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Old 08-29-2012, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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Federal records, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Romney's initial rescue attempt at Bain & Company was actually a disaster – leaving the firm so financially strapped that it had "no value as a going concern." Even worse, the federal bailout ultimately engineered by Romney screwed the FDIC – the bank insurance system backed by taxpayers – out of at least $10 million. And in an added insult, Romney rewarded top executives at Bain with hefty bonuses at the very moment that he was demanding his handout from the feds.

Read more: The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney | Politics News | Rolling Stone
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Here
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Romney napalmed women and children in Vietnam and also shot JFK from the grassy knoll.
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Miitt Romney; Excellent negotiation skills convinced FDIC to forgive roughly $10 million in Bain debts
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:10 PM
 
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It was the Romneybain that started the Black Plague in Europe.
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Apple Valley Calif
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Federal records, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Romney's initial rescue attempt at Bain & Company was actually a disaster – leaving the firm so financially strapped that it had "no value as a going concern." Even worse, the federal bailout ultimately engineered by Romney screwed the FDIC – the bank insurance system backed by taxpayers – out of at least $10 million. And in an added insult, Romney rewarded top executives at Bain with hefty bonuses at the very moment that he was demanding his handout from the feds.

Read more: The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone, why do you even try if they are your best source... Give it up..
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:39 AM
 
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This gibberish has been posted before and entirely bebunked. It's all a misleading bunch of horse poop.
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Old 08-30-2012, 01:42 AM
 
Location: Louisiana
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This gibberish has been posted before and entirely bebunked. It's all a misleading bunch of horse poop.
Yeah, but it'll prolly still show up in a DNC commercial.
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Old 08-30-2012, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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This gibberish has been posted before and entirely bebunked. It's all a misleading bunch of horse poop.
Link to debunking please. As far as I'm aware, it really happened. Prove me wrong.
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Old 08-30-2012, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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This gibberish has been posted before and entirely bebunked. It's all a misleading bunch of horse poop.

Kennedy's Unaired Romney Attack Ad of 1994 - YouTube

Boston globe. Debunk them. This was a campaign ad from that era, thrashing Romney about the 10 million that taxpayers absorbed. You'll be proving that ad wrong, too.
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