Displaying 151 To 180 Of 16,275 Comments Romney Campaign: We Don’t Buy Twitter Followers That may be true, but something mighty weird is going on with the number of followers. An anomaly this large begs an explanation or it’s just another lie. See graph>>> http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-we-dont-buy-twitter-followers » Posted By bito On July 22, 2012 @ 9:35 am David Corn is not going to let the questions of Mitt’s money go to the wayside and this article is another good example https://planetpov.com/2012/07/14/all-thats-mitt-that-fits/comment-page-1/#comment-186819 He said the other day that he wish he had a staff of 100 reporters because there are just too many leads for him alone to follow. » Posted By bito On July 21, 2012 @ 3:40 pm I would like this question asked to Mitt: You say you don’t believe that the recovery act worked at all nor does government spending help stimulate the economy even as a last resort, however you lobbied congress for 1.5 billion dollars for the Salt Lake Olympics, did that not stimulate the economy of the area and make huge private profits through public spending? Was that a proper role of the federal government, was that a good use of taxpayers money? Would you and the SLOG been as successful without the federal money? Would it and you have been as successful had you had the same amount of money as the Atlanta games (plus inflation) and not the very large amount you lobbied for the Salt lake Games? » Posted By bito On July 21, 2012 @ 3:35 pm Romney Adviser Stumped On How Romney Would Reduce Debt Almost hard to believe that this interview was done by Luke Russert When MSNBC’s Luke Russert asked Romney adviser Tara Wall how Romney would offset the lost revenue, she failed to offer any specifics, telling Americans they could instead “research” his plan to find them. When Russert returned to the subject, Wall again failed to deliver an answer, saying Romney’s business experience is the reason he would balance the budget.
» Posted By bito On July 20, 2012 @ 7:53 pm Just How Blind Are Blind Trusts, Anyway? His advice: First look at the person who runs the trust, the person who’s supposed to keep all the investments secret. If the person is a friend or relative, it looks bad. Second, look at what went into the trust at the very beginning. Rich people get rich in specific fields or by starting specific companies, Gross says. “And just because it becomes part of a blind trust doesn’t erase it from your memory.” The third way to evaluate a trust is to look at what kind of reporting the trust makes back to the politician. If the candidate gets fairly detailed reports about how much he has made in capital gains, dividends or interest, he may be able to figure out what’s going on inside the trust. […] So what does it all mean for Mitt Romney? His blind trust is run by a longtime financial adviser, who might know his likes and dislikes. [….] He recommends that politicians without a ton of investments simply put their money into plain-vanilla index funds and bonds. Then tell everyone where the money is. That’s the route President Obama has taken… Romney The Blind Trust is an Age Old Ruse – YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6nYkDJWIPI » Posted By bito On July 20, 2012 @ 2:52 pm Mitt may be trying to “change the subject” but both David Corn of Mother Jones and the Boston Globe keep digging. Both of these are new today. Romney Invested Millions in Firms That Pioneered High-Tech Outsourcing In March 1999, shortly after Romney left Bain to take over the troubled Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Brookside Capital Investors Inc., a Bain-related entity wholly owned by Romney, filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission that listed dozens of companies in which Brookside held a stake the previous quarter. The roster included investments in Singapore-based Flextronics International ($13 million) and Florida-headquartered Jabil Circuit Inc. ($41 million), two companies that were leaders in the fast-growing field of outsourcing electronics manufacturing and offshoring production to low-wage countries. Together, these two investments represented almost 10 percent of Brookside’s $559 million portfolio. Much, Much More >>>> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mitt-romney-bain-outsourcing-flextronics-jabil-circuit And this from the Globe: Romney kept reins, bargained hard on severance Shortly after Mitt Romney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital to run the Olympics in February 1999, he made a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. The firm Romney founded was meeting to celebrate its 15th anniversary as well as the men he had helped make extraordinarily wealthy. […] The Palm Beach meeting, which has not been previously reported, demonstrates the duality of Romney’s role as he parted ways with Bain, an issue that has sparked controversy in his presidential campaign. Romney has said in financial disclosure statements that he “was not involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way” after Feb. 11, 1999. But he was still legally the CEO, with numerous duties and obligations that were his alone, until early 2002. [….] Indeed, by remaining CEO and sole shareholder, Romney held on to his leverage in the talks that resulted in his generous 10-year retirement package, according to former associates. Again, much more >>> http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/07/20/romney_kept_reins_bargained_hard_on_severance/?page=full (I did send this tweet to David Corn and he retweeted it. Hope he got a chuckle out of it
