Thread: The Old Mitt Romney Photo That He Probably Wants Destroyed

Originally Posted by pbrauer

Great Bain Capital photo.






The Old Mitt Romney Photo That He Probably Wants Destroyed

Wait, which one's Mitt, rich white people all look the same

Originally Posted by haymarket

As to the photo in the OP - does anyone have any suggestions of what the caption or tagline should be which would accompany the photo if it would be used against Romney? perhaps

the best president money can buy

and the worst president money can buy...

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Originally Posted by Wiseone

Again, I'm not business expert. However I do know that Bain Capital and the companies they invested in, including the ones that went bankrupt, were not competitors. You're fundamental understanding of this is obviously wrong, so I don't trust your conclusions. For example from your source, Stage Stores is a department store, Bain Capital is not. The two are not competitors. Also, while Stage Stores example did file bankruptcy in 2000, bankruptcy is hardly the death of a company. What happened was the company probably grew beyond its means and filed for bankruptcy, it shrunk a little and sold many of its assets to pay of its debts. The company employees roughly 13,000 people according to its website.

You're source is also too simple, for example I quote "Bain in 1988 put $5 million down to buy Stage Stores, and in the mid-’90s took it public, collecting $100 million from stock offerings. Stage filed for bankruptcy in 2000." That is all it has to say about Stage, which frankly is not enough. Google for example was invested into, went public, however obviously has not gone bankrupt. CLEARLY there must be more to the story than "Bain was there, the went public, then died." And your source does not provide.

You also forget that many times companies call in investor firms like Bain because they are already in a bad situation, and therefore they need A) investor money to stay afloat and B) someone who can help their company reorganize, which may mean trimming the fat. Bain, being the investor, has the right if they assume some ownership to make those changes to return the company to profitability, and sometimes that means cutting workers. Bear in mind that cutting workers is not always an "evil corporate scheme" but sometimes is simple reality, I don't know why Stage got into trouble, again your source doesn't say, but it may have been losing business for whatever reason and simply did not need as many employees to do the reduced work and sales load. Its simple reality if the company simply cannot support that many workers, AND if its due to reduced profits because of a reduced market.

In the end there are a million factors at place, its not as simple as "Bain walked and death followed in its wake." Heck many Mitt Romney and Bain did crash in their like a bunch of drunk college boys, steal everything that wasn't bolted to the floor and make off like millionaires stealing the company like a raped woman in an alley. Maybe, problem is YOU don't know and I don't know, what I'm trying to show is nothing more than that. You don't have the answers or the knowledge to make the conclusions you are making

I'm no business expert either and perhaps I misrepresented somewhat. But Bain was venture capitalist company which is associated job creation and Romney turned it into a leveraged buyout company that is associated with killing jobs. I don't think anyone could fault Romney for being a venture capitalist, however being a blood-sucking leveraged buyout guy is definitely a stain on his reputation. How it affects his candidacy remains to be seen.

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Man, oh man... that collage looks like one hell of corngy.

Originally Posted by Μολὼν λαβέ

and the worst president money can buy...

Obama+Money.jpg

I your knee just got hit with that little rubber hammer.

Why is it bad for Mitt to be holding money? It seems to me that every other ad on TV has someone holding money. Apparently money sells. I'd bet that this picture does more good than harm. In fact, if that is the worst...hell if that is even mentionable...then Romeny's background most be pristine.

Originally Posted by ksu_aviator

Why is it bad for Mitt to be holding money? It seems to me that every other ad on TV has someone holding money. Apparently money sells. I'd bet that this picture does more good than harm. In fact, if that is the worst...hell if that is even mentionable...then Romeny's background most be pristine.

Heck why doesn't he do an image of lighting a cigar with a 100 dollar bill?

Originally Posted by winston53660

Heck why doesn't he do an image of lighting a cigar with a 100 dollar bill?

Because that's a symbol of waste.

Originally Posted by ksu_aviator

Because that's a symbol of waste.

And he looks greedy in the image in question

That is why it is not a good image for him running as President.

Originally Posted by winston53660

And he looks greedy in the image in question

That is why it is not a good image for him running as President.

You do know that it was his business, his livelihood, to earn money? Him holding money for a brochure shot (mostly as a joke) is nothing worth talking about. It really isn't. It wasn't even large bills. It was $20's and $10's. This is just a pathetic excuse for an attack thread. Come up with something real.