Big Digging Yourself Out
Breaking News...
Hank Waters report (prognostication) that Gov. "Baby" Blunt may be hoping for a ride on the Romney bandwagon seems premature (sorry for the pun.)
This from the AP on attaching any "baby" to the Romney ticket...
BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is apologizing for referring to the troubled Big Dig construction project as a "tar baby."
Romney made the comment during a speech at a fundraiser with Iowa Republicans on Saturday. Romney told the crowd "The best thing politically would be to stay as far away from that tar baby as I can."
Romney said he didn't know anyone would be offended by the term some consider a racial epithet.
Black leaders were outraged. The term dates back to the 19th century Uncle Remus stories, referring to a doll made of tar that traps Br'er Rabbit. It has come to be known as a way of describing a sticky mess and has been used as a derogatory term for a black person.
Romney is considering a run for president in 2008 and acknowledges he's taking a political risk by taking control of the project after a fatal tunnel ceiling collapse but said inaction would have been even worse.
 Find it here...
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/9600781/detail.html#
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another conservative unmasked
What does Romney mean by "taking a rish by taking control of the project" Is he or is he not the GOVERNOR....and one of his duties is
to "fix" things that are broken.... or is he GOVERNOR in name only ?
As Harry Truman said...'if you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen...or something that is close to it.....