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Does Romney Have an In-Law Problem?
ABC News, by Matthew Mosk

Original Article

Posted By:NorthernDog, 10/20/2012 9:13:43 AM

Mitt Romney's rise in business and politics has served as a marketing bonanza for two of his wife's closest relatives, both Utah-based businessmen who have benefited from, and are said to have traded on, their connection to the presidential candidate even as they suffered a succession of embarrassing business and legal difficulties. Ann Romney's brother Roderick Davies, who filed for bankruptcy in 2010, and nephew Ryan Davies, who oversaw a now-bankrupt green energy venture, have both been out on the campaign trail to offer support for Romney. But back in Utah, the two men

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[With Lynn Packer]
Getting desperate are we ABC? In the meantime Obama's relatives are either in the country illegally, or living in a poverty-stricken African ghetto.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: vanimal, 10/20/2012 9:15:43 AM     (No. 8947604)

This article reeks of Liberal Desperation


Reply 2 - Posted by: Robinsolana, 10/20/2012 9:18:33 AM     (No. 8947610)

We all have relatives.
Obama will have to keep as far from this October mud as he can, since he has a very strange set of relatives of his own and former associates like bomber Bill Ayres.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Italiano, 10/20/2012 9:18:39 AM     (No. 8947611)

OMG! The October Surprise!


Reply 4 - Posted by: FlyRight, 10/20/2012 9:19:40 AM     (No. 8947615)

Wanna bet their parents were legally married and they have proper birth certificates.


Reply 5 - Posted by: Namma, 10/20/2012 9:20:23 AM     (No. 8947618)

their his wife's closest relatives...not Mitt's......


Reply 6 - Posted by: JoniTx, 10/20/2012 9:21:52 AM     (No. 8947623)

Beginning to sound like the same-old, same-old.....somehow the leftist media can find all sorts of stories regarding Republicans. Only a few more weeks to go. Probably be hearing a new one of these every day from now on. They are desperate.


Reply 7 - Posted by: lakerman1, 10/20/2012 9:22:46 AM     (No. 8947625)

ABC has no credibility. period.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Nimby, 10/20/2012 9:31:48 AM     (No. 8947658)

How about them Obummer relatives? An uncle with DWI, relatives living in the country illegally, Mooch's brother getting the head coach position at OSU and on and on and on


Reply 9 - Posted by: stanley, 10/20/2012 9:33:34 AM     (No. 8947663)

msm scum


Reply 10 - Posted by: fiddle ed, 10/20/2012 9:36:08 AM     (No. 8947671)

A MSM that has hidden the radical, Marxist associations of this President still scumming on the bottom to find anything they can to drag Obama across the line? These dinosaurs of media are disappearing in sync with the ideology they have served for over 50 years. We will have to survive the death throes of their minions who are going to hit the streets election day. Just to steal a little of their thunder, "It's what we've been waiting for".


Reply 11 - Posted by: rlwo, 10/20/2012 9:36:30 AM     (No. 8947673)

Since when is it a crime to help family members?


Reply 12 - Posted by: Newtsche, 10/20/2012 9:41:42 AM     (No. 8947696)

Uh oh, here come Billy and Roger Romney, one a drunken buffoon, the other a coke snorting neer-do-well. Damn, it's over now...


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: Constitutional, 10/20/2012 9:43:48 AM     (No. 8947703)

I'm certain this critical issue will no doubt weigh incredibly heavily on the voting public's decision-making process.

That all you got, ABC?
Anything else to throw against the fridge and see if it sticks?


Reply 14 - Posted by: Daisymay, 10/20/2012 9:45:26 AM     (No. 8947711)

All of us have had someone in our family who was always chasing "a deal" that would make them rich. They usually were the relatives who never kept a real job. I don't think ANYONE who has half a brain would hold these guys against Mitt. It sounds like Mitt tired to guide them and help them, but they didn't listen. Mitt probably finally had enough and walked away and let them sink or swim. That's what ANYONE would do in that situation. This won't fly! ABC will have to do much better than this to smear a good man like Mitt.


