◼ FLASHBACK: FORMER 'BOSTON GLOBE' REPORTERS CRITICIZED ROMNEY FOR LEAVING BAIN IN 1999 - JOHN NOLTE/Breitbart
◼ Official statement from Bain: Bain Capital: Romney left in Feb. 1999 - Politico
◼ POLITICO REPORTER ADMITS 'BOSTON GLOBE' ROMNEY SMEAR IS RETALIATION - JOHN NOLTE/Breitbart
As of right now, the corrupt Politico is leading with the Boston Globe's Bain smear against Mitt Romney, wherein the Globe recycles old news as a new blockbuster-attack against the former Massachusetts Governor. This is especially ironic when you learn that one-time reporters from the Globe acknowledge Romney left Bain in 1999 -- for which they now criticize him.
In another fit of irony, we now have current Politico reporters, in this case Maggie Haberman, inadvertently admitting that the lead story on her own publication is old news and an act of media retaliation against Romney:
Boston Globe Bain piece a good example of why Romneyland strategy of trying to kill stories (this came up in primaries) can backfire.What else could Haberman possibly mean when she says the, "Romneyland strategy of trying to kill stories … can backfire."
— maggie haberman (@maggiepolitico) July 12, 2012
Well, the only place where backfires occurred thus far is within the media. And is it the media's job to make a politician pay a price for pushing back against false stories?
Only when the politician in question is a threat to Barack Obama.
◼ Today, the Boston Globe has destroyed its own credibility. Update: Boston Globe Admits It Plagiarized Romney Story from Leftist Conspiracy Mongers, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo - PJM
◼ Why it matters: OBAMA TEAM SUGGESTS ROMNEY MIGHT BE A FELON - BEN SHAPIRO/Breitbart
The Obama team is picking up on the Boston Globe’s false report this morning that Mitt Romney didn’t actually leave Bain Capital until 2002, even though he said he left Bain Capital in 1999. That report neglected to mention that Romney left the firm in 1999 to manage the Salt Lake City Olympics – a fact lamented by the Globe itself at the time – and never returned to work, formalizing his break with the firm in a 2002 agreement. This non-troversy was settled at the time by the Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission, which said that Romney’s “testimony was credible in all respects.” If Romney hadn’t left active management in 1999, he would have committed a federal felony by certifying that he did leave in financial disclosure forms.
So this shouldn’t be an issue.
But the Obama campaign never lets a false attack go to waste.
◼ Millions of dollars of attack ads by the Obama campaign are hanging in the balance. If Romney left Bain in February 1999, when he departed to run the Olympics, then a number of business deals that went sour (such as KB Toys) can’t be counted as part of Romney’s tenure. If he actually left in 2002, as the Obama campaign alleges, then those deals are fair game. - Washington Post
◼ Romney camp: Obama's staff 'out-of-control' - Stephen Dinan/Washington Times
