Originally Posted by
LookingForResults
I do not like the ruthlessness with which Romney often (not always) practiced venture capitalism, and criticism of such tactics is justifiable. But you started this thread asking for positives about Romney (even though you were only seeking a backdoor opportunity to criticize him), and I will tell you the positive in this aspect of Romney's personality. When he sits down with the ruling thugs of Russia, China, N. Korea and numerous others, Romney's ruthlessness is exactly what I want on full display. No apologies, no compromises. I want the ruthlessness that allowed him to be cavalier with people's jobs to be so perfectly evident to our sworn enemies that when he tells them he's going to kick their ass, they know he intends to do so.
Just as it's true that one's greatest strength is also one's greatest weakness, it is likewise true in Romney's case that perhaps his greatest personal weakness (ruthlessness), when it comes to dealing with world despots, will prove to be his greatest strength.