In their tactical attack on Mitt Romney, the other Republicans have painted themselves into a corner. They owe it to the public to explain just what is improper about what private-equity operators do, what should be illegal, and what should be subject to disclosure.
Why is it we are waiting for the Republicans to explain this sort of freebooting behavior to the public? Because the Democrats didn't do it years ago. And haven't been banging on it ever since. The kind of thing Bain Capital and others (the Carlyle Group, for example) is just plain old everyday mainstream "free-market" rich-guy behavior and the Democrats–well, most of them–have made nary a peep about it all these years. Some, beyond all doubt, have participated.
Come to think of it, let's start hearing about them.
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