Wed Oct 17, 2012, 07:32 PM

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Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote

Source: Think Progress

Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote
By Annie-Rose Strasser on Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Newly-discovered audio from a conference call in June captures Mitt Romney asking business owners to urge their employees to vote for him.

Romney, speaking on a call to the very conservative National Federation of Independent Business, tells a group of business owners that they should “make it very clear” how they feel about the candidates. He also tells the business owners to “pass… along to your employees” how their jobs might be effected by who wins in November:

I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections. And whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama, or whatever your political view, I hope — I hope you pass those along to your employees. Nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business, because I think that will figure into their election decision, their voting decision and of course doing that with your family and your kids as well.

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Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/17/1037881/leaked-audio-romney-employers/

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Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote (Original post)	kpete	Oct 2012	OP
this could be as big as the 47% video	scheming daemons	Oct 2012	#1
Boom goes the dynamite.	ClusterFreak	Oct 2012	#12
Koch a doodle do do..	Cha	Oct 2012	#48
This is voter intimidation	fasttense	Oct 2012	#128
I hope	connecticut yankee	Oct 2012	#133
You'd think by now nothing would make my jaw drop. This does. GOOD GOD !! n/t	K Gardner	Oct 2012	#139
Yes, like the Koch bros.	Cha	Oct 2012	#140
Ruh roh!	Happyhippychick	Oct 2012	#2
Yep. This kind of fascism is what you can expect if Republicans take over.	Baitball Blogger	Oct 2012	#3
yes	Rosa Luxemburg	Oct 2012	#142
Wow!!!!	imanamerican63	Oct 2012	#4
And threatening their jobs if they don't vote 'the Right way'! This is reprehensible.	sabrina 1	Oct 2012	#104
There must be something illegal about this...	goclark	Oct 2012	#5
One would think so ...	stubtoe	Oct 2012	#44
Apparently somehow Citiens United made it legal.	robinlynne	Oct 2012	#99
^^What this person said.^^	silvershadow	Oct 2012	#100
K and R for all the Cave visitors	Kingofalldems	Oct 2012	#6
Guess what? I believe all the companies that have been caught doing this are NFIB members.	KamaAina	Oct 2012	#7
Rmoney is guilty of conspiracy to commit voter fraud! He threw in the "Obama" part to try to avoid	Dustlawyer	Oct 2012	#129
Incredible. Well, not really. It's Romney.	speedoo	Oct 2012	#8
EM-ployees?	ailsagirl	Oct 2012	#9
Putz and that "telling your kids how to vote" is going to work really well too.	grantcart	Oct 2012	#10
" And whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama"	beac	Oct 2012	#11
If these Jacks take over	Plucketeer	Oct 2012	#13
Smoke no fire	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#14
Really?	KansDem	Oct 2012	#18
This message was self-deleted by its author	Comrade_McKenzie	Oct 2012	#19
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight	durablend	Oct 2012	#20
they aren't "suggesting" jack crap. what they're doing is extorting their employees	frylock	Oct 2012	#21
It was implied	Control-Z	Oct 2012	#24
Wow that's sad that you think it's okay. Voting is a most precious right and attempts to	Happyhippychick	Oct 2012	#26
You mean like unions	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#33
It's wrong in both cases and you are not winning this arguement!	imanamerican63	Oct 2012	#37
My employer sends around a summary	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#41
The unions have less power over	spooky3	Oct 2012	#56
Well Said	Sherman A1	Oct 2012	#61
I don't know if they are or not!	imanamerican63	Oct 2012	#72
"Trust me I'm no supporter of Romney"	Happyhippychick	Oct 2012	#38
Look at my other posts if you question	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#43
Huge difference here	Sherman A1	Oct 2012	#53
Great post.	spooky3	Oct 2012	#57
Thank You Kindly,	Sherman A1	Oct 2012	#64
Love your sig line.	calimary	Oct 2012	#112
Yes.....	Swede Atlanta	Oct 2012	#123
unions telling their members how to vote?	madrchsod	Oct 2012	#54
See my other post	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#84
LOL. The "and unions" canard again.	PSPS	Oct 2012	#66
Do you belong to a union?	abelenkpe	Oct 2012	#78
Many unions do make endorsements	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#83
making an endorsement	SemperEadem	Oct 2012	#132
False equivalency fail	Major Nikon	Oct 2012	#103
Study It Out. Look at all the reich wing business owners who've said employees will lose jobs	NBachers	Oct 2012	#106
You have a problem with unions too?	DainBramaged	Oct 2012	#113
You're joking, right????	imanamerican63	Oct 2012	#30
Paraphrasing Romney	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#90
Paraphrashing???	imanamerican63	Oct 2012	#93
Voter intimidation is a felony. This is a conspiracy to commit a felony.	aquart	Oct 2012	#34
How would you feel about a windmill	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#46
That respects the employees responsibility for their own jobs with direct cause & effect	patrice	Oct 2012	#70
I don't think that's right either	WestCoastLib	Oct 2012	#87
...	doublethink	Oct 2012	#49
Tell me how you have smoke without fire. If I said the future of your job depended upon your answer	patrice	Oct 2012	#35
Read some of the bloody memos.	TheMadMonk	Oct 2012	#52
My comment regards Romney's comment	exboyfil	Oct 2012	#85
I agree with you	daleo	Oct 2012	#75
