[Christie at the beach]

Taking $$$$$ from FM/FM is crony capitalism at its worst.

No, that is not right. He was paid as an adviser. Those books are open to review. Mitt’s book records are in secret. Mitt bought up some companies and and as soon as the stocks increase, he dumps them, making tons of profits..looks fishy. Big difference. When it is ok to not ask questions, about a candidate’s business practices.

[Paladin2]

Newtie took $$ essentially from the gov't. Selling influence much like Tom Daschle. Claiming otherwise is like being a battered wife.

It's really much worse than Romney.

[Retired Greyhound]

Mitt bought up some companies and and as soon as the stocks increase, he dumps them, making tons of profits

Isn't that the goal?

You are putting me in the unenviable position of defending Mitt Romney, but this whole line of attack by Newt and Perry is just silly.

[sgtyork]

“”””Mitt’s book records are in secret.””””

What in the world are you talking about? Bain is not owned or controlled by one man. It is a large partnership ESOP.

Romney’s work had three profound impacts on the firm. First, ownership was officially shifted from the owners to the firm’s 70 general partners. Second, transparency in the firm’s finances increased dramatically (e.g. partners were able to know each other’s salaries[11]). Third, Bill Bain relinquished ownership in the firm that carried his name.

IOW....Mitt Romney didn’t have all this as walking around money.

Are you familiar with big business governance?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_%26_Company

Wall Street has very serious problems that we should fix, but our potentially FATAL problems are government crony capitalism. FM/FM nearly took down our economy - half a billion given to one of many “Green Energy” crony companies. - Bailouts to “too big to fail”. - Our government “investing” in Finnish and Russian companies. Owning an auto company.