Thursday, August 30, 2012

Bain Annual Meeting Boring Convention

++The twitter traffic on the Tampa shindig is getting hilarious. One person twitted that if Romney took the floor at the minute spoke for five and let the balloons drop, he would think about voting for him. Another the dullest annual business meeting ever as Bain associates spoke about how wonderful Mitt was at Bain. Mr. Staples spoke but didn't talk about the government support they got in staying open or the destruction of the mom and pop stationary stores. This stuff is deadly and you wonder if the audience is tripping on how many awful business seminars they have been to.

++We have lived through Mitt's "church" service and the wonderful things he did for people. The effect was that of the evangelical television shows that roll out people to testify to someone's godliness. The White Horse prophecy lives.

++All of these testimonials, many from average people , are nice and heartfelt but no one is viewing this and it is unlikely I can even stay the course. While they are meant to humanize the man, it has created a claustrophobic atmosphere. Now we meld theocracy with plutocracy and the underlying theme is one of authoritarianism in a quiet guise.


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