Thread: Romney Completely Picked Apart on Bain Issue

OK, the first thing I want you to do, before you join this discussion, is to look at this video and read the accompanying article. In it are 35 questions which Mitt Romney is going to have to answer if he wants to put the Bain issue to rest. These questions are at the heart of the Bain issue, and they are not going to go away until Mitt decides to make them go away by truthfully answering them.

Now some in the Democratic Party are insinuating that Romney is a felon, and that, IMHO, is going a bit too far. But, according to the article, Romney clearly misled the SEC while running for Governor of Massachusetts. That is definitely not a felony, but it does go to the core of where his ethics, or lack of them, live. He is going to have to deal with this very fast, before his campaign derails.

If Romney cannot answer the questions now before him, then stick a fork in him. He is done, as this issue will drive a stake directly through the heart of his campaign, and Republicans will lament that they did not choose a better candidate in a year that Obama could easily have been defeated.

22. When you demanded an apology from the Obama Campaign you seem to suggest that they have stated that you deserve blame for outsourcing done at Bain from 1999 to 2001 because they stated that you were the full-time active manger of Bain during that time. Can you cite a single ad, press release or statement from the Obama Campaign where they specify that you were the full-time manager of Bain from 1999 to 2001?

Kind of a funny question and pretty much shows the author's hand. The companies that the Obama admin have used to push this outsourcing bit were acquired by Bain after 99.

Author is TJ Walker, runs a Democratic super-pac. So in essence, this "article" is a nothing more than a campaign ad.

I'd say the only question that Romney has to answer in this regard is whether he was directly involved in the decisions involving the outsourcing. Sure Bain has minutes on these meetings.

Lastly, why isn't the media spending equal time on Obama's outsourcing record? He appointed Jeff Immelt to head his Economic Advisory Board, GE is one of this country's biggest outsourcers.

He's been saying his business success at Bain Capital is why people should vote for him, but when asked about Bain's activity, he says he has no idea what they were doing while he was CEO, President, and drawing a salary; he didn't go to any meetings, he didn't sit in any votes, he didn't make any decisions, he has no responsibility and no idea what was going on. He only showed up to get his paycheck.

That's the business experience he wants us to consider?

Originally Posted by Grendel

He's been saying his business success at Bain Capital is why people should vote for him, but when asked about Bain's activity, he says he has no idea what they were doing while he was CEO, President, and drawing a salary; he didn't go to any meetings, he didn't sit in any votes, he didn't make any decisions, he has no responsibility and no idea what was going on. He only showed up to get his paycheck.

That's the business experience he wants us to consider?

He may not have known. However, since he was the documented CEO, and the sole owner, he is responsible for what the company does during that period of time.

Originally Posted by danarhea

OK, the first thing I want you to do, before you join this discussion, is to look at this video and read the accompanying article. In it are 35 questions which Mitt Romney is going to have to answer if he wants to put the Bain issue to rest. These questions are at the heart of the Bain issue, and they are not going to go away until Mitt decides to make them go away by truthfully answering them.

Now some in the Democratic Party are insinuating that Romney is a felon, and that, IMHO, is going a bit too far. But, according to the article, Romney clearly misled the SEC while running for Governor of Massachusetts. That is definitely not a felony, but it does go to the core of where his ethics, or lack of them, live. He is going to have to deal with this very fast, before his campaign derails.

If Romney cannot answer the questions now before him, then stick a fork in him. He is done, as this issue will drive a stake directly through the heart of his campaign, and Republicans will lament that they did not choose a better candidate in a year that Obama could easily have been defeated.

I think we can all agree that if Romney doesnt answer every conceivable question dreamed up by liberals that liberals won't vote for him. But that hardly means he is done or even in any trouble. Liberals won't vote for Romney. So what?

isn't the wiggle word here "ongoing" rather than "involvement"?