PlanetPOV profile PlanetPOV @DavidCornDC The way you have been digging on Mitt, I can almost see Izzy smiling down/up at you. motherjones.com/politics/2012/… Now break the Caymans David Corn cut his teeth at the Nation with one of the best investigative reporters that ever lived, I.F. (Izzy) Stone) » Posted By bito On July 20, 2012 @ 11:53 am 4 Pinocchios for an unproven Romney claim of ‘crony capitalism’ Hoping to turn attention away from questions about his departure from Bain Capital a decade ago, Mitt Romney this week has sought to focus attention on what he calls President Obama’s “crony capitalism.” […..] The contributions database at OpenSecrets.org shows that Lane contributes to some Democrats but mostly Republicans — and he gave money to Rudolph Giuliani and John McCain in 2008, not Barack Obama or other Democrats running for president. He also contributed to George W. Bush in 2003 and Bob Dole in 1995. (However, he has praised the Obama administration for its willingness to back alternative energy ventures, saying it would be “silly” to think an automobile company could be created without government help.) And speaking of Kleiner partners, a $100,000 contributor to Romney’s SuperPAC Restore Our Future is Meg Whitman, the database shows. [….] In other words, Kleiner raised venture capital for Fisker before Obama became president. Moreover, Fisker had applied for a loan under the Bush administration. I don’t know if this story even made a full 24 hour news cycle before it was shot down. » Posted By bito On July 18, 2012 @ 5:35 pm Did Mitt just flip-flop on his own attack from yesterday, today? Mitt Romney: Okay, businesses do need government, after all “There are a lot of people in government who help us and allow us to have an economy that works and allow entrepenuers and business leaders of various kinds to start businesses and create jobs. We all recognize that. That’s an important thing.” And this: “I know that you recognize a lot of people help you in a business. Perhaps the bank, the investors. There is no question your mom and dad, your school teachers. The people who provide roads, the fire, the police. A lot of people help. But let me ask you this. Did you build your business? If you did, raise your hand. Take that, Mr. President! This is what’s happening in this country.” Is that all that much different than what the President said or even what Elizabeth Warren has said? How about Hillary Clinton ans “it takes a village….” comment/book? I guess it’s how he distorts it. » Posted By bito On July 18, 2012 @ 4:00 pm Did someone mention drug money laundering in the Caymans? dominic rushe @dominicru Money from HSBC’s Cayman Island “bank” used to buy planes for drug cartels says @SenCarlLevin #business #HSBC » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 5:43 pm A handy dandy little guide that is sure to confuse. Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital Timeline http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/07/mitt-romney-bain-capital-timeline » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 3:40 pm Fox’s Brit Hume joins the tax return chorus Sorta kinda, no big deal to him and Billo. Nice dig in there about, Brit about not believing in capitalism, dufus. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/foxs-brit-hume-joins-tax-return-chorus-129177.html » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 1:31 pm Exactly right,AdLib Either he releases the returns or he is painted as being guilty of the worst probabilities. Bottom line, he needs to pay a high price for his hiding the truth. Isn’t it quiet curious that he has had these many years to adjust his taxes so that they would pass muster to a majority of voters yet he didn’t? Does that indicate tat there must be something really wrong with them. Heard a rumor that he is going to pull a fast one and allow 6 reporters 3-5 hours, no copying, to look over his returns. Being that his returns a very complicated at 150-200 pages, that is total BS. » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 12:57 pm Romney’s rationale for his hidden tax returns Mitt Romney released his 2010 tax returns, and says he’ll eventually disclose his 2011, at which point we’re simply out of luck. At least for now, he refuses to even consider making additional information available. [….] The next question, then, is why Romney refuses to do what even his allies have urged him to do. There are competing explanations, and CNN’s Erin Burnett noted some of them in a segment last night, concluding with the possibility that the Republican presidential candidate might be, as she put it, “stupid.” 