Scalia plays politician; Romney plays possum
In another sign of just how screwy things have gotten, Mitt Romney, the GOP nominee for president, steadfastly refuses to get involved in the political debate about immigration. He refuses to offer his own ideas about a national immigration strategy*, and he won’t voice an opinion on President Obama’s controversial decision not to deport illegal aliens who were brought here as young children.
But worry not: A supposedly nonpolitical Supreme Court justice, Antonin Scalia, is eager to jump into the political fray where Romney is too meek to tread. In his radical dissent to today’s ruling on the Arizona immigration law, Scalia argues that Arizona and the other 49 states have the right to exercise “what most would consider the defining characteristic of sovereignty: the power to exclude from the sovereign’s territory people who have no right to be there.”
“Even in its international relations, the federal government must live with the inconvenient fact that it is a Union of independent states, who have their own sovereign powers,” Scalia writes.
Just as remarkably, Scalia used his dissent to lambaste Obama’s decision regarding children of illegal immigrants, slyly referring to “the Executive’s unwise targeting” of available resources to combat illegal immigration.
“The husbanding of scarce enforcement resources can hardly be the justification for this, since the considerable administrative cost of conducting as many as 1.4 million background checks, and ruling on the biennial requests for dispensation that the non-enforcement program envisions, will necessarily be deducted from immigration enforcement,” Scalia complained.
Scalia plays politician; Romney plays possum.
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*Note: Here’s the official Romney response to today’s ruling:
“Today’s decision underscores the need for a president who will lead on this critical issue and work in a bipartisan fashion to pursue a national immigration strategy. President Obama has failed to provide any leadership on immigration. This represents yet another broken promise by this president. I believe that each state has the duty — and the right — to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failed to meet its responsibilities. As Candidate Obama, he promised to present an immigration plan during his first year in office. But four years later, we are still waiting.”
– Jay Bookman
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Steve Atl
June 25th, 2012
3:52 pm
Hey Paul…my question to you is “Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
3:53 pm
“Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln?”
Same place as his plan to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
3:53 pm
Anyone watch the great hour long special with Marco Rubio? He is certainly going to make a great VP and probably someday President….
getalife
June 25th, 2012
3:53 pm
Told ya willard got crushed on this issue.
“In another sign of just how screwy things have gotten,”
How do you make it stop?
Mr_B
June 25th, 2012
3:54 pm
“CJ:
And where’s a link for that Obama plan. I’d like to read up on that…”
Here ya go, (Warning 27 pages and pretty specific. I know you guys don’t like reading long documents.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/immigration_blueprint.pdf
Erwin's cat
June 25th, 2012
3:54 pm
JHM..agreed…I essentially read it the same, but didn’t want to type that much..LOL
I’m not intellectually lazy..just plain lazy today
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
3:54 pm
I’m sure going to miss Tropical Storm Debbie Downer Schulz…
Steve Atl
June 25th, 2012
3:54 pm
Supposed to read “Where the heck is Obama’s Immigration Plan?” before the Liberal grammar and spelling police are all over me like libs on food stamps.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 25th, 2012
3:55 pm
Joseph — “There’s really no point in an apology.”
Yes, there is. You could demonstrate your willingness to engage me politely, or I could just go back to ignoring you.
“If your an immigrant wanting to come here I figured your first language wouldn’t be English. That’s really the only folks who should be concerned with this right?”
I found your crack about my English skills to be inappropriate and insulting. Your posts are full of misspellings, punctuation and usage mistakes, but I’ve never once called you on it. By your standard, shouldn’t I be calling ICE to come haul you away?
Man up and apologize, and then we can discuss things.
Towncrier
June 25th, 2012
3:55 pm
“Mitt also opposes driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. Stupid, stupid, stupid.”
Last I knew, two wrongs don’t make a right. I understand your rationale, but I think granting them licenses is just making it easy for them to remain illegal and even perhaps vote illegally. Besides, I think many insurers want you to have uninsured motorists protection on a car that is still being paid for. It is not the solution to the problem. imo.
getalife
June 25th, 2012
3:55 pm
“Same place as his plan to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term”
In the gop house’s trash can.
barking frog
June 25th, 2012
3:55 pm
Citizenship for the asking.
