Why FOX "News" & the Wall Street Journal REWARD Their "Pundits" for CONSTANTLY Being WRONG!

http://www.alternet.org/media/why-fox-news-and-wall-street-journal-reward-their-pundits-being-wrong-about-everything?akid=9694.153143.YjOzHi&rd=1&src=newsletter746370&t=6&paging=off

"The point being, within the GOP media bubble there's no price for having been consistently wrong about the campaign. There's no shame in announcing all the polls are wrong (biased!), and that Romney was surging to an easy win, even though both claims were pure fantasy.
That no-harm/no-foul rule also extends to the mainstream media. Five days after Romney's defeat,  Face the Nation  invited Wall Street Journal  columnist Peggy Noonan to pontificate about the campaign. It was an interesting choice considering Noonan had botched the election,  insisting the day before the vote that Romney was marching to victory over the "small and lost" Obama campaign. 
Uninterested in polling data, Noonan sensed Romney's looming victory because "all the vibrations" were right. Plus, she saw more Romney/Ryan yard signs while out traveling in Florida."

(There's more so don't stop here.)
Lance

Romney, the Auto "Bailout", CHINA & His Tax Dodge

If you watched the final 'Presidential' debate you saw Romney's 'Bamby-like' protestations regarding his DOCUMENTABLE statements and history regarding the COLLAPSE of the U.S. auto industry. His words were something like, "Who ME?!? Why I would NEVER do anything to hurt our auto industry!"

Well, FORTUNATELY, there are people out there who somehow have the time and energy to ACTUALLY DOCUMENT such 'mis'-statements. Greg Palast is one.
"Enjoy" this piece of

 ROMNEY'S 'BAILOUT' BONANZA

http://www.gregpalast.com/romneys-auto-bailout-profiteeringpalast-on-democracy-now/

 

Incestuous D.C.

Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates 

 "Three debates have gone by, and to this date, neither a candidate for president or vice president has been asked about some of the biggest issues facing voters this cycle."

Why?

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12278-corporate-lobbyists-manage-our-presidential-debates

Defeat Romney, Without Illusions about Obama

 Advice to progressives in swing states, vote for reelection

...“a Romney/Ryan administration would be no better -- no different -- on any of the serious offenses I just mentioned or anything else, and it would be much worse, even catastrophically worse, on a number of other important issues: attacking Iran, Supreme Court appointments, the economy, women’s reproductive rights, health coverage, safety net, climate change, green energy, the environment.
I told him: “I don’t ‘support Obama.’ I oppose the current Republican Party.  This is not a contest between Barack Obama and a progressive candidate. The voters in a handful or a dozen close-fought swing states are going to determine whether Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are going to wield great political power for four, maybe eight years, or not.”
As Noam Chomsky said recently, “The Republican organization today is extremely dangerous, not just to this country, but to the world. It’s worth expending some effort to prevent their rise to power, without sowing illusions about the Democratic alternatives.”

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/18

Mitt Romney’s Tax Dodge

Just ONE aspect:
"On his 2010 tax return, Romney disclosed that his wife Ann's trust held $3 million in a Swiss bank account at UBS, which had just been busted by the IRS for abetting criminal tax evasion by U.S. citizens. As part of a $780 million settlement, UBS was forced to turn over the names of thousands of its long-secret clients, who were then offered a partial amnesty: disclose their hidden assets, pay penalties and avoid prosecution. Romney – who had omitted the Swiss account on previous financial disclosures – suddenly came clean. Did he reveal his secret account to avoid prosecution for tax evasion? "He's not quite denied that," says Daniel Shaviro, a professor of tax law at NYU. The record of paying an IRS penalty on the Swiss account could explain why Romney has been so determined to keep his 2009 tax return under wraps."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romney-s-tax-dodge-20121012#ixzz29XD3ARw4

 

Jon Stewart's "Chaos on B.S. Mountain"

Nothing else need be said: Hilarious and dead-on Accurate------Part 1

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-19-2012/chaos-on-bulls--t-mountain

Part 2: Poster-Boys of the Mooch-ocracy:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-19-2012/chaos-on-bulls--t-mountain---the-entitlement-society

Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?