1. Romney may not have paid any taxes. 2. Romney may have made even more money from Bain. 3. Romney may have had to pay fines. 4. Romney may have additional offshore investments. 5. Romney may have taken some problematic deductions. » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 10:38 am funk, without moving your comment on TO/OT i did a C&P of it to the Mitt thread: funksands says: McCain 2008 dossier on Willard. No tax returns in it, but 200 pages of YIKES!! No wonder McCain campaign looked elsewhere. Page after page of flip-flops, confusion, outsourcing, fraud, secrecy, KGB, Moonies and L. Ron Hubbard… http://cdn2.dailycaller.com/2012/01/McCain-2008-Oppo-File-on-Romney.pdf » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 6:49 am Sue, I left you comment on TO/OT and did a C&p of it over here, it’s a good Mitt link. SueInCa says: http://www.motherjones.com/authors/david-corn David Corn’s promised piece on RomneyBain » Posted By bito On July 17, 2012 @ 6:41 am It’s a can-con! 😉 » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 10:34 pm Glad this is finally cleared up! – 2002: “[T]here were a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to Massachusetts, board meetings, Thanksgiving and so forth.” – 2012: “I was in Salt Lake City for three straight years. I don’t recall even coming back once to go to a Bain or management meeting. We were, I was out there running the Olympics and it was a full time job, I can tell you that.” » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 7:07 pm Hey AB, I have seen Mr. Conard before and he comes across as quite an arrogant “I got mine, screw you” character that I can see why he and Mitt are good friends. He sure did like to use the phrase “since the 80’s” so he could avoid the meltdown in the oh-oh’s, W’s gift to the world, he didn’t want to touch that. He also liked to throw out stats without ANY timeframe or reference, he’s a spinner and a charlatan — A walking canard.* Email? Hell no, I didn’t get any email! Oh, I guess I need to open up my mailer this week. 😆 I’ll look in a bit. Does this fit? *canard — 1.a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor. » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 4:39 pm How was your Sunday, good I hope and better than Mitt’s. Bill Kristol, George Will, John Weaver, Matt Dowd and a chorus of other GOP voices call for Mitt to release his tax returns. Bill Kristol: Here’s what he should do. He should release the tax returns tomorrow. This is crazy… you’ve got to release 6, 8, 10 years of back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two. Then give a serious speech on Thursday… Matt Dowd: There is obviously something because if there was nothing there he would say have it…But I think the bigger thing is, it’s arrogance. Many of these politicians think I can do this, I can get away with this. GEORGE WILL: Absolutely. Mitt Romney has said he has released all that’s necessary for people to understand “something” about my finances. Now “something” is a pregnant word… The costs of not releasing the returns are clear, therefore he must have calculated there are higher costs to releasing them. And some of the chorus: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele Rep. Walter Jones (NC) Rep. Pete Sessions (TX): Former RNC Chairman and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour Republican stragesist Rick Tyler: Republican strategist Ana Navarro (and one of the best lines: IN ONE SENTENCE: There is bipartisan agreement that Mitt Romney needs to release his tax returns so we can get to the bottom of his record at Bain Capital, secret Bermuda corporation, shady foreign accounts, and the unfair loopholes and tricks he used to pay an ultra-low tax rate. http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/ And I’ll bet AdLib’s car elevator that there will be many more R’s joining in and calling for him to release his tax returns. Wanna bet? 😉 » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 3:59 pm AdLib, Looks like Mitt can even pull an etch-a-sketch on whining. 😆 Romney to rivals: Stop whining (CNN) – Mitt Romney said Thursday his opponents complain too much about the political ad wars taking place among the campaigns and super PACs, arguing the competition is important for the Republican presidential nominating process. “Look, it’s not something I’m going to whine about. I know there are some candidates that want to whine about the fact that in campaigns you go back and forth, to talk about the distinctions between one another,” Romney said on Fox News. “But let’s talk about a process that gets us to a nominee.” Whining is only used when not winning, Mitt? Then why are you whining now? http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/16/romney-to-rivals-stop-whining/ » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 2:35 pm funk, on “UP with Chris Hayes” today he had a Bain “partner” from that era and he said that they had a “management team.” It was a nameless, blameless team made up of some people of some number. Cleared up for you? 