Why Romney needs to talk about himself

He likes to bully people. Not much else you need to know.

It’s “the meek shall inherit the earth”, not the a-wipe shall inherit the earth.

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We are a WWF (nation) awaiting the start of the next Idol episode.

geez

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A good man does nothing,
Yet leaves nothing undone.
A foolish man is always doing,
Yet much remains to be done.

Lao Tsu

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Romney loves this country so much, he didn’t go to France handing out leaflets no one wanted, instill in his Sons the same love when we had and still have men and women fighting and dying in Afghanistan, or not seeking out tax havens (legal, I guess, but an indication of who comes first) .

Romney will be smart NOT to talk about himself.

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“Bruno

July 25th, 2012
11:35 am

Kyle–As our blog leader, could you possibly develop a column along those lines?? Just my uninformed opinion, but I don’t believe that Romney has run an effective campaign so far. Maybe some of the Lefties could chime in to tell us how Romney might possibly improve his message.”

Man–I didn’t know that i had that kind of pull around here. Only took Kyle about 1 hr to write his column after I requested it.

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He can talk about his tax havens….or his years of business experience (he can include those years that he was getting paid but wasn’t there though) To clear things up, we would like to see his tax returns so that we know exactly when he stopped getting paid a salary from Bain.

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Mormon (cultist)
Pro-choice
Blueprint creator for ACA
Acts officially as Sole owner, operator, and CEO of a company that he totally denies working for
Bully
Likes his trees all the right height
Cheesy grits aficionado
….. more to come

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At this point, Romney should become a mummy or make like the Sphinx, put a sock in it, stifle hisself.

obozo has like 50 more radical kook fringe groups that he needs to hit up for money, his only remaining sources in fact, and he’s bound to say at least 45 more idiotic things that the RNC can flame him with.

Let’s put Romney in the box for now.

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He sure does need to talk. We want to see his tax records. We want to know why he hides money offshore untaxed and thinks he and his cronies dont need to pay more taxes to help pay for the U.S. military that they use as bodyguards around the globe. Pretty good think these offshore traitors have….everybody gets stuck with paying for their protection except themsleves.

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Don’t worry, Kyle. Nobody reads Rear Clear Polictics. You shouldn’t have mentioned it.

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Oh look, it’s getalife – just cruising around all day spouting his canned lines into the blogs just waiting for his savior to send him another gov’t check and for B’man to come back.

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“Almost all voters have made up their minds about Obama, so question 2 is clearly in play at this point.”

And from what I hear from pollsters, this tends to explain how the poll numbers really work….or at least have worked in the past.

The statement is correct that folks have made up their minds about Obama and the current 40%+ in favor may very well be all that he gets. Past polls indicate that if one was in favor they would stay in favor and those not sure tend to vote for the other guy. Which is what happened with Reagan, the undecided went with the other guy in a landslide.

maybe history really does repeat itself………

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Steve @ 12:56

Never was much interested in Eastern philosophy. To much of it can be interputed anyway the reader wants. I prefer Plato, Kant, etc. One can argue about specifics of meaning, but not the general direction.

But, from my father who graduated high school in the middle of the Kansas dust bowl, this might be apt. ” Ain’t a horse can”t be rode, and ain’t a rider can’t be throwed”. Think about all the impliccations of that as it relates to your quote.

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I checked on the comment thread while I was working on that and felt certain you’d be happy with this one!

Thanks, Kyle!!

Of course, I’m part of the group of voters who have already made up their minds. Though Romney’s record as Gov of Massachusetts wasn’t stellar, Obama’s record as President of the US has been nothing short of a disaster. Hate to be forced to pick between the lesser of two evils like that, but that’s the reality this election cycle.

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“If we listened to Kyle and his failed party’s austerity argument, we would be like England.”

Vs being like Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland??

Austerity is the RESULT of spending too much silly……..

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md,

You don’t cut after a collapse silly.

Our President won this argument so we have growth.

Your party lost 9 million jobs silly.

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I think willard’s refusal to show the people his papers was a fatal error of his campaign.

A self inflicted defeat.

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“You don’t cut after a collapse silly.

Our President won this argument so we have growth.”

Hate to break the news, but we still have 16 trillion in debt, losing 1.5 trillion yearly, have benn downraded once with basically no action taken, and are on the brink of a possible recession.

Spending has consequences…….especially if it doesn’t work.

Again, see Greece or Spain. Think they have any control over the interest rates that are currently killing them??

Our rates go up and Katie bar the door as all hell will break lose………

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md,

Lost 9 million jobs vs steady job growth.

No contest.

Country first.

Four more years.

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I’m waiting for Obama’s ad to come out showing romney speaking to the American Olympians at the start of the 2002 games that they didn’t get there alone, their communities built the venues, their coaches made sacrifices, their athletic associations guided them, etc etc.

Yet when Obama speaks of entrepreneurs having the same sort of support from tax payer funded schools, infrastructure, and tax incentives, it is somehow insulting to the business people of America.

Lewis Black did this segment on Jon Stewart last night, and as he said, according to romney, building your business is a solitary endeavor, yet running a 4 minute mile, it takes a village Unfortunately the tea people and other Obama haters just don’t understand the definition of hypocrisy.

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About the only thing Romney can accuse Obama of being guilty of, that Romney himself is not quilty of is:

Obama is only half white.

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md @ 150 pm: If I ever have someone in my family get MS and need to spend biggy bucks to treat it any way I can, I sure hope those that complain about it end up in the same position…

The deduction was taken as a “business loss” not a medical expense. Get your facts before you criticize. But since you claim dressage is good therapy for MS, please join me in urging congress to allow MS sufferers to obtain dressage horses and all their accouterments under the ACA. While we’re at it I think my expenses for dog food, vet, and pet grooming should be deductible since without my dog, I would likely be very lonely and clinically depressed.

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“Yet when Obama speaks of entrepreneurs having the same sort of support from tax payer funded schools, infrastructure, and tax incentives, it is somehow insulting to the business people of America.”

Yet the irony of that statement is that a business had to be created to fund all those items mentioned……

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PRINCETON, NJ — Democrats are significantly less likely now (39%) than they were in the summers of 2004 and 2008 to say they are “more enthusiastic about voting than usual” in the coming presidential election. Republicans are more enthusiastic now than in 2008, and the same as in 2004.

I’m surprised they still admit to being dummycrats. Some people have no shame! Buncha little Julias they are.

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It’s hard to explain who and what you are when who and what you are is nothing more than a pile of disingenuousness nothingness and when your “core convictions” are whatever you think they need to be to get yourself elected for the election in question.

Not to mention the difficulty of saying who and what you are today when tomorrow you’ll just etch-a-sketch it in favor of something and someone different.

Catch 22? You betcha.

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We’ve given you people have all you need to know.

Ann Romney

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md…again. Yet the irony of that statement is that a business had to be created to fund all those items mentioned…

I don’t care to argue whether the chicken or the egg came first, but please go ponder it. It will be a better use of your time than the comments you post here.

