Mitt Romney and the GOP’s bad case of buyer’s remorse
Mitt Romney’s taking more heat these days from his own side than from Democrats. In Wisconsin, for example, U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson is blaming Romney for his own rather-sudden collapse in the polls.
“The presidential thing is bound to have an impact on every election,” Thompson said. “You know, whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, if your standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it’s going to reflect on the down ballot.”
As this case of buyers’ remorse deepens, though, disenchanted Republicans might want to remember the field of alternatives to Romney. It’s hard to believe, for example, that Rick Santorum would be doing any better than Romney. And Newt Gingrich? By this point he would have self-destructed several times over, although the entertainment value would have been considerable.
And then of course there’s this guy:
“(Herman) Cain told members of the media after the speech that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s recent “47 percent” comment was a “non-story” being blown out of proportion by the media. But Cain said he would have been doing better if he was the nominee, saying that he’d probably have a “substantial lead” on President Barack Obama at this point.
“The reason is quite simple: I have some depth to my ideas,” he said.”
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Rightwing Troll
September 21st, 2012
3:34 pm
It’s quite hilarious, yet disturbing to watch you wingnuts get worked up… you’re on a slow burn for the next 47 days, with a couple crests to come when Mittens gets his hat handed to him in the debates. But it will interesting to see the final outcome. Especially after the way you all came severely unhinged over the SCOTUS ruling on the ACA…
TaxPayer
September 21st, 2012
3:34 pm
How much did Mitt give to his family’s “charitable” foundation?
Jm
September 21st, 2012
3:34 pm
Oh snap!
Food Stamps Buy $2B in Sugary Drinks: The financial assistance known as SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, which is designed to help low-income people buy the food may need to go on a diet. Researchers from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity found that found that 58 percent of all beverages bought by SNAP participants were for sugar-sweetened drinks, including regular soda, fruit drinks, and sports drinks. The percentage amount to $2 billion per year
“…the annual use of billions of dollars in SNAP benefits to purchase products at the core of public health concerns about obesity and chronic illnesses is misaligned with the goal of helping economically vulnerable families live active, healthy lives,” said the study’s lead author, Tatiana Andreyeva, the Rudd Center’s director of economic initiatives.
HDB
September 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
2:48 pm
Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
DEFINITELY!! I own my home!…and I working on paying down my debt…..
I’m employed at a level making double what I did under Bush…..since I was making only $10/hr under Bush….
getalife
September 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
“Ask Ambassador Stephens family if the Ambassador is better off ”
A new low for the cons.
Geez.
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
3:37 pm
Jm
How is the “edited” video conspiracy thing working out?
That Black Guy
September 21st, 2012
3:37 pm
Quagmire
September 21st, 2012
2:40 pm
I’m about to order Pizza for everybody, do you have the phone number for Godfather’s?……………………..what, they are out of businesss. But Herman Cain knows…………
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Some one better tell all those people at those 622 stores that they are working and getting paid at a business that no longer operates.
According to the company’s official website, as of June 14, 2011, the chain has 622 locations in 39 U.S. states.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfather’s_Pizza
http://www.google.com/search?q=godfather%27s+pizza&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&safe=active
willie lynch
September 21st, 2012
3:38 pm
Obambarrassment
September 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
Meanwhile, 8% unemployment, rising healthcare costs, rising gas prices, falling dollar prices, a pending economic collapse (that is, a much bigger one than 2008 on the horizon), a corrupt attorney general, oceans that aren’t falling, fast & furious…
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I don’t see liberals denying the reality of things it just that you on the right act as though these things had no cause and that the overseer of that cause has no responsibility. And then those who are charged with helping fix the problems take a stand of complete resistance to anything offered by this president.
That is the reality. Do you accept that?
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
3:38 pm
R. W. Troll — “As I understand it, members of the LDS are subjected to financial audits and everything.”
My wife’s family was LDS for five generations and *left* over a threatened audit. The church normally only audits very well-to-do Mormons and those it has reason to believe are concealing assets or not giving over a full 10%.
