Jeep: We’re staying in U.S., and Romney is wrong

“But you would think that the Romney campaign’s blatant willingness to mislead and to frighten thousands of Americans unnecessarily about their job security at Jeep would have a serious effect on public opinion and would lead at least some voters to question his credibility on a range of other issues as well”

It amazes me that anyone has to have gotten this far to find out what a liar the man is. I learned that a LONG time ago with some of his early ads that had easily (and constantly) debunked lies in them.

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Mitt is a sociopath.

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The good news is they are disparate. I imagine the ground forces in Ohio know how to use this stuff. Reminds me so much of the dirty tricks of Nixon.

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I am embarrassed that some family members in Ohio think Mitt is the man for them. Mostly, it amounts to anyone but Obama. It is almost funny since the early part of the campaign, it was any republican but Mitt for the nominee. Sheesh, and I thought Daddy taught us all about thinking for ourselves.

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Carefil Jeep, Mitt may send in the elite commando force that’s only
10 minutes away…..

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Romney doubles down and Ohio screams LIAR.

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TaxPayer — “Mitt is a sociopath.”

I don’t know about that, but my wife was reading a book a year or two ago that speculated that some successful businessmen have risen to great heights despite — or perhaps *because of* — psychopathic traits.

Here, have a look at what Wiki says about it and see what you think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellianism

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Congratulations to candidate Romney for exposing the Chrysler Groups plan to ship Jeep production to China. This exposure has resulted in Chrysler’s senior management to back away from that plan.

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Once again the “Religious Right” outright lies to the American people.

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Recon — “Congratulations to candidate Romney for exposing the Chrysler Groups plan to ship Jeep production to China. This exposure has resulted in Chrysler’s senior management to back away from that plan.”

Congratulations on obtaining your new Magical Tiger-Repelling Rock.

See? There are no tigers to be found anywhere around you.

Clearly your new Rock works as advertised.

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Recon forgot the smiley face..

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Add this to Mitt’s desire to destroy FEMA and let the states or private funding handle distasters, (in the wake of Sand) and hopefully voters will see why some of us are shocked Mitt got as far as he has in this election.

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Do not repeat that behavior, please.

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plz take a poll and most would say band him NOW anyway!!!

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What’s poor ole Jay going to do with self if Obama wins re-election. It’s not like he likes to address real issues like” the newly added $17T debt, real-unemployment of 13-15%, the continuing housing crisis, the immigration problem, of the Libya cover-up. Oh, sorry, I forgot, because his head is up Obama’s ass. My bad,.

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I don’t think things like this are Mitts fault. It’s just that the people backing him have so little respect for him they put forth anything in his name.

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Skip — “I don’t think things like this are Mitts fault. It’s just that the people backing him have so little respect for him they put forth anything in his name.”

That’s why those ads say things like ‘I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.’ That way, the excuse you just proffered doesn’t fly.

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It’s just a little storm. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. Don’t be like those other 47%. — Charitable Mitt

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Fiat = Fix It Again Tony!

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Buckets for sale. — Mitt in New York

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I heard the New York Mitts are campaigning on Wall Street.

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You stay classy, TaxPayer.

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“Fault, personal attacks are not tolerated. Do not repeat that mistake or you will be banned.”

Well, who’s going to ban Jay? His blog has been an attack mill.

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While Romney canceled his campaign plans in Virginia on Sunday, in addition to an event in Wisconsin Monday night, he still held a rally in Iowa Monday. The campaign said the event was attended by 2,250 people, according to a count of those who went through security.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/29/romney-speaks-with-fema/

Our own cons freaked out over Obama supposedly going to a fundraiser after he told the country about the tragedy in Benghazi. But Romney goes to a political rally as a hurricane’s about to knock the Mid-Atlantic on its collective tail and nary a peep from them about it.

Go figure.

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“But you would think that the Obama campaign’s blatant willingness to mislead and to frighten thousands of Americans unnecessarily about their:

small businesses
taxes being raised for middle class
medicare
social security
benghazi coverup
gun ownership
obamascare
bowing to foreign leaders
bowing to UN
bowing to dictators
crashing US dollar

To name a few…

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Cracks me up to hear Libs whine about Romney lying when Obama still can’t tell the Benghazi story straight, make his college records public or fail to keep most of the promises he made to get elected. Politics make for hypocrites but Libs take the cake.

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This falsehood — on top of the many others Romney has been guilty of since the start of his campaign — just further proves his desperation. Not inspiring confidence, Mitt!

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after he told the country about the tragedy in Benghazi.

Of course Obama didn’t tell the country about the tragedy in Benghazi.

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Liberal Pariah

He keeps his shoe and glove size a secret too.

Does that intimidate you as well?

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Cracks me up to hear Libs whine about Romney lying when Obama still can’t tell the Benghazi story straight, make his college records public or fail to keep most of the promises he made to get elected.

If you think that’s funny, you should come sit up in the bleachers and look at things from a different angle. There, you’d also see Cons all up in a roar about Obama lying, yet they’re casting their vote for Romney who doubles down on lies, even after being exposed for lying. Now, that’s taking the cake, and eating it too!!

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taxpayer, 4:06,

“complaining about the low taxes that major corporations pay here in the US”…… no, just complaining about a Bozo favorite who milked the system unimpeded for close to a 5B dollar free ride.

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Is there nothing that these BushRomneybots will NOT lie about?

Excuse me, blatant willingness to mislead.

But misleading the southern white male/faux-Christian base is a bit of an oxymoron. The rings in their noses could not be any easier to grab.

Also, I loved Righty’s predictions downstairs.

Talk about a bookie’s wet dream come true…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqqs4h4M7c

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Ben Shockley – “Libs getting desperate now…funny stuff…”

Sooooo……Romney lies about Chrysler outsourcing to China, the CEO of Fiat, who owns Chrysler, calls him out on his lie, and you construe that as “Libs getting desperate”. Riiiiight.

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They will not let their campaign be dictated by fact checkers….

http://youtu.be/p0t_CYVLt1M

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Come tomorrow, 7 more days and a wake up. Seems like there’s a bit of panic beginning to settle in here at libville.

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President Obama released his tax returns.

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Seriously, this is a sincere question and I would hope to get some honest answers: How do you defend the many faces of Romney in the run-up to this election?

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So did Mitt.

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Mitt’s foreign policy is to have his buddies, Billy Kristol, Dick Cheney, et al, hold down any foreign heads of state that he dislikes so he can cut their hair.

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L. Pariah — “My problem with Obama’s lie about Benghazie is that it involves dead Americans…”

You must have been absolutely ballistic over our Iraq invasion, then.

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Citizen, Romney ran as a Serious Conservative to get the nomination and now he is tracking to the middle to get elected. ither position suits me better than the far Left President in the WH now.

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Basically, Romney thinks he can lie and get away with it. Presumably because he thinks it actually HELPED him in the debates and thus the polls.

No soul searching will happen when he loses, I’ll bet.

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CAT

Nyanh, that’s the kinda tear you-know-who goes on….hanging his sheets in the wind!

Jeep=Cherokee + tacky Massachusetts Republicans…WWEWD?

