ʻO ka hoʻohewa nui ʻana iā Mitt Romney, mai nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke ala, ʻaʻole ia e kū no kekahi mea. ʻO ia ka flip-flopper, wahi a lākou, he māmā, he pahu pahu manawa kūpono e ʻōlelo i kekahi mea e koho ai.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hewa ka poʻe hoʻohewa. ʻAʻole ʻo Mitt Romney he kanaka pepa pepa. Kokoke ʻo ia i ke ʻano kipi, he mana hope o ka honua o Che a i ʻole Trotsky, me nā puka ihu tweezed ma kahi o ka ʻumiʻumi, he hapalua Windsor ma kahi o ka ʻili ʻili. ʻAʻole hoʻopunipuni kāna mau flip-flops kaʻao o ka poʻe hoʻomāʻewaʻewa - ʻo ia ka prevarications hilinaʻi o ke kanaka pilikia ʻole ma ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻomaloka i ka ʻimi ʻana i hoʻokahi pahuhopu pau. He hihiʻo ko Romney, a ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia no kekahi mea nui: Ua lohi loa mākou i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke ʻano o ia mea, e like me kā mākou lohi i ka hopu ʻana i nā aʻa o nā hoʻololi hoʻokele waiwai i hoʻopau i ka ʻāina i ka hope. hanauna.
ʻO ka moʻolelo kupaianaha ʻole o ke koho balota 2012 a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻo ka holo ʻana o Romney he momi ʻālohilohi o ka hoʻokamani politika maikaʻi loa, a ua hūnā ʻia ʻo ia, ʻoiai me nā kaukani kamera e hahai ana i kāna neʻe ʻana. A o ka hana keaka o keia rhetorical kiʻekiʻe-uea hana ratcheted i oi loa aku i ka wa Romney koho i kona holo hoa, Rep. Paul Ryan o Wisconsin - like ia ia iho, he self-righteously anal, lahilahi-lehelehe, Whitest Kids U Know penny pincher nana ' e hoʻohanohano ʻia e haʻi iā Oliver Twist ʻaʻohe sopa i koe. Ma ke koho ʻana iā Ryan, ʻo Romney, ka mea hoʻokūkū paʻakikī, chameleonic champion o kahi Wall Street hilahila ʻaʻole naʻe-defiant, ua kūleʻa kūleʻa i ka neʻe ʻana i nā laina kaua i ka heihei pelekikena 2012.
E like me John McCain i ʻehā mau makahiki ma mua, makemake nui ʻo Romney i kahi koho pelekikena hope e hoʻololi i ka pāʻani. Akā ma kahi e koho ai ʻo McCain i kahi hui puʻupuʻu o nā mea hou ʻole a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa pili ʻana i ke kaiāulu i kapa ʻia ʻo Sarah Palin, pili ʻo Romney i kahi manaʻo. Ua ʻōlelo nui ʻo ia i kona wehe ʻana i kāna koho ʻana iā Ryan, ka mea kākau o kahi hoʻolālā ʻoki kālā hoʻonui lauoho i ʻike ʻia no kona makemake e ʻoki i nā bipi kapu o Medicare a me Medicaid. "Ua lilo ʻo Paul Ryan i alakaʻi noʻonoʻo no ka Party Republican," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Romney i ka poʻe kākoʻo Repubalika ma Norfolk, Virginia, e kū ana i mua o ka hilinaʻi jingoistic backdrop o kahi moku kaua e lana ana. "Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i nā pilikia pili kālā e kū nei iā ʻAmelika: kā mākou mau hemahema a me ka hōʻeha ʻana i ka aie."
aie, aie, aie. Ina he James Carville ko ka aoao Repubalika, eia ka mea ana i olelo ai e lanakila ai o Mitt, ma na mea a pau o ke kau o ke keena kaua o ka po i alakai aku ai i ka Ryan koho: "O ka aie, ka naaupo." ʻO kēia ke ala e lanakila ai ʻo Barack Obama: e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka heihei ma ke ʻano he jeremiad e kūʻē i ka aie, kahi mea e pili ana i ka poʻe a pau i loaʻa i ka bila ma ka leka e inaina ai i ka pae mua.
