Are ‘Bainers’ the New ‘Birthers’?

What’s the best way to deflect a political attack?

Ridicule.

It
is well established that Mitt Romney left Bain to go salvage the Salt
Lake City Winter Olympics. It is also well established that his name
remained on some SEC documents. This stems from winding down his
partnership interest in Bain Capital. It is a quirk in the law. It has
been well vetted. Even FactCheck.org and the Washington Post are
unpersuaded by Team Obama’s hyperbole.

Really? A felon? Hey! Let’s accuse Barack Obama of being a foreign
born Muslim! There’s about the same validity to both. Meet the Bainers —
they are the members of Team Obama demanding proof from Mitt Romney
that he is a liar or a felon. Next they’ll ask when he stopped beating
his wife.

The Bainers will not take any answer that does not show Romney to be a
liar or felon in the same way Birthers will take no answer other than
one that shows Barack Obama is not an American citizen. In fact,
pointing this out on twitter today I was barraged from both sides that
Obama has still never shown his real birth certificate and Mitt Romney
has still not shown his tax returns.

Also, similar to Birthers, Bainers claim they are only asking questions.
Of course, the questions in both cases demonstrate a considerable
separation from reality. And in the case of the Bainers, Erickson points
out, there is a considerable amount of ignorance of private enterprise
as well.