Romney’s Bain Years: New Evidence, Same Conclusion

[OldDog]

"Romney and Bain claim that he was not involved with Bain, but Bain and its portfolio companies in their required filings under the Securities Exchange Act continuously certified to the Securities and Exchange Commission say precisely the opposite — asserting without qualification that he was a controlling person, fully in charge of Bain, under the Federal securities law. Under normal circumstances, the question of the truth of this representation would result in an investigation by the SEC into possible criminal, as well as civil, violations of the law."

— Robert Bauer, Obama campaign counsel, July 13, 2012

Three Pinocchios
"Significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...PpgW_blog.html

[Riot]

Originally Posted by OldDog

"Romney and Bain claim that he was not involved with Bain, but Bain and its portfolio companies in their required filings under the Securities Exchange Act continuously certified to the Securities and Exchange Commission say precisely the opposite — asserting without qualification that he was a controlling person, fully in charge of Bain, under the Federal securities law. Under normal circumstances, the question of the truth of this representation would result in an investigation by the SEC into possible criminal, as well as civil, violations of the law."

— Robert Bauer, Obama campaign counsel, July 13, 2012

Three Pinocchios
"Significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...PpgW_blog.html

Funny how they don't deeply address Romney's attempts to be eligible to run for Governor of Mass - where he claimed, in writing, he never left Bain for the Olympics, but just took a leave.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Riot

Funny how they don't deeply address Romney's attempts to be eligible to run for Governor of Mass - where he claimed, in writing, he never left Bain for the Olympics, but just took a leave.

I believe that Democrats spent a good bit of time and money trying to prove that Romney wasn't eligible to be on the ballot in 2002, and failed.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by OldDog

I believe that Democrats spent a good bit of time and money trying to prove that Romney wasn't eligible to be on the ballot in 2002, and failed.

Yes. And that failure, Mitt's sworn testimony to the Mass. balloting board during that time, that he was a Bain employee, is in direct contradiction to his current claims. And Boston Globe has copies of that contradictory statements in Mitt's own writing. That's why the Globe refused Romney camps demand to retract the story. Globe has 100% proof, in Romney's handwriting.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by OldDog

I believe that Democrats spent a good bit of time and money trying to prove that Romney wasn't eligible to be on the ballot in 2002, and failed.

i believe they also questioned mccains, since he was born in the canal zone.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i believe they also questioned mccains, since he was born in the canal zone.

mccain a canalzonien?...why didn't that come out during the election?....wait, he lost anyway...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

mccain a canalzonien?...why didn't that come out during the election?....wait, he lost anyway...

oh, it was mentioned alright. how else would i know about it? but then he picked palin as his running mate, and that was waaaay more fun for the press!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by bigrun

mccain a canalzonien?...why didn't that come out during the election?....wait, he lost anyway...

It did, as soon as the racists started attacking Obama as a Kenyan not born in the country. They pointed out McCain was born in Panama.

[bigrun]

His credibility under attack, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that he had "no role whatsoever in the management" of a private equity firm after early 1999 and demanded President Barack Obama apologize for aides who allege otherwise.

"This is simply beneath the dignity of the presidency of the United States," Romney said in an interview on ABC, one of several he granted to network and cable stations in the hope of extinguishing the controversy.

Securities and Exchange Commission documents have surfaced suggesting Romney played an active role through 2002.
The filings with the SEC place Romney in charge of Bain Capital from 1999 to 2001, the period in which it outsourced jobs and ran companies that fell into bankruptcy.

"Now, my understanding is that Mr. Romney attested to the SEC multiple times that he was the chairman, CEO and president of Bain Capital. And I think most Americans figure if you're the chairman, CEO and president of a company, that you are responsible for what the company does," Obama said.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2...te-ar-2056041/


Liar liar pants on fire..