Romney Camp Responds To ThinkProgress Report Linking Him To Massive Ponzi Scheme

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/11/01/358670/romney-ponzi-respond/

In an e-mail to National Journal’s Chris Frates, the Romney campaign attacks ThinkProgress as “a left-wing blog with a highly partisan agenda.” Despite calling our story “false material,” the Romney spokesperson did not directly dispute any of our assertions. The Romney campaign has not explained why, for instance, Tagg Romney told us that his Solamere Advisors partners were “cleared” of wrongdoing in connection to the Stanford Financial Group Ponzi scheme. We stand by our reporting.
Read our story here, and check out this infographic which explains the story:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/01/316040/romney-solamere-ponzi/




Romney Denies Ties to Alleged Ponzi Scheme Outlined in Progressive Blog
http://influencealley.nationaljournal.com/2011/11/romney-denies-ties-to-alleged.php

[Scuba]

1. Attack the source is Republican knee-jerk reaction #1. n/t

[Enrique]

2. his son's name is Tagg?

Mitt? Tagg? Are they from Alaska?

[gratuitous]

3. Dear Major Media: Please notice two (2) things

(A) This is a non-denial denial. There is no naming of a factual error in the ThinkProgress report; and

(2) This statement doesn't come from Mitt Romney himself, but from a spokesman.

I would ask you to keep these two things in mind as you ponder your coverage or non-coverage of this issue, and compare and contrast it with your actual coverage of other political scandals of the recent and not-so-recent past, e.g., the Obama birth certificate nontroversy or the Clinton/Lewinsky affair.

We just want you to be all fair and balanced and stuff.

[nc4bo]

4. Romney: "I did not have financial relations with that company".

Sorry bad joke.

All of this is gonna be real interesting :popcorn:

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