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2016 Postmortem

siligut

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6. The story has been told here on DU before

Reply to Swamp Lover (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:38 PM

Jul 2012

Romney bought and destroyed the hard drives in the Governor's office.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/us-usa-campaign-romney-computers-idUSTRE7B500X20111206

(Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.

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Weird Willard, from the mouth of a Massachusetts State Health Professional [View all] mikekohr Jul 2012 OP

I bet at least one survived. madashelltoo Jul 2012 #1

When he left office, he bought and destroyed the hard drives of every computer in the state??? philly_bob Jul 2012 #2

I'll bet there are a lot of weird stories about Romney from hired help over the years aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #3

Well the 'bought and destroyed every state computer's hard drive' is unbelievable.... Swamp Lover Jul 2012 #4

You could have googled it youself pscot Jul 2012 #5

The story has been told here on DU before siligut Jul 2012 #6

The original source is totally mainstream starroute Jul 2012 #7

If one thinks that those state servers ... GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #12

Not sure it was every state computer, but heard that his staff did that bigbrother05 Jul 2012 #8

You hear the damnest things on an airline flights, including substaintiated truth mikekohr Jul 2012 #11

He wanted to monitor/control the release of health studies? siligut Jul 2012 #9

$100,000 of taxpayer money? xfundy Jul 2012 #10