"... look at who the people are who actually pay no income tax. Romney's statements are a little unclear, but it appears that the 47 percent figure represents all of those who pay no income tax, rather than the Democratic base. His problem is that those people are disproportionately in red states -- that is, states that tend to vote Republican"...
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/where-are-the-47-of-americans-who-pay-no-income-taxes/262499/

It is no surprise that "the map of states with the highest poverty levels" resembles this same group of red states closely

Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser

For anyone receiving any sort of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment or any other “government” payment you would be wise to watch the first video of Romney above 2 or 5 times….whatever it takes for the message to sink in. Romney is targeting YOU. (Of course, ANYone who will EVER receive any of the above payments in the FUTRURE is also being targeted.)

  

P.S. Hmmmm. I wonder if MILITARY retiree benefits are included? (Not yet. Only after their ‘takeover’. Then the ‘Budget Deficit’ will “demand” it … AFTER the granting of further tax breaks for ‘business’ and the mega-wealthy. “Sorry guys! It’s not our fault! We just can’t afford it anymore.” Is what you will hear. Just like with VA benefits under baby Bush.)

The Romney-Koch Handshake That Network TV Missed

"When Mitt Romney walked down the aisle toward the stage Thursday night, among the people whose hands he shook was the conservative billionaire and major political donor David Koch. But it was a moment missed by the tens of millions of viewers at home."http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/romney-koch-handshake-network-tv-missed?akid=9320.153143.vi1FQs&rd=1&src=newsletter703229&t=1"

Top 15 Things Romney and Obama Agree On

Pathetic and disappointing………..though true:

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11289-closer-than-you-think-top-15-things-romney-and-obama-agree-on

 “..the list of things Republicans and Democrat presidential candidates agree on, from coddling Wall Street speculators, protecting mortgage fraudsters and corporate wrongdoers to preventing Medicare For All to so-called "foreign policy," "free trade," "the deficit" "clean coal and safe nuclear power" and "entitlement reform," is clearly longer and more important than the few points of mostly race and style, upon which they disagree.”

The next time one of your lame-brain ‘conservative’ friends or relatives starts squawking about Obama (and the “Democrats”) failures send this article to them and tell them to shut-the-hell up BECAUSE Obama is, for all practical purposes, just another version of THEM.

P.S. Yes, I will still vote for him but, GOD!!! … I wish he had lived up to his promises!

Greed & Debt, The TRUE Story of Mitt Romney

"Everyone knows that he is fantastically rich, having scored great success, the legend goes, as a "turnaround specialist," a shrewd financial operator who revived moribund companies as a high-priced consultant for a storied Wall Street private equity firm. But what most voters don't know is the way Mitt Romney actually made his fortune: by borrowing vast sums of money that other people were forced to pay back. This is the plain, stark reality that has somehow eluded America's top political journalists for two consecutive presidential campaigns: Mitt Romney is one of the greatest and most irresponsible debt creators of all time. In the past few decades, in fact, Romney has piled more debt onto more unsuspecting companies, written more gigantic checks that other people have to cover, than perhaps all but a handful of people on planet Earth."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829#ixzz24zbsuwS5

Rocky Anderson ... Justice Party Candidate for President

"Here is a decent middle-American kind of guy my conservative family members would like, or perhaps even vote for, and yet, his political views are consistently aligned with my own progressive leftist policy positions. Anderson sees global warming as the greatest threat to humanity, big money's influence in politics as the greatest enemy of our struggling democracy, and the current two-party, corporate-owned political system in America as an increasingly anti-constitutional tyranny, in the literal sense of the word."
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10766-a-road-less-traveled-presidential-candidate-rocky-anderson-speaks-candidly-on-the-crumbling-state-of-the-union

"We have a window of opportunity now to take effective action to reverse this dangerous trend. But, it won't happen unless every single one of us does all that we can, and never sits back expecting that the job will be done by others."

12 Things You Should Know About Paul Ryan...

....with documentation to substantiate the claims being made:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/11/677171/12-things-you-should-know-about-vice-presidential-candidate-paul-ryan/

Then, pass this link on to your ‘conservative’ friends and relatives and ask them to do the same. ESPECIALLY those on Social Security or Medicare … or those who will be in the coming 10 years.

‘Enjoy’.

P.S. And, for anyone on ANY sort of pension (or will be), when the final constraints on corporate malfeasance have ALL been torn down by Romney/Ryan following their election ask yourself this: what will stop CEOs from STEALING those pensions?

(Answer: nothing. And they will.)

