{"id":7293,"date":"2012-06-11T18:32:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T01:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7293"},"modified":"2012-06-11T18:32:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T01:32:36","slug":"mitt-romney-wants-to-eliminate-government-bloat-like-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7293","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney Wants To Eliminate Government Bloat – Like Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago I posted an article detailing how Mitt Romney is Protecting America From The Scourge Of Firefighters, Police, And Teachers<\/a>. I wrote in part that…<\/p>\n

“Mitt Romney has boldly come out against big government and its coddling of superfluous bureaucrats that drain our nation of scarce resources. And Romney courageously puts names to these bloodsucking parasites who provide no discernible benefit to society.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, rather than sensibly walking back the absurd position that America needs fewer teachers, firefighters, and police, Romney’s campaign doubled down. One of his top surrogates, John Sununu, even refused to characterize Romney’s remarks as a mistake:<\/p>\n

“People ought to stop jumping on it as a gaffe and understand that there is real wisdom in the comment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since the Romney camp is so proud of their latest pronouncement, I thought I’d pitch in by creating a campaign poster to help them promote their new initiative.<\/p>\n

\"Mitt<\/center>
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I presume we’ll soon be seeing this everywhere as the Romney campaign seeks to spread the word about his commitment to reducing the deficit while increasing crime, illiteracy, and the death toll from fires and medical emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago I posted an article detailing how Mitt Romney is Protecting America From The Scourge Of Firefighters, Police, And Teachers. I wrote in part that… “Mitt Romney has boldly come out against big government and its coddling of superfluous bureaucrats that drain our nation of scarce resources. 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