That said, the rank-and-file Mormons don’t generally get audited much unless they fall into the categories above.
St Simons - (ab)original Georgian
September 21st, 2012
3:40 pm
We are reaching the point where Caribou Barbie was a better candidate.
Roll that around in your mind for a little bit.
double
September 21st, 2012
3:41 pm
From NBC deputy prime minister of Australia says the biggest threat to USA economy. Cranks and Crazies of the Republican party.Here you get two for one.CC defined,and the fine opinion of the deputy and agreed to by the prime minister.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
K71 — “Romney 320 electoral votes. Bozo 218. Count on it, liberals.”
Why should we when you won’t even stand by it?
Adam gave you 5-1 odds on Romney winning AT ALL (irrespective of EV totals) yesterday and you still wouldn’t take him up on the bet.
Get back to us when you’ve got the courage of your convictions, K.
getalife
September 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
This will make your day:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/paul-ryan-booed-aarp_n_1903937.html
Don’t let the gop destroy our country again.
Never again.
Thanks.
Quagmire
September 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
I called Godfather’s Pizza, but the number is disconnected………………………………….
Class of '98
September 21st, 2012
3:45 pm
Keep telling yourself that, Jay. November 6th will be here before you know it.
After Romney wins, you may, just may, write a column that doesn’t include the word “poll” in the first sentence, but I doubt it.
Didn’t all the polls show a dead heat in Scott Walker’s recall election? How’d that work out for the liberals?
Don Abernethy
September 21st, 2012
3:45 pm
Looks like some skeletons are in the closet in the White House and they are about to come out. Remember Clinton?? Obama is next.
Quagmire
September 21st, 2012
3:47 pm
Do anyone have the number for Godfather’s Pizza in Atlanta?………..anyone………LoL
ATR
September 21st, 2012
3:47 pm
China’s official Xinhua news service last week called Romney “foolish” and hypocritical, declaring: “It is rather ironic that a considerable portion of this China-battering politician’s wealth was actually obtained by doing business with Chinese companies before he entered politics.”
You libs
September 21st, 2012
3:50 pm
Australia’s deputy Prime Minister says the greatest threat to the world economy is the tea party wing of the Republican party.
Thomas
September 21st, 2012
3:50 pm
For those who prefer to be informed (blogger note is that these little things ” ” mean she said it.
Now, I suppose folks could use these little things ” ” erroneously but the below is fairly well documented. For some bloggers I know it is not paint by numbers so feel free to walk have your mom or college professor look over your shoulder and interpret for you.
“When I run for president of the United States, you can hold me to that standard,” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who refuses to disclose her returns, told reporters during a tense news conference.
“If you release them you tell a story,” she said. “If you don’t release them you leave it up to the imagination of anybody who wants to talk about it to talk about it.”
“There are no rules. There are no rules. There’s no rule about releasing his tax return, so what rules are you referring to?” she asked, growing clearly frustrated. Asked about the standard she had cited for a presidential candidate, Pelosi said, “It’s up to the American people. The American people are the judges of that.”
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
3:51 pm
K71 — “Romney 320 electoral votes. Bozo 218. Count on it, liberals.”
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Even before swing states in which Obama is leading in polls are counted, Obama has 237 electoral votes from safe blue states. Romney has problems with auto workers in Ohio, Latinos in Florida, and women everywhere. West coast states California, Oregon, & Washington are 74 electoral votes. So when Romney loses Florida and Ohio, Dandy Don can start singing and I can go to bed before midnight.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
3:54 pm
It is apparent that when it comes to Medicare, medicaid and social security many on the left are deaf as well as dumb. I will repeat well known facts though I seriously doubt many on the left can read. One Obama is the only living person who has removed money which was “ear marked” for medicare from medicare to the tune of 517 billion dollars with no plan top repay the money. He confiscated the money to make Obamacare seem cheaper. In addition he then claimed unrealised savings on medicare which he claimed would result from the implementation by Obamacare. He then countedt he previous mentioned fictional savings again thus mis representing the cost of Obamacare by one billion dollars before it was evenapproved by congress. Obama then transferred most of the cost of medicaid to the states knowing full well the states cannot afford to pay for it thus effectively eliminationg medicaid and giving himself the excuse of blaming the states. In addition, the only people who continue to lie about social secirity are democrats who are either stupid or dishonest since it is well known outside of the brain dead liberal circles that no one presently receiving or will be receiving in the near future social security benefits will have any change to their social security benefits. It is also common knowledge that social security as it is presently funded and disbursed will not survive in its present form with out major changes in the way it is funded or disbursed. Even dumb democrats know this so anyone disputing this is dumber than the dumb.
