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As the days go by, more questions arise about the timing of Mitt Romney’s employment at Bain— Michael Steele, Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee and MSNBC Analyst, Eugene Robinson, MSNBC Analyst and Associate Editor and Pulitzer Prize winning Columnist for the Washington Post, will join Ed to talk about what it all means.
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The Obama campaign is lying!!!!!!!
VOTE NO Obama 2012!!!!!!
b113...
According to you, FOX 'News' and Eomney are saints, always telling the Truth, honest-to-God, while President Obama is Satan, and MSNBC are his Disciples...
Ever wonder why no one around here listens to you? Insane paranoia does that to sane people...
'Ignore'...
Thank you, David.
BOSTON -- Mitt Romney stepped Friday into the political controversy surrounding the question of precisely when he ceded control of the private equity firm he founded, saying in an interview that despite reports that his name continued to appear on government documents on behalf of Bain Capital until 2002, he had absolutely no working relationship with the company after leaving in February 1999 to take over the Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
"In February of 1999 I left Bain Capital and left all management authority and responsibility for the firm. I had no ongoing activity or involvement in the affairs of Bain Capital because I went out to run the Olympics," Romney told NBC's Peter Alexander in an interview in New Hampshire. "And so in February of 1999 I became the full-time chief executive officer of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee and I had after that time no work whatsoever with Bain Capital people. No responsibility or activity with the management of Bain Capital."
"The president's campaign has been I think outrageous I think in making the charges they have," Romney said. "I think the kinds of attacks are beneath the dignity of the presidency. I think the president needs to rein in his campaign and start talking about the real issues people care about which relate to our economy."
The Pinocchio Test
The Obama campaign is blowing smoke here.We realize that Bauer gets to the word “criminal” by mentioning “investigation,” but that distinction might be lost on most listeners.
Meanwhile, the weight of evidence suggests that Romney did in fact end active management of Bain in 1999. He stated that in a federal disclosure form he signed, under threat of criminal penalties. He said he was a “former employee” in a state disclosure form. A state commission concluded 10 years ago that he did, indeed, leave Bain in 1999. Investors in Bain funds were told he was not part of the management team.
The SEC documents, especially the ones Romney signed, do raise some questions. One can certainly argue that because Romney did not fully extricate himself from Bain till after his Olympic sojourn ended, he should bear some responsibility for what happened in that period. But that is an entirely different matter than suggesting that he is a potential criminal. It is more of a PR problem, which the Obama campaign is trying to exploit to build a larger case that Romney is secretive.
We were tempted to award this claim Four Pinocchios, but the documents with his signature leave some room for inquiry. But, overall, they shrink in importance to the other evidence cited above. (Our colleagues at FactCheck.Org also reaffirmed their similar conclusion.)
Still, if the Obama campaign wants to put its money where its mouth is, it should immediately lodge a complaint about Romney’s financial disclosure form, filed just last year, rather than try to mislead people about potential violations in relatively unimportant SEC documents.
Three Pinocchios
Rmoney is a criminal. He's the Etch A Sketch candidate that can't tell the truth if he tried. Today he can't remember having any meetings at Bain after 1999. Now, at least, he's not denying the meetings. He swore to the election commission in 2002 that he worked at Bain while he was away at the Olympics so he could qualify as a resident for the governor's race. He even said he participated in phone meetings and flew back for meetings.
Etch a sketch. He says what you want to hear. He's a pathological liar.
More plagiarism from b113.
heres the skinny; Mr Romney had too many skelitons in his closet, his history with Bain, His connection to the Mormon Brotherhood in Utah ( corruption on the olympics), Swiss Tax Havens, ect. His unwilling ness to release Tax Returns only means there is a huge scandal brewing. Come the convention, all his supporters are going to be running for the hills. You watch. I woldent be supprised if Ron Paul gets the Nomination.. These republicans just never learn. Sara Palin all over again !! Their hate and prejudice for Obama just festers inside them till they explode. Good riddance to bad rubbish! Obama will make this nation good for all again. Contribute to your cominunity, educate and help your family and friends and for goodness sakes !! GET OUT AN VOTE THIS NOVEMBER.
out. KS ROSE
Will Obama be able to get much done if the repuks win the house and senate? You know the repuks have fillibusterd everything good this term will it be differnt the next four?
Romney just said he was the 'owner' ! That means he was and is responsible for what he owned!! Plus he got paid!
