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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Mark T
September 27th, 2012
6:11 pm
Stevie,
Kamchack has never been in a debate, If you havent noticed, all he does is spout off at the mouth
“there’s your sign”..”you must be under the impression i work for you”…”sport”…yada yada yada
He hides behind his keyboard….weak
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
6:11 pm
If you are going to be a religous BIGOT, then hit them all.
The pope wears army boots.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:12 pm
pogo
In desperation mode already?
Six weeks before your big cry and you head explodes. I would take a Valium and relax for now
Welcome to the Occupation
September 27th, 2012
6:13 pm
Did you raise a ruckus about the debt when Reagan tripled it in 8 years?
Ooh love to see if we’ll get an answer on that one. Not counting on it though. We usually don’t.
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:13 pm
well, I said it before and I sez it again…getalife if a good friend of the Noble Savage and does his part for reparations…
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:14 pm
pogo,
You should know by now I am retired.
My schedule is getting up in the morning and thanking God for another day.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:15 pm
Common
To be honest; it is sort of sad to see the lack of reality that comes across at times.
We can all debate and argue political ideology, but then you have sad commentary and willingness to believe anything that bolsters one’s ideology regardless of the facts.
Fed Retiree
September 27th, 2012
6:16 pm
I saw the exchanges with Scout earlier and wondered HOW his pension is different than other federal employees?
Oh, it’s different from the federal pensions of workers who started federal service after around 1987—that’s for sure. After Reagan and his pals got through with “reform”, modern workers get a pension equal to 1% of the average annual salary for the three highest-paid years. That means that if you work 40 years, you get a pension equal to about 40% of your departing salary. On the other hand, if you joined up before then and elected to stay on the old plan, your pension could be as much as 80% of your final salary. The Reagan bunch cut the federal pension in half.
If Romney and his supporters want to know why he’s going to lose Virginia, with all those salary-frozen federal workers the Republicans love to shaft, he won’t need to look far for a reason. The only thing the Republicans can’t accomplish is to deprive those federal workers of the right to vote.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:16 pm
getalife
Pogo is just a jealous hen (No offense ladies)……………..
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
6:16 pm
A portion of Australia declares “Jihad” on the Great White.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125550-kill-sharks-before-they-attack-humans-australian-state-will-do-just-that?lite
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:17 pm
I think at this point in the election cycle many Republicans would prefer BIGFOOT rather than Romney.
Bigfoot is probably someone you could sit down and have a beer with and probably get a more consistant stand on the ISSUES.
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
6:19 pm
Actually, Getalife is a modern day medical miracle – The only left nut that can communicate via the Internet.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:21 pm
Fed Retiree
I knew Reagan screwed you guys (just didn’t know it was that bad).
I figure Scout joined the Feds around the early 70’s so he is living off the rest of us (the moocher).
F. Sinkwich
September 27th, 2012
6:22 pm
“If Romney and his supporters want to know why he’s going to lose Virginia, with all those salary-frozen federal workers the Republicans love to shaft, he won’t need to look far for a reason.”
Me, me, me, me, me,
Me, me, me, me,
Me, me, me, me, me, me me me.
Sux to be an ingrate.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
6:22 pm
Actually, Getalife is a modern day medical miracle…
Yep, died on the operating table and came back.
We should all be so lucky to have such a miracle.
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:23 pm
“Getalife is a modern day medical miracle”
You got that right. Doctors and nurses are great at their jobs and know what they are doing.
I am trying to cut down on the insults because I know some Republicans will vote for our President and know he has to work with the gop after this election.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
6:23 pm
NoCom
Scout’s pension is a true pension in the old school pension setup. Feds hired after 1987 have most of their retirement through the TSP, which is basically a 401k, and social security. We have a small defined part, but Congress keeps trying to chip away at that. We now pay more for less in retirement than Scout and his compadres ever had to.
B. Burger
September 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
I find this quote the most egregious:
“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.”
1st: ensuring that all citizens have access to health care, far from standing between them & their doctor, actually facilitates their ability to be standing in front of their doctor at all. Recent Romney statements indicate he actually thinks (now) that people who can’t afford insurance are just fine accessing “health care” thru emergency room visits. Here he ignores both the facts that “emergency care” is NOT health care and that as Governor he demonstrated an understanding of that fact—saying that very thing, actually, while promoting universal health care access in his state.
