Seeking the “true” Romney is like seeking Bigfoot
The core problem with Mitt Romney is, well, his core. As in he apparently doesn’t have one. This is a man who can say the following in an interview yesterday with NBC’s Ron Allen, when asked about his lack of empathy …
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“Don’t forget, I got everybody in my state insured. One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance. I don’t think there’s anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record.”
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…. and then literally a few minutes later stand in front of a crowd and say this:
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“I will repeal Obamacare and replace it with real health care reform. You see, Obamacare is really Exhibit No. 1 of the president’s political philosophy, and that is that government knows better than people how to run your lives. It is a view that government should stand between you and your doctor. I don’t believe in a bigger and bigger government…I believe in freedom.”
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I think that’s remarkable. If creating such a system is evidence of empathy, what does it say about a person who seeks to dismantle such a system? How can a person go from one statement to another without an apparent hitch, and seemingly with equal sincerity? Which statement reflects the “true” Romney?
I do not know. I am baffled by the man. In fact, given such statements, the more pertinent question may be: Can a “true” Romney even be said to exist?
– Jay Bookman
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DebbieDoRight - Conservatives have always been great storytellers; it is their fatal weakness. They love casting their eyes back to the past to avoid seeing what lies right under their noses.
September 27th, 2012
4:49 pm
Aquagirl: I want a SNAP card just to irritate the hell out of nosy, judgmental a-holes. I want to wave that thing in the air while walking thru the grocery store with a cart full of chips, beer, and twinkies.
Too funny!! Hey, you forgot the steaks and the wine coolers!! Can’t have a SNAP party without steak and wine coolers!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 27th, 2012
4:50 pm
Well, I got to admit to being disappointed real bad. When somebody said there was Bigfoot sheets, I was all ready to talk about stuff I seen in the woods—besides bears doing you-know-what. I finally was going to get a chance to be the know-it-all, something like josef.
Turns out the blog wasn’t about Bigfoot at all. Just another librul attack on that poor, misunderstood man. He’s so beat up now that the libruls are turning out in droves in Iowa and other states to vote for the Socialist Muslim Kenyan.
Anyhow, if you’re like me and have health insurance from your job, you don’t want a bunch of bums and Those People to have it. I say let them go out and hump it the way I do to get it. I don’t want to get all hot and bothered and sound like #1 Foxy Lady, but far as I’m concerned, if they don’t have it they can just go suck it. I mean, if everybody gets it that’ll be one more thing that won’t be different between good Christian working people like me and those godless heathen, abortion-loving, freeloading bums. It’s sort of like the cell phones you see in the hands of all these folks at WalMart. You know they never paid for those phones. They’re sponging on us to get them. I say let them use a pay phone or heck tie some bailing twine between a couple cans if they want to talk to somebody that ain’t there.
It may already be too late for Romney. The libruls have him down on the ground and are pounding him while all their freeloading supporters are flocking to the polls right now. I just hate to see the pictures of all those fresh-faced punks lined up to give us four more years of Socialism.
And as for this new ad the Obama people put out, you know it’s got awful low in this country when you can’t even come out and tell the truth without somebody acting like you just murdered your Mom. Well, in your heart you know Romney’s right. And the Righter you are, the righter he is.
Anyhow, I’m headed back to the warehouse for the check-in. In maybe 30 minutes old Ace and me will be in front of the TV watching Fox News and Ace will be whining every time that ad with Johnny Cash singing “That Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog” comes on. I’ll just close by telling everybody, vote Republican. It’s better than bothering your brain with all those egghead thoughts.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
4:51 pm
Kam
As we know, a few gaskets were blown when the SC ACA decision came down………….
This could get intense as you have been saying for several months
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
4:51 pm
ROFL@AQUAGIRL
Rightwing Troll
September 27th, 2012
4:51 pm
“We may never know the real Obama either?”
Maybe not, but we DO know President Obama, and he’s doing an adequate job in spite of what wingnuts have tried to sabotage… now you’d better make like a tree before Scout returns and calls you a moocher… he’s got it in for anybody collecting a check from the gubbimint today…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
4:51 pm
I want a SNAP card just to irritate the hell out of nosy, judgmental a-holes. I want to wave that thing in the air while walking thru the grocery store with a cart full of chips, beer, and twinkies.
Don’t forget your prom burka.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
4:52 pm
DDR
And the ribs…………..