TaxPayer
September 21st, 2012
3:55 pm
Mitt’s 2011 return is bogus.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
3:56 pm
RINO — “So when Romney loses Florida and Ohio, Dandy Don can start singing and I can go to bed before midnight.”
Just so. If Obama takes OH and FL, he only needs TWELVE more EVs to win. There are several states already in his column that provide more than that number, and he’s leading in quite a few battleground states.
But you are correct in that if Obama takes those two states, then Romney cannot win the Electoral College. Even if he only takes one, Romney still has to pretty much run the table on the remaining battleground states to win, and that looks neither practical nor possible at this time.
That Black Guy
September 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
“Anerican is un-American.”
OOPS, should say “American is un-American”
Krystal'sBalls
September 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed lately Mitt has been looking like —t?? From the late night press conference where he looked like he jumped up out of bed and grabbed a dingy shirt, slapped some water down the sides of his hair and had Ann sling his tie around his neck as he bolted out the door chugging down a glass of milk – to the wild-eyed spray-on tan while desperately flailing through his talking points on Univision. Something’s awry with the guy. Is it just me? His tone is changing drastically and screams desperation, almost as if he woke up and realized he was in a dark coffin about to be buried into the ground like the movie “Buried Alive”. Is it just me? I’m beginning to feel kind of sorry for him actually.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
3:58 pm
Righty — “the only people who continue to lie about social secirity are democrats who are either stupid or dishonest since it is well known outside of the brain dead liberal circles that no one presently receiving or will be receiving in the near future social security benefits will have any change to their social security benefits.”
So much dishonesty and so little punctuation — all in a single sentence! (laughing)
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
3:58 pm
Didn’t all the polls show a dead heat in Scott Walker’s recall election?
no
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
“(whatever “liberal” is even supposed to mean, nowadays.)”
It has not changed! It is the same old big government socialist redistribution idealism that free people cannot live with.
Peter
September 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
Gee most of the 47% live in the south…… no wonder Romney doesn’t add up down here !
Will those GOP 47% will vote for Romney ?
Citizen of the World
September 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
Mighty Righty @ 3:24, Glenn Beck called. He wants his doomsday scenario back.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
K. Balls — “Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed lately Mitt has been looking like —t??”
Maybe like Cheetos pewp, given all that orange crap on his face.
That Black Guy
September 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
Regnad Kcin
September 21st, 2012
3:23 pm
What about a bathtub that’s half-full? Hmmmm……..
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It’s still as deep as an empty or full bathtub.
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
4:01 pm
Remember if you are part of the 47% Romney doesnt expect you to vote for him. I know that eats your guts out but “bless your heart”.
philosopher
September 21st, 2012
4:02 pm
Krystal’sBalls
September 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
I’m beginning to feel kind of sorry for him actually.
I felt sorry for him for about 2 and a half hours the other night…seriously. And then I just started laughing…and I haven’t stopped, yet.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
4:02 pm
Joe, Romney has to take both Florida & Ohio to even have a chance. And if he has too much focus there, he will lose ground in other battleground states. The arithmetic does not work for the GOP and time is running out.
tiredofIT
September 21st, 2012
4:03 pm
Take back the Supreme Court … well worth a vote for Obama.
tiredofIT
September 21st, 2012
4:04 pm
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
3:59 pm
“(whatever “liberal” is even supposed to mean, nowadays.)”
It has not changed! It is the same old big government socialist redistribution idealism that free people cannot live with.
