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Sarah Palin Challenges Romney's History Of Job Creation At Bain
TheBlaze ^ | 1/11/2012 | Tiffany Gabbay

Posted on 01/12/2012 7:26:31 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin challenged GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney to furnish his tax return and supporting documents that would prove he created the 100,000 jobs he claimed he did while CEO of Bain Capital.

"Governor Romney has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs at Bain and people are wanting to know is there proof of that claim and was it U.S. jobs created for United States citizens?" Palin told Fox News Sean Hannity.

Palin said that transparency was needed as Romney would likely be targeted by Democrats on this issue if he were to become the Republican nominee.

Watch the segment below [click on url link]

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: bain; baincapital; freepressforpalin; gingrich; huntsman; liarromney; palin; perry; romney; romneyinhiding; romneylies4u; romneytheliar; romneytruthfile; ronpaul; santorum; sarahpalin; teaparty
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To: onyx

I bet I was possibly one of less than a dozen on FR that watched Larry the Cable Guy last night.

He had aaan Alaska special, part of it was visiting the palins in Wasilla.

I think I remember when it was filmed, the scene where Larry was getting cussed out by a driver that was pissed off because he was forced to drive behind the Larry convoy at the speed limit was funny, and quite true.


41 posted on 01/12/2012 8:06:53 AM PST by Eye of Unk (NO Romney,NO way)
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To: hecht

1.) I want Obama to release them, too, but bad behavior by Obama does not excuse bad behavior by Romney.

2.) Romney made his 100,000 jobs claim a centerpiece to his campaign and put that forward as making him highly electable.

Time for him to put up or shut up if he wants voters to believe in and go with 2.)


42 posted on 01/12/2012 8:07:32 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: hecht

1.) I want Obama to release them, too, but bad behavior by Obama does not excuse bad behavior by Romney.

2.) Romney made his 100,000 jobs claim a centerpiece to his campaign and put that forward as making him highly electable.

Time for him to put up or shut up if he wants voters to believe in and go with 2.)


43 posted on 01/12/2012 8:07:44 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: gogeo

Their hypocrisy is equaled by Romney’s obfuscation on his 100,00 jobs created claim.


44 posted on 01/12/2012 8:10:26 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

“Sarah Palin Challenges Romney’s History Of Job Creation At Bain Vulture Capital”

Uh-oh, Wassilio. Willard busted by the Sarahcuda!


45 posted on 01/12/2012 8:10:37 AM PST by CainConservative (Newt/Santorum 2012 with Cain, Huck, Petraeus, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: gogeo

I’m pretty sure the save number is a pretend number.


46 posted on 01/12/2012 8:13:26 AM PST by CainConservative (Newt/Santorum 2012 with Cain, Huck, Petraeus, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: jimbo123; Laissez-faire capitalist; C. Edmund Wright; MestaMachine
Typical Rove Romneybot response.

Typical "FReeper who does not know the posting history of someone he calls a Rove Romneybot" response.

Check my posting history: I LOATHE Rove.

Check my posting history: Romney is a statist gun-grabber. I will under no circumstances vote for Willard, even if it means 0bama is re-elected.

Read my posting history: I was a supporter of Gov Palin for President, until she chickened out from the death threats.

Check my posting history: I don't believe there is a political solution for what ails America, anyway, so Mitt will only make things worse. Still, I won't vote for the bastard.

47 posted on 01/12/2012 8:13:50 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

She makes a great point here!


48 posted on 01/12/2012 8:15:14 AM PST by sickoflibs (You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
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To: Eye of Unk; TheConservativeParty

I didn’t watch it, even though my dear friend, TheConservativeParty, told me about it! I forgot, since I don’t watch the show and have no idea about the channel or the time of its airing.

Sounds like you enjoyed the show!!!


49 posted on 01/12/2012 8:23:26 AM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC - DONATE MONTHLY! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know!)
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To: dfwgator

...............(crickets chirping)...............


