 Romney
Fires the "Illegal"
HelpIn a move that is sure to raise eyebrows, US Presidential Republican candidate and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reportedly fired the landscaping contracting firm he used following allegations that some of their employees may not have been documented workers. Rudy Giuliani is almost guaranteed to use this as a podium for "acting in a contradictory fashion" and only acting after it was brought up in front of millions of people during last week's successful CNN/YouTube Republican debate.
"I am disappointed
that our
relationship must
end on this note,"
Romney wrote in a
letter to the
company that was
released by his
campaign. Romney, however, has benefited from plush landscaping and more than likely "cheap labor".
With the former
Massachusetts
governor locked in a
tight race for the
top spot in the
GOP's upcoming Iowa
caucuses, the
company -- which
Romney said he gave
a "second chance"
after similar
concerns arose last
year -- had become
an easy target for
his political
opponents. But Giuliani's argument during last week's campaign was that Romney should have been more responsible in hiring the said landscaping firm, implying that Romney makes "poorly thought out decisions that are not properly researched". Romney's move essentially proves Giuliani correct. Tuesday's announcement came after the Boston Globe approached the campaign with what an official called "credible information" that the company continued to employ illegal workers -- including some at the Romney home. Romney clarified that it was the company, not him, that hired the workers and called it "offensive" to suggest he should have checked their immigration status." But anybody who has ever hired a landscaping contractor to perform work on his or her property realizes it doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine that Pedro and Horace having zero concept of the English language means there is a better than 80 percent probability that the people you have pruning your trees are not properly documented. For many in America, Romney's comments are yet another attempt to act more "politically correct" while insulting the intelligence of hard working Americans. Maybe Romney should have just done the trimming himself or have one of his ten kids do it.
---- Payton O'Brien, Gambling911.com Senior Editor POBrien@CostiganMedia.com Originally published December 4, 2007 10:45 pm EST |
Romney
in the past has been
accused of breaking
his own state laws
while governor.
He would routinely
tie his pet dog,
Seamus (pronounced
Shay-mus) to
the roof of his
family's station
wagon and drive him
on long journeys
across the state and
outside of
Massachusetts, thus
drawing the ire of
animal rights groups
who were only
notified of the
incidents in recent
months.