What a liar................He is responsible for jobs sent over seas and the bankruptcy of pensions to workers! He was the OWNER!!
Obama/Biden 2012 FOR SURE !
I agree.
He just said he was the owner.
It wasn't just "one of the owners". He was the owner.
He may not have had any direct connection with "partner" or staff or whatever.
But there surely must have been some guidance or expectations that his people needed to follow.
They must have operated knowing that all of their activity would be ultimately judged by the Owner.
Im shocked that any politician would actualy lie. Im glad Pesident Obama doesnt lie to us. In fact I think Mr Obama may be the only poltician that has never lied.
ED your a BIG fat lier!!!!!!!!! WaPo, the Fact Checker, FactCkeck.org and Fortune Magazine all have written article debunking this claim this has also been conformed by the Mass. election Board.That is a flat out lie and fact checks have showed none of this to be true. Funny how you do not hear that on MSNBC. its a crime to call some one a felon without any proof it is called slander.
VOTE NO Obama 2012!!!!!!
FactCheck.org is not a credible source............
The others are not telling the whole truth!
Romney is telling a flat out lie..........He owned the business that shut down American jobs and then he put his profits in off-shore accounts.............TREASON!
Obama/Biden For Decency
b113- If you're going to constantly call people liars, you should learn how to spell it. It's not a typo.
wrong way willard is the liar. And I'm allowed to call him that because it is true. He has told so many lies he doesn't know what truth is. Even if he did he would change his mind...
Ed, however, is your host, and he allows you to write on this vine, as long as you do not insult him, anyone from msnbc and those of us who write on the blog. To late for you to apoligize.
Check for your self...........
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romney-and-his-departure-from-bain/2012/07/12/gJQAASzUfW_blog.html#pagebreak
VOTE NO Obama 2012!!!!!!!
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/mitt-romney-bain-controversy-why-matters-left-company-125511084.html?l=1
Good link, TMom. Romney's pants are so on fire!
b113 you are a total moron!! That is if you are a real person, and not some Romney implant. If you were some Romney implant that would actually make some sense because I never thought any one would be as stupid as you are.
I love reading the weak-minded-right-winged-narrow-minded living in a vacuum mentality people try stand up for their loser news station and team!
To those who are below the 2%ers in income and choose to vote for a robber barron, so be it. If that clown gets in and takes away for all they have worked for, they still will not admit their hatred for the President that worked for their interest. Luv ya Barrack!!
ooh and you're a teapublican..can't even spell liar, much less recognize one when you decide to vote for him.
Dictionary.com:
to acknowledge as one's own; recognize as having full claim, authority, power, dominion, etc.:
Romney just admitted he OWNED Bain!
So.........when the economy crashes again like it does under republicans.........Romney will deny responsibility and say..........I was just the elected President, I am not responsible.........!
'Romney will deny responsibility and say..........I was just the elected President, I am not responsible.........!'
Funny what President Obama has been doing for almost the last 4 years
LMAO
President Obama LOVES CREATING DISTRACTIONS IN ORDER TO AVOID HIM
Running on his Record!!!!
Running on the Economy!!!!
Just ........you lie. President Obama has major accomplishments - The Affordable Healthcare Act being one of them.
Osama bin Laden is dead and GM is alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah....President Obama has been doing his job!
Obama/Biden 2012 For SURE~
The Affordable Healthcare Act
That Nancy Pelosi said you have to pass it to find out what is in it????
That 2 years later the majority of Americans still want part or all of it repealed?
And what do some Doctors think about it???
"Eighty-three percent of American physicians have considered leaving their practices over President Barack Obama's health care reform law, according to a survey released by the Doctor Patient Medical Association."
"The DPMA, a non-partisan association of doctors and patients, surveyed a random selection of 699 doctors nationwide. The survey found that the majority have thought about bailing out of their careers over the legislation, which was upheld last month by the Supreme Court."
"Even if doctors do not quit their jobs over the ruling, America will face a shortage of at least 90,000 doctors by 2020. The new health care law increases demand for physicians by expanding insurance coverage. This change will exacerbate the current shortage as more Americans live past 65."
So your answer would be let: "Let my fellow Americans die from a lack of affordable health-care" ?
The insurance companies are just Pi**ed off because they have to spend 80-85% of costs directly on patient care and not on CEO paychecks. So instead of a 10 million dollar house, they have to live in a 5 million dollar house............ now just...........don't you feel bad for them?
The doctors will get their money..........if they want to quit............there's the door! Have at it............
