RNC 2012: Before Romney’s speech, campaign releases a bevy of Bain videos (see one here)
Hours before Mitt Romney takes the stage to accept the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign released nine new videos on YouTube about his successes in business. Could they represent a preview of the case he’ll make tonight? Here’s one of them, about that staple of shopping malls across the country: Brookstone.
A robust defense of his business career has been a long time coming. Will these help do the trick?
(H/t: Hot Air)
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
Clint Eastwood tells chair to get out of Afghanistan
slate.com
gm
August 30th, 2012
11:39 pm
Baptist Voting For A Mormon in 2012
Bad Obama for spending money on Americans, making sure women and children have health care, but you people claim to love Christ, sorry dont want that God””’
Patty
August 30th, 2012
11:51 pm
Once again bash President Obama with no solutions, this guy will be a joke around the world, President Obama is going to eat this phoney lunch next week ””””’
You need to clean out your ears–Mitt offered a FIVE POINT PLAN to get America back on it’s feet. A far cry from Obama–cause HOPE IS NOT AN ACTION PLAN!
Patty
August 30th, 2012
11:59 pm
Bad Obama for spending money on Americans, making sure women and children have health care, but you people claim to love Christ, sorry dont want that God””’
I don’t see any women and children getting health care, just the HOPE of that in the future. Mitt actually put it into ACTION in Mass. when he was governor! And what money has Obama spent on Americans? And where can I get some to save the house I bought that continues to lose money?
They BOTH suck
August 31st, 2012
12:10 am
Continue on with the pillow fighting if you must
I’m out
Peace and much love
hsn
August 31st, 2012
12:14 am
Now you know life is hard for the kons when even Jan Brewer endorses Obama:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jan-brewer-endorses-obama-arizona-130246129–election.html
Patty
August 31st, 2012
12:17 am
They both suck–I TOTALLY AGREE!
just sayin'
August 31st, 2012
12:24 am
Please keep in mind, the black population in the US is only about 13%. So when the Dem convention has 30 or 40 % black reps, that is not American either.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
12:48 am
Mitt Romney: “President Obama has promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet.
My promise is to help you and your family.”
Money quote.
hsn
August 31st, 2012
1:02 am
just sayin’ said: “Please keep in mind, the black population in the US is only about 13%. So when the Dem convention has 30 or 40 % black reps, that is not American either.”
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That’s not the point. The point is that if you look at typical Democratic conventions, you see a fair representation of Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, etc… MORE SO than Republican conventions which usually tend to be overwhelming blonds, brunettes, and red-heads.
I must say this RNC Convention is an improvement over the one held in 2008, though.
Race is AN issue with Republicans and anyone who denies it is living on a different planet.
Not that the Dems are entirely pure but race is a far more bigger issue in the Republican Party.
For example, SINCE Reconstruction, how many Black Republicans have been ELECTED into the House and Senate of the US Congress compared to the Black Dems? There is the elephant in the room, but they WILL ALWAYS deny reality and use Blacks and other minorities as puns when they have to but get rid of them when the “right” White boy is ready. Look at what they did to Michael Steele… LoL !
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
1:07 am
Sad you think that way, hsn, because:
A: it’s not reality, and
B: It’s just plain stupid to believe that.
Now, if you want a party that takes minorities for granted, without providing anything but empty promises and no results, look no farther than the Democrat Party.
hsn
August 31st, 2012
1:23 am
Tiberius said: “Sad you think that way, hsn, because: A: it’s not reality, and B: It’s just plain stupid to believe that.”
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There ya go !!! You proved my point. Tell them the obvious truth that was live and colored and they WILL DENY it. Instead of answering a simple question vis-a-vis number of Black ELECTED House and Senate members for the two parties SINCE Reconstruction, the first thing you did was to DENY and insult me. BTW, “Denial” is a river in Egypt.
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P.S. Kyle Wingfield, please do not block or ban my posts because I challenge your Republican cheerleading blogs. Don’t be a dictator and stifle dissent, although I understand I am your worst nightmare. LoL!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
1:30 am
“Instead of answering a simple question vis-a-vis number of Black ELECTED House and Senate members for the two parties SINCE Reconstruction,”
Because it is an idiotic question that has no meaning, hsn.