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If you really hate government, Somalia is ready when you are.
That Black Guy
September 21st, 2012
4:05 pm
Quagmire
September 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
I called Godfather’s Pizza, but the number is disconnected………………………………….
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You called ALL 622 locations?
Your fingers must be cramping.
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
4:06 pm
The Williebmusen Poll has Mitt Romney up by 53% to Obama’s 21% with 36% who answered they would vote for both of them.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
4:07 pm
Keep telling yourself that, Jay. November 6th will be here before you know it.
After Romney wins…
Another prediction bookmarked.
Will you be here after the election?
Will you still be posting under the nom-de-blog, Class of ‘98?
Peter
September 21st, 2012
4:07 pm
Remember if you are part of the 47% Romney doesnt expect you to vote for him. I know that eats your guts out but “bless your heart”
The problem with this statement……. though not true…the GOP 47 % will vote for him as lemmings, gotta get that black guy out stuff…….
But really that only leaves 53 % left…….. And Romney will not get more than 1/2 of that…..seems bad doesn’t it ? For Romney ?
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
4:07 pm
“If you really hate government, Somalia is ready when you are.”
Then you know where not to go but me and my family have been here since 1800’s. We made just fine without liberals then.
That Black Guy
September 21st, 2012
4:07 pm
Quagmire
September 21st, 2012
3:47 pm
Do anyone have the number for Godfather’s Pizza in Atlanta?………..anyone………LoL
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Because if they don’t exist in Atlanta, they don’t exist ANYWHERE.
Godfathers Pizza is NOT out of business.
Man up and admit you were LYING!
yuzeyurbrane
September 21st, 2012
4:08 pm
Before Dems start counting their chickens, they should consider:
1. convention bump will go away and race will tighten;
2. Romney and his Super-Pacs still have more money than King Midas to spend;
3. Romney will not fall apart in debate and in fact should make decent showing considering the year of practice he has had and his decent performance in those debates;
4. Not all events can be controlled, e.g. Middle East, and impact is unpredictable;and,
5. Economy still sucks and not likely to be much improvement before election.
That Black Guy
September 21st, 2012
4:10 pm
TaxPayer
September 21st, 2012
3:55 pm
Mitt’s 2011 return is bogus.
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And you KNOW this how?
philosopher
September 21st, 2012
4:13 pm
Obambarrassment
September 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
I’m sure you’ve been holding your breath in great hope that Mr. Holder would be found culpable…fresh off the press, though….
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/19/holder-on-fast-furious-justice-didnt-ok-use-of-flawed-strategy-tactics/?hpt=us_r1
Something tells me, though, that you’re one of those “don’t confuse me with the facts’ kind of person…
Dave
September 21st, 2012
4:13 pm
The future of the country will be much better served once it gets over the stalemate caused by the two party system. It is not just about who wins the next election; that’s short sighted and for the most part already decided. It’s about where the country is in 10-20 years. The truth is Libertarians are very poorly represented by the Republican party. Libertarians have their own unique message that doesn’t deserve to get buried under all that tea party silliness. Too bad Ron Paul got screwed by the media and GOP. I would have loved to have seen him debate Obama. Romney can’t compete with that ticket. I respect the Libertarian message more than the mainstream Republican one. I believe people should remain true to their beliefs and vote for what they believe in, or the system will remain forever broken. Picking the less of two evils ultimately leads to evil. Brave people vote for what they believe in.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
4:15 pm
Then you know where not to go but me and my family have been here since 1800’s.
Me and my family have been here since before the dinosaurs.
Me and my family have been here since we named the place Pangaea, of course it was a whole lot bigger then.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
4:15 pm
“2. Romney and his Super-Pacs still have more money than King Midas to spend;” – yuzeyurbrane
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Obama has almost twice as much and no debt. Are you planning to make up the difference?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/latest-fundraising-reports-show-obama-has-more-campaign-money-to-spend-than-romney/2012/09/20/0577b160-038f-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html
You libs
September 21st, 2012
4:16 pm
That Black Guy
TaxPayer
September 21st, 2012
3:55 pm
Mitt’s 2011 return is bogus.