Chick-fil-A: Pigging Out On ‘Biblical Principles’

"Indeed, if America’s religious rightists were living strictly by the Bible, then they would have had to put Newt Gingrich (and Callista) to death by stoning years ago, rather than entertain the silly notion that he should be president."
 http://www.nationalmemo.com/chick-fil-a-pigging-out-on-biblical-principles/

Extremism Normalized: How Americans Now Acquiesce to Once Unthinkable Ideas

"...McCain’s statement amounts to this pronouncement: Dick Cheney authorized torture — he is a torturer — and I respect him."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/31-0

Mitt Romney: The Gated Candidate

"Now Mitt Romney has taken that a step further, offering Americans a gated candidacy, with whole areas walled off to keep “you people” from knowing about them."
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2012073025/mitt-romney-gated-candidate

Deceptive New Romney Ad Is Key Test For Media

7/19/12: "The new ad actually edits together snippets of words and sentences to make it sound as if President Obama said something he did not say, and then attacks him for saying it." http://ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2012072919/new-romney-ad-key-test-media
7/23/12: "Apparently the press is not calling the Romney campaign out for using a fabricated quote in their new ad. Seeing this, at least one other campaign has launched an ad that also fabricates a quote.Got Away With It -- So Doubled Down On Deception
The Romney campaign got away with running an ad last November that claimed President Obama had said something he did not say. They were caught using a quote in an ad portraying Obama as saying, "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose," when Obama had really said (four years previously), "Senator McCain's campaign actually said, and I quote, 'If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose."
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2012073023/press-gave-romney-pass-using-fabricated-quote-other-campaigns-start-doing-same

Mitt Romney's Bain Capital TIMELINE

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/07/mitt-romney-bain-capital-timeline
2003:
"Romney files a financial disclosure form claiming 100 percent ownership in Bain Capital for the previous years, and six-figure compensation from the company in 2001 and 2002."

BLOOMBERG: "Romney’s Bain Yielded Private Gains, Socialized Losses"

"What’s clear from a review of the public record during his management of the private-equity firm Bain Capital from 1985 to 1999 is that Romney was fabulously successful in generating high returns for its investors. He did so, in large part, through heavy use of tax-deductible debt, usually to finance outsized dividends for the firm’s partners and investors. When some of the investments went bad, workers and creditors felt most of the pain. Romney privatized the gains and socialized the losses."
 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-15/romney-s-bain-yielded-private-gains-socialized-losses.html
"While Bain Capital wasn’t alone in using financial engineering to turbo-charge its returns, it was among the most aggressive under Romney’s leadership. Enriching investors by taking leveraged bets isn’t a qualification for a job requiring long-term vision and concern for public welfare. It is appropriate to point that out to voters."

Soros! Yes, He’s Rich — But That Doesn’t Excuse GOP’s Dark Millions

http://www.nationalmemo.com/soros-yes-hes-rich-but-that-doesnt-excuse-gops-dark-millions/
"So next time a Republican flack starts carping about Soros, remember that it’s just another phony talking point. Their team likes this tilted playing field just the way it is, which is why their stooges on the Supreme Court and in Congress have created a system that encourages unlimited influence for corporate wealth in an atmosphere of secrecy – and why they will block every Democratic initiative toward disclosure and balance. It’s the only way they can elect an unpopular candidate whose policies repel most Americans."

It's ROMNEY's OWN Voter Fraud!!!!

"... is the likelihood that those tax returns would reveal indisputable evidence that this year's GOP standard-bearer is an actual voter fraud felon himself..."
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9397

Limbaugh Says "When Women Got The Right To Vote Is When It All Went Downhill," Then Claims He's Joking

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/07/03/limbaugh-says-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote/186928

Romney May Be Running for US president, But He Reportedly Has Millions Stashed Abroad

http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/romney-may-be-running-for-u-s-president-but-hes-got-millions-reportedly-stashed-abroad

Dark Money Financing Political Campaign Ads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2XLfuk0TJxI

CPAC's boy wonder swings left

"..a lot of what I said was ideological blather that really wasn’t meaningful. It wasn’t me thinking. It was just me saying things I had heard so long from people I thought were interesting and just came to believe for some reason, without really understanding it. I understood it enough to talk about it but not really enough to have a conversation about it.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78068.html

Romney Invested in Medical-Waste Firm That Disposed of Aborted Fetuses, Government Documents Show

"But documents filed by Bain and Stericycle with the Securities and Exchange Commission—and obtained by Mother Jones—list Romney as an active participant in the investment. And this deal helped Stericycle, a company with a poor safety record, grow, while yielding tens of millions of dollars in profits for Romney and his partners. The documents—one of which was signed by Romney—also contradict the official account of Romney's exit from Bain."
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/romney-bain-abortion-stericycle-sec

(Does that REALLY surprise anyone???)

