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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney may need an Etch A Sketch for this testimony
Mitt Romney may need an Etch A Sketch for this testimony
by Jed Lewison
David Corn breaks another important Mitt Romney story, reporting that Romney himself testified in 2002 that he was actively engaged in his work at Bain Capital for at least several months after February 11, 1999, the date he now claims was the end of his career at Bain. Romney's testimony came during a state election commission hearing to determine his eligibility for governor:
Two things about this:
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/16/1110482/-Mitt-Romney-may-need-an-Etch-A-Sketch-for-this-testimony
by Jed Lewison
David Corn breaks another important Mitt Romney story, reporting that Romney himself testified in 2002 that he was actively engaged in his work at Bain Capital for at least several months after February 11, 1999, the date he now claims was the end of his career at Bain. Romney's testimony came during a state election commission hearing to determine his eligibility for governor:
Romney said that after he departed Bain in February 1999 he went through a transition period regarding his work in Boston.
When a lawyer challenging his eligibility asked Romney, "Did you remain more or less continuously in Salt Lake City from February '99 to the end of the year," Romney answered:
Trying to clarify this, the lawyer, after referring to this "transition," asked, "So from February through the end of the year you were pretty much full-time out in Utah, right?"
Romney replied: "Well again, the beginning of the year was a good deal of time back and forth, but towards the last half of the year it was pretty much exclusively in Utah."
When a lawyer challenging his eligibility asked Romney, "Did you remain more or less continuously in Salt Lake City from February '99 to the end of the year," Romney answered:
Actually, there was some transition away from my work in Boston for the first few months and then I pretty much stayed there after.
Trying to clarify this, the lawyer, after referring to this "transition," asked, "So from February through the end of the year you were pretty much full-time out in Utah, right?"
Romney replied: "Well again, the beginning of the year was a good deal of time back and forth, but towards the last half of the year it was pretty much exclusively in Utah."
Two things about this:
- This is a clear statement from Mitt Romney himself that he continued to play an active role in Bain Capital's day-to-day affairs after the point at which he now says he had nothing to do with the company. Like the July, 1999 press release quoting Romney as Bain's "part-time" CEO and his statement to the Boston Herald that he would remain involved in the company's affairs, this can't be spun as a legal technicality.
- The fact that Romney says he was "pretty much exclusively in Utah" towards the end of 1999 does not support his claim that he had nothing to do with Bain. It is merely a reminder that he ran the winter Olympics, which we already knew.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/16/1110482/-Mitt-Romney-may-need-an-Etch-A-Sketch-for-this-testimony
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Mitt Romney may need an Etch A Sketch for this testimony (Original Post)
ProSense
Jul 2012
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pnwmom
(108,980 posts)1. Romney, in 2002, said he could check his day to day calendars if he needed to.
He should release them, too.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)2. Smarmney is a slippery fucker
Has this guy ever given a solid, unequivocal answer to any question in his entire life?