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And you KNOW this how?
Link
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It shows the exact same flaws that the Obama birth certificate did.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
4:17 pm
RINO — “Joe, Romney has to take both Florida & Ohio to even have a chance. And if he has too much focus there, he will lose ground in other battleground states. The arithmetic does not work for the GOP and time is running out.”
You speak truth, sir.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
4:17 pm
East Cobb RINO, Inc.
You are correct. If Florida and Ohio go for Obama, Obama wins. But, if Florida and Ohio go for Romney, Romney wins. Right now, it looks good for Romney. Coal workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky are in the Romney column enough to sway even those blue states and the most recent poll among Jewish voters in Florida show Obama has lost 7 percent of their vote which Obama can’t win without. In addition. Cubans usually vote Republican. So before you count your chickens just watch where the candidates campaign and you will know what is up for grabs.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
4:19 pm
Williebkind — “Then you know where not to go but me and my family have been here since 1800’s. We made just fine without liberals then.”
Just FYI, it was classical liberalism that led to the Declaration and the Constitution.
The Conservatives of the day were still busy kissing the King’s azz.
So you’re welcome.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
4:19 pm
Of course Mark Cuban and his family vote GOP. They are in the 1%.
tiredofIT
September 21st, 2012
4:20 pm
“Romney will not fall apart in debate and in fact should make decent showing considering the year of practice he has had and his decent performance in those debates”
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Not without details he won’t.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
4:22 pm
Righty — “But, if Florida and Ohio go for Romney, Romney wins.”
Wrong.
Even if Romney scores FL *and* OH, he still has to run the table on the remaining battleground states to win. He can lose *one* of them (either NH, NV, IA or CO, but nothing larger than that), but if he loses more than one of those other states, then he won’t win EVEN if he takes BOTH FL and OH.
“Right now, it looks good for Romney. Coal workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky are in the Romney column enough to sway even those blue states and the most recent poll among Jewish voters in Florida show Obama has lost 7 percent of their vote which Obama can’t win without. In addition. Cubans usually vote Republican. So before you count your chickens just watch where the candidates campaign and you will know what is up for grabs.”
You’re totally off, but since you generally live in a fantasy world, enjoy your stay.
tiredofIT
September 21st, 2012
4:24 pm
“Coal workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky are in the Romney column enough to sway even those blue states”
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You mean the coal workers that where force to take an unpaid day of and stand behind Willard.
managers “communicated to our workforce that the attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend” .
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/28/romneys-coal-mine-speech-under-fire.html
Krystal'sBalls
September 21st, 2012
4:25 pm
@yuz
To be honest, in my estimation most of that stuff doesn’t matter a whole bunch at this point. It is simply about passion! People are smart enough to know that the wheels of the economy are in motion and moving in the direction they will up through election day. Nothing of substance will get done by ANY Washington politician because most of them are fighting for their political lives. It comes down to what type of country we want from here on. The election WILL set in place a MANDATE, and a lot of people will have to come to grips with it and accept and be “patriotic” about it. If not, really maybe they ought to consider if this is the country for them and their family. It’s a big world out there. About the debates though, I believe what will show in Romney (and turn more people off to him) is what’s in his core. I believe he will revert to a contemptuous I’m-above-you smirky snarky state when pressed. It is in his upbringing; we’ve all seen it. Also, he has no genuine interest in foreign policy and never has… other than being able to namedrop being buds with “BB” (Netanyahu), like he does with so many. Because of that, he will be light in that department. You wait and see. You cannot fake that stuff. Palin proved that.
Williebkind
September 21st, 2012
4:38 pm
“Just FYI, it was classical liberalism that led to the Declaration and the Constitution.”
Now that is piffle! I understand your teachers had to rewrite history to keep your dreams alive.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 21st, 2012
4:42 pm
USMC: “and envying what other people have EARNED through hard work and good fortune”
You seriously going to try to argue that Mitt Romney earned his vast fortunes?
