Romney Donors & Lies

On August 31, 2012 after the Republican and before the Democratic conference ABC reported: As allowed under current law, Romney won’t release the names of his big donors but it was discovered that his campaign hosted a secret week-long series of lavish parties and special events for big donors and used a 150’ yacht registered in the Grand Cayman Islands to host the ‘Victory Council’ who have each promised to raise $1 million or more; the donors refused to talk to ABC. The Center for Responsible Politics said the Romney campaign is the first in many years not to release the names of their bundlers and the American people have a right to know who’s paying for the convention and campaign; the Victory Council wouldn’t give ABC their names or say how much they promised but ABC estimated that the Council is expected to raise more than $800 million. The founder of the Center for Public Integrity said – here we have billionaires giving unprecedented sums and we have levels of secrecy never seen in the contemporary historic era.

On September 1 ABC said – unlike the 2008 campaign the Democrats are treating their big money donors like royalty, they had a document outlining the perks like a John Legend concert but this year just like the Republicans, the Democrats are keeping the names of their top fundraisers a secret. Romney’s actions are not bringing out the best in Americans, not in their actions or in the running of campaigns. AlterNet on July 31, 2012 had a post that summed up the Republicans: they’re afraid of losing power and influence in American politics and culture; today’s Republicans cannot compete fairly and win. When it comes to political tactics, there are 3 things today’s GOP fear more than almost anything: Fear #1 -Majority rule in the Senate, Fear #2 - Open elections and Fear #3 - Standing by their words in public. The Maddowblog.MSNBC.com/_news/2012/08/17/13338337-chronicling-Mitts-mendacity-vol-xxx has tracked 533 lies by Mitt Romney in 30 weeks (probably why on September 13 he openly starts calling Obama a liar).