Boston Globe To Team Romney: Sorry, No Dice

[flpoljunkie]

Source: Talkingpointsmemo

5:49 PM EDT, THURSDAY JULY 12, 2012
Boston Globe To Team Romney: Sorry, No Dice

The Boston Globe will not be issuing a correction to its report on Mitt Romney’s departure from Bain Capital, according to Politico. The Romney campaign formally demanded a retraction earlier today, maintaining Romney was CEO in name only, delegating all day-to-day operations to 26 managing directors at the firm from February 1999 on.

“We received your request late this afternoon for a correction regarding this morning’s Globe story,” wrote Globe editor Martin Baron to Romney communication director Gail Gitcho. “Having carefully reviewed that request, we see no basis for publishing a correction. The Globe story was entirely accurate.”

Read the full statement here.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/boston-globe-will-not-issue-correction-128799.html


Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/boston-globe-to-team-romney-sorry-no-dice

[Vinca]

1. Isn't Romney kind of hanging himself by this demand?

Papers were filed with the SEC in his name after 1999 and if he wasn't there, that was fraudulent.

[mbperrin]

3. That's how it looks from here.

The entitlement these bastards feel is overwhelming.

[Igel]

22. Probably not.

You can have a title and be absent. If your presence is used for advertising--and so far it looks like it wasn't--then the advertising is fraudulent.

If you look at the SEC filing in 2000 and see that Romney's CEO and one of the managing directors and that's all you look at before investing, there's nothing more to say. You deserve to lose your money.

[maddezmom]

2. LOL

[The Magistrate]

4. Basic Law Of Life, Ma'am: Never Give An Order You Cannot Enforce

This man has not heard the word 'no' said to him for decades, and it is starting to catch up with him....

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."

[trusty elf]

5. ......

[IMG][/IMG]

[maddezmom]

6. oh my

[longship]

8. That picture makes me tick... Er, sick (sic)

[pacalo]

13. Wow, you're quick!

Awesome, trusty elf!

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. But how much Sir, do you think this story will sting Romney in time for the election?

A few hours ago I was thinking, "we got him." But as we see with the Forbes article - strong elements in the media are already acting dismissively. I'm increasingly thinking that the insider political journalism culture is so closely wedded to Washington insider culture, 'Sure Romney misreported some of his SEC filling and sure he invested in companies that outsourced to China, But haven't we all?" I hope I'm wrong on this but I'm worried that these revelations may at best only contribute to our effort to define Mitt Romney as out of touch. But I'm afraid that the story itself may essentially be downplayed by the mainstream media as unimportant and largely dismissed as partisan attacks.

[The Magistrate]

18. It Is Up To the Campaign To Drive It, Sir: That Is What Will Make, And Keep, It News

It is a hard thing to defend, since any defense must contain the charge for the defense to have a hope of making sense. Any attempt at defense will certainly remind people of the charge. A big money add defense therefore would likely do as much to spread the charge as refute it....

"I just want to hear him deny it!"

[JDPriestly]

24. There is so much more to this than just the issues that have been

raised so far. Romney has, I have read, explained that he left quite a good number of vice-chairs or vice-presidents in charge. So, how did that go? If his vice-chairs and vice-presidents were able to run his company without Romney and all went well, then did the company really rely on Romney in the first place?

Was Romney really ever, after the first years, a truly active CEO, or was he just a figurehead. Was he really making the decisions?

How did the company manage to function with no owner and no CEO and no President? Who was in charge when Romney went to the Olympics and worked those 24-hour days (as claimed by some)?

Is Romney at all what he has claimed he is?

Also, what is Romney's tie to characters like Milken. Seems not only he but a lot of his supporters got their starts with Milken money (in part or in whole is unclear to me). What is the story on that? Was Romney just a front? If not, how did the company continue after his supposedly abrupt departure to go to the Olympics?

I suspect that this story will lead to a lot of questions.

[Samantha]

7. Is it ironic or simply just fitting that this article was presented by the BOSTON Globe

Let me think for a moment, in what state was he a Governor....

Sam

[smirkymonkey]

21. I just moved to Boston from New York...

I must say I am proud of my new city! I think I will have to get a subscription to the Globe.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. Memo to Myself, erm ...

Bain Capital Strategic Planning Committee:

BUY THE GLOBE AND OFF-SHORE/OUT-SOURCE EVERY SINGLE JOB ... AFTER, OF COURSE, LOADING IT UP WITH DEBT AND RAIDING THE PENSION FUND.

MITT.

p.s. nice quarter ... my dividend check surpassed my expectations.

[MADem]

10. OK, now THAT is a "Fuck You Very Much" throw down. A not-only-no-but-HELL-NO! retort! nt

[railsback]

11. Most of the baggernuts wouldn't even know about this

if it weren't for Mitt 'If you’re responding, you’re losing' Romney throwing a hissyfit. Its not like the rightwing media was covering this very much, but now they're forced to. LoL.

[Grassy Knoll]

12. Dear Mitt Romney....

Fox New's Sean Hannity will debunk this story for you tonight at 6,
We will try to make up how Obama's people are behind this, Our viewers
are so over the top stupid, Trust us, we know what we're doing; Rev. Wright
Bill Ayers, Muslim marxist, not born in the USA,etc.....
Signed,
Roger Ailes

[JBoy]

14. Mitt Romney. "Experienced Businessman, in name only".

[DeSwiss]

15. K&R

- Jon Stewart sez.....

[SunSeeker]

23. LOL!

[Faygo Kid]

16. Back to Faux News for another hardhitting interview with Hannity

There, there, Mitt. You will be protected in the Faux cocoon.

[ellie]

19. Bwahahahahahahaha!

[DCBob]

20. "correction".. more like a revision of history.

its refreshing there still some in media who dont bow to RW pressure.