That he basically deflected an interviewers attempts to reconcile that hypocrisy with the non-answer that each state is different, doesn’t change the facts—and he knows it: emergency room care is NOT health care & is vastly more expensive & less effective, no matter what state you reside in.
2nd: If the Republican Platform (& most especially Paul Ryan) is infamous for any one thing this year (over all the many, many things they should be infamous for!) it is exactly for wanting the kind of mind-numbing control that allows government (via the religious right) to stand between a patient and his or her doctor!
Who is he kidding with that statement? The only thing I can come up with is: himself. He is seriously so desperate to win the election, he can convince himself to believe any of the stuff he feels he must say in the moment that he says it. There are many people like that. It’s a functional inability for retrospection. He cannot examine his own behaviors, actions, or beliefs, because it is simply too costly for him on a mental & an emotional level. The incongruities of his own mind would prove impossible to decipher & he would likely just self-destruct right in front of us… One can hope anyway…
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
Me and getalife both died and came back…only goes to show that G-d is a vengeful B-ing and ain’t doing H-s job right…slacker! Bad quality control…
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
Bro
So you guys have put up withall the BS because you are patriotic?
It seems that the congress critters are a helluva of a lot less patriotic than you guys.
IMO
Paul
September 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
One thing’s pretty clear reading thru this and other posts: the closer we get to the election and the wider the gap in the polls, the more the Romney supporters here are unable to explain, let alone defend Romney. Instead of doing so, they resort to incredibly relevant retorts like, ‘oh yeah, well… what about Obama’s transparency, huh?”
That kind of argument’s not going to convince any independent to vote for Romney. If anything, they’ll think “if that’s the best they can come up with, maybe I’ll just stick with the current occupant of the White House.”
So, thanks again, Romney supporters. Couldn’t do it without you!
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:29 pm
Bro @ 6:23
I hear ya. I just find it ironic that he seems to hold other Fed employees salaries and benefits against them, while he “earned” his because he carried a gun
I will plead ignorance as to knowing his exact duties (I am sure over many years it changed numerous times), but investigating VA fraud probably wasn’t a life or death issue, just because the job description allows for the carrying of a fire arm.
Since he is not here to chime in, I will now cease my comments and opining relating to him.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:30 pm
getalife
There are times when I don’t agree, but that is not the point…………
keep giving them HELL……….
Do what you do
That Black Guy
September 27th, 2012
6:30 pm
josef
September 27th, 2012
4:37 pm
All this sounds pretty much like the same sh*t a week or so ago…there’s only so much you can say about this drag show without beginning to repeat oneself…let’s forego the pro forma and get to the nasty ad hominem personal attacks…lot more fun, lot more interesting, and where we’re headed anyway…
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Shut up you commie lib who never worked a day in your life except when you are at work on your cushy gub’ment job with your overpriced benifits and retirement that you want everyone else to pay for because you didn’t plan for your future and pull yourself up by your boot straps.
And your feet stink.
How’d I do, josef?
Paul
September 27th, 2012
6:31 pm
Hey there josef, welcome back!
“Me and getalife both died and came back…only goes to show that G-d is a vengeful B-ing and ain’t doing H-s job right…slacker! Bad quality control”
Naaaah…. just goes to show G-d believes in second chances.
Didja catch any of Bibi’s address to the UN?
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:32 pm
I actually think that the GOP doesn’t want to win in November…then, they’ll have to produce results instead of kvetching, whining and throwing around the same, old, tired and hackneyed bromide…
Mr. Snarky
September 27th, 2012
6:33 pm
Hard to know what Mitt’s real views are…all I know is he comes across as an arrogant, condescending, weasely douchebag…and most people would rather not have to see him on a daily basis for the next 4 years.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:33 pm
TBG
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:33 pm
josef,
You saw the light so you are going to heaven
I have not paid for all my sins yet.
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September 27th, 2012
6:34 pm
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Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
6:36 pm
Josef
Happy to see you back.
Hope you been working hard at the new job and EARNING that HUGE paycheck
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:37 pm
“I actually think that the GOP doesn’t want to win in November”
Yeah, they can’t spend like with w, so you might be right.