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“Better than going full speed reverse when bush gave us losses of 800K per month.”

More of the it’s Bush’s fault baloney. As I said before, had the dems not blocked his reform of Fannie and Freddie, would we even of had all those losses??

It’s a double edged sword as we’ll never know. But to even try to put all the blame on bush shows a lack of honesty.

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“I don’t care to argue whether the chicken or the egg came first, but please go ponder it. It will be a better use of your time than the comments you post here.”

I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t want to argue a losing case either………

Gov’t was born of money from business…..it’s impossible to do it the other way around in a capitalistic system.

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“Who’s blaming?”

“when bush gave us losses of 800K per month.”

“Gave” being the operative word……..and had his reform gone through, do you think “his” policy might have made a difference???

If you want to use “gave”, one may want to insert “democrats” there considering it was them that “gave” us an un-reformed Fannie and Freddie……correct??

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“We’ve given you people all you need to know”.
Ann Romney

That statement in itself says it all: They know what’s best for us (you people).

Sit down and eat your cereal.

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oh no,

AUNTI CHIRST has gone to blaming BUSH again. He’s not running, Aunti.

SLICK RICK has got to be talking about Obama with his “pile of disengeniousness nothingness”. That ‘pile” is better known as the national debt

I’m thinking that Romney needs to talk about the national debt every day as it gets bigger and bigger every day. Mention it! It belongs to every one of us and our grandchildren. It’s the basic “bomb” that’s going to blast us. !

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My daughter, whose tech writing job now pays considerably less than the average 49 thou since she and her colleagues agreed to cuts in order to remain employed, spends two evenings a week as a volunteer in a therapeutic horseback riding program for autistic kids. There are also horse programs for vets suffering from PTSD. If any part of his qualifies as a business expense, then there is nothing wrong with claiming it. I think the Romney lawyers are too smart to make any illegal claims. Good grief, even lower than middle class Joe the Plumber was audited after asking candidate Obama an innocent question about taxes. In his talk to the Olympic athletes, Romney first praised the individual effort, incredible sacrifice,and talent of the athletes before mentioning the help of their parents, other family members and communities. Any attempt to equate that with Obama’s petty, envious, mendacious denigrating of the intelligence, hard work, and incredible sacrifice of business owners is dishonest. Romney praised the athletes. Obama showed a sneering contempt for the business owners.

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Rmoney needs to………bu….but….

“We’ve given you (little) people all you (peasants) need to know. (now
bring me my tax payer funded dancing horse and use the service
entrance on the way out)”

They might as well go all Al Capone/Marie Antoinette on ‘merka,
’cause he won’t be the final nominee

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md: For a more balanced view (blames both sides)of the causes of the 2008 meltdown, see
http://www.factcheck.org/2008/10/who-caused-the-economic-crisis/

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Kyle: Mr Romney will talk more about who he is, just as soon as he decides whom it is more advantageous to be at the moment.

Strangely, the previous president that Romney most resembles to me is JFK, a guy whose greatest claim to the Oval Office is something along the lines of “Well, the nation owes it to me.”

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Let me type this reeeeeeeeaaaaaaallllllllll sllllllooooooowwwwwwww, so you can understand thsi complicated statement:

Who’s blaming? I just stated facts.

You people really have your own way of reading between the lines don’t you, not just between the lines, but the pages and everywhere else. Like wee wee moe at 230 talking about Obama’s “sneering contempt for the business owners.” That’s a sign of a delusional, paranoid hater, to impute to someone faults that are not evident to anyone else (except other paranoid delusionals). wee wee, you haven’t dyed your hair orange have you?

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Jeffery: I’m not attacking JFK, but Joe Kennedy was determined that one of his sons would be president. JFK did bring a sense of entitlement with him. That said, I’m glad it was him and not Nixon during the Cuban missile thing.

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“md: For a more balanced view (blames both sides)of the causes of the 2008 meltdown, see”

MrB…..I’ve read that one before, hence the reason I said it was a double edged sword and we will never know.

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“Let me type this reeeeeeeeaaaaaaallllllllll sllllllooooooowwwwwwww, so you can understand thsi complicated statement:

Who’s blaming? I just stated facts.”

Words have meaning…..use the ones that convey your message and there won’t be any misunderstandings. To use the phrase “Bush gave us” implies the man…vs “during the Bush years” (or something equivalent). There is a difference. One has an element of blame while the other does not.

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” They didn’t whine about being “taxed enough already,” and avoid their responsibility to pass that infrastructure and the American dream on to the next generation, with the expectation that this generation would do the same.”

Is the 50% that don’t pay any income tax whining? How dare they……….

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Ho hum…I think I will turn off the propaganda pipe line here. Liberals have “lost it”.

Example: “wee wee, you haven’t dyed your hair orange have you?” from Aunti Christ.

Besides, the Braves are playing and they represent a strong team with an honest effort. Most enjoyable. Go Braves!

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Gee HBD, where did you get that awful analysis……..

“He was already utilizing IRAs and 401(k)s to shelter much of his investment income, possibly worth as much as $100 million today, from taxes.”

I would certainly hope so, that is why we all have them………..

and:

” It is reported that once the Olympics showed a profit, Romney ended up donating his salary to charities, thus further lowering his reported income for tax purposes.”

Heaven forbid anyone give their entire salary to charity……..I’m shocked, just absolutely shocked….

That whole piece does a pretty bad job of masking the intent of pure smear………

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“I will remember that in the future, especially when I hear someone talking about the “prosperity raygun brought us,” or how “raygun got the economy moving.” I’m counting on you to help me catch all those abusers of the language.”

You seem to be having a problem distinguishing between things happening during an administration and things happening because of a direct policy of an administration……..

Credit or blame is fine if applied toward an outcome of a policy implemented by any given President.

Such as the high credit card rates we are all currently enjoying…….directly in response to the credit card bill signed by the current president……..

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This election should be so simple for the Republicans that it’s simple.But it ain’t.And the Candidate is the problem.

Romney’s saving grace with me is that I don’t believe he can do a worse job in the next four years than Obama is capable of doing.

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md – Credit card rates should be higher, much higher. So we can, ya know, ween ourselves off of spending money we don’t have on things we don’t need.

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While I am not 100% thrilled with everything Obama has been able to do, I am 100% NOT willing to vote for Romney. He is NOT what we need. I had hoped the Republicans would come up with a much better candidate.

It seems like all Romney is running on is NOT being Obama. That’s just plain stupid!

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President up by 6, on his way — Romney is helping him, not hurting him.

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“md – Credit card rates should be higher, much higher. So we can, ya know, ween ourselves off of spending money we don’t have on things we don’t need.”

You do realize that there are many that can and do use credit cards responsibly. Unfortunately, it’s the one’s that don’t that cause the problems for everybody……..

