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KurtNYC

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18. the headline will be: Romney's 2002 Olympics "Fix" Aids Bain

Reply to Voice for Peace (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 10:06 AM

Jul 2012

He was brought in because of the bid scandal -- the local Salt Lake organizing committee gave sweet real estate deals and prostitutes to the IOOC and had to resign when it came out. Romney goes in to "fix" things and avoid any further scandal....

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The REAL real reason Romney MUST say he left Bain in February 1999 [View all] ProSense Jul 2012 OP

Bwahh! Drip drip drip. BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #1

Thank you! Something had been bothering me about the Olympics/Bain connection.. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #2

Haha - circling the Bain aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #3

lol amuse bouche Jul 2012 #12

ROFLMAO!! WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2012 #14

k&r... spanone Jul 2012 #4

k&r Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #5

"Quirk in the law" = Willard wanted to get his own way. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #6

Geez, Romney has tied himself up in so many knots with his lies... Spazito Jul 2012 #7

ooooh.. corruption and graft in the olympics is the next chapter Voice for Peace Jul 2012 #8

now I've got me thinking.. Voice for Peace Jul 2012 #10

great, great questions dothemath Jul 2012 #16

the headline will be: Romney's 2002 Olympics "Fix" Aids Bain KurtNYC Jul 2012 #18

a bit from Wikipedia Voice for Peace Jul 2012 #19

the host side of the Olympics, Salt Lake, kicked out some in the scandal and KurtNYC Jul 2012 #21

I hope the Obama admin keeps this simple and ties it to tax returns... uponit7771 Jul 2012 #9

Damn. How much fucking money did he really make Solomon Jul 2012 #11

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Jul 2012 #13

Deep Throat's first and most significant advice to coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #15

A little googling brings up the name of Stephen H. Coltrin starroute Jul 2012 #17

Rinse, repeat, recycle malaise Jul 2012 #20