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Recon: Of course Obama didn’t tell the country about the tragedy in Benghazi

Yes, he did. On Sep 12. And again on Sep 13. Of course you didn’t NEED him for that, the media was on top of it pretty fast.

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hey recon, see if you can find mitt telling the truth. that would be a novelty; be sure to take a months provisions.

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Liberal Pariah

I am better than a lot of things Pariah, worked hard at it lo’ these many years.

Sadly, the right wing idea of more transparency is outing CIA operations in a congressional hearings.

I don’t buy your reasoning at all.

Nope, not at all.

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Liberal Pariah, I think you meant to say “Severe Conservative.”

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Bro, I apprecaite your invitation for viewing from a different angle. We are all hostage to our worldview and I expect to be in the minority on Jay’s blog.

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Joe, 4:19,

Revised…..”Sorry about those 4 Americans killed at our consulate in Libya”, which Bozo described as “not optimal”, “but I have a plane to catch for Vegas”. Is that better?

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So Del, who did you insult last night, to the point where dad had to whack your pee pee in public?

Romney…. 320. Bozo…. 218. Count on it.

10,00 bucks, 71?

(HUGE, GARGANTUAN, GIGANTIC LOL AT YOU.)

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LIberal Pariah

October 30th, 2012
4:17 pm
Citizen, Romney ran as a Serious Conservative to get the nomination and now he is tracking to the middle to get elected. ither position suits me better than the far Left President in the WH now.

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Far left?

Dog whistle????

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L. Pariah — “We knew that Iraq had WMD’s at one point”

Because we had the bills of sale.

“and your enabling friends the Democrats went along with it as well.”

Listen closely, Champ. I have said this at least a dozen times here, but clearly I’m going to have to say it again because you haven’t caught it before. I reserve a special and acidic brand of obloquy for ANYONE — Democrat or Republican — who voted in favor of the invasion.

Plus, you got the details wrong. I didn’t leave the GOP until *after* the invasion in the spring of 2003, so the Democrats weren’t my “friends” yet, your laughably inaccurate guess notwithstanding.

Catch up to the rest of the class, Cowboy.

“I was not happy about that either by the way. Thought we could have gotten OBL without a war.”

I did, too. Which is why I was absolutely baffled by President Bush sending the bulk of our forces to Iraq, not Afghanistan.

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and his supporters respond by claiming that Obama told lies that he didn’t tell.

Sounds about right.

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K71 — “Romney…. 320. Bozo…. 218. Count on it.”

A couple weeks ago, you were claiming 350 for Romney.

Is this some bizarre, backwards eBay auction? Shame Romney can’t find the Buy It Now button on the election, huh?

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Mitt set up a “charitable trust fund” to avoid paying taxes and then had the fund pay a tax-free charitable contribution to himself.

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K71 — “Revised…..”Sorry about those 4 Americans killed at our consulate in Libya”, which Bozo described as “not optimal”, “but I have a plane to catch for Vegas”. Is that better?”

I leave it to your conscience regarding whether you have been both honest and accurate.

Though given your past tendencies, that may be an error in judgment on my part, letting you grade yourself.

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Joe-It’s not panic. It’s more akin to the natural reaction any group of people would have if you strolled in, casually dropped your pants and took a dump on the rug.

Now if Obama relieved himself in the manner you described you and some of the others on here would probably fall to your knees pick up part of the excretion and knead it around in your hands in an act of worship.

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Joe, 4:26,

Never claimed 350, Joe. Just 320. Ought to be enough, don’t you think?

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Recon — “Now if Obama relieved himself in the manner you described you and some of the others on here would probably fall to your knees pick up part of the excretion and knead it around in your hands in an act of worship.”

We’re smart enough not to eat garbage and waste. You Romney followers, however, will swallow anything that man puts out.

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“Zombies are ravenous.
Not unlike a Government agency, they never stop eating at the trough.”

Thomas – how about a link to prove your assertion that zombies eat from a trough?

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Redneck Convert/Kamchak 2016!

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K71 — “Never claimed 350, Joe. Just 320.”

I distinctly recall you claiming 350 for Romney 2-3 weeks ago.

That would be in line with some of the predictions I’ve been seeing on some of the more unbalanced con blogs. One brave conservative warrior was calling 400 EVs for Romney about a week ago, and was claiming that *Oregon* was going to go for Romney.

I tell ya, that doofus running UnskewedPolls.com has done more to teach people bad math than used car lots and Rent-a-Centers ever could.

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Shows you what a schlep I am. I can’t even type 10,000 correctly!

Yet Kay71 seems afraid to take the wager…

I’ll play Flip “I was dead wrong” Robme and you play Ricky “Global Cooling” Perry, OK?

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Dang, looks like the porcus ebrius sui odientes is in the swill before his usual (un)happy hour…

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So, jeep has sold over 33K vehicles in Asia YTD, all of that production is going to be moved to low wage Asian workers, and that all fine and dandy with all you liberals? Just checking…

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POGO

I was reading where Mississippi has sent two of its rushing water rescue teams…

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pogo

Isn’t the Southern Company doing that based on contractual agreements with other power companies?

When disasters arise, they send whatever extra capacity they have to the impacted area and other power companies do like wise. They might even send more than the extra capacity and those still here may have to work overtime if required.

I do not know the specifics, but I am sure they are operating under some agreement…….. and that is a good thing.

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“Jeep production is staying in the US” can mean many things. I’m reading business (not political) news that says Fiat will activate 3 factories in Italy and one will be used for Jeep production. So; does the headquarters remain in the US with manufacturing done elsewhere? Will a percentage of production be moved to Italy? Will all production be done in Italy? Anyway you put it; the statement that “Jeep production stays in the US” is putting a pro-Obama spin on the subject.

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Pogo and LP. The SoCo crews headed to the northeast are 100% union and will make tons of money on overtime 24/7 until they return to their base. SoCo will bill the utilities for this service and those utilities will pass the cost along to their customers.

That ain’t charity…it’s bidness…

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BEN

Look up the meanings of two words: relocation and expansion…

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meanwhile.. fiat has been in talks with the chinese govt to increase its share in the largest market in the world.. im sure they wont have to give much in concessions..

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RB — “So, jeep has sold over 33K vehicles in Asia YTD, all of that production is going to be moved to low wage Asian workers, and that all fine and dandy with all you liberals? Just checking…”

RB, the executive response was that Jeep was *expanding* production, not *moving* it. They clearly stated that there were no plans to cut back American production.

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LHU

Good bidness, too…

And I do seem to recall several crews from Up Nawth and Out West here in my neighborhood after Opal…

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“Will a percentage of production be moved to Italy? Will all production be done in Italy? ”

They sell ‘em all over the world, dude, so they need plants to build ‘em over there. Ford does it too, in case you haven’t noticed. Most manufacturers have plants in various parts of the world. We even have Kia plant right here in good ol’ Georgia.

