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Huntsman Sr. Partner With Bain Capital Executive

By Jeffrey Lord on 1.10.12 @ 8:50PM

Well things get curiouser and curiouser, as they say.

While Jon Huntsman Jr. is jumping on Mitt Romney for Romney's comment about firing people…a comment that has been linked to his time at Bain Capital, here's an interesting fact that Mr. Huntsman seems reluctant to reveal.

That would be?

That would be that one Jon Huntsman Sr. -- Jon Huntsman's dad -- is in a big deal business partnership with one Robert C. Gay, the two the name partners in the Huntsman Gay Global Capital private equity firm.

And who is Robert C. Gay?

Ahhhhhhhhhh.

Mr. Gay is the former longtime (1989-2004) managing director of… wait for it…Bain Capital.

Meaning Mr. Gay of Huntsman Gay is the former managing director of the very firm for which, according to Mr. Huntsman Jr., Mitt Romney loved to fire people.

Which would lead to the obvious question.

If Bain Capital is such a dastardly place that Mitt Romney loved to fire people… why is the Huntsman family making money with a Mitt Romney business partner who presumably has long known of Romney's dastardly behavior? And presumably participated in same?

Hmmm. If Jon Huntsman Jr. survives New Hampshire one suspects he will have some 'splainin' to do about income his family has earned by linking up with the guy -- Mr. Gay -- who ran Mitt Romney's Bain Capital. While Mitt was down the hall firing people.

Unless, of course, Mr. Romney and the very nature of capitalism is being deliberately misrepresented by Mr. Hunstman.

Let's see what happens.

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Jack in Wi.| 1.10.12 @ 9:33PM

Huntsman has only been a stalking horse for Romney to divide the libertarian and independent vote. He is one rich Mormon helping out another one. It has worked to some degree. Ron Paul would have probably won New Hampshire, except for Huntsman.

Woooooooah| 1.10.12 @ 10:02PM

Wait ... you mean to tell me that Huntsman is related to someone who was in business with someone who used to be the manager at the same company Mitt once worked at? That's the most scandalous bit of dirt you've turned up about any candidate so far in this election!

Clint| 1.10.12 @ 10:36PM

We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

Romney Had The Third Lowest Job Growth As Governor Of Massachusetts.

Romney Is A Job Gravedigger.

The Tea Party Rebellion Is On The East Coast.

beebop2| 1.11.12 @ 5:46AM

John's daddy is not his largest problem, imho .... He has struck me from the very beginning as a candidate in search of a constituency. And Newt has become a human fireball right in front of our eyes. Paul never ceases to amuse and Santorum has probably already blown through that cash he raised just after Iowa. I am disappointed that Perry took himself out so early so there you have it. Mitt by a nose at the wire.

Dai Alanye| 1.11.12 @ 11:19AM

The problem with Romney's loving-to-fire-people comment is not the sentiment but that he has handed Obama a five-second soundbite which Mitt will spend weeks explaining and defending himself against.