Sen. Clinton’s Best Response

2:27 pm EST February 1st, 2008 | News | 7 Comments

The Nation discusses her response to the Mitt Romney charge that as a CEO he’s more qualified to run the government.

“I would, with all due respect, say that the United States government is much more than a business,” Clinton began. “It is a trust. It is the most complicated organization, but it is not out to make a profit. It is out to help the American people. It is about (what we do) to stand up for our values and to do what we should at home and around the world to keep faith with who we are as a country. With all due respect, we have a president who basically ran as the ‘CEO/MBA President’ and look what we got! I am not too happy about the results.”

The idea of running government like a business is as crazy as it is dangerous. Yet, for years, Democrats have failed to effectively counter Republican promises to apply corporate values to public duties.

I think a lot of conservatives have viewed that challenge as a “gotcha” that will have Dems squirming… but they both answered it ably.

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7 Responses to “Sen. Clinton’s Best Response”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    February 1, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Unlike a CEO, a President can’t just “downsize” a few hundred thousand citizens to earn a bonus.

  2. Diamond LeGrande says:
    February 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    Or move them overseas, unless they’re in the military and you feel like invading another country. Wait …

  3. Jay says:
    February 1, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    Well I’ll remember that the next time she talks about the government making “investments.”

  4. megamoze says:
    February 2, 2008 at 3:31 am

    Well I’ll remember that the next time she talks about the government making “investments.”

    Are you under some kind of impression that trusts and non-profits don’t make investments?

  5. Zython says:
    February 2, 2008 at 4:15 am

    Businessmen make for shitty politicians, and politicians make for shitty businessmen. The two job just require completely different mindsets. Simple as that.

  6. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 2, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    Jay: “Well I’ll remember that the next time she talks about the government making ‘investments.’”

    Should we add, ‘investments’ to the long list of words you don’t know the definition to?

  7. megamoze says:
    February 3, 2008 at 3:32 am

    Should we add, ‘investments’ to the long list of words you don’t know the definition to?

    Wouldn’t it be simpler and shorter just to list the things he DOES know? Otherwise, we’d be here all year.