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pogo

October 30th, 2012
4:29 pm

Jay, not on topic but, Southern Company and Georgia power, whom you have spent much time hating upon, are sending at least two thousand and maybe more of their workers to the Northeast to help those people get their power back on. SoCo does this every time there is a weather disaster, even if it is outside of their operating area. But you never point these things out do you?
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IT MUST GO THROUGH BARNY FRANK”S HANDS FIRST ..FOR IT TO COUNT………as per Bookman.
C”mon dude……get wid the program.

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…all of that production is going to be moved…

Somebody does not know what they are talking about.

As usual…

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Jam Vet, 4:39,

My tastes are a bit more simple. A flip top Augustiner Brau would fit my needs just fine. Of course, that has to be served by a German waitress with the finest cleavage in Southern Germany.

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Joseph Goebbels had it right.

“Tell a lie enough times and it becomes true”.

Not an exact quote, but you get the gist of it.

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JEFFERSON

“Romney’s pants are on fire and his flock are liar loving sheep.”

Either that or sheep-loving liars…

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Concerned

October 30th, 2012
4:44 pm
I see there are a lot of Liberals and Obots on here..How you can still be for Obama is beyond me, you see the track record and still continue to support him to me that is astounding. Thankfully the polls are turning and showing Romney leading.

People!!!! Romney comes from a family that was in the car business. Do you really think he is some how against Jeep?

Really?

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You haven’t noticed Romney’s problem with truthiness?

Really and Truly?

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So, can a conservative tell us why Romney is using this misinformation in ads, when it is untrue?

Ignorance?
Malice?
Perhaps you have a less ignoble explanation?

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Romney ad tells truth about Jeep production in China; Left freaks out

“During a campaign speech in Definance, Ohio, last Thursday, Romney did misstate Jeep’s plans, claiming Chrysler was considering moving “all” Jeep production to China:

“I saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China[.]”

Romney was apparently responding to a confusing statement by Mike Manley, president and CEO of the Jeep brand early last week:

Fiat SpA (F), majority owner of Chrysler Group LLC, plans to return Jeep output to China and may eventually make all of its models in that country, according to the head of both automakers’ operations in the region.

Fiat is in “very detailed conversations” with its Chinese partner, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. (2238), about making Jeeps in the world’s largest auto market, said Mike Manley, chief operating officer of Fiat and Chrysler in Asia. Chrysler hasn’t built Jeeps there since before Fiat took control in 2009.

“The volume opportunity for us is very significant,” Manley, who is also president of the Jeep brand, said in an interview at Chrysler’s Auburn Hills, Michigan, headquarters. “We’re reviewing the opportunities within existing capacity” as well as “should we be localizing the entire Jeep portfolio or some of the Jeep portfolio.”

Chrysler subsequently clarified Manley’s comments:

Let’s set the record straight: Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China. It’s simply reviewing the opportunities to return Jeep output to China for the world’s largest auto market. U.S. Jeep assembly lines will continue to stay in operation.

As the Detroit News notes, building cars in China is unremarkable:

Chrysler previously built Jeeps in China — and the move would not be unusual. Ford Motor Co. builds Ford vehicles in China for Chinese buyers and General Motors Co. builds Buicks in China for local consumers.

So what exactly does Romney’s ad — the one that has the Left in full-blown freak-out mode— say about all this?

Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy, and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China. Mitt Romney will fight for every American job.

The liberal journalists leading the charge insist this is terribly deceptive even as they acknowledge that every word of it is true. Here’s Kevin Drum of Mother Jones:

Technically, every word of this is true. Obama did force GM and Chrysler through a managed bankruptcy. Fiat did end up buying Chrysler. And Chrysler is thinking about building Jeeps in China.

And here’s Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic:

Although the statements about Chrysler are true individually, together they imply that the Obama Administration’s action led to the outsourcing of American jobs. That is obviously false, both in the specific sense of what Chrysler is doing and in the more general sense of what the entire auto industry is doing.

Got that? It’s “truly nauseating”and “obviously false” to tell the truth about Jeep’s plans to build plants in China because … because … Romney!

At least one mainstream media outlet has bought into the Left’s ridiculous narrative:

A National Journal article is running on Yahoo! News is headlined, “Romney Ad Wrongly Implies Chrysler is Sending U.S. Jobs to China.”

For months, the Left has criticized Romney for allegedly outsourcing jobs to China.

Now that the shoe is on the other foot, the Left suddenly sees no problem whatsoever with manufacturing in China.”

http://twitchy.com/2012/10/29/romney-ad-tells-truth-about-jeep-production-in-china-left-freaks-out/

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71, never been a fan of German beers. Not a big pilsner guy.

Always been a fan of cleavage. German or otherwise, it never seems to go out of style!

Not only does Flip not get 320, he doesn’t even get the necessary 270.

Of the 11 toss up states in play, the skinny black guy leads in 7, and 2 are a dead heat.

Flip is dead meat…

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So we’re supposed to ignore the four years of deliberate lies and misleading statements of the President and focus on this campaign trivia? Really???

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PETER

“Must be that Mormon Religion……. what is that story again ? That isn’t far fetched is it ?”

Bigot.

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Mitt Romney is no George Romney.

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Don’t think Mitt Romney is even Mitt Romney. Don’t know who he is. He changes into someone different every day.

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Stephenson, Now you’re coming on this blog spoiling all of Jay’s fun. He really thought he had one going.

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Even as the streets of Manhattan were flooding and hundreds of thousands of residents lost power Monday night, the New York Times turned its attention back to national politics. It published a misleading editorial attacking Gov. Romney and in defense of “Big Government.”
Disaster coordination is one of the most vital functions of “big government,” which is why Mitt Romney wants to eliminate it…Mr. Romney not only believes that states acting independently can handle the response to a vast East Coast storm better than Washington, but that profit-making companies can do an even better job. He said it was “immoral” for the federal government to do all these things if it means increasing the debt.
That false charge of wanting to “eliminate” disaster relief is based on a YouTube clip of Romney during one of the primary debates responding to a question about sending responsibility for disaster relief back to the states.
Romney replied that he thought states could handle disaster response and then spoke more generally about what items belonged in the federal budget:
Romney: Absolutely. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better. Instead of thinking, in the federal budget, what we should cut, we should ask the opposite question, what should we keep? We should take all of what we’re doing at the federal level and say “What are the things we’re doing that we don’t have to do?” and those things we’ve got to stop doing. Because we’re borrowing $1.6 trillion dollars more this year than we’re taking in. We can not afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids. It is simply immoral in my view for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids knowing full well that we’ll all be dead and gone before it’s paid off. Makes no sense at all.
At one point near the end of Romney’s answer moderator John King, who was clearly aware Romney had wandering beyond FEMA, interjected “Including disaster relief though?” But Romney rolled right over him and remained focused on the larger issues of debt, borrowing and the federal budget as a whole.
What the Times did Monday is take Romney’s statement about the immorality of our unsustainable debt–something President Obama himself once called “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic”–and suggest this means there would be a no resources to deal with a disaster if Romney had his way.
Actually, the opposite is true. If we fail to control big government spending, as Barack Obama has failed to do, every program eventually gets crowded out in favor of entitlements and payments of interest on debt. This is not an academic exercise. States are facing this dilemma now. Even liberal enclaves like Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin are coming around to the necessity of serious reform to stave off looming fiscal disaster. But the Times clearly hasn’t caught on to the trend.
The argument for big government is always a simple one. There are needs which must be met now! That’s an easy sell, especially during a natural disaster when people are understandably frightened. No doubt that’s why the Times published this attack Monday night at the height of the storm.
But Romney is right about the big picture. At some point we need to deal with our immoral, irresponsible and unpatriotic big government spending to ensure we have resources available for future emergencies.