So much so that the democrats thought it necessary to pass a bill to socialize their bad habits……

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Romney in 2002: Olympians ‘didn’t get here solely on your own power’

“Romney’s own remarks to Olympians, offered during the opening ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City that Romney led, hewed closely to Obama’s suggestion that success is communal.

“You Olympians, however, know you didn’t get here solely on your own power. For most of you, loving parents, sisters or brothers encouraged your hopes,” he said after praising the competitors in footage unearthed by NBC News. “Coaches guided, communities built venues in order to organize competitions. All Olympians stand on the shoulders of those who lifted them. We’ve already cheered the Olympians, let’s also cheer the parents, coaches and communities.”

….Romney said virtually the SAME THING as Obama…but he wants to rail against Obama, huh??

I was FOR it before I was AGAINST it……

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/23/news/la-pn-romney-in-2002-olympians-didnt-get-here-solely-on-your-own-power-20120723

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Kyle is right btw, its not working.

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Kyle: Does the Republican Party do a platform any more before/during the convention? Does it or other official documents (sorry bloggers your opinion doesn’t count) outline the items and issues Romney and/ or the repubs stand for/are directed by? Something with specifics?

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Regardless of how people see it, the Pres always gets too much credit or blame for the economy. That is nothing new in how campaigns play out or how people see what is going on.

Debates imo will send Romney to victory or send him home. Either way it will not be a whooping like McCain was administered. Going to be close regardless who wins.

I see an 04 coming. A President with less than 50% approval but still winning the WH.

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I’ve said before that the fact that neither candidate has walked away with this race, shows how weak both candidates are. It’s depressing that out of 300 million people, give or take, these two are the last ones left.

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Enough talk and self-definition! We want to see his tax returns for the last 8 years.

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Hilbilly D @ 4:08

Agree 100%

Forget Party affiliation, this country can do better. We better be able to do better

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They BOTH Suck

From the Presidential race, right down to the smallest local race, there’s not one person that I actually want to vote for, in elections that I can vote in. I’ll go vote and in each and every race, it’ll be a matter of which one I detest the least. This is the worst slate of candidates, top to bottom, that I can remember, and I’ve been voting nearly 40 years.

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Hillybilly

Only been voting since 87, but you are right, it is bad

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Road Scholar- here is the GOP platform:
1. Tax breaks for the top 1% and 5% capital gains tax;
2.cut all public benefits by 25%;
3. eliminate social security and medicare and make them privately run;
4. no bid contracts for all defense contractors;
5. Prepare to attack China and Iran; restart cold war with Russia;
6. allow bankers and investment brokers to operate without any regulation;
7. fire and arrest federal workers who have distant or dead relatives who knew someone whose friends were members at some time in the Muslim Brotherhood;
8. allow unlimited profits to be earned by individuals with offshore accounts and businesses without any tax consequences;
9. Increased tax deductions for plants that close down and ship work overseas;
10. Making it easier for lenders to seize all pensions and other benefits of a company as collateral;
11. allowing health insurance companies to make unlimited profits;
12. Making women’s wombs public property ;
13. Allowing the purchase and sale of any type of gun and ammo in any quantity without regulation and ;
14, Getting more justices like Antonin Scalia, Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas on the bench

What else you need to know?

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RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE 2012 NDAA
•WHEREAS, the most recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act passed the Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was signed into law by the president and,
•WHEREAS, provisions in this law provide agents of the federal government and the military the authority to indefinitely detain both citizens and non citizens, on US soil, without charge and,
•WHEREAS said detention can be effected solely on the basis of an unsubstantiated accusation that the detainee poses a threat and,
•WHEREAS, there is no provision for due process or judicial review of said actions and,
•WHEREAS, said detainees can have their right to legal counsel withheld and,
•WHEREAS, detainees are denied their right to be informed of specific charges and be confronted by their accuser and,
•WHEREAS, detention can be indefinite with no fixed term, and at the whim of the detaining authorities and,
•WHEREAS, such authority confers upon the government of the United States unprecedented power to usurp the rights of the people in a direct violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Libertarian Party calls on every candidate running for elected office, national, state, or local, to denounce this abrogation of constitutional due process rights, and to do everything in their power once elected to repeal and nullify this brazen violation of Constitutional protection and natural law.
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Gary Johnson or Ron Paul.
All the rest are mere traitors.

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Fair and Balanced

You pick one line and m iss the point. I forgot; that’s the strategy.

1. Medicaid is a whole nother ball of wax. The changes that need to be made to that program and the abuses that occur could take pages in and of themselves. But again, this plan was DESIRED by the people of MA and it was a BI-PARTISAN effort. Neither of which is true for Obeymecare.

2. Please re-read the bullet point more slowly… I didn’t say he had a bunch of government jobs. I said he had NEVER worked in the private sector. e has ALWAYS worked for the government. (Maybe that’s the issue; you Dems don’t realize that working as a Senator and President means you work FOR the government- i.e. the people- not the other way around…)

3.Please don’t tell me that you HONESTLY believe that after attending Jerimiah Wright’s church for all those years Obama suddenly realized that the crap he was spewing was racist. I would rather im have refused to discuss it than to play the dumb card of “I didn’t know this was racist rhetoric for all the years I associated with him!”

4. Ummm… If he lied about Harvard and his grades and being editor of the law review and his birth certificate that definitely affects my opinion of what kind of job he would do as President. The fact that Mitt Romney has made lots of money in the private sector tells me he could probably do a better job of running the economy as opposed to the ruining of the economy that your current President has done.

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We’re all voting for whom the special interest groups are hand feeding us, and getting the lipstick put on these pigs by Fox News and Msnbc. And most are too stupid to know it.

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Common cents-
1. If you are going to suck 8.5 billion dollars out of the feds the state does not have available in the treasury, no wonder it had bipartisan effort.
2. Romney has never disavowed anything connected with the Mormon church;
3. Obviously you are misinformed as to Obama’s career after Harvard;
4. Prove to me that Obama faked being the president of the Harvard Law Review.

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I’d rather see a man’s academic records, to be able to discern whether he’s a total dimwit or not, then to find out the methods he used to make a bunch of money.

Wait a minute. We already know that obozo is a total dimwit. I forgot.

Never mind.

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Of course, Flip Robme doesn’t want to talk about Flip Robme!

When it comes to campaigning, he and his handlers are obviously not very good, but they ain’t crazy!

On the one hand, he must feel like amazingly lucky. Kinda like the Chicago White Sox being in the Pansy Division of baseball. And if Flip’s competition had not been a bunch of laughable nimrods, he’d wouldn’t even be on anyone’s radar today.

On the other hand, he is truly unfortunate, in terms of timing, at least. No doubt, that a huge part of his problem is the fact that the fake conservatives, as led by George Walker Bush have poisoned the nation so badly against their abysmal neoconservatism that it may well take the GOP another 12 years to win the White House back.

His staggering mistake is not only has he not denounced the Bush Reign of Error, he has actually cozied up to it! And has numerous of George’s thugs and goons on his staff!

