John McCain's 200-Page Mitt Romney Opposition Research Book From '08 Found Online

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The oft-discussed 200-page opposition research book compiled by John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008 against fellow candidate Mitt Romney has made its way online, courtesy of BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski.

The entire thing is worth a thorough read if only for an exploration of how little the current Republican field has scratched the surface with respect to Romney-related attacks.

The document also seriously undercuts McCain's current position –- as an endorser of Romney for president in 2012 –- that attacks on the former governor's Bain Capital days are anti-capitalism. There are 399 mentions of Bain in McCain's Mitt Romney oppo book.

After looking through the material, tell us what you find.

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Comments

[RonPaulFlix]

02:05 AM on 01/19/2012

Consistency lives here http://RonPaulFLIX.com

[Unreadable]

11:29 PM on 01/18/2012

Mitt is a legal person, just like any corporation, but that's as far as his humanity goes. And, Newt, thanks for "pious baloney".

[Dandy12]

09:51 PM on 01/18/2012

Between this and Newt's PAC's film, they've saved Move On a good deal of time, money, and research. The more we get to know Mitt (the uber capitalist), the more he appears to be part of the Wall Street problem, and not the solution. He stands at the pinnacle of the 1 percenters, and doesn't seem to be planning much worthwhile for the middle class. Mitt appears to be one way, and is a good deal more suave than Danny Devito's character, "Larry the Liquidator".

[RepublicanDepression]

06:15 PM on 01/18/2012

Nearly FOUR HUNDRED mentions of Bain in McCain's attack Romney book.

Oh, but that it attacking CAPITALISM itself!

LOL!

GOP (Greedy One Percent) FAIL!

[Nick Riley]

05:53 PM on 01/18/2012

There is none of this trash on Ron Paul. He was in the same election in 2008. The worst teh AP could find on Ron Paul was his use of first class flights. Then Lawrence O'donnell comes out and blasts the lies out of the AP article.

Why don't the republicans wake up and support the guy with the constant message and absence of scandals.

Ron Paul 2012

[olebud03]

07:41 PM on 01/18/2012

Absence of scandals? PUH-LEASE! More or his insane, racist, bigoted drivel is surfacing on a daily basis!

[Nick Riley]

11:49 PM on 01/18/2012

Look into a few groups
Muslims for Ron Paul
Hispanics for Ron Paul
Africans for Ron Paul
Jews for Ron Paul

Are all these people uninformed or is it you who might need to re-examine your stance?

I have been studying his speeches and policy for 6 years and I have never heard a racist comment anywhere.

Daily basis? send me a link to anything fresh, otherwise I will just assume your hyperbole is unsupported

[Blaseboniface]

01:36 AM on 01/19/2012

PUH-LEASE, the newsletter issue is dead and buried. The people, including minorities posting on You-Tube defending Ron Paul, did not fall for that one. Only a few Ron Paul haters looking for some reason to not vote for Liberty and the Constitution try to resurrect a dead issue that the Main Stream Media is learning to back off because it blew up in their faces when the facts revealed a Ron Paul Presidency would be the best thing that happened for us all, but especially minorities. And it gave Ron Paul a chance to explain why. PRESIDENT RON PAUL 2012!

[Americanwoman55]

04:18 PM on 01/18/2012

I can only imagine the paperwork these types of people have on Obama.

Yet, they promote and incite the type of garbage conspiracy they do. the birther and secret life BS.

Can one only imagine.

[treadway123]

04:04 PM on 01/18/2012

He was deported by his Church on a mission to France for 21/2 to dodge the Vietnam conflict/War? According to this Mitt don't know what he stands for, let alone us to figure his flip/flops!

[Americanwoman55]

04:43 PM on 01/18/2012

missions are only 2 years long not 2 1/2

[RepublicanDepression]

06:16 PM on 01/18/2012

Wow! Why is that not in the news?

[Clevelandinwi]

03:37 PM on 01/18/2012

We already knew willard was greedy - this supports that.

[Clevelandinwi]

03:33 PM on 01/18/2012

C'mon! It came from jon mccain - how much can you believe? A L L . OF . IT.

[RepublicanDepression]

03:28 PM on 01/18/2012

Media bias! This playbook cannot be used to hurt Mitt Romney!

If they attack him over an old political position, Romney can just change to a new one.

[Nukualofa]

03:50 PM on 01/18/2012

Agreed. Mitt can be like a fish out of water. Flip flopping all over the place.

[Americanwoman55]

04:19 PM on 01/18/2012

Have you ever heard the saying leopards do not change their spots.

[RepublicanDepression]

04:24 PM on 01/18/2012

Ro'money- the anti-leopard

[RepublicanDepression]

03:25 PM on 01/18/2012

LOL! What a treasure trove of GOP (Greedy One Percent) on GOP (Greedy One Percent) violence.

[Honey Bucket]

02:22 PM on 01/19/2012

Like your GOP comment

[RepublicanDepression]

02:55 PM on 01/19/2012

Thanks. Use it!

[donasanya]

02:55 PM on 01/18/2012

If only McCain had done even half of this much research on Sarah, we won't have that yoke on our nation's head.

[Americanwoman55]

03:39 PM on 01/18/2012

You mean vetted her LOL

[George Dayton]

02:30 PM on 01/18/2012

..you KNOW republicans will blame the liberals for this...

[Nukualofa]

03:25 PM on 01/18/2012

Proof John McCain is a commie pinko.

[Americanwoman55]

03:40 PM on 01/18/2012

Sarah did it ... Sarah did it............

[skywalk]

12:02 AM on 01/19/2012

You might be right she is supporting Newt!

[Nukualofa]

02:28 PM on 01/18/2012

Why don't the Republicans forget the whole thing and regroup and come back in 2016 and give it a shot?

[RepublicanDepression]

03:26 PM on 01/18/2012

All the ones with more than a few brain cells already did.

[George Dayton]

02:21 PM on 01/18/2012

We knew your were good for SOMETHING John, thankyou...

[PublicCitizen21044]

03:42 PM on 01/18/2012

This report is a goldmine as it shows a timeline of every Mitt change of policy/mind/statements he has made during his political/public career and it is a show stopper for Mitt. Thus far he has changed his mind or contradicted himself at every turn and after reading the report I was left wondering Who are you really Mitt and what do you truly believe in or would you die for? He has not done anything noteworthy that was not self serving and he is a consummate liar/prevaricator.