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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Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:19 pm
They BOTH
Did you catch the Bloomberg link I posted earlier on Romney’s trusts for his kids? I don’t have much, but I may have to try to pull off something like that for my kids.
JamVet
September 27th, 2012
10:19 pm
The only interesting aspect of this election now is whether Flip even gets 200 electoral college votes or not.
Washington (CNN) – If it wasn’t already clear that Mitt Romney and his allies are trying to lower expectations heading into next Wednesday’s debate against President Obama in Denver, the campaign is now making it official.
In a memo about the debates distributed to campaign surrogates and provided to CNN on Thursday, longtime Romney adviser Beth Myers outlines a series of reasons why the president is likely to emerge as the winner of the first debate.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:20 pm
’m sure if they were not above board Obama would have had his lackey in DOJ tooting his little horn about them.
__________________
You saying he would have pulled a Nixon, huh?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
10:20 pm
Brosephus:
“Wouldn’t that help him avoid those state/local taxes a bit?”
As one who worked for IRS-CID for three years, I’m glad you used “avoid” vs. “evade”. The first one is very smart and every American should take advantage of legal avoidance. I do starting with my itemized deductions, dependants, etc., etc.
getalife
September 27th, 2012
10:20 pm
Marty,
Pal around with aq and you know what is coming. Pakistan hid obl not doing their job terrorism.
Would you prefer another occupation ?
JamVet
September 27th, 2012
10:22 pm
Mitt’s dad released TWELVE years of tax returns.
Why?
He hand nothing to hide or be embarrassed by.
Twelve years of Flip’s returns would be the icing on his campaign’s death cake…
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:22 pm
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:14 pm
I was just tryin to explain where the argument comes from.
My opinion we should eliminate any and all deductions and loop holes. Allow the percentage shown to be the percentage paid.
Now as to those percentages?????
I have my ideas in the direction they should be, but if I knew the answer to that I would not be on this blog I would hope for all of our sake I would be somewhere doing something about it.
But I’m also one of those crazy folks who think we should tax every single monetary transaction that takes place at a small percentage below 0.005 not to be excercised on material goods and or services. Those transactions should be reserved for the state to tax as it sees fit, as the commerce happens within their boarders.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:22 pm
Bro
Didn’t see it. Will go back and check it out.
I’ve not been one to blame Romney for how he allocates his finances to avoid taxes. I may not agree with the laws, but previous Congresses and Presidents have enacted them.
Granted people like Romney, Gates, Buffet lobby for those laws, but no one makes them enact them.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 27th, 2012
10:24 pm
Senior Digits, perhaps its because she believes your lies…. or perhaps although she could have stated it better, her belief that Obama created programs that help her so that she may try to get ahead in the world are worth her support….. but then again, perhaps she just knows it hurts your wittle feelings.
getalife
September 27th, 2012
10:26 pm
I think mitt should release all his taxes so we can use the same loopholes he uses.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:28 pm
Scout
Yeah, I knew the difference between avoid and evade, as evade gets you three hots and a cot. I don’t have an issue when people follow the laws, as written, and take full advantage of them.
In Romney’s case, I think I’m beginning to see exactly what I thought would happen if he released his tax returns. He has done nothing illegal, and has simply taken advantage of the laws, as written. His fault lies in the idea that he’s campaigned on giving more tax cuts to the wealthy when they already have legal ways of avoiding more taxes than a tax cut would relieve them of having to pay.
In my opinion, that’s like going into Target and switching the price tags on two things so you can pay the cheaper price with the cashier knowing what you did. On top of that, the cashier then proceeds to give you a discount on your purchase anyway.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-27/romney-i-dig-it-trust-gives-heirs-triple-benefit.html
In January 1999, a trust set up by Mitt Romney for his children and grandchildren reaped a 1,000 percent return on the sale of shares in Internet advertising firm DoubleClick Inc.
If Romney had given the cash directly, he could have owed a gift tax at a rate as high as 55 percent. He avoided gift and estate taxes by using a type of generation-skipping trust known to tax planners by the nickname: “I Dig It.”
The sale of DoubleClick shares received before the company went public, detailed in previously unreported securities filings reviewed by Bloomberg News, sheds new light on Romney’s estate planning — the art of leaving assets for heirs while avoiding taxes. The Republican presidential candidate used a trust considered one of the most effective techniques for the wealthy to bypass estate and gift taxes. The Obama administration proposed cracking down on the tax benefits in February.
