Experience?

In the course of the Presidential debate on Tuesday, October 15^th, former governor Mitt Romney touted his experience as Massachusetts governor as part of his qualifications to be elected President of the United States.  However, it appears that in recent polls taken in the State of Massachusetts, the citizens of that state, his former constituents, do not agree with his assertions that he would be a better President than Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Massachusetts Voters shows Obama with 57% support to Romney's 42%. One percent (1%) is undecided.  The Huffington Post poll gives Obama a 18% advantage over Romney.  At the end of his term in office, his approval rating was only 32%, 69% approval by republicans, 31% by independents, and 12% by democrats.  Looking at how his constituents felt about Romney as president, in the 2008 presidential primary, Romney received 255,892 votes for the republican nomination while Obama received 511,680 votes for the democratic nomination.  According to virtually every report, state spending under the governorship of Romney increased in spite of Romney’s claims to the contrary.  And, in spite of his claim as a job creator, during his term in office, Massachusetts fell from 37^th in the country to 47^th in job creation.  While across the country, the average growth in jobs was an increase of 5.3%, the increase during the Romney term as governor was 1.5%. On the campaign for president, Romney has bragged about the low unemployment rate when he left the office of governor but most writing on this subject point out to the mass exodus of unemployed people from Massachusetts during the Romney governorship that accounted for the low unemployment rate.  One only has to look at Freeport, IL, to see how Romney and Bain Capital create jobs.  On November 5^th, a major employer in this town will close the doors for good having shipped jobs and manufacturing equipment to China.  Romney and Bain continue to create jobs, but those jobs are not in the USA. One final “debate point” to consider involves Romney’s statement regarding President Obama’s trips out of the Oval Office on the two days following the Libyan attack is interesting in the light of the reality that when governor, Romney spent 210 days of his last year in office out of Massachusetts.  What’s the thing about pot, kettles, and the color black!  Romney’s assertions have included all sides of many issues over his political career, but the most important fact to consider is his constant lies and misinformation in order to try to seduce votes for his presidential quest.  This pattern of misinformation should, at the very least, disqualify Mitt Romney from the office of President of The United States.