50 posted on 01/12/2012 8:27:29 AM PST by Stonewall Jackson ("I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")
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To: onyx

Well in all honesty I felt it was a bit on the weird side, its the same old story from Mythbusters to Dirty Jobs, they get locked into this one narrow little idea that to your average Alaskan is pretty juvenile, touristy or just overly dramatic, which of course is the idea.

The show was funny and gros, too much gross I feel than needed.

Blame it on the fact that Alaska is just too darn big to cover in any context, you have to have a series no less than a dozen episodes just to describe Alaska.


51 posted on 01/12/2012 8:34:45 AM PST by Eye of Unk (NO Romney,NO way)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Is that created or “saved”? Romney needs to talk to the stimulus accountants for advice on this one! Seriously speaking, I’m no Romney supporter but as a former business lender I can tell you this is a hard number to project. For every job created, there is a ripple effect leading to creation or partial creation of additional jobs. And how about his “saving the Olympics”? Is he to get credit for every job associated with the Winter Olympics? I would strongly suggest he avoid the use of hard numbers and simply state his past policies have created or saved jobs. As to jobs lost as some ads emphasize, you can’t save every one. As a lender, I can tell you it’s hard to pull the plug on anyone, but sometimes it has to be done. Irony is that many who fail go on to become a success in another venture. They just needed to be told it was a losing venture and time to move on.


52 posted on 01/12/2012 8:35:34 AM PST by Boomer One
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To: backwoods-engineer

Pullleeeeeze, give it a rest.


53 posted on 01/12/2012 8:38:39 AM PST by Sea Parrot (Utopia Is The Opiate of Liberals)
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To: backwoods-engineer; Laissez-faire capitalist
Gov. Palin is making a valiant effort to stay relevant, but truth is, she had her chance and chickened out.

Why are you here on FreeRepublic?
54 posted on 01/12/2012 8:43:20 AM PST by SoConPubbie
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
If Romney was talking about the venture capital part of Bain Capital as well as the private equity part, it should be easy enough for him to provide back-up to his claim. Staples alone employs 90,000 people. But if Romney can't credibly support the 100,000 net job-creation number, then his campaign is in deep trouble.
55 posted on 01/12/2012 8:50:33 AM PST by riverdawg
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To: SoConPubbie

We have official FreeRepublic PDSers that lurk around and once they see Sarah’s name in the headline, they pounce with some snarky remarks regardless of whether what she says is right or not


56 posted on 01/12/2012 8:55:30 AM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: RetSignman
Photobucket Had to edit out mistake in my previous graphic...still the same message.
57 posted on 01/12/2012 8:57:13 AM PST by RetSignman (I take responsibility for what I post not for what you understand.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Perhaps Romney counts the "jobs" from the 911 Victory Mosque
which Romney and BAIN have supported.

"(The GroundZero Mosque) cleared its final hurdle ….
developers plan to build the $100 million center which will include a mosque.
Since its incipient stages in July 2009, when a Muslim-run real-estate development
company purchased the damaged, vacant building and land where the new center
will be built, the project has sparked controversy and debate.
.... the tattered building that was bought by the Muslim real estate company had
been owned by a subsidiary of Bain Capital, a company Romney founded in 1984.

So it’s OK if his company can profit off the sale of the land ."


“Bain Capital, has cut checks totaling $90,000 to Romney’s operation. “


58 posted on 01/12/2012 8:59:18 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: dfwgator

LOL!!!


59 posted on 01/12/2012 9:01:53 AM PST by moehoward
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To: dfwgator

It may not have been legal. There is a serious question about insider trading that I believe will become a key moving forward. If you watched the video you would have seen that Mr. Romney sold millions of shares of stock just before the sale of some of the companies. There may be a link yet to improper stock sales. You watch for it.


60 posted on 01/12/2012 9:03:27 AM PST by david1313 (Newt all the way)
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