While Romney’s tax avoidance is both legal and common among high-net-worth individuals, it has become increasingly awkward for his candidacy since the disclosure of his remarks at a May fundraiser. He said that the nearly one-half of Americans who pay no income taxes are “dependent upon government” and “believe that they are victims.”
getalife
September 27th, 2012
10:29 pm
The donors paid good money for those loopholes and if you think our congress will vote to change them, you are kidding yourself.
Jm (not a con)
September 27th, 2012
10:30 pm
So bro criticizes Romney tax practices
Then says he wants to use a tax avoidance strategy (that is practically of no use to him)
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:30 pm
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:16 pm
Yeah I’m a Romney guy (after being an Obama guy)
Based in how both governed. I saw Romney as better able to allow others to compromise and compromise himself in his time as gov.
I understand many do not share that position but I was burned by Obama changing Washington during the ‘08 campaign only to see him do the same partisan things as the republicans did.
Not going to happen as I would like to see (R) in wh with dems controlling both.
Again I may be totally wrong but I feel with that equation more would get done to improve our lives and our opportunities to become successful or more successful.
I see more “Blue Dog” Dems that would be willing to compromise while not letting repubs to overboard.
While I’m afraid I cannot say enough of those types exist in the current republican party.
But to me our current state of stale-mate thru partisianship should make us all blush a lil to the rest of the world.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
10:30 pm
Brosephus:
“In my opinion, that’s like going into Target and switching the price tags on two things so you can pay the cheaper price with the cashier knowing what you did.”
Disagree ………….. that’s still illegal ……………
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
10:31 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight:
LOL !
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:31 pm
Good Lawd,
Apologies for the ultra long post.
Jack and Ginger again.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:31 pm
Marty
Gotcha. I’m with you in that I wish I knew the answer. Personally, I think we fail from the time we decide to treat income different because of where it comes from. If you’re going to tax income, then tax it all the same. We tax purchases that way, so why should income be any different?
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:35 pm
Bro
Exactly.
A few yrs ago when Herman Cain was filling in for Boortz, I heard him touting his fair tax.
Of course there is no tax on investments. A guy calls in and asks Herman how much based on his current earnings does he stand to gain? Herman is backpedaling and ask why was that relevant. The guys says well based on statistics, after a certain income level, people on average are not using that money for mortgage payments, cars, food, etc…… but for investments to a large degree.
Herman didn’t dispute the man, but said “so”. The guy said, where is the break for the average Joe. Herman went off on him and called him jealous and envious of those with money and hung up………
Told me all I need to know.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:35 pm
Then says he wants to use a tax avoidance strategy (that is practically of no use to him)
You obviously don’t know sarcasm, huh?
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Scout
I’m sure you still understand the analogy. Legal cheating is still cheating. When it’s time to atone for all you’ve done while here on Earth, there are a few people who I hope not to be the next person in line. Until the wife started doing taxes w/Turbo tax, I never itemized anything. The way I see it, taxes have to be paid to keep this country going. We’ve accumulated debt over the course of 200 years, and to expect it to be paid off in 5-10 years is foolish.
I’ve gotten myself into deep debt before, and I got myself out of it. I did it by the same way I think the country can do it. Cutting spending and increasing revenues.
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:36 pm
getalife
September 27th, 2012
10:20 pm
Kids?
Come on now, who should children hang out with other than your parents?
Hey I’m glad we getting rid of terrorist. Of course putting them in GITMO gets rid of them too( as long as we don’t let me go)
But I do wish children didn’t have to die as collateral damage.
I don’t think the kids get a choice or have any idea of the consequences of their actions.
It’s why when children murder in this country, we as a general rule don’t execute them, even in the states that like murdering murderers
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 27th, 2012
10:36 pm
The Republican Party of Florida’s top recipient of 2012 expenditures, a firm by the name of Strategic Allied Consulting, was just fired on Tuesday night, after more than 100 apparently fraudulent voter registration forms were discovered to have been turned in by the group to the Palm Beach County, FL Supervisor of Elections.
The firm appears to be another shell company of Nathan Sproul, a longtime, notorious Republican operative, hired year after year by GOP Presidential campaigns, despite being accused of shredding Democratic voter registration forms in a number of states over several past elections.