Sign them up. Tax them.
Can’t be any worse than
what we’ve already got.
bman
June 25th, 2012
3:56 pm
“Perhaps it is somehow tied to money”
Everything the Govt does involves $. They can’t get a meal catered in for 50 people without I costing $500/per person. It did t cost much for the people who entered the country illegally.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
June 25th, 2012
3:56 pm
Obama’s plan?
I suspect you mean Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill of 2011?
Perhaps you just review it’s history.
Towncrier
June 25th, 2012
3:56 pm
““Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln?”
“Same place as his plan to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.”
That was funny.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 25th, 2012
3:56 pm
Curious — “What’s the position of Democrats, Republicans, or anybody on employers knowingly employing illegals? What about those employers that don’t make a good faith attempt to verify status?”
Here’s mine.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/06/15/obama-offers-temporary-reprieve-to-young-illegal-immigrants/?cp=10#comment-984295
East Lake Ira
June 25th, 2012
3:56 pm
Read this “Conservatives” and then we can talk.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
3:57 pm
“You could demonstrate your willingness to engage me politely, or I could just go back to ignoring you.”
Joseph, go for ignore. Anything else is a waste of your time.
getalife
June 25th, 2012
3:57 pm
Our President will win the issues and debates.
He deserves to be reelected.
Four more years!
Jimmy62
June 25th, 2012
3:58 pm
I wonder why you haven’t gotten all over Obama for his lies and omissions in the drug war. The lie was that he said he wouldn’t raid marijuana businesses and growers that complied with state law, yet he has gone on to do so. The omission is that whenever people ask him about drugs, he laughs and refuses to take it seriously. When the White House had a poll about questions Obama would answer, pot legalization issues were the public’s number one request, and Obama laughed it off. As if all the unjust death and imprisonment caused by these policies are a meaningless joke. It’s not meaningless, but his refusal to even discuss it sure is political! He obviously cares more about winning an election than doing what is right, or doing anything to help people.
But hey, go one and heap scorn on Scalia. Easy target, and you won’t get attacked by sycophants like you would if you really criticized the bringer of light.
Misty Fyed
June 25th, 2012
3:58 pm
Dang those promises…I can’t believe people expect the President to have actually meant them.
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
3:58 pm
Mr_B:
Just asking but it was dated May 2011. When was it presented to the House or Senate for a vote?
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
3:58 pm
““Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln?”
Same place as his commitment to be the most open and transparent administration in history.
Recon 0311 2533
June 25th, 2012
3:59 pm
“Well, except for when he said he supported the Arizona law…”
Nothing wrong in saying that because the Arizona law in essence is the same as existing Federal immigration law. The Supremes didn’t rule that it was a bad law, they ruled that crafting and enforcing immigration law belongs to the Federal government’s authority and not to the state. The Court did not rule on the correctness or incorrectness of the Obama administrations refusal to enforce existing immigration law.
Misty Fyed
June 25th, 2012
3:59 pm
Maybe Romney is smart enough to realize that Jay and the rest of the press won’t give him the same pass they give Obama on not fulfilling campaign promises.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 25th, 2012
4:00 pm
B. Shockley — “Joseph, go for ignore. Anything else is a waste of your time.”
You certainly were. I posted what you asked for and POOF, you disappeared.
josef
June 25th, 2012
4:00 pm
There will be an immigration overhaul regardless of who goes in and the plan will be pretty much the same. The idea of the dream act will be the first step since even among conservatives (not the nasty tempered “herd ‘em all up and roll ‘em out” back to the generation MY ancestors arrived) there is a hesitancy to punish the children for the sins of the fathers. Next there will be a triage andf those who have long established ties in the country and who have sunk roots here will be granted some form of amnesty, possibly including a path to citizenship. For those more recent arrivals with less ties to the country but good records and individuals willing to step up and speak their case, there will be some form of revised “work permit.” That will lower the number to be Removed (most interesting terminology there) to the Jacksonianly manageable. There’ll be enough debate on the details of the overall plan to satisfy the squabble happy, imauo.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:00 pm
Recon, I was pointing out the inaccuracy of Jay’s assertion that Romney hasn’t taken a position.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:01 pm
Hussein, you’re a lockstep-liberal. We get it. It’s boring as hell, but we get it.
