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alp227

(32,056 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 03:25 AM Jan 2012

Malkin responds to attacks on Bain Capital: 'Huntsman, Gingrich, Perry all go Occupier'

Michelle Malkin, commenting on Republican primary candidates accusing Romney of using Bain Capital to buy out companies and lay off workers, compared them (specifically Huntsman, Gingrich, and Perry) to Occupiers! Seriously, and the quote in the OP title was highlighted red...they must be closet commies!

Standing up for Wall Street, Malkin howls: "With his incessant bashing of how the private equity industry works in the real world, Newt (along with Rick Perry) is morphing into an Occupy Wall Street zealot. Or a David Axelrod...(quoting this ABCNews.com blog reporting on Rick Perry's ad that alleged Romney 'made millions buying companies and laying off workers.')" She follows: "...the Occupy rhetoric seeps into attack ads by Republicans that will send tingles down the legs of anti-capitalists everywhere from Gingrich’s new favorite newspaper, the New York Times, on down." (Also linked to Wall St Journal analysis of Bain under Romney: "Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts&quot

I found this post because I was looking for Malkin's view on Ron Paul (blog tag here). In 2007 she dismissed Paul because he spoke to Truther groups. In the 2008 primary she noted an instance of aggressive Paul supporters. It appears Malkin doesn't really like Paul, and the blog I focused on didn't mention Paul except in tagging.

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Malkin responds to attacks on Bain Capital: 'Huntsman, Gingrich, Perry all go Occupier' (Original Post) alp227 Jan 2012 OP
the republicans want to get rid of anchor babies Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1
Has she ever had a real job? Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #2
How ironic is it that Republican candidates Bok_Tukalo Jan 2012 #3
Someone please put her back in her cave. nt Javaman Jan 2012 #4

Bok_Tukalo

(4,323 posts)
3. How ironic is it that Republican candidates
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:00 AM
Jan 2012

... may successfully paint Romney as the true conservative.

Seriously though, this is a tension point within the Republican Party. They have pretty much absorbed the so-called Reagan Democrats but that constituency isn't as enamored with the excesses of the Market as the money Republicans.

This was an interesting move to make on the part of Gingrich and Perry. Surprising, too. I would expect it more from Santorum.

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