The #Sensata Story Could Destroy Romney

[johnnyrocket]

Romney's Bain Capital did what they do best. They bought out a company called Sensata Tech and are in the process of outsourcing it to China.

They even brought in Chinese workers for the current employees to train. Yea, they were forced to train their own replacements.

And Bain Capital forced the company to take down their American flag and put up a Chinese flag while they trained them.

A Chinese flag was flying over a Bain-owned factory in Freeport, Illinois.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/13/1143996/-The-Sansata-Story-Could-Destroy-Romney

[TroyD]

1. But is the MSM going to pick it up?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Tweet like mad

[TroyD]

9. Lots of us have been

And I think it was trending a little while ago. : )

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. great!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Romney needs to be taken to task on this one

CAN WE SHOUT FORM THE ROOFTOPS?

[PuraVidaDreamin]

4. Seize this issue Obama

This could be the nail in the coffin if handled correctly.

[RichGirl]

15. I don't think that President Obama should have to do the media's job!

If the media thinks it's important to report that Lindsey Lohan is supporting Mitt Romney...but not this...then they need to just shut down!

[amborin]

5. at least one bain corp did biz with Iran, violating US sanctions

NY times did good article on this this past week. Lots of good comments online, too. People note that even if it's a blind trust, Romney is in contact,

[ellie]

6. I don't think a flag from another country

should be flying above the American flag on American soil. Flag etiquette if you will.

[Ztolkins]

7. That picture is from China

Keep the story, drop the photo

[Angry Dragon]

8. Why is this TRAITOR Willard running for president??

[tarheelsunc]

10. That photo is from China. If you distribute that, it could make the whole story look fabricated.

I can see at least 5 clues that tell me that:

1. Mopeds.
2. Chinese text on the wall outside the building.
3. Both Chinese AND American flags, with the Chinese flag higher. At Bainport, the American flag was removed.
4. The design of the building. I've been to China, a lot of corporate buildings have that same design, accentuated by the traffic monitor station in the bottom right.
5. The warning/road sign in Chinese in the bottom left.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. The plant in the pic is in China.

That's the only error. The rest is solidly true.

[Evergreen Emerald]

12. This is one of many things that should have sunk (sank?) Romney

I do not understand what he is using as a buoy. He should be down with the crabs by now (to continue the metaphor).

[Doctor_J]

13. If I had $10 for every story that was going to "destroy" Willard

I'd be in his tax bracket. This will do nothing to his campaign.

[madrchsod]

14. the freeport plant is a small and it`s on google street view.

[courseofhistory]

16. SEND IT TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN!!

You can email and call from their contact info on the official website as well as sending individual emails to the campaign advisors and managers! I have! I do it with quite a few stories.

[treestar]

18. Forget about the flag

As that is seeming to be something they can use to confuse the story.

It's about training visiting Chinese people for your own job and the factory moving to China, leaving all of its employees without jobs. And touting that as Bain's way of doing things and that the business experience Rmoney leans on as his qualification.

[Bigleaf]

20. I agree. The flag thing could be a Rovian plant to discredit the bigger story ie Romney/Bain/China

[enough]

19. Please. Even the dKos thread in your OP had to agree

that the photo is a plant in China, not in the Us.

Spreading this just makes us look like chumps.

[D23MIURG23]

21. What a bunch of assholes.

Its not enough for these bain fuckers to destroy the company for profit, they have to humiliate the workers and rub salt in their wounds as well. Fuck the finance parasites.

[ChangeUp106]

22. Setting the record straight on the Chinese flag

This was just posted on Bainport.com, the Tumblr website the workers set up:

"There seems to be some confusion about whether or not our Sensata plant took down our American flag and replaced it with the Chinese flag. Here is the truth. Sensata took down our American flag on the day they flew in our Chinese replacements that we were forced to train. They put our American flag back up after the Chinese workers left. They never flew the Chinese flag."

[budkin]

24. If they never flew the flag where is that photo from?

Is it photoshopped?

[budkin]

23. What's the best way to get the media to pay attention to this? Where to send?

This is a pretty big deal!