Mitt and Rick’s Secret Donor Deal (cross posted from LBN)

[librechik]

It might be hard to imagine after last week’s GOP presidential slugfest, but there was a time not too long ago when a group headed by Mitt Romney quietly—and a judge says illegally—helped Rick Perry’s political career in Texas and set the stage for his new nemesis to rise on the national stage.

Known mostly by Texas political insiders, the allegations gleaned from court files have mostly escaped national attention as Romney and Perry quickly transform the 2012 GOP presidential nomination into an intense two-man race that has left other contenders like Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman in the rearview mirror.

And what hasn’t emerged before are court files reviewed by The Daily Beast stating that Romney was personally aware of the origins of the $1 million donation from a Texas homebuilder at the heart of the controversy, and that he discussed it with Perry’s campaign aides.

In the fall of 2006, Perry was engaged in an unexpectedly tight reelection race for Texas governor. Romney, a fellow governor from Massachusetts, was running the Republican Governors Association, helping GOP incumbents try to keep their jobs in a tough election swayed by discontent over Iraq, Bush fatigue, and economic uncertainty in an unstable mortgage market.



http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/20/romney-group-broke-law-helping-perry-with-2006-donation-court-rules.html


Looks like a trainwreck!

[Kennah]

1. Survivor: The Presidential Island!

Team GOOP members Mittens the Bad Hair Cat, and Dick the Crotch, have formed a pact.

Mittens: Well, Dick's people suggested it, and I just rolled over to let him rub my belly. After all, I am a cat. Of course, when he goes in for a belly rub, he's going to get teeth, claws, and all I've got. Meow.

Crotch: I do love that thar little Mittens. Couldn't ask for a better partner, I mean pardner. There's absolutely nuttin' goin' a'tween us and Marcus Bachmann. I mean that thar time, at the restaurant, in the exclusive room. All made up. But, when the time does a'come, I will kill Mittens. It's my thing. It's what I do. I jes got the killin' in me.

Team Donkey, led by Team Captain Obama, doesn't see the prospect of other Team Donkey members getting back onto Presidential Island. It's all down to Captain Obama pitted against whoever prevails on Team GOOP. Captain Obama tweeted to anxious fans, "Y'all chill the fuck out. I got this handled."