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If Romney Steps Down Over The Bain Scandal, Who Will The Republicans Nominate In His Place?

ProudProgressive 2012/07/16 13:33:19
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Mitt Romney's campaign is in trouble. With the growing revelations of Romney's involvement in Bain Capital's "pioneering efforts" in outsourcing American jobs, the significant discrepancies between Romney's story and the numerous SEC filings that contradict that story, his adamant insistence on secrecy about his own tax returns, his Cayman Islands and Swiss bank accounts that exist only to evade paying taxes to the very government he seeks to lead, and the glaring disconnect with the average working American that Romney exhibits at every campaign stop, some have already begun to wonder whether Romney will make it to the Republican convention. If in fact the heat gets to be too much for Mitt, who do you think the Republicans will choose in his place? Who will be the sacrificial lamb?
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  • Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/07/16 15:57:03
    None of the above
    Jackie G - Poker Playing Patriot
    +31
    Since we know that Obama and his crew have lied about Bain - why the hell would he step down? The rank gutter politics of Obama is sickening - he should step down.

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  • CAPISCE skip 2012/07/16 15:13:02
    CAPISCE
    Obama's forger is working on them......be patient
  • DavidK skip 2012/07/17 15:16:31
    DavidK
    you won't see them on your liberal agenda stations fool.
  • ProudPr... CAPISCE 2012/07/16 15:17:27
    ProudProgressive
    +1
    Nothing makes Romney very popular.
  • Linda Picasso... 2012/07/16 15:03:37
    Linda
    +4
    Adorable. He's got my vote. Thanks Pardon...
  • DavidK Picasso... 2012/07/17 15:14:32
    DavidK
    yes, living in a fantasy world, I would expect that.
  • Picasso... DavidK 2012/07/17 22:21:11
    Picasso's Cat
    We have turned our real, logical world into that fantasy-cartoon world because of stupidity, and now we have to deal with it. Not my choice, but the choice of the American people that they wish to pursue.

    read this 100 times
  • Mark P. 2012/07/16 14:25:16
    None of the above
    Mark P.
    +5
    The only scandal is the ones you liberals are trying to create to draw everyone's attention away from the economy.
  • *Mahoga... Mark P. 2012/07/16 14:48:35
    *Mahogany Goddess of P.H.A.E.T
    +5
    No; his signature was found on Bain Capital documents after he lied and stated he had no dealings with them at the time. You are blinded by blaming everything on Liberals that you can't even see the corruption on your own side.
  • susan *Mahoga... 2012/07/16 15:16:20
    susan
    He signed some documents after he left the management of the daily operations of a company. He didn't say he sold the company, he said he turned the daily operations of it over to others in 1999 so that he could run the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee.
    Obama has made an issue of this just like he attacked his opponents in the Senate by 1) stealing sealed records of the opponent's divorce and twisting the information in it; and 2) by making accusations of illicit behavior while on vacation in the Netherlands. Obama and his campaign staff know no bounds. At least Romney is a decent and ethical person. Obama has no ethics; he'll do anything, absolutely anything, to get elected..
  • *Mahoga... susan 2012/07/16 15:18:41
    *Mahogany Goddess of P.H.A.E.T
    +2
    The links I have showcased already proved that to be a lie, and this isn't about Obama. Focus on the topic at hand; he had signatures of business decisions right after 1999.
  • susan *Mahoga... 2012/07/16 15:39:00
    susan
    It's not about the signatures. Those are appropriate for stockholders, board members and such, whether one is running daily operations or not. You need to understand the facts of how big business operates. A business the size of Bain Capital is not a one-man operation, nor is it often run by the biggest shareholder.
    Romney was in charge before 1999. After that, he retained a financial role, not the operating role. Obama's campaign is distorting the facts in order to make those voters ignorant of business practices react emotionally against his wealth.

