Breaking: Mitt Romney (R) Under Federal Investigation

[kpete]

Breaking: Mitt Romney (R) Under Federal Investigation

Federal officials are probing scathing allegations that the Romney administration falsely claimed to conduct safety inspections in the Big Dig tunnel that collapsed and killed a woman in July.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is zeroing in on state financial documents from 2005 - cited in a new report by state Inspector General Gregory Sullivan - indicating that Gov. Mitt Romney was reviewing the safety of the Big Dig, when in fact the administration was only checking leaks in the Interstate 93 tunnel.

"Despite repeated assurances to bondholders, (MassHighway and Romney's Executive Office of Transportation) . . . did not inspect the I-90 connector tunnel section where the July 10, 2006, collapse occurred," Sullivan's report states. "It is clear that casual disregard for the truth was grossly inappropriate."

more at:
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=162187

[IndyOp]

1. Is it Christmas, already?

:wow:

[Tellurian]

7. Uhm..The State of MASS hilarity?

:rofl:

[wicket]

40. That's what I want to know!

:popcorn:

[Pachamama]

46. 1st Macaca had to kiss his Presidential Run goodbye & now Mitt...

:cry: Boo hoo.....

Yep, its Christmas already....

[Proud2BAmurkin]

2. holy shit. BYE "MITT"

:rofl:

[Fridays Child]

3. Romney, Weldon, Kolbe, Foley...

Who am I missing here?

[Critters2]

9. Bob Ney

George Ryan (former governor of Illinois)

[IndyOp]

17. Duke Cunningham and some hints his replacement - Brian Bilbray, too! (n/t)

[Califooyah Operative]

23. There has to be at least a dozen or two Republicans under investigation...

not to mention those who've already been convicted or indicted. The Republicans have systematic problem on their hands and they don't have any control over it anymore.

[nam78_two]

32. Delay!/nt

[Fridays Child]

35. How could I have forgotten!

x(

[nam78_two]

39. So many criminals, so little time

;)!

[buddysmellgood]

37. That should be put to music.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Another one!

Another one bites the dust.
Another one bites the dust.
And another one gone, and another one gone,
Another one bites the dust.
Hey, I'm gonna get you too.
Another one bites the dust.

[Greeby]

5. I would laugh at these pukes except that someone died nt

[Critters2]

6. Wow. This is serous shit

Makes my governor's corruption look, well, hardly worth noticing in comparison.

[Frazzled Educator]

11. Ehh. . .here in Arizona, we're used to Governor fuck ups

Mecham, Moffart, Symington, Hull. . .the list goes on and on!

[Critters2]

16. Yeah, here, too

Otto Kerner, Dan Walker, George Ryan, and now a Dem whose hands don't look too clean--which is deeply disappointing. But when your best fundraiser just can't get home from the Middle East for an arraignment on bribery charges, that looks kind of bad.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

49. Oh, curses, you got me again!

You've got to stop using that picture. Every time I click it, I die with disappointment that nothing happens!

:argh:

[Rex]

8. OH MAN. If only the could get sob Romney.

So when they say federal, they mean the FBI right? Man I hope so.

[Critters2]

10. Or US Attorney

If the FBI finds wrongdoing, it would be the US Attorney who would prosecute.

[Rex]

14. I just want to read - FBI investigates Mitt.

It would make me feel all warm and fuzzy. :)

[Andrea]

44. No, it's the SEC

Says so in the second paragraph of the article. The SEC is kind of slow with their investigations. They are the ones investigating Frist. As far as I know it, that is still dragging on. Still, every scandal helps and this is a horrible one - one death, $15B lost, immeasurable inconvenience and aggravation for the entire city of Boston.

[civildisoBDence]

54. I think we're seeing the career employees of several agencies...

...starting to turn in a big way on the Bush misadministration. They've had enough and are setting the wheels in motion.

Does the (R) now stand for "Retired"?

Newsprism

[Rex]

55. It took 6 years, but I guess they finally woke up to the wholesale

criminal activity of the BFEE. Good to see so many government employees taking their job seriously. Unlike the people in charge. Bunch of worthless bastards.

[Horse with no Name]

12. Let's see now

Three of the potential 2008 candidates were Bill Frist, George Allen and Mitt Romney.

Talk about a Tri-fecta.
:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

19. I hope more decide to run so they can get mowed down as well!

:rofl:

[rurallib]

13. the irony is that Mitt may get an opportunity to experience a

brand of love he has condemned in a potential prison situation.
Horrible that somebody died.
Why, when a republican is accused of something (especially corruption) I immediately conclude there is guilt and that no amount of money will be spent to get him (usually him) off.

[magellan]

15. America's Bonfire Night - November 7th

One by one they're going down in the flames of their own duplicity and deceipt, and what a beautiful conflagration it is! We may just need to adopt Britain's "Bonfire Night" and shift it from Nov 5th to Nov 7th.

