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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:24 PM

Boston Globe To Team Romney: Sorry, No Dice

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


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Reply Boston Globe To Team Romney: Sorry, No Dice (Original post)
flpoljunkie Jul 2012 OP
Vinca Jul 2012 #1
mbperrin Jul 2012 #3
Igel Jul 2012 #22
maddezmom Jul 2012 #2
The Magistrate Jul 2012 #4
trusty elf Jul 2012 #5
maddezmom Jul 2012 #6
longship Jul 2012 #8
pacalo Jul 2012 #13
Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #17
The Magistrate Jul 2012 #18
JDPriestly Jul 2012 #24
Samantha Jul 2012 #7
smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #21
1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #9
MADem Jul 2012 #10
railsback Jul 2012 #11
Grassy Knoll Jul 2012 #12
JBoy Jul 2012 #14
DeSwiss Jul 2012 #15
SunSeeker Jul 2012 #23
Faygo Kid Jul 2012 #16
ellie Jul 2012 #19
DCBob Jul 2012 #20

Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:30 PM

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.

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Response to Vinca (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:32 PM

3. That's how it looks from here.

The entitlement these bastards feel is overwhelming.

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Response to Vinca (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:36 PM

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.

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:32 PM

2. LOL

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Response to maddezmom (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:34 PM

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."

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Response to The Magistrate (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:41 PM

5. ......

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Response to trusty elf (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:43 PM

6. oh my

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Response to trusty elf (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:47 PM

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


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Response to trusty elf (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:59 PM

13. Wow, you're quick!





Awesome, trusty elf!

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Response to The Magistrate (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:09 PM

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.

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Response to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #17)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:19 PM

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!"

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Response to The Magistrate (Reply #18)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:23 PM

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.

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:45 PM

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

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Response to Samantha (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:59 PM

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.

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:51 PM

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.

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:52 PM

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

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:52 PM

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.

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:57 PM

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

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:00 PM

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

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:01 PM

15. K&R

- Jon Stewart sez.....

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Response to DeSwiss (Reply #15)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:22 PM

23. LOL!

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:09 PM

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

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

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:28 PM

19. Bwahahahahahahaha!

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Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:33 PM

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

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

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