I ka Mei i hala aku nei, i loko o kahi haʻiʻōlelo kaulana loa ma Iowa, ua hoʻohana ʻo Romney i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohihi maoli e wehewehe i ka hōʻaiʻē federal a ʻAmelika. "Ke holo nei ke ahi o ka aie ma Iowa a me ko mākou lāhui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "I kēlā me kēia lā ʻaʻole mākou e hana, ua hoʻokokoke kēlā ahi i nā hale a me nā keiki a mākou e aloha ai." ʻAʻole pilikia maʻamau kā mākou ʻaiʻē hui: Wahi a Mitt, e hele ana puhi ola i ka kakou mau keiki.
A ma laila mākou e hele ai i ka hoʻokamani ma ka puʻuwai o Mitt Romney. Ua ʻike ka poʻe a pau he waiwai nui ʻo ia, ua loaʻa i ka lanakila nui, ua hele ka moʻolelo, ma ke ʻano he "turnaround specialist," he mea hoʻokele waiwai akamai i hoʻolaʻa hou i nā hui moribund ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo kiʻekiʻe no kahi ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa ʻo Wall Street. Akā ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka hapa nui o ka poʻe koho pāloka ke ala ʻo Mitt Romney nae ua waiwai: ma ka ʻaiʻē ʻana i nā kālā he nui i koi ʻia e nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hoʻihoʻi. ʻO kēia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a maopopo i ka mea i pale aku i nā nūpepa politika kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika no ʻelua mau hoʻolaha pelekikena ʻelua: ʻo Mitt Romney kekahi o nā mea hana ʻaiʻē nui loa a kuleana ʻole o nā manawa āpau. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo Romney i nā ʻaiʻē hou aʻe i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, ua kākau ʻoi aku i nā loiloi nui a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e uhi, ma mua o ka hapa wale nō o ka poʻe ma ka honua honua.
Ma ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē i ke kikowaena o kāna hoʻolaha ʻana, ua hana ʻo Romney i kahi bluff i helu ʻia o nā ana mōʻaukala - ke kau nei i kahi koho āpau āpau ma ke kūlana kūpono ʻole o ka hui paʻi ʻAmelika. He ʻakaʻaka maikaʻi loa ka hopena: Ua loaʻa i kahi kanaka he $250 miliona kālā e hoʻouka ana i nā hui me ka ʻaiʻē a laila e unuhi i nā uku miliona-dala mai kēlā mau hui like, e hoʻololi i ka lawelawe lokomaikaʻi o ka haʻi ʻana iā lākou e pono ke hoʻopau ʻia i mea e loaʻa kālā ai. ʻo nā uku ʻaiʻē āna i hoʻokau ai iā lākou ma kahi mua. ʻO kēlā kanaka hoʻokahi i holo no ka pelekikena e holo ana i ke kiʻi o nā keiki e ʻai ana i ka lapalapa o ka ʻaiʻē, koho ʻo ia i hoa holo pono nona wale nō paha ma ʻAmelika i ʻoi aku ka hanohano a me ka hoʻopono iā ia iho ma ke kumuhana o ka hewa o ke kālā ʻaiʻē ma mua o ka moho ponoʻī. Inā huki ʻo Romney i kēia whopper, pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i kou pāpale iā ia: ʻAʻohe mea o ka mōʻaukala i holo kūleʻa no ka pelekikena e holo ana i kēia nui o ka wahaheʻe. Aneane lawa ia i kou manaʻo ua kūpono ʻo ia no ka Hale Keʻokeʻo.
