tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post3074280719602691452..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: First prediction of the political season: Bain Capital is a loser for Mitt RomneyMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-28173286420431318712012-07-28T19:20:15.798-04:002012-07-28T19:20:15.798-04:00A couple weeks later, and...
Martin's predict...A couple weeks later, and...<br /><br />Martin's prediction looks like a bust.<br /><br />Rasmussen has Romney 5 points ahead.<br /><br />The economy has Obama 5 points behind.<br /><br />Too early to get cocky. But I wouldn't be popping any champagne corks just yet if I were on Team Obama.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-44121817939446986982012-07-19T16:17:53.008-04:002012-07-19T16:17:53.008-04:00Romney's Bain problem has a chance to get wors...Romney's Bain problem has a chance to get worse.<br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-15/romney-s-bain-yielded-private-gains-socialized-losses.html<br /><br />The money quote:<br /><br />"Romney privatized the gains and socialized the losses."<br /><br />Yeah, that bodes well for our nation's economy in a Romney administration.<br /><br />His cavalier attitude in Arthttp://aghunt.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-56469721456506684182012-07-18T18:52:03.678-04:002012-07-18T18:52:03.678-04:00bPS, Martin. Show me anyone enthusiastic about Rom...bPS, Martin. Show me anyone enthusiastic about Romney and I'll show you someone named Romney or a fat cat Republican lobbyist/operative or someone who stands to gain a federal job. This guy could lose to Obama, but the rest of that GOP field would have been wiped out and Barack could schedule tee times five days a week and Michelle and her girlfriends would wear out three airplanes on world Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-57191911187708030932012-07-18T09:12:20.253-04:002012-07-18T09:12:20.253-04:00Martin,
" I was merely commenting on a mista...Martin,<br /><br />" I was merely commenting on a mistake I think he has made that he'll live to regret. I wish he had not made it."<br /><br />I would like to know what you think his option was. Romney has three major accomplishments on his resume: 1. He ran an extremely successful private equity firm, Bain Capital; 2. He ran a sporting event; 3. As Governor of Massachusetts he KyCobbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-42531600619986118562012-07-17T11:31:46.441-04:002012-07-17T11:31:46.441-04:00You need to get your anti-business terminolgy corr...You need to get your anti-business terminolgy correct, Martin. Bain never was and is not now a corporate raider. Corporate raiders can insert themselves into public companies by stock accumulations, sometimes for the good, and sometimes for the bad as in greenmail where they are paid to merely go away. Bain puts up it's own capital with companies they work with, overwhelmingly at the requestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-73047989662547566842012-07-16T17:13:44.749-04:002012-07-16T17:13:44.749-04:00I'm not sure, however, there are doctors out t...I'm not sure, however, there are doctors out there equally adept at removing blockages that would account for your completely ignoring my previous posts on this issues.<br /><br />Just to remind you, I have said I have no problem voting for a Mormon as long as the Mormon in question doesn't make it a reason for voting for him. Romney hasn't done this, so I have no problem with him in Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-9396183233893700692012-07-16T10:41:04.792-04:002012-07-16T10:41:04.792-04:00Martin, surely there are plenty of doctors in Loui...Martin, surely there are plenty of doctors in Louisville who could easily remove that Mormon bug from your rear end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-67361892802883622012-07-13T21:27:09.018-04:002012-07-13T21:27:09.018-04:00Art,
Yes. Thanks.Art,<br /><br />Yes. Thanks.Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-12924600181910405522012-07-13T20:57:05.325-04:002012-07-13T20:57:05.325-04:00Obama is going to continue to exploit this as one ...<i>Obama is going to continue to exploit this as one of the things that gives concrete expression to Mitt Romney being out of touch with the common man and as favoring the middle class (the ones that get laid off in corporate takeovers) over the rich (the ones who do the laying off).</i><br /><br />Don't you mean "Obama is going to continue to exploit this as one of the things that givesArthttp://aghunt.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-49813535732550361022012-07-13T11:07:12.982-04:002012-07-13T11:07:12.982-04:00Not that I'd lift a finger to defend Romney, b...Not that I'd lift a finger to defend Romney, but all he has to do is point out the Democrats' own promotion of outsourcing.<br /><br />Bill Clinton signed NAFTA into law. Obama approved the Korean version. And Robert Reich is a featured speaker on a world forum on outsourcing.<br /><br />It's enough to make you think there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two Old Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146916266682461688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-60073239790285941222012-07-13T00:28:56.883-04:002012-07-13T00:28:56.883-04:00Its not like Romney had any choice. He can't ...Its not like Romney had any choice. He can't run on his record as governor, because his primary accomplishment was to enact the model for Obamacare. Without his supposed business acumen, what does he have left to run on, his perfect hair?KyCobbnoreply@blogger.com