    Signature power is not operating power.
  • *Mahoga... susan 2012/07/16 15:42:34
    *Mahogany Goddess of P.H.A.E.T
    +2
    You need to comprehend how business work; Romney signature was a signature of approval, which equates to responsibility. His approval allowed the others in charge to continue their practices after 1999.
  • American *Mahoga... 2012/07/16 17:09:41
    American
    +2
    Even if it wasn't a lie, who in the hell would be stupid enough to grace documents with their signature without any knowledge of business decisions made in a company they own? If so, who would be stupid enough to vote for someone that ignorant and lacking in business savvy. Whatever happened at Bain, the buck stops with Romney. He owned the company at the time.
  • Skeptikat susan 2012/07/16 17:04:09
  • ProudPr... Mark P. 2012/07/16 15:19:35
    ProudProgressive
    +4
    Why would anyone want to draw attention away from 4 and a half million American jobs created, the auto industry rescued from bankruptcy, the economy rescued from a second Great Depression, the stock market doubled, the unemployment rate down two full points from the Bush highs, 30 million more Americans with access to affordable health care, lower taxes for people who actually WORK for a living, doubling the stock market, and prospects for genuine long term growth once the Republicans stop trying to deliberately sabotage the economy?
  • susan ProudPr... 2012/07/16 15:39:43
    susan
    Love the satire.
  • CAPISCE Mark P. 2012/07/16 22:00:06
    CAPISCE
    very true
    obamalies.net
  • Skeptikat 2012/07/16 14:17:21 (edited)
  • GOP Poison Skeptikat 2012/07/16 15:01:25
    GOP Poison
    +1
    Fantastic post
  • American Skeptikat 2012/07/16 17:14:20
    American
    +1
    That's a cogent thought. I hadn't looked at it this way before.
  • bob 2012/07/16 14:16:14
    Herman Cain
    bob
    +2
    gotta get a peice of pizza
  • DavidK 2012/07/16 14:08:12
    None of the above
    DavidK
    +12
    Obama will try anything because he has no offense.

    hgfhfggf
  • ProudPr... DavidK 2012/07/16 14:11:56
    ProudProgressive
    +4
    This has nothing to do with President Obama. It has to do with a candidate who has been caught in the Big Lie and is desperate to keep it covered up. And even apart from these scandals over Romney's finances he has no ideas, no plan, and most Republicans I know are supporting him not because they like him or because they think he's even remotely competent, but simply because he isn't President Obama. You would seem to be in that category.
  • Ron the... DavidK 2012/07/16 14:31:15
    Ron the Realist
    +1
    Big Time. You can always expect a heavy dose of projection when dealing with the radical left.

    Here's the empty suit accusing McCain of doing what obama is now doing in this election to Romney...

  • *Mahoga... Ron the... 2012/07/16 14:50:18
    *Mahogany Goddess of P.H.A.E.T
    +2
    His signature was discovered on many of Bain's Capital dealings. You are acting like those on the Radical Right and dismissing the corruption within your own party. Obama is an empty suite, but so is Romney; those are the facts.
  • GOP Poison DavidK 2012/07/16 14:56:20
    GOP Poison
    +1
    Did you ask how many people got killed over the presidents birth certificate?
  • American GOP Poison 2012/07/16 17:17:55
    American
    Typical stupidity from another RWNJ aka "Birther". Get a life!
  • DavidK GOP Poison 2012/07/17 01:07:24
    DavidK
    We all know its fake!
  • American DavidK 2012/07/16 17:16:12
    American
    Quit trying to change the subject cause it ain't working. This is about Romney at the moment and no one else.
  • DavidK American 2012/07/17 01:16:50 (edited)
  • American DavidK 2012/07/17 03:18:15 (edited)
    American
    Romney's lies are what's hanging him. Obama strategy of revealing Mitt's record, is working whether you will admit it or not..Mitt is on the ropes and playing defense. Obama is running on his record. Romney is now running from his. Bush and the Republicans are what F**ked things up and all of us including you know that is a fact. LMFAO :-)
  • DavidK American 2012/07/17 04:06:39
  • American DavidK 2012/07/17 13:33:19
    American
    If you haven't heard Romney's lies and about Obama's accomplishments you must be deaf, dumb, blind, and bat sh*t crazy. Sorry, I can't help you with your physical incapacitation and mental illness. That's not within my field of expertise.
  • DavidK American 2012/07/17 15:10:18 (edited)
    DavidK
    So what you're saying is you CAN'T state his accomplishments. I expected that! Romney was right again! Nice try you moron.
  • American DavidK 2012/07/17 21:45:19
    American
    Take it anyway you like. I don't go off on fool errands to pacify idiots. Any one ignorant and dumb enough to believe anything the flip flopping, duck walking pathological liar aka Willard Mitt Romney has to say is too low down on the intelligence scale to even be relevant or significant. So why even bother. LMFAO :-)
  • DavidK American 2012/07/18 02:24:18
    DavidK
    Want to see lies?!?!?!? You either didn't see them all or believe them! Either way it makes you an idiot!

    1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. Source: hotair.com

    2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government. Source: http://www.godlikeproductions...

    3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had Source:http://atlasshrugs2000...

    4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. Source:http://atlasshrugs2000...

    5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man. Source: According to NYTimes story of April of last year, Sarah Hussein Obama told the New York Times she is a devout Muslim.

    6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’...

















































































































    Want to see lies?!?!?!? You either didn't see them all or believe them! Either way it makes you an idiot!

    1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. Source: hotair.com

    2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government. Source: http://www.godlikeproductions...

    3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had Source:http://atlasshrugs2000...

    4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. Source:http://atlasshrugs2000...

    5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man. Source: According to NYTimes story of April of last year, Sarah Hussein Obama told the New York Times she is a devout Muslim.

