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US First Lady Michelle Obama (C) during a rehearsal for her speech in the Time Warner Cable Arena September 3, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina as preparations for the 2012 Democratic National Convention continue. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
At least two former employees of Bain Capital are scheduled to speak out against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Democratic National Convention this week in Charlotte, senior Obama campaign officials confirmed to Fox News Monday.
The Obama campaign has spent millions of dollars on attack ads focusing on various companies that were forced to close after Bain Capital — Romney’s former private equity firm — took them over. Democrats have not revealed the identities of the speakers or when they will be addressing the convention.
More from Fox News:
A knowledgeable source told Fox News that possible speakers could include Steve Pagliuca — managing partner at Bain Capital, considered the unofficial head of the firm. Pagliuca is a co-owner of the Boston Celtics who ran for the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy and lost in the Democratic primary to Martha Coakley in 2010.
Another possible speaker is Jon Lavine, an Obama campaign bundler and very senior member of the firm. Matt Levin, also a partner at Bain, is said to be very active in Democratic politics as well and could be included in the program.
The Bain attack from Obama supporters seemed to subside a bit after the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action produced an ad that linked Romney to the cancer death of the wife of a worker who was let go from a Bain-owned steel mill.
However, Huffington Post reports that senior Obama campaign officials said only employees of former Bain-managed companies would be speaking at the DNC.
“An earlier report suggested that officials with Bain Capital itself would be speaking at the Democratic convention, raising the specter of former Romney business partners criticizing his private sector record in primetime speaking slots. But the campaign official said that the collars on the stage would be blue, not white,” according to the report.
The mystery speakers will talk about the inner-workings of the “private equity world” while likely questioning the ethics of Romney’s former company while he was CEO, according to HuffPo.
Instead of running from the accusations, Romney in recent weeks has been touting the successes of Bain Capital, saying “In America, we celebrate success.” In his nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Romney called his former company a “great American success story.”
Romney rattled off a list of very successful Bain companies including Staples, The Sports Authority, an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons, and Steel Dynamics.
“These are American success stories. And yet the centerpiece of the president’s entire re-election campaign is attacking success,” Romney said in his speech. “In America, we celebrate success, we don’t apologize for it. We weren’t always successful at Bain. But no one ever is in the real world of business. That’s what this president doesn’t seem to understand. Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving.”
Watch some of Romney’s remarks from his RNC speech via Fox News here:
Either way, by lining up Bain speakers for the DNC, the Obama campaign is confirming that they are not done attacking Romney’s time at the company, depicting him as an out-of-touch elitist who allowed Americans to lose their jobs in order to line his own pockets.
“The Romney camp, though, is betting the attacks are backfiring and will make small business owners even more apprehensive about Obama and his policies,” Fox News reports.
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Comments (116)
BODYBAG
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:09pmRomney & Ryan need to be shoveling out some of this dirt:
http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/03/with-landmark-lawsuit-barack-obama-pushed-banks-to-give-subprime-loans-to-chicagos-african-americans/
President Barack Obama was a pioneering contributor to the national subprime real estate bubble,
and roughly half of the 186 African-American clients in his landmark 1995 mortgage discrimination
lawsuit against Citibank have since gone bankrupt or received foreclosure notices.
As few as 19 of those 186 clients still own homes with clean credit ratings, following a decade in
which Obama and other progressives pushed banks to provide mortgages to poor African Americans.
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kevymac
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:21pmI read that this morning. They should get a pulitzer prize for that article.
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Want our country back
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:26pmChicago Underwater
Obama’s 1995 subprime plaintiffs hit hard when housing bubble burst
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/#ixzz25S5t4nZ5
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NHwinter
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:28pmMaybe we should line up the 47% of Americans that have been screwed by Obama.
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:28pmIf that doesn’t take him down, nothing can.
Except democracy……maybe.
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Val_Dragon
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 9:04pmThis is a nice supplement
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/30/business/fannie-mae-eases-credit-to-aid-mortgage-lending.html
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Val_Dragon
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 9:15pmAnother nice summary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4TaINGMYTc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 9:33pmBe prepared to puke when watching the DNC this week. I think I might start drinking again. A little preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fx0CAboEo8
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MadAsHeII
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 10:45pmI just want to ask everyone if you have or are planning on contacting your states and federal reps to complain about the rule changes. Are you planning on contacting the Romney campaign and your local GOP headquarters also to voice your disgust? I believe this is a serious thing and it needs to be repealed or it could cost Romney the election. If we do not get this done, it will be used against Romney by the Obama campaign to show that Romney is a dictator. He will do this to try and convince his base that he is not.
