My thoughts as well. Rick Tyler should resign in disgrace.
This stupid attack on Bain may well have screwed Newt for good, although I hope he’s smart enough (and remember his own tenure as a paid advisor to Forstmann Little & Co., a Bain competitor.
I am stunned that he could have ever permitted the superPAC to do this.
“...This stupid attack on Bain may well have screwed Newt for good,...”
Perhaps, but in the long run, it’s more likely Mitts’ claims that his actions with Bain created 100,000 jobs and refusal to show his tax returns may well have screwed Mitt for good.
I was watching Fox and CNN off and on today, and both channels were questioning whether Newt had gone too far, as Romney seems to be gaining support from his actions.
I expect many voters will be unnerved by Newt's "Armageddon" comment, and it will get repeated airplay up until SC primary day. Fewer will ever watch the video. In my opinion, Newt's greatest weakness is a lack of discretion, just when it matters most.
People argue that buying up viable companies with little debt and solid physical assets, strapping them down with debt to repay the buyer’s cost of purchase, then strip mining the companies of all their productive assets to the point of bankruptcy is nothing but good old fashioned capitalism at best, or at worst is excused by saying that in other cases the man actually helped concerns grow and thrive.
The assumption is that some level of good deeds can make up for some level of evil ones.
So my question is this: how many healthy babies does an abortionist have to deliver to make up for the dead ones? Can you give me a number?
And how many decent deals does it take to make up for the despicable ones?