I wanted to be sure to beat Senior Digits in posting this one….. Surely he would post it, right?
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:36 pm
“But to me our current state of stale-mate thru partisianship should make us all blush a lil to the rest of the world.”
Agreed and both sides have dirt and blame on their hands
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
10:37 pm
JamVet:
I used to make a lot of public speeches (civic groups, etc.) in my prior career and I would sometimes take a display of $20 bills. I think there were about ten in the display.
They ALL looked good (although a few were more worn or older than others). The fun part was asking those in attendance to come up afterwards and pick out the one genuine note vs. all the other counterfeit ones.
Few could ever do it because the genuine note was older, more used, faded, etc. All of the counterfeits were new or newer and “looked” great.
However, even though all were displayed as “U.S. Currency” only one was engraved and printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on genuine paper made by Crane Paper Company in Dalton, Mass. and therefore it was the only one worth “full face and value”.
Different categories ………………..
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
10:38 pm
“Twelve years of Flip’s returns would be the icing on his campaign’s death cake…”
If you know this for a fact okay. If not you’re just farting upwind.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:39 pm
Marty
jack and ging
Great combo
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:41 pm
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:31 pm
I agree about taxing it differently.
But just in case they are right that a higher tax rate on investments would slow investments, then I think an appropriate compromise is the tax on all monetary transactions.
Being less than 1/2 a penny on the dollar will not be noticed per investment but the combined effect of all the transactions would be noticed!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
10:41 pm
They BOTH suck:
“Cutting spending and increasing revenues.”
I agree and the increased revenue best comes from millions of more people working and PAYING THEIR TAXES ………… no more and no less ………… vs. simply increasing the tax burden on those who are already struggling ……… OR ……….. on those who would spend it to purchase things, make trips, invest, start new businesses or whatever to help create jobs.
Orange12
September 27th, 2012
10:43 pm
“I think mitt should release all his taxes so we can use the same loopholes he uses.”
Getalife, You have to make a fair amount of money to use those. Do you qualify?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
10:44 pm
He had his chance ………. God help us if he gets another:
“Americans must be wondering how much more of this “recovery” they can afford. New figures from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, compiled by Sentier Research, show that the typical American household’s real (inflation-adjusted) income has actually dropped 5.7 percent during the Obama “recovery.” Using constant 2012 dollars (to adjust for inflation), the median annual income of American households was $53,718 as of June 2009, the last month of the recession. Now, after 38 months of this “recovery,” it has fallen to $50,678 — a drop of $3,040 per household.
Yet it gets worse. Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more than twice as much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent. This begs the question: What kind of “recovery” compares unfavorably with the recession from which it’s ostensibly recovering?”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/americans-incomes-have-fallen-3040-during-obama-recovery_653116.html
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:45 pm
Scout
I think you meant that post for Bro.
With that said, how do you explain higher individual and corporate tax rates along with low employment rates, higher GDP gains, etc?
We can’t tax are way to prosperity, but this notion of the wealthy and upper middle classes being taxed to death is fantasy and does not match what has taken place in the history of this country.
Jm (not a con)
September 27th, 2012
10:45 pm
Bro 10:35
Well Dernit. Say so next time
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:45 pm
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:39 pm
Perfer King George on the rocks but what can I say hard times man hard times.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:46 pm
Scout
Obama might be in God’s plans in regards to a 2nd term
You know that he works in mysterious ways
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:47 pm
jm
Watching football, so I’m not using full brain power to blog. A man has to have priorities.
Redneck Convert (R---and proud of it)
September 27th, 2012
10:47 pm
Well, I’m real pleased to see nobody got cussed out bad or killed while I was watching Fox News.
Anyhow, I like what these folks got to say about opinion writers. What use are they? They’re sorta like a-holes—everybody’s got one.
So why don’t we just get rid of opinion writers? Heck, most folks don’t pay any attention to what Bookman says after the first couple pages of posts anyway.
Just let people like Bookman innerduce a topic each day, like this:
Mitt Romney says this ,. . . .
The Obama people say this . . .
Which one is correct?
Anyhow, we could just ignore Bookman like we do anyway and go on fussing and feuding. In a couple months the opinion pages would fold and we could all turn to watching Fox News or MSNBC. That’s where we get our opinions anyway.