2. You have stated that in “Feb. 1999 I left Bain capital and all management responsibility” and “I had no ongoing activity or involvement.” It depends on what the definition of “involvement” is, doesn’t it? Clearly you were involved with Bain to the extent that you owned it. Are you defining “involvement” in a uniquely specific way that only means “full-time, active, 60-hours-a-week, hands-on manager?”

3. How exactly are you defining “involvement?”

So what if he outsourced. That would be his job and under the Bush administration, outsourcing was encouraged for everything.

Just imagine that you have a product and capital to build something that is NOT a car, bulldozer, war machine or aircraft. Would you build it in America? Please don't make me laugh. Pay some American $17.25 and hour and another $8 worth of benefits and another $8 for regulatory compliance or get someone to do it for $3 an hour. Lets try a little reality here.

We only are able to produce high ticket items, we are simply not a country to build most stuff in. You won't be able to compete. If you are the CEO, you damn well better be outsourcing.

As a President, the only thing we can do is develop new technologies, directly or indirectly, that will create a generation of products sufficiently valuable to be built in America. Instead, we are about to strip NASA who may be our best hope.

Neither one of these candidates understands this. They are too rich and too far removed from us peasantry. All they're smart at is politicking. In all honesty, Romney might do better than Obama because of his background but I'm sure if he gets to Washington, he'll be influenced to forgo logic and replace it with programs his friends can operate and make profits in order to thank them for the gift of The Presidency.

Oh, original topic, I think his Bain background is a plus, not a minus. His party is a MINUS of prodigious proportions.

Originally Posted by specklebang

So what if he outsourced. That would be his job and under the Bush administration, outsourcing was encouraged for everything.

Just imagine that you have a product and capital to build something that is NOT a car, bulldozer, war machine or aircraft. Would you build it in America? Please don't make me laugh. Pay some American $17.25 and hour and another $8 worth of benefits and another $8 for regulatory compliance or get someone to do it for $3 an hour. Lets try a little reality here.

We only are able to produce high ticket items, we are simply not a country to build most stuff in. You won't be able to compete. If you are the CEO, you damn well better be outsourcing.

As a President, the only thing we can do is develop new technologies, directly or indirectly, that will create a generation of products sufficiently valuable to be built in America. Instead, we are about to strip NASA who may be our best hope.

Neither one of these candidates understands this. They are too rich and too far removed from us peasantry. All they're smart at is politicking. In all honesty, Romney might do better than Obama because of his background but I'm sure if he gets to Washington, he'll be influenced to forgo logic and replace it with programs his friends can operate and make profits in order to thank them for the gift of The Presidency.

Oh, original topic, I think his Bain background is a plus, not a minus. His party is a MINUS of prodigious proportions.

as we see time and again, it is not the politician's actual deed that does them in, it is the cover-up

mitt screwed the pooch when he did not come clean

this is willard's own "i did not have sexual relations with that woman" moment

































or is "i am not a crook" more appropriate in this instance

Originally Posted by Fishstyx

Kind of a funny question and pretty much shows the author's hand. The companies that the Obama admin have used to push this outsourcing bit were acquired by Bain after 99.

Author is TJ Walker, runs a Democratic super-pac. So in essence, this "article" is a nothing more than a campaign ad.

I'd say the only question that Romney has to answer in this regard is whether he was directly involved in the decisions involving the outsourcing. Sure Bain has minutes on these meetings.

Lastly, why isn't the media spending equal time on Obama's outsourcing record? He appointed Jeff Immelt to head his Economic Advisory Board, GE is one of this country's biggest outsourcers.

Does that mean you do not believe that Romney can answer those questions, so you choose to attack the messenger instead? That's an old trick, and one that won't fly either. Either Romney puts this issue to rest or he loses. It's as simple as that.

Originally Posted by Fletch

I think we can all agree that if Romney doesnt answer every conceivable question dreamed up by liberals that liberals won't vote for him. But that hardly means he is done or even in any trouble. Liberals won't vote for Romney. So what?

It really just goes to the transparency and trust factor...no one likes secrecy or deception if Mitt comes clean AND releases his tax returns (like the last 10 years) freely he can overcome this if not, he's DONE!