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kpete

(72,022 posts)
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:20 AM Oct 2012

BREAKING NEWS: Romney claimed he "never managed" Bain Capital!

With about three weeks to go before the vote, O’Brien ran an ad about Bain Capital, resurrecting attacks on Romney’s role downsizing the paper company Ampad Inc. and asking voters, “Now Romney wants us to trust him with our jobs and our economy?”

“Mitt and I had talked about it a million times after the Kennedy campaign,” Manning said, referring to the attack ads Senator Edward Kennedy used so successfully against Romney in 1994. “We said, if we’re ever in a campaign again and they go after Bain Capital, we’re going to go really hard back at them.”

Romney responded with an ad that criticized O’Brien for her tenure at a failed health care company. “O’Brien is attacking Mitt Romney for a company he never managed, just invested in,” the ad began. . .


MORE:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/10/01/romney-overcame-similar-deficit-race/eJh9cl9c8tUlYj8FfpR0YP/story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/03/1139094/-BREAKING-NEWS-Romney-claimed-he-never-managed-Bain-Capital

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BREAKING NEWS: Romney claimed he "never managed" Bain Capital! (Original Post) kpete Oct 2012 OP
Oh, OK. Kurovski Oct 2012 #1
He retroactively didn't manage Bain Capital. Makes sense. Happyhippychick Oct 2012 #2
*snort* krispos42 Oct 2012 #6
LOL closeupready Oct 2012 #12
So, Rmoney has no business experience!!! nt SDjack Oct 2012 #28
In retrospect, I suppose so. closeupready Oct 2012 #30
Exactly. Mitt's running from gov of Mass, running from Cha Oct 2012 #34
And Henry Ford "just invested" in cars, right? Coyotl Oct 2012 #3
Yeah, I always get severance packages from companies I invest in. JaneQPublic Oct 2012 #4
And continues to get. Doesn't he get $13 million a year from them STILL? HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #5
And who 'retires' from investing? Certainly not richie rich people. n/t woodsprite Oct 2012 #16
Do we need to parse "manage", or just conclude this is a baldfaced lie? wtmusic Oct 2012 #7
We don't call him WilLIARd for nuttin'! nm nc4bo Oct 2012 #8
So he has no experience as a "businessman" nichomachus Oct 2012 #9
+1 MiniMe Oct 2012 #10
and since corporations are people, my friend, Willard invested in people! closeupready Oct 2012 #15
I guess I'm stupid. I always thought a CEO was a management position w8liftinglady Oct 2012 #11
Nope. This particular CEO just, um, hmmmmmm.......... kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #25
Finally I understand how... 99Forever Oct 2012 #13
The CEOs never take the blame, either. Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #18
This isn't the Onion?! So basically Romney is retroactively going back to say he never control diabeticman Oct 2012 #14
The whole boston.com article is worth a read. It's a good reminder beac Oct 2012 #17
So he didn't build that? ecstatic Oct 2012 #19
Bingo! JaneQPublic Oct 2012 #20
"Bain? never heard of it" Enrique Oct 2012 #21
Take away Bain, and Mitt is left with a lifetime of doing NOTHING! reformist2 Oct 2012 #22
Now this is becoming a comedy show, snort. nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #23
If he NEVER MANAGED BAIN, please can somebody explain what on earth qualifies him kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #24
He created jobs, dear... jmowreader Oct 2012 #33
Mitt, Mitt. Your months-long satiric performance art piece is getting a little heavy-handed. Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #26
Thanks! Xyzse Oct 2012 #27
That's the ticket: surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #29
Wait, why did dailykos delete this story? flyguyjake Oct 2012 #31
In Mitt-speak codetalk... Donkees Oct 2012 #32
I don't want to hear that jack ass talk about people who don't take responsibility ever agan Jack Rabbit Oct 2012 #35
what?! Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #36
Oh yeah, I can totally . . . .. wait . .. ... . What? Care Acutely Oct 2012 #37
kick napkinz Oct 2012 #38
Fuck me, this guy is pathological. n/t D23MIURG23 Oct 2012 #39

Cha

(297,693 posts)
34. Exactly. Mitt's running from gov of Mass, running from
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 04:29 PM
Oct 2012

Bain... Running & Hiding from his TAX RETURNS How about that money from the Feds he got for the Olympics he was in charge of? Was he not really there? Was that a mirage, also?

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
4. Yeah, I always get severance packages from companies I invest in.
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:38 AM
Oct 2012

Buy a share, get a golden parachute. Simple as that to get rich!

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
5. And continues to get. Doesn't he get $13 million a year from them STILL?
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:40 AM
Oct 2012

Wasn't that a deal he worked out after retirement in 2002 . . . or was it 1999? Oh, I don't know, I suppose we'll find out once he releases those tax returns

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
9. So he has no experience as a "businessman"
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:46 AM
Oct 2012

He's just an professional investor. Do we really want a speculator as president?

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
15. and since corporations are people, my friend, Willard invested in people!
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:53 AM
Oct 2012

So you see, he's a people person!

w8liftinglady

(23,278 posts)
11. I guess I'm stupid. I always thought a CEO was a management position
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:51 AM
Oct 2012

Gee,I learn something new every day.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
13. Finally I understand how...
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:51 AM
Oct 2012

... vulture corporations operate!

CEOs don't manage! Wow, what a fucking revelation!

Thanks, Mittwit.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
18. The CEOs never take the blame, either.
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:05 AM
Oct 2012

Just the money and one heck of a nice retirement package.

Those below them take the blame and the bad publicity.

diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
14. This isn't the Onion?! So basically Romney is retroactively going back to say he never control
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:52 AM
Oct 2012

Bain Capital. Does that mean He's giving back all the money he never made from the company he never managed?

ecstatic

(32,733 posts)
19. So he didn't build that?
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:08 AM
Oct 2012

Even if he did manage it, experience in vulture capitalism isn't what I'd consider useful for running the country... but now it turns out he didn't do that either?

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
24. If he NEVER MANAGED BAIN, please can somebody explain what on earth qualifies him
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 12:01 PM
Oct 2012

to manage USA Inc?

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
33. He created jobs, dear...
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 04:23 PM
Oct 2012

Just think of all the car elevator builders, manure shovelers, Cadillac polishers and Mormon Underwear folders who sleep warm tonight thanks to the Benevolence of Mitt!

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
26. Mitt, Mitt. Your months-long satiric performance art piece is getting a little heavy-handed.
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 12:08 PM
Oct 2012

Bring a little subtlety back into your work. You should keep 'em guessing, kinda like the Joaquin Phoenix hoax.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
27. Thanks!
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 12:17 PM
Oct 2012

Enjoyed the read.
Basically it just means that Romney never really worked in a real job his entire life.

surrealAmerican

(11,364 posts)
29. That's the ticket:
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 01:58 PM
Oct 2012

In fact, Bain Capital never even existed! It's still 1980, and Mitt Romney is Ronald Reagan!

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