Rumor Mill News Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign on Wednesday partied with wealthy donors on a 150-foot yacht that flies the flag of the Cayman Islands, according to an ABC News report.
Members of the Romney Victory Council, who have each raised more than $1 million for the candidate, mingled with Romney’s brother, Scott, and other relatives in Tampa aboard the luxury yacht “Cracker Bay.”
While they waited outside the unadvertised event, ABC News snapped photos of the Cayman Islands civil ensign flag flying on the yacht’s stern.
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) was reportedly scheduled to speak to the more than 50 people attending.
“It was a really nice event,” billionaire energy industry executive Wilbur Ross told the network. “These are good supporters.”
Romney came under fire earlier this year when it was revealed that he had millions stashed in the Cayman Islands, a notorious tax haven. In August, Vanity Fair reported that Romney still had a personal stake in at least 12 of Bain Capital’s Cayman Island funds, worth up to $30 million.
The candidate recently insisted to Fox News host Chris Wallace that “there was no reduction — not one dollar reduction — in taxes by virtue of having an account in Switzerland or a Cayman Islands investment.”
“I think it’s ironic they do this aboard a yacht that doesn’t even pay its taxes,” a woman who lives at the marina where Cracker Bay is moored told ABC News.
Watch this video from ABC News, broadcast Aug. 29, 2012.
This whole thing at the Republican convention is an acting job that belongs in the anals of all acting jobs. Their using this Ryan clown as a young turk to try and win back the younger vote from Barry Soretoro aka Barack Obama. If you think things will change with these clowns, your in for a hollow point surprise.
We are being conned big time.
The filthy rich want to bring back austerity and wipe out all entitlements period, end of story, no other discussion need take place. Ryan is a damned liar, a damned good one at that.
I’m just wondering if the name of the boat has a racial overtone?