Just how many people die from the lack of affordable heath care??
When you go to the hospital they have to treat you no matter if you are bill gates or john Q public.
No one is denied health care in this country.
Reagan signed a bill into law that makes it illegal for hospitals to refuse health care, the hospital has to treat no matte how much money you have or don't have, no matter if you have insurance or not.
Are you really that ignorant hee-haw? If people could afford to go to the doctor for a visit then they wouldn't need the expensive emergency room visits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How ignorant to want to wait until it's too late in many cases for people.........why do you think our long term senators and congress people live so long..........they have routine check ups and maintain their care with the insurance paid for by the taxpayers!
Obama/Biden 2012
They are not expensive if they do not pay for the vist....
if god want president obama to be president again. then who are you to stop him? what god got for him it for him. just like what god has for romney. god was for the poor those that were in need. not for those that are greedy. and the devil is a liar, all that romney is trying to hide watch all his darkness come to light. get ready because even more is going to come out. people around him will distance themselves from him. by the time god get through with romney, he's going to drop out before it time to vote. watch who you mess with touch not. go back and read your bible from the beginning to the end. mark this day down, president obama will be president again.
this is unreal. give it a rest this is getting as bad as the Birther crap
How much more do you want ? you have Washington post, Fact checker, factcheck.org fortune magazine, CNN and 3 democrats that worked at Bain who are Obama contributors all saying that this is all untrue
Washington Post just this morning wrote a long articular debunking Obamas claims they even gave Obama 3 Pinocchio's
the article basically said the same thing i have been saying that transferring ownership of a large privet equity firm like Bain Capital takes years. you have lawyers, regulations paperwork, and negotiations that takes time. along time, and during that time you will have SEC documents with Romney name on it. that is expected in any reasonable persons mind
cant link but you can google the artical here
washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/do-bain-sec-documents-suggest-mitt-romney-is-a-criminal
Obama has received over 12 Pinocchio's just these last 3 weeks If he keeps these lies up his nose will stretch from one coast of this nation to the next
As we wrote yesterday, we are standing with our assessment that Mitt Romney left the helm of Bain Capital in 1999, when he departed to run the Salt Lake City Olympics. The date is important because some questionable investments by Bain took place between 1999 and 2002, when he ran for governor. But a Boston Globe article on Thursday raised new questions about that timeline, citing SEC filings, and the Obama campaign jumped to take advantage of it.
Despite the furor, we did not see much new in the Globe article. We had examined many SEC documents related to Romney and Bain in January, and concluded that much of the language saying Romney was “sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president” was boilerplate that did not reveal whether he was actually managing Bain at the time. (For instance, there is no standard definition of a “chief executive,” securities law experts say, and there is no requirement for anyone to have any responsibilities even if they have that title.)
The one thing new we saw in the Globe story was the assertion that “Romney’s state financial disclosure forms indicate he earned at least $100,000 as a Bain ‘executive’ in 2001 and 2002, separate from investment earnings.” But then we realized we had already reviewed those documents in January. The 2001 form describes him as a “former executive” (see page 1 of form A-5) — the campaign says this was retirement pay — but the 2002 form says “executive.” So either you believe he suddenly rejoined the firm, after leaving it, or someone made a typo.
Romney’s sudden departure from Bain had left the partnership in flux, in fact almost breaking up the firm, and a final resolution was not reached until he ended his Olympic sojourn and decided to run for governor. At that point, he signed retirement papers that set his departure date as February 1999, the month he left for the Olympics.
Fortune magazine on Thursday reported that it had obtained the offering documents for Bain Capital funds circulating in 2000 and 2001. None of the documents show that Romney was listed as being among the “key investment professionals” who would manage the money. As Fortune put it, “the contemporaneous Bain documents show that Romney was indeed telling the truth about no longer having operational input at Bain — which, one should note, is different from no longer having legal or financial ties to the firm.”
Let’s also not forget that Massachusetts Democrats tried to keep Romney off the ballot in the 2002 governor’s race on the grounds that he had been living and working in Utah, even paying taxes there, and thus had failed to meet the requirement to have lived seven consecutive years in Massachusetts. The effort failed, but not after Democrats waged an expensive, months’ long battle to prove he worked so much on the Olympics that he was in effect a citizen of Utah. (More on this below.)
Still, the Obama campaign has raised a very serious charge of potential criminal behavior. Does it have much credibility?
