Romney states Occupy Wall Street movement seeking ‘scapegoats to attack’
By Alicia M. Cohn-10/10/11 04:06 PM ET
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addressed the Occupy Wall Street protest movement Monday, saying the on-going demonstrations were triggered by people looking for “scapegoats to attack.”
Romney, like many of the other GOP presidential candidates including Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich, indicated he thinks the movement has gone off course by focusing their ire on Wall Street.
“Don’t attack a whole class of Americans, whether they are rich or poor, white or black. This is not the time for divisiveness,” Romney said, talking at a town hall in New Hampshire.
Romney also suggested that President Obama has encouraged that type of divisiveness.
“I’ve been really disappointed and in some respects a tiny frightened by the president’s rhetoric — trying to find someone to blame,” Romney said.
Romney debuted a new line he’s likely to use again soon in an upcoming debate, saying “the Obama economy is a ‘Where’s Waldo’ economy.’”
“Finding a good paying job in this economy is harder than finding Waldo in one of his books,” he said.
Romney has campaigned largely on his private business experience as qualifying him to address the economy.
“Let’s not fight any street in America,” Romney said, drawing a distinction between “bad actors” and representative groups or classes.
“Wall Street is connected to Main Street,” he added. He made the same argument about labor workers and unions.
“I think about the CEOs of organized labor not to be my huge buddies,” Romney said. “I think about the rank and file of organized labor to be my buddies.”
Romney delivered a campaign speech focused on labor issues at the beginning of September, and announced that he would make it a priority during the first days of his presidency to implement a secret ballot in order to guarantee workers the option not to unionize.
Romney’s campaign announced he would hold two town hall events in New Hampshire on Monday ahead of the next GOP debate scheduled there Tuesday, which debate organizers have billed the first forum to focus exclusively on economic issues.
Romney held a strong lead with 38 percent in a poll released Monday of New Hampshire voters by Harvard University and St. Anselm College. Romney also remains the frontrunner candidate in nation-wide polls.
He retained a smaller lead over the other candidates when voters were asked which potential nominee would do the most to improve the economy in Monday’s new survey from Bloomberg News and the Washington Post. Romney won 22 percent, with fellow former businessman Cain taking second place with 20 percent.
source : thehill.com
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