Salon.com > Romney yacht http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Mitt’s Cayman party boat http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/mitts_cayman_party_boat/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/mitts_cayman_party_boat/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12995967 Could there be a better example of super-rich arrogance than the image of millionaire Romney donors partying on a mega-yacht registered -- for tax avoidance reasons -- in the Cayman islands ... during the Republican convention? Come on -- simply as metaphor, the very notion reeks so egregiously of entitlement and elitism that one can't imagine Romney's campaign managers allowing such a thing to happen. Right?

But ABC News has the scoop, and it's a good one:

Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign toasted its top donors Wednesday aboard a 150-foot yacht flying the flag of the Cayman Islands.... The event, attended by no more than 50 people, along with Romney relatives, including older brother Scott, appeared on no public calendars.... The Cracker Bay is owned by Gary Morse, developer of the Villages retirement community. Companies controlled by Morse gave nearly $1 million to the pro-Romney Restore Our Future superPAC. Registered in the Caymans, the Cracker Bay has an impressive art collection and can seat 30 for dinner.

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