It doesn’t say ANYTHING about how Republicans treat or value minorities, hsn; it has everything to do with how minorities value the GOP.
If a political party isn’t going to give you free stuff, why would you vote for them?
hsn
August 31st, 2012
1:55 am
Tiberius said: “It doesn’t say ANYTHING about how Republicans treat or value minorities, hsn; it has everything to do with how minorities value the GOP. If a political party isn’t going to give you free stuff, why would you vote for them?”
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You can’t help yourself, can you? Re-read what you wrote c.a.r.e.f.u.l.l.y….
Contrary to Republicans lies, minorities don’t mainly vote for the Dems because they are “lazy” and want “free stuff.” Aaah… So, only, if minorities will be “hardworking” and “reject” all “free” stuff as Whites do, then maybe, just maybe, they will be welcome in large numbers in the Republican Party?
Wow… so is your logic suggesting that, by nature the Republican Party just happens to attract more White people because White people “hate” to be given something for free while Minorities just can’t get enough “free” stuff?
You see, “that thought” has been so ingrained inside of you cons that you don’t even realize you are validating my charge that the big ELEPHANT within the Republican Party is race. Maybe Minorities hate to be labelled with such racial stereotypes? That is why they DO NOT VALUE the GOP in large numbers, not because they want “free” stuff?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
2:13 am
hsn, why would ANYBODY vote for the Democrats / liberal Party?
Because they promise government will take care of them. I can’t help it if the majority of blacks vote for security over freedom. That is THEIR problem, but it is not the Republican’s problem.
The Republicans are who they are, and they don’t pander to any group based on skin color in order to get their vote. They are just not that shallow (as you seem to be).
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 31st, 2012
5:46 am
Red: Some lovely soaring rhetoric. 12 million jobs? What’s the plan Mitt?
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Step 1: Remove business-hating, regulation-loving, job-killing liberal fascist from Our White House.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 31st, 2012
5:53 am
hsn: I understand I am your worst nightmare. LoL!
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We finally agree on something. That statement WAS LOL-worthy.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 31st, 2012
5:55 am
Red: 12 million jobs? What’s the plan Mitt?
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Obozo’s been implementing his plan for four years, and we have fewer jobs today than when he took office.
Your guy’s a failure.
Patty
August 31st, 2012
8:25 am
hsn, you need to go back to history class–black legislators have been an important part of the Republican landscape since just after the Civil War. In Georgia alone, 68 black men were elected to help reconstruct the South at both the national and local level.
And they were Republicans, following the party of Abraham Lincoln. Black men and women continue to get voted into Congress from both parties. And you need to at least google your ‘facts’ before you start spouting off that racial crap.
@@
August 31st, 2012
8:42 am
Totally off-topic.
Clayton County’s Police Chief is under investigation, our soon-to-be Sheriff, Victor Hill has a trial pending, and our school superintendent will be leaving in the middle of the school year.
Does it get any “better” than that?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
8:48 am
Expecting the usual anti-Romney attacks from those who couldn’t be bothered to listen and watch last night, but after the convention, thought I’d put together a little comparison between Obama and Romney.
Obama – Nice, open guy who centers things around himself (how many times do you hear “I” coming out of his speeches?)
Romney – Nice, reserved guy who prefers to have his role in an accomplishment kept quiet. The people who were helped know, and that’s all he cares about.
Obama – the guy you can sit down with and have a drink and toke.
Romney – doesn’t drink or smoke anything.
Obama – successful in getting elected to higher government positions.
Romney – successful at everything that matters.
Obama – wants to lower the seas and heal the planet.
Romney – wants to help Americans get back to work.
Obama – when faced with the biggest challenge of his life – failed to lead (but doesn’t fail to tell you who else was to blame).
Romney – just leads. Humbly, quietly, and effectively.
Thomas Heyward Jr.
August 31st, 2012
9:05 am
All of you Romney/Obama-Bots………..keep bending over for Washington
REAL Americans scoff.