I thought that too.
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:38 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
That about covers it, ‘cept you left out ancestrally uppity!
PAUL
Hey! Good to be back. There’s only so much of that you can take before you start getting in the you-know-who frame of goodie two shoes frame of mind…I’m ready to hike MY hoop skirts and mud wrestle!
I haven’t caught any of Bibi’s speech…I’m saving it for weekend replay when I can really give it the attention it deserves…looking for the unspoken, half-spoken, etc.
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:38 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
That about covers it, ‘cept you left out ancestrally uppity!
PAUL
Hey! Good to be back. There’s only so much of that you can take before you start getting in the you-know-who frame of goodie two shoes frame of mind…I’m ready to hike MY hoop skirts and mud wrestle!
I haven’t caught any of Bibi’s speech…I’m saving it for weekend replay when I can really give it the attention it deserves…looking for the unspoken, half-spoken, etc.
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
6:39 pm
“I am trying to cut down on the insults because I know some Republicans will vote for our President and know he has to work with the gop after this election.”
Getalife, Are you on some WOWEE meds right now?
paulo977
September 27th, 2012
6:39 pm
Common FS……..”Bigfoot is probably someone you could sit down and have a beer with and probably get a more consistant stand on the ISSUES.
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A picture is worth a 1000 Words …great one
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josef
September 27th, 2012
6:40 pm
I guess I must be double posting to make up for lost time…
Paul
September 27th, 2012
6:41 pm
josef
I’m looking forward to your take on it.
As he was speaking, I hit mute, became very still, and thru the boundless energies I could discern scores of Republican thoughts wondering “But why won’t the Jews vote for us?!!?
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:44 pm
COMMON SENSE
Gotta pay for the upkeep on that villa on Barbados!
Steve
September 27th, 2012
6:44 pm
Let’s all calm down and face the facts here. Congress has thwarted Obama’s moves to push out of the GOP led Great Recession at every turn. PRESIDENTS ARE NOT DICTATORS. We have a 3 part government, people.
Secondly, Romney is so bad, SO BAD (but better than the other GOP clowns he beat out, if you can imagine that), that Obama is clearly going to win, along with the Dems keeping the Senate. I would guess we gain more seats in the House as Tea Party folks are also on the verge of being knocked off the board, one by one.
So, the economy will turn around, and in Obama’s 2nd term. That leaves a Dem for President (easily) in 2016, along with possibly a Dem Congress.
Conservatives, I’m really sorry. Time to order some valium.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
6:45 pm
Paul @ 6:41
I concur…….
Josef: please do share your thoughts next week after you have had time to listen and digest.
Steve
September 27th, 2012
6:46 pm
Secondly, when we win in Nov, we ensure that the Court at least stays the same and doesn’t go to the far right plutocrats and/or whackjobs.
catlady
September 27th, 2012
6:47 pm
This man is mentally ill. That is the only explanation.
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:48 pm
PAUL
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Maybe if the GOP WOULD run a Hebrew Tarzan they might have a chance…but there ain’t one to be found…(watch out for flying ZamVettings
But as you know, I’m of the belief that Bibi and Barack are thick as thieves on all this and most of the “disagreement” is just for show. That’s why I want to really parse what he’s saying…
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
6:49 pm
Romney was about my 5th choice on the Republican ticket….if he loses, it’s his fault, I won’t attempt to spin it as some conspiracy. I like to believe a candidate wins because his message and his ideas are better. I’m no fan of a politician who runs negative ads against his opponent but can’t actually spell out his accomplishments.
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:49 pm
Paul,
His speech was blunt and to the point.
I thought it was pretty good but it’s a tough sell.
Our President built a coalition and he wants to bomb the visible enriching sites .
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:50 pm
BOTH
Will do…
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:51 pm
“Getalife, Are you on some WOWEE meds right now?”
Yes.
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
6:51 pm
Steve, how about the far left Democratic plutocrats, don’t you desire to see them not in the Supreme Court?
Paul
September 27th, 2012
6:52 pm
getalife
I caught part of it. Was really surprised by all the applause.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
6:53 pm
Far left plutocrat?
Rare as hen’s teeth.
Mr_B
September 27th, 2012
6:53 pm
josef: Hope you and yours experienced the blessing of the holidays.