Steve Atl
June 25th, 2012
4:02 pm
Just heard 2 new Immigration terms…”Undocumented Democrats” and “Illegal Liberals”…now that is funny.
getalife
June 25th, 2012
4:02 pm
The activist con sc judge’s think money is free speech and corporations are people.
They legalized corruption.
Talk about crazy.
Williebkind
June 25th, 2012
4:02 pm
“Our” borders? Shouldn’t that be THEIR borders…or is Romney now advocating that states can enforce the border laws in other states too?”
That is exactly what the blue states are doing. Most of the country is red but the minority blue states forces the other states to abide by their rule.
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
““Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln?”
Same place as his commitment to close Gitmo.
getalife
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
Steve,
Mormon Brotherhood.
Recon 0311 2533
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
Ben, got ya.
Paul
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
Steve Atl
“Hey Paul…my question to you is “Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln”
I know, Steve. You keep repeating that whenever anyone asks you what the boilerplate, strung-together buzzwords on Romney’s site actually mean.
I know you like one-click, simple pages, but if you did a bit of research you’d find Pres Obama’s made all sorts of calls for immigration reform, such as his recent State of the Union.
“”I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. That’s why my administration has put more boots on the border than ever before. That’s why there are fewer illegal crossings than when I took office. The opponents of action are out of excuses. We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now.
But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses, defend this country. Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away.”
So while he put boots on the border, increased deportations, fined corporations more in a few months than the previous administration did in eight years, he still called on Congress for more. With a bit of research you, too, can find out how the House did on that.
Bottom line is this: while Obama’s efforts may not have been consistent, while he may not have brought consistent pressure to bear on Congress, that in no way translates to implying that Romney has any specifics of his own that could be used as a vote proposal by Congress.
“I am sitting here laughing at the lack of intelligence from the Left..”
And Steve, we’re not laughing at those who read Romney’s buzzwords and think they constitute a plan. We don’t consider it polite to laugh at those so unfortunate.
josef
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
BRUNO
Are you still here? If so, just remember that sometimes some of us just can’t remember who we are, much less what we said… but don’t go messin with the teacher’s pet…
Soothsayer
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
Mitt Romney, the candidate so often criticized for seeming to avoid the issue of immigration now that the GOP primary is over, is scheduled to be in – of all places – Arizona on Monday.
JamVet
June 25th, 2012
4:04 pm
We get it.
We?
Ben goes rags. The owners of such small personal convictions that they need imaginary “friends” to bolster their positions…
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:04 pm
Liberals are so funny. They castigate “the rich” and corporations and small business owners for allegedly profiting from cheap illegal labor, then in the next sentence they celebrate the defeat of any sane attempts to curb illegal immigration or make it a crime for illegals to have jobs. JamVet even thinks they ought to have drivers licenses.
And liberals wonder why smart people laugh and point when they walk by……..
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:04 pm
I’m still waiting for when Obama presented this so called plan to Congress…
Williebkind
June 25th, 2012
4:04 pm
The only thing I got out of the ruling is that Arizona cant lock the illegals up upon discovery.
Steve Atl
June 25th, 2012
4:04 pm
getalife,
” All over it like libs on foodstamps”
East Lake Ira
June 25th, 2012
4:05 pm
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jun/18/curse-political-purity/
Dang fine write up here…
Towncrier
June 25th, 2012
4:05 pm
“Undocumented Democrats”
That is funny, as it exposes what I sadly and cynically believe is a motivation behind some Democratic foot dragging. While it may also be money, that is probably the only motivation for the Republican foot dragging.
