Romney and Bain: The True Story

The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything. He's a flip-flopper, they say, a lightweight, a cardboard opportunist who'll say anything to get elected. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 29, 2012 - 11:14 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 6, 2012

Taibbi tells it like it is, without mincing words in a very incisive and detailed yet still very readable tour of Romney sociopathy.

Mitt Romney is one of the greatest and most irresponsible debt creators of all time. In the past few decades, in fact, Romney has piled more debt onto more unsuspecting ... More »

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Bob Herrschaft
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by Bob Herrschaft - Aug. 30, 2012

If Romney pulls off this whopper, you’ll have to tip your hat to him: No one in history has ever successfully run for president riding this big of a lie. More »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Aug. 30, 2012

Bain now "controls" Clear Channel, at one of the local properties they got rid of a morning team with a 20+ year history in the market (i.e. a fixture, huge name recognition, etc.), and have shown a (shall we say) fondness for syndicated and jockless programming. So much for job creation.

Fortunately, the geniuses at Bain who now run the place are there to help tell you whom to fire. And for the service it performs cutting your company’s costs to help ... More »

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