Mitt Romney Now Says He Advocated The Bailout He Opposed

Mitt Romney advocated against the bailout in a November 2008 op-ed called “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” A year later he reiterated his opposition to the bailout.

In 2009, Mr. Romney said Mr. Obama’s plans for rescuing the automobile industry were “tragic” and “a very sad circumstance for this country.”

Now, Romney says Obama copied his idea.

“Mitt Romney had the idea first,” said Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney spokesman, citing the Times opinion article. “You have to acknowledge that. He was advocating for a course of action that eventually the Obama administration adopted.”

And, then, confusingly, said the bailout was wrong.

“Mitt Romney argued that instead of a bailout, we should let the car companies go through a restructuring under the bankruptcy laws,” Mr. Fehrnstrom said.

So, Romney denounced the bailout, took credit for the bailout, and then denounced it again.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.