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His father, George W. Romney, was CEO of American Motors Co. (1954-62), governor of Michigan (1963-69) and secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1969-73).

His mother, Lenore LaFount, was a U.S. senate candidate in 1970. President Calvin Coolidge appointed her father to what is now the Federal Communications Commission.

Romney may have worked hard. But he hardly started off in a cheap pair of boots. No, he probably started off with a closet full of expensive shoes, suits, shirts and neckties.

If he had any boots, were they work boots or boots for recreation? If he had a job interview, what was the likelihood that the interviewer wasn’t connected to his patrician society?

Can one really claim they earned it the old-fashioned way when their father was CEO of one of the largest corporations on earth and at the head table of a political party?

January 31 at 12:23am via azspot
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    No one succeeds because by “pulling themselves up by the bootstraps” you become successful because of A) your family,...
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    Point taken, but with one qualification: American Motors is not General Motors - It trailed in size behind GM, Ford, and...
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    I have almost zero faith our TV/cable political “news” media will be in any hurry to debunk this myth if Romney is the...
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