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:54 pm
On Bibi and Barack…I’m reminded of how Kissinger went about dealing with China and Ho. He told them that Nixon was bat sh*t crazy and that he was the only one who could hold him in check, so they’d better deal with him. I think B and B took a page from that book. Better deal with Barack ’cause Bibi is bat sh*t crazy…
Road Scholar
September 27th, 2012
6:54 pm
Dismantle Obamacare and replace it with “real health care reform”.
When will he tell us the details? His second term? Does he know? Will he say? It’s a mystery to me…and Romney and Ryan!
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
6:55 pm
Frankly Getalife, I personally think we should allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon if they so choose, sounds risky, I know but I’m frankly tired to spending US dollars in countries who could give a flying flip about the US, I say let em have a bomb if they want, let them know if they use it on us or our allies, we literally wipe them from existence, let them know that bombs will fly into every Iranian city and village until there are no buildings left….nothing….
josef
September 27th, 2012
6:56 pm
Mr B
Shalom. We did, and thank you…
Paul
September 27th, 2012
6:56 pm
I’m about to sign off, but if anyone’s of a mind to do some research (you’d have to be really, really bored) you could compute the average number of times per thread one of our supercon contributors posted something really off the wall (okay, for them the word is ‘normal’) and then, when asked to cite, explain or defend, they went ‘poof!’ and disappeared.
Tonight’s the premier of ‘Last Resort’ on ABC.
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
6:57 pm
I’d argue any millionaire or billionaire that benefits from Gov’t intervention into the economy is a plutocrat, Buffet and Soros have generously benefited with their lobbying efforts……
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 27th, 2012
6:58 pm
Buffet and Soros are far left?
There’s your sign.
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
6:58 pm
Not that I’m advocating any wars, I personally about a year ago decided I was flat wrong on the Iraqi war and felt we had no right to take out the previous regime…..
getalife
September 27th, 2012
6:59 pm
Paul,
I think Israel can do more for the world than just send doctors to disaster areas.
There is a great opportunity for them to help Syria refugees because Turkey. closed the door and they are getting no help
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
6:59 pm
maybe not far left but left for sure…..just as the Kock brothers are right wing…..
Mr_B
September 27th, 2012
7:00 pm
“When will he tell us the details? His second term? Does he know? Will he say? It’s a mystery to me…and Romney and Ryan!”
And which tax deductions will be eliminated, and what what exactly would he do differently in foriegn policy, and which regulations will be eliminated and …. and …. and…..
The list is almost endless
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
7:00 pm
“So, the economy will turn around, and in Obama’s 2nd term. That leaves a Dem for President (easily) in 2016, along with possibly a Dem Congress. ”
Yes, and the princess kissed a frog and the frog turned into a prince…….
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
7:01 pm
NoCom: So you guys have put up withall the BS because you are patriotic?
It seems that the congress critters are a helluva of a lot less patriotic than you guys.
Well, when we had $75 Billion taken from us in the name of debt reduction during the debt limit negotiations, I guess it was our patriotic duty to help pay down the national debt. That deal ends up making us contribute more to get less of the pension that we will get. At the same time, the same congress has not asked the top 1% or even the top10% to give up $5 more towards paying down the debt.
So, who’s really getting screwed? They keep talking about extending pay freezes, and I have no issues with that if it’s done for ALL government branches to include them too. They want to cut 10% of the workforce because they say we’re bloated. The fed workforce is approximately the same size it was when Reagan left office. I think the fed workforce made up 1% of the national workforce then, and now we represent .5% of the workforce.
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
7:02 pm
I personally think if you receive gov’t aid in building a business or have a defense contract that those companies, it’s leaders, and employees should not be allowed to donate to a national election campaign. I don’t care what party you affiliate with…
pogo
September 27th, 2012
7:02 pm
Obama in three words, “don’t blame me”. How can we when we know you are an idiot?
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
7:04 pm
Brosephus, I think you should ask your congressman and your Senator to give up his retirement and give up 5 dollars of his/her pay…see what kind of answer he/she gives you…
TaxPayer
September 27th, 2012
7:05 pm
I built this losing campaign! – Mitt
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
7:05 pm
All Great fairy tales begin with:
Once upon a time There I was minding my own business and
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
7:08 pm
They BOTH
Ya know… I carry on duty as well. My job requires me to be able to interview someone and detect deception within a matter of minutes. We have to be able to maintain border security without hampering the ability for people and goods to cross in and out of the country. Every minute we’re holding something up, people are losing money.