Wow. That’s some serious kohones right there.
TaxPayer
September 21st, 2012
4:44 pm
And you KNOW this how?
Every page is stamped “In Process” and it is not signed or dated. Therefore, there is absolutely no guarantee that it bears any resemblance to a final (as well as after all amendments) return.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
4:45 pm
The next time you read or hear Obama or one of his comrades in the press tout the jobs he has created take a look at this site and know the truth. He hasn’t even replaced the jobs he has lost during his failed presidency:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/more-americans-added-food-stamps-find-jobs_652837.html
It is clear Obama has spent the last four years buying votes with our money
Chicago style corruption.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
4:47 pm
Williebkind — “Now that is piffle!”
Not at all. The overthrow of the monarchy and the installation of democratic republics was a VERY liberal idea for its time.
Had you been living a couple hundred years ago, your brand of conservatism would have seen you bowing and scraping to the King.
“I understand your teachers had to rewrite history to keep your dreams alive.”
You continually fail to pay attention.
I spent the first 20+ years of my voting life on YOUR side. It wasn’t until I started researching and thinking for myself — and not buying the conservative echo chamber bullspit — that I discovered that many conservative shibboleths about our history are totally wrong.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
September 21st, 2012
4:48 pm
Thank you Mitt for paying all those taxes and doing more than your fair share.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
4:48 pm
RIghty — “The next time you read or hear Bush or one of his comrades in the press tout the jobs he has created take a look at this site and know the truth. He hasn’t even replaced the jobs he has lost during his failed presidency”
Fixed that for you.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
4:48 pm
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/more-americans-added-food-stamps-find-jobs_652837.html
drudgey spam.
You libs
September 21st, 2012
4:48 pm
Williebkind
Yep, that Voltaire was a real “I’ve got mine, if you don’t it’s your fault” rugged individualist.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
September 21st, 2012
4:51 pm
JHM- “I spent the first 20+ years of my voting life on YOUR side. It wasn’t until I started researching and thinking for myself — and not buying the conservative echo chamber bullspit — that I discovered that many conservative shibboleths about our history are totally wrong.”
So you spent 20 years being totally wrong. Hmmm….I am not sure that is something I would have shared.
J/K you Joe.
yuzeyurbrane
September 21st, 2012
4:51 pm
East Cobb RINO @ 4:15—yes. Should I just mail the check to you and make it payable to “cash”? Seriously though, I read your link and its analysis appeared to be a combined total of campaign and party coffers only, which do back up your point. I have seen other articles today (I think Huff Post) which include SuperPacs and “educational” groups like Rove’s and they give a substantial money advantage to Romney. Do you plan to write a check for the difference?
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
4:52 pm
For all you people who disparage Romney’s success, here is a little known secret to obtaining wealth. Read carefully. Put your tin cup away, get a job, adjust your standard of living and save ten percent of your gross income. In a few years, like magic you too will be wealthy.
Depend on the government to take care of you and you will reach the financial level you have already achieved.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
4:52 pm
If my dad had been a CEO & Governer and sent me to private schools, maybe I would not be the moocher I am today. I am a moocher right? After all I needed government student loans to get through night school while cleaning toilets during the day and have had to use unemployment when the VC group that owned the company I worked for eliminated my job. Even Mrs RINO has had to be on unemployment when her employer went bankrupt. We got 2 little RINOs we are raising to be even bigger moochers than we are.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
September 21st, 2012
4:55 pm
Off to Jasper to eat some Mexican. Like Romney I will pay my fair share of the bill
….and eat my fair share of the Salsa and Chips.
You libs
September 21st, 2012
4:55 pm
Willie
This is real short and it has color pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
You libs
September 21st, 2012
4:58 pm
steve
And stiff the mooch waiter?
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
4:59 pm
Steve — “So you spent 20 years being totally wrong. Hmmm….I am not sure that is something I would have shared.”
Shrug. I’ve said it here many times. Some don’t listen and blame my leftyness on my upbringing. Others, like Doom, like to claim that the GOP kicked me out.