One of the SEC documents in question that has received attention in recent days is a Form 13D that was posted by Talking Points Memo. A Form13D is filed when an investor or investment group announces that it has acquired more than five percent of the company.
In this case, Bain had merged a juice producer it had bought in 1998 — Fresh Samantha — with a rival called Odwalla. In return, a Bain investment fund received 3,612,122 shares in the new company. When Odwalla was sold to Coca-Cola in 2001, the Bain investment group made $55 million, more than four times its initial investment.
Romney is not mentioned in the filing Odwalla made at the time of the sale; instead, two Bain executives who sat on the board are listed. Romney is listed in the documents involving the investment fund that made the filing, Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P., which was formed prior to his departure for the Olympics.
We consulted with securities law experts, with many years of experience with these forms. One expert examined this document at our request. He suspected that someone had simply duplicated a filing that had been made many times before, though he acknowledged, “it looks inartful in retrospect.” He pointed out that the titles are basically meaningless, that someone can be listed as a chief executive and actually have no responsibilities whatsoever.
The SEC can bring civil charges for discrepancies in filing 13D documents, but as far as we can tell none has ever been brought for someone listing a misleading title. The more common 13D investigation involves a situation in which investors secretly act in collusion to acquire more than five percent of the stock, but fail to disclose that — or if investors do not make a timely disclosure that their holdings have fallen below five percent.
Moreover, there is a five-year statue of limitations, though the clock could start from when the SEC becomes aware of the matter. But 12 years have passed since the filing in question. Bringing in a federal prosecutor to examine criminal charges is even a bigger stretch.
Romney often did not sign the SEC documents. In the Odwalla case, for instance, the filing was signed by someone named Mark E. Nunnelly, a Bain managing director.
However, we have identified at least six filings that Romney did sign during this period: a April 13,, 1999 13D filing by Pirod Holdings regarding an investment in Rohn Industries; a Jan. 3, 2000 13D filing by VMM Merger Corp. regarding an investment in VDI MultiMedia; a Feb. 14, 2000 13G filing by Bain Capital Fund IV regarding Wesley Jessen Visioncare; a Feb. 13, 2001 13G filing by Bain Capital Fund VI regarding Integrated Circuit Systems; a Feb. 14, 2001 13G filing by Bain Capital Fund VI regarding ChipPAC; and a November 12, 1999 13G filing (first reported by Mother Jones) by Bain Capital Fund VI regarding Stericycle.
These few filings may just represent the winding down of affairs. Or some might think there is something more nerfarious going on. But, remember, when Romney decided to run for governor in 2002, he received a retirement package that was dated Feb., 1999. (In effect, as of that date, he became an investor in Bain, not a partner.) If he had been working hard on these transactions, it would be strange for him to not demand payment for his services.
We readily admit that there is grey area about Romney’s involvement with Bain in the 1999-2002 period, because his future post-Olympics role had not been settled and the future of Bain Capital was in flux. Some have seized on the SEC documents as evidence, but we think there are two stronger pieces of evidence that trump these random filings.
Indeed, if someone wanted to make a criminal case, why quibble with ancient SEC documents? In 2011, Romney, as a presidential candidate, filed a public financial disclosure form, under pain of perjury, that stated:
“Mr. Romney retired from Bain Capital on February 11, 1999 to head the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Since February 11, 1999, Mr. Romney has not had any active role with any Bain Capital entity and has not been involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way.”
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH..............................Here's the bottom line............Romeny signed as owner/CEO of Bain and received over $100,000@ year................................NOW we know exactly why he refuses to disclose his tax returns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who buys Romney's denials is lying to themselves and others.
Obama/Biden 2012
Hahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE NO Obama 2012!!!!!!
Becareful what you wish for.
More plagiarism from b113.
Remember how they also defended Herman pizza king? Then when they had no other choice they threw him under the bus. Good bye Mittens hello Ron Racist Paul who never met a black person he didn't want to own.
In 2008 he released 23 years of tax returns, and that includes 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Except no one saw them outside of McCains camp and McCain said oh no I can't trust Mittens give me Sarah the moose lady Palin instead. Gee just can't grasp reality can you nor can you resist telling another LIE.
response to b113: Romney admits he signed Securities and Exchange Commission Documents showing himself as "sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president." Regardless of his reasons, this action makes Romney legally liable and accountable for any and all actions
taken by Bain. People have said that Romney is an overachiever, someone who
plans things meticulously, and is not flexible enough when he is forced off script; he may not have been involved in the day to day operations, but I find it hard to believe this astute businessman, who could be held legally liable, had no input or knowledge of what Bain did from 1999 to 2002.
