Democrats made a lot of ads attacking Mitt Romney’s tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital, but none hit home quite like this one from Priorities USA, a super PAC run by a onetime Obama aide. A former worker at a paper plant purchased by Romney’s firm tells the story of how he was asked to build a stage in his company’s warehouse, unaware that it would be used to announce mass layoffs. “It was like building my own coffin,” he says. “And it just made me sick.”
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- 10. Jeep Moving Jobs from Ohio to China
- 9. Romney Is an Outsourcing Pioneer
- 8. Romney Wants to Make Arizona’s Immigration Law a Model for the Nation
- 7. Obama Tried to Curb Military Voting
- 6. Romney Wants to Deny Gay Couples Adoption Rights
- 5. Obama Promised the Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment Under 8%
- 4. Obamacare Is a Federal Takeover of the U.S. Health-Care System
- 3. Romney Wants to Ban All Abortions, Including in Cases of Rape and Incest
- 2. Obama Gutted Welfare-to-Work Requirements
- 1. Obama Apologizes for America