The fact of the matter is that the GOP and I drifted apart during the Clinton years (that’s right, I didn’t vote for Clinton either time) and by the time of the 2000 election, I wasn’t motivated for vote for Bore *or* Gush, I mean Gore or Bush. I wound up voting for Libertarian Harry Browne instead.
But by 2003 and the invasion of Iraq, I was done with the GOP. I was first attracted to the GOP as a teen in the 70s by the writings of William F. Buckley. His brand of intellectual conservatism captivated me, as well as the notion that one would adapt and adjust one’s approach to changing conditions. However, as time went on, it became plain that the GOP had tossed that to the curb and had instead adopted the chest-beating anti-intellectual brand of religious-based bulldada we have today.
And so I left — probably for good — in 2003. I voted Kerry in 2004 without regrets.
The GOP could conceivably woo me back, but not with the thuggish demands and threats its adherents use today. They’re going to have to *persuade* me, and AFAICS, not a man-jack among them has the mental and intellectual chops to do that.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
September 21st, 2012
4:59 pm
You libs-
The waitress has a job and she works hard and thus makes money. She how that works?!!!!
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
5:00 pm
yuzeyurbrane, I will put it on my credit card so I can get points toward one of those machines that make ocean sounds and put it on my nightstand.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
September 21st, 2012
5:00 pm
See not She. Rats…typo!
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:00 pm
Poor Righty. He thinks we’re all poor, unwashed hippies. (laughing)
Never underestimate your opponents, Punkin. It’s a sure prescription for getting beaten.
You libs
September 21st, 2012
5:01 pm
Steve
Yep. Thought so.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
5:03 pm
Never in my many years of life have I ever met anyone who was once a conservative and then became a liberal. It is not possible because it assumes that as one gets older they become dumber. Now I am excepting mental illness. It is sort of like someone who voted for McCain is now going to vote for Obama. Nah, that defies natural selection. The proof is in the math. Obama obtained 50 some odd percent four years ago and today is below fifty percent. Clearly, the people are smarter after four years of living.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:05 pm
Righty — “Never in my many years of life have I ever met anyone who was once a conservative and then became a liberal.”
Yes, you have. Me. And there are others on this board with similar stories.
“It is not possible because it assumes that as one gets older they become dumber.”
It is completely possible. I am evidence of it.
“Now I am excepting mental illness. It is sort of like someone who voted for McCain is now going to vote for Obama. Nah, that defies natural selection. The proof is in the math. Obama obtained 50 some odd percent four years ago and today is below fifty percent. Clearly, the people are smarter after four years of living.”
Not only is your diagnosis left wanting, “Doctor,” but your math skills suck sewer water, too.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
5:06 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
Joe, Joe, Joe, succesfull people do not look for hand outs.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:08 pm
Righty — “Joe, Joe, Joe, succesfull people do not look for hand outs.”
Righty, Righty, Righty, when have ever indicated that I’m looking for a handout? (laughing)
Tundra Dude
September 21st, 2012
5:10 pm
Mighty Rongy rites:
For all you people who disparage Romney’s success, here is a little known secret to obtaining wealth.
(nonsense snipped)
the proverbial Rest of the Story will be in his soon to be bestselling book:
“Tax Avoidance for DUMMIES”
Doggone/GA
September 21st, 2012
5:12 pm
“The future of the country will be much better served once it gets over the stalemate caused by the two party system”
It doesn’t matter how many parties a country has, there are still only 2…those who will vote yes on any given bill, and those who will vote no.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
5:12 pm
Mighty Righty allow me to introduce myself. I am early 50s white male with a combined household income in the mid 100s. I am a life long republican who voted for McCain in 2008. I am still a registered GOP voter but intend to punch a straight democratic ticket in November. I will remain this way until the GOP changes its’ stance on taxes and budget and listens to the people they are supposed to serve and not Grover Nordquist/Rush Limbaugh/etc. There now you have met one.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:16 pm
Since RINO gave you some detail, I’ll give you some, too.
