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Jim Clyburn looks ready to join the walk back kabookie himself...
Jim Clyburn: Romney and Bain “raped” companies or something « Hot Air
Via Accuracy in Media. Between this and Bookergate, Im thinking were maybe 72 hours from Axelrod issuing an all points bulletin to Obama surrogates nationwide to stop. talking. about Bain. The latest backtrack:
The Obama campaign says a surrogates use of the word raping to describe Mitt Romneys actions at his private-equity firm, Bain Capital, is inappropriate
Patrick Devlin, a spokesman for Clyburn, said that the top-ranking Democrat used the word raping as a synonym for rob or plunder.
Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith said in an email, We strongly disagree with Congressman Clyburns choice of words- they have no place in this conversation.
Clyburn, of course, has taken plenty of cash from private-equity rapists himself. Thats symptomatic of why Team O keeps running into messaging trouble from its allies on this subject: Democrats are so hopelessly conflicted about Wall Street that they simply cant manage to walk in lockstep in pushing this talking point. Youve got hardcore liberals like Clyburn grasping for rape analogies (those donations notwithstanding), centrists like Mark Warner and Ed Rendell all but defending Bain and private equity, and aspiring Democratic superstars like Cory Booker playing both sides in the knowledge that hell need Wall Street money and the liberal base to help fund a run for higher office later.
Jim Clyburn: Romney and Bain “raped” companies or something « Hot Air