How does Romney's resume stack with Obama's? [[politics]]

How does Romney's resume stack with Obama's?

·        Valedictorian at BYU

·        Baker's scholar (top 5% of business students) at Harvard

·        Master's degrees in business AND law

·        turned a failure into one of the few profit-earning Olympics (Salt Lake) in 2002

·        put aside partisanship prejudices/trash-talk by successfully campaigning/winning the governor's seat (2003 – 2007) as a Republican in a heavily Democrat-controlled state LONG before Scott Brown

·        previous executive leadership experience as a state governor, including Massachusetts' Commander In Chief of state military forces (Yes, a state governor is legally the Commander In Chief of that state's National Guard forces unless those troops are called to active-duty by the President)

·        turned Massachusetts' budget from red to black while governor (- $3.0B to +$2.16B; that’s “billion” with a “B”)

·        cut taxes 19 times as Massachusetts governor (that’s not a typo, NINETEEN)

·        as MA governor, developed a plan that would make deadbeats pay for their own health care (you may not like the MA health care law but that's what it's sole purpose was. Still don't like it because of the mandate? How would YOU have solved the MA healthcare free-loader problem and how would you have done it with an overwhelmingly Democrat-controlled state legislature like Romney had to work with?)

·        “Service over self”. Romney immediately endorsed McCain after ‘Super Tuesday’ in 2008 when it became obvious McCain was the clear front-runner. America is more important to him than his ego to be president.

·        volunteer service to community as a church head pastor for 13 years all with ZERO pay

·        would give ALL his Presidential salary ($1.6 million total) back to the American taxpayers if elected (yes, he's on record as committing to this)

·        turned 65 on March 12, 2012 and voluntarily turned down enrolling in Medicare (in other words, he’s NOT sucking up our precious tax dollars because he knows he can, and therefore should, take care of himself)

·        upon turning 65 he also chose to NOT receive any Social Security payments because, again, he knows he can take care of himself and therefore should not rely on our tax dollars to help fund his daily living

·        understands commitment and the value of marriage (never divorced, in a loving 43 year marriage)

·        understands morality (never had an affair, never accused of impropriety)

·        understands family (5 kids, all successful adults)

·        willing to let all of America see his birth certificate and school records without a fight

·        openly released his most recent tax records proving he’s not a tax cheat, approved access to prior tax information

 

I’m not a “HUGE” fan of either Obama or Romney, but this is kinda compelling….