A kinkajou, 1886. Journalists uncovered Bain Capital securities filings identifying G.O.P. presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the head of the company until 2002—three years longer than he has previously claimed. If the filings are accurate, Romney would have controlled the investment firm during a controversial period when several companies it managed went bankrupt and others laid off thousands of employees. “Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony,” said Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter, “or he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments.” Romney—who, according to one of his campaign advisers, “retired retroactively” from Bain in 2002—called on Obama to apologize for Cutter’s remarks. “It’s disgusting, it’s demeaning,” said Romney. “Stop whining,” said Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. “What are you going to do when the Chinese leader says something to you or Putin says something to you? Going to whine it away?”
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A kinkajou, 1886. Journalists uncovered Bain Capital securities filings identifying G.O.P. presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the head of the company until 2002—three years longer than he has previously claimed. If the filings are accurate, Romney would have controlled the investment firm during a controversial period when several companies it managed went bankrupt and others laid off thousands of employees. “Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony,” said Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter, “or he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments.” Romney—who, according to one of his campaign advisers, “retired retroactively” from Bain in 2002—called on Obama to apologize for Cutter’s remarks. “It’s disgusting, it’s demeaning,” said Romney. “Stop whining,” said Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. “What are you going to do when the Chinese leader says something to you or Putin says something to you? Going to whine it away?”