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2016 Postmortem

Sunlei

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13. Romney knew that millions in campaign money w/used to boost his own book income.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:21 AM

Nov 2012

Remember he gave the book away free as a campaign 'gift'? All those in any leadership positions, were grabbing donation funds for themselves. The buy your own book or movie with donation funds is a popular easy scam.

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Found a good article on Reddit on how the Romney campaign got conned by consultants. I debated [View all] applegrove Nov 2012 OP

The GOP is pushing this "Romney got conned"... DonViejo Nov 2012 #1

This goes to the heart of GOP philosophy: that a group of individuals, solely acting applegrove Nov 2012 #2

He was so busy running his scam that he didn't notice who was scamming him. notadmblnd Nov 2012 #3

Actually this Daily Kos article goes into that more than a bit. applegrove Nov 2012 #4

Option B notadmblnd Nov 2012 #5

I bet they all wish tonight there was some sort of set of rules, or regulations, applegrove Nov 2012 #6

I seriously doubt it. Scamming is part of the business. Flabbergasted Nov 2012 #11

Sounds like Romney got "harvested for Profit" Heather MC Nov 2012 #10

So Rove the Kochs and Adelson et al got conned by the crooks who put together Orch. Monk06 Nov 2012 #7

It's interesting to read their comments democrattotheend Nov 2012 #8

The consultants conned romney while romney was conning Cha Nov 2012 #9

Could not have said it better myself. applegrove Nov 2012 #12

Romney knew that millions in campaign money w/used to boost his own book income. Sunlei Nov 2012 #13