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Mitt Romney: Abortion Profiteer
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 2:32 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote:Earlier this year, Mitt Romney nearly landed in a politically perilous controversy when the Huffington Post reported that in 1999 the GOP presidential candidate had been part of an investment group that invested $75 million in Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal firm that has been attacked by anti-abortion groups for disposing aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics. Coming during the heat of the GOP primaries, as Romney tried to sell South Carolina Republicans on his pro-life bona fides, the revelation had the potential to damage the candidate's reputation among values voters already suspicious of his shifting position on abortion. But Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney founded, tamped down the controversy. The company said Romney left the firm in February 1999 to run the troubled 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and likely had nothing to with the deal. The matter never became a campaign issue. 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.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 2:42 AM
WHOZIT
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 3:18 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko:....an investment group that invested $75 million in Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal firm that has been attacked by anti-abortion groups for disposing aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 5:36 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 6:18 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko:....an investment group that invested $75 million in Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal firm that has been attacked by anti-abortion groups for disposing aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics. The real crime is that anything was "disposed" of.... That's the sound of a sextillion stem cells dying off...... I wonder how many dentists would be put out of business if I could get some of that dead-baby matter injected into my gums? Seriously.... My teeth are straight as an arrow after the braces, but gums seem to be lacking in the "regeneration" department. My mom's family suffers from both gum and oral bone degenerative diseases. At least my mom had awesome insurance. I'll be eating baby food by the time I'm 50.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 6:52 AM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 8:44 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Thursday, July 5, 2012 10:39 AM
BYTEMITE
Quote:The company said Romney left the firm in February 1999 to run the troubled 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and likely had nothing to with the deal.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 10:45 AM
Quote:I love the way you libs think, lets recycle aborted fetuses. BRILLIANT!
Thursday, July 5, 2012 2:44 PM
RIONAEIRE
Beir bua agus beannacht
Friday, July 6, 2012 6:07 AM
Quote:Originally posted by whozit: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko:....an investment group that invested $75 million in Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal firm that has been attacked by anti-abortion groups for disposing aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics. The real crime is that anything was "disposed" of.... That's the sound of a sextillion stem cells dying off...... I wonder how many dentists would be put out of business if I could get some of that dead-baby matter injected into my gums? Seriously.... My teeth are straight as an arrow after the braces, but gums seem to be lacking in the "regeneration" department. My mom's family suffers from both gum and oral bone degenerative diseases. At least my mom had awesome insurance. I'll be eating baby food by the time I'm 50. ] I love the way you libs think, lets recycle aborted fetuses. BRILLIANT! Awwwwww.... shucks! See Kwick and Niki????? Any way I look at it I lose..... Now I'm a "lib". That makes us Eskimo Siblings..... Don't hate me because I sit on the fence and defecate on both sides of it.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko:....an investment group that invested $75 million in Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal firm that has been attacked by anti-abortion groups for disposing aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics. The real crime is that anything was "disposed" of.... That's the sound of a sextillion stem cells dying off...... I wonder how many dentists would be put out of business if I could get some of that dead-baby matter injected into my gums? Seriously.... My teeth are straight as an arrow after the braces, but gums seem to be lacking in the "regeneration" department. My mom's family suffers from both gum and oral bone degenerative diseases. At least my mom had awesome insurance. I'll be eating baby food by the time I'm 50. ] I love the way you libs think, lets recycle aborted fetuses. BRILLIANT!
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