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Why did Obama's campaign manager attend meetings with the IRS?
Flopping Aces ^ | 06-05-13 | DrJohn

Posted on 06/05/2013 9:49:48 AM PDT by Starman417

stephanie cutter

You all remember Stephanie Cutter. She was Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager in 2012. Cutter accused Romney of all sorts of things, including Romney essentially being a liar, a felon and a murderer.

Mitt Romney either lied in federal filings that show he worked at Bain Capital through 2002 and could be guilty of a felony, or has lied to the American people in saying he left the company in 1999, the Obama campaign is arguing in light of news reports on the firm’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“This is serious business,” said Bob Bauer, the Obama campaign’s counsel, in a conference call for reporters coming after the Boston Globe published a story Thursday that calls into question the timeline of Romney’s involvement of the firm that the Republican candidate has been promulgating for years.

Deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter laid out the issue as the Obama team sees it: “Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony."

"Or," she said, "he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments,” including layoffs and the outsourcing of jobs.

If the latter is true, she said, it’s a “real character and trust issue” that voters should be aware of as they decide who to vote for in the presidential election. If Romney was still at Bain through 2002, he's also "politically responsible for the consequences" of deals that the firm made through then.

Andrea Saul, the Romney campaign's press secretary, countered that the Globe's "article is not accurate" because"[a]s Bain Capital has said, as Governor Romney has said, and as has been confirmed by independent fact checkers multiple times, Governor Romney left Bain Capital in February of 1999 to run the Olympics and had no input on investments or management of companies after that point."

The emergence of the SEC filings appears to conflict with that, the Obama campaign contends. There are “literally scores of filings that make it very, very clear that over a period of time that Gov. Romney claims that he was not active with Bain, the Securities and Exchange Commission was informed” that Romney was the chief executive officer, chairman of the board and sole shareholder of the company, Bauer said.

Her assertions were roundly discredited.

Cutter was shown to be a liar:

BURNETT: Stephanie, let me ask you about that. Because here at CNN, we fact checked that, that $5 trillion in tax cuts and we’ve come and said that’s not true. Mitt Romney has not promised that. because he’s also going to be closing loopholes and deductions. So his tax cut wouldn’t be anywhere near that size.

CUTTER: So you’re disputing the size of the tax cut? Or are you disputing also how he’s going to pay for it?

BURNETT: We’re disputing the size.

CUTTER: Erin, he has campaigned on lowering tax rates by 20% for everybody, including those in the top 1%. that was one of the main selling points in the Republican primary.

BURNETT: So you’re saying if you lower them by 20% you get a $5 trillion tab, right?

CUTTER: It’s a $5 trillion tab.

BURNETT: But when he closes deductions he won’t be anywhere near $5 trillion. That’s our analysis.

CUTTER: Well with, okay, stipulated, it won’t be near $5 trillion, but it’s also not going to be the sum of $5 trillion in the loopholes that he’s going to close.

Given that Cutter is a political hack, Obama flack, and a liar, it is really interesting that she was in attendance when Shulman visited the White House:

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: corruption; cutter; democrats; electionfraud; fraud; goafterdnc; irs; irsscandals; obama; seekdamages; sue; suethem

1 posted on 06/05/2013 9:49:48 AM PDT by Starman417
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To: Starman417
“Why did Obama’s campaign manager attend meetings with the IRS?”

“O” needed an interpreter... he doesn't speak ‘economics’! :)

2 posted on 06/05/2013 9:51:36 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: Starman417

I know why she was there.


3 posted on 06/05/2013 9:52:00 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (The IRS--a softer Gestapo)
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To: Starman417

At least ONE of Obama’s campaign managers attend EVERY meeting.


4 posted on 06/05/2013 9:52:52 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Starman417

Simple. The IRS was part of the campaign machinery.


5 posted on 06/05/2013 9:53:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Former Proud Canadian
I know why she was there.

It wasn't for her 'looks' (even though that would be an understandable reason).

6 posted on 06/05/2013 9:54:49 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Starman417
The REAL question is -- "Why did the IRS attend Obama's meetings with his campaign manager?"

We know what the priority was. The focus was on the campaign; the IRS was tagging along to see if they could help.

7 posted on 06/05/2013 9:59:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Starman417
Stephanie was never in IRS meeting at the White House!


8 posted on 06/05/2013 10:03:57 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Starman417

To make sure that Zero’s instructions for criminal activities were delivered.


9 posted on 06/05/2013 10:05:39 AM PDT by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: Starman417

Obama ordered his IRS to rig the election of 2012 for Obama and democrats/socialists in the Senate. Obama also used other gov agencies to rig the election. Why isn’t anyone shouting this form the rooftops? Come on Levin, coulter , Sarah Palin, Rush, DRudge etc. call Obama out on this and call for Obama’s resignation.

Obama’s IRS prevented many tea party groups from getting started and also audited individual donors to Romney and to the Republican party. The IRS stole the election. We no longer live in a free country

“Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Thursday his constituents have suggested they were audited by the Internal Revenue Service because they donated to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. ....”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3023043/posts


10 posted on 06/05/2013 10:06:33 AM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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To: Starman417

If you remember, after Susan Rice, we also heard the most about Benghazi from campaign staff.


11 posted on 06/05/2013 10:11:47 AM PDT by bayoung18
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To: maggief; onyx; penelopesire; SE Mom

Drip. Drip drip


12 posted on 06/05/2013 10:18:43 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then!)
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To: Starman417

The most evil and corrupt administration in history!

Send in the tailors. Measure them up for orange jump suits.


13 posted on 06/05/2013 10:19:09 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: Starman417

The answer to that is only a mystery to retards and reporters.


14 posted on 06/05/2013 10:26:46 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Starman417

Sue the Obama campaign not the IRS for collusion and damages.


15 posted on 06/05/2013 10:29:56 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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To: Starman417

Maybe it was their weekly, Scooter Libby’s in jail for dink perjury charges party!


16 posted on 06/05/2013 10:30:33 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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To: FreeAtlanta

RICO, baby RICO!! The Obama Administration is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE!!


17 posted on 06/05/2013 12:11:56 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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