😉 » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 1:30 pm That is perfect AdLib, she is one sharp spokesperson, I hear Rom also gave the Romney camp a taste of “Quit your Whining” to them too? Seems like the whole Chicago Obama office picked up on your voice mail. Good job, sir. » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 1:17 pm Nirek, I think some R’s smart enough that they know this will not just hurt him by not producing his returns but it may also harm the branding of the GOP and it’s downline candidates. The other thing is what I see as his complete arrogance about revealing his tax returns. It’s as if he’s saying to the voters and the media: EF You, that’s all you deserve. Sue and I were saying this last night: https://planetpov.com/2012/07/14/all-thats-mitt-that-fits/comment-page-1/#comment-186484 » Posted By bito On July 15, 2012 @ 8:28 am The Republican convention may be a history maker: Alabama’s GOP Governor Calls On Romney To Release More Tax Returns: ‘Release Everything To The American People’ Pressure was building on Romney from within his own party to be more forthcoming with his finances, a day after he declared he would not release past income tax returns beyond his 2010 tax records and, before the November election, his 2011 taxes. On the sidelines of the National Governors Association meeting in Williamsburg, Alabama’s Republican governor, Robert Bentley, called on Romney to release all the documents requested of him. “If you have things to hide, then maybe you’re doing things wrong,” Bentley said. “I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people.“ » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 11:26 pm Well the Chuck Norris part I’ll take as a joke but the part of them wanting congress, especially the senate, I do believe. They will sacrifice Mitt for the senate if need be. » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 11:18 pm cyrano, so many of them are just so good it’s hard to pick out the best one. The man put some thought to them. » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 10:58 pm k’es, that is the one I picked up on too. It’s a perfect question to ask Mitt and his campaign, instead Mitt wants an apology, yeah right, Mitt. I must admit, I did the post for two reasons, one to have all the news in one place and for the selfish reason of what I think the real story is, his offshore accounts. Karoli had brought it up in one of her posts and a few of us had a twitter conversation about it. Just who is he associated with in those accounts and would the effect a presidential decision for personal gain? Seems like most of what he has done in his life has been for personal gain, should we now expect something different? » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 10:44 pm He is also busy on twitter due to all the well deserved thanks people are giving him. » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 10:10 pm KQ, you can’t put your name as a manager on a investment prospectus and not be the manager. I think that is called fraud. » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 10:07 pm Sue, his answer about his tax returns wasn’t muddled at all, it was damn arrogant IMO. It reads like a fuck you to both the media and the voters. ACOSTA: When are you going to release more of your taxes and how many years? ROMNEY: I’ve indicated that — well, first of all, we’ve complied with the law. The law requires us to put out a full financial disclosure. That I’ve done. And then, in addition to that, I’ve already put out one year of tax returns. We’ll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready. And that’s what we’re going to put out. I know there will always be calls for more. People always want to get more. And, you know, we’re putting out what is required plus more that is not required. And those are the two years that people are going to have. And that’s — that’s all that’s necessary for people to understand something about my finances. And, look, if people believe this should be a campaign about attacking one another on a personal basis and go back to the kinds of attacks that were suggested in some campaigns in the past, I don’t want to go there. » Posted By bito On July 14, 2012 @ 10:01 pmComments Posted By bito
By Steve Benen @maddowblog
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2.Cookery . a duck intended or used for food.
orig. cackler…
“His personal finances, the way he does things, his record, are fair game,”
“ He did not answer these questions and now they’re coming up again.”
Tyler warned that the newest Bain twist has the potential to inflict real harm if Romney doesn’t start providing answers.
“It is important for Mitt to release his tax returns. The fact is we can’t fire our nominee in September.”
February 16th, 2012
Can you imagine what harm he could do if he were elected and then huge scandal broke out? It could harm the GOP for years.
I’m not sure if I could even do the top 10!
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