Don’t forget the ribs. Beef and pork
josef
September 27th, 2012
4:52 pm
BOTH
Hope springs eternal!
BTW
I’ve been sort of out of the loop…what’s the scuttlebutt on who’s up to replace Hillary?
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
4:53 pm
@ Redneck convert…REALLY?? Can you shorten that up a bit and make a point?
Welcome to the Occupation
September 27th, 2012
4:53 pm
Mitt Romney:
quiet and meaningless
like rats’ feet over broken glass
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
4:53 pm
BOTH
Could get intense?
We can start making book on it.
Rightwing Troll
September 27th, 2012
4:54 pm
I’m pretty sure Planned Parenthood accepts SNAP cards for payment too…
Doggone/GA
September 27th, 2012
4:54 pm
“Jay would you please pay as much attention to Obama’s weakness as you do his opponents”
Blogspot.com is ready when you are. Why do you ask someone else to do what you can do?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
September 27th, 2012
4:55 pm
Welcome,
Perhaps the start of a beautiful relationship:-) Glad to know that some others don’t let the rhetoric disguise the real issue…
KAMCHAK,
You walked away from the debate…you had three choices, concede, prove Romney did ship jobs overseas, or the low road of not doing either but instead you call names because you are wrong on this issue..
I guess you just took your ball and went home..
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 27th, 2012
4:55 pm
Aquagirl, we could have fun setting up a SNAP sign up table in front of the Whole Foods. Think of how we can explain that it allows some to get free beer, wine and food. Watch heads explode on the hidden cameras.
Then the follow question: Wont you sign this petition to help end Women’s sufferage?
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
4:55 pm
knew it wouldn’t be long b4 the insults starting flying!!!!
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
September 27th, 2012
4:56 pm
Don@4:07 – Exactly, but the media refuses to talk about that. I guess we are fast turning into USM, United States of Moochers. Let’s all stop working and let the govt support us too?
josef
September 27th, 2012
4:56 pm
DDR
And then pull out the AmEx blue card to pay for what’s no permitted on the TANF card…Unmentionable says he’ll give a lift in Geronimo’s Cadillac, just let him have the boa….
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
4:57 pm
LOL…Love to see AQUA-GIRL doing her little happy dance down the isle @ Publix..
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
4:58 pm
josef
That is a good question. Haven’t really followed that one.
Forget to mention last night: Hope the sabbatical and I assume the adherence and observance of Rosh Hashanah was beneficial for you.
USMC
September 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
“Seeking the “true” Romney is like seeking Bigfoot”–JAY BOOKMAN
Actually, Bigfoot has been found!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tpAOwJvTOio
Aquagirl
September 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
Oh,and does anyone have 16 children and a SUV with 80 inch rimz I could borrow?
DebbieDoRight - Conservatives have always been great storytellers; it is their fatal weakness. They love casting their eyes back to the past to avoid seeing what lies right under their noses.
September 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
Romney in 3 words: Sh##t For Brains. (Or you can insert BAINs — either one works)
Romney in 3 words: Urkel’s Little Brother
Romney in 3 words: Money For Nothing
Romney in 3 words: Jobs! In India (that one’s for you Steve-O
)
josef
September 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
TOM
You’re not a very happy person, ‘ere ye?
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
5:00 pm
@ Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF) …If you haven’t notice its a long line of people not working. I ‘m sure you think its there own decision..Just remember half of the people not working today, was a layoff during or from the prior administration..JUST SAYING!!!! Glad someone stopped the bleeding!
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
5:01 pm
@ Josef….ROFLMAO
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
Aquagirl
Are you riding dirty?
bob
September 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
I heard he was for gay marriage before he was against it, or something like that. You can bet many things he is running on now will not be put in place if he wins either. He also won’t give any specifics for his plan to help the economy, how convenient ! He also can’t run on his record so he has to make stuff up about his opponent. So sad that this describes both candidates.
bob
September 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
I heard he was for gay marriage before he was against it, or something like that. You can bet many things he is running on now will not be put in place if he wins either. He also won’t give any specifics for his plan to help the economy, how convenient ! He also can’t run on his record so he has to make stuff up about his opponent. So sad that this describes both candidates.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
…you had three choices
Endless choices sport.
I could just tease you until you develop an eating disorder.
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
BOTH
Yep, it was what it was supposed to be,,,
and as to the SOS, this is something I really want to know as it will be a determining factor in my vote…FOR Obama or just AGAINST Romney,…
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
September 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
DDR,
At least we can agree subjectively on the first 3…
Behave and I hope I didn’t offend you or others…my 17 year old is making me quite chippy…I shouldn’t take it out by being rude on this forum..
