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« on: August 09, 2012, 08:12:36 PM »
« edited: August 09, 2012, 11:09:13 PM by Mr. Morden »

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Why attack Bain when Bain is turning out to be a net negative for Romney on its own?

The whole field of PE is secretive, by design, but that just makes it a terrible thing to run on for public office, because all of this stuff will inevitably be aired.
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2012, 09:25:14 PM »

Republicans were/are largely supportive of the death squads though. This should help him with the teabagger base.
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2012, 09:49:45 PM »
« Edited: August 09, 2012, 09:52:15 PM by Politico »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2012, 10:15:06 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2012, 10:19:03 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2012, 11:09:51 PM »

I truncated the OP for copyright reasons.  Please just quote a few paragraphs and provide a link to the rest.
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2012, 11:17:45 PM »

Eh, I'm not sure about this line of attack. How close was Romney actually to these guys, and how close were these guys to the death squads? It seems like a much more solid connection would have to be established for this to stick. Besides, the point is kind of moot as the US government, including Carter and Reagan, were actively supporting the Salvadoran government at the time. This would have to have been worse than anything the Salvadoran military did, which is doubtful. At the end of the day, Obama orders drone strikes, and Romney won't make it an issue because Romney would, too. When it comes to foreign policy, Americans seem relatively apathetic about brown people being killed.
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2012, 11:30:56 PM »

Eh, I'm not sure about this line of attack. How close was Romney actually to these guys, and how close were these guys to the death squads? It seems like a much more solid connection would have to be established for this to stick. Besides, the point is kind of moot as the US government, including Carter and Reagan, were actively supporting the Salvadoran government at the time. This would have to have been worse than anything the Salvadoran military did, which is doubtful. At the end of the day, Obama orders drone strikes, and Romney won't make it an issue because Romney would, too. When it comes to foreign policy, Americans seem relatively apathetic about brown people being killed.

Carter was not very supportive of the Salvadoran government... in fact he was pressuring them to negotiate a peace accord and allow free elections (Carter's own ambassador to El Salvador was fired within months of Reagan assuming office). When it comes to the death squads I would say that they were on par with the Salvadoran military when it comes to atrocities, especially when it came to torture/mutilation/disappearances.

Anyways I saw this headline a few weeks ago and it only got my blood boiling for the following reason: Romney used his connections with Central American oligarchs as his way to identify with Latinos in the US, millions of whom fled their countries escaping the violence/repression of said oligarchs. Really speaks to a lack of business ethics (or ethics in general).

Here's another article on the same thing:
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/20/the_roots_of_bain_capital_in_el_salvador/
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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2012, 09:34:21 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 
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« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 09:35:46 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 

What evidence do you have for this?
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2012, 09:47:22 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 
And Reagan's Alzeimers obviously impaired his mental capacity to cut the deficit. How's that feel?
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2012, 07:52:35 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 
And Reagan's Alzeimers obviously impaired his mental capacity to cut the deficit. How's that feel?

Who cares?  I'm concerned with what's happening now, not a generation a go. 
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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2012, 07:58:36 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 
And Reagan's Alzeimers obviously impaired his mental capacity to cut the deficit. How's that feel?

Who cares?  I'm concerned with what's happening now, not a generation a go. 
You just said you cared about Obama's cocaine use. He stopped using coke before Reagan got Alzeimer's. So obviously you do care what happened a generation ago.
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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2012, 09:36:33 PM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 

What evidence do you have for this?

The economy.  Wink
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« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2012, 05:16:12 AM »

Barack Obama paid for cocaine in the 1980s. Of course, that drug money eventually ended up in the coffers of South American drug lords like Pablo Escobar and the Mexican cartels.

Barack Obama isn't running on his past cocaine use.

No but it is a legitimate issue, as it has obviously impaired his mental capacity to get the U.S. economy on track. 

What evidence do you have for this?

The economy.  Wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE
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