Every "risk" you list can be accomplished as easily now as before. It's not like the Washington Post can somehow protect a public source from "destroyed reputation, lawsuits, loss of business, shunning by associates."
Those of us who still apply critical thought to these things might notice that throughout Romney's entire political career, including previous senate, gubernatorial, and presidential runs, this never came up before. An incident we are now told was a formative event in these witnesses' lives.
Not from Democratic opposition researchers, not from Republican ones.
Where was Maxwell all those years? It's not like it's hard to contact a major newspaper if that's all you believe it takes to "protect" yourself.
Occam's Razor is starting to draw a little blood here.
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- Why Mitt the high school bully matters
- So,
- Timing. Brilliant on the part of those who released the story. n/t
- Looks like the Democrats are going to crawl all the way out to the end of the branch. Again.
- I can't wait til Romney issues a complete denial and challenges the story as false.
- He doesn't have to. It seems to be falling apart by itself.
- Don't hold your breath
- He doesn't have to. It seems to be falling apart by itself.
- I can't wait til Romney issues a complete denial and challenges the story as false.
- Looks like the Democrats are going to crawl all the way out to the end of the branch. Again.
- Eleven days in May
- Re: Why Mitt the high school bully matters