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
5:03 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/27/lawmakers-uspicious-administration-trying-to-hide-libya-attack-details/
JamVet
September 27th, 2012
5:03 pm
And the Righter you are, the righter he is.
RC for Pulitzer!
Not that I care remotely, but have O’Reilly, Hannity, Boortz, Limbaugh, Coulter et al, gone apoplectic these days? At least on air?
Or should I say overjoyed?
When their guy takes a beating it is great for their ratings.
MORE rage!
DebbieDoRight - Conservatives have always been great storytellers; it is their fatal weakness. They love casting their eyes back to the past to avoid seeing what lies right under their noses.
September 27th, 2012
5:03 pm
hiya josef!! Welcome back!!
And then pull out the AmEx blue card to pay for what’s no permitted on the TANF card…Unmentionable says he’ll give a lift in Geronimo’s Cadillac, just let him have the boa….
No dice on the boa!! He maybe the best guy ever but that boa belongs just between you and me! It’s our way of bonding!
Romney in 3 words: Could’ve Beena Contender
I’m out for some chow!! See you guys later!!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
September 27th, 2012
5:04 pm
KAMCHAK,
With your use of the term “sport” suggests you are quite a tough guy eh? You divert better than either candidate..
Thurston Howard Romney III
September 27th, 2012
5:04 pm
@AQUA GAL…I have 16 children’s, but a Cadillac, and I think Ann has 2 Cadillac..
Davis Stanwell
September 27th, 2012
5:05 pm
Mitt shows his empathy by trying to save the very personal medical system that has evolved in the USA. Decisions have always been made on a case by case basis through discussions between the patient and doctor.
All that is needed is financial subsidy for the elderly and the lower income citizens.. The 2700 pages of care guidelines, devised by politicians, that will create a massive, new, cost-bloating bureaucracy to execute directives from above, directly interferes with doctor-patient relationship. Decisions were already made by lawmakers in DC.
Not only is it empathetic personally and medically it also is more efficient, less intrusive, and more humane.
DebbieDoRight - Conservatives have always been great storytellers; it is their fatal weakness. They love casting their eyes back to the past to avoid seeing what lies right under their noses.
September 27th, 2012
5:07 pm
Steve-O – No worries! You are not EVEN as insulting as you think you are! Hey, no problem though — give yourself a few more months on this blog, and before you know it, you’ll be just as insulting and evil as the rest of us!!
Welcome Brother!
Aquagirl
September 27th, 2012
5:08 pm
Are you riding dirty?
Yeah, baby, thas me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK_CKtYCRIc&playnext=1&list=PL2FB47BF1B955266A&feature=results_video
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
September 27th, 2012
5:08 pm
Joseph – Thank you, I’ll survive just fine. Hope you feel the same way about the future of all our children and grand children. The debt will continue to rise, 20,30,40 trillion in next twenty years to pay for the Moocher class! Probably about 20%(of that 47%) could work and pay their own way but chose to get govt handouts instead. I want my Obama phone also!!
JamVet
September 27th, 2012
5:09 pm
I heard he was for gay marriage before he was against it…
You forgot abortion, socialized medicine/individual mandates, Ronald Reagan, hunting, stem cell research, serving in Viet Nam, gun control, seeing his dad with MLK and anthropogenic climate change.
The man will now say ANYTHING to get a few more votes.
Unprincipled.
Unfit to lead.
Doggone/GA
September 27th, 2012
5:09 pm
“Not only is it empathetic personally and medically it also is more efficient, less intrusive, and more humane”
And, of course, that’s why he put that system in place in Massachusetts…right?
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
5:11 pm
Here’s to all of us that WILL vote for Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wOPt-2PeE
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:12 pm
GOOD FIGHT…
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:16 pm
TOM
I’m the eternal optimist. I’m doing fine myself and so are my kids and their kids…I’m far less concerned about such catch phrases as the moocher class and what have you on the domestic scene as I am about where we’re finding ourselves in international affairs…while we were nyanh-nyanhing history went off the leash…
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:18 pm
DDR
Yeah! Remember how nice I used to be…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
5:18 pm
…while we were nyanh-nyanhing history went off the leash…
Sounds like a job for a MAJOR historian.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
September 27th, 2012
5:21 pm
Jay – Go to Kyle’s wedding and give us all a break. Obama will still be here when you get back, unfortunately!
