Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money From Families Tied To Death Squads

Hey, remember Obama's association with Bill Ayers?

 

I wonder--do you read the articles you cite? Salvadorans in exile in Miami invested in Bain Capital. It turns out that some of their relatives were allegedly part of the death squads, BUT NOT THE INVESTORS THEMSELVES.


From one of your links:

At the time, U.S. officials were publicly accusing some Salvadoran exiles in Miami of funding right-wing death squads in El Salvador. Some family members of the first Bain Capital investors were later linked to groups responsible for killings, although no evidence indicates that those relatives invested in Bain or benefited from it.


From another of the links:

Family members of some of those early investors allegedly had ties to right-wing paramilitaries involved in death squads in the country's brutal civil war, although the paper found no evidence that the investors themselves had ties to paramilitaries.

 

The facts are that their land had been seized and they were moving their wealth out of El Salvador:

The Bain investors — some of whom had their plantations seized and family members targeted — were waiting out the war in Miami.

"Many of them were trying to move their money elsewhere," said Jeffery M. Paige, a University of Michigan professor who wrote a book about the Salvadoran ruling class. "It was a difficult transition, and of course their investment outlets were limited."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bain-creation-20120719,0,5698366,full.story

Please, please, READ THE ARTICLES with an open mind:

Among the Bain investors were Francisco R.R. de Sola and his cousin Herbert Arturo de Sola, whose brother Orlando de Sola was suspected by State Department officials and the CIA of backing the right-wing death squads, according to now-declassified documents.

Orlando de Sola, who has denied supporting the death squads, is now serving a four-year prison term for unrelated fraud charges. In an interview at the prison in Metapan, El Salvador, he said he did not benefit from the family investment in Bain Capital. Before Bain, the family's holdings were based in El Salvador, he said. "I would say their relationship with Bain Capital was a step to diversify into foreign investments. But I insist to you, I was not part of it."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bain-creation-20120719,0,5698366,full.story

So we see:

1. The wealthy landowners in El Salvador took their money with them, contrary to your assertion that they were trying to protect their wealth in El Salvador.

2. It was relatives of the investors that allegedly helped death squads, not the investors themselves.

3. An alleged death squad member says he got no investment money from his investor relatives living in Miami.

4. Newsweek reported in 1994 that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) had hired a Washington law firm to investigate the same claims when Romney ran against him, but came up short.

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-aff...n-investors-ties-to-salvadoran-paramilitaries
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1994/09/04/damage-patrol-snooping-for-pols.html

 

BUT--but--but I thought evidence wasn't necessary? Isn't that what Harry Reid -- and you -- basically said about the accusations regarding Romney not paying taxes?

 

How about we talk about Obama's record?

It sounds like this:

"It's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault, it's Bush's fault,..."

 

Why does it seem like the main response to a criticism of Governor Romney is to criticise the president?

 

Why don't you ask your new buddy to address ITL's second post ?

 

Sorry, I thought we all were supposed to have something of a 'friendship' here.

The question stands - why does the main tactic to answering criticism of Governor Romney so often end up being an attack on the president?

Surely - if there is a response to the criticism it ought to defend the governor, not divert the attack to the president.

 

Off topic, and inane. Let's stick with the O/P, which has been destroyed by InTheLight. C.T.Boy should address it, instead of the two of you pretending it's not there.

 

Agreed - and lets leave the president out of it, shall we?

My point was the 3 of the first 10 posts talked about the president - which as nothing to do with the topic.

 

So what ? Why gripe about off-topic posts, when C.T.Boy refuses to address the on-topic ones ?

 

Off topic. If you like that topic, I'm sure CTB would be glad to start one for you.

I recommend to the moderator this piece of trash thread be closed.

 

In a word...perspective.

Especially when it's trash like this.