There are times where I’m dealing with people who may have connections to terrorism. Other times, I’m dealing with people who may want to come here to live without authorization. Each day is different, but at the same time, it’s almost routine.
I have no issues with Scout personally. However, his holier-than-thou attitude is something else. The law enforcement community is pretty close, and I actually know people who know Scout. I’ll never tell anything about him personally though, as his personal life is his business and none of mine.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
7:09 pm
maybe not far left but left for sure…..just as the Kock brothers are right wing…..
Now, I knew some people thought those two were real d*cks, but can’t you at least spell their name right? Any true conservative worth their salt knows where the money comes from….
josef
September 27th, 2012
7:10 pm
getalife
I agree with you on that opportunity for Israel…they probably will do something for the Druze…the Christians may be able to hold on, the Kurds are already taking care of business, the Alawis are sitting ducks, and the Shia the wild card…
pogo
September 27th, 2012
7:10 pm
No desperation suck. We’ll reserve that for those of you who want the government to control you and take care of you. I long ago made preparation for my and mines longterm financial wellness and it was built upon the premise that we would receive nothing in the way of social security or Medicare. You are fooling yourself if you think this party is going to continue. And, by the way, I don’t take drugs. I have to work for a living. Your time spent here says you don’t.
Steve
September 27th, 2012
7:11 pm
“Far left Plutocrat”
(banjos playing)
josef
September 27th, 2012
7:12 pm
Common Sense
What’s the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern fairy tale? The Northern fairy tale begins with “Once upon a time…” The Southern fairy tale begins with, “y’all ain’t gonna believe this sh*t!”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
7:12 pm
Obama in three words:
I hate America.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
7:12 pm
Martin: I think you should ask your congressman and your Senator to give up his retirement and give up 5 dollars of his/her pay…see what kind of answer he/she gives you…
Trust me, I’ve sent numerous letters with explicit references to bills pending that will continue to shaft fed workers. I haven’t gotten a single response from any one of them yet. I guess I’ll send them another email in October that will let them know to not wait on the campaign contribution or vote.
kayaker 71
September 27th, 2012
7:13 pm
Bebe made a pretty good speech at the UN today. He seems to be serious. Much more serious than Bozo. Wonder if he would consider a change in citizenship. Perhaps an amendment to make him eligible for the presidency? We need someone with balls.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
7:13 pm
Bro
Is the true dirt on Scout was that after he retared he spent time in an institution (and not one of higher learning)?
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
7:14 pm
“Any true conservative worth their salt knows where the money comes from….”
It comes from the Money Tree. Ask Obama.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 27th, 2012
7:15 pm
Yaker
We need someone with balls
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That leaves out Romney. Are you gonna write in Hilary?
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
7:17 pm
NoCom
That is sooooo wrong. I won’t say a word about Scout outside of what he presents here. I can say that he is who he says he is, and that’s all.
Drudge
September 27th, 2012
7:19 pm
Can’t wait till 2016 when we have 22 Trillion in debt and UE is still above 8, 6X the number of people on food stamps and 4X the number of people on SS disability. If you vote for Obama, you are literally voting for the destruction of your life.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
7:19 pm
Obama in three words:
I screwed up.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
7:19 pm
Brosephus:
Thank you sir. The personal hatred on here is sometimes amazing.
Tap Out
September 27th, 2012
7:20 pm
Even Gabby Douglas is envious of Mitt’s back flips.
Paul
September 27th, 2012
7:20 pm
getalife
“There is a great opportunity for them (Israel) to help Syria refugees because Turkey. closed the door and they are getting no help”
That is a creative and original idea, getalife. I would be very interested to see the world reaction to that.
Pleasant evening, all -
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
7:20 pm
I can’t believe anyone doesn’t believe there are far left politicans and millionaires out there…..what about that Sanders guy from Vermont, isn’t he a registered socialist? And in my definition, anyone who believes it’s gov’ts job to support people from cradle to grave in my mind is socialist, there is a diffence in providing a national defense for people, roads/bridges/ infrastructure, education and then doing beyond that by giving food subsidies, child care subsidies, control the student loan industry, have a heavy hand in the health insurance industry, giving housing to people, cell phones, electric and gas power subsidies.