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:25 pm
K’CHAK
Seriously, though, do you remember who the MAJOR WWII historian it was who explained it using that phrase that “sometimes history goes off the leash?”
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
5:25 pm
Tom @ 5:21
You come across as if someone makes you read Jay’s articles.
Just skip them each day and it should not make a difference to you if he was not writing them or writing 100 per day.
RAMZAD
September 27th, 2012
5:26 pm
Romney is being relegated not to substance and pro-action but to reactionary drivel. It is what happens when you have to be something, but you are not sure who or what, and the pressure is tightening around your neck.
JOE COOL............
September 27th, 2012
5:27 pm
Whole LOTTA whining going on round here with the CONs.
Get Real
September 27th, 2012
5:29 pm
Good Lord Jay…..try knowing the true Obama, the first president in the modern age that No One really knows…..very scary, I just hope the country can survive a 2nd term, after 4 more years it may be too late…..I anxiously await your next White House/DNC talking point…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
5:30 pm
josef
No, and neither do google or bing.
RAMZAD
September 27th, 2012
5:30 pm
I hope Romney continues like this. Rudderless, confused, confusing, arrogant, insensitive, reactionary, foolish, and hallucinatory.
weetamoe
September 27th, 2012
5:31 pm
Apparently Mr Bookman, like Mr Luckovich, is terrified of the Chicago mob. Is there any other reason why, in contrast to all other election cycles, there has not been a single criticism in their opinion features of the sitting president, especially given his blatant lying, mismanagement of the war in Afghanistan, a GDP that has many economists predicting a slide into an even worse recession…and more
akorage
September 27th, 2012
5:32 pm
That’s the “chameleon play”. Be whatever they(audience) are. Keep them wondering and roll into and roll out what want. Well worked in the primaries but failing woefully right now. Played out.
JOE COOL............
September 27th, 2012
5:34 pm
“Obama is a lying,no good,anti american who is trying to ruin our country and u people see only color as in black”
Tick, tick, tick
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
5:35 pm
Kam
Guess you were right……..
“Could be?” is a little too late………
Rightwing Troll
September 27th, 2012
5:37 pm
” I just hope the country can survive a 2nd term, after 4 more years it may be too late”
It’s OK punkin… this great country survived W for 8 years, we can survive Obama…
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:37 pm
K’CHAK
I’ve been trying to find it for years…it’s one of those things I remember from way back when I first started to get serious about my trying to understand how it happened…and it really did sum it up about the best I had ever heard…
Simple Truths
September 27th, 2012
5:38 pm
Kamchak is living up to his moniker today.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
5:39 pm
Tom
I suggest you go over to Kyle’s blog and READ the damn thing.
Kinda like here you just show up and post Shyte.
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (aka "Knuckle-Dragger")
September 27th, 2012
5:40 pm
And so this is supposed to make us want to keep the incompetent pathological liar, aka “the incumbent”? Got to try harder than this, Jay.
josef
September 27th, 2012
5:41 pm
Liberals Suck…
Question…do you expect to be taken seriously with posts like that? Or are you just throwing out bait to see if you catch something,,,?
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
5:41 pm
“Obama Translation in 3 words:
Buck stops elsewhere”
Did he borrow that buck granny?
getalife
September 27th, 2012
5:45 pm
Poor cons.
Is reality creeping into your closed minds yet?
Reality will set you free.
Freedom, join us.
Moderate Line
September 27th, 2012
5:45 pm
Granny Godzilla – Union Thugette
September 27th, 2012
4:12 pm
Moderate line
it takes two to tango….what’d the other guy do?
++++
Look on politfact and see.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
5:45 pm
There has been a new study that suggests Romney MIGHT be good for only ONE position.
http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125675-lavish-ceo-pay-doesnt-work-as-intended-study?lite
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
5:45 pm
The Palm Beach Post report last night that a Florida Republican Party contractor turned in at least 106 “questionable” registration firms, with “similar signatures” and wrong addresses, doesn’t seem like a national news story. But it has unwoven a somewhat concealed effort by Republicans in several states to deploy a firm with an ugly history of allegedly destroying Democratic voter registration forms and other acts of fraud.
The contractor in Florida is called Strategic Allied Consulting, a business entity created a few months ago and registered online by a former Arizona Republican Party director named Nathan Sproul.
[...]
