In case you missed it: The Bain Bailout

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The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney

By Tim Dickinson
August 29, 2012 7:00 AM ET


Mitt Romney likes to say he won't "apologize" for his success in business. But what he never says is "thank you" – to the American people – for the federal bailout of Bain & Company that made so much of his outsize wealth possible.

According to the candidate's mythology, Romney took leave of his duties at the private equity firm Bain Capital in 1990 and rode in on a white horse to lead a swift restructuring of Bain & Company, preventing the collapse of the consulting firm where his career began. When The Boston Globe reported on the rescue at the time of his Senate run against Ted Kennedy, campaign aides spun Romney as the wizard behind a "long-shot miracle," bragging that he had "saved bank depositors all over the country $30 million when he saved Bain & Company."

In fact, government documents on the bailout obtained by Rolling Stone show that the legend crafted by Romney is basically a lie...

More at link: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-federal-bailout-that-saved-mitt-romney-20120829#ixzz254A9JLia

[thelordofhell]

1. Mitt Romey....lying??

Well Shitt Onmey!!

[gateley]

2. It's discouraging that these facts will never penetrate.

[iemitsu]

3. he made it himself. with no help from anyone else.

isn't that his campaign slogan?

[Fridays Child]

4. k/r

[JDPriestly]

5. To digress -- I know a very lovely gentile woman in her 90s who is now reading the Rolling Stone

because of the Matt Taibbi articles. She loved this article. Just thought in case anyone from the Rolling Stone picks up on this that they might like to know that their reader base has broadened thanks to the series of great articles on money, finance and economics that they have been publishing. Think some might get a kick out of this. Oh, and she shares her copy of the Rolling Stone with her younger friends -- in their 70s and 80s.

[xxqqqzme]

6. To the lovely woman

'May she be forever young'!

[JDPriestly]

12. Thanks. I'll pass the message on. She is much loved.

I have noticed that there are a number of very liberal elderly women who seem to be mentally extremely alert, even agile and clear in their thinking.

Maybe it is just a coincidence, but I hear of a lot of conservatives who end up confused and incompetent.

Could be that the brains of liberals age better than those of conservatives? Or maybe just a coincidence. I really don't know.

[xxqqqzme]

13. I live in an 'over 55'

complex and I am one of the 'youngsters' here. I have noticed the alert, agile minds of the liberals as well. The same age conservatives are very harsh in their conversations, very quick to condemn. There worlds seem much darker.

[Firebrand Gary]

7. How is this not the most recommended thread? Holy shit Batman! This is a big deal!

[silverweb]

8. K&R

[Maraya1969]

9. I just posted this on my FB. Hope others do the same. And send around email.

This is big news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fearless]

11. +1

[progressoid]

10. Big Ass Kick and Rec!