraordinary, but its cheaper to get it from China.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/made-in-china-olympic-pin-shaped-like-mitt-romneys-face/
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ROMNEY: “It’s extraordinary, “but it’s cheaper to get it from China.” (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2012
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I guess the Chinese can't tell the difference between Mitt Romney and Morton Downey Jr.!
bullwinkle428
Jul 2012
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bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)1. I guess the Chinese can't tell the difference between Mitt Romney and Morton Downey Jr.!
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)2. Paraphrased: Romney likes cheap Chinese shit!
tanyev
(42,559 posts)3. I don't think 'extraordinary' is really the appropriate word there, Mittwitt.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)4. "You know ... the place where I sent all those jobs to."
Is he really trying to lose?