And you call yourself a journalist….what a hack

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What would you expect Chrysler to say, after all, his boss is O’Bama
Another obviously weak attempt at “well, we can’t run on O’Bama’s record, so let’s try and brainwash our little minions, maybe they will vote for me instead.”
Sad, that’s all you got.

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Well the libs certainly prove that ignorance can be bliss. At least for them as the Obama campaign has been sputtering to a stall and Romeny/Ryan have been surging the libs cover their eyes and ears in denial.

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From the OP:

“Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has begun running ads in Ohio, stating Chrysler planned to move Jeep production to China. Analysts described the ads as part of Romney’s efforts to pry the state’s pivotal 18 electoral votes from President Barack Obama”

From Romney’s Ad;

“Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy, and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China. Mitt Romney will fight for every American job.”

From my post:

“Technically, every word of this is true. Obama did force GM and Chrysler through a managed bankruptcy. Fiat did end up buying Chrysler. And Chrysler is thinking about building Jeeps in China.”

How does that statement dubunk my position?

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President Obama showed how to lead after a attack and a disaster.

Four more years!

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” Mitt Romney will fight for every American job”

In other words, why not make Jeeps here and export them to China?

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Christie through Romney under the bus on Fox and Friends.

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Stephenson Billings

October 30th, 2012
4:51 pm

No response to Stephenson. I’m shocked!

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Joe, the 33k jeeps currently being built by US workers will be built by low wage Chinese workers going forward. You can call it whatever your little heart desires, joe, but those are the facts.

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Granny Godzilla – Union Thugette

What I see is Romney is a better alternative that what we have currently.

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It is kind of a un-written agreement within the power companies, which is kind of cool. They have always helped out each other even though they know the people that are being helped aren’t within their “operating area” (i.e, they won’t be making money from them). Yes, Southern Company can broker power to them if they need it but in the scheme of things their market is down here with us. The bottom line is, Southern Company and all of its operating companies (GPC, Mississippi Power. Gulf Power and Alabama Power) that are sending personnel to help the people up North are going to foot the bill for their workers. And that bill will be huge as they are probably going to be their for months. I really do feel sorry for the folks up there.

And already today, the networks and newspapers are nibbling around the topic about how this will impact the election. And to that I say, who gives a crap? We have some 6 million of our fellow Americans without power tonight (and many who have damaged homes or no home to return to) and the temperatures are going to be in the 40’s up there. And here we have Jay who seems very willing to ignore the disaster as he continues to march on with his diatribes against Romney. Sad. Very sad. Somewhere you lost focus on the really important stuff Jay. What made you this way man?

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Joe, 5:09,

I read every word of the two links you supplied and neither said anything about the predictions being debunked. Nor was any mention made of any post election prediction. Suckered? We shall see, my friend, we shall see.

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“Not moving.”

Yes… and? Romney’s ad doesn’t say they’re moving either. His statement in Ohio may have incorrectly implied it. The ad itself was factual.

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RB from Gwinnett ……..show us the link that the Jeeps sold in the US will be made in China please.

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RB — “Joe, the 33k jeeps currently being built by US workers will be built by low wage Chinese workers going forward.”

The American jobs with Jeep aren’t going away, contrary to what you and your co-conspirators want others to think. Jeep is *expanding* overseas production and not cutting jobs in the US — which directly contradicts what the Romney camp is saying.

“You can call it whatever your little heart desires, joe, but those are the facts.”

Sorry, RB. The Romney campaign’s been caught in yet another outright lie. And that’s a fact.

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josef…….. HA HA HA calling me a bigot for what ?

Saying the Mormon story is a bit far fetched ?

Really now……..can’t you come up with something more intellectual ?

Explain the Mormon story and how it all makes sense please……

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Stephenson Billings

October 30th, 2012
5:17 pm

“Not moving.”

Yes… and? Romney’s ad doesn’t say they’re moving either. His statement in Ohio may have incorrectly implied it. The ad itself was factual.
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you are a southern baptist aren’t you?

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Well one thing the Republican’s don’t lie about is their desire to take away woman’s rights…….

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nor increasing either.

Have you decided fiery pants will cut down on your heating bill?

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TM

October 30th, 2012
5:17 pm

Tis amazing how quickly they broadcast in the head lines the Mitt may have been wrong about Jeep but how slowly they admit that Obama was wrong about a protest in Benghazi. One day vs 2 weeks that good reporting
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That’s because only chicken hawk, lying, drug addled talk radio hosts, FOX news, and their braindead sheep believe those lies to be “truth.”

Real News media report FACTS not rumors and innuendo. They leave the yellow journalism to FOX and certain “investigative journalists.”

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“nor increasing either.”

WRONG.

From the Chrysler CEO,

“We will invest more than $1.7 billion to develop and produce the next generation Jeep SUV, the successor of the Jeep Liberty — including $500 million directly to tool and expand our Toledo Assembly Complex and will be adding about 1,100 jobs on a second shift by 2013.”

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S. Billings — “At least Romney didn’t put out an ad like this”

Logic fail. Tu Quoque.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

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“you are a southern baptist aren’t you?”

Bigot.

Mais. plus important, St Jean le Baptiste, donc, qu’est que c’était que lui a agacé? Toi?

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“you are a southern baptist aren’t you?”

Bigot.

Mais. plus important, St Jean le Baptiste, donc, qu’est-ce que c’était que lui a agacé? Toi?

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stay classy….

Michael Moore, Moveon.org video features dirty-mouthed old people lambasting Republicans, Romney

http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/30/michael-moore-moveon-org-video-features-dirty-mouthed-old-people-lambasting-republicans-romney/

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“Toledo”

Oh my God!!!! Obama is moving Toledo Ohio to communist China!!!!

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/18/romney-opens-up-7-point-lead-over-obama-as-campaigns-hunker-down-in-swing/

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Intrade has the skinny Muslim at a 63.5% chance of being reelected.

That leaves you Flipsters with a great chance for some…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xp54Y39uM

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Jay,

Let’s have a discussion about that awful video that caused our Ambassor to be killed.

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“willingness to mislead”

Actually, it’s a willingness by Mitt to flat out lie in hopes of being elected. And, to add insult to injury, he wants us to believe he’s a good Mormon and Christian. And yet, in spite of all this, you cons still worship the ground he walks on. Your desire for a Romney presidency is near to being a pathological obsession for a lighter shade of pale in the White House.

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josef: that was an honest question. I was merely asking after reading his bio……

http://stephensonbillings.wordpress.com/about-mr-billings/

I can’t get a line on what flavor Christwire.com is, but you should check it out lol.

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“Motivational Children’s Party Entertainer”

What the heck is this?