Anyhow, I’ll be praying for G Mare when she gets her
Republican empathycolon check tomorrow. Have a good night everybody. I got a hard day ahead stocking up for all youopinion writers drunksdeep thinkers tomorrow.They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:48 pm
Marty
I know a man who is relatively “wealthy”……………
He wouldn’t drink anything but Jack and Ginger or just Jack on the rocks………. unless someone else was buying
His beer Michelob Light.
Jm (not a con)
September 27th, 2012
10:48 pm
“We can’t tax are way to prosperity, but this notion of the wealthy and upper middle classes being taxed to death is fantasy and does not match what has taken place in the history of this country.”
I beg to differ. It all depends on your line of biz..
If youre a C-corp, you get screwed. If you work for a living (wages) and are in the upper brackets, you’re getting hosed.
If you’re a carried interest guy, an LLC, an LP investor, life is really good
That’s the problem with our tax code, it’s a damn mess and needs reform
And Obama isn’t going to get it done
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:53 pm
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:48 pm
Sorry was a joke we had from college.
We bought the King once. Used the bottle more than once but only had the King in it once.
All I buy is Jack with the occasional Makers when I want a change.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:55 pm
Beg all you like
It is fact. To say it meets every single person or organizations reality would be stupid on my part.
On a macro level, it is true and proven.
You can look it up.
You many have some valid reasons as to why, time frame, etc, however it will not negate the facts.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:56 pm
And
ObamaCongress isn’t going to get it doneObama doesn’t write the legislation. He signs it. Congress created this mess, so they should be the ones to fix it. Why people try to hold the president responsible for the failure of Congress is beyond me. The only way I see the president being blamed for the actions of Congress is if Congress is simply legislating what the president wants. In Obama’s case, we know that ain’t happening.
JamVet
September 27th, 2012
10:56 pm
The patriot and severe conservative (LOL) hides his fortune in the Caymans and Bermuda.
Nader has him pegged perfectly – Romney is a corporation running for president masquerading as a human being.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:56 pm
Marty
Makers on the rocks……… very smooth.
Crown is as well, but a little on the sweet side
Woodford Reserve is also a winner
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:59 pm
Jm
If the notion and goal is for you to be able to pay less taxes regardless of what business choice you make then yes you might be screwed……….
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
10:59 pm
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
10:56 pm
Tis why am for an R in the WH and slight majority dems on down. Each state their own.
Never good to have party have full control and Republicans are too rigid to compromise.
Some Blue Dogs would while still looking out for the lil folks per say.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:00 pm
Jm
You did run to FL.
Where next? Singapore?
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:02 pm
“Nader has him pegged perfectly – Romney is a corporation running for president masquerading as a human being.”
Thurston Inc
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
11:03 pm
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
10:56 pm
Had woodford at a tasting but have never bought a bottle for myself.
I don’t like drinking at establishments.
I treat my whiskeies and Bourbans like I do me lady!
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
11:03 pm
Marty
I’m with you on not having one party in full control. I don’t care which party it is either.
Some Blue Dogs would while still looking out for the lil folks per say.
The Blue Dogs are out riding dinosaurs with Tupac and Jimmy Hoffa. Those that haven’t already switched to GOP have either retired or been redistricted into the history books. One of the negative reprecussions of one party trying to consolidate it’s power is that both sides are forcing out the moderate voices.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:06 pm
Marty
And with a splash of sprite or water, Ole King George Dickel will do in a pinch, but it has been a few years since I have partaken of GD
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
11:07 pm
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
11:03 pm
True.
But the only way Dems will get back majority in both is to get some blue dogs elected as we all know some places ain’t electing anything liberal as some ain’t electing anything conservative.
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
11:09 pm
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:06 pm
I used to love “experimentation”
But since I quit college drinking, it doesn’t do a body good to change things up.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:11 pm
Marty
Republicans seem to be doing a better job of out reach in minority communities, but unless they start making gains, statisitcs and trends will catch up with them.
As Lindsey Grahm stated a month or two ago “There are only so many angry white makes out there”. Of course he was been hyperbolic but he was making a point about needing more minorities in the Repub party.
Repubs have done what both parties have done for years and did a great job gerrymandering, which is helping them, but the enivatbale is coming.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:12 pm
inevitable…….