WATCH: GOP Leader Admits That Voter ID Will Help Romney Win Pennsylvania

As Michael Kinsley famously said, “a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” By Kinsley’s definition, Mike Turzai — the Republican House Majority Leader of Pennsylvania — has made a gaffe of epic proportions.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/gop-leader-mike-turzai-admits-that-voter-id-law-will-help-romney-win-pennsylvania/

5 Reasons America Is Not -- And Has Never Been -- a Christian Nation

http://www.alternet.org/story/155985/5_reasons_america_is_not_--_and_has_never_been_--_a_christian_nation?page=entire

Gov. Scott Walker Has A Billionaire Problem, And Not The Koch Brothers For Once

"In the video, (Diane) Hendricks — a die-hard conservative donor worth $2.8 billion — asks if Walker can turn Wisconsin into a “completely red state”, and “work on these unions”. Walker responds: “Oh yeah,” then adds: “The first step is, we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, use divide and conquer.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/05/11/gov-scott-walker-has-a-billionaire-problem-and-not-the-koch-brothers-for-once/ And:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/in-film-walker-talks-of-divide-and-conquer-strategy-with-unions-8o57h6f-151049555.html?utm_source=TomDispatch&utm_campaign=f11b9122e1-TD_Kroll6_10_2012&utm_medium=email

The Essence of Romney... As Told By Fellow Republi-cons!

Just watch the video: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gop-anti-bain-quotes-used-ad-pro-obama-163615872.html

The Pathology of False Equivalence

"More insidious is the February column by Washington Post analyst Ezra Klein that claimed that “politically motivated” shifts on issues by both parties undercut any ideological meaning of “left” and “right.” By making this sweeping conclusion, Klein ignores the body of evidence that shows distinctly different motivations for the examples he uses. Democrats have consistently shifted position in an effort to compromise with Republicans—being lambasted by their base for doing so—and move legislation forward. Republicans have shifted position to stake out increasingly extreme positions that will drive government out of business. In conflating the two, Klein misinforms readers about the nature of the political dysfunction in our country and makes it that much harder to fix it."
http://www.thenation.com/blog/167978/et-tu-cory-booker-pathology-false-equivalence?rel=emailNation

Bain, Romney and Their Vulture Capitalism

Yes, this is a political ad. But that doesn't mean that the 'meat' of the message is wrong. It isn't:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWiSFwZJXwE

"Swift Boating" Obama

Well, surprise, SURPRISE!!, Karl Rove is at it again; "Swift Boating" Obama. Not caring about TRUTH, not caring about HONESTY, not caring about AMERICA, Rove .... through his puppet Joel Arends ... is attempting to portray Obama's biggest success as his biggest failure:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/swift-boat-obama-bin-laden-video

Ayn Rand or Jesus Christ? Conservatives Can't Have It Both Ways

"Many conservatives swear on a stack of Bibles that they worship Jesus Christ when they really bow down to the philosophy of Ayn Rand." "She preached not only the virtue of selfishness, but that any compassion and generosity was a moral wrong because it helped those who were weakening society. She despised not only the poor but even people with disabilities as leeches draining strength from society. She actually hated the Christianity Ryan and every other Republican is obligated by their base to claim they believe in.."
 http://www.alternet.org/story/155239/ayn_rand_or_jesus_christ_conservatives_can%27t_have_it_both_ways?akid=8725.153143.EzOtNl&rd=1&t=5

Mitt Romney & Robert Bork

Were you around 25 years ago when Robert Bork was REJECTED by BOTH Republicans AND Democrats to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court? (  http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id320.htm )  Well, he's baaaaaaaaaaack!! On the Romney Campaign.
http://www.pfaw.org/media-center/publications/borking-america-20
"Robert Bork defended poll taxes and literacy tests for voters, and he called the Civil Rights Act unsurpassed ugliness. He believes that politicians should be able to outlaw birth control.
He believes that the First Amendment shouldn't apply to literature, art or science.
Bork believes that the Constitution's promise of Equal Protection doesn't apply to women.
He ruled that a corporation is free to tell female employees to be sterilized or be fired."

