Mittens: The first rule of Bain Capital Fight Club is that only I get to talk about Bain Capital Fight Club

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Willard "Mittens" Romney has made his experience at Bain Capital the centerpiece of his campaign (because he really does not want to talk about his one term as Governor of Massachusetts).

At the same time, Mittens argues that any criticism of his time at Bain Capital is evidence of "character assassination," and an attack on capitalism itself.

Sooo, Mittens can talk about Bain Capital, but no one else is permitted to talk about Bain Capital. What, is Bain Capital like Fight Club?

This is just as crazy as Newt Gingrich, after criticizing Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan on Meet The Press Gregory, saying "Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday Is a falsehood" — umm, no it's not, you actually said it!

Romney surrogate Gov. John Sununu (R-N.H.) does not agree with the president of Bain Capital Fight Club. He told reporters in a presser on Tuesday, "I think the Bain record, as a whole, is fair game."

Mr. Sununu, Cory Booker is calling for you on line one — he said something about "tag, you're it!"

Mittens' opponents in the GOP primary thought Bain Capital was fair game as well. "Who is this pretentious Gordon Gekko to tell us what is relevant and what we can talk about? F#%k him!"

Priorities USA Action has released this highlight video from the GOP primary on the subject of Bain Capital. (video below the fold).

And here is Vice President Joe Biden in Keene, New Hampshire on Tuesday making the comparison and contrast between the Obama administration economic policies and the Romney/"Bush on steroids" economic policies, referencing Mittens' experience at Bain Capital.

Sorry Mittens, it doesn't look like you get to make the rules about who is permitted to talk about Bain Capital Fight Club.

UPDATE: President Obama was asked about Bain Capital during a press conference at the NATO summit, and gave a great answer:

“The reason why this is relevant to the campaign is that my opponent, Governor Romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be president is his business experience.

He's not going out there touting his experience in Massachusetts. He's saying, I'm a business guy, and I know how to fix it, and this is his business. And when you're president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, your job is not simply to maximize profits

Your job is to figure out how everybody in the country has a fair shot.

Your job is to think about those workers who get laid off, and how are we paying for their retraining.

Your job is to think about how those communities can start creating new clusters so they can attract new businesses.

Your job as president is to think about how do we set up an equitable tax system so that everybody's paying their fair share, that allows us then to invest in science, and technology, and infrastructure, all of which are going to help us grow.

And so if your main argument for how to grow the economy is "I knew how to make a lot of money for investors then you're missing what this job is about." It doesn't mean you weren't good at private equity. But that's not what my job is as president.

My job is to take into account everybody, not just some.

My job is to make sure the country is growing not just now, but 10 years from now, twenty years from now.”