Kasim Reed on Mitt Romney, Rush Limbaugh and GOP race

From the ajc, just this week. “Work is in progress for a new 23-story, $60 million apartment tower at 12th and West Peachtree Streets in Midtown Atlanta.

Dontcha know Danny? That is gonna be a welfare project with all those evil, lazy foodstamp recipients.
North Fulton has killed every effort to extend MARTA to the northern burgs because the city criminal element could use MARTA to sneak into their homes at night and steal their stereos, 60″ flat screens and X-Boxes. Then the same homeowners bitch about how long it takes to commute into the city on GA 400.

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Don Abernethy:
Perhaps your thesis is that African Americans who support the President only do so because he is Black.

Here is an assignment for you. Contact Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Alan Keyes and ask them what percentage of the Black vote they received when each ran for President. By contrast, can I assume that any one not Black who did not vote for the above, did not do so because of the candidates’ race?

If you were of voting age at any of these times, I wonder if you voted for any of these. If not, does that mean you vote purely based on race?

It would be nice if you would not insult anyone by assuming they are not intelligent enough to weigh issues and make a decision based on those issues.
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All I know is the GOP folks especially the men, have zero respect for women. Can you imagine someone using the words Rush Limbaugh used on your young daughter. If Rush has a daughter, he should look in the mirror and ask himself that question. I have not seen women from the GOP side telling Limbaugh that he is wrong and uncivilized.

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“Bieber is gay. He is going straight to hell.”

Hold on there Look, the Biebs is a closeted born again Christian, I think God holds a special place in heaven for that type.

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“Hold on there Look, the Biebs is a closeted born again Christian, I think God holds a special place in heaven for that type”

Yes, they are called “alter boys”.

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Such a show of racism here. Racing all the way to the bottom. Disgusting.

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The mass media and some commentators would like to present Santorum as a candidate whose strength is only in social issues. They deliberately do this in order to have BHO reelected. Santorum is not only the leader in social issues but in national security and foreign policy. Please read the two acts that he authored in 2004: The Iran Freedom Act and the Syrian Accountability Act. Santorum strongly opposes a government intrusion in private sectors. Base on principle, He opposed all bailouts. He condemns the current administration’s infringement on freedom of religion and conscience. The government should not force religious individuals and religious organizations such as catholic schools, charities etc. to provide its employees with contraceptives, morning-after pills (Plan B) and sterilization. This is an infringement on religious freedom and an attack on people of faith.

Let us take some common factors for all the candidates and
evaluate them in order to hire one of them as POTUS:

1. Character and integrity -Santorum wins hands down; No flip-flops in cap & trade, climate change, bailouts, abortion , gay marriage, individual health mandates etc.; Compared to others he has very less or no personal, professional and political issues. He could make Barack Obama and his policies an issue of the general campaign. We cannot afford a candidate who will be an issue in the general campaign.

2. Humble Beginnings – Santorum wins (lived in public housings – with a coal miner parents’); has less money than Obama and the remaining candidates. There is nothing wrong in having more money. Having less money discourages the left from using class warfare. They cannot say Santorum is part of the 1% who represents the interest of the Wall Street.

3. Consistency in conservative leadership in sanctity of life & family, consistently supports marriage between a man & a woman, fought for tort reform; fought for welfare reform, Defense of Marriage Act( DOMA), late term abortion and had legislative victories etc.: Santorum has a matchless record in social issues. Romney has started saying he lived having core conservative values. Romney’s father was Rockefeller republican and his mother was pro-choice. He even called himself severely conservative. Is there anyone who could tell us what Romney’s consistent values have been for his life time? Santorum got 75% of the votes by leaders of Evangelicals, Catholics, and Protestants who met early this year in Houston Texas (all candidates sent their surrogates to the two day conference who heard all of them speak for their respective candidates before the votes). He has 88% rating by ACU. He has 98% ratings by NRA while Ron Paul has 50%.