In 2004, a voter registration worker in Nevada hired by Sproul’s firm told reporters that he had witnessed his surpervisors chucking registration forms signed by Democrats. “They were thrown away in the trash,” he claimed. Sproul’s canvassers in Oregon confessed to doing the same thing, and other reports emerged across several swing states. In Minnesota, workers said they were actually fired for bringing in registration forms signed by Democrats. CBS News obtained faxes showing that Sproul’s firm had even impersonated the left-leaning America Votes! to organize voter registration drives at libraries.
Donovan
September 27th, 2012
5:48 pm
Ok, if Bookman wants to double tap a daily post, I think that I will join into the frey.
Let’s see…”if I’m elected I will make everything transparent”. How about all those Executive Orders and suppression of information about the Benghazi security details? “If I’m elected, there will be 48 hours of legislative discussion and openness on C-Span before legislation is acted on”.
Give me a break. Look who is making dumb statements about the opposition.
Mitt gave the people of the Bay State what they wanted. Mitt is wiling to give the people of the United States what they want and that is NO OBAMACARE.
Thank you for your time. Now I have got better things to do. See you tomorrow.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
5:48 pm
liberals suck
Nope, I will vote for Obama because he has been more inclusive and has done more for MY economy than whoever that guy was just before him.
F. Sinkwich
September 27th, 2012
5:49 pm
Anybody seen where my Obamaphone is at?
Get Real
September 27th, 2012
5:49 pm
Troll…..what a douche, the country can move forward with 25 trillion in debt, it appears you have no concept of the impact that will have on the country……just clueless and hopelessly adrift…
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
5:51 pm
For the UGA fans.
http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/early_2013_bcs_bowl_predictions/11815525?linksrc=foxrg_college_football
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
5:51 pm
…double tap a daily post…
Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
5:54 pm
They BOTH @ 4:16
I’ve met Morris Day in person, and he’s as cool in person as he portrays on the stage.
————————-
Stevie Ray @ 4:17
OK Romney is a dope but what politician doesn’t say anything to be elected?
They all do, but has any of them been worse at pulling it off than Romney?
Even his current BS about folks being better off is not true on a micro level
But he’s not the president on a micro level, is he? His job is to manage the macro level, and on that level, we are better off than we were 4 years ago. Do you not remember witnessing people’s fortunes disappearing on a daily basis with the dropping market 4 years ago?
Also, contrary to your opinion, many people are better off than they were 4 years ago. Some of us are still recovering, and some are worse off. So what? It’s all in whether you choose to stay the course or go back to the policies that led to our current situation. For many people, the path of least resistance is to go the current direction and not tempt fate twice by going back to the policies of the previous administration.
EV
September 27th, 2012
5:55 pm
I don’t agree with about 99% of the things you post Jay, but this one made me laugh because it is true. Love it.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
5:55 pm
Bro
That is exactly what a buddy of mine told me. He met Morris at one of the local “shoe shows” several years back.
Said he was a cool cat
Thomas heyward Jr
September 27th, 2012
5:55 pm
“Seeking the “true” Romney is like seeking Bigfoot”
.
The “true” Romney is’nt a war criminal……..yet.
.
That’s something that Barry Sotero “George W 2″ Hussein Obama can’t brag about.
pogo
September 27th, 2012
5:56 pm
The AJC asks, “What happened on Honey Boo Boo?”. Well, without watching it, I would say the mother had to be rushed to the hospital emergency room for by-pass surgery because of her regular diet of Big Macs, Cheetos and Little Debbie Cakes and HBB’s mother councils HBB about getting pregnant before she is the age of 13 while painting the little girls face with make-up for her next competition.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
5:57 pm
Thomas
As always, tell Ron Paul and Alex Jones that I said hello…….
Thomas heyward Jr
September 27th, 2012
5:58 pm
Scholars from New York University and Stanford have released a study of drone warfare in Pakistan. It calls for a “significant rethinking of current US [sic] targeted killing and drone strike policies.” The report is very negative on drone warfare. Nevertheless, it could have been much harder hitting had it condemned the U.S. presence in that region altogether.
How does drone warfare affect the lives of those living under drones that hover above for 24 hours at a time ready to strike someone who may be next to you? How do second-drone strikes affect those killed and wounded who are attending funerals for those killed in first strikes? The report contains the comments of Pakistanis who were interviewed.
