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« on: June 02, 2012, 06:09:02 pm »



Looks like he won't be bringing up Solyndra ever again...

The fact it was disclosed the day after he went to Solyndra? Priceless!
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A Bay State solar panel developer that landed a state loan from Mitt Romney when he was Massachusetts governor has gone belly up — a day after the GOP presidential hopeful ripped President Obama’s green-energy investments.

Lowell-based Konarka Technologies announced late yesterday that it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and will cease operations, lay off its 85 workers and liquidate...

The demise of Konarka could become a hot topic on the campaign trail because Romney personally doled out a $1.5 million renewable energy subsidy to the Lowell startup in 2003, shortly after taking office on Beacon Hill.

And on Thursday the GOP candidate was stumping outside the shuttered Solyndra solar-panel factory in California, blasting the Obama administration’s $535 million loan as a symbol of “crony capitalism.”

“If Romney gets a little bit of heat because he participated in some of these policies at a point in time, it’s all fair in the world of politics,” said state Sen. Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton). “He’s criticizing on one hand, he’s got to take criticism on the other.”

A Romney spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.

In its 11-year history, Konarka collected a total of $20 million in government research grants, along with $170 million in private capital. The company makes thin, flexible solar panels that its customers build into other products such as deck umbrellas, backpacks and portable chargers.

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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2012, 10:02:28 pm »

is this really another "He is for it and against it depending on who he's talking to" issue?

another one?

holy shit..

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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2012, 07:23:47 pm »

is this really another "He is for it and against it depending on who he's talking to" issue?

another one?

holy shit..



It's a lot more than that. One day after going to the old Solyndra building and dissing the prez it's revealed he got govt funds for his own energy company that went belly up.

Karma...

Plus, he invested in a company doing stem cell research, ditching his shares right before he announced he was running. Oops!

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Romney's campaign said on Friday that his assets ranged between $190 million and $250 million and in the last two years the Republican candidate has shed stocks in companies that conflict with his stated political views.

In 2010, Romney offloaded shares in Fresenius Medical Care, a German company that has done work in stem cell research, which Romney has said he opposes as well as stocks in Komatsu and Schlumberger, firms that have been targeted in the past for doing business in Iran.

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Among the other stocks that Romney sold, according to Friday's disclosure, included Wal-Mart's Mexican operation, which has been roiled by payoff allegations, and British Sky Broadcasting, the television operation sought by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.


Double oops!

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The stock sales also included several notable firms whose interests had conflicted with Romney's stances - among them China-based businesses Hang Lung and Komatsu. Romney has advocated toughened dealings with China's government over its expanding economic interests.




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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 07:37:24 pm »

Oops #3

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577436300587354714.html

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When Mitt Romney left office as Massachusetts governor, his aides removed all emails from a server computer in the governor's office, and purchased and carted off hard drives from 17 state-owned personal computers, according to a current state official.

But a small cache of emails survived, including some that have never publicly surfaced surrounding Mr. Romney's efforts to pass his now-controversial health-care law. The emails show the Republican governor was closely engaged in negotiating details of the bill, working with top Democratic state leaders and drafting early copies of opinion articles backing it.

Mr. Romney and his aides, meanwhile, strongly defended the so-called individual mandate, a requirement that everyone in Massachusetts have or buy heath insurance. And they privately discussed ideas that might be anathema to today's GOP—including publicly shaming companies that didn't provide enough health insurance to employees
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 10:10:14 pm »

his aides removed all emails from a server computer in the governor's office, and purchased and carted off hard drives from 17 state-owned personal computers, according to a current state official.


money will buy him everything won't it?

wtf? is this even legal? what about FOIA?
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