Obama is over
June 25th, 2012
4:05 pm
Paul @ 2:47-
Excellent point. Hispanic unemployment in the U.S. is 11%. Mexican unemployment as of May 2012 is 5%. Rather than focus on trade agreements with friendly nations that have stronger economies, Obama continues to blatantly pander to special interest groups to try to buy votes at taxpayer expense. This weekend Barron’s had an interesting article on how the Obama administration issued a mandate forcing the U.S. Navy (the largest buyer of diesel in the world) to purchase a 50/50 biofuel/petroleum mix for the fleet with an average cost of $26 per gallon versus $4 per gallon for diesel that the rest of the world uses.Of course the biofuels come from Obama bundlers in Energy Dept. projects. Another great example of how this administration is completely clueless and out of touch with reality.At a time when the economy is struggling and the Navy is retiring a significant part of the U.S. fleet due to budget cuts, taxpayers are supporting a failed program paying 5 times the global average price because Obama simply does not know what he is doing. The goods news is that the President is partying with Cee-low and Tyler Perry again this week and we now have an additional 800,000 Hispanics in the U.S. looking for work with the rest of the population.
Chris
June 25th, 2012
4:05 pm
Jay, so what exactly about Scalia’s OPINION was incorrect?
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:06 pm
“So while he put boots on the border, increased deportations, fined corporations more in a few months than the previous administration did in eight years, he still called on Congress for more.”
Was this before or after he said they could stay here and go to school on taxpayer dime?
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:06 pm
I am flabbergasted that Oblama had this glorious plan back in May 2011 and he never took it to Congress…
Soothsayer
June 25th, 2012
4:07 pm
“but don’t go messin with the teacher’s pet…”
Lord, josef, if you think I’m the “teacher’s pet,” you’re must be smoking something.
Jay and I have clashed on a number of issues. If I’m the “teacher’s pet” it’s a big surprise to me.
I don’t hold any animosity towards any blogger here.
Mighty Righty
June 25th, 2012
4:07 pm
The Obamacratic Administration is the most racist and lawless administration in my life time. This administration through our no Justic Department has ignored crimes when committed by its favored minorities. Examples include the black thugs that were video taped using clubs and threats to prevent white voters from voting. In spite of the visual evidence proving the crimes beyond shadow of doubt, the no Justice Department against advice of its own attorneys dropped the charges in violation of law as well as decency. The no Justice Department has repeatedly refused to enforce federal immigration laws. The no Justice Department is at present failing to investigate the murder of one of our fellow ciizens and in fact is obstructing justice in that case and is violating contempt of congress law with the full knowledge and assistance of the president. The president himself has ordered the no Justice Department to not obey laws passed by our elected representives. President Obama prior to his election admitted he did not like our constitution, the one document that protects us from abuse from elected representives like him. This administration has proven over and over that it has no respect for our constitution or any of our laws that Obama or Holder disagree with. Whats next? There are no limits to the total disregard and contempt this Obama Administration has for our Country and our constitutional guaranteed rights. For the first time in my life I am ashamed of and in fear our government. Time is running out on the greatest nation in the history of the world. We must collectively stop our slide into another dictator controlled third world economy by defeating the four year Obama monarchy this November. A monarchy that falsely claims to believe in the once greatness of this country.
Curious
June 25th, 2012
4:08 pm
JHM
Thanks.
Too bad our politicans seem to miss the part of “what part of illegal don’t you understand?” when it comes to employers.
Lock up a few and this “problem” would solved in no time.
Looks like Obama presented an immigration plan. What happened?
Towncrier
June 25th, 2012
4:09 pm
“I am flabbergasted that Oblama had this glorious plan back in May 2011 and he never took it to Congress…”
Or that he didn’t have it in 2008 when it may have been able to pass.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
June 25th, 2012
4:09 pm
Why should Romney enter the fray at this point? I’m sure the issue will come up in the debates. O’Panderer only pulled his move in anticipation of a tight race and hopes to bring out the latino vote. If the feds aren’t going to enforce the immigration laws, the states should put a price tag on what illegals cost the state and send a bill to Uncle Sam. Then see how many supposedly support the feds.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:09 pm
In other news, President Obama played his 101st round of golf yesterday. Bush played 32 rounds in 8 years.
