Is anyone else watching Up with Chris Hayes? Excellent show today

[NC_Nurse]

on financial industry fraud. They have the guy from Bain, Conard, that is an apologist for overcompensation of the 1%. He's getting his ass handed to him. Awesome.

[whathehell]

1. I DVR both of his shows every weekend...The best!..n/t

[NC_Nurse]

2. Agreed. I have given up on other shows. His is the one worth watching.

[Atman]

9. I haven't watched MTP or the others since these shows started

I've tried, but they are so insipid, so in-balanced in any way, so totally devoid of facts, they're just unwatchable after you seen UP and MHP.

The "old" Sunday shows are nothing more than campaign stops for the candidates, which is why you rarely see any of them on UP or MHP...they have to sit and answer real questions from people who aren't automatically friendly to their positions.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

27. I still can't believe the gall of Tim Russert

saying that he let Chimpy's pals lie to him about the need to invade Iraq so they would be caught in a lie latter.

What a country.

[whathehell]

34. Do you mean the Sunday Morning Talk shows?

I've given up on most of those as well, but I do

like a lot of the evening MSNBC shows, as well as Martin Bashir.

[malaise]

3. I'm waiting for the Bain guy

Excellent program indeed

[tularetom]

4. The young woman on the panel doesn't take any crap

And she seems to have numbers to back up her statements.

[Tennessee Gal]

5. Waiting for Chris to ask the Bain guy about Romney ....

Will he ask? And what will he ask?

[malaise]

8. Here we go

[Tennessee Gal]

10. Yep, here it comes!

Watching!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

17. Conard just said Romney's GREED took 3 yrs of negotiation

about the terms of his departure to satisfy.

Remember, Romney owned 100 percent of Bain capital stock, and Bain profits averaged 88 percent over a long stretch of deals. Monetizing those kinds of gains puts a huge multiple on the amount of capital Mitt originally supplied, so huge that the partners could argue over just how huge for YEARS.

The words Conard put in Mitt's mouth are:

"i've created a tremendously valuable firm that's making all you guys rich".

[madashelltoo]

6. He does look rather perturbed, doesn't he? (ha)

I bet he thought he was coming in as the sharpest knife in the drawer, but the young lady is handling him with ease. I'm loving it. His eyes are rolling around as only the entitled can.

[NC_Nurse]

7. It is so refreshing to see people stand up to these bullshitters and not

let them get away with platitudes about how great the US is. Bill Black has got the facts and the studies that refute EVERY point this guy makes. Wouldn't it be great if all of the news shows had REAL debates?

[malaise]

11. The Bain guy is adding nothing to the discussion

except that he too can't recall.
Taking a long time my ass!!!
What a waste of time Edward Conard.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. Conrad is a mouthpiece

not even any new talking points.



He does stay on message very well, I have got to give him that.

[malaise]

15. Based on the BS he has been spewing

We should have expected this BS.

[Tennessee Gal]

13. Took a long time .... had to establish value ....

others to consider ..... blah, blah, blah .... yada, yada, yada ....

Okay, specifically on what date did they come to terms for his separation from Bain? That date would determine how long he was still working there. And his name and signature was still on SEC documents until when?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

23. Conard explicitly said "it took three years". IMO that's NEWS. See post #17 above.

IMO that's NEWS. See post #17 above.

Conard just supplied ammunition for ads that would turn Romney into Gordon Gekko.

[madashelltoo]

14. Conard says:

"Romney left in 1999 and the 'partners' ran the company. Who are the partners? There are no partners listed on the SEC documents. And, there are other agreements with Rmoney's signature other than the SEC. Individual transactions. He's lying for his boy. Not convincing me though.

Again with the "I don't recall him coming back." It took them three years to negotiate his leaving. Well, then that means he was still there and he was still the responsible party. This is bullshit.

[malaise]

20. I call Bullshit

one more paid hack - expect to see him more often.

Yes Willard was so proud that he's lying about the dates.

[lobodons]

22. Shady at best

Seems a little shady that undisclosed partners are making all the decisions and nobody knows who they are.

[Tennessee Gal]

16. Conrad just contradicted himself.

Earlier he said he did not remember Mitt attending any meetings. He just said he attended the meetings and he never saw Mitt.

What is the truth, Conrad?

[pinboy3niner]

19. That was interesting

First he said, "Do I remember every single meeting? No." Later, he says he attended all mgt mtgs and "Mitt was never there."

[GusFring]

18. This guy is a Romney supporter. He just had a whopper of a talking point

[madashelltoo]

21. ROBME IS "NOT" PROUD OF IT BECAUSE

He knows the public will hate him for it. He will never own up to what they've done. They want us to believe them and they are lying more and more to cover up the fact that he owned and operated and approved of every transaction. Robme is the man.

[malaise]

25. More on this Scumbag

http://bud-meyers.blogspot.com/2012/05/can-i-call-mitt-romneys-pal-edward.html
Can I call Mitt Romney's pal Edward Conard an @sshole?

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11504858-former-bain-honcho-says-economic-inequality-is-ok?lite
Former Bain honcho says economic inequality is OK

[GusFring]

24. Did chris ask him who he supports? That outsourcing quote was evil.

[madashelltoo]

26. THE SEGMENT CHRIS READ FROM CONARD'S BOOK

is the reason why we find what they did in off shoring or outsourcing so despicable. He could say with ease, "We pay lower wages, we are not responsible for their healthcare, safety, etc." They exploit these people with no qualms at all and take jobs away from America because we demand respect from our employers. This man is making me sick to my stomach.

They think this is a dog days of summer issue, well, it's not. It is the reason why we are in the mess we are in. They will find slaves if it's the last thing they do. No, they won't bring them home, like they did with African Americans, where they might one day rise up to confront them on their own soil. They will work them to death and step over their carcasses in foreign countries. Fucking pigs!

[CTyankee]

28. We pay lower wages, we are not responsible for their healthcare, safety, etc."

I wonder how that statement squares with the American voter. My guess is that he/she will ask "where does all this leave me and my family?"

Nobody on the panel addressed that question. I wish they had.

A great show. NO ONE else on the networks or cable is talking about this.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

30. "We can use that country as a toilet & not have to clean the crap" paraphrased. He was proud of that

I can't refer to that evil being as a gentleman, more like a monster - AND to think that he's proud of what he did at Bain, and he says Mitt Romney should be proud of these "accomplishments". Pretty disgusting

[lonestarnot]

33. Right to the very heart of the issue! Well said!

[Atman]

29. Funny reading the responses on FB

Not nearly as friendly a response. Quite a few people think Hayes went to easy on Conard. It was pointed out, and I believe rightly, that if he had truly gone for the jugular, Conard would have clammed up and gone the defensive. Instead, Hayes generally put his at ease and let the rope out gradually with which to hang himself. It's hard to say how anyone could think this made Conard -- or Romney -- look good.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

32. Yes, I agree - he let him talk about Bain & that Romney should be proud of his work at Bain

AND then he read that excerpt from his book. The excerpt refers to the advantages of outsourcing: unregulated polluting, exploitation of workers, no government interference, no accountability..... That made the guy squirm - & I think that excerpt should be used against Romney.

[veganlush]

31. I wish

there was an audio podcast of his show, like there is for Maddow and for at least part of Hardball.

[senseandsensibility]

35. Does this show repeat?

I missed it!