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Bandit

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9. Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Tue May 22, 2012, 10:54 AM

May 2012

Of course there is a place for private equity firms such as Bain Capital. That is not what was being discussed.. Romney is running on his experience at Bain as the one and only reason why he should replace Obama as President.. It is only logical to check and see if what he did there actually is a qualifier or a detriment.. However the argument concerning Booker is not whether Bain is bad but whether Democrats and Republicans are equally culpable for extremely negative and off message ads.. Democrats believe it is a completely one-sided activity and unless you can come up with any ad run by Obama that falls into that category I tend to agree.

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KRUGMAN zaps Norquist, Cory Booker and the Heartland Institute [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

Professor Krugman consistently gets more things more right hifiguy May 2012 #1

I feel priveliged to be able to read his blog. cthulu2016 May 2012 #2

right again -- k/r fishwax May 2012 #3

Krugman, Kristof and Blow are heros Iwillnevergiveup May 2012 #4

yup cthulu2016 May 2012 #24

Krugman is spot on. I am so sick of this false equivalence crap. SunSeeker May 2012 #5

Krugman is right? JayhawkSD May 2012 #6

This is a false comparison. eggplant May 2012 #8

Bain was a vulture vampire capitalist corporation, not venture capital at all. xtraxritical May 2012 #14

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Bandit May 2012 #9

Show me how many of those venture capital firms did NOT provide startup funds... JHB May 2012 #11

How are they "exactly like Bain Capital"? gratuitous May 2012 #12

He is not commenting on the merits of venture capital cthulu2016 May 2012 #13

The continuing non-response is illuminating, no? gratuitous May 2012 #16

Bain had two shops Cosmocat May 2012 #19

Jay you will see if you open your eyes and mind bonniebgood May 2012 #22

I believe wall-street and most corporations.... unkachuck May 2012 #23

Not the same thing at all. cui bono May 2012 #26

LOL the billboard makes it look like Kaczynzski is the Heartland spokesman! qb May 2012 #7

Wait... caveat_imperator May 2012 #15

That is exactly what I thought when I saw it AtheistCrusader May 2012 #25

K&R n/t myrna minx May 2012 #10

I hope he's right about Booker! Bake May 2012 #17

I'll be sad if Cory Booker turns out to be what Norquist is saying. I really like that guy. DesertDiamond May 2012 #18

Now if Obama could put some more daylight between himself and Wall Street... yurbud May 2012 #20

Thanks so much, excellent piece. freshwest May 2012 #21