Mitt Romney: Against Stem Cell Research, For Stem Cell Profits

5:31 pm EST August 15th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 10 Comments

The most unprincipled candidate in U.S. history strikes again.

Despite his “pro-life” campaign pitch, former Gov. Mitt Romney owns stock in two companies involved in embryonic stem cell research, a controversial field of study he previously cited as the reason for his rightward shift on abortion.

Romney holds stock in the biomedical firms Novo Nordisk and Millipore Corp., both of which use human embryos to research cures for chronic diseases, records show. Many conservatives fiercely oppose the research because it destroys the embryos in the process.

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10 Responses to “Mitt Romney: Against Stem Cell Research, For Stem Cell Profits”

  1. mdhatter says:
    August 15, 2007 at 6:36 pm

    And those companies are doing well. That allows in part for his large donations to his own campaign.

    Some might say his campaign was built in part on ‘tainted’ money.

    Good news for Mitt! Fundamentalists are known to be logical and not prone to undue frenzy.

  2. Doubting Thomas says:
    August 15, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    As a liberal commie pinko bleeding heart type person I detest anything Republican including Romney, but come on…

    The mans a multi-millionaire with I’m sure tons of investments. I’d be surprised if he knew of every company he owns stock in–I would assume he has financial people that do that.

    I wouldn’t be surprised to see that Edwards or Clinton or Obama own stock in companies they may politically be uncomfortable with as well.

    I don’t want to stick up for Romney, but I’m sure you could find much worse revelations about him.

  3. cellulose says:
    August 15, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    “The blind trust is an age-old ruse,” Romney told the Boston Globe in October of that year. “You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don’t invest in properties which would be in conflict of interest or where the seller might think they’re going to get an advantage from me.”

  4. calling all toasters says:
    August 15, 2007 at 7:56 pm

    So, Romney can’t know what’s in his blind trust? What if he reads today’s newspaper?

  5. OxyCon says:
    August 15, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    Mitt’s a baby killer.

  6. Organic George says:
    August 15, 2007 at 9:10 pm

    Definition of Whore…Romney

  7. Carlos says:
    August 15, 2007 at 9:19 pm

    Is there a sole source of information on the truth-challenged, flip-flopping Romney?

    This guy is amazing. And people still think he’s the shizzle. Lifelong hunter indeed…

    He’s graced my (way too neglected) Dumbasses in Government blog a couple of times.

    http://dumbassesingovernment.blogspot.com/

  8. jawbone says:
    August 16, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    And Romney at this point has no need of a blind trust, so he can’t use that argument.

    But he probably will anyway. It’s what unprincipled ‘Thugs do….

  9. Caged Lion says:
    August 17, 2007 at 11:05 am

    I agree with DT.

    I’m hardly a millionaire, but I’d be hard pressed to tell you what stocks my funds have invested in.

  10. GravyPan says:
    August 18, 2007 at 9:51 am

    At least he doesn’t own funds in companies that are about to foreclose on the homes of people in New Orleans.

    Democratic presidential contender John Edwards has investing ties to subprime lenders who are foreclosing on victims of Katrina, according to a report published Friday.

    The Wall Street Journal said there are 34 homes in New Orleans that face foreclosure from the subprime unit of Fortress Investment Group. Edwards has about $16 million in Fortress (Charts), a hedge fund and private equity manager, the newspaper said.