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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 02:17 PM Jul 2012

Bain Film Producer Saw It Coming for Romney

Barry Bennett wishes that he had not been so prescient. It was Bennett, more than anybody else, who most dramatically pushed Mitt Romney’s stewardship of Bain Capital into the 2012 campaign. He did that as a staunch conservative trying to sidetrack Romney’s drive to the Republican nomination during the South Carolina primary battle in January.

He produced King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came to Town, a scathing 28-minute documentary that cast Bain as a soulless corporate raider and featured the faces and voices of those left jobless in the Bain wake. Under withering assault from Romney partisans and other conservatives uncomfortable with attacks on such companies, Bennett at the time warned his fellow Republicans that he was raising questions that should be answered before — not after — they crown Romney as their nominee. Referring to President Obama’s top strategist, he predicted then that “David Axelrod is going to have a heyday with this, and Republicans need to know this story before we nominate this guy.”

Well, welcome to the heyday, courtesy of David Axelrod — and courtesy of those many Republicans who so effectively silenced questions from Bennett and like-minded conservatives. Questions that Romney fumbled in his 1994 race for the Senate, sidestepped in his 2008 run for president and tried to ignore in the 2012 primaries have come to dominate the current phase of the GOP effort to deny Obama a second term. Recalling his January prediction, Bennett says today, “Unfortunately, it has come true.” Of the current attacks, he said sadly, “I don’t think we’ll see the end of them.”

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http://news.yahoo.com/bain-film-producer-saw-coming-romney-155017148.html

I love it when repubs fight amongst themselves...

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Bain Film Producer Saw It Coming for Romney (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2012 OP
Is this it? Found on youtube... antigop Jul 2012 #1
This should be on the front page. Thanks antigop for finding it. Downwinder Jul 2012 #2
Romney's like the anti Santa Claus aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #3
Mittens admits that 25 million don't have jobs and that some people suffer treestar Jul 2012 #7
THAT was devastating. Bobbie Jo Jul 2012 #10
What can we do to get this on the DU homepage before they take it down?? progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #12
So, Bane's own internal literature described American Workers as "sloppy" and "lazy" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #14
Watch this on You tube lindac007 Jul 2012 #4
I can see it now ... GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #5
Hearty K&R. And just think, Bain is not nearly the biggest of these criminal organizations. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #6
K & R malaise Jul 2012 #8
K&R Bobbie Jo Jul 2012 #9
+1 Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #11
K&R progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #13
Please keep K&R!! You HAVE to watch the film! I just did and I'm so angry and I'm crying. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #15
If Bain is worth 80 plus billion today and Mitt was the sole owner until early 2002, why is his Dustlawyer Jul 2012 #16
...and remind him that 'building things' is what life is all about. Blanks Jul 2012 #17
Can someone make a copy of the youtube vid? speedoo Jul 2012 #18
Yes not a problem DainBramaged Jul 2012 #19
Thank you, it seems things on the Net that expose Mitt have a way of disappearing siligut Jul 2012 #20
Done and archived DainBramaged Jul 2012 #21
Great! speedoo Jul 2012 #23
I just watched entire video. This man is pure EVIL and has no business running for ANY level williesgirl Jul 2012 #22
It would sure be nice.. sendero Jul 2012 #24

antigop

(12,778 posts)
1. Is this it? Found on youtube...
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 02:19 PM
Jul 2012

When Mitt Romney came to town...



Haven't watched it so not sure what's in it.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
7. Mittens admits that 25 million don't have jobs and that some people suffer
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 03:53 PM
Jul 2012

even when productivity is us - so why is he against a social safety net? He's admitting it isn't laziness, it is that they are suffering or can't even find jobs.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
12. What can we do to get this on the DU homepage before they take it down??
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:44 PM
Jul 2012

I've watched the first few minutes, and it's already devastating.

Please.. take time.. everyone.. to watch this. Heartbreaking.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
14. So, Bane's own internal literature described American Workers as "sloppy" and "lazy"
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:50 PM
Jul 2012

THAT should be trumpeted throughout the interweave.

lindac007

(55 posts)
4. Watch this on You tube
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 03:09 PM
Jul 2012

this is the film that describes what Mitt Romney did to companies that Bain took over. It also has a little snippet about Lehman Brothers (now defunct) and filings that listed Romney as a management director or something like that in 2001. the more you watch the angrier you get. I had to shut it off after being about 1/2 way through. This guy really ought to be ashamed of himself instead of running for President, but then you have to have a conscience to feel shame.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
16. If Bain is worth 80 plus billion today and Mitt was the sole owner until early 2002, why is his
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 05:54 PM
Jul 2012

worth only stated at a mere $250 million? What a heartless bunch of douche bags! The companies they bought all seemed to be stable money making businesses, good for LONG term investment. These Cats did the Richard Geer, Pretty Woman routine on them. Too bad those people are not just in the movies, or don't meet hookers with hearts of gold that get them to feel and be human.

speedoo

(11,229 posts)
18. Can someone make a copy of the youtube vid?
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 12:00 PM
Jul 2012

just in case it gets taken down.

Obama really has not started attacking on this issue yet. Waiting until after Labor Day, is my bet.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
20. Thank you, it seems things on the Net that expose Mitt have a way of disappearing
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 12:38 PM
Jul 2012

Like the gal who said "Mitt says he is for small business, but he isn't", and her friend elbowed her and said, "You're gonna be on some hit list for that, you know."

This video is no doubt already on some hit list.

williesgirl

(4,033 posts)
22. I just watched entire video. This man is pure EVIL and has no business running for ANY level
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 01:45 PM
Jul 2012

position in our government. If this is an example of how Mormons operate, they sure aren't Christian anything. The church should give back his tithing to the thousands of lives he's ruined.

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