In addition from the Globe article: "Also, a Massachusetts financial disclosure form Romney filed in 2003 states that he still owned 100 percent of Bain Capital in 2002. And Romney's state financial disclosure forms indicate he earned at least
$100,000 as a Bain "executive" in 2001 and 2002, separate from investment
earnings." The document shown on TV showed "over 100,000".
In 2002 because Romney had been living and working in Utah there were hearings to determine Romney's eligibility to be Governor of Massachusetts, the Commission, as part of its ruling in favor of Romney's residency eligibility, the panel noted Romney testified to the commission he traveled to Massachusetts where he sat on the board of one notable Bain-related company, the office supply chain, Staples. Romney "testified that he was a director of Staples, Marriott International and Life Like," the commission's finding states. Well based on his comments to this Commission he admits he was still active at some level in Bain.
So when did he resign as director of Staples, Marriott International and LifeLike all three Bain related companies?
When he left the Governor's office he had all his e-mails deleted and hard drives removed, were there communications and directives between him and Bain Capital in those e-mails or on those hard drives?
Regarding Romney's tax return:
'Just four years ago, Mitt Romney gave the McCain campaign 23 years of tax
returns -- and didn't get picked for the VP slot. ( By Joe Trippi Published
July 11, 2012 FoxNews.com)." If he was willing to provide that many years
to be VP candidate, why would you do less to be Presidential Candidate? Mitt
Romney's response to provide more tax returns than 2010 and an estimate (so
far) for 2011 is that he has provided what is required. Shouldn't the man who
wants to be President want to go beyond the legal tax requirements and release
his tax returns from 1999 to 2009? President Obama released 12 years of
returns, Former President George W. Bush and Bill Clinton released 8 years, and
Former President Regan released 6 years.
Someone needs to explain this one. It's irrational. Isn't it?
When you are dealing with irrational people is there anything called rational in their world? Remember these are the people who are afraid of everyone not like themselves anyone that doesn't fit their image is to be feared, hated and silenced.
This irrationability helps explain why every 4 years the hubbub over 2nd Amendment gun rights goes up! Gun huggers emoting in public.
Mr. Romney's stance on this tax matter is bizarre, and it can get pathological under the pressure of running a large nation.
No other candidates for president ever released more than 2 years of returns, why is this such an issue for you folks? Barry has not released 10 years or returns, nor has he vere released his college transcripts nor has he released the truth behind the Fast & Furious Scandal he is covering up.
Get real and focus on issues that matter, like Barry's poor record on everything involving running this country.
No Obama 2012....
Romney is a liar.
So is obama.
Jan 2009 obama: this stimulus package will keep the unemployment rate from getting to and over 8%. Look at this chart from the CBO.
Well by October of 2009 the rate hit 10%, and has been over 8% everyday there after.
Now how about the cash for clunkers, the summer of recovery, QEI & QEII, none of that moved the needle.
But the problem was the bill the GOP gave Obama spent 1/2 that stimulus money on more tax cuts to wealthy people like your dog Mittens. Gee how many times are you going to run that LIE? No matter how many times you repeat the LIE it will never become fact unless you are a dumb tea bagged republican who is to stupid to stand in a shower without drowning.
cow,
when President Obama made that statement to the american people, he had no idea that repubs were more concerned with making him a one-term president than doing anything for the american people as per their promise to each other during a dinner meeting while our Preisdent was being inaugurated.
was President Obama a bit naive in thinking that repubs would meet him half way? yeah, he was naive, and it lasted too long into his presidency. yesterday they filibustered another jobs bill as per their promise to each other to make President Obama a one term President.
shame on the republican/bagger/conservative party.
if repubs wouldn't have filibustered every jobs bill that the president put forth, as per their promise to each other to say "no" to all Obama's economic policies, our unemployment rates would be lower. how can they do that? how can they refuse to move the country forward when people are suffering? just like democrats, REPUBS KNOW HOW TO LOWER THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT, BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO SO IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING PRESIDENT OBAMA A ONE TERM PRESIDENT.
i am ashamed of the repub/bagger/conservative party.
I am ashamed too! We all have had 3 years taken off our lives, and extra-trauma put us all by the conspiratorial republican-moneyfed-party. We cannt get those 3 ears back!!!
It is one thing to secretly consent to lockout a President on one or two issues, but not for many issues and solid years.
