rmoney scandal at the 2002 olympics...

[Fresh_Start]

Romney.. angered safety officials when his office denied free or discounted tickets to widows and orphans of firefighters who died at the World Trade Center. Romney's executive assistant, Donna Tillery, twice rejected the requests, citing a policy barring ticket giveaways, according to e-mails she sent to former Salt Lake City firefighter A.J. Barto. Romney's staff says he was unaware of the request.

Six weeks later, the committee found itself with unsold seats and Romney approved distributing 100 tickets valued at $885 each to Utah legislators.

''I was outraged at the hypocrisy,'' Barto said. ''In less than two months, he went from saying we're going to run a tight ship to throwing out free tickets to a group of people who could help him politically.''

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/olympic-flashback-2002-salt-lake-game

[pnwmom]

1. k & R.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. This should be highlighted in the national newspapers

[Booster]

3. I agree. With current Olympics about to start, would be perfect timing.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. Has the Washington Post covered this yet?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. I think the biggest issue surrounding Romney's Olympics

is that he claims credit for saving an Olympic Games on the verge of bankruptcy. Yet, what really saved the games was George Bush saving Romney's ass by bestowing a gift of $300 million of taxpayer money to the Olympics, a windfall without which Romney would have been toast. And he accuses others of wanting free stuff from the taxpayers' pockets.

[Johonny]

9. I thought his job was to keep them all out of jail

after the Utah Olympic bribery scandal broke they brought him in to "clean" up the Utah Olympic image and books. Lucky for them the Bush justice department couldn't manage to convict them. Imagine that.

[annabanana]

5. Oh kick kickety kick!! Now he won't be able to talk about the OLYMPICS either!

No Massachusetts, No Bain..

And now this!

[young_at_heart]

6. But he said that he alone SAVED the Olympics!!

He truly believes he has god-like powers.

[Booster]

8. Staff says he was unaware of the request. What a crock of shit. I really think his executive

assistant would have mentioned this to him unless her heart is as cold as his. I call bullshit.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. Well, he was busy... running Bain.

[salin]

11. IOW if you aren't financially or personally important to my career - screw you. Most voters

fall into that screw you category.

State politicians are politically important. Widows and orphans from 9-11 (which would be great PR, btw), screw you.

[w8liftinglady]

12. this PLUS the slave labor...

and if Bain made money from the Olympics,as well....OOOhhhh

[annabanana]

13. Kicking again, just BECAUSE! . . . .n/t