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DHelix

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13. Can anyone pass the Sensata story onto Huff Post? They took the 47% vid to the next level.
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 07:48 PM
Oct 2012

Once Huffington Post broke the 47% video the other news outlets started to follow given the reaction. Mind you, the 47% story was jucier with better footage and a headline that demanded attention since it was a "secret recording" but there is legitimate red meat here for people to chew on if Huffington Post (and other outlets) focus on the following 5 facts which make this story unique from past Bain stories.

1) Romney is a 51% owner of Sensata. Mainstream media has tired of Bain stories because the counter argument is often than Romney doesn't work there any more and they think the average person won't care anymore about Bain either but this is current and this particular company Romney does have a majority share in.

2) Mitt Romney is a majority shareholder in a company that recently asked American workers to train their Chinese workers and removed American flags during training. Mitt Romney is simultaneously talking about being a job creator and about being tough on China.

3) These people are being laid off the day before election day.

4) The workers are non-union so it's not like union negotiations caused this at all.

5) The workers have declared the area Bainport and there are some great photos that would make for good news imagry.

When writing Huffington Post about this story be sure to touch on those 5 facts. There's a current story that deserves to go national here when all 5 facts are taken into consideration.

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Sensata is trending! [View all] theglammistress Oct 2012 OP
Very good information there, some dispute on the Chinese flag, but needs to go VIRAL. freshwest Oct 2012 #1
Good work guys! Team effort :) Indep2992 Oct 2012 #2
Added picture to my sigline for visibility. N/T Amonester Oct 2012 #8
Democracy Now! with femrap Oct 2012 #14
K & R! lonestarnot Oct 2012 #3
K&R! Cha Oct 2012 #4
We need to keep spreading the word! DesertRat Oct 2012 #5
This IS the Dems' October Suprise: PUSH THIS STORY! OneAngryDemocrat Oct 2012 #9
Push 'em back. Push 'em back. femrap Oct 2012 #16
Chris Hayes just tweeted... theglammistress Oct 2012 #6
Good for Chris Hayes but his audience is very low julian09 Oct 2012 #7
It ain't that low. Every story leads to another. Keep it going. nolabear Oct 2012 #10
From one of the tweets: Contrary1 Oct 2012 #11
Can anyone pass the Sensata story onto Huff Post? They took the 47% vid to the next level. DHelix Oct 2012 #13
some Tweets riverwalker Oct 2012 #12
... CatWoman Oct 2012 #15
James P Morrison from 24! Indep2992 Oct 2012 #17
This needs to be brought up at the next debate, no more mister nice guy. sarcasmo Oct 2012 #18
Hilarious tweet Indep2992 Oct 2012 #19
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Oct 2012 #20
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