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Did he lie, or did they lie about him lying? Hard to tell these days...
According to the facts as presented by Politifact, Washington Post, CNN, and Fortune Obama was caught with his shirts down. Your not likely to hear them talk about it today since they got hammered for such translatent lies. The wheels have come off the campaign.
As we wrote yesterday, we are standing with our assessment that Mitt Romney left the helm of Bain Capital in 1999, when he left to run the Salt Lake City Olympics. The date is important because some questionable investments by Bain took place between 1999 and 2002, when he ran for governor. But a Boston Globe article on Thursday raised new questions about that timeline, citing SEC filings, and the Obama campaign jumped to take advantage of it.
Despite the furor, we did not see much new in the Globe article. We had examined many SEC documents related
ted to Romney and Bain in January, and concluded that much of the language saying Romney was “sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president” was boilerplate that did not reveal whether he was actually managing Bain at the time. (For instance, there is no standard definition of a “chief executive,” securities law experts say, and there is no requirement for anyone to have any responsibilities even if they have that title.)
Looks like Mittens got caught again. Except this time it is serious. He says he was gone from Bain but still signed documents that he was the boss there. It is a crime to sign SEC documents that you know to be false. So is Romney a lair or a criminal? Do Bain SEC documents suggest Mitt Romney is a criminal? - The Washington Post
As we wrote yesterday, we are standing with our assessment that Mitt Romney left the helm of Bain Capital in 1999, when he left to run the Salt Lake City Olympics. The date is important because some questionable investments by Bain took place between 1999 and 2002, when he ran for governor. But a Boston Globe article on Thursday raised new questions about that timeline, citing SEC filings, and the Obama campaign jumped to take advantage of it.
Despite the furor, we did not see much new in the Globe article. We had examined many SEC documents related to Romney and Bain in January, and concluded that much of the language saying Romney was “sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president” was boilerplate that did not reveal whether he was actually managing Bain at the time. (For instance, there is no standard definition of a “chief executive,” securities law experts say, and there is no requirement for anyone to have any responsibilities even if they have that title.)
I genuinely feel sad for folks who don't have the vaguest idea how business works. Or should I use that newfangled, overused liberal word: disturbed. I feel disturbed.
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Romney: Liar or Criminal?
