The Bain Ad That Romney Should Fear the Most

[maddezmom]

Mitt Romney survived a relentless barrage of attack ads about Bain Capital during the Republican primary, but now there’s one ad that appears to be breaking through more than any other.

The one-minute spot, made by the super PAC supporting President Obama, Priorities USA Action, already has more than 1 million hits on YouTube, more than 10 times any other super PAC ad. More significant, a person at a Republican group that has tested Democratic attacks on Romney told ABC News the ad is potentially the most devastating yet.

Posted June 23, it’s running on TVs in Ohio and other battleground states, and it blames Romney for firing workers while making millions.

The ad stars a former plant worker in Indiana who tells the story: One day he was told to build a small stage and, shortly after, Romney’s Bain colleagues herded the workers in front of the stage to tell them they were fired. Romney, the worker says, made $100 million by shutting down the plant.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/the-bain-ad-that-romney-should-fear-the-most/

[Roland99]

1. Romney would make a terminally-ill patient dig their own grave.

[yourout]

6. More like have a healthy person dig it then put a bullet in his head.

[localroger]

38. Bullet in head = terminal illness. Retroactively. /nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

39. Bingo and Duzy!

[nc4bo]

2. Never saw this one before. Going to do my share to spread it. nt

[SunsetDreams]

3. "It was like building my own coffin"

Holy crap that ad is powerful!! Damn K&R

How ruthless can you be? What a cruel thing to do! Have workers build a stage for no other purpose but to use that stage to fire them all and shut down the plant.

[Historic NY]

22. Don't worry were fitting it for Mitt and his own words are going to bury him.

[rhett o rick]

23. Like building your own gallows. nm

[tomm2thumbs]

29. that's EXACTLY what I was sensing

because it was from the structure they were eliminated

[Spitfire of ATJ]

46. Funny, I was thinking it should have been quickly turned into one for the guys on it.

Let those be their last words.

[NewJeffCT]

48. That's what I was thinking as well

when I was listening to the ad

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. +100

[Spazito]

4. That IS a devastating ad...

Anyone, no matter how little they involve themselves in politics, will fully understand what this ad is saying, what this man is saying and can easily relate to it.

[rustydog]

5. Very powerful ad. I just facebooked it to piss off republican "friends"

[graywarrior]

17. I just did the same....lol

[chervilant]

49. Me, three... rofl

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[democrat_patriot]

7. Daaaaaaammmmmm.

That's brutal.

[Laurian]

8. The picture of Mitt smirking at the end is the clincher!

[Politicalboi]

9. This ad isn't completely new

I like the Rmoney Electric I Sing.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. The GOP and their Super PAC's might have more money...

But dayum...the ads on the Dem side are 100 times better.

[BamBamBane]

11. No wonder Republicans are trembling in fear

The truth is powerful.

[myrna minx]

12. K&R n/t

[Ikonoklast]

13. This guy is your neighbor. Romney fucked him and his co-workers over. Next time, it will be YOU.

[maddezmom]

14. +1000

and that is it in a nutshell.

[SunsetDreams]

15. Exactly nt

[speedoo]

24. exactly.

And that is what makes this ad so devastating.

[freshwest]

52. 'Next time, it will be YOU.' Perfect.

[cali]

16. moving. powerful. needs to be spread far and wide.

fuck that putrid piece of shit, Mitt.

[DearAbby]

18. I put this on my Facebook

Will Romney rebuild America or build a stage?

Romney wins, we all lose.

[Octafish]

19. Effective.

It's way past time we took off the gloves.

[hootinholler]

20. kick for later n/t

[Solomon]

21. I'm begining to feel like Romney is evil.

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. that is a powerful ad

[riverbendviewgal]

27. Rommey screwed these people

and the US taxpayers who had to give them support in one way or another

[Brooklyn Dame]

28. When people like this tell their stories, the Rominee can't rewrite history!

Besides, we already rewrote history for him -- liberally, retroactively and progressively...

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/07/lets-change-gop-politics-retroactively/

[freshwest]

30. Romney just HAD TO HAVE his Gordon Gecko moment!

With the kind of sadism he's exhibited in the past, he had to have been laughing all the way to the Caymans. How amusing to see the despair on the faces of the 'common people' for whom he, his wife and friends have such disdain.

The more hearts and lives broken, the bigger they are, top of the rat race. He certainly showed his true colors with that carefully scripted event. This video needs to be played over and over until people cop a clue about how we got into this mess.

As was quoted here, 'Romney is the problem.' May the American people wake up from their media induced psychosis and see what unbridled, predatory capitalism did to the USA. 'So how's that working for ya, uh?'

[chervilant]

50. hmm...

Patronizing?

Condescending?

Paternalistic?

Pseudo-intellectual?

Sociopath?

Entitled?

Arrogant?

We have a veritable smorgasbord of words and phrases to apply to those rare (in number) individuals whose financial worth 'elevates' them above the vast Hoi Polloi. Romney likely sees himself as a wise and benevolent role model, who must tolerate (and ameliorate) the inferior masses.

[Stuart G]

31. A Terrific Ad.. Everywhere, people should see this..K and R..nt

[ananda]

32. Here's the utube link.

&feature=player_embedded

[Scurrilous]

33. K & R

[1-Old-Man]

34. Yep, that o'tta do it.

[mnhtnbb]

35. OMG. That should be running in every swing state.

And I just posted it to my fb page here in NC.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

40. I'm in NC ...

PM me, maybe we can have a drink.

[johnd83]

36. Just play it over and over and over...

Repetition is the key to everything. The saying is "if you say a lie often enough it becomes true" (or something to that effect.) The GOP are masters at it. This has the benefit of actually being true.

[SunSeeker]

37. "..it was like building my own coffin, and it just made me sick."

Devastating. THAT is why Mitt is risking perjury charges claiming he did not work at Bain after 1999. Ampad went bankrupt in 2000.

[ailsagirl]

41. Priorities USA Action are awesome

Best.Ads.Ever.

Much more professional than any of Nitt's ads, which look like hysterical backtracking to me

Obama's ads tell the truth

[NBachers]

42. Type "priorities usa action Stage" in the YouTube window to call it up

1,097,616 views as of now

[Blanks]

43. Dude's last name was Earnest.

I thought that was a nice little subliminal message.

[amuse bouche]

44. This is not just on the intertubes

It's been playing in Florida. Absolutely heartbreaking and devastating

[Generic Other]

45. That's as heartwrenching as they come

Americans sharing their stories. Politicians beware.

[Overseas]

47. Excellent ad! The truth can be devastating.

Looking at the results of how these pompous quarter-millionaires got rich. Making the glamour of the hundreds of millions much more real.

And Willard can't be bothered to even release his damned tax returns. What would we see anyway? A lot more pain for Amercia and private gain for Bain.

How long is the magic underwear going to keep working?

But the rest of that sorry crop of contenders better realize right quick that they were less appealing than the Ken doll with blood on his hands.

[patrice]

51. a stage, yeah, when you're lower than pond scum, you NEED to be above those you hurt.

Wouldn't want anyone getting the idea that you're peers or anything, now would you Willard, yeah, a stage, that's the ticket.