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Thu Jul 12, 2012 at 12:01:11 PM EDT
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 We already knew Willard "Mitt" Romney was a pathological liar, but now Politico - and also Factcheck.org and the Boston Globe (among others) - ratchet it up another notch:
Earlier this month, FactCheck.org stated that if Mitt Romney had not left Bain Capital in 1999, he "would be guilty of a federal felony by certifying on federal financial disclosure forms that he left active management of Bain Capital in February 1999."
FactCheck.org made that argument to dismiss complaints by the Obama campaign, but a new Boston Globe report on Mitt Romney's true tenure at Bain Capital -- which reportedly lasted until 2002, three years longer than Romney has stated -- brings FactCheck's statement into sharp relief. Wow. I mean, the depth of dishonesty from Romney just knows no bounds, apparently. As BooMan writes, "who would believe that Romney would exercise no control over a company for four years while remaining the sole stockholder?" The same people, perhaps, who would believe that the author of "Romneycare," including an "individual mandate" and many of the other elements in the Affordable Care Act, now strongly opposes all that and isn't just pandering to the far-right-wing "base?" Uh huh. Or that Romney has any kind of plan to improve our economy, beyond doubling down on the same exact things - tax cuts for the top 1%, deregulation of the banks, etc. - that got us into this mess? I guess if you can believe that stuff, you can also believe that Romney "exercise[d] no control over a company for four years while remaining the sole stockholder." Of course, as the saying goes, "there's a sucker born every minute." Actually, there are millions of those suckers, and they're called "Romney supporters."
P.S. In other news, David Corn reports, "Romney Invested Millions in Chinese Firm That Profited on US Outsourcing." So much for that denial as well! |
| lowkell :: Politico: Did Romney Not Just Lie, but Also Commit a "Federal Felony?" |
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