Reply 15 - Posted by: gam, 10/20/2012 9:45:31 AM     (No. 8947712)

Is this what Gloria Alldred is going to spring?


Reply 16 - Posted by: Attercliffe, 10/20/2012 9:45:33 AM     (No. 8947713)

But have any of them ever been responsible for the death of a single person, let alone a lot more???


Reply 17 - Posted by: Blue-Z-Anna, 10/20/2012 9:46:31 AM     (No. 8947720)

The black calling the kettle pot.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: AppleAnnie, 10/20/2012 9:49:09 AM     (No. 8947729)

#3 lol


Reply 19 - Posted by: pineledger, 10/20/2012 9:49:23 AM     (No. 8947730)

Everyone knows we don't get to pick our relatives.

They've sent the Sarah Palin EMail Investigators to Utah!


Reply 20 - Posted by: cgood, 10/20/2012 9:53:21 AM     (No. 8947743)

So ABC finds a guy willing to give them the money quote: Romney is responsible for the actions of his relatives. After watching the CBS clip, I felt elated. Back to msm reality.


Reply 21 - Posted by: franq, 10/20/2012 9:55:31 AM     (No. 8947748)

Not as much as Hussein has an Obey-The-Law problem.


Reply 22 - Posted by: WhamDBambam, 10/20/2012 9:56:42 AM     (No. 8947753)

I dunno, does ABC News have a rescue-Zippy-at-all-costs problem?


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: Bmartin, 10/20/2012 10:00:08 AM     (No. 8947763)

and the liberites should keep Uncle Joe in the closet....and lock it! This article is "yawn" another desperate measure by the Demorats..


Reply 24 - Posted by: earlybird, 10/20/2012 10:03:30 AM     (No. 8947773)

They are fools to bring up relatives when Obie has Auntie Zeituni and the drunk uncle in Massachusetts and those weirdos in Kenya. And Hillary has all those Rodhams. And Kennedy....

Those are blood kin. These are just in-laws.


Reply 25 - Posted by: bighambone, 10/20/2012 10:13:24 AM     (No. 8947792)

Mitt Romney has no control of what business "dealings" these Davies guys engage in. Since they are monkeying around with so-called "Green" projects you would think that they would be seeking help from the Obama crew rather then Romney.

These guys are dry, a much better human interest story would be about Obama's illegal alien relatives sojourning in Massachusetts and probably other places around the USA.


Reply 26 - Posted by: markinalpine, 10/20/2012 10:14:47 AM     (No. 8947797)

ABC?
The
All
Barack
Channel


Reply 27 - Posted by: pomom, 10/20/2012 10:15:58 AM     (No. 8947801)

No mention that Romney did anything illegal. Next question.


Reply 28 - Posted by: suejeanne, 10/20/2012 10:35:56 AM     (No. 8947842)

Jimmy Carter's family - now there was an assortment of characters - even little Amy whose mother wouldn't tell her to sit properly (that always annoyed my Grandmother).


Reply 29 - Posted by: bobdog, 10/20/2012 10:38:03 AM     (No. 8947845)

That does it. I will not tolerate this kind corrupt, amoral behavior in a public official.

I will not vote for Romney's in-laws for any reason. My decision is final.

I have standards.


Reply 30 - Posted by: jinx, 10/20/2012 10:39:37 AM     (No. 8947848)

Let's talk about Harry Reid's son and his dealings with China. Let's talk about Hillary's two brothers who are not the most honest upright members of society. Let's talk about Bubba's brother. One picks his friends not his family. So let's talk about Obama's friends: Bill Ayers, Frank Marshall Davis, Rev. Wright, Valerie Jarrett, etc. Yes, ABC, let's talk.


Reply 31 - Posted by: Bevan, 10/20/2012 10:40:34 AM     (No. 8947851)

Yes, lets look at Obama's blood relatives....Oh look!...a squirrel!


