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John McCain's full opposition dossier on Mitt Romney

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This was recently leaked by someone from within the 2008 McCain campaign. Romney apparently wasn't selected as veep because he couldn't survive the vetting process.

Some notable highlights:

- OWNING A GUN: Romney Said He Owned A Gun Himself, Then Admitted It Was Not His Gun

- In 1994 and 2002, Romney confirmed his support for Roe v. Wade decision and forcefully positioned himself as pro-choice in 1994 Senate race, saying “you will not see me wavering on that.” (Page 7 of [1] PDF hosted on dailycaller.com)

- Romney has been criticized by experts for failing to deliver on issues of business development and economic growth after selling himself as the “CEO governor.”

After calling for economic divestment from Iran, Romney was embarrassed by revelation that the Italian branch of Bain & Company – firm where Romney started as young consultant and served as CEO in early ‘90s – received $2.3 million contract from National Iranian Oil Company in 2004.

Romney has proposed doubling the size of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and supports “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

- In 2002, Romney proposed installing 10 percent tax on private donations to political campaigns.

- Romney once proposed capping spending on elections, abolishing PACs and “tightening regulations.

- Romney Raised Gun Licensing Fee By 400 Percent. “Gun owners [are] upset that the cash-strappedLegislature and Romney administration raised the [firearms license] renewal fee from $25 to $100 in this year’sbudget.” (Lane Lambert, “Gun Permit Renewal Delays Frequent,” The Patriot Ledger [Quincy, MA], 9/17/03)

- Romney Charged Fee For Being Blind. “It now costs to be blind in Massachusetts. The state’s approximately35,000 blind and legally blind residents must now pay $10 annually for a certificate of blindness and $15 everyfour years for a blind identification card. Without the formerly free documents, blind people cannot take advantageof tax abatements, affordable housing programs, health care services, transportation discounts and otherbenefits. … The fees originated in February, in Gov. Mitt Romney’s budget proposal for fiscal 2004.” (Shaun Sutner,“Advocates Fight Fees For The Blind,” Telegram & Gazette , 8/5/03)

- Romney Sat On Board Of Damon Clinical Laboratories, A Bain Capital Portfolio Company Fined Nearly$120 Million In 1996 Due To Medicare Fraud. “A Needham clinical laboratory agreed yesterday to pay $119million in criminal and civil fines after pleading guilty to charges that it defrauded the nation’s Medicare system byseeking reimbursements on millions of dollars worth of unnecessary blood tests. … Damon Clinical LaboratoriesInc. admitted it tried to boost its profits by submitting the unnecessary tests. The company, the government said,misled doctors into ordering the tests, ensuring that they would be covered by Medicare, the federal health careprogram for the elderly.” (Kimberly Blanton, “Needham Lab Fined $ 119m For Fraud,” The Boston Globe , 10/10/96)

And here's what you can look forward to with a Mitt Romney Presidency:

- As CEO, Romney “Insisted On Having Almost Dictatorial Powers. … That Was Essential.” “The Boston-based venture capitalist likes to be in control. ‘(At SLOC) I don’t have the kind of control I’m used to in thebusiness world,’ he said. ‘When I was involved in (the resurrection of the beleaguered international firm BainConsulting), I insisted on having almost dictatorial powers. … That was essential.’” (Lisa Riley Roche, “Mitt ExemplifiesThe New Openness Sought For SLOC,” Deseret News , 2/12/99)


- “Bainies” Were Known For Company Songs And Secrecy, Compared To KGB. “Bain & Co. also was knownfor the strict discipline, team spirit - including company songs - and relentless work ethic of its troops. With theiruniforms of white shirts and red power ties, the clean-cut Bain consultants were known as ‘Bainies,’ a knockoff ofthe term ‘Moonies’ for followers of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Bain & Co. also was known for its secrecy, earningsobriquets like ‘the KGB of consulting.’” (Mitchell Zuckoff and Ben Bradlee Jr., “Romney’s Business Record Gives Larger Picture,” The Boston Globe , 8/8/94)
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Some of it is interesting information, some of it is just stuff specific to a McCain/Romney ticket, and other stuff is just junk.

All in all very interesting document, and even with 200 pages of potential problems, why didn't they pick him over Palin?
 
Wiseone said:
All in all very interesting document, and even with 200 pages of potential problems, why didn't they pick him over Palin?
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The McCain campaign apparently felt that he was "unvettable", whatever that means.
 
Einzige said:
The McCain campaign apparently felt that he was "unvettable", whatever that means.
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Unvettable means skeletons in his closet
 
Romney was against the Bush tax cuts, now he wants to make them permanent. It's kind of obvious why McCain didn't pick him as VP now. I wonder why he didn't pick Pawlenty though. He just ran to Palin.

After seeing that, it looks like the GOP establishment shouldn't have supported Romney through the primary.
 
SheWolf said:
Romney was against the Bush tax cuts, now he wants to make them permanent. It's kind of obvious why McCain didn't pick him as VP now. I wonder why he didn't pick Pawlenty though. He just ran to Palin.

After seeing that, it looks like the GOP establishment shouldn't have supported Romney through the primary.
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There's an argument to be made that they really didn't, if you squint and look at it with your head tilted. Why else did Ron Paul shelter Romney during the debates?
 
lpast said:
Unvettable means skeletons in his closet
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I am starting to think Obama has a potential stock pile against Romney...

