General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is a test for Stephanie Cutter
They want her to apologize.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-campaign-calls-on-obama-to-apologize-for
You know my views on this: never apologize, they are signs of weakness (think of Richard Durbin blubbering on the floor of the Senate in 2004). The other side doesn't actually care if you are sorry, it's really just about making you do the walk of shame and humiliation.
Will Stephanie Cutter be the tough pit bull that we need her to be, or will she act like someone who got her start in John Kerry's presidential campaign.
I hope she makes the right decision.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)JHB
(37,158 posts)From her Twitter feed today:
Romney hid the fact that he left Bain 3 years later than he claimed to avoid responsibility for outsourcing, etc
12 Jul
1/25/02: Romney listed in federal filings as managing member and owner of Bain Capital Investors, LLC 1.usa.gov/Mmr1nh
12 Jul
1/3/00, signed by Mitt Romney: VDI Multimedia, SEC Schedule 13D: 1.usa.gov/MmswSr
12 Jul
2/14/2000 federal government filing, signed by Mitt Romney: Wesley Jessen Visioncare Inc, SEC Schedule 13G/A: edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar
12 Jul
2/13/2001 federal government filing, signed by Mitt Romney: Integrated Circuit Systems Inc, SEC Schedule 13G edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar
12 Jul
Those are just a few examples of the government documents Romney signed representing himself as the head of Bain Capital after Feb 1999.
12 Jul
The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."
malaise
(268,943 posts)democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)The O team seems much more responsive than Kerry's team.
"I'll apologize when the tax returns prove me wrong - when can we expect them Governor?"
That's basically all I want to hear.
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Specifically 12 years of returns.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)This is not about her, it's about Mitt Romney.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Make all the tax returns public, show the paperwork that transferred control of Bain to someone else - IF all that checks out, Stephanie should shrug her shoulders and say "my mistake", but the words sorry or apologize should never be said.
Mika
(17,751 posts)denverbill
(11,489 posts)Especially since that is running every day on my TV, versus a one-time statement read by a few thousand politiphiles.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)senseandsensibility
(17,000 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-12/bain-says-romney-kept-ownership-after-leaving-in-1999.html
spanone
(135,827 posts)[IMG][/IMG]
Ship of Fools
(1,453 posts)Biden did the passion thing. Cutter did the FU thing.
They're in it to win. I can smell them.
Segami
(14,923 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)An apology will be forthcoming once the tax returns are released, and you apologize for Donald Trump questioning the Presidents birthplace, and you apologize for Mitch McConnell blocking legislation and votes, and you apologize for the Rush Limbaugh daily, and you apologize for... oh forget it, we stand by her statement.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)show us the tax returns -- you ought to, anyway,
rocktivity