Romney Has His Own Issues

The Romney campaign is going to have a tougher time making untruthful Solyndra attacks now, thanks to a new revelation that, as Governor of Massachusetts, Romney ALSO invested taxpayer dollars into a green company that went belly-up. In 2003 – Romney appeared outside solar company Konarka Technologies – calling for more grants for the renewable energy sector.

But after a $1.5 million investment by the state – Konarka filed for bankruptcy – laying off its entire staff – and liquidating all of its assets. So when Romney attacks President Obama far a similarly failed investment at Solyndra – he's also attacking himself. And somehow right-wingers - and even the mainstream corporate press - alwasy fail to mention, when reporting on Republican attacks on Solyndra - that the program that financed Solyndra was started in 2005 during the Bush Administration, and Bush's same federal employees recommended Solyndra's funding.