The other problem is the Tea Party members that are up in arms over this and are saying they will not vote for Romney. Now this is not just Paul supporters, although they are up in arms also, so do not just blow this away. I am not sure if repealing this will get Paul supporters on board, but it will keep from losing other Tea Party voters. I am one of those Tea Party voters.
Now we will see former Bain employees reiterating the things that Obama has been accusing Romney of? There is nothing we can do about that except to show the untruths, but we can do something about the horrendous decision to change rule to silence all Tea Party members and candidates that the big wigs in the Republican Party want silenced. This is a big deal and I fear it may just give Obama four more years. Is anyone on here listening to me on this? Nobody seems to care as I do not get too many replies, or do you really think this is no big deal? I think it is.
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Copper Catfish
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 11:40pmThe only people I know that are voting for Gary Johnson are the Ron Paul supporters and the potheads, who are not TEA Party people. Our TEA Party is pretty much voting for Romney. A visitor came into one of our meetings and started trying to tell us that there is a third alternative, and he was pretty much asked to sit down.
I am concerned about the Ron Paul worshipers, though. They are fanatics in their hatred.
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justangry
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 12:18am@Copper, Yes, as a Paul supporter, I do hate progressives like Romney. I actually hate every politician that disregards our Bill of Rights. Anyone who is fiscally conservative will give Johnson a look at this point and potheads aren’t politically active. They just don’t care who is in office because they’re going to smoke pot regardless. That being said, Gary Johnson’s position on marijuana is wrong much the same way social progressives’ position is wrong. Ron Paul was the only one that gets it. It’s a 10th amendment issue.
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alpha2omega47
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:07pm2012 Democratic National Convention Schedule
Charlotte, N.C.
4:00 PM – Opening Flag Burning Ceremony – sponsored by CNN
4:05 PM – Singing of “God Damn America ” led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright
4:10 PM – Pledge of Allegiance to Obama
4:15 PM – Ceremonial ‘I hate America’ led by Michelle Obama
4:30 PM – Tips on “How to keep your man trustworthy & true to you while you travel the world” – Hillary Clinton
4:45 PM –Al Sharpton / Jesse Jackson seminar “How to have a successful career without having a job.”
5:00 PM – “Great Vacations I’ve Taken on the Taxpayer’s Dime Travel Log” – Michelle Obama
5:30 PM – Eliot Spitzer Speaks on “Family Values” via Satellite
5:45 PM – Tribute to All 57 States – Nancy Pelosi
6:00 PM – Sen. Harry Reid – 90-minute speech expressing the Democrat’s appreciation of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and George Soros for sparing no expense, for all that they have accomplished to unify the country, improve employment and to boost the economy.
8:30 PM – Airing of Grievances by the Clintons
9:00 PM – “Bias in Media – How we can make it work for you” Tutorial – sponsored by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times
9:15 PM – Tribute Film to Brave Freedom Fighters incarcerated at GITMO – Michael Moore
9:45 PM – Personal Finance Seminar – Charlie Rangle
10:00 PM – Denunciation of Bitter Gun Owners and Bible readers
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10:30 PM – Cer
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Honest_E
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:13pmOh My Gosh.. this had me in stitches!!! This is brilliant!
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Muddblower
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:17pmLMAO, well done sir, well done
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The citizen who cares
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:27pm4:00pm – 4:05pm: Reasons why you should vote for Obama and his accomplishments
4:10pm – 10:00pm: Reasons why you shouldn’t vote for Romney and all the reasons we came up with
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Great list BTW
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crackerone
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:28pmLMAO! Sandra Fluke is busy entertaining married male delegates in an off-suite! Catch her act on Thursday.
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football lady
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:33pmThat was great!
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cookcountypatriot
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:53pmeggggggselent…simply eggggggselent
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grayling646
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:56pmYou should send that to TheBlaze. Excellent.
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OlefromMN
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:33pmDid you forget the 2nd Amendment seminar hosted by Rahm Emanuel? Or is that day 2?
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:36pm@ALPHA2OMEGA47. Well done. Funny!
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LeFaux Jew
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:42pmLol !
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floridareader
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:42pmGreat job Alpha!!!
If you don’t mind, I would like to add a couple of short seminars for the coffee breaks:
- How to get condoms for free and don’t feel guilty – Seminar for young Democrats – Sandra Fluke
- Reflections of my anatomy – Workshop, Anthony Weiner
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:49pmThanks for the laughs! Cleverly done. And to the add on commenters ! Disappointed that the HGTV with Michelle Obama wasn’t presenting a seminar on Decorating Empty Chairs .
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Sara72
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:56pmWell YEP… That about sums it up!
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matinva
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 9:08pmThe Blaze needs a ‘Hall of Fame’ and this post needs to be in it. Barry O’blahblah, America’s first black, Irish president, will lose in a landslide in November and these are the reasons.