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FRED

Couldn’t resist, as you know…

And that link…you just trying to get me into trouble, ain’t cha? What will the watchers that be think when they see THAT one show up on my sites visited log!

So, was it you?

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Where are the Chrysler jobs going, then? http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-18/fiat-said-to-mull-making-chrysler-cars-in-italy-for-u-dot-s-dot “Fiat said to mull making Chrysler cars in Italy.

Nice hair, Bookman.

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They’ll be in China soon enough!!

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Satirical Christian Site Hoodwinks the Huffington Post

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2010/08/satirical-christian-site-hoodwinks-the-huffington-post/23306/

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jewcowboy

“Motivational Children’s Party Entertainer”
What the heck is this?
*******
A school teacher?

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Fred ™,

If you deal in web or print design or ever need to use Lorem Ipsum here is a great generator: http://slipsum.com/

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josef,

“A school teacher?”

I thought they were called “Union thugs”?

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josef: So, was it you?
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Vous devriez vérifier vos e-mails plus souvent ami.

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sorry Redneck – just saw you posted about the same thing.

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Fred I am sorry I can’t rise to your level of knowledge of all of the things going on in the world, but I do know i have seen more photos of O in the “situation room” worrying about a rain storm than I have seen him worrying about people getting killed. I guess he was too busy trying to get dressed for his plane trip to Vegas to have his picture taken back then.

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Today’s GOP – Hello ladies, ready for your state ordered transvaginal ultrasound?

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TM,

“but I do know i have seen more photos of O in the “situation room” worrying about a rain storm than I have seen him worrying about people getting killed”

I guess those 30+ Americans that have been killed in that “rain storm” don’t mean spit to you, huh? What a good citizen you are.

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Well you can certainly tell Ohio is a Democratic state for sure. How naive do you have to be to think that only one candidate bends the truth. Their Politicians, for crying out loud! So you think Obama has never lied?

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Mitt Romney, obviously a nice enough chap. If you count under nice a man who would ram a burning hot poker down an old lady’s mouth if it would allow him to avoid paying one tenth of a cent of taxes more than necessary.

The man is a nice chap psychopathic blood sucking parasite hoping to get to the pinnacle of power so he can loose his pal hordes of fellow bloodsucking vampires on the people’s wealth more than they already are.

Ghoul.

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FRED

Merci…je l’ai fait…c’était sur ​​une nouvelle page à tout seul … Je ne l’avais pas vu…

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if attempts to mislead the public would directly result in negative public opinions, then Obama wouldn’t even be poling in most states. Good thing there are spin doctors out there…

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Aquagirl

The wa-do in this case is not TD…but, I rolled when I saw that one thinking of him…

jewcowboy

Oh, yeah…forgot about that!

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Has Chris Christie endorsed Obama yet? I’m pretty sure he wants to run in 2016 and he can’t say enough good things about Obama and the fed’s help with hurricane Sandy. I just saw where Susan Eisenhower, Ike’s granddaughter endorsed Obama.

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Wow! Here I was a Romney guy but since I read Jay’s blog on this Jeep thing I really have to reconsider.

Oh wait, I already voted.

Bummer.

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Wow. What is NOT to love about Joan Jett?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXFra7gjElw&feature=watch-vrec

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F. Sinkwich

October 30th, 2012
6:19 pm

Oh wait, I already voted.
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Thank you for voting. You are a fine American.

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From someone who supports an administration based on lies:

“It demonstrates a fundamental lack of respect for those to whom the truth about such matters is critically important.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMzd40i8TfA

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QUESTION: “How and why is the president responsible for turning the economy around? Is that a duty assigned to him in the Constitution, and if so, what levers does the Constitution give him or her in order to carry out that duty?

ANSWER: “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”

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“Doug, how and why is the president responsible for turning the economy around?”

He’s not required to do that, Jay, and certainly O’bozo feels he needs not shoulder that burden.

Nor is he required not to retard economic growth, an approach he has championed with particular zeal.

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They BOTH suck. So if you are a Mormon and live in Utah.

How many wives can a single man have ?

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Peter

“Far fetched” as opposed to other denominations within Christianity or other religions?

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Doug. really …say compared to Bush ?

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Peter

I am not a Mormon nor do I live in Utah.

But I am sure if you are able to find this blog, you can also find google and find out those answers.

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Joe
I know what I get with Obama, I’m willing give Romney a shot, it won’t be to hard to top Obama thats for sure!!

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Doug

October 30th, 2012
6:35 pm

Jay seriously wake up. Obama has been awful President! I’m out there in sales everyday its not good. People are getting laid off left and right.
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You can’t sell meat to a pack of starving dogs and that’s Obama’s fault? How? I’m not a good salesman either.

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This is classic Karl Rove politics, attack your opponents greatest strength. Romney was challenged with working class white voters in Ohio due to the auto bailout and even after Denver was struggling to pull even. He felt more of the same was not going to work in the final days so this is a Hail Mary.

It reminds me of the tactic Rove used to great success when he saw his conflict avoiding President up against a Purple Heart winning volunteer. Before we knew it, Kerry was less honorable than a guy who made sure he was trained on a plane absent from the Vietnam theater. The results were to rally his base and confuse enough others to neutralize the weakness.

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Even GM had to call out Romney for his blatant lies.

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Doug — “Still gotta job Taxpayer unlike a lot people in this Obama disaster!!”

I’ll take Obama’s job creation record over Bush’s any day. It’s not great, but if you’re claiming that Obama’s economic record is disastrous, then Bush’s was an unmitigated apocalypse.

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I hope they have bookmans in Ohio.

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http://500motivators.com/motivate/me/halt-hammerzeit/

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Peter

October 30th, 2012
6:40 pm

They BOTH suck…….. What the truth is not a concern of yours ?
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And pray tell, what IS the truth? You haven’t a clue. You only have your OPINION. The only ones that know the “truth’ about religion are DEAD and they ain’t talking…….

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Doug

While it may not be la vie en rose, it’s far from a disaster…

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The unemployment rate is 7.8% thats awful period!!

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The contortions and twists that people put on facts here would make a double jointed Chinese contortionist jealous.

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Doug – don’t worry the great recession that hit before O was elected is the reason he was elected. Remember he promised he knew all and would fix all. They believed he would lead them from the valley of upside down mortgages to the land of free homes but his plans failed. As for any recovery all one has to do his pay for groceries and gas every week and know that we are going in the wrong direction.

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“As for any recovery all one has to do his pay for groceries and gas every week and know that we are going in the wrong direction.”

Inflation is a problem? What country do you live in?

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Doug

October 30th, 2012
6:47 pm

Joe
I’m not defending Bush look at my earlier posts. You grade a President on his 4 years in office and in my opinion Obama has been a failure!!
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And therein lies the problem. Too many people equate their insipid opinion with facts. 2+2=4 no matter WHAT your opinion on the matter is.

Opinions are like an anus. Everyone has one and they all stink. Talk radio relies on that fact to brain wash the weak minded.