[Critters2]

18. How the fuck does Massachusetts have a GOP governor anyway?

I lived there for 4 years, and would never have predicted a Mormon Repug as governor. I've never understood it.

[rox63]

28. He sold himself to voters as a 'moderate' rethug, which was a total lie

Once he was safely sworn in as governor, he ripped off his mask, and was revealed as the evil neo-con he really is.

I never bought his 'moderate' act for a second. But enough voters to elect him did believe it. Most people here despise him now.

[MADem]

33. Neither did I--that bullshit ad he did in front of the Cape Cod church

was flat out disgusting. He thinks like the farest of the far righters and he looks like Skeletor.

Evil man.

[kestrel91316]

51. Those folks in MA got the wool pulled over their eyes. They don't

have enough experience with "good Mormons". Being moderate is completely incompatible with being a "good Mormon" politician. They are religious fascists of the most extreme sort. Total theocrats, and liars to boot. NEVER think otherwise. NEVER let them fool you.

And NO, Harry Reid isn't one of them. He's a "jack Mormon". Like a "Christmas Christian", lol.

[SoCalDem]

38. Look at how many republican governors CA has had ..

Wilson, Deukmajian, Reagan, Ahhnold..

I don't understand it either..:(

[cadmium]

45. We are working hard to get them out this year

Mass had developed a pretty dysfunctional state government after some years of one party rule. Weld was an OK repub governor in the beginning. In the end the Republican governors turned out to be no real check on the legislature at all. The legislature has gotten a lot better on its own now that some of the old time polls have left. Romney is totally useless - except for self promotion. He is close with Andy Card --Bush's long-time chief of staff.

I hope this controversy really does hurt his chances, but I think it will take more than this. He has one of the best Teflon - coatings I have seen since Reagan. When the Republicans like Tony Snow, George Allen, and Trent Lott were doing there little racial digs this summer Romney made a "tar-baby" comment about the big dig and it was barely noticed at all.

In Mass, like everywhere else, 90% of the AM talk shows are right-wing. They say 30% of people get their news from radio, so Republicans get a lot of free propaganda.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

52. Because Mass is not as "liberal" as you think

Rethugs have run the corner office since Dukakis left.

[nam78_two]

20. !

Free fall :wow:



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Pity about the lady that died....

[mod mom]

21. GOP-one big umbrella for corruption!

[UTUSN]

22. Macaca, drip. ROMNEY, drip. Who next? Drip, drip, drip. n/t

[Swede]

24. That'd be Mitt Romney (D) on Faux.

I'm only half joking.

[enigmatic]

25. Wow

The hits really do keep on coming these days, don't they? There goes Romney's Presdidental hopes...

[DeepModem Mom]

26. MAMMA MIA!

[seabeyond]

27. i cant keep track of all the repug criminals. i NEED a scorecard

geezus

[KittyWampus]

30. is there a scorecard? big, fat wet kiss to any DU'er who's gots one

:loveya:

[nam78_two]

34. Scorecard (Not up to date though)

There ya go....

Sorry its Wayne Madsen but the card itself is legit.
Its one of the best ones even if it is Madsen :shrug: :

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/gopscorecard.htm

The Foley stuff and other recent stuff is not on there....

[Sperk]

29. Awwwwe, guess Jebby's gonna hafta find a new VP.

n/t

[Ninja Jordan]

31. Looking more and more like Gore should run in '08...

the field is narrowing....the time is now

[Andrea]

43. Yes it does

I pray he will!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

36. I was on a plane a few weeks ago, and sitting next to me...

was a guy looking at a file on his computer called "Big Dig." Okay, I peeked, those seats are cramped. :)

He was reading some kind of safety policy document, presumably about the Big Dig project, and as he read through it, he started saying under his breath, "Oh no," "Oh my God!" and "Oh, shiiiiiitt....".

He seemed to just be stunned by what he was reading, and he closed the file and opened some nice photos of landscapes and flowers, which seemed to relax him.

I couldn't figure out if he was a lawyer or a safety inspector. Or maybe he works in Romney's office and was worried about his boss.

As someone else said, it would funny except that someone died.

[Cooley Hurd]

41. Hmmm... does the Bush WH NOT want Mitt to run in '08?

:shrug:

[The Wielding Truth]

42. Another member of the Republican Mafia!

[peekaloo]

47. Lots of Republican probing these days.

:rofl:

suck on it Mittens.

[windbreeze]

48. hmmmmm....Mitt Romney..

Governor of the state that State Street Bank is based in....Boston, right?...Is this the start of what IdesofOctober indicated was going to take place in posts made last week?...someone on this thread mentions that Mitt is a close friend of Andy Card....perhaps the ball has started rolling downhill already...let's hope it gains speed, and catches all these sob's as it rolls...
windbreeze

[AlamoDemoc]

50. Hallalujah!!!!

[helderheid]

53. hoooo boy