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madville

(7,410 posts) Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:10 AM Jul 2012

Is it true Jonathan Lavine ,the current director of Bain, is a top Obama bundler?

Was told this yesterday and also something along the lines that the Obama's have hundreds of thousands invested in companies that have been outsourcing quite a bit.

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Is it true Jonathan Lavine ,the current director of Bain, is a top Obama bundler? (Original Post) madville Jul 2012 OP

Hey Buddy jehop61 Jul 2012 #1

I imagine ignorant Tea Bagging bigots would love for this to be true. Lint Head Jul 2012 #2

If you google his name they are already starting. However, I am very suspect just based on the lack still_one Jul 2012 #3

Ask for a source, make sure it's legit. Remember, their side makes up shit to suit their purposes. Scuba Jul 2012 #4

"Some people say..."... lame54 Jul 2012 #5

"Jonathan Lavine, a managing director at Bain in Boston, has bundled between $100,000 and $200,000 PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #6

Looks like the story originated here, ABC News madville Jul 2012 #7

Some companies give to both sides treestar Jul 2012 #9

Wouldn't anybody with investments treestar Jul 2012 #8

jehop61

(1,735 posts)

1. Hey Buddy

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:13 AM

Jul 2012

You're on the wrong website. Get back to Faux News!

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

2. I imagine ignorant Tea Bagging bigots would love for this to be true.

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:17 AM

Jul 2012

still_one

(92,187 posts)

3. If you google his name they are already starting. However, I am very suspect just based on the lack

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:22 AM

Jul 2012

of critical thinking and the joke the medium in this country is

One thing that I do not agree with in the OPs title though is the question that the "Obama's" have interest in off-shoring job. That is straight from the R/W echo chamber

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. Ask for a source, make sure it's legit. Remember, their side makes up shit to suit their purposes.

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:24 AM

Jul 2012

lame54

(35,287 posts)

5. "Some people say..."...

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:29 AM

Jul 2012

you are that some people

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

6. "Jonathan Lavine, a managing director at Bain in Boston, has bundled between $100,000 and $200,000

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:46 AM

Jul 2012

for the Obama Victory Fund, according to estimates released by the Obama campaign."

From: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/obama-bundler-tied-to-outsourcing-pioneers/

madville

(7,410 posts)

7. Looks like the story originated here, ABC News

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:47 AM

Jul 2012

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/obama-bundler-tied-to-outsourcing-pioneers/

"Jonathan Lavine, a managing director at Bain in Boston, has bundled between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama Victory Fund, according to estimates released by the Obama campaign. His role as an Obama bundler and the amount he’s raised for the president’s re-election is only known because of the voluntary release of that information by the Obama campaign. Romney, breaking with recent precedent, does not release the names or amounts of his top bundlers."

treestar

(82,383 posts)

9. Some companies give to both sides

Reply to madville (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:49 AM

Jul 2012

treestar

(82,383 posts)

8. Wouldn't anybody with investments

Reply to madville (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:49 AM

Jul 2012

have investments in companies that offshore?

Bain on the other hand actively promoted it and was involved in the shutting of plants here.

But people with 401ks and other general investments are not active in that. They are just trying to diversify and most companies have outsourced. Or at least, a hell of a lot have.

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