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In reply to the discussion: Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money From Families Tied To Death Squads [View all]3feetofsnow
(56 posts)12. Anything
People with great wealth are always tied to something sinister. Or most of them anyway.
These people would cut off their left hand if it meant an easy money haul.
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Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money From Families Tied To Death Squads [View all]
kpete
Aug 2012
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So, Ma'am, He Started Out Laundering Drug Money, And From that Moral Height Has Only Descended....
The Magistrate
Aug 2012
#2
Sigh. I guess Willard is the current Moral Ideal for today's degenerate Republican Party (Cabal)
Berlum
Aug 2012
#40
And don't forget the RW-evangelical hypocrites . They overlook their disdain for Mormons in favor
nanabugg
Aug 2012
#47
This perfectly explains the Koch brothers. Those 2 old farts do not need more money!
Dustlawyer
Aug 2012
#46
Sounds like a GHWBush operation, which would mean Rev Moon in the background, as well.
blm
Aug 2012
#5
I think with Portman's ties to Dictators, as a lobbyist, they'd be a perfect pair.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#73
It must have been nicely laundered so all the blood stains had been washed off.
Kablooie
Aug 2012
#19
I'd like to see the press cover this over & over!! Too much supression of the facts!!
hue
Aug 2012
#22
Surprised? Not I. Look at Iraq. Money from blood & death is okay with Republicans. Who's next?
patrice
Aug 2012
#25
OMG. This revelation proves the worst of Rmoney's abslolute total lack of principle whatsoever.
northoftheborder
Aug 2012
#29
If I hear one more Democrat or liberal pundit claim that "Romney is a good man..."
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2012
#30
Perhaps not breaking, but breaking to the surface. And the more people who see this, the better.NT
MADem
Aug 2012
#72
So Mitt and company set up a "shell corporation" to hide where Bain capital was getting its $ from?
Botany
Aug 2012
#57
Certainyl, Sir: Tax Evasion is One Of the Services Bain Provides Its Investors
The Magistrate
Aug 2012
#59
"The never told me their drugs were illegal." "Just because you sell drugs, it doesn't necessarily m
lindysalsagal
Aug 2012
#58
No, no - you have it all wrong. The funds weren't from families tied to death squads...
smirkymonkey
Aug 2012
#65
I'm stunned that this story has not been mentioned on MSNBC yet, maybe Rachael will talk about it.
northoftheborder
Aug 2012
#67
Families of Bain Capital's original investors had ties with El Salvador's infamous death squads
Judi Lynn
Aug 2012
#70
No one should ever forget the horrific level of sadistic violence the El Salvador death squads
Judi Lynn
Aug 2012
#71
So the "religious" zealots support a man who's money came from generals who rape and murder nuns
villager
Aug 2012
#74
Shout out to Thom Hartmann who first reported on this story to weeks ago on his radio show.
avaistheone1
Aug 2012
#75