What in the name of Great Caesar’s Ghost are these people thinking?!

The man is a walking train wreck of a nominee. With so many problems that he makes the middling BHO look like one of the Founding Fathers.

THE CONS DON’T EVEN LIKE HIM!

Simply stated, he is, hands down, the weakest GOP candidate for POTUS in my lifetime. The guy makes Bob Dole and John McCain look like invincible juggernauts in comparison.

And at least McCain had integrity, valor, service before self and supreme sacrifice on his side.

But Flip? He is completely without any of those traits.

The election is over. And has been for months. The effete, northeastern, Holy Father of Socialist Medicine, severely conservative RINO is a dead man walking.

But his fellow zombies want to pretend otherwise.

Which makes for great spectacle and comedy.

So go ahead and endure what promises to be an insufferable summer and fall, neocons.

I’m stocking up on popcorn…

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I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin…

July 25th, 2012
5:42 pm
“I’d rather see a man’s academic records, to be able to discern whether he’s a total dimwit or not, then to find out the methods he used to make a bunch of money.”
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Especially if you support the guy who made lots of money by being an unethical, un-American crook. Gotta keep that swept under the rug, don’t you cupcake?

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What could Rmoney tell us about himself?

Once he’s demonstrated that his word is only a tool to get what he wants, and that tool changes based on which faction he’s attempting to manipulate to get what he wants, then it doesn’t really matter what his message is, because there’s no reason whatsoever to believe a word of it. Put me down in the “it would be virtually impossible for me to care less than I already do now” column.

I know enough to know I don’t want to know any more.

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Fair and Balanced

1. Still does not change the fact that MA wanted the health care.
2. So, false platitudes about what you knew was racist rhetoric don’t impress me; better off saying nothing.
3. What private sector job did Obama hold after (supposedly) Harvard?
4. Why is it ok for Obama to withhold his information for privacy reasons but it’s not ok for Mitt to do the same?

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He revealed nothing then and his background is sealed much tighter today

My personal guess about his college records is that he applied as a foreign student in order to qualify for financial aid. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t necessarily hold it against him, though I do hold his lack of forthrightness against him.

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Would anyone like to discuss the Kennedy family tax shelters, while we’re on the subject?

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Bruno

July 25th, 2012
5:38 pm
Great to see TBG on board. The man is so cool, he actually knows Victoria’s Secret.

If you missed it earlier, my GF and I will be visiting Jersey in about 3 weeks. Really looking forward to the trip.
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My Homeboy Bruno, what’s up. How did the road race go for you and PB?

Yeah, I saw that you were heating up top (Jerzey for those not in the know). How do I place my order for chocolate ecliar Tasty Kake and Deitz and Watson HOT sausage (although I’ll settle for Parks)?

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I see where Ann Romney’s Dressage expenses are medical expenses.

That’s great news!

All my future bird hunting trips will be medical expenses; walking is good physical exercise.

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How did the road race go for you and PB?

We set an easy pace, and did great. We’re heading out the door for a 5K tonight in the 100 degree heat.

How do I place my order for chocolate ecliar Tasty Kake and Deitz and Watson HOT sausage (although I’ll settle for Parks)?

LOL–I’ve been dying for a REAL cheese steak for the longest, as well as some of that great South Jersey pizza.

Great to chat with you, gotta run (literally).

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Joe B,

American Jews always vote overwhelmingly against Republicans. (Maybe they see them as too quasi-fascist?)

This election will be no different. I doubt that Flip will get 25% of the MOT vote.

Selah…

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Yet more evidence of just how insane the guy is:

This week, Mitt Romney is traveling to London and attending an elite fundraiser, charging $25,000 to $75,000 per plate, hosted by the banking CEOs at the center of the LIBOR interest rate-fixing scandal.

According to reporting by The Washington Post, executives of several banks under investigation for illegally manipulating interest rates are acting as co-chairs of the Romney fundraiser.

Welcome to the corporatocracy!

And you economic liberals are overjoyed that these elected representatives NO LONGER work for you but instead for their hugely monied “corproate personhood” paymasters…

SOVEREIGNTY FOR SALE! SOVEREIGNTY FOR SALE!

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“Princeton, NJ – Democrats are significantly less likely now (39%) than they were in the summers of 2004 and 2008 to say they are “more enthusiastic about voting than usual” in the coming presidential election. Republicans are more enthusiastic now than in 2008, and the same as in 2004.”

No surprise here. Based on their vote in 2008, the Dems should hang their heads in shame and beg for forgiveness from their fellow Americans.

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Thanks for the advice Dusty, but I have insurance that pays for my regular visit to the shrink.

however your suggestion may help some others here get the medical help they need.

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Some people may indeed want to know more about Romney, but if they “are waiting to hear what Romney has to say about himself” for that purpose, they are only deceiving themselves. It has become abundantly clear that Romney will say anything to get himself elected, and nothing he says shows what he actually would do as President.

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Alexandra Franceschi is Specialty Media Press Secretary of the Republican National Committee.

ESPUELAS: Now, how different is that concept from what were the policies of the Bush administration? And the reason I ask that is because there’s some analysis now that is being published talking about the Bush years being the slowest period of job creation since those statistics were created. Is this a different program or is this that program just updated?
FRANCESCHI: I think it’s that program, just updated.

It’s the Romney Campaign saying that he will use the disasterous Bush economic policies….

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Auntie Christ

July 25th, 2012
1:40 pm

This should help capture the blue collar vote, it will establish romney’s connection to the working man:

“Dressage cost Romney $77,000 in 2010, money that was spent on the feeding and care of Ann Romney’s co-owned horse, Rafalca, which will compete in the summer Olympics. The Romneys were able to declare the expenses as a tax-deductible loss.
This amount is considerably more than what the average American household earned in 2010—$49,445, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.”

I wonder how many jobs this has created?

Well there was the trainers job and I am sure there was a stable boy that feed the horse. How about the man that owns the boarding place the horse is at? The Vet that takes care of the horse? The people that built the trailer that hauls the horse to events?

Should I go on? The real question is how many jobs would have been lost if not for this tax break and how many jobs would have been lost if Romney paid this money to the government and did not have it to spend on this effort?

I can tell you if this money went to the government then it would have produced 1 government worker job.

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Yes, he needs to talk about himself more but for God’s sake don’t let him start telling the truth. He needs to tell the story about when he saved that disabled old lady from the angry mob of liberals who turned on her when they realized that through the strength of her will and her commitment to creating jobs, she made more money than they did.

You know, that kind of stuff.

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“All my future bird hunting trips will be medical expenses; walking is good physical exercise.”

Make you a deal…..you inflict yourself with MS and we won’t worry about you writing off your hunting trips……if you are able to take them.

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“This week, Mitt Romney is traveling to London and attending an elite fundraiser, charging $25,000 to $75,000 per plate, hosted by the banking CEOs at the center of the LIBOR interest rate-fixing scandal.”

