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To: Sam who wrote (194494)	7/21/2012 9:49:37 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543360

Stanfurd? Really? University of California $330,258 Harvard University $232,158 Stanford University $188,290 Message 28274467 If Stanferd is the Harvard of the West, then Harvard is the Berkeley of the East.

To: Sam who wrote (194494)	7/21/2012 9:58:15 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543360

ROMNEY CLAIMS DOG ATE TAX RETURNS AND RAN BAIN CAPITAL FOR THREE YEARS Posted by Andy Borowitz N. H. ( The Borowitz Report)—In a new effort to settle nagging questions about his finances, Republican Presidential pick Mitt Romney today told reporters that his dog ate his tax returns and also served as C.E.O. of Bain Capital from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Romney’s narrative about the Irish setter Seamus Romney, shared with reporters during a campaign stop in New Hampshire, was perhaps the most emotional invocation of a pet by a politician since Richard M. Nixon’s famed Checkers speech of 1952. “Seamus was more than a dog,” Mr. Romney said, his voice beginning to quaver. “As C.E.O. of Bain, he was a job creator.” But Mr. Romney’s revelations about his dog’s career in private equity may have raised more questions than it answered, as a spokesperson for People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) questioned the G.O.P. candidate’s latest version of events. “If we are to believe Mitt Romney, in 2002 while Seamus was supposedly running Bain Capital he would have been at least 140 years old [in dog years],” said PETA’s Carol Foyler. “This shaggy-dog story represents Mitt Romney’s latest act of animal cruelty.” Minutes after PETA’s response, Mr. Romney released an amended statement, saying that Seamus Romney had served as C.E.O. of Bain “posthumously.” It was a quieter day for Mr. Romney’s wife Ann, who, after her “you people” gaffe on ABC’s “Good Morning America” yesterday, was seen riding home on the roof of Mr. Romney’s car. Read more newyorker.com