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Old 07 February 2008, 03:32 AM
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For those of you who may be curious as to why Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, Laura Ingram and Glenn Beck are so strongly against Governor Mike Huckabee and so pro Mitt Romney, here is a little information you may find interesting to know.

Mitt Romney owns the Bain Corporation, which owns Clear Channel Communications. You may now be asking why that is so shocking. Well, that by itself isn't; however, when you add in the fact that Sean, Fox News, Rush, Laura and Glenn all have large contracts with Clear Channel Communications, it all becomes clear. Mitt Romney is in effect, their boss/owner. Because of that, they will go to any lengths and say whatever it takes, including falsifying polls, to get Mitt Romney elected. If you like, I'm sure you can verify all this for yourself by doing a short internet search.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know so while you are listening to any of these folks on the radio and/or TV and they want to either bash or ignore Governor Huckabee, you will know why. Please do not let the media tell you who you should vote for. Find out all you can about each of the candidates and make up your on mind.

Please forward this information to everyone you know.
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Old 07 February 2008, 03:34 AM
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Mitt Romney owns the Bain Corporation, which owns Clear Channel Communications.
Holy crap, Bain Capital (the correct name) owned my former employer! I totally missed the connection to Romney.
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Old 07 February 2008, 03:42 AM
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Romney ran Bain Capital when it first started, but I don't think he ever "owned" it, and he most certainly doesn't own it now.
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Old 07 February 2008, 03:50 AM
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Old 07 February 2008, 04:30 AM
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Old 07 February 2008, 05:40 AM
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Old 07 February 2008, 11:16 PM
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Holy crap, Bain Capital (the correct name) owned my former employer! I totally missed the connection to Romney.
A-hah! That explains why you are such a Romney devotee!
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A-hah! That explains why you are such a Romney devotee!
Well, Bain was a great improvement over the previous parent company.
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When reading threads about him on the snopes board, all the Google ads endorse Huckabee.
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Old 07 February 2008, 03:53 PM
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"Romney's family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong."
"His poop is considered currency in Argentina."
"I once saw him scissor-kick Angela Lansbury."
"He once punched a hole in a cow just to see who was coming up the road."
"He hated Mexicans! And he was half-Mexican! ...And he hated irony!"
"The character of Johnny Appleseed was based on Romney ... except for the part about planting apple trees... and not raping men."
"He did all the makeup on the Planet of the Apes movies."
"He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls."
"He orchestrated the merger between UNICEF and Smith & Wesson."
"They say Gene Roddenberry got the idea for Star Trek by listening to Romney talk in his sleep."
"Did I ever tell you about the time Romney went hunting? Romney decides he's going to hunt down all four of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all begged for their lives...except Fleegle."
"We once had a bachelor party for Romney. He ate the entire cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it."
"Romney named the group Sha Na Na. They did not want to be called that."
"If you drop a phonograph needle on Romney's nipple, it plays the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds."
"Did I ever tell you about the time he taught his son how to drive? He did it by entering him in the Indy 500. The kid wrecked and died. Romney said, 'It would've happened sometime!'"
"He breastfeeds John Madden!"
"He killed Wolfman Jack with a trident."
"Did I ever tell you about the time Romney took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Romney takes me to a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' We sat there for a year and a half — until sure enough, someone constructs a bar around us. Well, the day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Romney yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found 'em!'"
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"Romney's... the way you found 'em!'"
That whole thing was simply fantastic! Half of that stuff I didn't know....
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Old 07 February 2008, 04:09 PM
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That whole thing was simply fantastic! Half of that stuff I didn't know....
It's stolen, erm, I mean "borrowed." Google "Bill Brasky."
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It's stolen, erm, I mean "borrowed." Google "Bill Brasky."
Half of those things sound like the things that the Romney pundits are saying about McCain.
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Old 07 February 2008, 06:46 PM
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It's stolen, erm, I mean "borrowed." Google "Bill Brasky."
I always loved those Bill Brasky sketches on SNL
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