Tall
September 27th, 2012
11:12 pm
Romney will win. End of story. Jay Bookman will join Cynthia Tucker. Kyle Wingfield will move on to a job with a real newspaper. Any takers?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
11:13 pm
They BOTH suck:
“Obama might be in God’s plans in regards to a 2nd term
You know that he works in mysterious ways”
……………and you may be more right than you know:
“And God raised up an evil King over Israel”
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:13 pm
Marty
I like several types of liquors and different brands but I go in stages.
Tire of one and go to another for awhile. Awhile might mean several weeks or months.
Fred
September 27th, 2012
11:15 pm
Geeez, you Oh-Bamba zombies just keep on guzzling that Kool-Aide. He’s counting on the moron segment vote again. If that Kool-Aide ever wears off you might realize just how much of a failure he is and shall remain. Right now you still can’t tell the difference between the daily lies in your dumb faces and the Hopey, Changey crap you’re all hopelessly waiting for. Then again, forward is another great plan. He just wants a little more time to screw the 47% clueless nation some more. Got Bama Phone?
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:15 pm
Scout
If you want to look at it that way………….. That is your right to do so………
While I didn’t vote for Bush, I never said or implied he was evil, but that is your choice in regards to Obama
Tall
September 27th, 2012
11:15 pm
Good night.
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:16 pm
Everyone have a great night and an even better tomorrow
Peace
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
11:17 pm
Marty
I think that ship has sailed. The only way things will change is if the Democrats happen to recapture many of the states when the 2020 census hits. If not, the GOP will continue to try to draw districts that are favorable to them to solidify their power.
If it were up to me, I’d do away with letting the politicians do the redistricting. I’m sure it could be done by computer to divide up the population equally and avoid creating all those stupid looking districts. Personally, I think we’d be better off as a country if every House district were drawn up to be 50/50. When you represent a district that’s overwhelmingly filled by one political leaning, I think you tend to lose touch with the issues from the other side.
That’s what separated Blue Dogs and Moderate Republicans from their other colleagues. They had their ears tuned in to both sides of the debate.
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
11:19 pm
They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:11 pm
I can’t speak for how the ortreach is going as I am but a kinda young happy white guy.
But from outside looking in you appear correct as the Latinos They BOTH suck
September 27th, 2012
11:11 pm
don’t seem to be buying what they are selling. And I don’t think they will be capturing the black for awhile.
No idea about the Asian vote or Eskimos American for that matter
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
11:20 pm
“but that is your choice in regards to Obama”
Yes, I believe abortion is evil.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 27th, 2012
11:20 pm
Thanks all for the polite exchanges and banter tonight.
It’s aways refreshing to see that.
TAPS !
The Thin Guy
September 27th, 2012
11:22 pm
Bizarre that Bookman would use the Big Foot label in connection with Mittens considering that ØDumbø is married to Sasquatch. The Kenyan Klutz has sealed academic records, a phony driver’s license, a phony Social Security Card, and a fake birth certificate. The only things we know about him is he is an ignorant, illiterate, incompetent, arrogant, vile, Marxist, racist, demagogue who is totally committed to destroying America and murdering Americans who he despises. Should his real birth certificate be unearthed it will reveal that his father was Idi Amin and he was born on Pluto.
Brosephus™
September 27th, 2012
11:25 pm
Lights out here… After that first 11:15, I think I reached my BS limit for the day..
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
11:32 pm
The Thin Guy
September 27th, 2012
11:22 pm
If the intent was humor kinda funny, Daniel toshish with hint of Greg geraldo.
If it was to be taken serious, you can hopefully make your point better than that
Marty Huggins'
September 27th, 2012
11:51 pm
Welp, the wife’s calling so it’s either you all or her.
So good nite all
Oscar
September 28th, 2012
12:25 am
Think I just saw Bigfoot walking down the street in front of my house. Maybe the real Romney will show up soon. Could be an omen.
Oscar
September 28th, 2012
12:26 am
G Mare. Have not seen you on here tonight. Hope your test went well.
ken
September 28th, 2012
12:45 am
Jay, and Obama has a core ???????????????????????/
He needs to go back to Chicago with Lewis and all the other thugs. He and his wrecking crew has destroyed our country.
G Mare
September 28th, 2012
12:47 am
No, Oscar, it’s in the AM. Haven’t been here ‘cuz the prep is so nasty. Now I can’t sleep, tho.