ʻO ka like ʻole o ka manaʻo o Romney, ʻaʻole ia he hōʻailona o kāna noʻonoʻo ponoʻī noʻonoʻo pono ʻole - he hōʻailona ia no ke kūpaʻa o ka sociopathic Wall Street set āna e hōʻike nei. ʻEhā mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopau nā Mitt Romneys o ka honua i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka honua me ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻike pōkole a - ʻoi loa - ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka waiwai pilikino. He mea hoʻopailua loa ka ʻike ʻana a mākaukau ka poʻe ma nā wahi a pau e hoʻolei i ka H-bomb ma Lower Manhattan a me ka bayonet ka poʻe i pakele. Akā i kēia lā, ʻo kēlā ʻano manaʻo kuko pupule, kēlā manaʻoʻiʻo i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā miliona miliona i ʻaiʻē koke ʻia - ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo ia iho, he kahi a me kahi kāmaʻa, a ua hoʻi i laila e holo pelekikena.
ʻO Mitt Romney, ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea kūpono loa no ka hoʻololi ʻana o Wall Street. ʻAʻole ʻo ia he lua-bit, huckster maka maka e like me Lloyd Blankfein. ʻAʻole ʻo ia he uwē, ʻoluʻolu, haʻaheo e like me Jamie Dimon. Akā, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Mitt i nā mea like a kēlā poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo ai: Ua pololei ʻo ia me lākou ma nā laina mua o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hoʻokele kālā, he ʻumi makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻoihana kahiko, maʻalahi, e hana-mea-a-kūʻai aku. pani ʻia me kahi hoʻokele waiwai kālā hou a paʻakikī loa. Ma kahi o nā kaʻa a me nā mokulele, ua kūkulu mākou i nā swaps, CDO a me nā huahana kālā ʻona. Ma kahi o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻoihana hou mai ka honua aʻe, ua lawe mākou i nā hōʻaiʻē panakō nui a hoʻohana iā lākou e kiʻi i nā ʻoihana e kū nei, e hoʻopau i kēlā me kēia waiwai i ʻike ʻia a waiho i nā ʻoihana i manaʻo ʻia e paʻa ana i ka memo. Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ka hoʻokele waiwai hōʻaiʻē hou e ka manaʻo hoʻomana hoʻomana i ka manaʻo euphemistic grossly o "ka luku hoʻomohala," a ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kuleana hui e ka poʻe waiwai o ʻAmelika, nona ka mea hou e hoʻonui i ke kālā i kēlā me kēia manawa. -ʻo nā hoʻolaha pōkole o ka hoʻokele waiwai, hoʻouna ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa i waho o ka ʻāina, a me ka ʻohi ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale nui a me nā hale hana i kūkulu ʻia e ko lākou mau mākua a me nā kūpuna i kūkulu ʻia i pani ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ke ahi maoli o ka aie.
ʻO Mitt Romney - he kanaka nona kona makuakāne ponoʻī i kūkulu i nā kaʻa a hānai i nā kaiāulu, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā anachronism ʻoihana kula kahiko i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka hopu waiwai o ka hanauna hou - ua kū mai i kēia manawa e kūʻai aku i kēia make-no, lawe-nā mea a pau, wili-nā mea a pau. ethos i ka honua. ʻO ia ʻo Gordon Gekko, akā he mana hou a i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, me PR ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi - a me kahi pahuhopu nui aʻe. He mea hana kiʻi kiʻi i kona ola a pau, ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Romney e lawe iā ʻAmelika iho. A inā he alakaʻi kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī, e pau mākou i ka uku no ka loaʻa ʻana.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Willard "Mitt" Romney ma nā ʻano he nui e hōʻike ana i kahi kāne i hānau ʻia e pelekikena - waiwai ʻino mai ka hānau ʻana, hānai ʻia i nā kula prep, ʻaʻohe ʻike mua i nā mea liʻiliʻi ma waho o nā kaikamahine, he makuakāne ikaika e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāna mau kuhi hewa, a me nā hoʻokuʻu manawa. mai ka oihana koa. Ma Romney's bio, aia kekahi mau mea like me ka poʻe pelekikena hou. (Ua mākaukau anei ʻo ʻAmelika no kekahi pelekikena Repubalika ʻē aʻe he mea hoʻohauʻoli mua i ke kula?) A e like me nā mea kamaʻilio ʻelua pelekikena nui ʻē aʻe e like me Bill Clinton a me George W. Bush, ua hōʻike ʻo Romney i ke akamai ma ka ʻāpana o ka haʻi ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻoiaʻiʻo. kona moolelo ola ponoi.
