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23. OK, this video

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:39 AM

Sep 2012

has been out there, the subject of this op-ed: Op-Ed: Did Mitt Romney profit from Chinese slave labor?

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Now, at this point, there is a heated discussion online about this video which I suspect we will be hearing a great deal more about in the days to come. We're not sure at this point whether or not this was the factory that Bain purchased, discussed in this Mother Jones story.

http://digitaljournal.com/article/331506#ixzz2654q3r21

From the Mother Jones story:

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On April 17, 1998, Brookside Capital Partners Fund, a Bain Capital affiliate, filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission noting that it had acquired 6.13 percent of Hong Kong-based Global-Tech Appliances, which manufactured household appliances in a production facility in the industrial city of Dongguan, China. That August, according to another SEC filing, Brookside upped its interest in Global-Tech to 10.3 percent. Both SEC filings identified Romney as the person in control of this investment: "Mr. W. Mitt Romney is the sole shareholder, sole director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brookside Inc. and thus is the controlling person of Brookside Inc." Each of these documents was signed by Domenic Ferrante, a managing director of Brookside and Bain.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/bain-capital-mitt-romney-outsourcing-china-global-tech

Will anyone in the MSM connect the dots?

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Holy shit: Mitt Romney admits using Chinese slave labor @ Bain. [View all] ProSense Sep 2012 OP

Wow ! russspeakeasy Sep 2012 #1

Horrible. However, I don't think enough people give a shit about conditions of workers in China or Brickbat Sep 2012 #2

Enough people giving a shit is irrelevant. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #4

People giving a shit about the welfare of workers is always relevant. n/t pampango Sep 2012 #11

Yes, but that wasn't the point. ProSense Sep 2012 #13

It's what the 1% wants Bladesmith818 Sep 2012 #52

Also, has this been authenticated? Where and when was this talk? Brickbat Sep 2012 #3

Doesn't matter where it was, and ProSense Sep 2012 #5

Sounds like him to me... backscatter712 Sep 2012 #12

If this is an ProSense Sep 2012 #16

It sounds exactly like Romney matt819 Sep 2012 #15

Agree. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #17

That sounds EXACTLY like Rmoney. Talking about HIS company. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #29

He's right there. He's on the right, on a dais. He's standing up and speaking to the room TalkingDog Sep 2012 #35

I really don't get the transition there at the end BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #6

It makes him feel better about exploiting workers. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #7

Mitt Romney: Slave-owner. This is what he wants to bring to America. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #8

The question is ProSense Sep 2012 #9

+1.. "either way this is slavery"... exactly, thank you. . . n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #28

. bigtree Sep 2012 #10

He doesn't get it, and never will matt819 Sep 2012 #14

The two items that can allow him to dodge this completely Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #18

I don't know if he bought the company but he clearly thinks the idea is aces. nolabear Sep 2012 #20

I have no doubt it's Romney Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #21

OK, this video ProSense Sep 2012 #23

The MSM quit connecting dots when they shook the chains of impartiality Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #26

It's fascinating, ProSense Sep 2012 #44

I completely agree Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #51

He actually idealizes girls accepting mistreatment so they can get married. It's FEUDAL. nolabear Sep 2012 #19

It's Romney. Go to youtube and there are 10 videos on the channel, Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #22

It's definitely him. Here is ProSense Sep 2012 #25

He thought, "Wow, if only we could do that in the US eShirl Sep 2012 #24

i'm at work and can't watch right now. barbtries Sep 2012 #27

nothing heaven05 Sep 2012 #30

Why the defeatist attitude? Nostradammit Sep 2012 #41

well heaven05 Sep 2012 #42

Mitt Romney "There are 47% of people who feel entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing!" roccr1985 Sep 2012 #31

Here is that "Chinese slave labor @ Bain" in color roccr1985 Sep 2012 #32

Short of shooting a man in Reno just to see him die, Romney is capable of anything MrScorpio Sep 2012 #33

We still have no answers to what he was doing when he dressed as a state trooper. Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #47

Link to previous thread on this (circa 2 weeks ago) JHB Sep 2012 #34

Excellent questions, JHB. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #49

Rest of the story Vietnameravet Sep 2012 #36

Just to highlight a point, this is at odds with his claim he wasn't part of outsourcing decisions JHB Sep 2012 #37

Exactly! n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #39

Mitt Romney "We use Ann sparingly so people don't get tired of her" roccr1985 Sep 2012 #38

Too late. I'm already tired of her. eom Blanks Sep 2012 #50

Romney is sick. lexw Sep 2012 #40

Onto my FB page. Skidmore Sep 2012 #43

Mitt worships the almighty dollar and everyone and everything else does not matter to him. jillan Sep 2012 #45

He is such a sick,twisted, heartless bastard! smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #46

he sees it as helping them: "people want so badly to come work in this factory" we have to have HiPointDem Sep 2012 #48