FARK.com: (7339801) Some things change but reality never changes: Romney paid bonuses to 7 aides after the convention. The campaign then pulled out ads after not having enough money to continue them in August

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		Some things change but reality never changes: Romney paid bonuses to 7 aides after the convention. The campaign then pulled out ads after not having enough money to continue them in August (politico.com)		165
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somedude210		2012-09-21 09:28:52 AM

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is who half the country thinks can successfully run our country

NowhereMon		2012-09-21 09:35:27 AM

The more things change, the more they stay the same:
www.washingtonpost.com

WTF Indeed		2012-09-21 09:37:58 AM

Breaking News: Employees are given bonuses for successful job performances!

Other Breaking News: Romney Campaign losing ground in key states, forced to triage resources!

vpb		2012-09-21 09:50:25 AM

NowhereMon: The more things change, the more they stay the same:
[www.washingtonpost.com image 510x310]

frankroman.files.wordpress.com

hubiestubert		2012-09-21 09:52:19 AM

In fairness, I suspect that this is the real job for the Romney campaign: to slide campaign dollars into the right hands. It is taking on the aspect of a very public money laundering scheme...

Marcus Aurelius		2012-09-21 09:54:00 AM

I bet he stiffed his caterers.

Weaver95		2012-09-21 10:19:05 AM

so now all he has to do is buy another campaign, run up a TON of debt on THAT campaign's balance sheets and then let that campaign implode while the Romney campaign clears all it's books and pays out another round of bonuses to senior executives.

Aarontology		2012-09-21 10:21:32 AM

So he's running his campaign like he does his businesses: Paying off his cronies while giving no thought to the long term consequences.

somedude210		2012-09-21 10:22:27 AM

Aarontology: So he's running his campaign like he does his businesses: Paying off his cronies while giving no thought to the long term consequences.

Imagine if he ran the country like that

Mentat		2012-09-21 10:24:08 AM

Weaver95: so now all he has to do is buy another campaign, run up a TON of debt on THAT campaign's balance sheets and then let that campaign implode while the Romney campaign clears all it's books and pays out another round of bonuses to senior executives.

Hello Sarah Palin!

vpb		2012-09-21 10:24:58 AM

Aarontology: So he's running his campaign like he does his businesses: Paying off his cronies while giving no thought to the long term consequences.

Well, that's the beauty of corporations being people. Personal profit without personal responsibility.

Diogenes		2012-09-21 10:25:35 AM

I live in Florida. If it means less ads here, I say pay those guys more.

Weaver95		2012-09-21 10:26:53 AM

Aarontology: So he's running his campaign like he does his businesses: Paying off his cronies while giving no thought to the long term consequences.

exactly! I mean....hey, he's a BUSINESSMAN! it's just business. there's business going on and that's really all there is to it. so vote Romney - he knows his business!

*sigh*

I really don't understand the Republicans anymore.

Dusk-You-n-Me		2012-09-21 10:29:17 AM

Here's 25 large. Please don't abandon this sinking ship.

Mugato		2012-09-21 10:45:28 AM

impaler		2012-09-21 10:46:13 AM

impaler		2012-09-21 10:49:11 AM

Mitt gets hundreds of millions from other rich guys for campaign.
Mitt knows how to funnel money through laundering channels.
Mitt knows the presidency is a lot of work that doesn't pay worth a shat.
Mitts campaign is a disaster.

Add it up.

1) Get Republican nomination
2) ...
3) Profit

Diogenes		2012-09-21 10:59:40 AM

impaler: Mitt gets hundreds of millions from other rich guys for campaign.
Mitt knows how to funnel money through laundering channels.
Mitt knows the presidency is a lot of work that doesn't pay worth a shat.
Mitts campaign is a disaster.

Add it up.

1) Get Republican nomination
2) ...
3) Profit

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

kbronsito		2012-09-21 11:15:30 AM

Diogenes:

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

The chicks?

Diogenes		2012-09-21 11:26:16 AM

kbronsito: Diogenes:

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

The chicks?

Excellent point.

somedude210		2012-09-21 11:37:36 AM

Diogenes: kbronsito: Diogenes:

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

The chicks?

Excellent point.

To be fair, have you seen his wife? I'm not sure she'd let that happen

...or she'd join in

/I think I'm gonna hurl
//eyebleach, please

bdub77		2012-09-21 11:41:26 AM

Well, given the people bankrolling him, it would appear that he's redistributing wealth at least from the super rich to the very rich.

fracto		2012-09-21 12:31:12 PM

somedude210: Diogenes: kbronsito: Diogenes:

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

The chicks?

Excellent point.

To be fair, have you seen his wife? I'm not sure she'd let that happen

...or she'd join in

/I think I'm gonna hurl
//eyebleach, please

He hasn't let that stop him in the past.

meat0918		2012-09-21 12:32:52 PM

But they need those bonuses to retain those high value employees, otherwise some other campaign might poach that talent, and THEN where would Mitt be?

YodaBlues		2012-09-21 12:34:40 PM

kbronsito: Diogenes:

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

The chicks?

Callista has cancer?

DubyaHater		2012-09-21 12:35:39 PM

I don't understand. I thought Romney took in over $80 trillion over the past few months and was trouncing Obama in fundraising.
Seriously though, how does a couple of $25,000 payouts seemingly bankrupt a campaign bankrolled by billionaires? Could it be someone is lying to me about the amount of money in the Romney campaign coffers and most news outlets are full of shiat?

coeyagi		2012-09-21 12:35:52 PM

I have no problem with this, but given the shenanigans that happened a week or so AFTER the convention, if I were Romney I'd say to them "Give it back! I pay you assholes to stop me from being an asshole, and now look where we are!"

