Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:26 PM
Whovian (2,866 posts)
Mitt Romney's Campaign Cancels Staffers Credit Cards In The Middle Of The Night (Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/11/08/mitt-romneys-campaign-cancels-staffers-credit-cards-in-the-middle-of-the-night/ The next time you have the misfortune of hearing a Wall Street titan or other one-percenter whine about how their trickle-down contributions are not appreciated by the masses remember this tidbit, courtesy of Garrett Haake at NBC: "From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself." Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked. No doubt a whole host of Boston taxi drivers found themselves stiffed when it came to tips early Wednesday morning. That’s what happens when the money trickles up, not down and it’s why healthy economies don’t depend on the trickle down whims of overlords. The minute Richie Rich decides he doesn’t need all that stuff staff … well, that’s that. In case you are wondering, this did not have to happen. The Mitt Romney for President entity does not end with Romeny’s Tuesday night loss. There are papers to be filed with various federal commissions and bills to be paid …. What a jerk.
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| Whovian | Nov 2012 | OP | |
| kevink077 | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| alcibiades_mystery | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| RoccoR5955 | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| Hippo_Tron | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| alcibiades_mystery | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| robinlynne | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| Spitfire of ATJ | Nov 2012 | #22 | |
| ohnoyoudidnt | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| IL Lib | Nov 2012 | #32 | |
| alcibiades_mystery | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| FieryLocks | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| Shampoobra | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| Thomas B | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| Whovian | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| Turborama | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
| Cha | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| Firebrand Gary | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
| Care Acutely | Nov 2012 | #17 | |
| uppityperson | Nov 2012 | #18 | |
| DiverDave | Nov 2012 | #19 | |
| montana_hazeleyes | Nov 2012 | #20 | |
| Pachamama | Nov 2012 | #21 | |
| grammiepammie | Nov 2012 | #33 | |
| argiel1234 | Nov 2012 | #23 | |
| cui bono | Nov 2012 | #24 | |
| ecstatic | Nov 2012 | #27 | |
| Iwillnevergiveup | Nov 2012 | #25 | |
| ecstatic | Nov 2012 | #26 | |
| Oilwellian | Nov 2012 | #28 | |
| Monk06 | Nov 2012 | #29 | |
| orleans | Nov 2012 | #30 | |
| pokerfan | Nov 2012 | #31 |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:30 PM
kevink077 (29 posts)
1. no honor among thieves
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Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:46 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Tough lesson learn for those campaign workers. Associate yourself with a lying unprincipled man and you get burned and thrown under the bus. Mitt did not give a darn about them. Perhaps this will be a wake up call.
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Response to kevink077 (Reply #1)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:40 PM
bluestate10 (8,579 posts)
6. "Perhaps this will be a wake up call"
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I doubt that. They will run to work for the next republican jackass that comes along. People like Romney and other republican staffers never learn, they are either driven by hate or religious fervor that denies anything they don't agree with.
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Response to kevink077 (Reply #1)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:43 PM
alcibiades_mystery (28,423 posts)
9. In this case they literally got thrown ON TO the bus - the fucking Greyhound!
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Not being able to afford airfare back to Knoxville, or whatever.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:31 PM
RoccoR5955 (6,496 posts)
2. That just shows
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what kind of a cutthroat bass turd he is!
Sure glad he didn't win! |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:32 PM
Hippo_Tron (24,634 posts)
3. Well, he does like firing people...
Response to Hippo_Tron (Reply #3)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:42 PM
alcibiades_mystery (28,423 posts)
8. They shoulda known!
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:32 PM
robinlynne (15,172 posts)
4. Can you imagine the anger? that night? true colors....
Response to robinlynne (Reply #4)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:20 AM
Spitfire of ATJ (7,397 posts)
22. I'm picturing one of them trying to use a campaign issued cell phone to find it dead...
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Then to have no quarters for a payphone.
Then to watch the rental car company send a driver to pick up the car. Let's hope none of them rented their clothes. |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:33 PM
ohnoyoudidnt (394 posts)
5. Yeah, that's the kind of person you tried to help put in office.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:42 PM
alcibiades_mystery (28,423 posts)
7. I would characterize that as "Romneyesque"
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I said earlier on this forum that this guy was going to shut his campaign down like a vulture capitalist shuts down a Piscataway boiler room.
