Cory Booker slams Obama campaign ad attacking Romney’s Bain Capital record. Sorry Cory, I disagree.

[bluesbassman]

"I have to just say from a very personal level, I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity," Booker, a Democrat, said in an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday. "To me, it's just we're getting to a ridiculous point in America. Especially that I know I live in a state where pension funds, unions and other people invest in companies like Bain Capital. If you look at the totality of Bain Capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses."

~snip~

"This kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides," Booker continued. "It's nauseating to the American public. Enough is enough. Stop attacking private equity. Stop attacking Jeremiah Wright. This stuff has got to stop, because what it does is it undermines, to me, what this country should be focused on. It's a distraction from the real issues."

~snip~

"If Cory Booker went on 'Meet the Press' on Sunday with the intent of helping President Obama," Steve Kornacki wrote on Salon.com, "then his appearance was an utter failure."

But as Salon and others pointed out, Booker was likely looking to further his own political ambitions--say, in 2016, when the Democratic party will be looking for its next presidential nominee.



http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/cory-booker-slams-obama-ad-attacking-romney-bain-200058987.html

I have a lot of respect for Mayor Booker and what he's done in New Jersey, but he's dead wrong here. First of all nobody is attacking "private equity". Private equity does serve a very useful purpose in business, when it's run by ethical and moral people. What's being attacked, and rightly so, is the record of Bain Capital and Mitt Romney. Bain may have had a few instances where their involvement coincided with a company that prospered and kept people working, but the bulk of their business was and is Vulture Capitalism. They gutted and bankrupted far more companies than they "saved", putting thousands out of work. Second, we all would like to see civility in politics, but if Mayor Booker thinks now is the time to put on kid gloves and play nice with the Koch, et al. funded GOP, then he's not as bright as I assumed. Lastly, I included the bit from Salon as this is the more troubling. If this really is the case, and Mayor Booker is playing political games, then he's pretty nauseating himself.

[CreekDog]

1. he's planning a run for gov of NJ...he needs some NY financier votes

lots of them live in NJ.

smart politics, though i disagree with it.

the way Bain made money was a lot different than simply investing in stock for the longer haul and many unions and pension funds do.

[coalition_unwilling]

2. Lackey for the 1% - n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Booker showed his true colors...it's a shame. He seemed to have potential.

Good luck with your political future, Mayor Booker. Your hope of ever becoming anything outside NJ took a big hit with this.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Total ineptitude on his part comparing examining Romney's record with the Rev. Wright attacks

He wins the false equivalency award. Or maybe he was just sucking up to his friends on Wall St....

At any rate, assholery on an epic scale.

[kentuck]

5. For some reason, he reminds me of Joe Lieberman...

Always the one in the middle with all the right answers.

[still_one]

7. Yours is the best assessment I have seen. booker is a jerk doing what he is doing. Already the

President's adversaries are using bookers comments against him

Where has this idiot been for the last 4 years, is he blind? everything the President tried to do was blocked at every turn by the republicans

Just as wished I had never heard of lieberman, I wish the same for booker

[boomerbust]

6. Cory Booker =

Harold Ford Jr.

[vaberella]

10. Yup. Just not as crazy religious. n/t

[mainer]

8. What a shame. I thought he had presidential potential

I had my eye on him, but this is really a taint on his record.

[bluesbassman]

9. Here's the latest: Booker Walks Back Obama Criticism

Via Twitter:

"So I'll clarify my comments on MTP ["Meet the Press"]. Yes, Obama must be re-elected. But we as a Nation owe it to him & ourselves 2 reject politics as usual," he wrote.

But apparently Booker - or Obama campaign aides - felt that he didn't go far enough.

Later Sunday evening, Booker and the campaign circulated a brief impromptu web video of Booker further clarifying his comment directly to camera from behind an office desk.

"Mitt Romney has made his business record a centerpiece of his campaign. He's talked about himself as a job creator and therefore it is reasonable, and I encourage it, for the Obama campaign to examine that record and to discuss it," Booker says, clearly backpedaling from his earlier comments.

http://news.yahoo.com/cory-booker-walks-back-criticism-obama-campaign-bain-105420351--abc-news-politics.html

Hmmm. Somebody got a phone call.