On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said yesterday was his worst day as a Republican. He was that ashamed of the lies said about Mitt Romney by Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry. These three have been attacking Romney for laying off some workers during his time at Bain Capital.
Gingrich, Huntsman and Perry obviously want to win more than they want to be true to the free enterprise system and to conservative values. All three candidates have lied about Romney’s statement that he loves the freedom to fire companies that provide him with lousy service.
Rick Santorum has not joined in on these attacks.
Dennis: “I remember saying I would be proud to have any of these candidates (aside from Ron Paul) as my president. I take it back. It has nothing to do with whether I like or dislike Mitt Romney. It has to do with whether or not I like truth and the free enterprise system. Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman as disqualified from being president of the United States. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are left. Two good men.”
The assault on Mitt Romney’s record as a private equity investor — led by, of all people, Newt Gingrich — has one influential Washington special interest group screaming “enough!”
That would be the Club for Growth, the conservative anti-tax advocates who on Monday released a statement decrying Gingrich’s attack on Romney’s work at Bain Capital as, well, un-Republican.
“Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital are disgusting,” the group’s president, Chris Chocola, a former Indiana congressman, said. “There are a number of issues for Mitt Romney’s Republican opponents to attack him for, but attacking him for making investments in companies to create a profit for his investors is just wrong. Because of the efforts of Bain Capital, major companies like Staples, Domino’s Pizza, and the Sports Authority now employ thousands of people and have created billions in wealth in the private economy. Attacking Gov. Romney for participating in free-market capitalism is just beyond the pale for any purported ‘Reagan Conservative.’ Newt Gingrich should stop his attacks on free markets and apologize to Gov. Romney for them.”