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Danny X either you don;t have a family, or you don’t do the grocery shopping or you ride a bike

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Let me help you out with an analogy. Your position is like you letting your ex-wife move back in with you, only she gets to bring her new boyfriend with her, and they make you sleep on the couch so they can have the master bedroom.

Damn. That’s a good one. Nice job.

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TM

October 30th, 2012
6:51 pm

Doug – don’t worry the great recession that hit before O was elected is the reason he was elected. Remember he promised he knew all and would fix all. They believed he would lead them from the valley of upside down mortgages to the land of free homes but his plans failed. As for any recovery all one has to do his pay for groceries and gas every week and know that we are going in the wrong direction.
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The FACT that you have the money to pay for your groceries and gas proves you wrong……..

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“Danny X either you don;t have a family, or you don’t do the grocery shopping or you ride a bike”

Tell us what the inflation rate is. You have nothing but mindless hysteria.

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I guess this is partly on topic…

http://www.freep.com/article/20121030/BUSINESS01/121030036/1205/business01/Romney-implies-GM-used-U-S-aid-create-jobs-China

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has broadened his attack on President Barack Obama’s auto industry restructuring, implying that General Motors used the aid to hire more workers in China than in the U.S.

“We’ve clearly entered some parallel universe during these last few days,” GM spokesman Greg Martin said. “No amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in the U.S. and repatriating profits back to this country.”

First, Chrysler had to set the record straight, and now GM does the same. I thought Romney was supposed to be the business leader, but it seems like he’s the business anger generator.

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Doug. You can vote for the War party…. or the Peace party….

The choice is yours, and no one can take it away from you..unless you show up drunk or high, and they can tell !

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I’m in Sales

yeah, so are the cons.
and when they can’t sell it, they pick it up & fling it
like now

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Joe Hussein Mama. ………Every President surrounds himself with advisers from both parties.makes a heck of allot of sense.

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Peter

October 30th, 2012
6:58 pm

Fred…….. I thought I would spread a few rumors…kind of like Obama is a Muslim…. you know the cycle.
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Actually no I don’t. Or at least I never understood it. Maybe you can explain it to me. How is is successful to rebut a lying no good asshat by being a lying no good asshat?

How can you show one what despicable behavior lying is by lying in return?

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Doug — “Sorry Joe you sound like good guy but I can’t vote for Obama again.”

You do what you have to do, Doug, but I’m going to leave you with this.

I spent over 20 years of my adult life voting for Republicans. I even enlisted in the Army during the Reagan Administration. But I left the GOP behind in late 2003/early 2004. I’d had enough of the ‘don’t question us’ attitude from party leaders and ‘our way is the only way that works’ argument when the GOP’s economic policies clearly weren’t working. And the straw that broke the camel’s back for me was Iraq. I’d been in uniform during the first dance with Saddam Hussein, and even though I didn’t like that President Bush (the elder) stopped short of Baghdad, I respected him for doing the right thing and stopping when the Iraqi government said ‘we give.’

And when we went back into Iraq. saying ‘we know where the WMD are’ but they didn’t start falling out of warehouses and trucks within about a day, I knew we’d been lied to by President Bush (the younger).

I might go back to the GOP one day. But I don’t see it happening anytime soon. So ask yourself this: if the GOP can disillusion and run off a gun-owning disabled veteran who was raised up in the South and who comes from good hillbilly stock — then do you think it matters to them whether you stick with them or not?

I volunteered for the GOP for several years. And in the end, they just didn’t care if I stuck with them or not. All they care about it power, and the GOP leaders today will say and do anything to get and keep it.

So you go ahead and hang with them if you think it’s the right thing to do. But bear in mind that I spent many years supporting them, volunteering for them and voting for them — but in the final analysis, they don’t really care what *you* as a voter want. It’s all about what *they* want.

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Fred wow don’t come UN-glued now……..the lying on this board is off the chain……..not to mention stuff like “deficits don’t matter” and “Mission Accomplished”……WMD.or Bin Laden is alive.

Heck half the stuff Romney talks about he changes his story on…..gosh if he ran against Bush…Bush would be crying flip flopper !

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F. Sinkiewicz — “Memo to JHM: Bush isn’t running. O’bozo the doofus is.”

Memo to Fishy: Romney’s announced that he’s going to resurrect some Bush policies and his campaign is fairly *dripping* with Bush appointees and advisors. So if Romney wouldn’t be Bush’s third term, get some new people and policies.

Or put on your big boy pants and deal with the criticism. Makes no nevermind to me.

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TM

October 30th, 2012
7:04 pm

Danny X HAVE YOU been shopping to feed a family of four in the past 4 year? Paid for a gallon of gas? What prices have gone down in the past 4 years?
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Really? Did you just type that? What prices in HISTORY have ever gone down? You are losing it brother. You just keep getting more and more irrational.

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Peter — “Joe Hussein Mama. ………Every President surrounds himself with advisers from both parties.makes a heck of allot of sense.”

Dafuq?

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Republicans have created zero jobs since their 2010 jobs, jobs, jobs campaign.

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Actually Fred the price of natural gas has gone down if only we could continue fracking.

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Peter

October 30th, 2012
7:08 pm

Fred wow don’t come UN-glued now……..the lying on this board is off the chain……..not to mention stuff like “deficits don’t matter” and “Mission Accomplished”……WMD.or Bin Laden is alive.

Heck half the stuff Romney talks about he changes his story on…..gosh if he ran against Bush…Bush would be crying flip flopper !
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you do as you wish Peter, but DON’T call me unglued because I despise liars. All liars. I’m not responsible for your honor or integrity, just mine. If you choose to be a dishonorable liar, that is your choice. We have all seen that you are by your own admission so I am NOT “calling you names.”

I really don’t want to speak to you anymore. I don’t treat with liars, as you have nothing I count rely on. I know you don’t understand but it is what it is. One day, maybe you will regret the fact that you lack honor, integrity and a code of morals. Or not.

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TM . health issues with fracking is enormous……

But there is a company out of Canada that does it a different way …..without water, so it doesn’t pollute the ground water….hopefully that technology will take off, and we can continue.

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Peter
I’m a 25 year old Independent contractor, and I agree that people need to step up in this country but at the same I know people that are well qualified and busting it still can’t find a job. Its tough out there no doubt.

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Fred YUP you officially came UN-glued. and sooooo easily funny stuff really.

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This is not a. Decision Crysler will get to make, they are owned by a. Italian company.

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Brocephus: Not until you mentioned it and I googled it. I knew who Cerberus is (as would you if you read the Percy Jackson books lol).

Now having googled it and reading the wiki on them I can say that I still really don’t know who they are or why you brought them up, but I’m sure you will elucidate.

I eagerly await your tutoring.

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Fiat and Guangzhou’s plant in Changsha in central China has initial annual capacity of 140,000 cars and is capable of eventually assembling 500,000 vehicles per year. The automakers will add production of a new vehicle to the factory roughly every 12 months and began building the Fiat Viaggio compact there in June.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-21/fiat-says-china-may-build-all-jeep-models-as-suv-demand-climbs.html

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Doug: What do you “contract?” Are you a “contractor” by choice or because the company you work for doesn’t want to pay the benefits they are supposed to by law and illegally call you a “contractor”?