Redneck C, I appreciate the prayers. Thanks.
Wake up
September 28th, 2012
12:59 am
Still waiting for a real leader to emerge at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after 3 years and 9 months. Let me know if you find one.
Oscar
September 28th, 2012
1:22 am
Obama is a real leader. You must have missed the main action over the last three years.
I believe you have the head in the sand syndrom. Or else the looking through binders. Both of those are disorders that are hard to overcome. Good luck.
Mary Elizabeth
September 28th, 2012
1:30 am
I have said prayers for you today, G Mare, and I’ll be thinking of you in the morning. Peace.
MikeB
September 28th, 2012
1:57 am
The libs on this blog are so in the tank for Obama, they will accept any level of deception by this administration….. Jay Bookman even more so………..
Obama is a Charlatan who panders, lies, covers up, promises and lastly fails at keeping the most important campaign promises from 2008…….Transparency, Bipartisanship (see Bob Woodwards book before responding to this)and changing how things get done in D.C. All the other promises would have been attainable, if these promises were kept.
They weren’t and Obama could care…. All he wants is another 4 years and it does not matter to him One bit how he keeps power…….As long as he does…. If Obama will stoop to covering up circumstances surrounding an Ambassadors assasination, what else is he capable of and who in the diplomatic corps. could believe anything he says…….?
Sorry but Obama brings shame to the office of POTUS and you people look the other way…….. Worse yet rich supporters like that Clown Samuel L. Jackson produce ignorant foul mouthed videos….. What is he worth $100M + Wonder how much he gave to charity last year???? Bet was not $4M like Romney……..
I will say it again…. President Obama has no respect for the office he holds or the protocols of that office…. He talks a good game until you really investigate the details as Bob Woodward has done…..
Romney/Ryan 2012 Because we don’t need a hip/cool Campaigner in Chief…. We need a genuine hard working President for all Americans…
G Mare
September 28th, 2012
2:40 am
Thanks, Mary Elizabeth.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 28th, 2012
6:00 am
Good Friday morning to all y’all,
… but to answer that question, no more ladders for me. I have recently discovered that I have grand kids who can do that for me and seem to enjoy it. Ain’t life grand?
I’m sorry I missed all of your well wishes and snide remarks about me and ladders
stands for decibels - race traitor
September 28th, 2012
6:05 am
mornin’.
Remember the Libor fixing scandal? (Of course you don’t.)
anyway, what looks to these eyes to be a sober look at what the banks are really up to / have been up to with their reporting, on that score.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/business/the-myth-of-fixing-the-libor-high-low-finance.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0
In his testimony, Mr. Gensler noted that a competing indicator, known as Euribor, consistently came up with higher rates than Libor. In the middle of this week, the three-month United States dollar Libor rate was 0.36 percent. The similar Euribor rate was 0.61 percent.
Perhaps that can be explained by the Lake Wobegon effect, after the mythical town invented by Garrison Keillor in which all the children are above average. Libor asks each bank to give the rate at which it could borrow. Euribor, administered by the European Banking Federation, asks banks to give the rate at which they think the average bank could borrow.
These days neither number is based on real transactions, since there is virtually no interbank unsecured lending. Perhaps every bank believes it is above average.
Jack
September 28th, 2012
6:09 am
Vote for Obama…that is, if you vote. Then record that fact in something you consider sacred in order to show it to your grandkids, greatgrands. They’ll be proud of you.
Orange12
September 28th, 2012
6:22 am
Obama blames 90% of U.S. debt on Bush. How many times is Obama going to go to the same well that ran dry along time ago? I guess personal responsibility is something he can’t quite comprehend.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 28th, 2012
6:24 am
Your chart fix for the morning…
http://cheezburger.com/6616764160
Newt is spot on....
September 28th, 2012
6:24 am
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/26/gingrich-destroys-obama-barack-obama-wakes-up-every-morning-and-thinks-about-barack-obama/
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 28th, 2012
6:26 am
…and …the Bard would be proud…
http://cheezburger.com/6570839296
Fred ™
September 28th, 2012
6:32 am
Orange12
September 28th, 2012
6:22 am
Obama blames 90% of U.S. debt on Bush. How many times is Obama going to go to the same well that ran dry along time ago? I guess personal responsibility is something he can’t quite comprehend.
