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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGingrich launches OWS-style attack on Romney's work at Bain
samples at link. Gingrich goes class warrior on Romney.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/06/new-anti-romney-video-attacks-bain-capital-work.html
New Anti-Romney Video Attacks Bain Capital Work
The effort to derail Mitt Romneys presidential quest heightened dramatically on Friday when a super PAC associated with Newt Gingrich outbid all comers for the rights to a scathing 30-minute attack video depicting Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate raider more ruthless than Wall Street.
In a season filled with negative ads and rhetorical crossfire, the striking feature of the film, aside from its mini-documentary length, is its authorship. The film was made by Jason Killian Meath, a former associate of Romneys top strategists, Stuart Stevens and Russ Schriefer. Meath had worked for the Romney campaign in 2008, creating much of the ad content for that failed effort. He left Stevens and Schriefers firm, SSG, in 2010. Meath declined to comment on his project, referring inquiries to the pro-Gingrich PAC Winning Our Future.
Were going to release a short, 27-minute film that is well-documented, and tells the real story of Mitt Romney at Bain Capitaland its not a pretty story, says Rick Tyler, an adviser to the Gingrich-supporting PAC.
The video, called When Mitt Romney Came to Town, is a slick production focusing on Romneys tenure as CEO of Bain Capital, a private investment firm.
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global1
(25,272 posts)President Barack Obama. Yeah!!!!!!
Tempest
(14,591 posts)Republicans only have a 30 second attention span.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Or at most a 30-second ad. While their documentary may be hard hitting and true, it's not what the public will comprehend.
Spazito
(50,484 posts)the debate tonight!
Have my supply of and all ready to go!
Enrique
(27,461 posts)has anyone brought up Bain at any of the previous debates?
Spazito
(50,484 posts)in the ones I have, I don't recall anyone using Bain to attack Romney.
Edited to change "watch" to "watched"
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)think how it's going to influence the general election, and the next Dem primaries.
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)Redefining fascism, among many other concepts. Along comes Occupy. Words that were verbotten, seedy and shameful, like class, were dusted off. Polished up, and hurled. To devastating effect.
tabatha
(18,795 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)Obama was going to make this type of attack, no question about it, and the GOP is of course going to scream "class warfare!!! Socialist!!!" Now Obama can say look here, Newt said the same thing, is Newt Gingrich a socialist?
wandy
(3,539 posts)With any luck by November all the DNC will need is comedy writers, and there all reved up already.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Let them consume each other.
BeyondGeography
(39,382 posts)WingDinger
(3,690 posts)monmouth
(21,078 posts)dangerous enough, but now he has a cause, a reason for living, even though he knows he's not going to win anything, payback is his main agenda.
wandy
(3,539 posts)You've got to enjoy watching a man who loves his work. You and mittens go ahead and beat each other to bloody pulps.
At the rate Santorum is running his mouth, by November; bloody pulp is going to be all that's left.
GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)Better it come from a republican. That way the FoxBots will pay attention. Had that come from any Democrat, they'd be called liars.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)but says everyone needs to watch the video.