Oh bullshit.	Zoeisright	Oct 2012	#101
Come on dude, don't be naive	Azathoth	Oct 2012	#107
No. They said that they would lose their jobs if they didn't vote for Romney. Smoke or (fired).	The Wielding Truth	Oct 2012	#115
When I was a federal employee, I was subject to the Hatch Act.	BlueMTexpat	Oct 2012	#116
You mean like the other CEOs have done? Maybe you don't quite understand....	OldDem2012	Oct 2012	#127
This extortion shit needs to stop!	KansDem	Oct 2012	#15
Romney so loves the middle class that he wants their employers	kiranon	Oct 2012	#16
Oh My!!!!! K&R	skeewee08	Oct 2012	#17
How legal is this?	sakabatou	Oct 2012	#22
I can't wait for this asshole to get beaten	OKNancy	Oct 2012	#23
Exactly how I feel.	Control-Z	Oct 2012	#28
I'm as sick of him as I was of Palin.	oldbanjo	Oct 2012	#86
Amen! I feel the same way, OKNancy.	calimary	Oct 2012	#111
Did Romney urge CEOs to commit a felony?	aquart	Oct 2012	#25
Pushy. Bossy. Pushy. Weird. Pushy. Creepy.	Kurovski	Oct 2012	#27
K & fookin' R	AzDar	Oct 2012	#29
Ooh, I didn't realize there was audio of it.	tanyev	Oct 2012	#31
Yes, have your employees	JB126	Oct 2012	#32
I will make a prediction. So far, the Repugs have done 1. Voter suppression; 2. Voter ID;	Dustlawyer	Oct 2012	#36
CITIZENS UNITED MADE THIS LEGAL 4 FIRST TIME SINCE 1970!!	99th_Monkey	Oct 2012	#39
Jury tampering.... sort of. I like this man less than I like stepping in dog doodoo, and I really	2on2u	Oct 2012	#40
People can and DO get fired for politics and/or religion, not about the quality of their work.	patrice	Oct 2012	#42
I'm pretty sure that	hootinholler	Oct 2012	#45
"I can pay half the working class to kill the other half", Jay Gould.	mountain grammy	Oct 2012	#47
Subornation of extortion.	Pab Sungenis	Oct 2012	#50
“pass… along to your employees” how their jobs might be effected !!!!!	annabanana	Oct 2012	#51
Holy C**&&R!!!!!!!!!!!! Can we make this go viral?	glinda	Oct 2012	#55
The fascist takeover of the teapublican party is complete	workinclasszero	Oct 2012	#58
THIS	allinthegame	Oct 2012	#59
This is voter intimidation	jmondine	Oct 2012	#60
when you are playing the..	imgbitepolitic	Oct 2012	#62
This guy -__-	MissNostalgia	Oct 2012	#63
The nervous, psychotic chuckle as he says "Nothing illegal about..." is the giveaway. He's lying.	Aldo Leopold	Oct 2012	#65
This may not be illegal but it just seems ......WRONG. And I think many Americans will see it that	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#67
He said his 'out' - whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama	benld74	Oct 2012	#68
Just got done listening to the whole tape.	doublethink	Oct 2012	#69
My guess is that you make an important observation: the semantic globalness of a threat is different	patrice	Oct 2012	#71
Well he is trying to stretch it beyond any reasonable understanding ...	doublethink	Oct 2012	#81
I'd for fucking sure go to jail if some fucking boss laid that crap burger with cheese on me!	lonestarnot	Oct 2012	#73
What a total fuckface plutocrat. nt	Poll_Blind	Oct 2012	#74
Mitt smells like desperation	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Oct 2012	#76
It's not his fault. He couldn't get out of his binders in time.	aletier_v	Oct 2012	#77
Unqualified	elbloggoZY27	Oct 2012	#79
It's always nice when you have to preface an idea by pointing out that it's not illegal. (nt)	harmonicon	Oct 2012	#80
...	doublethink	Oct 2012	#82
The biggest thing is how this will play in the court of public opinion	Digit	Oct 2012	#88
Actually I doubt it will even cause a ripple	onenote	Oct 2012	#95
He was covering himself in the beginning, but what is damaging is the following quote	grammiepammie	Oct 2012	#130
I disagree. People know exactly what was meant and word is spreading.	Digit	Oct 2012	#138
I'm offended too, and I think it would be great if the mainstream media ran with this	onenote	Oct 2012	#141
Christmas is coming early this year	davidpdx	Oct 2012	#89
If he was this desperate in June ...	surrealAmerican	Oct 2012	#91
so first corporations are trying to buy the	underthematrix	Oct 2012	#92
NFIB - the business org that just endorsed Todd Akin.	JimDandy	Oct 2012	#94
Isn't that a violation of the Federal Election Code?	George II	Oct 2012	#96
This needs more exposure	liberal N proud	Oct 2012	#97
What an asshole! These criminal corporate raiders are the LAST thing we need in the whitehouse...	johnnyrocket	Oct 2012	#98
Uh oh....this could just be the last of R$	lexw	Oct 2012	#102
Mother of Mercy- is this the end of Romney?	NBachers	Oct 2012	#108
K & R n/t	BlueStateBlue	Oct 2012	#105
Kick! n/t	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	#109
Joe Walsh Has Jumped ON The Voter Intimidation Bandwagon!	TomCADem	Oct 2012	#110
I call it bribery. He is sending jobs to China, can't wait to abuse the Chinese & is giving you an	judesedit	Oct 2012	#114
I don't think it's illegal because they can't know how you ultimately vote.	Kablooie	Oct 2012	#117
I gotta tell ya...	dchill	Oct 2012	#118
Isn't this voter intimidation?	sunwyn	Oct 2012	#119
I couldn't listen to the talking Douchebag long enough to	Hubert Flottz	Oct 2012	#120
I couldn't listen to all of it either.	oldbanjo	Oct 2012	#121
Please let this get to the MSM! n/t	OhZone	Oct 2012	#122
If this was from June, then it would have been just after he sewed up the primaries...	JHB	Oct 2012	#124
Are these people, the .01%, stupid	oldbanjo	Oct 2012	#125
Boom!! Time for anyone who has ANY contacts in the Democratic Party and the media....	OldDem2012	Oct 2012	#126
K&R n/t	Pryderi	Oct 2012	#131
Risk takers are scared. Duh!	Maineman	Oct 2012	#134
Well, that explains all those reports we've been hearing... N/T	Jankyn	Oct 2012	#135
The media needs to pick it up.	bamacrat	Oct 2012	#136
Romney is an authoritarian.	Gregorian	Oct 2012	#137
All the romneys are!!!!	Pauldg47	Oct 2012	#143

