President Obama loves to hit Mitt Romney for his successful career at Bain Capital, but the president’s own budget chief, Jeff Zients, is a former employee of Bain’s consulting firm.
Zients was tapped by the president in January 2012 to lead the Obama administration’s Office of Management and Budget. Zients is also married to a former Bain employee and drives a Volt.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
After graduating in 1988, Mr. Zients started as a consultant at Bain & Co. in Boston, where he “fell in love with Bain’s culture, teamwork…and analytical rigor,” according to a Bain alumni newsletter. (He didn’t work with Mr. Romney, who already had left to start Bain Capital.)
At Bain, Mr. Zients reported to Mary Menell, four years his senior, who became his wife, with whom he now has four children. They were married in Mrs. Zients’s homeland of South Africa, with Nelson Mandela, her parents’ friend, in attendance.
The news sparked sharp reaction on Twitter:
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Romney working for Bain = evil and possibly felonious. Obama's budget director working for Bain = a-ok. Besides, he drives a Volt!
— RedBrightandTrue (@RedBrightandTru) July 16, 2012
Oh baneful Bain. So Obama shrieks of the evils of Bain but his budget director Zients of course worked at Bain.
— Rob Stutzman (@RobStutzman) July 14, 2012
Doncha hate it when BO looks ridiculous & foolish–like ALWAYS? Obama's Budget Director a Bain Guy, Married a Bain Gal http://t.co/ykpiFICm
— GretchenInOK (@GretchenInOK) July 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/ObamaStrawman/status/224995972332261376
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