Look, I get helping a person when he’s down, what I don’t get is creating policies that allow the same guy (if able to help himself) to maintain his sustanence with most of his income and provision from the Federal gov’t….
Martin the Calvinist
September 27th, 2012
7:22 pm
Brosephus, I’m with you there….I think that the entire Congress should have their pay cut in half and they shouldn’t have a retirement plan provided by tax payers….whatever happened to the concept of a public servant?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
7:23 pm
Seeking the “truth”:
This will be interesting to be sure ………………………
“Mitt Romney plans to turn himself into a one-man truth squad during the first presidential debate next week, casting President Barack Obama as someone who can’t be trusted to stick to the facts or keep his promises.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81741.html#ixzz27iPzATCl
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
September 27th, 2012
7:23 pm
Common Sense – Speaking of posting shyte, your buds over here put me to shame in posting BS!!!! Never heard such nonsense from apparent grown men ? Give me, Give me, give me, is all ya”ll seem to know. I’m ok with you venting the hell out of Romney but why is Obama not held to the same standard?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
7:24 pm
Martin the Calvinist:
How about this after only four (or eight) years of work ???
“Presidential retirement benefits were non-existent until the enactment of the Former Presidents Act (FPA) in 1958. Since then, presidential retirement benefits have included a lifetime annual pension, staff and office allowances, travel expenses, Secret Service protection and more.
Pension
Former presidents are offered a taxable lifetime pension equal to the annual rate of basic pay for the heads of executive branch departments, like the Cabinet Secretaries. This amount is set annually by Congress and is currently (in 2011) $199,700 per year. The pension starts the minute the president officially leaves office at noon on Inauguration Day. Widows of former presidents are provided with a $20,000 annual lifetime pension and mailing privileges, unless they choose to waive their right to the pension.”
josef
September 27th, 2012
7:26 pm
MARTIN
I agree with you on the cut in congressional pay…I don’t on the retirement plan. And that one on the concept of public service, imeoiauo, lies at the heart of the problem…
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
7:26 pm
Scout
No problem. It’s easy to disagree and not be disagreeable. I wouldn’t protect you any less than I’d protect anybody else in this country.
Drudge
September 27th, 2012
7:26 pm
PS, I’m a sane family man with 3 degrees, 3 kids and a nice home. It is sad that for the first time in my life, I keep more than 20,000 rounds of ammo in the house, food&water for 6 for 12 months, my airplane (yes i’m a pilot) pre-loaded with flight plans to bahamas, belize and st. maarten. You are all scoffing but please, please have a look at what is happening in Greece, Italy, Portugal and France on and off. We are walking into the same buzzsaw. I want all of you to remember reading this when there is no money left to pay the police, when there is no money left to pay for food stamps and gas is $16/gallon. Couple that with inflation expected to rise by 20% in a decade, and you have food riots and panic. I will be elsewhere, armed to the teeth, stocked with food, praying for all of you.
Tundra Dude
September 27th, 2012
7:28 pm
Can a “true” Romney even be said to exist?
The true Romney comes out after the cameras/mics are turned off.
( the 47% video)
TaxPayer
September 27th, 2012
7:29 pm
Mitt’s too old to be deciding what his beliefs are going to be when he grows up. Then again, another viable reason for Mitt’s constantly changing views is that he is so old that dimentia, or worse, has set in.
Rafe Hollister
September 27th, 2012
7:30 pm
Economic patriotism- Obama’s talking point of the day.
This is from a man, who said GWB was irresponsible and unpatriotic for running up 5 Trillion dollars of debt in his eight years.
By his own definition, that makes him a narcissistic, hypocritical, irresponsible, unpatriotic failure. It could get worse, however.
Joetavius
September 27th, 2012
7:30 pm
The Mormon and the Muslim, they’re both obviously good guys and savvy politicians. The incumbent is a Utopian dreamer who envisions Americans genuflecting toward Washington DC, and the challenger sees the government answering to the people, not the other way around. Anyway I like ‘em both, may the best man win.