Now that makes 2 of them then doesn’t it. But I tend to be more interested in Obama fundraising from the guys at Solyndra……give them our dollars, those guys take the money and run after closing Solyndra, and then show back up at a fundraiser……..

Follow the bouncing ball…..tax dollars from Obama to Obama……..

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“I see a need to weigh the outcomes carefully–attack Obama or tell the voters the whole truth about Bain and job creation and off-shore tax havens, etc. Attack Obama, it’s your only hope, Mitt.” – An honest Romney Adviser

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Yeah, Bernie Madoff Jr. should tell America who he really is. Then he’d lose by an even bigger landslide.

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schnirt: translation……….. I really do not have much facts t back up what I post but I will still put my exclamation point on it.

Talk radio and talk points are the best I have so …….. shnirt

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Someone remind me next time not to run a 5K in the 100 degree heat. PB almost got heat stroke…..

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With the total mismanagement of the Federal budget over the past three years, we need someone willing to lop off entire unproductive agencies: Education (never educated the first student), Energy (yet to produce its first erg), Labor, FNMA, FHLMC, EPA, FDA, and any other agency that arguably causes any constraint on economic growth.

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“We have given YOU PEOPLE all you need ” now go do some chores.

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I completely agree with the basics of this column. Romney needs to get the tax returns and the offshore bank accounts out in the open and he needs to do it now. Today the election is about Romney. The election must be about Obama and his performance as president, or Romney will lose.

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You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

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td @ 649 “Well there was the trainers job and I am sure there was a stable boy that feed the horse. How about the man that owns the boarding place the horse is at? The Vet that takes care of the horse? The people that built the trailer that hauls the horse to events?”

Well first of all, let me commend romney for not finding some way to ship all these jobs you mention overseas. Now I have to ask what is the problem you cons have with paying an unemployed factory worker extended unemployment benefits of $300 week? He certainly isn’t hiring any stable boys, but he’s paying the grocer, the shoe store, he’s buying gas at the stop-n-go to get to job interviews, he’s paying the banker or a landlord for his domicile instead of stiffing them for the mortgage or rent, he’s paying the power company, the gas company etc etc etc. Nonetheless all we hear from you and your brethren is that they are a ‘drain’ on society, while romney’s expenses for his horse’s upkeep are, according to you, good for the economy.

Wingfield’s lede is, romney has to talk about himself. Well, let him talk about how much he is paying the stable boy and the trainer. Is he offering benefits with the position, paid vacations and holidays. Implied in my comment was how a factory worker paying 18-25% in income tax on his labor will view willard’s taking a deduction for his dancing horse that allows him to pay only 15% in income taxes. If willard can point to the good wage and benefits he is paying to that stable boy it might give him some cred with the blue collar.

And as always whenever you cons defend the gazillionaires, you always make it seem like taxing them is only an insignificant sum “compared to what the government spends/takes in/wastes yada yada, or in this case it would only ‘create 1 government job.’ How bout this, the $77K deduction romney took for his wife’s hobby saved him about $10K in taxes. Eliminate this deduction for hobbiies masquerading as a business for a million more of these gazillionaires, who deduct their polo ponies, yachts, champion dogs, etc and we end up with $10 billion, more than the TSPLOST will yield over ten years here in metro ATL. We could get the iimprovements needed in our transportation and not pay the 1% you so strenuously object to.

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Romney doesn’t know himself. He would have to be scripted for whomever he would be talking to at the time.

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Who Romney brings to the political area with him is very important in defining who he is just like who Bush brought. We got one impression about Bush, yet the country was run by Chaney and Runsfeld to the point that Powell resigned and Rice was a weak voice in the back row. The same storm is coming again if Romney is elected. He is another front man for some dark characters only higher volume. Follow the money and you will see all you need to know about Romney. What we can’t follow the money, hidden donors, superpacs, and refusing to give tax returns. In the end Obama wins, to some it is better to know the devil within than the stranger outside.

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The only reason they are voting for this awful candidate is because he is white no more no less. He owned a company that raped other companies and threw people to the street. Another vietnam draft dodger. Why do people have the illusion the right are better on war when they all avoid service? Bush dodged, Cheney he said he more important things to do, Karl Rove, Mitt. Its funny how they really control the media and the message.

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What is there to learn? the man helped outsource jobs for years, and now he stands in front of idiots on the right and ask for their vote.

The man has hide billions around the world, his tax return will prove, if this was any Dem during this the right wing nut jobs would be around the clock especially idiots viewers of fox reporting this story.

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“Nobody cares that Romney is rich. It’s Romney’s inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government’s tax code largesse. That’s a little offensive to people, especially considering Romney’s view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like, I don’t know, food and medicine.”

Jon Stewart

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Note to East Lake IRA: If you want to know more about Mitt Romney’s tax returns, I suggest you become his accountant.

But I suspect you’re not even remotely qualified for the job.

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Once again, carlos, you fail to understand Massachusetts politics and political makeup.

To repeat it again for you would be pointless, as you seem to be incapable of internalizing facts.

The operative words are “veto-proof Democrat House and Senate super-majorites”.

Now try to learn something, will you?

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Oh, and THIS is the type of political shenanigans Romney had to work with as governor:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220726secret_safe_galvinnixes_parking_fight_decision_sets_off_firestorm_of_public_records_outrage/srvc=home&position=0

To summarize: Mass. legislators get a per diem if they’re working for travel to and from Boston if they live outside of a certain area.

And they put in for a LOT of per diem.

So a local paper tried to get the parking lot records to see if these lawmakers were actually at the State House doing work on the days they claimed to be in town.

Nixed the the Democrat Governor, backed up by the Democrat Secretary of State.

Democrat Governor tells the paper they should just film legislators coming and going if they want to prove something.

Then orders his State Police to ban filming at the parking lot.

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Tiberius – 8:56

1. I was refering to Romney’s apparent lack of understanding of the American electorate as to how he has failed to adequately explain his flip-floping.

2. I understand perfectly well why he’s done so many 180’s. He must appeal to the crazed far right Christian fundamentalists who are now the core of the Party if he hopes to get enough votes to win. To do this, he has to shed any and all liberal views and become as narrow, ignorant and intolerable as the rest of the “compassionate conservatives”. Needless to say, you are a regular poster boy for these bigoted dummies.

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The Romneys have told you people all they need to in order to be elected leader of this great country.

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Thanks for admitting your ignorance of Romney’s record, carlos.

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Nice bigoted comment, Finn.

Your game wasn’t all that good before, but it’s degraded with this comment.

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Of course, using generalities of a particular business model, while completely ignoring the ACTUAL performance of Bain Capital, specifically during the time of Mitt Romney’s tenure, would cause you to get kicked out of debate class, Inciteful.

But since the Bain record under Romney’s leadership is one of significantly better than average success, you really don’t want to use those specifics, do you?

