The most surprising thing about this story is not that Democrats would trot someone out under fraudulent pretenses. This is a party without shame, after all, and it has no problem trotting out frauds who claim to be “lifelong Republicans” either. As long as the MSM lets them do it – they do it.

That’s the surprising part of the story. It wasn’t a blogger who broke it, but a reporter for ABC’s The Note. Jonathan Carl seems to have scooped the right-wing blogosphere on this one.

The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as “former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital.” They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney’s leadership. But it turns out one of those employees never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital. David Foster was supposedly one of those former employees on the convention schedule. He told the story about 750 steelworkers who lost their jobs when the Bain-controlled company GST steel filed for bankruptcy in the early 1990s. was supposedly one of thoseon the convention schedule. He told the story about 750 steelworkers who lost their jobs when the Bain-controlled company GST steel filed for bankruptcy in the early 1990s. “In 2001, with GST bankrupt and Romney still CEO of Bain, I stood in front of hundreds of steelworkers in their 50s and 60s, and retirees in their 70s and 80s, and told them Romney and Bain had broken their promises. Jobs, vacation pay, severance, health insurance and pension benefits that were promised — they were all gone,” he said. Read his full speech here

But Foster, according to a former spokesman for GST Steel, never actually worked for the company. “David Foster was never an employee of GST Steel’s Kansas City plant. He was employed by the United Steelworkers of America as their regional union director to represent GST Steel, but was not employed at our facility,” according to BC Huselton, who was head of HR at GST. Instead, Foster was a union organizer, who negotiated for workers that did work for the company.

Some additional information on Foster, via The Right Sphere:

Now Mr. Foster is the Executive Director for The BlueGreen Alliance. Just what is The BlueGreen Alliance you ask? This is from the “About Us” section on their website: Today, the BlueGreen Alliance unites 14 of our country’s largest unions and environmental organizations. Acting together, through more than 15 million members and supporters, we are a powerful voice for building a cleaner, fairer and more competitive American economy. Ahh, yes. ‘Fairness.’ Where have we heard that before? Now here’s what Open Secrets says about them: BlueGreen Alliance is a left-leaning not-for-profit organization aimed at “expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy.” In doing so, it has generally raised money in support of Democrats and in opposition to Republicans running for political office.

Okay, let’s see what Discover The Networks says about them:

Right. So the guy is a far left stooge who was masquerading as a disgruntled ex Bain employee. Anything for the cause, I guess.

Linked by Michelle Malkin, and Doug Ross, and Zilla of the Resistance, thanks!