Plan B Forum

By Erin Sherbert



Mitt Romney Trashes California, Comparing Golden State to Financially Screwed Europe


By Erin SherbertThu., Aug. 9 2012 at 9:11 AM



Mitt Romney is in trouble with California Democrats -- not that he really cares. The Republican Presidential candidate was heard popping off again, but this time he was trashing California instead of Palestine.

While speaking to a group of Iowans, Romney talked about how another four years with Obama would lead the United States down a path similar to Greece, et al. Here's what he said:


Entrepreneurs and business people around the world and here at home think that at some point America is going to become like Greece or like Spain or Italy, or like California -- just kidding about that one, in some ways.
And here's what Gov. Jerry Brown's Office had to say back:

"Mr. Romney's weak grasp of foreign affairs was painfully evident during his recent trip to Europe, but these comments underscore the fact that he knows just as little about the Golden State as he does about the rest of the world," Gil Duran, a spokesman for Brown, told reporters.

Duran then gives Romney, who by the way owns property in San Diego,[actually it's beach front property in La Jolla] a crash course in just how great California is:

•California has a $1.9 trillion economy, the ninth largest in the world;

•It leads the nation in the number of jobs created, even if it's the leader in unemployment;

•Its bond rating outlook has improved and its borrowing costs have fallen, making it the "exact opposite" of Spain, Italy, and Greece;

•Unlike a country, which can run a deficit, California is constitutionally mandated to adopt a balanced budget each year;

•Greece's government spending makes up a much larger portion of its economy than that of California;

•Also, three words: Google, Apple, and Intel.

And don't forget, Romney, we are home to your No. 1. fan, the Queen of Porn, Jenna Jameson, who has certainly done plenty for California's economy.

The Wikipedia pages of US presidential candidate Mitt Romney and other members of the Republican party who may run alongside him have been locked down.

Wikipedia has put a silver padlock icon on the top right hand side of their entries.

This means that anonymous users cannot make editorial changes to content relating to the politicians.

The measures were taken after comedian Stephen Colbert suggested on US TV that viewers should edit the pages.

Mr Colbert was following up on earlier media reports suggesting that the popularity of election candidates could be determined by the number of edits their entries on Wikipedia had received, volunteer media coordinator David Gerard told BBC News.

As a result, more people started to tinker with the politicians' pages.

They now have a partial lock, meaning that anonymous users and those without a Wikipedia account are currently unable to make changes to the pages of Mr Romney, Senators Rob Portman and Marco Rubio, Governor Chris Christie and others.