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“Let me tell you, I was a little afraid to come down here,” Paul told the crowd at his Sun Dome rally. “I wasn’t afraid of Hurricane Isaac. But there have been a lot of news headlines that say the Revolution is over….They’re saying the Revolution isn’t happening — they wish!”
Ron Paul
Karl Rove
August 31st, 2012
9:08 am
Those GOP speakers did a great job. Got everyone conned again thinking we are the party of YES when in Congress we have been the party of NO. Rubio and Ryan would have had you think that Congress is just waiting to pass job creation bills. Funny how that bill eliminating tax credits for relocating businesses overseas got killed by GOP twice in the Senate, And now e got everyone truly believe ng that Black guy has been caught stealing from Medicare. Nobody knows that 716 billion is being fumnneled back to Seniors in new benefits. But that is through Obamacare. Just mention that Obamacare and those elederly go running to change their diapers. We got them scared good.
All those dirty tricks I learned in “72 to get that liar Nixon reelected sure came in handy.
Not one word at the whole convention about Romneycare as Mitt’s signature accomplishment as governor and how it has cost US taxpayers 8 and half billion in excess Medicaid.. You would thing that Black governor of Mass is responsible for it. Same for Bush’s fiasco in Iraq that Obama cleaned up like the butler he is. Just keep up the lies and hide the dirt under the rug and those suckers will vote GOP every time – a little voter suppression helps too
Karl Rove
August 31st, 2012
9:18 am
Those GOP speakers did a great job. Got everyone conned again thinking we are the party of YES when in Congress we have been the party of NO. Rubio and Ryan would have had you think that Congress is just waiting to pass job creation bills. Funny how that bill eliminating tax credits for relocating businesses overseas got killed by GOP twice in the Senate,No talk about Romney helping all those Chinese get American jobs – after all that is just the way business is if you want to make a lot of money. And now we got everyone truly believing that Black guyin the White House has been caught stealing from Medicare. Nobody knows that 716 billion is being fumnneled back to Seniors in new benefits. But that is through Obamacare. Just mention that word Obamacare and those elderly go running to change their diapers. We got them scared good.
All those dirty tricks I learned in “72 to get that liar Nixon reelected sure came in handy.
Not one word at the whole convention about Romneycare as Mitt’s signature accomplishment as governor and how it has cost US taxpayers eight and half billion in excess Medicaid.. You would thing that Black governor of Mass is responsible for it. Same for Bush’s fiasco in Iraq that Obama cleaned up like the butler he has been. Just keep up the lies and hide the dirt under the rug and those suckers will vote GOP every time – a little voter suppression helps too
And if you pass gas in a crowded room always blame some other guy especially if he is not some rich white guy.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:18 am
Thomas Heyward, any candidate for President in ANY party that refuses to endorse and fully support the eventual nominee (as Ron Paul has done) is a world-class, me-only, grade-A jerk.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 31st, 2012
9:21 am
Karl Rove
August 31st, 2012
9:08 am
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Four years of 8-10% unemployment.
$1.5 trillion deficits every year.
Record numbers on the dole.
Fewer jobs today than at the beginning of the Obozo regime.
Lost our AAA credit rating.
$800 billion wasted on non-stimulus and union payoffs.
$50 billion owed by GM to taxpayers.
Fail.
gm
August 31st, 2012
9:25 am
For all the idiots on the right, please watch next week the Dem all going to expose these two frauds records at the convention, Mitt had the nerve to say he is with women, yet him and the golden boy have voted against every women right bill.
I promise there will be all colors at this convention the way America looks, not the 1959 all white party””””’
Streetracer
August 31st, 2012
9:28 am
Tiberius @ 8:48 – Good comparison.
Destin Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:31 am
Tiberius… Yes.. very good Comp !!!!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:32 am
“yet him and the golden boy have voted against every women right bill. ”
Gee, I was unaware that Romney served in the U.S. Congress, gm.
And just what “women’s rights” bills are you writing about?
Independent voter
August 31st, 2012
9:35 am
Obama has proven in 3 1/2 years that he and his administration,, does NOT understand free market capitaism or even basic economics 101 !!!