"Ua makemake au ma nā ʻano he nui e noho i Vietnam a e pani i ko mākou ʻāina ma laila," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i mau makahiki ma hope o ke kaua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kahi anaina ʻē aʻe, "ʻAʻole wau i hoʻolālā e kākau inoa no ka pūʻali koa. ʻAʻole koʻu makemake e hele a lawelawe ma Vietnam."
E like me John F. Kennedy lāua ʻo George W. Bush, nā kāne i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i ko lākou ala i ka mana e nā makua kāne kaulana akā ua kipi i ko lākou hoʻoilina makua ma ke ʻano he poʻe kālai'āina makua, ʻo ka ʻoihana ʻo Mitt Romney he mea hoʻomaikaʻi a hōʻole i kona makuakāne kaulana. Ua lilo ʻo George Romney i Luna Nui o American Motors Corp. i ka makahiki 1950, a ua lilo ʻo ia i kiaʻāina no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Michigan i ʻelua mau hanauna i wehe ʻia mai ka moʻomeheu o ka ʻohana Romney. No Mitt, ka mea i ulu i ka hoomana ana i kona makua kāne loloa, craggily uʻi, kālai'āina haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ua emi ke ola: Cranbrook prep kula ma suburban Detroit, ukali e Stanford i kanaono, he manawa mikionali i noho ai elua a me ka hapa makahiki hoao ana ( e like me kāna i ʻōlelo ai) e hoʻohuli i ka poʻe Farani e "haʻawi i kāu waina," a me ke kula ʻoihana ʻo Harvard ma nā ʻehiku. A laila, i mua o ka hana ʻana i kahi koho ʻoihana, ua koho ʻo Mitt i kahi mea ʻē aʻe: Ua male ʻo ia a he makua kāne ʻelua, ua haʻalele ʻo ia iā Harvard a haʻalele i ka politika a me ke kānāwai e komo i ka honua unsexy i kēia manawa o ke kūkākūkā kālā.
"Ke haʻalele ʻoe i kahi e like me Harvard, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kekahi mea - ma ka liʻiliʻi i nā lā kahiko hiki iā ʻoe," wahi a kekahi loio hui koʻikoʻi ma Wall Street i kamaʻāina i ka ʻoihana a Romney. "Akā ua puka mai ʻo ia, ʻaʻole wale ʻo ia i ke kēkelē ʻo Harvard Business School, loaʻa iā ia kahi moʻopuna aupuni me kona inoa. Ua hiki iā ia ke hana i kekahi mea - akā he aha kāna hana? Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, 'E hoʻolilo wau i koʻu ola i ka hoʻouka ʻana. i na hui pilikia me ka aie.' "
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Romney ma ka Boston Consulting Group, kahi i hōʻike ai ʻo ia i kahi mākaukau no ka helu ʻana i nā helu a me nā mea kūʻai aku hauʻoli. A laila, i ka makahiki 1977, ua hui pū ʻo ia me kahi ʻoihana ʻōpio i kapa ʻia ʻo Bill Bain ma kahi ʻoihana i kapa ʻia ʻo Bain & Company, kahi āna i hana ai no ʻeono mau makahiki ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻoihana hou i loko o kahi ʻoihana i kapa ʻia ʻo Bain Capital.