Towncrier
June 25th, 2012
4:10 pm
“Jay, so what exactly about Scalia’s OPINION was incorrect?”
It diverged from Jay’s – hence it was necessarily wrong.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:10 pm
I wonder if Barry tipped his caddie in pesos.
josef
June 25th, 2012
4:10 pm
SOOTH
You know what I’m talking about…
carlosgvv
June 25th, 2012
4:11 pm
If someone is ILLEGALLY in Mexico, Canadia, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, or Germany and applies for work, I wonder if that’s legal?
Joe the Plutocrat
June 25th, 2012
4:11 pm
is it me? one might not agree with his plan; but I’m pretty sure what he proposed last week (shameless and political as it may be) IS “a plan”. at the very least; it is “part of a plan”. and is Romney daft? “bipartisan”? in order for the POTUS to employ a bipartisan approach to immigration; the Republicans in the House have to actually propose a plan of their own (as opposed to crossing their fingers and hedging their bets until the SCOTUS renders a decision).
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:12 pm
I sitting here LMAO.. Some lib on MESSNBC thought the whole law got struck down and when it was explained to him that the most controversial part was not he had that Homer Simpson look… I love watching libs look stupid and there’s no better place than MessNBC…
Dekalb comments
June 25th, 2012
4:13 pm
I find this whole discussion interesting but distressing.
Republicans charge that Democrats love all the illegals here so they can vote for their free benefits. Democrats charge that Republicans want to split up families while being torn by their need to support their corporate masters.
Neither statement is true. I think both sides can agree that we need to establish control over people coming into the country. We want a compassionate policy but one that is based in law and is consistent.
Why can’t Congress come together and further those objectives? The answer is simple. Both sides are pandering to their constituents. Neither side is advancing the interests of the country.
Until we get back to civility, bipartisanship and negotiation our nation is frozen in time. We don’t progress but we may slide backward. It is up to citizens to demand engagement from both sides. I think I heard that the U.S. House of Representatives will only be working for 28 days from now to election day. What is up with that? We give them 4 months of summer vacation? What is Boehner thinking?
Joe the Plutocrat
June 25th, 2012
4:14 pm
Hey Ben S; how many sovereign nations has Obama invaded? In less than three years; Bush invaded two! call me a knee-jerk libertarian, but I’ll take a POTUS who plays too much golf over one who invades too many countries.
JamVet
June 25th, 2012
4:14 pm
Ben, a smart people?
Riiight…
For a Herman Cain guy…
Mr_B
June 25th, 2012
4:14 pm
Framework submitted in the Senate April 29, 2010.
““Where the heck is Obama’s Immigartion Pln?”
Same place as his commitment to close Gitmo.”
Exactly. Obama issued an executive order to close Gitmo. Congress killed it by legislation, refusing to fund the closure.
Dekalb comments
June 25th, 2012
4:15 pm
Mighty Righty @ 4:07
Your physician can increase your dosage.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:15 pm
Might Righty, you left out the Obama administration’s blatant disregard for a federal judge’s order to lift the ban on drilling for oil in the gulf. And for turning over the fast and furious documents. And enforcing federal immigration laws. The Obamateurs apparently don’t think the law applies to them.
Peadawg
June 25th, 2012
4:15 pm
“President Obama played his 101st round of golf ”
I surprised Kyle wasn’t all over that like a fat kid on a cupcake.
Soothsayer
June 25th, 2012
4:16 pm
I think this entire argument has already being stated most eloquently by our very own Jam-man. If employers didn’t hire illegal aliens, there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens.
How complicated is that?
getalife
June 25th, 2012
4:16 pm
“citizen united is here to stay.” CNN.
Mind boggling.
Lord Help Us
June 25th, 2012
4:16 pm
‘President Obama prior to his election admitted he did not like our constitution’
Amongst other dubious statements, I thought this one was a great example of pure doofusism…
If you have to use lies to justify your position, perhaps you need to reassess…
josef
June 25th, 2012
4:16 pm
DeKalb
Just for the record, that “grease monkey” one was just what you were called on it for. You do things like that an awful lot. And you can try to caught-klanner your way out of it all you want,
Arthur Nielsen
June 25th, 2012
4:17 pm
I love how people here actually think someone gives a fat rat’s ass about what they are currently watching on the boob tube.