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 31st, 2012
9:38 am
So, you folks gonna treat Romney like your last Republican resident? Vote him in office twice even though he is effing up America and then, for the next convention after he leaves office just don’t invite him or even bring up his name?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 31st, 2012
9:40 am
When did Obama say he was going to change the ocean water levels? I musta missed that one.
Or was that another Republican lie we should just add to the rest this week?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:41 am
“So, you folks gonna treat Romney like your last Republican resident? Vote him in office twice ”
From your lips to God’s ears, Finn!
(That was too easy)
lefty_316
August 31st, 2012
9:43 am
I’m looking at the Republican party platform here….Education: Republicans support consumer choice including home schooling, single-sex classes and year-round schooling. Republicans call for replacing family planning programs for teens with abstinence-only education until marriage…oh yeah this is going to be a huge winner. You bet, this is going to bring voters out in droves. Although they did forget to bash Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. But there’s always 2016.
Until the GOP purges the filthy perverted evangelical right and their unconstitutional agenda from the party it will continue on its merry way toward obsolesence.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:47 am
“When did Obama say he was going to change the ocean water levels? I musta missed that one.”
Like so many other things in politics, yes, you did miss that one, Finn.
ragnar danneskjold
August 31st, 2012
9:49 am
I thought about changing my usual behavior – avoiding convention coverage as vigorously as I avoid Oprah – to watch Eastwood, but I didn’t, sorry now I didn’t. The Drudge link with “highlights” is pretty good.
To our host’s question: if the lousy economy is not enough to repel voters from the idea of granting a second term to Chauncey, a half dozen videos will not do the job.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:49 am
“I’m looking at the Republican party platform here”
Well, you now make three people who actually look at a party platform. Party platforms are irrelevant.
“Until the GOP purges the filthy perverted evangelical right and their unconstitutional agenda from the party it will continue on its merry way toward obsolesence.”
Kinda forgot about November, 2010, did ya?
Thomas Heyward Jr.
August 31st, 2012
9:54 am
Tiberius – pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:18 am
Thomas Heyward, any candidate for President in ANY party that refuses to endorse and fully support the eventual nominee (as Ron Paul has done) is a world-class, me-only, grade-A jerk.
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Something about principles and the constitution ,I guess………that some people will never understand.
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Thank God that the Majority of Americans do.
(non-voters).
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I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 31st, 2012
9:57 am
If this is the best the Republicans can do they are in big trouble.
The truth is Obama was very vulnerable because he could not turn around the Bush disaster fast enough for some.
If the Republicans had a strong candidate they could have won.
Romney isn’t it though.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:58 am
“Thank God that the Majority of Americans do.”
Really? And just how many votes has Ron Paul EVER gotten in ANY of his attempts at winning the Presidency, Thomas Heyward?
Paulistas – they’re the new crazy.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
9:59 am
“If the Republicans had a strong candidate they could have won.”
Strange, but I must have missed the General Election, Cheesy. Is it already November 8th?
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August 31st, 2012
10:01 am
From Obama’s “Moment” speech:
Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 31st, 2012
10:03 am
Well, you now make three people who actually look at a party platform. Party platforms are irrelevant.
Actually alot of people do. And the republican party one would be pretty repulsive to most Americans.
Kinda forgot about November, 2010, did ya?
Nah. But if you cant see that the Republican party tent is getting smaller and smaller.
Well just keep doing what your doing. Keep moving to the right.
See where it gets ya.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 31st, 2012
10:04 am
Strange, but I must have missed the General Election, Cheesy. Is it already November 8th?
Not yet.
But all indicators have Obama winning.
Especially when you look at the Electoral college. Its a huge uphill fight for Romney.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 31st, 2012
10:06 am
For example I could see Romney actually winning the popular vote.
But the electoral college odds are really stacked against him.
He need almost every toss up to go his way.
Obama needs only to pick off a couple and he has got the 270 needed to win.
Mary Elizabeth
August 31st, 2012
10:08 am
Below are my thoughts regarding Gov. Romney’s speech which I posted on Jay Bookman’s blog this morning at 3:08 am:
“I must point out much duplicity, and some arrogance, within Romney’s speech. See below:
(1) Romney: “This is when our nation was supposed to start paying down the national debt and rolling back those massive deficits.”
