Sunday, July 15, 2012

The Curse of Alexander Haig; Romney's Edition by Jamil Shawwa

In 1981, President Reagan was  subject to an assassination attempt; his VP George H.W .Bush was not immediately available so the Secretary of State  Alexander Haig and the third in command in the administration, in a press conference before the White House Press Corps, announced "I'm in now in control" and that was it for him, few months later, he resigned and was forgotten and outcast from American politics. Now Romney is saying that "I'm  not in charge" of the Bain investment firm that he owned, and that as of 1999, he owned but did not manage, that he had nothing to do with the decisions the firm made or outsourcing or closing businesses in the US and laying off people. The curse of in charge and not in charge is coming back to haunt another Republican politician . Haig was a Republican presidential material as many thought but Romney is different , he is going to be the Republican party nominee for president and if Haig was done after that episode, Romney to the contrary still have a chance to manage the " in charge or not" by the time of the Republican Convention, otherwise it will add to other hurdles waiting for him by the time of the first debate with the democratic nominee for president Barack Obama. The time is not in favor of Mitt Romney;Bain is in the shadows.

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