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He comprehends it much better than you comprehend the notion of telling the truth.
Fred ™
September 28th, 2012
6:33 am
Jack
September 28th, 2012
6:09 am
Vote for Obama…that is, if you vote. Then record that fact in something you consider sacred in order to show it to your grandkids, greatgrands. They’ll be proud of you.
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And here is Jack with his morning troll by. Thanks Jack. At least it was something original today.
Fred ™
September 28th, 2012
6:34 am
Hey Normal? Did you fall of a ladder or something you klutz?
Fred ™
September 28th, 2012
6:36 am
Fred
September 27th, 2012
11:15 pm
Geeez, you Oh-Bamba zombies just keep on guzzling that Kool-Aide. He’s counting on the moron segment vote again. If that Kool-Aide ever wears off you might realize just how much of a failure he is and shall remain. Right now you still can’t tell the difference between the daily lies in your dumb faces and the Hopey, Changey crap you’re all hopelessly waiting for. Then again, forward is another great plan. He just wants a little more time to screw the 47% clueless nation some more. Got Bama Phone?
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Cool. i got a namejacker last night……….
Orange12
September 28th, 2012
6:37 am
Fred,
You’re awake and almost lucid. Those words I posted about Obama saying he was only responsible for only 10 % of the country’s debt came from Obama himself. That’s BS, he’s the President. He’s responible for 100%.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 28th, 2012
6:37 am
Normal
Grands are great for things like climbing ladders.
As long as you don’t pay them more than 2 bucks a day the Nutster will be proud of you
Fred ™
September 28th, 2012
6:40 am
Orange12
September 28th, 2012
6:37 am
Fred,
You’re awake and almost lucid. Those words I posted about Obama saying he was only responsible for only 10 % of the country’s debt came from Obama himself. That’s BS, he’s the President. He’s responible for 100%.
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Right……. he’s responsible for 2 unfunded wars and an unfunded drug mandate. I get it. That is SO logical.
Why do you have to lie? If Obama is so bad the truth would be enough.
cloudodust
September 28th, 2012
6:56 am
Note to the MSM : Too bad youse guys didn’t focus as much attention as to doubting the ability of B Ho to lead a nation. Had you done so, we might have saved about 7 trillion dollars of additional debt, jobs, etc. I guess those with drive and ability that actually paid for an education did something meaningful with their lives instead of taking Barnum and Bailey journalist classes. None of you measure up to Sam Adams. None. The majority of Americans will not be bought off with blankets and trinkets, or digging through Obama’s stash of cash…
Jm (not a con)
September 28th, 2012
6:57 am
“he’s responsible for 2 unfunded wars and an unfunded drug mandate. I get it.”
He subscribes to democratic spending principles.
Orange12
September 28th, 2012
7:08 am
Okay Fred. If somebody says something you don’t agree with then that makes them a liar. Fred spend some time researching personal credibility before you resort to calling fellow bloggers childish names. What I posted is the truth.
Madmax
September 28th, 2012
7:09 am
Fred – Who’s president? The president is responsible, doesn’t matter what he inherited, he is responsible for $16.065 trillion of it. It has gone up about 60% under his watch. He promised to lower it and he hasn’t delivered.
stands for decibels
September 28th, 2012
7:17 am
Romney/Ryan 2012 Because we don’t need a hip/cool Campaigner in Chief…. We need a genuine hard working President for all Americans…
yeppers, when I think of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the first word that comes to mind is “genuine.”
stands for decibels
September 28th, 2012
7:21 am
Had you done so, we might have saved about 7 trillion dollars of additional debt, jobs, etc.
…because the Economic Fairy would’ve automagically wiped away existing obligations and found a new revenue stream under a Gramps/BibleSpice administration? Is that how the 7 trillion of accumulated debt goes away if you somehow prevent this all-powerful MSM from getting Obama elected in 2008?
How apparent adults can regurgitate such literally fantastic nonsense is truly mind-boggling at times.
one and only
September 28th, 2012
7:23 am
And I know just the place for fried clams and lobster, wanna go?????
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 28th, 2012
7:24 am
Fred,
I had a series of unfortunate events with ladders a while back that thankfully were mostly funny. This surgery was for something different.
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Common,
With as much fun as we had hanging Halloween stuff, they should pay me. I’m gonna love Mithra Day…