I remember this (paraphrased) back-and-forth from one of the Romney/Kennedy debates back when Mitt was running for the Senate seat from Massachusetts:
Romney (to Kennedy): Did you not use your influence in the Senate to buy a surplus government property in DC and then turn around and sell it shortly thereafter for a few million dollars profit?
Kennedy: I would not sully the Kennedy name of my martyred brothers, Jack and Robert, by engaging in such a self-serving transaction.
(This shut Mitt up on this subject.)
I wish ... oh how I wish Mitt had rejoined with "Does this mean that you are going to give the money back?"
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ReplyDeleteKennedy: I would not sully the Kennedy name of my martyred brothers, Jack and Robert, by engaging in such a self-serving transaction.
I cannot find this text to verify your quote. Please cite your source.
I paraphrased. My memory is my source ... but I am doing some research to get the exact repartee. Be patient, Mr. Sceptic
ReplyDeleteROMNEY TAKES OFFENSIVE IN INVESTMENT WARS
ReplyDeletePublished on October 22, 1994
Author(s): Peter G. Gosselin, Globe Staff
Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney struck back at rival Edward M. Kennedy on the investment issue yesterday, repeating suggestions that Kennedy used political pull to purchase city property in Washington during the 1980s and lease it to federal tenants. In a speech to the Boston Bond Club and television ads that began airing Thursday, Romney sought to blunt Kennedy's televised assaults on his own business record by charging that the Democratic incumbent made $10 million on the
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