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AmericablessGod
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 9:29pmFantastic! I couldn’t have done it better. You did, however forget the tribute hour to Karl Marx to kick off Thursday evening.
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victorjv
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 9:36pmGreat job. You took the words out of the mouths of millions of Americans.
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noslave
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:06pmthe keyword is former (no longer employed for whatever reason,but embittered with an axe to grind??)typical democrats propaganda,like interviewing someones bitter ex-girlfriend who got dumped for someone else,shurely they’ll be un-biased and truthful,like a bunch of old wash women??
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alpha2omega47
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:05pmI wonder if Obama will have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez as guest speakers. Obama’s administration can only try to dig up dirt because they have accomplished nothing but destruction. I’m confident that anything they might find on Mitt Romney or Rand Paul wouldn’t come close to being as bad as what Obama has to hide. Obama is a liar, a fraud and a thief.
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freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:04pmof course!
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EqualJustice
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:00pmSo are these people who actually worked WITH Romney? Was Romney there at Bain while they were? Many Bostonians are Democrats, so I don’t put much credence in these, just sayin! ;)
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love the kids
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:59pmA knowledgeable source told Fox News that possible speakers could include Steve Pagliuca — managing partner at Bain Capital, considered the unofficial head of the firm. Pagliuca is a co-owner of the Boston Celtics who ran for the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy and lost in the Democratic primary to Martha Coakley in 2010.
Another possible speaker is Jon Lavine, an Obama campaign bundler and very senior member of the firm.
This is so strange, for a guy like Obama who hates the 1% so much, he sure hangs around with so many of them. I wonder if they were at Bain longer than Romney was, because if they were, that means by the Dems standards, they are more responsible for what they accused Romney of than Romney himself is. Boy Obama, you will get into bed with anyone to sell a bill of goods to the stupid. I thought about this before it even happened, but the Dems won’t figure it out.
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:58pmI wonder if any of Obamas former employees will be speaking, oh wait he doesn’t have any cuz he never created a job………..hmmmmmmmmm..VOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CatB
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:41pmYes .. my first thought also .. Obama is such a phoney … disguntled former employees .. that’s his “positive” message .. that’s all he’s got after nearly 4 years in office.
… Obama .. you didn’t build that!
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Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:54pmObama shouldn’t highlight Romney’s alleged outsourcing when he is the king of it. The government has a major stake in GM which has outsourced and sent it’s technology to China in a major way. Conservatives need to highlight that, not only is Obama outsourcing but they are pandering to a Communist power. And, BTW, don’t buy any Government Motors vehicles.
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Stelex
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:48pmI personally don’t believe the polls out there. I hope that true Americans are going to rise up, tea party, regular folk and maybe the liberal here and there that can actually put 2 and 2 together. We are being attacked from the inside this time, its no less serious than Pearl Harbor. This is a full out attack on the American way of life. Socialism does not work, the world is not ready for a singular government under the UN. These things are happening. Its all out there available for all to read. If you think China is a good place, vote Obama, we’ll be there in 4 years. They want government run capitalism………think about that one for a while. Its the goal, only we the people can stand up to it. Please do some research…..it really is all out there. The UN is not our friend. Obama is the UN’s puppet.
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grayling646
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:53pm“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.
But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.
A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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grayling646
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:56pmIf you carve that down to a bumper sticker it would read “ROMNEY IN 2012″
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justangry
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:57pmI believe you’re correct, however I don’t think the alternative isn’t being propped up by the internationalists as well. http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1193.html
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Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:57pmThe polls might be like Scott Walker’s when all the major news outlets were saying ” too close to call”. It turned out to be a big **** whuppin for the Democrats and unions with one Democrat crybaby crying on TV and saying it was the end of democracy.
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Stelex
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:58pmOne awake American……lets get some more. Treason is happening daily in this country.
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Stelex
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:05pmThere are forces out there working hard for the downfall of America, the UN is part of it, some big Corps. also…..Its undeniable. The R and L paradigm is a distraction. As I see it its Progressives vs America, We must, must restore the Constitution to it’s fullest power. 100 years of erosion must be undone. It’s the only way we restore the Republic as it was meant.
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HurricaneBob
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:46pmHave they scheduled any officials from Solyndra to speak? How about Brian Terry’s parents?
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13th Imam
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:54pmHow about Barry’s HS classmate’s ?college classmates? the doctor that delivered the ONE? Any of the nurses in the hospital that spanked his skinny ****?
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Walkabout
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:16pmWhen the Bain people speak at the DNC Conventions they should run adds pointing this out. Hammer those liars.
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BIGWUN
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:44pmI love it. Bain Dumbocrat employees who have made millions from Mitt’s success story can now badmouth it. Libs are clearly among the stupidest and or most evil people on earth. They delight in destroying freedom, jobs and wealth creation for votes. The Dumbocrats can then rule forever (“forever” being defined as until they irrevocably destroy this great country for which so many have bled and died).