    6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

    7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.

    8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

    9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.

    10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.

    11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.

    12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.

    13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.

    14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.

    15.) I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

    16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

    17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.

    18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

    19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

    20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn’t write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.
    21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.

    22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

    23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

    24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

    25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

    26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

    27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

    28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

    29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.

    30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.

    31.) I Didn’t Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.

    32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn’t.

    33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.

    34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.

    35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

    36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.

    37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.

    38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

    39.) I Don’t Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.

    40.) I don’t Have Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

    41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

    42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.

    43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people’s words.

    44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.

    45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.

    46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.

    47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.

    48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you won’t wear a flag pin and you don’t put your hand over your heart during the Anthem.

    49.) My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your wife’s words follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.

    50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn’t Support - LIAR, your wife has received nearly a quater of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.

    51.) Treehouse Is A Small Company - LIAR, the CEO of Treehouse last year, made more than the CEO of Wal-Mart, according to public records.

    52.) University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair - LIAR, your wife’s pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate and the hospital is a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 in the last 3 years. They overcharge blacks VS whites for services, and overcharge everyone in general by 538%!

    53.)I Barely Know Rezko - Only 5 Billed Hours - LIAR, you have known him for 17 years, and decided to do a real estate deal with him during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, you divided your property and had them take off $300K before the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko’s wife buys the lot beside it that you can’t afford, saving you $625,000.

    54.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - LIAR, you only gave back Hsu ($72K) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K, then when caught lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN OBAMA, it’s $250k) their money when publically called on their involvement in your campaigns.

    55.) My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church - LIAR, your church is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrahkan their person of the year.

    56.) I Disagree With My Church All The Time - LIAR, you still have yet to repudiate Wright, who married you and your wife, and you still donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its message - hatred and revenge. You donated in 2006 alone, $22,500 to the church that you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500 PER WEEK - that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.

    57.) I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko - LIAR, you are not only connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC supporter Mr. Hsu, AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil, Iraqi deal. Seems Mr. Auchi may have helped Obama buy his million dollar property long before Obama had millions of dollars. Wonder what favors Mr. Auchi expects, when Obama leaves Iraq free to be taken over by special interests such as him.

    58.) I never heard sermons like Rev. Wright’s, that have been in videos all day, You Tube - LIAR! 3 days later during your Mea Culpa BS speech you said “Did I hear controversial statements while I sat in that church? Yes I did.”

    59.) The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me! - LIAR. Your own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the company that looked into your records. PS - You had them look into yours to hide the fact you looked into Clinton’s and McCain’s more than a year before!

    60.) Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning - LIAR. Rev. Meeks appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you, and helped raise money, then AND NOW. PS - He also seems to despise America.

    61.) My wife didn’t mean America is ignorant, she was just using a phrase - LIAR. Again, MicHELLe’s comments perfectly sync with Wright’s, Meeks’, and Farrakhans, both in language, anger, and direction.

    62.) I am very Anti-Terror - LIAR. [03/30/2008] One of your good pals is long time radical and terrorist William Ayers, with whom you have been seen in the last 12 months and who has helped the now jailed khalidi, Professor at Columbia who invited Ahmadinejad to the University, to raise money for Palestinian terrorism attacks against Israel. PS - Your church published a pro Hamas Manifesto.


    Now lets hear all of Romneys lies you fools!
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  • American DavidK 2012/07/18 03:16:59
    American
    See my previous response to you. What part of it did you not understand? You could have saved yourself the trouble of compiling. that pile of BS. I didn't even bother to read it so you have wasted your time. However, I have no intention of wasting mine by reading CRAP. It appears that you are the one who meets the definition for idiot. LMFAO :-)
  • DavidK American 2012/07/18 03:19:51
    DavidK
    That explains your stupidity. Didn't expect you to read it. Others have and it proves you don't want to hear the truth and cannot ever know the truth as you don't follow the media.
  • American DavidK 2012/07/18 14:40:10
    American
    That's your problem, man. I am perfectly willing to hear the truth as soon as you are able to tell it. In the real world where sanity prevails, Obama hating right wing lies, BS, distortions, innuendo, and propaganda don't cut it as truth. If by "follow the media" you mean Fox Noise, you're absolutely correct, I don't. :-)
  • DavidK American 2012/07/18 15:57:09
    DavidK
    that explains you lack of knowledge.I watch them all, MSNBC, CNN, FOX and read the Washington Post and WSJ. Everyday. Just to let you know, MSNBC is by far the worst source as they are nothing but attack dogs against the right.NEVER do they have anything positive to say about there side. I watch them to confirm the facts we need a new leader. Not watching the opposition is in no way going to benefit you. It only shows you're not knowledgeable enough about what is really happening. Typical with the left, uninformed and out of touch.

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