Response to kpete (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 07:35 PM

Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote

1. this could be as big as the 47% video

12. Boom goes the dynamite.

48. Koch a doodle do do..

128. This is voter intimidation

133. I hope

139. You'd think by now nothing would make my jaw drop. This does. GOOD GOD !! n/t

140. Yes, like the Koch bros.

2. Ruh roh!

3. Yep. This kind of fascism is what you can expect if Republicans take over.

142. yes

4. Wow!!!!

104. And threatening their jobs if they don't vote 'the Right way'! This is reprehensible.

5. There must be something illegal about this...

44. One would think so ...

99. Apparently somehow Citiens United made it legal.

100. ^^What this person said.^^

6. K and R for all the Cave visitors

7. Guess what? I believe all the companies that have been caught doing this are NFIB members.

129. Rmoney is guilty of conspiracy to commit voter fraud! He threw in the "Obama" part to try to avoid

8. Incredible. Well, not really. It's Romney.

9. EM-ployees?

10. Putz and that "telling your kids how to vote" is going to work really well too.

11. " And whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama"

13. If these Jacks take over

14. Smoke no fire

18. Really?

20. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

21. they aren't "suggesting" jack crap. what they're doing is extorting their employees

24. It was implied

26. Wow that's sad that you think it's okay. Voting is a most precious right and attempts to

33. You mean like unions

37. It's wrong in both cases and you are not winning this arguement!

41. My employer sends around a summary

56. The unions have less power over

61. Well Said

72. I don't know if they are or not!

38. "Trust me I'm no supporter of Romney"

43. Look at my other posts if you question

53. Huge difference here

57. Great post.

64. Thank You Kindly,

112. Love your sig line.

123. Yes.....

54. unions telling their members how to vote?

84. See my other post

66. LOL. The "and unions" canard again.

78. Do you belong to a union?

83. Many unions do make endorsements

132. making an endorsement

103. False equivalency fail

106. Study It Out. Look at all the reich wing business owners who've said employees will lose jobs

113. You have a problem with unions too?

30. You're joking, right????

90. Paraphrasing Romney

93. Paraphrashing???

34. Voter intimidation is a felony. This is a conspiracy to commit a felony.

46. How would you feel about a windmill

70. That respects the employees responsibility for their own jobs with direct cause & effect

87. I don't think that's right either

49. ...

35. Tell me how you have smoke without fire. If I said the future of your job depended upon your answer

52. Read some of the bloody memos.

85. My comment regards Romney's comment

75. I agree with you

101. Oh bullshit.

107. Come on dude, don't be naive

115. No. They said that they would lose their jobs if they didn't vote for Romney. Smoke or (fired).

116. When I was a federal employee, I was subject to the Hatch Act.

127. You mean like the other CEOs have done? Maybe you don't quite understand....

15. This extortion shit needs to stop!

16. Romney so loves the middle class that he wants their employers

17. Oh My!!!!! K&R

22. How legal is this?

23. I can't wait for this asshole to get beaten

28. Exactly how I feel.

86. I'm as sick of him as I was of Palin.

111. Amen! I feel the same way, OKNancy.

25. Did Romney urge CEOs to commit a felony?

27. Pushy. Bossy. Pushy. Weird. Pushy. Creepy.