Reply 32 - Posted by: secondtimelucky, 10/20/2012 10:42:17 AM     (No. 8947856)

this might have something to do with Gloria's ''reveal''. Maybe ABC stole her thunder, so to speak.

In any case, no one is electing a relative - either direct or by marriage. Nor are we electing a pastor (for any who still have reservations about LDS). If that were the case, the Leader would still be ''organizing'' in Chicago - weird relatives and pastor all over the place...


Reply 33 - Posted by: DARling, 10/20/2012 10:43:01 AM     (No. 8947861)

At least they're not living in a cardboard box in Nairobi.


Reply 34 - Posted by: pinger, 10/20/2012 10:48:36 AM     (No. 8947870)

And this has what effect on President Romney repairing our damaged country???


Reply 35 - Posted by: cartcart, 10/20/2012 10:56:52 AM     (No. 8947889)

Roger Clinton and Billy Carter both had dopes for brothers. So what?


Reply 36 - Posted by: dotonbut, 10/20/2012 11:10:26 AM     (No. 8947921)

Remember Obama's magical first 100 days?

About 60% of his first picks were immersed in corruption that even the slavish media couldn't cover up.

And NOW we see the ONE out of scores of green energy failures at taxpayer expense that ABC wants to talk about.
This got old about 45 years ago.


Reply 37 - Posted by: enuf8, 10/20/2012 11:40:19 AM     (No. 8947989)

These are Ann's relatives------now, let's hear again about Hillary's bros.


Reply 38 - Posted by: killerbee, 10/20/2012 11:45:11 AM     (No. 8948001)

I guess they've forgotten the extended Clinton family. Remember the Rodhams? Nice. And Carter.

This article is fully insane.


Reply 39 - Posted by: whyyeseyec, 10/20/2012 12:04:02 PM     (No. 8948074)

Candy, read the transcript...


Reply 40 - Posted by: thenightowl, 10/20/2012 12:40:53 PM     (No. 8948142)

The headline reads like an Enquirer article and the article like it's following an innuendo recipe.


Reply 41 - Posted by: mominNoCA, 10/20/2012 12:42:48 PM     (No. 8948147)

Green energy? Does that mean they got money from Obama?


Reply 42 - Posted by: god of irony, 10/20/2012 12:47:02 PM     (No. 8948156)

By all means let us discuss failed green energy companies and take a look at family members.

Everyone should start with watching the 2016.


Reply 43 - Posted by: capt scurvey, 10/20/2012 12:56:05 PM     (No. 8948171)

I don't know about that, but it's pretty obvious that he has a desperate liberal hatred problem...


Reply 44 - Posted by: Nevadadad46, 10/20/2012 1:04:53 PM     (No. 8948188)

ABC shills - as usual - for the Muslim in Chief! A desperation "October" surprise they threadily try to connect to Romney. To them, that's headline worthy! But, the open wound of Øbama's hidden history and educational records are faithfully ignored!


Reply 45 - Posted by: rochow, 10/20/2012 1:19:40 PM     (No. 8948215)

Desperate, aren't we???? Who gives a hoot if they declared bankruptcy a million times?


Reply 46 - Posted by: NYbob, 10/20/2012 3:14:01 PM     (No. 8948379)

Hey ABC, Pelosie's husband and $80 BILLION in failed green energy projects from BHO. Do some real reporting once in a while.


Reply 47 - Posted by: NuGoddess, 10/20/2012 3:22:37 PM     (No. 8948396)

They tried the pity party with the garbage man (oh, excuse me: ''sanitation engineer'' ... with a GED) but that didn't quite work out. Guess they have to go for the in-laws now.


Reply 48 - Posted by: lana720, 10/20/2012 3:59:11 PM     (No. 8948455)

Yes, OP and others, is that they've got???
These are honest people trying to make a living. Too bad that unsuccessful green energy thing cuts both ways.

The refuse that is what we know of zippy's family is a mess and he has never really acknowledged them. Poor souls!



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