Mitt Romney’s Secrets

"MITT ROMNEY’S contemptuous attitude toward the importance of public disclosure is increasingly troubling. Whether it involves the details of his personal finances or the identity of his big fundraisers, the presumptive Republican is setting a new, low bar for transparency."
"Candidates such as Mr. McCain, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, among others, voluntarily did the right thing and revealed the identity of these major fundraisers."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/2012/04/22/gIQAhvsdaT_story.html

What Hilary Rosen Meant To Say

Common Sense, really! Anyone who claims to rationally compare Ann Romney's never having "worked a day in her life" with a single mother who MUST work to SURVIVE, or a wife who HAS to work to provide basic survival (or, hopefully, something more) is simply crazy or a political hack.
I will let the matter rest with a REAL working mother who phrased the situation better than I:
http://www2.nationalmemo.com/what-hilary-rosen-meant-to-say/

When Mormons Were Socialists: Why the Mormon Church's Founders Would be Very Disappointed in Mitt Romney

http://www.alternet.org/story/154985/when_mormons_were_socialists%3A_why_the_mormon_church%27s_founders_would_be_very_disappointed_in_mitt_romney?page=entire
"As an outcast faith, early Mormons experimented with communal living and alternative marriages. This original brand of Mormonism was typified by their rugged frontier prophet and polygamist outsider Brigham Young. In 1848, Young famously declared, “There shall be no private ownership of the streams that come out of the canyons, nor the timber that grows on the hills. These belong to the people: all the people.”"

Religious Leaders Slam Ryan For Using Catholic Faith To Justify Cutting Programs That Help The Poor

“It’s the height of hypocrisy for Rep. Ryan to claim that his approach to the budget is shaped by Catholic teaching and values,” said Fr. John Baumann, S.J., founder of PICO National Network. [...] “A central moral measure of any budget proposal is how it affects “the least of these” (Matthew 25). The needs of those who are hungry and homeless, without work or in poverty should come first.”
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/04/12/463211/catholic-leaders-ryan-budget/
"This isn’t the first time religious leaders have criticized the House GOP budget. When Ryan released the budget in March, Bishop Gene Robinson called it an “immoral disaster” that “robs the poor,” and Father Thomas Kelly, a constituent of Ryan’s, said he was “outraged” that Ryan defended the budget “on moral grounds.” "

GRAPH: Big Pharma Gets 77,500% Return On Lobbying Investment

Big Oil: 5,900%
Multi-national corporations: 22,000%
http://www.republicreport.org/2012/77500-return-on-investment-pharma/

U.S. Flunks Corruption Index’s Money In Politics Test — We’re Tied With Tajikistan

http://www.republicreport.org/2012/u-s-flunks-corruption-indexs-money-in-politics-test-were-tied-with-tajikistan/

Politicians Won't Return Ponzi Payoffs

When asked to support that 100% of the Republi-con party are on the take along with 30-70% of the Democrats are as well I .... occassioanlly .... am asked to prove my case.
Well, here is just the latest evidence:
http://www.truth-out.org/politicians-wont-return-ponzi-payoffs/1331400527

Republican Myths That Are Killing Us

The myths that are killing us.  Here are a dirty dozen, right off the top of Alan Grayson's head:

(1) The Government can’t create jobs.  (Tell that to FDR, who created four million jobs in three months.)

(2) Tax cuts reduce the deficit.  (Doesn’t it bother them that a man named “Laffer” came up with this one?)

(3) A fetus is a baby.

(4) The poor have too much money.

(5) Cutting the federal deficit will end the recession.

(6) The rich are incentivized by tax cuts, while the poor are incentivized by lower wages, no benefits, an end to the minimum wage, and unemployment.

(7) An unwanted child is God’s will.

(8) Everyone who wants health insurance has it.

(9) The problem with education is the teachers.

(10) The “free market” satisfies every human need.

(11) There is no discrimination in America anymore.

(12) The distribution of wealth and income are irrelevant.

A Commentary That is Pretty 'Dead On' Regarding This Crop of "Republican" Candidates

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/opinion/granderson-crazy-gop-lineup/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular

Eisenhower is spinning in his grave watching what these stooges, liars and panders are doing to his party and MY country!

Obama and RONALD REAGAN Thought the SAME!!!

