"Republicans should be panicking right now..."

[ailsagirl]

Mitt Romney Slides into Panicked Free Fall over Outsourcing Claims
Jason Easley
June 22, 2012

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What is stunning is that once again, the Romney campaign didn’t see this coming. They should have had their statement and defense prepared months ago. It is like they didn’t expect anyone to actually look at Romney’s time at Bain, and compare that to what he is saying on the campaign trail. The truth was revealed by what Romney’s spokeswoman didn’t say in her statement. She didn’t dispute the facts. She didn’t dispute the research, and she offered no explanation for Romney’s record.

Their half baked denial reeked of panic, and a campaign that was totally caught off guard. I am sure Romney will be heading to Fox News ASAP to attack The Washington Post, and try to put a spin on this.

His problem is that it won’t work. Finally, Romney’s critics have a way to make his time at Bain stick in the minds of voters. Mitt Romney sent jobs overseas. Romney can try to parse and explain, but he can’t counteract that one sentence message. It is clear and easy to repeat point that voters can take with them into the booth on Election Day.

Republicans should be panicking right now.

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http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-slides-panicked-free-fall-outsourcing-claims.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. Bullies never see the punches coming

[ailsagirl]

3. Good to know because

they didn't see these significant things coming:

1) President Obama and stance on LGBT
2) Obama's announcement of immigration shift
3) Now this-- WaPo article on "outsourcer-in-chief"

hee hee

[demwing]

14. Agreed, except for #1

President Obama' stance on LGBT rights does not seem to have significantly affected anything related to the campaign.

[ailsagirl]

25. You're correct, demwing

I had thought that it did give him a bump, but in researching it, I'm seeing it had little effect on the general race. Though I do know that there were a lot of happy people after it happened! (as evidenced by the Hollywood crowd, among others)

[demwing]

32. I was being careful to say "affected anything related to the campaign"

I'm sure President Obama's support for the LGBT community has had significant personal impact on the lives of many people.

[msongs]

2. the ad: "Romney made tens of millions by shipping YOUR jobs overseas" repeat as necessary nt

[Life Long Dem]

4. "Mitt Romney sent jobs overseas."

He also said. The President is "out of touch" because he doesn't know "when to send jobs overseas."

http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/

[ailsagirl]

18. That soundbite needs to be captured and placed in an Obama ad n/t

[2on2u]

5. A vulture revealed......

I’m sorry, sir—only one carrion per passenger…

http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/im_sorry_sir_--_only_one_carrion_per_passenger/
There’s little consensus on how effective the attacks on Romney’s record as a “vulture capitalist” will be with the GOP base or the American public in general. Steve M thinks the attacks won’t work since Americans are programmed to uncritically worship capitalism and speculates that any attempt to inject nuance into the debate will turn into the usual old “capitalism vs. socialism” false dilemma. He could be right.

[Scootaloo]

9. Hey now!

The vulture may not be a pretty bird. In fact it may be downright hideous, with its head and neck coated in slippery gore. it's even worse when they vomit it all back up to feed their bald, blind, wriggling offspring. Sure you can smell one from a hundred yards away, and the scent is not unlike someone having dumped an ashtray full of Milwaukee's Best over week-old roadkill. Sure, they projectile-defecate, and I'll grant, they may be unable to exist at all without pecking at the unwanted remains of some other animal's meal. And sure, their bodies are refuges for all sorts of lice, larva, and gnarly microbes.

But they would still be insulted by being compared to Romney, because at least a vulture is an integral and valued member of its community.

So watch it with insulting the Aegypiinae subfamily, will ya?

[rocktivity]

10. DUzy candidate!

rocktivity

[fxmakeupguy]

13. Literally...

"Laughed Out Loud", not just a tiny smile and an "lol". Who says we liberals aren't funny? Thanks for the laugh, Scootaloo!!

[TheDebbieDee]

42. I LIKE the way you think, Scootaloo.....

[ailsagirl]

19. "only one carrion passenger..." LOL

Thanks for the post-- and the laugh

[SoutherDem]

6. Mitt's spoke person answered this way

“This is a fundamentally flawed story that does not differentiate between domestic outsourcing versus offshoring nor versus work done overseas to support U.S. exports. Mitt Romney spent 25 years in the real world economy so he understands why jobs come and they go.

I consider my self a rather smart person and I don't understand the difference, Mitt please explain.

Either way jobs left our country for another one.

[jeff47]

8. Domestic outsourcing means sending jobs from NY to SC.

They're trying to pretend that's OK because it's still in the US......for less money in a right-to-work state.

[Marsala]

11. Translation: Hey! Look over there!

yoink!

[demwing]

16. Mitt "understands why jobs come and they go"

yes he does, especially the "why they go" part, and especially when where they are going is overseas.

It's simple.

The jobs go overseas because Romney sends them overseas to steal a profit.

[high density]

24. First two paragraphs of the WaPo story

Mitt Romney’s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.

During the nearly 15 years that Romney was actively involved in running Bain, a private equity firm that he founded, it owned companies that were pioneers in the practice of shipping work from the United States to overseas call centers and factories making computer components, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Apparently China and India are not offshore according to the Romney camp?