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Doug. My philosophy has been…… when you are making good money save allot…when times suck and not making money stop spending.

Yes there are lots of guys not doing well…a close buddy graduated close to the top of his class at Princeton, then got his masters at GA Tech in Architecture. He has been a developer, working for a minority owned company as the token white guy.

We have had conversations about him going into a new field say alternative energy…..learning something new taking a hit on his pay scale….. But guess what he is still pursuing getting contracts and working on projects for his old boss, that may never pay him.

I hope like heck it works out for him……BUT his failure to change has become his own private Idaho.

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O. Owl — “Why do the FCC allow the television networks to broadcast Mittens Romney’s propagandist T.V. ads accusing Chrysler of shipping factories and jobs to China ???”

TV and radio stations aren’t allowed to revise or edit political ads from candidates. They have to air them as-is.

Different rules apply to ads from PACs and interest groups.

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ODD OWL … I for one hope the Woman of America realize what they have to lose with Romney.

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By choice Fred. Real estate agent have survived the last 4 years because of hard work.

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In the year following Obama’s inauguration, the U.S. economy lost about 4.3 million jobs. 4.5 million jobs have been added back since then, a number that would be a lot higher if so many government jobs had not been lost.

Again Doug, just how fast was the recovery supposed to fully recover after the Bush Great Recession?

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“ODD OWL … I for one hope the Woman of America realize what they have to lose with Romney.”–Peter

PETER, you still have NOT answered my question. I have asked it over and over.
I guess I just won’t get an answer.
How is Mitt Romney “out of touch” with the mainstream???

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USMC….. Do you think a raped woman should have the right to Abort ?

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Fred

Here we go. I’m always in search for the “man behind the curtain” so to speak. With the vigor that’s being shown behind this whole auto bailout/Jeep/Chrysler/Fiat issue, it seems quite possible that there’s big money somewhere pulling the strings on this one..

Per Wiki:

In 2007, Cerberus and about 100 other investors purchased an 80% stake in Chrysler for $7.4 billion[35] seeking to bolster the auto maker’s performance by operating as an independent company. In 2008, the plan collapsed due to an unprecedented slowdown in the U.S. auto industry and a lack of capital…

On March 30, 2009, it was announced that Cerberus Capital Management would voluntarily give up its equity stake in the Chrysler auto company as a condition of the U.S. Treasury Department’s bailout deal, but would retain its stake in Chrysler’s financing arm, Chrysler Financial. Cerberus agreed to provide $2 billion to backstop a $4 billion December 2008 U.S. Treasury Department loan given to Chrysler. In exchange for obtaining that loan, it promised many concessions including surrendering equity, foregoing profits, and giving up board seats. U.S. Treasury and the Obama administration recognized the “sacrifices by key stakeholders” in an effort to give Chrysler the “opportunity to thrive as a long-term viable 21st century company.”

When you look at who founded Cerberus, one of the co-founders is Steve Feinberg. A peek at his wiki page shows:

The 2007 Cerberus purchase of Chrysler Corp. from Germany’s Daimler Benz became a major and, as of 2009, unsuccessful initiative by Feinberg into a higher-profile investment. Feinberg and others at the firm explicitly presented the investment as patriotic, but many critics ultimately questioned that characterization, especially after Chrysler had to seek and take federal aid. (Chrysler now, with federal help, has been sold to Fiat.) As of 2009, Cerberus was facing major calls from its investors for redemptions, and had written down its investment in Chrysler to 19 cents on the dollar. Had there not been the federal bailout, the investment could have been worth nothing.

Without the bailout, they would have drawn a fat goose egg. But, in order to get the bailout, they had to forego profits, and you know how private equity is all about profits. Not to mention that Mr. Feinberg’s politics lean right…

Steve and Gisela Feinberg are prolific donors to the Republican Party and related organizations. Former Republican Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle works for Cerberus as Chairman of Global Investments, and former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was a client.

I’m sure there are many deep-pocketed people angry at the loss of profits from the Chrysler bailout. I’m not going to say they are behind this whole fiasco, but given how big money operates, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they were.

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Danny if you want accept mediocrity go ahead. I think Obama could have done a whole lot better just my opinion.

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USMC. …….. I think Romney will take woman’s rights back 30 years…… I think he is not a job creator, since he was a pioneer in out sourcing.

I think his comments on the 47% was heartless. I think his statement about FEMA was wrong, yet he did change his mind today.

I don’t think he really cars about the poor, but his buddies in the TOP of the 1 %. and I think his comment about 2 Trillion more spending for new ships was only a campaign promise to win a state.

I can answer more of you ask.

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USMC – Finally, some levity! Go DAWGS

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That Frank Dodd Bill has got to be amended. Way too much regulation hurting the real estate recovery.

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Doug: What a crappy job the last few years. I applaud you for your success in it during that time. Might I offer a suggestion? Tune your radio AWAY from WSB while you are riding around. Research things a little more.

To use JHM’s analogy, DON’T let your ex wife and her free loading new boyfriend send you to the couch in your own house. Free your mind and become an independent. Vote for this guy: Gary Johnson.

Make a DIFFERENCE this election. A republican vote or a Democratic vote here in Georgia is wasted. Romeny sweeps the state hands down. Make a difference though by trying to get a REAL third party to the 5 % margin where they can compete.

http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/front

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F. Sinkiewicz — “As true as your crap post.”

Sorry, Punkin. Every word was true. And no matter how much you dislike it and want to rage about it, it’s still true.

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“I think he is not a job creator, since he was a pioneer in out sourcing.”

Wrong. While companies that Bain owned or was invested in certainly outsourced and do outsource, Romney was no “pioneer”.

There is plenty to go after Romney on, why make things up?

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Peter, SOCIALISM has proven NOT to work.

You should try to let go of your envy & hatred for others.
The first step is to identify what it is that you want to accomplish in life.
Step two is to go accomplish it.
(don’t forget to mix in a personal relationship with a someone special)

You will miraculously stop ENVYING other peoples’ possessions AND be HAPPY!

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“Sorry, Punkin. Every word was true. And no matter how much you dislike it and want to rage about it, it’s still true.”

Sez you.

Maybe, but who gives a sh*t? Doesn’t make your opinion worth more than anyone else’s, so what’s the point?

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“Dawgs are going to Beat BAMER in the SEC CG and win the BCS National Championship Game!”

I thought I would wake you up, Brocephus!
There is NO harder HITTING defense than the Uncontrollable pack of Wild BullDawgs in Athens!
They are a NASTY bunch. They knocked the #2 team in the Country out; cracking heads!
(Florida didn’t see the end zone all afternoon!)
And now Bamer is next! We are coming for the Alabama Elephants!

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“I hope you’re not allergic to socialism, because you’re going to get a nice big dose of it when you retire.”

Or if you’re stupid enough to elect O’bozo.

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JHM – HA! Let’s see what happens a week from today. Where, pre tel has socialism worked successfully?

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Fred ™ Your comment is awaiting moderation.

October 30th, 2012
7:39 pm

USMC

October 30th, 2012
7:31 pm

Breaking News!!!!!!

