Steelworker Featured at DNC Didn’t Work for Bain

ABC News ^ | 09/06/2012 | Jonathan Karl

[Wyatt's Torch]

The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as “former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital.”

They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney’s leadership.

But it turns out one of those employees never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital. David Foster was supposedly one of those former employees on the convention schedule. He told the story about 750 steelworkers who lost their jobs when the Bain-controlled company GST steel filed for bankruptcy in the early 1990s.

[treetopsandroofs]

It was a “compressed” Bain employee.

[King_Corey]

When did ABC News start doing real news stories?

[Txngal]

Random act of journalism.

[Popman]

Well at least Mitt didn’t kill the guy before he had a chance to lie... / S

[Dilbert San Diego]

Do facts matter to liberals? Or is everything about making their political statement?

[ColdOne]

ABC.....really?

[dfwgator]

When did ABC News start doing real news stories?

Remember, ABC stands for "Always Boost Clinton". Which means destroying Obama. Last nights speech was the opening of the Hillary! 2016 campaign. And she has a much better chance against a Republican incumbent.

[Perdogg]

composite.

[GeronL]

everything about this thing is fake

[NonValueAdded]

Instead, Foster was a union organizer, who negotiated for workers that did work for the company.

THEREFORE FOSTER HAD ONE HELLUVA LARGER ROLE IN GST's BANKRUPTCY THAN DID ROMNEY OR BAIN. GST failed because their costs were amongst the highest in the industry.

[GeronL]

I hear the ABC News on TV never mentioned the God thing

[JimSEA]

He was a union puke standing before people who actually worked for a living. This election promises to get rid of corporate profits. You know, “evil profits” that the greedy few rip out of the spils of the poor.

[1035rep]

ABC smells blood in the water.

[JPG]

Ask Debbie Washerwoman Schultz and she’ll explain to you that when the DNC is caught telling lies...”It doesn’t matter.”

[EGPWS]

Start checking for firings at ABC.

[Red Badger]

Fake but accurate?..........

[2ndDivisionVet]

When they figured out who the next president was going to be and wanted to try and get on his good side? Like with Captain Hawkeye Pierce and Colonel Sam Flagg, I don’t think it’s going to work.

[TurboZamboni]

Composite girlfriend...fake but accurate.

[barmag25]

Debbie’s response will be “I was not aware of that, but if he had been an actual employee then this would be his factually true story”