I’m also a white male, about the same age and with the same household income as RINO. I’m also a disabled Army veteran who was raised in the Deep South and who was educated here as well (including college).
Now, if y’all can’t hold onto a white Suthun boy who was in the Army and who’s on the VA rolls, then that’s the GOP’s failure and not mine.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
5:18 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:05 pm
Righty — “Never in my many years of life have I ever met anyone who was once a conservative and then became a liberal.”
Yes, you have. Me. And there are others on this board with similar stories
I didn’t say liberals didn’t make that claim. The Democrat party recently made a big deal out of a single voter who claimed to have voted for McCain and now will vote for Obama. They actually did an ad. Then, when the truth came out that their so called convert was really a Registered Democrat and had previously worked for Obama they did a quick pull the ad now trick. Sort of like the guy that claimed Romney caused him to lose his health insurnce which caused his wife to die of cancer. It was all a big lie. Democrats are famoud for dreaming up false stories during campaigns. Wasn’t it Al Gore who lied about learning the “Union Lable” song on his mother’s knee. Problem was the song hadn’t been written yet. As I said, I have never met a liberal who was once a conservative. It defies logic. I have heard the claim but as old as I am I have never met one. BTW I too was young and stupid once and I voted for JFK. But I grew up.
Mighty Righty
September 21st, 2012
5:20 pm
I gotta go. Got things to do. You liberals lie to each other.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
September 21st, 2012
5:21 pm
You liberals lie to each other.
Well that is just not fun at all. But I gotta go 2.
Tundra Dude
September 21st, 2012
5:21 pm
“Joe, Joe, Joe, successful people do not look for hand outs.”
I assume the FDIC’s Bain Bailout didn’t make it to Faux Nuze..
Doggone/GA
September 21st, 2012
5:21 pm
“The Democrat party ”
There is not “Democrat” party
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:24 pm
Righty — “As I said, I have never met a liberal who was once a conservative. It defies logic.”
You’ve met at least two right here on this thread. And given your posting history, I think you’re one of the last people on Jay’s blog who needs to hold forth on the topic of logic.
Do you need my voting history? Fine.
1980 — Reagan
1984 — Reagan (graduated from college and enlisted in the Army during Reagan’s second term)
1988 — Bush
1992 — Bush
1996 — Dole
2000 — Browne (libertarian, but still voted GOP in other state and Federal races)
2002 — still voted GOP in state and federal races
2004 — Voted Democratic for the first time (Kerry for President)
Don’t know how much more Republican I’d have to have been for you to credit my life story. I volunteered for the GOP for over 12 years after I got out of the Army, but quit during the 2004 campaign.
Y’all can’t afford to lose people like me. Or our votes or donations. But if y’all take us for granted and tell us we’re not conservative enough, we will eventually get the message and go elsewhere.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 21st, 2012
5:25 pm
RIghty — “You liberals lie to each other.”
So sad. It only believes what it is programmed to believe.
Don’t blow a circuit board in November, drone. (laughing)
You libs
September 21st, 2012
5:26 pm
Like Big Dog said on the Daily Show, if you have a theory, then you try to make everything fit into it, you never can see how things really are.
That’s why no matter how much truth you expose them to they never can accept it. It doesn’t fit into their doctrinaire point of view so it’s rejected.
How many times is that demonstrated here daily?
yuzeyurbrane
September 21st, 2012
5:27 pm
Mighty Righty—”Label” not “Lable” unless you like bagles. Also, “famous” not “famoud”. Brush up on your spelling or at least use spell-check.
TaxPayer
September 21st, 2012
6:02 pm
I don’t pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don’t think I’d be qualified to become president. – Mitt
Poor Mitt has done gone and disqualified himself.
Brosephus™
September 21st, 2012
6:28 pm
Ask Ambassador Stephens family if the Ambassador is better off than he was four years ago.
What is the hell wrong with y’all dumbasses who like to make hay over the death of Americans? For doing such stupid sh*t, I have a boatload worth of stuff I’d like to say, but for the sake of common decency, I will only think them to myself.
Such a effin’ idiot….