Posted on 12/05/2011 4:53:59 PM PST by TBBT
* Republican presidential hopeful's actions unprecedented
* Aides purchased hard drives of state-issued computers
* Emails and other communications wiped from servers
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.
The move during the final weeks of Romney's administration was legal but unusual for a departing governor, Massachusetts officials say.
The effort to purge the records was made a few months before Romney launched an unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He is again competing for the party's nomination, this time to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency in 2012.
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Time to go with Huntsman guys.
Hmmmmm. Dude must be ashamed of his record, hey?
lol- not a Romney fan but this just shows you how sadly pathetic the criminal liberal media is....they’re going to blame Romney for hiding records while they covered obama’s tracks???
i hope romney shoves the hypocrisy right back in their face...
I sure wish Romney would lambast the media and ask them where the heck Obama’s academic records are. He may even move up a notch in my book if he does that.
All Clinton did was pull the W’s
How much did Obama’s backers spend to hide his whole life?
Don’t get me wrong . . . I don’t support Romney.
“The move during the final weeks of Romney’s administration was legal”
It was legal. Period.
dittos.... If I were Guv of Massachusetts I would wipe everything clean as a baby’s bottom. Why give Dems any ammunition
Unprecented?? Republicans have to pay to hide their past. Democrats? The MSM hides their past for free.
0bama can be slammed ten fold for sh!t like this but NEVER gets the slamming from Reuters, I wonder why?
Beat me to it. Where is the idiot in the Wh school records roto rooters?
But a lot LESS $$$$ moola than obama has spent hiding his records. Jeez. Now brit Hume is telling fox viewers that the white house fears running against romney more than Gingrich...Huh? These Rinos are something else. I think I’m shutting off the TV.
There was Romney imposition of RomneyCARE
There were felonies.
And YOU KNOW, there was the carpetbagger, Milt Romney:
“* Republican presidential hopeful’s actions unprecedented.”
Let’s be fair here. Governor Perry was having state E-Mails deleted after TWO WEEKS. Why do you think he managed to stay out of trouble for a decade...given the level of corruption in his staff?
Eh, I don’t have a problem with this. Look at what they do to Republicans, every chance they get. Look at going through Palin’s emails, scrubbing and hunting for anything they can trump up. I’m not sure this bothers me.
Eh, I don’t have a problem with this. Look at what they do to Republicans, every chance they get. Look at going through Palin’s emails, scrubbing and hunting for anything they can trump up. I’m not sure this bothers me.
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