We all should be ashamed, and damn it, we ought to do something purposeful about it.
Frankly, Mitt Romney's business experience is irrelevant. Government is a non-profit 'business' enterprise whose sole purpose is to provide the services for the scope of the citizens they are charged with serving. The generate 'revenue' through various taxes to meet the expenses incurred in providng those services. Private business are profit-driven and provide a service for the purpose of generating profit for the business owners. The country CANNOT be run like private sector business, they are entirely different business models.
Let us face it. Romney is and always has been a man who lies and seems to live in his own fantasy world. His life was so full of riches that he was a spoilt little rich boy. He is not the man who should ever be in the White House.
The questions and answers in his so called interviews were very lame and actually shows very questionable journalism. I really hope that there will be other people who ask him direct questions on the paperwork which has shown that he is lying through his teeth.
Mitt should go and crawl under a rug. He is unscrupulous, biased and deceitful. He is an embarrassment to his father. He is not worthy of being president. Anyone who can look you in the face and lie to you is dangerous. He is incapable of leafing a country and should take a step back.
That B113 guy is a bafoon!
Its so sad to see people just spit out the Limbaugh crap over and over. like i said, just u wait and see, Big scandal coming down for Willard !!! He'll be a gone johnson... what you going to cry about then you yo yo's? I'm shure you will all figure out something from the limbaugh Doctrine!
Poor tea bagged republicans watching their great white hope turning into a big white dope. Hello Ron Racist Paul good bye GOP 2012.
I'm so glad that Eric Cantor is being challenged. It's time to get rid all of those who decided to say "no" to everything that would help this Country.
Romney is a LIAR period! He couldn't be honest if he wanted to. He practices treachery and deceit at every turn. There is absolutely no way this man should ever be president of these united States! I agree with jazzpacemaker, Romney, is an embarrassment to his father as well as this country. Why anyone would want to put him in the white house to do the bidding of all his billionaire buddies who pumped money into his campaign is beyond me. I am so sick of his spoiled rich attitude that he believes excludes him from the normal rules and regulations.
So Mitt you stand by what you said whatever it was that you said?
b113-so he wouldn't have any problems in releasing his tax returns from 1999-2002? He gave McCain 23 when he thought he would be a VP choice. The American people want to know.
Hi,
Im not a supporter of Mr. Romney but i think he and his campaign are just in over their heads trying to twist this around and parce words on this issue. I dont think you can expect people in general to believe that the owner of a company that is moving millions of dollars around would let a managing partner just free wheel it without at least touching base with him once and a while. I mean even if he didn't have daily control he had to be kept in the loops on at least the big stuff. If I had a company that had 100's of millions of dollars on the line I think I would like to know what people are doing with it......I'm just saying. So what if he took calls from his partners or met with them. He was the sole owner and as the sole owner he should take responsibility of what happens within his company, the good and the not so good, right? To go out and deny completely he had any contact or creative suggestions for his own company for 3 years is not believable. I'm sorry it just doesn't ring true.
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With all the bad publicity for Mit lately I wouldn't put it past the GOP to nominate Ron Paul at their convention.
Why is it OK for Rich people to get Richer when we are in tough times, but when a working man who gave 25-35 years to his employer is always asked to take a cut in his Retirement and Benifits. What COUNTRY are we living in. God bless the middle Class.
Why is it poor people always blame everyone else for their situation?
So what is better, a pay cut, of no more job?
Right because the poor have all the same opportunities as the wealthy like Mittens who had his life greased by daddys wealth. In fact Mittens ideal of a hardship with selling stocks and bonds given to him by daddy so he could pay the maids to take care of the kids while he and wifey could go to class and try to con others into becoming Mormons. Leave it to a tea bagged republican with his hand out to whine that the poor have everything handed to them.
cow,
you do remember what happened on wall street don't you? where the rich gambled away the money of their investors? you have heard the stories of mitt romney swooping in and taking jobs from people while he made hundreds of millions of dollars for himself and his investors. you do understand the meaning of "vulture capitalism"? its OK to disregard others to make money for yourself?
you accuse the poor of blaming others for their situation, in many situations blaming others is justified.
i would ask the repubs and mitt romney how they like being "swiftboated", except mitt romney isn't being swiftboated. the repubs lied about John Kerry's service to our country.
President Obama is NOT lying about mitt romney and his history at bain, records prove that, from many sources.
damn that paper trail.
in many cases, this is the story