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BREAKING NEWS GLORIA ALLRED HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE ANY MINUTE (Original Post) imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 OP
PREDICTION: It won't quite be as much of a dud as Trump yesterday RomneyLies Oct 2012 #1
You haven't been here long? vaberella Oct 2012 #3
I was right RomneyLies Oct 2012 #23
Oh...she will come out with something. n/t vaberella Oct 2012 #2
she is talking.... imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #4
Nothing on... LP2K12 Oct 2012 #5
If its good it will be shown at some point imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #6
No Objections from Mitt Romney on Gloria Allred’s Support for Requested Testimony LP2K12 Oct 2012 #7
I think the gag order is what needed to be lifted in order to hear the real story meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #12
Now let's see if Boston Globe dishes the dirt. Too bad it'll come on a Friday. smorkingapple Oct 2012 #8
The October Surprise will not win this election. whttevrr Oct 2012 #9
A minor distraction but one that must be dealt with by Robme Jersey Devil Oct 2012 #10
Every minute he is in the news for something bad Firebirds01 Oct 2012 #19
sounds like imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #11
Her husbands is afraid to let her speak imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #13
The judge released the testimony but didn't lift the gag order. pnwmom Oct 2012 #14
On Boston Globe web site imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #15
LIVE on TMZ riverwalker Oct 2012 #16
So imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #17
she keeps emphasizing "interactions' riverwalker Oct 2012 #18
I noticed that. Have a feeling that Romney strong armed her. nt progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #26
The records are now unsealed. no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #20
According to Allred the words wont mean much to the public without context.. DCBob Oct 2012 #21
plus much of the testimony and other records were destroyed, for some reason. nt progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #25
Its on cnn.com imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #22
Interesting.. much of the testimony and records were "destroyed." Typical Romney M.O. progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #24

vaberella

(24,634 posts)
3. You haven't been here long?
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:18 AM
Oct 2012

That woman has been known to destroy a few political careers in her time when she wants too.

 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
23. I was right
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 02:08 PM
Oct 2012

And I know how effective she is. She absolutely devastated Herman Cain this year.

But in this case, there wasn't anything juicy enough for it to be anything more than a dud. She's working for her client, as any good attorney should. She is using the presidential race to her client's benefit. Good on her. It's still meaningless to the presidential race as a whole.

LP2K12

(885 posts)
7. No Objections from Mitt Romney on Gloria Allred’s Support for Requested Testimony
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:22 AM
Oct 2012

UPDATE 10/25/12 — 10:45 a.m.:

A Massachusetts court ruled today that Mitt Romney’s testimony can be released to the media.

The judge did not lift the gag order on Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, which would have allowed her to discuss what transpired during the divorce proceedings.


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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/no-objections-from-mitt-romney-on-gloria-allreds-support-for-requested-testimony/

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
12. I think the gag order is what needed to be lifted in order to hear the real story
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:25 AM
Oct 2012

That judge did willard a favor by not lifting that gag order. The ex-wife probably had some really good dirt on him and how sleazy he is to protect his friends and their money.

whttevrr

(2,345 posts)
9. The October Surprise will not win this election.
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:23 AM
Oct 2012

The only thing that matters in this election is getting out the vote. People need to vote.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
10. A minor distraction but one that must be dealt with by Robme
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:23 AM
Oct 2012

Every minute of his time taken away from other issues is a plus at this point. So let him deny perjury, say it is all a bunch of crap, whatever. It will be less minutes he can effectively campaign.

 

Firebirds01

(576 posts)
19. Every minute he is in the news for something bad
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:48 AM
Oct 2012

is time he that is taken away from covering his campaign stops. It is time he has to address the issue instead of his 'plans.'

I believe that is why we did so well coming into this fall. The news coverage was dominated by republican and Romney gaffes. This didnt allow him to start campainging in a serious way or go on the news shows.


I heard on NPR yesterday that he is avoiding the reporters assigned to him because of the Indiana Senator's comments.

imgbitepolitic

(179 posts)
11. sounds like
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:24 AM
Oct 2012

Boston Globe was pressured NOT the pursue lifting of gag order. very odd. Boston globe is who initiated motion to begin with....

imgbitepolitic

(179 posts)
15. On Boston Globe web site
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:38 AM
Oct 2012



"Mitt Romney’s sworn testimony in a post-divorce lawsuit against Staples founder Tom Stemberg was unsealed on Thursday at Norfolk Probate and Family Court. The suit was filed in 1990 by Stemberg’s ex-wife, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, who sought to amend the couple’s financial agreement after Staples went public in 1989 and began trading at 10 times the stock value she had received in the divorce a year earlier."

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
16. LIVE on TMZ
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:42 AM
Oct 2012

she says
" Stenberg is BFF of Romney...not the glowing endorsement of Romney as Stenberg"
Q: was Romney being dishonest?
Allred: Can't answer due to order
Q: this was 18 years ago, why relevent?
Allred: Voters have a right to know every thing, especially said under oath. May have other conclusions and opinion of Romney if they have all information.
Q: Is she a democratic operative?
A: no ..
Q: Will you try to lift order b4 election day?
A: working hard now to get testimony out ASAP first possibly today, other motion filed with speed.
A the gag order is so comprehensive, I can't even tell you what's in it.
...read the testimoney, the entire file was destroyed, there are only 3 volumes left and thats all that will be released, other attorney's may have the rest we don't know.

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
18. she keeps emphasizing "interactions'
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:46 AM
Oct 2012

Romneys "Interactions" with her client.. not a word you use to describe testimoney about stock value.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
21. According to Allred the words wont mean much to the public without context..
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 12:21 PM
Oct 2012

which her client could provide. Lets hope the gag order is lifted. Regardless this is damaging to Robme. The media will be on this for days I suspect.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
24. Interesting.. much of the testimony and records were "destroyed." Typical Romney M.O.
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 02:15 PM
Oct 2012

I have a feeling that her comment "interactions" means that Romney was somehow way more involved than the remaining records will reveal, and the ex wife is forbidden from telling her side of it.

Can everyone else see that Romney's ambition, all along, was to be the White Horse and win the presidency? Everything.. every hidden record, every misplaced hard drive, everything.. was all for one reason??? He is MORE secretive than Nixon, and just as scary.

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