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Posted on 01/12/2012 5:27:57 AM PST by weldAllday
Open letter to O`newt Mr. Gingrich you had my vote . Right up to your jumping the shark moment.
And that distinction is sad. Especially since some “FReepers” support Romney.
Was this you “this is my brain on drugs” moment? Scary. Oh well, now you are viking kitty chow. I hope it was worth it.
Romney is Obama-lite. I’ll take Newt any day.
If you are going to waste our time with a vanity you could, at least, point out when Newt jumped the shark.
As I understand it, it's not the venture capital aspect of Bain Newt aimed at, but the abuses (all perfectly legal, of course . . . maybe) of the private equity aspect.
To take for granted that anything that can have the "capitalism" label slapped on it is good is just as stupid and knee-jerk an assumption as the popular media theme that business = bad and profit (unless taken by a Dem) is pure greed.
How you liking Newt Gingrich now buddy? That just happened.
I had the same sentiments about Perry. I have not decided to write in Palin or West.
Good points. And while i have not problem with turning ethical dilemmas into political debates, i fear that unless it is done carefully, it opens the door into turning both into government dictates. And I would much rather try to fend off private sector greed than public sector tyranny.
Santorum went way up in my ranking when he refused to join Newt and Perry in the left-wing, populist rant against Bain Capital.
And exactly what “abuses” of Bain Capital's PE business line did Newt have in mind? Please don't trot out the GSI Steel case. That company was failing under the weight of high-wage union contracts and bad management. Those jobs were going away in any case; Bain Capital was just the messenger of the bad news, not the cause of it.
Agree!!!
So what came of Bain’s involvement except (if they were true to form) Bain collected their fee?
Exactly right. That was my thought and you expressed it very well. Changing my tag line because it is that important.
Thanks. I honestly believe that if Obama is re-elected, we have reached endgame in the US. There is that much at stake.
There is work to be done here by the GREAT GOD OF ZOTS! I think I smell the ozone.
“GS was an AGING, money-losing Steel Mill facing imminent closure because they couldn’t pay for the upgrades required under the Clean Air Act. And they were just like dozens of other small steel mills in America.
Romney& Co. bought it, paid for upgrading it, then SOLD IT. The pensions were lost in the LATER 2001 BANKRUPTCY, the mill went out of business when it filed Chapter 11 again in 2007, YEARS AFTER BAIN SOLD IT!”
What year did Bain buy it and what year did they sell it?
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