Paul
June 25th, 2012
4:17 pm
Obama is over
“This weekend Barron’s had an interesting article on how the Obama administration issued a mandate forcing the U.S. Navy (the largest buyer of diesel in the world) to purchase a 50/50 biofuel/petroleum mix for the fleet with an average cost of $26 per gallon versus $4 per gallon for diesel that the rest of the world uses.Of course the biofuels come from Obama bundlers in Energy Dept. projects. ”
How does this stuff continue to get recycled?
The Department of Defense had a huge biofuels research program years before Pres Obama took office. It was pushed hard by general officers who consider it a national security issue – specifically to get away from ‘fuel the rest of the world uses” that comes from the Mideast.
But of course, now it’s “Obama forced” and “money bundlers in DOE” and other such nonsense.
You don’t like it? Call the AF generals and Navy admirals on the carpet.
Bruno
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
That’s very disturbing and troubling. Thank you for calling attention to that.
Joe–As you well know, I’m no shrinking violet on this blog. I dish–and receive–insults on a regular basis, as do you, Jay and anyone else with a set of cojones. That’s to be expected and is perfectly acceptable in my book. However, to start insulting people’s families, particularly their GFs, wives or children is not acceptable.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
“Hey Ben S; how many sovereign nations has Obama invaded? ”
I don’t know, how many did Franklin Roosevelt invade? I can think of at least two. What was your point? Do you have a point?
Dekalb comments
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
Ben Shockley @ 4:15
I won’t waste everyone’s time on your hero GWB’s blatant refusal to follow the law. Egg on you.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
B. Shockley — “Hussein, you’re a lockstep-liberal. We get it. It’s boring as hell, but we get it.”
Survey Says — BZZZZZZT
I bet I’ve voted for more Republicans in my life than you have.
I also bet I’ve done a hell of a lot more volunteer work for the GOP at the local level than you ever have.
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, Champ.
Williebkind
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
Libruls are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you going to get.
josef
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
LHU
Dufusism? I like that…
TaxPayer
June 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
What do all these LMAO’d cons do when they tire of standing.
Oscar
June 25th, 2012
4:19 pm
In other news, President Obama played his 101st round of golf yesterday. Bush played 32 rounds in 8 years.
__________
Bush must have played pretty slow. He should have played faster.
JamVet
June 25th, 2012
4:19 pm
… after watching Mitt Romney run for president the past few months, he makes John McCain look like George Washington (of “I Can’t Tell A Lie” fame).
Granted, presidential candidates are no strangers to disingenuous or overstated claims; it’s pretty much endemic to the business. But Romney is doing something very different and far more pernicious. Quite simply, the United States has never been witness to a presidential candidate, in modern American history, who lies as frequently, as flagrantly and as brazenly as Mitt Romney.
My personal favorite in Romney’s cavalcade of untruths is his repeated assertion that President Obama has apologized for America. In his book, appropriately titled “No Apologies”, Romney argues the following:
“Never before in American history has its president gone before so many foreign audiences to apologize for so many American misdeeds, both real and imagined. It is his way of signaling to foreign countries and foreign leaders that their dislike for America is something he understands and that is, at least in part, understandable.”
Nothing about this sentence is true.
The All Liars Party – where honesty has taken a permanent vacation…
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:19 pm
Mr_B:
And the links to back up your assertion…
Peadawg
June 25th, 2012
4:20 pm
“Mind boggling.”
Only b/c it’s helping Romney and not Obama. Stop whining.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:20 pm
“If employers didn’t hire illegal aliens, there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens.
How complicated is that?”
If we give them drivers licenses like JamVet says we’re crazy not to, how do we know they’re illegal?
How complicated is that?
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:21 pm
“If employers didn’t hire illegal aliens, there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens.
How complicated is that?”
If government didn’t give them foodstamps, drivers licenses and cellphones, they wouldn’t be here.