Here 'tis. |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:50 PM
FieryLocks (110 posts)
10. When you work your ass off for the likes of Romney...
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expect NOTHING in return.
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Response to FieryLocks (Reply #10)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:07 PM
Shampoobra (145 posts)
11. Oh, I wouldn't say they got "nothing"
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What they got was a life lesson ... one their parents no doubt tried to teach them when they were five years old ... something about not hanging out with the wrong people
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:09 PM
Thomas B (16 posts)
12. Sorry to see he did that.
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He looks like a sore loser.
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Response to Thomas B (Reply #12)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:20 PM
Whovian (2,866 posts)
13. Welcome to DU. He's used to being able to buy whatever he wants.
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Money can't buy you love.
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Response to Thomas B (Reply #12)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:33 PM
Turborama (19,393 posts)
15. ^ Empathy! <--- One word that succinctly describes the difference between us and them
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Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:35 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) And welcome to DU, I can't see post counts on my phone so didn't know until it was mentioned.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:20 PM
Cha (124,653 posts)
14. $399 Million of free flowing Plutocrat bucks exposed mitt romney, the asshole,
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to the world.. Wonder if any campaign workers had an epiphany on their way home?
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:38 PM
Firebrand Gary (3,314 posts)
16. Dirt. Fucking. Bag.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:48 PM
Care Acutely (1,370 posts)
17. I guess they're lucky he didn't ship them to China.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:48 PM
uppityperson (74,235 posts)
18. k&r for building staff loyalty
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:55 PM
DiverDave (3,691 posts)
19. Thanks for all your hard work.
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Hope you have cash tonight.
What a kick in the teeth, I really wonder who did that? Are they going to blame 'an undetermined Democrat (instead of Democratic, I hate that) agent. I really wouldn't put it past them. because what repub takes responsibility? For anything? |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:01 AM
montana_hazeleyes (1,461 posts)
20. Didn't take him long to show his rear end to the world.
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After all, he is the man who wanted to fire Big Bird. |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:11 AM
Pachamama (8,847 posts)
21. Wow....contrast that to how President Obama spoke and teared up talking to his staffers...
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Says a lot about the two people as individuals and what they are all about...
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Response to Pachamama (Reply #21)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:06 PM
grammiepammie (34 posts)
33. Credit Cards
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My feelings exactly. The contrast couldn't be more glaring.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:30 AM
argiel1234 (390 posts)
23. romney loves to profit off of peoples lives
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profiting off of peoples lives is EVIL Whoever supports PROFITING off of people's lives is NOT a DEMOCRAT Capitalism and profiting is EVIL |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:09 AM
cui bono (7,479 posts)
24. Well I'm sure they got that CEO email
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that said he'd have to fire them if Obama won.
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Response to cui bono (Reply #24)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:19 AM
ecstatic (18,599 posts)
27. lol! Good one! nt
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:14 AM
Iwillnevergiveup (5,824 posts)
25. This is more like something
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out of "The West Wing." You know, fiction.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:18 AM
ecstatic (18,599 posts)
26. and that's after making his staff wait almost 2 hours for him to concede
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The election is over and I'm still finding new reasons to be disgusted by him!
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:27 AM
Oilwellian (9,281 posts)
28. So typical of Romney
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A real dick to the very end.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:39 AM
Monk06 (5,608 posts)
29. On the bright side, young Republican activists found out what it's like to sleep on the sidewalk
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and have no money, food or washrooms. |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:41 AM
orleans (21,699 posts)
30. and finally, the summation
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"But clearly not the taxi bills belonging to some of those most loyal to Romney. Maybe that’s what you get for taking a job with a multi-millionaire who boasts about the fact that he sneaks popcorn into movie theatres in wife’s handbag, so he doesn’t have to pay inflated concession prices for a snack.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/11/08/mitt-romneys-campaign-cancels-staffers-credit-cards-in-the-middle-of-the-night/ |