First, you don’t teach a debate class so your opinion in that regard is of no consequence, Tiberius. Second, I posted excerpts from an article written by Luke Johnson, chairman of the private equity firm Risk Capital Partners. If you think you are more qualified to speak to the qualifications for presidency one obtains from experience in the private equity business than someone actually in the private equity business, then it is truly you with the swelled head here.

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Finn McCool

Not, it’s because he is a white male. After the dismal – tragic – failure of W, we don’t trust white males with taking the reins.

So, all of our Presidents from now on will not be white? That’s rich. I love how the left calls us all biggoted good ol boys but this is the answer we get from our esteemed collegue Finn. Stay classy, Atlanta!

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Dusty @8:59 pm
“Have you ever seen so many liberals trying to say something bad about Romney? They just can’t adjust to great intellect, vast experience in business and governance, fine family, total honesty and a pleasing appearance. He’s got it all and nothing can change that. “

The liberals mainly repeat what the conservatives said about Romney during the primaries.

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Brown eyes, T.

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“The liberals mainly repeat what the conservatives said about Romney during the primaries.”

And yet, Romney is about to become the GOP nominee, MarkV.

So either the GOP isn’t a party populated with a bunch of die-hard, accept no substitute right wing bigots (as you and your fellow libs like to characterize them), or your statement is pure bunk.

Or both.

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I accept your surrender, Tiberius.

Next time, try facts.

You know, relevant ones.

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Which self would he talk about? His skills as a panderer? His total lack of genuine values?
Romney’s only admirable pose was when he was playing a moderate, pragmatic governor of Massachusetts- and that drives the drooling fools who make up the “core” of the Republican Party nuts… er, nuttier.
It’s clear that he and his campaign know that whatever “self” there is needs to be kept well hidden.

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Tiberius- 9:21

You wish

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He does need to talk about himself more. Now he’s either telling and repeating lies about Obama, or trying to walk back things he said and did as Gov, and he looks like a fool doing it.

Great choice wingnuts! Of course, compared to your track record of late, it really is a great choice…

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Romney would have to use the word “evolved” in order to gain acceptance among liberals. It’s the words that matter.

schnirt

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all the attacks on Romney and yet he is still polling in a DEAD HEAT with OBAMA even without unleashing counter attacks becasue he can’t spend the money he just raised until he is the official R nominee

THATS A BAD SIGN

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Documents obtained by the Boston Globe show that the FDIC negotiated a $10 million forgiveness with Bain & Co. while Romney was chairman and CEO in 1993

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I see the DNC talking points memo has gone out this morning . . .

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“No surprise here. Based on their vote in 2008, the Dems should hang their heads in shame and beg for forgiveness from their fellow Americans.”

Sure.. when you apologize for 2000, 2004, and 2010…

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Hey Romney to discuss his personal side….

Problem:

Corporations are people too…
I love to fire people….
We have released all we are going too (tax returns)
I left Bain in 1999….

Kyle I think THAT is his personal side….

I will give him points for courage and his zest for the Presidency…. But he has never been the GOP choice. He still isn’t the GOP choice. The ads from the Obama campaign have been spot on. (I’ve watched Romney’s attack ads and they are mostly from op eds from his listed news sources heck everyone can write what they think…).

And therein lies the rub…. Romney cannot attack and attack without substance. If the presumptive candidate is to sway voters his way, he needs to come up with tangible solutions. Not beat the drum of the standard political rhetoric of the GOP (or whatever it is these days). Easy to state tough to sell. Romney does not exist as 99% of American citizens do. No harm in that in fact kudos from all Americans on your success….but…..your convictions, your lifestyle, do not make you representative of all of us (see reference to the 99% above). Tough sell because Mitt and Ann don’t sit around your dinner table discussing who are we going to pay, how are we going to pay, no one please get sick, stress, they discuss the American Dream. No, this is not a referendum on President Obama. This is an exposing of who truly reflects America. This country is not a corporation. Yet, the GOP’s principles support that. If you frame it in that way, then the corporations have anointed their champion and are now moving to take controlling stock in this country. Hmmm, so they can outsource us?

Never Romney. Never.

OBAMA 2012

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THATS A BAD SIGN

Or a good sign, depending how you are looking at it. A good sign for the country IMO. We’ve tried the spend, spend, spend approach, and all it has done is drive us further in debt.

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” we NEED someone with business experience right now, someone who has experience balancing the books.”

Exactly… cause you know, the last CEO president did so well, and left office with this country in great shape.

schnirt

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And since she was addressing someone in the media, Inciteful, Ann Romney’s comment was entirely appropriate.

And in my case, applauded.

But please, provide any proof you may feel shows otherwise.

I shant be holding my breath waiting.

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During Romney’s campaign for Massachusetts governor following the games, he boasted of his lobbying abilities. “I’m in favor of getting more money from the federal government. … We need to do a better job getting money from Washington,” he said. “And I’m going to go after the transportation department and get more money there if at all possible. I was successful in doing that in organizing the Olympics — got record funds from the federal government. I’ll do that here.”

There is just so much that Mitt should tell us about.

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Who backs Hollyweird?

Answer: Movie addicted, violence adicted cons.

Ironic.

Hypocritical.

Hysterical.

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Yeah, ’cause states that send so much money to Washington shouldn’t try to get as much of that back.

Let’s just have it taken and allow it to go to another state.

Pathetic, Inciteful. I suggest you bone up on taxes and appropriations to learn how that process works.

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Rightwing Troll:

” we NEED someone with business experience right now, someone who has experience balancing the books.”

schnirt

It’s obvious that my signature “schnirt” is a word that matters to you and a coupl’a others?

Too funny! Originality is not your strong suit.

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Originality from a lib, @@?

Surely you jest!

These folks have had their ability to think independently from what the State has told them drummed out of them years ago.

Cut and paste wonders, they are.

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“And the job of the Olympic lobbyist is to… create jobs in Burma making Olympic uniforms using federal tax dollars.”

You DO realize that the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and the US Olympic Committee are two different organizations, don’t you, Inciteful?

Of course you didn’t!

Which is why you didn’t know that the Organizing Committee headed up by Mitt Romney organized the games and the venues, while the Olympic Committee takes care of the athletes – INCLUDING their uniforms.

Facts are such troublesome things to you, aren’t they?

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If Romney is so proud of his success as a business man, then why is he hiding his tax returns?

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Facts elude you, Tiberius.

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But he has never been the GOP choice. He still isn’t the GOP choice.

TRUTH–I can’t deny your statement. At best, Romney was my third choice for Pres among the Republican candidates, but is definitely my first choice when stacked up against Obama.

Like Kyle, my first choice among all of the candidates who were running was Newt. Somehow, someway, I believe that Romney is a more palatable choice from the Left side of the aisle. In the future, I’ll likely be backing Governor Christie from my home state of NJ. He is smart, compassionate and a straight shooter.

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Ironic.

Hysterical.