How complcated is that?
Joe Hussein Mama
June 25th, 2012
4:21 pm
Curious — “JHM Thanks.”
Thank you for reading it.
It should be pretty obvious to anyone with an attention span and the reading ability of a middle-schooler than I’m not in favor of unrestricted immigration, but people who are motivated more by partisanship and rhetoric are clearly more interested in arguing than in solving problems.
Butch Cassidy
June 25th, 2012
4:22 pm
Hey now, take it easy on the Right Wingers. It’s not their fault that they got stuck having to support the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama.
Ben Shockley
June 25th, 2012
4:22 pm
“Quite simply, the United States has never been witness to a presidential candidate, in modern American history, who lies as frequently, as flagrantly and as brazenly as Mitt Romney.”
LMAO. Bill Clinton????
Recon 0311 2533
June 25th, 2012
4:24 pm
“If employers didn’t hire illegal aliens, there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens.”
Might also add…and if the Federal Government would aggressively prosecute employers who hire illegal aliens and discontinue suing states that attempt to prosecute employers that do so there would be a lot less jobs for illegal aliens resulting in a lot less illegal aliens.
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:25 pm
I think liberals honestly believe in their mind that if they read something on a leftwing blog or hear a foaming at the mouth pundit say it on TV it must be true…
Bruno
June 25th, 2012
4:25 pm
Looks like someone is trying real hard to compensate for what they lack. Just saying.
So, 2nd Amendment Supporter, where’s your FNM entry?? I can only hope you can aspire to be something more in life than a sideline sniper……
Speaking of which, where’s your entry, Jam?? I think everyone would be interested in hearing about your experience hanging out with Todd Rundgren in Hawaii. Maybe even the part about your delightful friend that you met there.
Peadawg
June 25th, 2012
4:25 pm
“Bill Clinton????”
Oh geeze…Lawinksi was just a ‘relaxation therapist’ and she did a good job…Clinton was a pretty good President.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 25th, 2012
4:26 pm
Bruno — “However, to start insulting people’s families, particularly their GFs, wives or children is not acceptable.”
Agreed. Doom once tried to slag on my wife shortly after he and I first tangled, but he’s not done it since.
I might get in a good-natured poke at someone’s spouse once in a while (my favorite jab is to ask someone if his wife was still sticky from all the stamps when they got married), but anything more than that is totally off-limits IMO. And I *never* diss someone’s kids, parents or pets.
Siblings are another matter, though. I’ve got a dirtbag for a younger brother and you can talk smack about him all you like.
Joseph
June 25th, 2012
4:26 pm
Show a liberal Romney’s immigration plan and what happens. They leave because their ridiculous arguments become more ridiculous…
HDB
June 25th, 2012
4:26 pm
Mighty Righty
June 25th, 2012
4:07 pm
“This administration through our no Justic Department has ignored crimes when committed by its favored minorities. Examples include the black thugs that were video taped using clubs and threats to prevent white voters from voting. In spite of the visual evidence proving the crimes beyond shadow of doubt, the no Justice Department against advice of its own attorneys dropped the charges in violation of law as well as decency.”
Excuse me, but this was the BUSH Justice Department’s handling of the Panthers…….don’t revise history!!
Bruno
June 25th, 2012
4:28 pm
but don’t go messin with the teacher’s pet…
Wait a minute, josef, I thought that YOU were the teacher’s pet around here. Jay’s FNM writeup for you was just a tad more complimentary….
Darwin
June 25th, 2012
4:28 pm
Scalia also uses his brain power to compare the health care mandate with forcing people to buy broccoli. OK – everyone uses the health care market, and everyone uses the food market. So, why can’t the government force you to buy broccoli. OK, Justice Brainchild. When people don’t buy broccoli, but use it, they’re stealing. When people use health care, but don’t pay for the services rendered, they’re stealing. The cost of broccoli is not determined by the people not eating it. But the cost of health care IS determined by the people using it but not paying for it. Simple enough?
Williebkind
June 25th, 2012
4:28 pm
Jamvet are you confusing disagreement with lying?