(A 14 Trillion Dollar Debt as of July, 2011, with only 1 and 1/2 Trillion because of Obama’s policies – according to Bruce Bartlett, Dep. Secy. of Treasury, under President George H.W. Bush)
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(2) Romney: “And I don’t doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong’s spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.”
(Double Meaning Intended. Romney misses entirely the arrogance – and irony – of his statement, framed around the word, “humility.” I don’t think Americans are the only people in this world who can do something “really big.” That is simply arrogance. Why not build commonalities and collaboration with others on this globe, instead of continuing to perpetuate the hierarchial mindset of American superiority? Other meaning: A nuanced toss to the Birthers, i.e., Obama is not really “an American.”)
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(3) Romney: “He took office without the basic qualification that most Americans have and one that was essential to his task. He had almost no experience working in a business. Jobs to him are about government.”
(That statement shows blatantly Romney’s hierarchial view of human beings. Romney implies that “government jobs” are less valuable than “business jobs.” I do not perceive that service-oriented jobs, such as teaching, have less value than jobs in business.)
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(4) Romney: “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. MY promise…is to help you and your family.”
(Romney mocks science, climate change, and conservation of the Earth’s natural resources. Romney’s values do not embrace all of mine. I believe all people on the planet share a common interest in being caretakers, together, of our environment; we are not simply interested in ourselves and our own families. Human beings can encompass, and develop, commonality and common interests with all others on the planet, as well as safeguard their own self-interests.)
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(5) Romney: “And does the America we want succumb to resentment and division? We know the answer.”
(Yes, we do know the answer. As Sen.Mitch McConnell said years ago, “Our (Republican) goal is to make sure that Barack Obama is a one-term president.”)
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(6) Romney: “And let me make this very clear – unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class.” “Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before. Nearly one out of six Americans is living in poverty. Look around you. These are not strangers. These are our brothers and sisters, our fellow Americans.”
(Totally duplicitous. Republicans have not attempted to create programs to help those in poverty, and their policies have hurt the middle class. Anyone who seriously believes Romney is looking out for the interests of the middle class, or for the poor, is fooling him or herself. Romney’s interests are with big business.)
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(7) Romney: “The President has disappointed America because he hasn’t led America in the right direction.”
President Obama has led this nation out of a near Depression; he has achieved a health care program for all; he is not trying to dismantle Medicare and Social Security, and he is creating a more egalitarian nation and world. I would say that President Obama is leading America in exactly the right direction, which Gov. Romney has little sensitivity toward, or understanding of.
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There are many more duplicitous statements in Romney’s speech. One was his stating that President Obama’s does not value “success.” President Obama’s life story has been one of success. And, it was not the Obama economy that “crushed the middle class,” as Romney said, but the Bush administration’s policies of cutting taxes and starting wars which ran up the deficit (and that, also, encouraged cuts to “entitlements”) and that culminated in the Great Recession, which has “crushed the middle class.”
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See link below for Gov. Romney’s full speech.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/politics/romneys-speech-to-the-republican-convention.html?pagewanted=all
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 31st, 2012
10:09 am
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups.html
Thats what the map looks like with toss ups going the way they are leaning.
And its probably what you are gonna see on Nov 8th.
Obama is still ahead in most polls ( During the RNC convention. So much for a bump )
And he still has his convention coming up which can only help him.
Sorry guys facts are facts.
Romney’s chances aren’t very good.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 31st, 2012
10:10 am
“Actually alot of people do.”
Really? Name 10 of your average, ordinary friends or associates that do.
“But all indicators have Obama winning. Especially when you look at the Electoral college. Its a huge uphill fight for Romney.”
Still counting your chickens before they’re hatched, I see. Before, he needed EVERY toss-up. Now he needs almost every toss-up. States are moving from slight Obama to toss-up. Toss-ups are moving to slight Romney.
Seems you don’t really know much about the Electoral College map as you think you do, Cheesy.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 31st, 2012
10:10 am
Michael Moore says Mitt Romney will win.