Good article……………………if your Hopium addicted Obama-Bot conscious can handle it.
http://www.reprieve.org.uk/media/downloads/2012_09_24_PUB_Stanford-NYU_LIVING_UNDER_DRONES_Final-embargoed.pdf
pogo
September 27th, 2012
5:59 pm
Reality will never set you free Getalife since you can’t even conceive of the “con-cept”. You spend your Saturdays here pathetically searching for someone to insult. Sad.
G Mare
September 27th, 2012
5:59 pm
Please don’t talk about FOOD; I’m drinkin’ THE PREP!
A Simple Man
September 27th, 2012
6:00 pm
Got to love this stuff.
Politician A: “It’s green.”
Politician B: “I disagree. It’s green.”
Supporters of A: “My guy is correct. Your guy is dumb.”
Supporters of B: “How can you be so dense? My guy is correct.”
Blah Blah Blah. 57 states. Hawaii is in Asia. On and on it goes…
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:00 pm
Bro
I saw the exchanges with Scout earlier and wondered HOW his pension is different than other federal employees?
I find it strange considering the starting salaries of policemen, firefighters, etc that are in the dreaded 47% (of the moocher class) how Mitt’s many mansions haven’t burned or been robbed LOL.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:00 pm
“You spend your Saturdays here pathetically searching for someone to insult. Sad.”
And you would know that exactly how?
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
6:02 pm
Thank you, I’ll survive just fine. Hope you feel the same way about the future of all our children and grand children. The debt will continue to rise, 20,30,40 trillion in next twenty years to pay for the Moocher class!
So Tom, how long did you contribute in the workforce before you retired? What was the US debt when you began working? What was the debt on the day you retired?
My point is, have you been concerned about the US debt the entire time you were working post-Vietnam, or is this concern for the debt a new thing? Did you raise a ruckus about the debt when Reagan tripled it in 8 years? Did you raise a ruckus about it when GW Bush doubled it in 8 years?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
6:03 pm
You spend your Saturdays here…
The joke that never grows stale — one regular whining about the blogging habits of another regular.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:03 pm
Common
Had a discussion yesterday with Scout about the same issue. I stated that I have no other reason to believe he didn’t earn his retirement and other accompanying benefits. Amazes me how he can say that others did not do the same.
I’m sure there is waste as their is in all sectors, but do I really know he wasn’t one of the “slackers”?
I doubt he was, but I do not know that for a fact
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:05 pm
Bro
Congress made them do it when it was Reagan, Bush Sr and Jr………
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:06 pm
BOTH
“And you would know that exactly how?”
Clairvoyance?
Don’t you just love it when somebody comes up with one of those… as the L’il Ones say, “well, duh!”
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:07 pm
josef
It is too funny. Pogo crying about getalife because he was on at the same time…………
But consider the source.
pogo
September 27th, 2012
6:07 pm
Of course that is all you non-working Obama supporters have to do isn’t Getalife? Since you don’t have to be on any regular schedule like people that have jobs you really don’t know what day it is do you? You will very soon though. You will be waiting in a line somewhere trying to get whatever scraps of government service you happen to need at the moment. Obamacare is going to take care of you dude.
Cobbian
September 27th, 2012
6:08 pm
Well, you have hit this nail right on the head.
We don’t really know what kind of president he could be. He won’t give any details – probably because details would anger his base or anger the independents. But can we trust that he would be willing to go against the almighty base if he does get elected? Nope, because he will then want a second term. He can’t deliver more than his base allows – and that is the same old turn health care back over to insurance and cut taxes – even if history tells us neither action is going to solve our problems.
At one time, I admired this guy for being a get-the-job-done, practical politician. I don’t think he is any more. He has been sipping too much tea.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
6:09 pm
Pogo crying about getalife because he was on at the same time…
Couldn’t be, ’cause pogo spends his spare time trolling grocery stores documenting SNAP purchases.
That Black Guy
September 27th, 2012
6:10 pm
Brandt Hardin
September 27th, 2012
4:04 pm
If lying is a sin then Mitt Romney’s Magic Mormon Underpants are on FIRE!
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Any jokes about Harry Reid’s magic drawers?
How about Leibermans enchanted skull cap?
Ellisons special flying prayer rug should be good for a laugh.
If you are going to be a religous BIGOT, then hit them all.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:10 pm
TBS
exactly my point. He and Romney both paint a picture of how HARD they have worked and have EARNED what they have.
Everyone else, not so much.
As for the one’s in the 47% who pay no FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. Let them eat dirt.