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HurricaneBob
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:40pmHave they scheduled any officials from Solyndra to speak?
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BlesstheJews
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:33pmI wonder how much they’re paying the bitter morons.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:42pmThese must be the ‘unnamed sources” for Reid and his baseless accusations of Romney; they hired some actors and taught them the lines they want parroted. Watch for these two to vanish the instant their presentations are done.
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:53pmSNOW: I remember someone talking about an ad by the Democrats asking for actors to play certain parts . Wonder if it was for this drama : The National Far Left Liars Show / aka Democrat Convention ? Hope someone checks out the histories of the guys who speak. ( before they disappear like Obama’s school records ! ) Wonder if they are under investigation by the FBI or the IRS or the TSA ?!
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:32pmWell, just another “first” for our Far Left, Chicago Democrats ! Never before has a convention stooped to such hate-filled personal attacks. Democrats doing ” The Alinsky . ” Another one of those Democrat ” Changes ” they are so proud of ! They are so into “new.” Remember the old phrase ” character assassination ? ” Well, our ” hope and change-y ” Democrats have re-defined it, like the word ” marriage ! ” Now ” character assassination ” simply means “campaigning” to a Democrat. How LOW can the Democrats go ?? Just hope deep is the ocean ? Stay tuned…
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tothepoint
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:31pmThis is obama and his gang saying, “Look over there,” as children do, to cover up the mess they have made of our country. Since Obama became Pres., gas is twice the cost per gallon, unemployment is sky high, we are in more wars than ever, other countries laugh at us and Obama, the dollar is devalued, and on and on the damage goes.
And Obama points to a shiny object for Americans to look at to take their attention away from his mess.
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justangry
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:28pmMaybe they can have Marco Rubio as a speaking too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhHhL2ZCAQU
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:57pmRubio at the 2012 convention:”We chose more government instead of more freedom, we chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time.”
dang i had not heard about that. Was it a slip of the tongue? I know Rubio has a mixed record when it comes to liberty but that is almost too progressive to believe….
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justangry
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:33pm@Soy, I don’t know, bud. The judge posted this clip this morning with the caption “Paging Dr. Freud?” lol
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Muddblower
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:25pmI think the DNC should have Obamas jobs advisor Jeffrey Immelt speak.He can brag about how many jobs GE sends over seas , and how they don’t pay taxes on 5 billion in profit.The RNC should be bring this up now and all throught the campaign.Again– Fail — keep trying Obama http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-s-top-adviser-job-creation-has-presided-over-company-shed-jobs
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DRAGONSEED
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:20pmhttp://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/09/03/the_fantastic_romney_video_you_probably_didnt_see
Please take ten minutes to view the above video that you probably have not seen, and forward the link to all your friends, co-workers, neighbors, and so on. Thanks.
PS HAPPY ~EMPTY CHAIR DAY~!
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Want our country back
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:18pmThat sounds so uplifting!!!!!!!!! They’ll be so busy tearing down the American people, oh, such fun. This is a degenerate convention. Did they find 2 people from Bain who had a job, earned good money and then Mitt Romney killed there wives?
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Chuck Stein
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:18pmThe bain attack angle did not go well for Obumbler last time. Why not another tilt at the windmill?
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:43pmCHUCK: Desperation ? When all you have to campaign on is hate and division and anti-capitalism…..
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PutMoreOnMyPlate
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:54pmIt’s not that Obama has any good to show for his first and prayfully last term. So it’s a statement in itself that he has to turn the DNC into a mud slinging fest. I pray for those that would vote for Obama seeing the DNC platform only promising death in our future of they win.
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toiletclogga
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:14pmLet’s hear from Bain investors, and see what they have to say about the returns on their investments. I’d wager any amount that they are not dissatisfied!
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:24pmif the average voter finds out about private equity world and leveraged buyouts, mitt romney will loose his credibility as a ‘turnaround’ guy
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:37pmSOY: If the average voter ever found out about the lies spun by Democrats… http // my.brannshark.com / The-President-s-8-Billion-Coincidence – 356086344
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:04pmactually, you may be right….It is too complicated for them to understand
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jacobstroubles
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:14pmso another clear indication that the dnc..thing is gonna be more whining and blame game, and will have no substance about how to fix anything…? figures.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:13pmLOL
Raise your hand if your cheeks clenched when you saw the headline
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:38pmNo. Not cheeks. Teeth yes. Jaw yes. Fist yes.
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Mike Benton
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:08pmGood truthful spin to come.
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:18pmPull up the boots.
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barber2
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:33pmGet the shovels out….and “ready ” ….
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