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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 06:36 PM Jul 2012

If Mittens wasn't running Bain from 1999-2002, then WHO the fuck was????

This question is the elephant in the living room, the question just
WAITING to be asked, to be pushed to the front of the discussion.

I believe Rmoney is lying of course... and to prove he's lying all
an interviewer would need to do is ask him to "prove" what he's
saying by producing documentation of who WAS running Bain.

Surely -- if his claims of being 100% absent and irrelevant are
true -- he shouldn't have ANY trouble finding some documentation
to support that claim from Bain's own records.

Why isn't this question being asked? Or has it and I missed it?

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If Mittens wasn't running Bain from 1999-2002, then WHO the fuck was???? (Original Post) 99th_Monkey Jul 2012 OP
Some committee. So the next question is: why weren't they listed pnwmom Jul 2012 #1
exactly!! 99th_Monkey Jul 2012 #11
This Guy cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #2
the Mormon Church Skittles Jul 2012 #3
+1 L0oniX Jul 2012 #8
Lawsuit: Former Bain execs fired employees for not being Mormon ecstatic Jul 2012 #15
Who was is irrelevant. It was Mitt's company and obviously the buck did not stop with him. Avalux Jul 2012 #4
my point exactly 99th_Monkey Jul 2012 #10
Corporations are people, too. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #5
Probably the same person who was managing his mysterious off-shore bank accounts. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #6
Chris Hayes asked that question of Edward Conard this morning. Jim__ Jul 2012 #7
And, conveniently, there are no documents to support the claim. moondust Jul 2012 #9
Ding! Ding!! we have a winner. +100 ~nt 99th_Monkey Jul 2012 #12
Then either Romney is a liar, or Conard is. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #13
Tony Soprano? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #14
LOL ~nt 99th_Monkey Jul 2012 #16

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
1. Some committee. So the next question is: why weren't they listed
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 06:40 PM
Jul 2012

as the managing director, CEO, etc., instead of Mitt.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
11. exactly!!
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:51 PM
Jul 2012

The Public cannot be expected to believe ...
a) that Rmoney's signature is on Bain SEC reporting documents
as Pres.Chairman of Board, CEO, etc. through 2002.
b) that Mittens had absolutely NOTHING to do with running
the company during that period, and
c) that some UN-NAMED OTHERS actually ran the company,
without providing a shred of evidence pointing to exactly WHO
WAS running the company if Mitt wasn't.

If what Rmoney is claiming is true, it shouldn't be difficult to
simply provide documents from that period proving what he's
claiming. But he's NOT doing that; rather he's spending his
airtime accusing Obama of "not playing fair" to ask such questions.
Not a plausable claim to voters. Hell, even some Republicans are
now asking for him to release all his tax reports. This simply can
NOT go well for Rmoney, no matter which way you slice it; and
I'm loving it.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
4. Who was is irrelevant. It was Mitt's company and obviously the buck did not stop with him.
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 06:46 PM
Jul 2012

A man owns a company, decides to take off to have fun with the Olympics, still owns the company, his signature is all over legal documents, yet he is not accountable for anything.

That's what we're being asked to believe. Crazy shit.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
10. my point exactly
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:34 PM
Jul 2012

which is WHY the question I posit is totally relevant.

If Mittens can't document (like with legal papers of SOME
kind, even emails ... SOMEthing .. that illustrates beyond
a shadow of a doubt that Mr. X <--was the guy in charge>
It defies reason to assert that NOBODY was in charge, so
if somebody ELSE was in charge, name names Mittens.

But to each his own, I'll agree to disagree with you on this.

Jim__

(14,077 posts)
7. Chris Hayes asked that question of Edward Conard this morning.
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 07:25 PM
Jul 2012

Conard, a partner at Bain, said it was a committee.

I didn't believe much that Conard said. But, he did claim that outsourcing is good for the economy and that people think otherwise because they are looking at it from a micro-perspective - you know, they sent my job to China,. But Conard claims that it really improved job prospects in the US and cited all kinds of bullshit statistics to prove the middle class is better off than it used to be. Very credible.

moondust

(19,993 posts)
9. And, conveniently, there are no documents to support the claim.
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:12 PM
Jul 2012

I think Chris asked him about supporting documents a couple times. It pegged my bullshit meter.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
12. Ding! Ding!! we have a winner. +100 ~nt
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:52 PM
Jul 2012

If there are NO documents to prove this claim, then
it is a boldfaced lie on its face.

GAME OVER for Mittens.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
13. Then either Romney is a liar, or Conard is.
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:54 PM
Jul 2012

Both Romney, who already told the SEC he was running things, and a "committee" cannot be in charge at the same time.

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