Philip Francis Queeg		2012-09-21 12:36:06 PM

I wonder how much of the bonus the staffers were required to kick back to Mitt.

Edsel		2012-09-21 12:36:41 PM

Diogenes: I live in Florida. If it means less ads here, I say pay those guys more.

Fair shot that this winds up being a real problem for them. Most of their money comes from big donors, and big donors will not keep doubling down on a losing cause. As they slide in the polls their money will get tighter and tighter. And they don't look to have any "game changer" to try and arrest the slide this time around.

Zerochance		2012-09-21 12:37:17 PM

DubyaHater: I don't understand. I thought Romney took in over $80 trillion over the past few months and was trouncing Obama in fundraising.
Seriously though, how does a couple of $25,000 payouts seemingly bankrupt a campaign bankrolled by billionaires? Could it be someone is lying to me about the amount of money in the Romney campaign coffers and most news outlets are full of shiat?

Wondering the same thing myself. I thought the Romney campaign had Scrooge McDuck piles of money to spend; how can they not have enough cash to maintain a media presence?

Snapper Carr		2012-09-21 12:37:35 PM

somedude210: Aarontology: So he's running his campaign like he does his businesses: Paying off his cronies while giving no thought to the long term consequences.

Imagine if he ran the country like that

Bag of Hammers		2012-09-21 12:37:50 PM

Oh Hai Guyz, whatz going on in this thread?....

DamnYankees		2012-09-21 12:37:58 PM

War. War never changes.

More_Like_A_Stain		2012-09-21 12:38:01 PM

YodaBlues: kbronsito: Diogenes:

What do you think Gingrich was in it for?

The chicks?

Callista has cancer?

It does sound more appealing than farking Newt.

coeyagi		2012-09-21 12:38:21 PM

Zerochance: DubyaHater: I don't understand. I thought Romney took in over $80 trillion over the past few months and was trouncing Obama in fundraising.
Seriously though, how does a couple of $25,000 payouts seemingly bankrupt a campaign bankrolled by billionaires? Could it be someone is lying to me about the amount of money in the Romney campaign coffers and most news outlets are full of shiat?

Wondering the same thing myself. I thought the Romney campaign had Scrooge McDuck piles of money to spend; how can they not have enough cash to maintain a media presence?

Without Obamacare going into full effect yet, spin doctors without insurance can be very expensive.

fracto		2012-09-21 12:38:23 PM

WTF Indeed: Breaking News: Employees are given bonuses for successful job performances!

You and I have different ideas about what 'success' means.

BMulligan		2012-09-21 12:39:03 PM

No need to imagine it - we'v seen it.

More_Like_A_Stain		2012-09-21 12:39:34 PM

Zerochance: Wondering the same thing myself. I thought the Romney campaign had Scrooge McDuck piles of money to spend; how can they not have enough cash to maintain a media presence?

Boats and planes leave these shores everyday for the Caymans.

skullkrusher		2012-09-21 12:40:02 PM

Not the employees' faults that he is a shiatty candidate

someonelse		2012-09-21 12:40:09 PM

WTF Indeed: Breaking News: Employees are given bonuses for successful job performances!

the campaign gave out about $200,000 in bonuses to senior employees just after the Republican National Convention,

sas-origin.onstreammedia.com

PsyLord		2012-09-21 12:40:18 PM

This is the CEO mentality... you have to have the best leaders... even if you have to screw over your business for them.

qorkfiend		2012-09-21 12:41:20 PM

Just a guess: those bonuses were in contracts, as win bonuses for actually winning the nomination, and couldn't not be paid out.

lilbjorn		2012-09-21 12:41:33 PM

So, basically, he's running his campaign like he ran companies bought by Bain. Skimming off all the cash and flushing the rest down the toilet.

theorellior		2012-09-21 12:41:35 PM

CLOWN SHOES. RED RUBBER NOSES. SQUIRTING LAPEL FLOWERS. SELTZER BOTTLES. RAINBOW WIGS.

Someone put this campaign out of its misery.

snowshovel		2012-09-21 12:41:50 PM

No mention of how many food stamps Obama issued after his convention?

I see that my work is done here.

mayIFark		2012-09-21 12:42:37 PM

Mitt hits the fan, once a day.

Seriously, not a single day went lately without something negative coming out about this campaign.

Hagbardr		2012-09-21 12:42:39 PM

skullkrusher		2012-09-21 12:43:50 PM

ITT: people who would apparently think better of Romney had he stiffed his employees out of money which was due to them

More_Like_A_Stain		2012-09-21 12:43:53 PM

theorellior: CLOWN SHOES. RED RUBBER NOSES. SQUIRTING LAPEL FLOWERS. SELTZER BOTTLES. RAINBOW WIGS.

Someone put this campaign out of its misery.

Or at least bring out the lion tamer, so that we have something interesting to watch.

Thigvald the Big-Balled		2012-09-21 12:44:07 PM

hubiestubert: In fairness, I suspect that this is the real job for the Romney campaign: to slide campaign dollars into the right hands. It is taking on the aspect of a very public money laundering scheme...

Someone else said it on Fark the other day, but this has a serious "Producers" vibe to it; Mitt's "47%" comments were like opening night at "Springtime for Hitler," right down to the idiots getting over their shock and lapping up the terrible production as if it was intentional.

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