While some may argue that Mitt Romney's false testimony in a divorce case back in the 1990's is old news, I would argue that it remains relevant because if Romney was willing to be a perjurer and face potential criminal prosecution to "help a friend" what can we expect of the man in a heated and close political race. Time and time again on this blog focus has been placed on Mitt Romney's dishonesty. The man lies without a second thought and it is a trait that goes back at least to the mid-1990's. TMZ.com has details and here are highlights:
Mitt Romney LIED under oath when he testified in the divorce of his good friend and screwed the friend's wife out of a lot of money in the process ... so claims the ex-wife of Staples' founder TomStemberg.
Multiple sources connected with the divorce tell TMZ ... during Tom's uber nasty divorce case with ex-wife Maureen, Mitt Romney gave a deposition and testified during the trial that Staples was worth virtually nothing. Romney testified that the company was worth very little and Tom was a dreamer and "the dream continues."
Romney characterized the Staples stock as "overvalued," adding, "I didn't place a great deal of credibility in the forecast of the company's future."
Partly as a result of Romney's testimony, Maureen got relatively little in the divorce, but we're told just weeks after the divorce ended, Romney and Tom went to Goldman Sachs and cashed in THEIR stock for a fortune. Short story -- Romney allegedly lied to help his friend and screw the friend's wife over.
And there's more ... Our sources say years later, Maureen, who suffered from MS and had multiple bouts with cancer, got a visit from one of Tom's guys, who gave her papers informing her that Tom was cancelling her health insurance. Our sources say the irony here is that we're told Tom was working as one of then Governor Mitt Romney's chief health care advisers.
Sources tell us ... Tom also got custody of the couple's one child, making allegations of abuse against Maureen. And get this ... in the mid-90s, after the divorce, Tom sent the boy a letter saying, although he loved him, because of issues related to the divorce "it will not be possible for you to be a part of our family for the foreseeable future."
Despite Romney's documented dishonesty, the Christianist continue to rally to his support. Leading the charge are folks like pathological liar Tony Perkins of FRC and the child rapist enablers and protectors in the Catholic Church Conference of Catholic bishops. The Catholic Church may condemn gays like myself, but I would argue that few are more morally bankrupt nowadays than today's Republicans (see the post earlier today on the moral case for voting for Obama) and those like the Catholic bishops who wrap themselves in religiosity and false piety.
No comments:
Post a Comment