Dawgs are going to Beat BAMER in the SEC CG and win the BCS National Championship Game!
++++++++++++++++++

I’ll be happy if the rat bastiches get by Ole Miss this week. i’ll worry about Auburn after that………

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THE COMMON MANS’, MAN out among the people!
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20121030/APTOPIX_Romney_2012.sff_OHCD111_20121030151229.html?date=20121030&docid=DA2854680

If I didn’t know any better, I would think he was working on one of Comrade Obama’s SHOVEL READY jobs!

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Yo USMC you miserable old man………

Did you ever check out the shot of the day link i gave you?

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“I’ll be happy if the rat bastiches get by Ole Miss this week. i’ll worry about Auburn after that………”–Fred

One of the more “WISER” of Georgia Fans!

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Good for Jeep, but GM is already in the process of building a plant in China. Seems that even those union folks know a good deal when they see one.

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Brocephus: I’ll get back to you lol. I have been summoned.

USMC: Bite me lol

Everyone else: later.

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They asked the coward 14 times if he would end fema but mitt is too weak to answer.

Too weak to be President.

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USMC

Since when did you decide to join the night crew…not that that’s a bad thing…

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getalife – POTUS “The US is here to help everybody through the storm”, reporter, “Washington DC is shut down, sir”, POTUS, “They’ll be open tomorrow”. Yep, that’s leadership, D’oh, politics.

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New poll just released…

“27% say they’d only survive less than a week during a Zombie Apocalypse, 32% say more than a year, 30% in between”

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Since I started feeling a little more Risque! Off to the gym! Go get-em USMC…. for your own heart !

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Poor old Jay’s Romney attack topic has been debunked like all the others previous. Guess he should sanity check his sources, if that’s possible.

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Since when did you decide to join the night crew…not that that’s a bad thing…

USMC, looks like you’re being stalked.

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Simey lyin Mitt is definitely not Presidential. Politicizing a storm relief benefit:

The event itself was billed as a “storm relief” benefit, and the Romney campaign asked supporters to bring with them food and other goods to donate to victims of the storm. But soon, reporters poked holes in the campaign’s explanation for staging the rally. First, the relief event was scheduled for the same time and location as a recently canceled political rally. Then, photos emerged, showing that donors were asked to wait to drop off their goods until Romney arrived to accept them himself, suggesting a photo op not unlike the one his running mate Paul Ryan staged earlier this month in a soup kitchen. And Salon noticed that the targeted recipient of all of the donations — the Red Cross — doesn’t even accept most of what the Romney campaign collected in Ohio.

Even Stuart Stevens, a Romney aide and longtime GOP strategist, admitted that the campaign engaged in politicking at the Ohio event during an interview with NPR political correspondent Ari Shapiro

The man is not fit to lead this country.

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I love it when a plan comes together:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/30/california-karate-student-pummels-intruder-found-in-bathroom/?test=latestnews

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Why is it that the conned do not know the meaning of simple words like stalk? They want to create nuances of the word “rape” and then create absurd claims of “stalking”. Its more sad than silly

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JHM, “dafuq.”

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“I have run over ten Peachtree road races, countless others, the Atlanta 1/2 marathon, and the rock and Roll marathon in San Diego…”

Oh yeah?

I have marathon GOLD in every olympics since ‘64.

Don’t believe me? Just ask JHM.

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Yet Jay fails to mention the Fiat owns 53% Chrysler which was approved under Obozo.

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Here’s the comment Jaybird….

Together, we are working to establish a global enterprise and previously announced our intent to return Jeep production to China

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Del…
Me? Stalk USMC? That really is funny, considering geography if nothing else.

GMare…

Good to at least have it on schedule…keep me posted,

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Thanks, TBs.

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“When Obama called the SEALS they complied – when the SEALS called Obama he lied”

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Josef, I will.

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When Obama gets re-elected:

1. Romney never again runs for public office.
2. The GOP implodes and then divides like an amoeba into even more useless parts.
3. A bunch of wing-nuts flees to the only country that supports Mitt for president….Pakistan.
4. Federal tax revenues begin to rise.
5. Lindsay Lohan changes her mind about Mitt.
6. Meat Loaf, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent decide same-sex plural marriage is good for them.

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I have marathon GOLD in every olympics since ‘64.

When did Paul Ryan start commenting here.

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When Obama called the SEALS they complied – when the SEALS called Obama he lied”

A rather slimey scummy false attack, right Senior Digits. Nothing is too below you.

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I was specifically referring to our weak job market not the stock market.

It didn’t read that way. Pardon me for misreading your statement.

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Good Fight?

Doesn’t it rhyme ?

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“27% say they’d only survive less than a week during a Zombie Apocalypse, 32% say more than a year, 30% in between”

37.8% claim Obama Administration should have foreseen the Zombie Apocalypse and responded with a Warthog strike.

22.4% believe that the Zombie Apocalypse was actually initiated by Eric Holder.

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“Imagine that. A presidential candidate who gives millions of dollars a year to charity does a storm relief event in Ohio, and an MSNBC anchor is disgusted by it because the Red Cross would prefer people donating cash.”

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/10/30/msnbc-trashes-romney-collecting-food-and-supplies-sandy-victims#ixzz2ApgQdUFi

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mitt is a coward spineless and weak . He will be gone soon.

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No pardon necessary this is only a blog.

Well, common decency and such still applies, even on a blog. There are still people who are man enough to own up to their mistakes.

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“mitt is a coward spineless and weak . He will be gone soon.”

Mitt should be capitalized and you need a comma in there.

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Bull, senior digits, MSNBC and others are rightfully appalled that Mitt would turn a storm relief campaign into a politcial event….

Nothing too low for you, again, right?

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MSNBC is a joke.

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imagine a multimillionaire Presidential candidate who donates millions of dollars a year to his own religious organization while reaping the benefits of huge tax deductions, and who stages a “charity” event as a photo-op to collect relief supplies that are of little actual value to the people needing relief, and that in fact slow down the operations of organizations that actually are providing relief.

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“Forward’: Obama gets a little electioneering in during FEMA briefing:”

As low as it gets.

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GMare, I missed your post before. Hope your recovery goes well.

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Keep

Some of us have morals and a conscience.

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Thank a Michigander for given us Mitt! Go Bucks!

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Romney made his statements off of a Bloomberg story with direct quotes from a Chrysler Exec. Now they are flip flopping. Tell the truth you insolent morons. (You lib turds had to google insolent didn’t you?) Fiat, an EU company that has billions in debt, owns Chrysler. Spin the story how you want, Fiat will die a slow deserved death and Chrysler is not far behind with inferior products.

Again, what do you Lib-turds do for work. Still the same posters 24-7. L—–oooo—–sers!

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Moderate Line

All that aside, those numbers represent donations made by the company, not the person. The wiki post stated his and his wife’s donations as opposed to the company as a whole. What I see in those numbers is nothing but people hedging their bets by donating to both sides of the fence.

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If this election comes down to any one state, boycott that freakin state. Send a message to each swing state to get their lib-turd populous either exterminated or in line or face the consequences!

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