Mitt Romney Asks Rick Scott To Zip His Lip On Jobs Numbers

"Shh! I'm Running For Office For Pete's Sake!"

Mitt Romney is rooting for economic failure because he thinks it will bolster his campaign. After all Republicans in Congress have been trying to sabotage the economy under President Obama from day one. So this probably shouldn't be much of a surprise:

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state’s economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee’s message that the nation is suffering under President Barack Obama, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Scott, a Republican, was asked to say that the state’s jobless rate could improve faster under a Romney presidency, according to the people, who asked not to be named.

It certainly wouldn't be a stretch to hear Rick Scott attempt to mislead the public for political gain in the state where he and Republicans have made similar efforts almost an art form. But then Romney is asking a governor who has bottom of the barrel approval ratings to keep quiet about one tiny sliver of good news he's had, and Scott loves to toot his own horn regardless of who the credit belongs to.

Unfortunately for Romney, Scott still did plenty of crowing on his Facebook page, and since he hasn't taken it down, apparently he has no intention of falling on the unemployment numbers sword for Mitt Romney.

Today when Romney came to Orlando to give a speech pandering to Hispanic voters, he ignored reality, and Rick Scott once again and painted his misleading economic speech of doom in spite of the widespread reports of his request that Gov. Scott zip his lip on the numbers. As usual, Romney thinks voters are stupid and will believe anything he says.

Speaking of that, he danced around the entire immigration issue again today without going into specifics, instead blaming President Obama for immigration policies that were repeatedly blocked by Republicans in Congress. Instead, Romney said "when I make promises, I keep them." Not sure exactly which promises he was referring to on immigration. The one where he said he would veto the DREAM Act? The one about self-deportation? 

Well, voters are in for another long wait because Romney still isn't being very clear on what he would do on immigration, (much less anything else) he just wants Hispanics to vote for him and wait to find out if he wins.

Yes, the man who asks others to toe the line and basically lie about the economy is asking voters once again to "just trust me."

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