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http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/25/mitt-romney-divorce-testimony/
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)but it'll be close.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)That woman has been known to destroy a few political careers in her time when she wants too.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)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.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)imgbitepolitic
(179 posts)right now!
LP2K12
(885 posts)CNN, Faux News, NBC, CBS.
TMZ is press now?
imgbitepolitic
(179 posts)!
LP2K12
(885 posts)UPDATE 10/25/12 10:45 a.m.:
A Massachusetts court ruled today that Mitt Romneys 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)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.
smorkingapple
(827 posts)whttevrr
(2,345 posts)The only thing that matters in this election is getting out the vote. People need to vote.
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)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)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)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)!
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)imgbitepolitic
(179 posts)"Mitt Romneys 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 Stembergs ex-wife, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, who sought to amend the couples 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)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.
imgbitepolitic
(179 posts)Basically Globe backtracked on having gag lifted. Gloria said it felt like a double cross.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)Romneys "Interactions" with her client.. not a word you use to describe testimoney about stock value.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,130 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)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)imgbitepolitic
(179 posts)Under politics.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)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.