I am trying to remember Romney in the primaries and figure out why he won. He didn't he win Florida mostly on attack ads? And I don't really think anybody in the primaries gave Mitt a run like Obama currently is. Nobody back then really attacked him Bain, but if they did, maybe he'd be handling Obama's attacks better right now.
 
Einzige said:
There's an argument to be made that they really didn't, if you squint and look at it with your head tilted. Why else did Ron Paul shelter Romney during the debates?
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What does Paul have to win from this? Do you think he is going to run on a third party ticket?
 
SheWolf said:
Romney was against the Bush tax cuts, now he wants to make them permanent. It's kind of obvious why McCain didn't pick him as VP now. I wonder why he didn't pick Pawlenty though. He just ran to Palin.

After seeing that, it looks like the GOP establishment shouldn't have supported Romney through the primary.
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McCain picked a female...to grab hold of the anger at the democrat party by all the hillary supporters who felt she was mistreated and was overlooked for VP...he thought he could harness those votes by choosing a woman...
 
SheWolf said:
What does Paul have to win from this? Do you think he is going to run on a third party ticket?
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Romney and Paul were basically BFFs during the campaign, and have a "working relationship". Given that Paul has about three hundred delegates down-pat, it's entirely possible he intends to force Rand Paul on the ticket.
 
Talk about transparency. We now know more about Mitt than we do about Obama.

Side note: any bets there is a rather wide boycott on many of the leakers from the McCain campaign? Just having one running your campaign is a guaranteed leakfest. Why not just hire Roman senators if you want a knife in the back?
 
Here are some more lulz

Foreign Policy

- Romney has no foreign policy experience........... oops

- Romney said capturing Osama bin Laden would result in “very insignificant increase in safety” for America and such effort was “not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars” to catch one person
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OpportunityCost said:
Talk about transparency. We now know more about Mitt than we do about Obama.
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Is it really 'transparency' when the team of the former nominee of your Party leaks the information against your will?

I'm someone that could definitely have voted for Mittens circa 2008. I have no interest in voting for him after these leaks.
 
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Every page has about 20 flip flops on it. When that report was created, Romney supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
 
OpportunityCost said:
Talk about transparency. We now know more about Mitt than we do about Obama.
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Hi, welcome to the internet. We're here to help you. What don't you know about Obama? How long his penis is? Or whether he drank Miller Lite on the night of July 15th 1989?

How cute of you to skip the entire post with gems like this one:

Romney Raised Gun Licensing Fee By 400 Percent. “Gun owners [are] upset that the cash-strappedLegislature and Romney administration raised the [firearms license] renewal fee from $25 to $100 in this year’sbudget.” (Lane Lambert, “Gun Permit Renewal Delays Frequent,” The Patriot Ledger [Quincy, MA], 9/17/03)
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So you could simply reply "well now we know!" I bet if Obama had done the same, you'd be screaming bloody murder.
 
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lpast said:
McCain picked a female...to grab hold of the anger at the democrat party by all the hillary supporters who felt she was mistreated and was overlooked for VP...he thought he could harness those votes by choosing a woman...
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I agree. I was insulted by the choice, and so were Hillary supporters. He was questioned on that, and he of course always denied he chose her because of he gender. He said he chose her for America, but I remember her announcement speech and praising Hillary constantly from the beginning.

I also felt McCain was going to use her position on the ticket to eventually attack Obama as sexist, and surprise... he did it, and it was a BS claim and a BS reason. Way to mock feminism and actual sexism McCain. What a jerk.
 
SheWolf said:
Every page has about 20 flip flops on it. When that report was created, Romney supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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I feel bad for Romney, in a way. His father, George Romney, was a moderate-to-liberal Republican who opposed the nomination of Richard Nixon in 1968. I rather suspect that many of his flip-flops, however politically expedient they may be, are the result of his wrestling with the legacy of a father greater than his son.
 
Einzige said:
I feel bad for Romney, in a way. His father, George Romney, was a moderate-to-liberal Republican who opposed the nomination of Richard Nixon in 1968. I rather suspect that many of his flip-flops, however politically expedient they may be, are the result of his wrestling with the legacy of a father greater than his son.
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We don't need somebody else in the White House with a daddy complex.

Romney isn't trustworthy. Never take him at his word. He'll say anything to get elected, and that's the only thing consistent about his record.
 
2008 Oppo File from McCain Campaign on Romney

If anyone actually wants to read a 2008 Oppo file from the McCain campaign on Mitt Romney, here it is: McCain 2008 Oppo File

Just thought some of you might find interest.
 
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Einzige said:
This was recently leaked by someone from within the 2008 McCain campaign. Romney apparently wasn't selected as veep because he couldn't survive the vetting process.

Some notable highlights:
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Gosh, we should start a thread reliving the Clinton-Obama contest too.
 
joko104 said:
Gosh, we should start a thread reliving the Clinton-Obama contest too.
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Why shouldn't this be considered relevant? If there was an Obama dossier from the Clintons and it leaked, I guarantee you there'd be a thread here about that, too. And with the Bain issue coming up repeatedly lately, and with McCain having examined it in-depth, it will be a great aid to anyone looking to parse the subject.
 
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