CNN: Two “active” Obama supporters at Bain confirm Romney left in 1999

M2RB:  Bloodhound Gang, live from Amsterdam

Why Is Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?

Stephanie Cutter has dun gun an jump da shark.  I've heard she's quite athletic from the pole and cutting deals on the side, which could be a felony. /s

By Ed Morrissey

CNN reported last night that the accusations from Team Obama of felonious conduct are sheer nonsense and lies — and got that message from four executives at Bain, two of whom are “active” supporters of Barack Obama.  John King spoke to all four, three of whom are Democrats, and all four said that Mitt Romney left Bain in a big hurry in 1999 in order to work full time on rescuing the Salt Lake City Olympics.  The rushed departure created a lot of paperwork headaches as Bain tried to unwind Romney from leadership, which required a significant amount of time.  That’s why the company had Romney’s name on their SEC paperwork the next two years, as King reports:

CNN isn’t alone in debunking the ludicrous charge of felonious conduct made by Team Obama.  FactCheck concluded that even with the “new” evidence produced by the Boston Globe, it still points to the same conclusion:

None of the SEC filings show that Romney was anything but a passive, absentee owner during that time, as both Romney and Bain have long said. It should not surprise anyone that Romney retained certain titles while he was working out the final disposition of his ownership, for example….

We would reassess our judgment should somebody come up with evidence that Romney took part in specific management decisions or had any active role (not just a title) at Bain after he left to head the Olympics. But nothing we’ve seen directly contradicts Romney’s statements — which he has certified as true under pain of federal prosecution — that he “has not had any active role” with Bain or “been involved in the operations” of Bain since then.

 And we wish to note, we’re not alone in this judgment.

FactCheck links to the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler, as I did this morning, as well as to Fortune’s Dan Primack in his July 2 review of the same data, this time from a Mother Jones “exposé.”  Primack also has an update, and it also debunks the Obama campaign’s accusations: 

But the contemporaneous Bain documents show that Romney was indeed telling the truth about no longer having operational input at Bain — which, one should note, is different from no longer having legal or financial ties to the firm.

As Fortune wrote earlier, Romney left Bain suddenly — rather than as part of an organized transition plan — after being asked to lead an Olympic organizing committee that had spiraled out of control. Moreover, it was unclear in February 1999 if Romney’s leave of absence would be permanent, or if he would return (as he had in 1994, after losing a U.S. Senate race to Ted Kennedy). He didn’t formally give up his title and firm ownership until 2002, once the Games had been successful and he was interested in other elective office. In the interim, he continued to fulfill legal obligations such as signing certain documents — but actual investment and managerial decisions were being made by others.

Put it simply: Team Obama is lying, and it continues to lie about Romney.  They are desperate to find a way to make Romney’s time at Bain work in their favor, and that desperation has nearly reached pathological levels.  Still, for Obama, it beats talking about the economy, jobs, the deficit, and anything else that actually matters to voters.

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Why Is Everybody Always Pickin' On Me? - Bloodhound Gang

The morn' that I was born my old man beat up the doctor
He clocked the doctor cause the doctor said I looked like Chewbacca
The doctor said sir you're misled sir which infers you mistook me
I did not mean your lovely wife was shackin' up with a wookie
What I mean is Wolverine is less hairy than your son
He's looks like Chewie Baba Booey Baba Booey and Hong Kong Phooey all in one

To put it mild your new-born child's completely nutty fu-fu lookin'
I'd shove him back into the oven until he is done cookin'

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause my fifteen year-old cousin has less acne

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Ain't brushed them teeth since 1983

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause you got the grooming habits of a chimpanzee

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause you're white but you got a nose like Bill Cosby

Why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Always pickin' and rippin' apart poor ol' Jimmy Pop Ali

I got a schnoz like the 'Cos' but there's a lot more wrong with you
So back me up Bill yea and you're ugly too
So what if I brush my teeth with a piece of cheddar cheese
Or where a fish net shirt by Chams with my Sergio Valenti jeans
And my mirror never lies but it always verifies
I got more cheese and pepperoni than a homemade pizza pie
You compare me to a Monchichi but I don't understand

Why I'm scorned like I'm deformed like the Elephant Man
And yea I took my mom to the prom but hey she asked me first
But at least this time I didn't find my date in the back of a hearse
About as popular with the girls with Englebert Humperdink
And that might be 'cause everybody calls me Shrinky Dink
I know I'm known as Polaroid I'm not a total retard
It's cause I'm done in sixty seconds and you'll still want it enlarged
 

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause ya wore velour flares until the late Eighties
 

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause you run like a girl and sit down to pee
 

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause your only school chum was the lunch lady
 

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
You took your mom to the prom but still got lucky
 

Like that episode where Gilligan gets sick of being teased
And he breaks into the Professor's lab and makes some LSD
Peaks freaks and eats the Skipper's brains then beats Ginger with coconuts
As Mr. Howell and Lovey burn alive inside their grass hut
Oh he'll kill again that Gilligan they he should of let him be
And like a postal clerk I'll go beserk if you don't stop teasing me
See the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
 

Like the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
 

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?

Cause my fifteen year-old cousin has less acne

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?

Ain't brushed them teeth since 1983

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?

Cause you got the grooming habits of a chimpanzee

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?

Cause you're white but you got a nose like Bill Cosby

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?

Cause ya wore velour flares until the late Eighties

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?

Cause you run like a girl and sit down to pee

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause your only school chum was the lunch lady

But why's everbody always pickin' on me?
Cause no one likes you monkey boy.