….

Originality from a lib, @@?

What kind of a blog would this be without all of the insults??

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You DO realize your 11:32 and 11:33 were unresponsive answers, don’t you, Inciteful?

Once again, I accept your surrender.

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Inciteful – you did see the latest jobs report for Ga? Back over 9% and that doesn’t include the given up. Apparently you think Romney’s tax returns is the most burning issue? It’s the economy!

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@Tiberius- Well his father George Romney thought it was the American peoples business when he released 10 years worth of tax returns. What is Mitt Romney hiding?

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Tiberius continues to surrender to me as though he thinks I shall accept. Please do continue to defend your Republican candidate for president. I cannot accept your surrender so long as you have breath in you to defend him for such comic relief is not something to be sacrificed lightly.

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How is releasing tax returns in excess of what is required going to help us find a leader that can turn the economy around. All you’re going to find is that he was successful and he adhered to the law (we have an agency called the IRS for that and if you think that they give the 1%’s a free pass you are really living in the clouds ). You do realize he was in “private” partnerships and releasing his returns without editing would expose his partners to public scrutiny that they did not agree to? He’s complied all he needs to and it’s time to focus on real issues like is the current guy capable and why?

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@MadMax – Romney couldn’t help create jobs in Massachusettes, so how is he going to turn around 50 states job picture? Answer: He can’t. And Romney created more jobs in India, China and Mexico then he did here in the United States. I’ll pass on Romney

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“THEY ARE MY BUSINESS.

The American people have a right to know if their President is a crook.”

And if you have any evidence whatsoever, Cheesy grits, bring it.

But if the IRS doesn’t have any, you’re not going to find any in his tax returns, either.

Peeping Tom.

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“Well his father George Romney thought it was the American peoples business when he released 10 years worth of tax returns.”

And in case you missed it, Mitt’s first name isn’t George. That particular Romney has left this earth. So it doesn’t really matter in 2012, except to a bunch of Peeping Tom liberals who can’t focus on their own incumbent’s record because it is so woeful.

Romney is rich.

Get over it.

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Obama/Biden 2012

July 26th, 2012
11:58 am
Please show me the community organizers plan to create jobs and get the economy moving, I think he has had long enough to study the problem to come up with an intelligent solution. At least we know that Romney has some idea how to run a large organization successfully. All of Obamas experience was about seeing the government as an unlimited supply of grant money. He is totally unprepared for figuring out how tto generate the revenue to keep up with the spending.

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@Tiberius Well its not just “Peeping Tom liberals” who are demanding that Mittens release his tax returns. The governor of Alabama and Texas have told him to release them. As well as Haley Barbour, Ron Paul, Bill Kristol, and many other CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS have said so on record.

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“Then why not release them ?”

Because some people smarter than you refuse to give you more useless talking points to attack his wealth.

‘Cause that’s all you’ve got, Cheesy Grits.

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The Globe also found financial disclosure forms filed by Romney that indicate he still owned 100 percent of Bain in 2002, and earned at least $100,000 as an “executive” for the firm in 2001 and 2002.

More Uh Oh.

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@MadMax – Just because you’re uninformed and don’t know what the President’s jobs plan is, doesn’t mean the rest of American is in the dark. Turn off Faux News and turn to a real news program and educate yourself. The President has been talking about the US economy and jobs programs for the past 3 and a half years. WAKE UP. Just because republicans oppose everything he has put forth doesn’t mean that it isn’t there.

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As The Huffington Post reported, sworn testimony given by Romney in 2002 undermined his claims that he left Bain in 1999. In that testimony, given as part of a hearing to determine if he had sufficient Massachusetts residency to run for governor, Romney said that he “remained on the board” of the LifeLike Co., which Bain held a stake in at the time.

LifeLike’s 2000 corporate filing, filed with the state of Colorado, lists Romney as a director.

Uh Oh again.

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@Tiberius – Mitt Romney can’t even tell the truth of how long he worked at Bain Capital – the company HE CREATED! And why was the state of Massachusettes 47th in job growth under Governor Romney? 47th!!! Those are facts not talking points.

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Etch-A-Sketch says: “Move along… nothing to see here!”

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Did anybody see Tom Coburn on Greta last night?

Don’t really watch GOPTV.

You do know that Greta is a Scientologist too right ?

Talk about a corrupt group.

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“And why was the state of Massachusettes 47th in job growth under Governor Romney?”

They weren’t. Already debunked.

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Romney signed an SEC filing in November 1999 pursuant to Bain’s partial acquisition of medical-waste firm Stericycle, Mother Jones reported. The filing noted that he was the “sole shareholder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President” of the Bain entities involved in the $75 million deal.

Stericycle! That sounds like a bad cycle to be on. What would Mitt want with that. In November of 1999.

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Talking Points Memo uncovered two SEC filings from July 2000 and February 2001. In both, Romney lists his “principal occupation” as “Managing Director of Bain Capital, Inc.”

Clearly another misprint, right. That should have been “Retired Managing Director of Bain Capital, Inc.”

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A former Bain Capital partner, Ed Conard, said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Up W/Chris Hayes” that Romney was “legally” the CEO and sole owner of Bain Capital until 2002, as an ownership battle dragged on after Romney left to take over the Salt Lake City Olympics.

Probably just the rantings of a disgruntled employee partner.

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tiredofit
If Romney’s claim to fame is business and balancing the “books”,

Well, at least he can claim that, I have never figured out what Obama’s claim to fame is, other than he reads well from the teleprompter. We know economics is not something he is good at.

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Another person’s religion is of no interest to me. People are free to practice as they please.

Normally I would agree but Scientology is not a religion.

Its a scam and she is a part of it. It ruins peoples lives.

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Well, at least he can claim that, I have never figured out what Obama’s claim to fame is, other than he reads well from the teleprompter.

I love the teleprompter lines.

Just wait till the debates. Cheesy grits wont have one either.

Its gonna be a slaughter.

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“We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course, it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere,” Cameron said in response to Romney’s ill-conceived rant.

Salt Lake City is so not in the middle of nowhere. Right, Mitt.

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Obama/Biden 2012

July 26th, 2012
12:28 pm

Thank you for admitting you don’t have a clue what Obama’s plan is.

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Finn, aka Cheesy

The debates are going to be a hoot. Obama is going to do everything he can to steer the debate onto the side issues and Romney is going to keep bringing the discussion back to Obama’s lousy record and lack of a plan for the future.

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Okay. I must depart for a while. There is only so much fun I can handle in one sitting. You loyalist Republicans keep up the Mitt defense now, ya hear.

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Obama’s not top secret plan for jobs and to improve the economy. A six point economic plan.

Step 1. Raise taxes
Step 2 Raise taxes
Step 3 Blame Bush
Step 4 Blame GOP for being obstructionist
Step 5 Print more money
Step 6 Raise Taxes

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The debates are going to be a hoot.

