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...present-day administration of the school bearing his name, he would have had to choose a word other than “courage” for the title of his book. How else to explain the absence of student input in the decision to honor Massachusetts Governor W. Mitt Romney by naming him 2003 commencement speaker at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government...
Perhaps if the KSG administration trusted its students more, it would have declined to honor a man who is the antithesis of everything the school stands for. The Kennedy School is supposedly training a new generation of ethical, high-minded public leaders. While Romney does happen to be the governor of KSG’s home state, his short-lived political career would make a great KSG case study on how a public leader should not handle himself. Choosing Romney to speak about public leadership is akin to choosing former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to speak about corporate ethics...
While business leaders play an important role in society, the Kennedy School is dedicated to training leaders who forgo opportunities for profit in the private sector in order to serve the common good. Romney has spent more of his life lambasting people for dedicating their lives to public service—that is, following the path KSG urges its students to take—than actually serving the public. Romney spent his business career at Bain Capital putting self above the common good. His business dealings reflect a clear pattern: lay off workers, cut their benefits, line his own pockets...
Some might be willing to excuse this behavior had Romney demonstrated sound leadership in the public sector upon leaving private business. He has not. Throughout the country, a tough economy and declining federal assistance are forcing governors to make tough decisions. In Massachusetts, Romney’s lack of candor about these decisions has been stunning. While the wisdom of Romney’s policies is debatable, his disingenuousness has been inexcusable from any political standpoint...
During his campaign, Romney misled the public on the magnitude of the budget crisis. Why? He needed to justify his false claim he could balance the budget without raising taxes or cutting vital services. Romney’s own budget chief admitted his boss’s projections were off only days after the election. It would appear that Romney purposely misled the public. Of course, he would hardly be the first politician to make dubious claims during an election campaign. Still, even if Romney is given the benefit of the doubt here, his behavior after the election has been...