[stlsaxman]

26. How aptly named his company was/is...

the "Bain of Romneys Existence".

[BEAU1943]

7. America Knows

[denvine]

17. I love it!

Is this a real campaign ad or billboard or is it just a great idea for one?

[juajen]

20. Please check spelling on your poster. Hint, misspelled word begins with "s".

[DocMac]

41. You're right!

They should be scarred! lol

[Paka]

12. Good Article. Thanks for posting.

Except they are not smart enough to panic. They think they are entitled.

[ailsagirl]

21. You're entirely welcome, Paka

my pleasure

[ailsagirl]

34. I believe HUBRIS is one word for it

[sandyshoes17]

15. I'm feeling really good today

Romney can't hide anymore. He has to go out there and talk about what he will do, not just bash the president. And after today seeing Obama speak after his speech yest. There is no race. He needs all that money from the super pacs, and all the cheating they could get away with, cause he couldn't win any other way. But they don't care how they win. Honor is not in their play book.

[ailsagirl]

23. The thing about pouring loads of $$ into Nitt's campaign

...is that no matter how many ads people are bombarded by, if they have already made up their minds and are voting for Obama, and if they're aware of the dirty, nasty, lying tricks the neocons are pulling, all the money in the world won't change their minds. Those ads have got to be aimed at swing voters-- that's all I can think of.

[sandyshoes17]

28. I'm giving people the benefit

But I hope we the people an trump all the money they throw at this. That would be a 2 fold message to the 1%.

[DallasNE]

22. The Romney Pushback

“This is a fundamentally flawed story that does not differentiate between domestic outsourcing versus offshoring nor versus work done overseas to support U.S. exports.

This does not seem like a flaw to me. It seems like a distinction without a difference on the part of the Romney spokesperson.

What real difference is there between outsourcing and offshoring. In both cases American workers are being replaced by foreign workers and that crushes the middle-class. Also, so what if those foreign workers are supporting exports. Could not American workers have also supported those exports?

I think most Americans will view this statement as a bunch of double-talk and add to Romney's problem with connecting with ordinary Americans.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. It won't appear on Fox...

so they will never hear it. Even if they do, they are too stupid to care.

[Peaceful Protester]

29. RE: The Etch-A-Sketch Artist

Mitt "the Etch-A-Sketch Artist" Romney was an "Outsourcing Pioneer". Romney will not just be another Bush, he will be "Bush on Steroids".

Republican Policies

Some people blame Bush for the state of the union, but Bush was actually a good president in that he sought to bring Republican policies to fruition. The problem was not in the execution of these policies, but the actual policies themselves; Republican policies have produced a Global War -AND- a Global Recession!

Republicans are so incompetent BECAUSE they BELIEVE government is the problem; it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Peaceful Protester]

30. Outsourcing vs. Offshoring

Last edited Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:52 PM - Edit history (1)

If your name is Mitt Romney, the difference is:

You OUTSOURCE jobs then place profit OFFSHORE ...and in Swiss bank accounts!

[Canuckistanian]

31. Outsourcing by Bain isn't exactly breaking news

How is this so earth-shattering?

[MADem]

39. People never really have put it together yet. Not until this point.

The video of RMoney touting his business skills, talking about how he would be better because he knows how business works and how to send jobs overseas, is an affront to kids coming up out of college looking for work, to people on or just off unemployment, to people desperately trying to hang on to their jobs....it just emphasizes that the guy is an asshole AND tone-deaf.

There are still people in the US who, when they hear BAIN, they think "Barbara Bain" the sexy, savvy female lead in the Peter Graves-Martin Landau hit TV show "Mission Impossible." RMoney has gotten a pass on a lot of his bullshit.



"This money came out of a safe-deposit box in the Caymans!"
"Think he'll miss it?"
"Naaah, he spends more on Horsie Food and Sweaters every year!"

[Voice for Peace]

40. it is news for most people, I think, and drives home the point

that Romney has put personal and corporate profits ahead of American jobs.

He's making a big deal about what a great job creator he will be.
But the article shines a light on his actual job creating practices.

Many people can't grasp "vulture capitalism" but they can grasp
American jobs being shipped out of the country.

[hrmjustin]

33. he has been exposed for the crumb he is

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

36. Hey now, R. Crumb was a great artist

Let's stop with giving Crumbs a bad name... They may be part of a very good cake, cookie, cracker or loaf of bread.

[sulphurdunn]

35. Panic?

The Republicans control the economy. They control the government. They control the machines that count the votes. They have also determined that Mitt Romney will be the next President. Once the mass media polls they control close the cap between Obama and Romney to a few points the rest will be history. Wall Street can do whatever money can by, and it has the money. We're the ones who should be panicking.

[Doctor_J]

43. word

another distraction for the soft-headed libs & Dems.

[Newkophile]

37. No panic at all

Republicans have a strict mindset. Facts are not allowed to get in the way.

[MADem]

38. RMoney--He KNOWS how to ship jobs overseas!!! nt