Yes they will be. Romney will finally have to answer some tough questions instead of just saying Obama is wrong about everything.

He finally will have to take a stance on the issues. I hope he has his etch a sketch ready.

Its gonna be hilarious.

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Won’t it be great when bookman comes off of vacation and all these mealy mouthed liberals run back into his sewer?

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Jose

Good line, but the ole Reagan line of, “Are you better off today, than you were 4 years ago?” pretty much ends the discussion, for most rational people.

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@MadMax – And I find it hilarious that you can’t name one single thing that Romney would do as President that GW Bush hasn’t already done for the economy. *EPIC FAIL*

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I report

Why are you no longer at Bookman’s?

You elected to go?

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Rafe

No coronation, but it is Romney who has the uphill battle.

Going to be close, either way. It will not be the whooping that your boy McCain took

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“Here is one, stop the stupid government spending.”

Well actually he is on record saying that if the economy continue to be stagnated, he will not be doing much cutting.

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“Just wait till the debates. Cheesy grits wont have one either.

Its gonna be a slaughter.”

The Romnet that was Gov of Mass was a very smart man, the Romney that we see now, well he sounds like an idiot trying to walk the fine line of walking back all his words and actions of the past while not admitting any of it ever happened.

The debates will be interesting.

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Conservative New Hampshire Union Leader Newspaper calls on Romney to release his tax returns!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/new-hampshire-union-leader-romney-returns_n_1705381.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Romney wants to know if anyone can change his swiss francs….

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New Hampshire Union Leader Newspaper calls on Romney to release his tax returns!

Rafe Hollister is calling on Barry Obama to release his social security records, so that we can see why he has a number normally issued to people living in CT, when he has never lived there.

No one cares what either I or the Union Leader want.

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The main problem Romoney will have in the debates is he has flipped and lied so many times he would need 500 index cards for the answers. Will be hilarious to watch.

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Sure is great to have a choice to post on Bookman or Wingfield’s blogs. Thanks guys

Some have abused their privileges and now they can only post at one or the other. Those seem to be the ones who seem to be the angriest at those who have elected not to abuse the privalege.

Can you say irony?

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Haven’t commented on the Anglo-Saxon “heresy”…but this guy sums it up pretty well. With him, I agree.

What’s wrong with America having Anglo-Saxon heritage?

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You cry:

Some have abused their privileges and now they can only post at one or the other.

Oh really? Follow me to the other blog. I’ll leave you a message.

I choose to be here.

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I do not recall saying your name in my post, but if the shoe fits……

It certainly does for several bloggers.

carry on

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Not only does Romney have the same disasterous economic plan as Bush, he also has the same foreign policy agenda as Bush — upset and insult our allies….

Romney Offends Britain: Questions ‘Disconcerting’ Signs U.K. Is Not Ready For The Olympics

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/romney-offends-britain-questions-disconcerting-signs-u-k-is-not-ready-for-the-olympics/

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“We have given you people all the information you need” Now let me get back to the design of my car elevator and my dancing horse. Anybody have some Grey Poupon?

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The U-turn president: Barack Obama’s top ten flip-flops

Obama, pledging to restore America’s standing in the world but lowering it instead

A key foreign policy theme of the Obama presidential election campaign was the notion that President Bush had damaged America’s image on the world stage, with his supposedly ‘cowboy’ policies. In the words of a campaign document, “Barack Obama and Joe Biden will restore America’s standing in the world by providing a new American leadership to meet the challenges of a new century”.

As president, however, Obama has done exactly the opposite, insulting key allies such as Great Britain, Israel and Poland.

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continued

“I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life.” Source
“Any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability.” Source

“If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation.” Source
“What works in one state may not be the answer for another.” Source

“It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.” Source
“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.” Source

“It’s a tax cut for fat cats.” Source
“I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.” Source

“It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.” Source
“He’s going to pay, and he will die.” Source

“Relative to the leading candidates, some people see me as being more conservative.” Source
“I’m not the most conservative candidate.” “I’m not the most conservative candidate.” Source

“The TARP program… was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.” Source
“When government is… bailing out banks… we have every good reason to be alarmed.” Source

“These carbon emission limits will provide real and immediate progress.” Source
“Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.” Source

“This is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car.” Source
‘They’re not happy that my dog loves fresh air.” Source

“Those… paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship.” Source
“Amnesty only led to more people coming into the country.” Source

“When I first heard of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly.” Source
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has worked well.” Source

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I see that Up Up and Away has been taking in the DNC talking points today.

Intelligent people don’t rely on snippets of quotes to make an informed decision about who should be President.

We leave the uninformed decisions to the Democrats.

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Tiberius

I believe it was Romney himself when quoting Obama just last week said……. “He said what he said and I take his word on it”

As for the number of issues on that list, some are bs, but clearly even Stevie Wonder can see the run to the right to solidify the social conservative vote.

But you spin all you like. Hopefully it will assist in your self esteem.

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Oh, the words from Mitt’s mouth… flip, flop and LIE about it!

“I’m not familiar precisely with what I said, but I’ll stand by what I said, whatever it was.”

Bwaaaaaa!

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Tiberius

They are both flip floppers. Don’t be so blind as to only see the hypocrisy of one side.

Nothing new.

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Tiberius

Then why say something to me and not a word to the blogger who posted Obama’s flip flops.

Clearly even you can see your bias.

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Up Up and Away, you need to learn something about me. Be precise in your wording or I will call out your nonsense for what it is.

You asked about Electoral College projections, which are, in fact meaningless until the final 2-3 weeks of a campaign.

You said nothing about their importance, which your follow-on comment addressed. Battleground states are important, or they wouldn’t be called battleground states. That they are important is why they are expending resources in them.

The polls are NOT a valid reason why they are there.

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Tiberius

I need not learn nor care anything about you. No offense, but I do not know or care to know you.

Say what you wish and I will do the same. You come across as thinking you are some big shot of the blog. Whoooooppppppppeeeeeeeeee

End of story.

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“As you may or may not have noted, I did not defend Obama for his numerous flip flops and bs. Just merely showing that it is a two way street. If the blogger who posted Obama’s flip flops can not see Romney’s flips flops, not much can be said.”

Anyone can google either candidate’s flip flops in 5 seconds. No need for you to act less intelligent than you really are.

Just saying

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@ gm – Great post.

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Those tax returns are released to the public to better see who “we the people” are putting in office. They are not just released to the media. The little people do know how to read a tax return and see that someone has way understated the value of investments put in their IRA. Most of the little people would get audited for that. It is not up to the Romneys to decide what questions “we the people” have about their finances. I never heard any president or his wife be so dismissive and arrogant.

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If any one think this man should be President need their head checked, this man is already a joke around the world Bush 2, yet we have the retards on the right who care nothing about the image of the President.
President Obama by far represent America the way it should be, it has taken him 3 years to clean up the last idiot in the White house, now here comes iditot number 2, please bigots and haters on the right its about America””””’

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