Yes, it's true! And we are talking about the 'Millionaire/Billionaire' "Buffett Rule". Here, watch for yourself and NOTE CAREFULLY what the current 'crop' of Republi-cons SAY that Reagan said as opposed to what Reagan ACTUALLY said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cgbJ-Fs1ikA

47% of Congress Members Millionaires — a Status Shared by Only 1% of Americans

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/47-of-congress-members-millionaires-a-status-shared-by-only-1-of-americans/

Ron Paul Associates Say He Edited Racist Newsletters

Well, here's a big surprise!! (Well, not really .....)
http://www.nationalmemo.com/article/ron-paul-associates-say-he-edited-racist-newsletters

A Republi-con lying? NO!!! Really??!~! LOL!

The 10 Most Brazen Lies Offered By the Remaining GOP Presidential Hopefuls

How can anyone with half a brain believe the crap that POURS out of these "people's mouths? It is truly beyond me!!
http://www.alternet.org/story/153911/the_10_most_brazen_lies_offered_by_the_remaining_gop_presidential_hopefuls?akid=8177.153143._UZH1G&rd=1&t=5

5 Things You Should Know About Mitt Romney's Taxes

If this is what we know already, voters deserve to see the rest.
Add your name to call on Mitt to come clean and release his tax returns.

1. Mitt's got millions invested in the Cayman Islands
   "Although it is not apparent on his financial disclosure form, Mitt Romney has millions of dollars of his personal wealth in investment funds set up in the Cayman Islands, a notorious Caribbean tax haven." – ABC News
2. Mitt pays a tax rate lower than most middle-class Americans
   Even though Mitt's worth as much as $250 million, "Republican candidate Mitt Romney believes his effective tax rate—the share of his income he pays in federal taxes—is around 15%, or, as he put it, "probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything..." – Christian Science Monitor
3. Under Mitt's own tax plan, he'd pay half of what he'd pay otherwise
   "Under his plan, Romney in 2013 would see his taxes cut by nearly half of what they would be if you use current law as a baseline." – Washington Post
4. Mitt jokes he's "unemployed," but he's still making millions a year off investments
   "In what would be the final deal of his private equity career, he negotiated a retirement agreement with his former partners that has paid him a share of Bain's profits ever since, bringing the Romney family millions of dollars in income each year and bolstering the fortune that has helped finance Mr. Romney's political aspirations." – New York Times
5. Mitt made over $300,000 in speaking fees last year—but called it "not that much"
   "He also said he had earned 'a little bit of income' from his book, which he donated to charity, and 'speakers' fees from time to time, but not very much.' Romney earned almost $375,000 in speaking fees from Feb. 26, 2010, to Feb. 20, 2011, according to his personal financial disclosure." – Bloomberg

When Romney Ran Bain Capital, His Word Was Not His Bond

(Full 27 minute video http://www.kingofbain.com/ )

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-romney-ran-bain-capital-his-word-was-not-his-bond/2012/01/12/gIQACvQxwP_story.html
"Yet, there is another version of the Bain way that I experienced personally during my 17 years as a deal-adviser on Wall Street: Seemingly alone among private-equity firms, Romney’s Bain Capital was a master at bait-and-switching Wall Street bankers to get its hands on the companies that provided the raw material for its financial alchemy. Other private-equity firms I worked with extensively over the years — Forstmann Little, KKR, TPG and the Carlyle Group, among them — never dared attempt the audacious strategy that Bain partners employed with great alacrity and little shame. Call it the real Bain way."

Romney.........A Corporate Raider and Liar

" Mitt Romney will undoubtedly emerge the winner from New Hampshire. He’s also likely to emerge as a job-killing corporate raider. Republicans are portraying Mitt Romney as a soulless, greedy capitalist. That’s right—Republicans are portraying Mitt Romney as a Republican... to convince Republicans that he’s not right for the Republican Party. Not that any of them would have done anything differently from the way Mitt did it. Mitt just had the opportunity to do it better. And they can’t even complain that Mitt had an unfair advantage. The reason Mitt had the opportunity to do it better was because he was born into wealth and privilege... and that is also pure Republican! I just love seeing Republicans debating business ethics. Up until now, the only debate among Republicans about business ethics was about the best way to eliminate them. "

"Mitt likes to say that he created a net of 100,000 in his work in the private sector. He must be counting all the illegal immigrant landscapers that he hired using the money he made from laying off American workers. Mitt’s claims about creating 100,000 jobs are “unproven,” which is another term for “ made up out of thin air.” Hey Mitt, why don’t you claim credit for something you really did, Mitt... like Romneycare? "...........Thank you Randi Rhodes!!