Ma ka mana o Romney o ka moʻolelo, ʻo Bain Capital - i ulu aʻe i ka mea i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā he ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa - loea i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā ʻoihana make (Ua kākau ʻo Romney i kahi puke i kapa ʻia. Huli e hoʻopiha ana i kāna puke ʻē aʻe hoʻomaikaʻi ponoʻī iā ia iho, ʻAʻohe kalahala) a ua kōkua i ka hana ʻana i ke kaulahao lako keʻena o Staples. Ma ke ala huakaʻi, kūʻai mau ʻo Romney i kona inoa hoʻomau ponoʻī ma ke ʻano he ʻano hoʻopakele altruistic o nā ʻoihana hāʻule, ʻaʻole nalo i ka manawa e hoʻohana ai i ka huaʻōlelo "kōkua" a i ʻole "kōkua" i kāna wehewehe ʻana i kāna hana a me Bain. hui. Hiki paha iā ia, no ka laʻana, e wehewehe iā ia iho "ua komo nui i ke kōkua ʻana i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe" a i ʻole e ʻōlelo ʻo ia "ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻumi tausani o nā hana."
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia i ka waena o kāna ʻoihana ma Bain, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Romney i kahi hoʻoholo hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa: Ua neʻe ʻo ia mai ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā ʻoihana e like me Staples ma o nā hoʻolālā ʻoihana ʻoihana, a i kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana e pili ana i ka hōʻaiʻē ʻana i nā kālā nui e lawe ai i nā ʻoihana e kū nei. , a laila e unuhi i ka waiwai mai ia mau mea me ka ikaika. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia, e like me kāna kau ʻana ma hope, "ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻoihana e kū nei." I nā makahiki kanawalu, i ka wā i hana ai ʻo Romney i kēia neʻe ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano o ka piracy kālā ma ke ʻano he leveraged buyout, a ua loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana kiʻi mahalo iā Gordon Gekko ma Wall Street. Ua like ka hoʻolālā pāʻoihana a Gekko me ke kumu hoʻohālike Romney–Bain, ʻo Gekko wale nō i kapa iā ia iho he "hoʻokuʻu" o nā ʻoihana ma mua o ka "kōkua."
Eia ke ʻano o Romney e hele ai e "hoʻokuʻu" i kahi hui: ʻO kahi ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa e like me Bain e ʻimi maʻamau i nā ʻoihana pahū me nā kahe kālā maikaʻi. A laila e waiho i kahi kālā liʻiliʻi o kāna kālā ponoʻī a holo i kahi panakō nui e like me Goldman Sachs a i ʻole Citigroup no ke koena o ke kālā. (ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai i hoʻolimalima ʻia e kālā ʻia me 60 a 90 pakeneka kālā ʻaiʻē ʻia.) A laila hoʻohana ka ʻoihana lawe i kēlā kālā i ʻaiʻē e kūʻai i kahi kuleana mana i ka hui i manaʻo ʻia, me ka ʻae ʻole a i ʻole. Ke hana ʻia kahi LBO me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻana o ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he hoʻopiʻi kūʻē; ʻO ia mau hana hauʻoli o ka ʻoihana pōā i hana ʻia i ka moʻolelo i nā makahiki kanawalu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka makahiki 1988 e ka poʻe hoʻouka kaua kaulana ʻo Kohlberg Kravis Roberts kūʻē iā RJR Nabisco, he kuʻikahi i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ma ka puke. ʻO Barbarian ma ka puka pā.
Ua pale aku ʻo Romney lāua ʻo Bain i ke ala kūʻē, makemake e hoʻopaʻa i ka hui pū ʻana o kā lākou mau pahu hopu ma ke kūʻai ʻana aku i ka hoʻokele ʻana o kahi ʻoihana me nā uku uku. Aia ka hoʻokele ma luna o ka moku, ʻo ke koena wale nō ka makemakika. No laila, inā he $500 miliona ka waiwai o ka hui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, hiki iā Bain ke waiho iho i $20 miliona o kāna kālā ponoʻī, a laila e hōʻaiʻē i $350 miliona mai kahi waihona hoʻopukapuka e lawe i kahi ʻeke hoʻomalu.
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