4. Sound national security and foreign policy: Santorum even won in some of the CNN debates when asked about US foreign policy for Latin America etc. and various issues including issues related to individual mandates and Romney care. No other candidate has an experience in national security & foreign policy like Santorum. Please read online the Iran Freedom & Support Act & the Syrian Accountability act which were authored by Santorum in 2004. Why do we look to a novice (such as Romney and others) in national security and foreign policy when we have already a well experienced candidate (Santorum)? As a person who worked for 8 years as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he knows better about our national security and international interests.

5. Likability: It is widely believed that Santorum is the most likable candidate with less or almost no personal and professional issues. He is a faithful husband, father of 7 children. He is the best role model for a family.

6. Economic Policy: Santorum is the only candidate who has a family friendly and manufacturing centered economic policy that helps US to grow our economy and jobs. Through this policy he can win back Reagan democrats, blue collar workers in the swing states. The Wall Street Journal called Santorum’s economic policy bold.
7. Negative Campaign; Insider or/and Outsider issue: Romney has already spent about $50 Million to attack his fellow republicans. He has continued to distort Santorum’s records. Romney is the worst in negative campaign followed by Ron Paul and Gingrich. Romney requested earmarks for Utah Olympics and for Massachusetts. He accuses Santorum as earmarker, insider and big government spender. ABC News recent video exposed Romney’s attitude about receiving earmarks (government money). Getting earmarks and bringing the bacon home gladly was one of the reasons representatives were sent to Washington DC, according to former Senator from Wyoming, Allen Simpson on CSPAN recentlyt. The debt ceiling while Santorum was in US Senate was very much smaller than what it is now. It is better to say that Romney is the current ultimate insider (most elite and Republican establishment still support Romney) because he is for the status quo. Being an insider gives you a better insight and understanding of the problems in the federal government (the three coequal branches of our government). Santorum left the Senate five years ago and has been in private sector since then. Earmark is less than 1% of the US yearly budget and is legal. Resorting to such insignificant issue and an attack by Romney shows his desperation to simply get a vote at any cost.
8. Debating skills: Although he does not promote himself as the best debater like Newt, Santorum won some of the CNN debates before the one we saw in Arizona (almost all media outlets agreed to the fact that Santorum won based on substance). There are three presidential debates in the fall. The idea that a candidate will have a Douglas – Lincoln debate type is just an illusion and a stunt to get votes. Nobody can force any one to a debate outside of he officially agreed upon three debates to which he may not agree.
Rupert Murdoch (Owner of the Fox News) said Santorum has a big idea when compared to others. Rush Limbaugh said he is the one who has not harmed the conservative cause.
Ron Paul is a libertarian. He ran on Libertarian ticket in 1988. He has not ruled out a possibility of running as a third party candidate in 2012. He has not adequately addressed about his racist newsletters published under his name and for which he was the editor. His isolationist foreign policy and his belief that America is responsible for all the attacks against it including 911 and his objection to America’s entry into WWII, which stopped Nazis and communists world domination won’t be acceptable to the majority of Americans. Romney is unreliable and Newt is unpredictable, according to those who closely know them. Romney is not credible to stand against Obama on Obamacre, bailouts, tax increases (had big net tax increases and fees as Governor), supported No Child Left Behind Program and still supports it (although he accuses Santorum of the same). Newt married three times and changed church three times. Newt was for bailouts, TARP, the bogus man made climate change, cap & trade, individual health mandate, member of the Council On Foreign Relations (globalist) since 1990s. Newt divorced twice due to infidelity.

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just fat white men, like the mayor is just another dumb colored.

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Steve Millin – I couldn’t have said it better.

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Look,

U are correct, sir or madam.

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you have all made my day! at least you have been funny….the Mayor indeed needs to get back home; he is impressed with himself; always has been; i think he has national interests for future. who cares? the gop clown wagon pushes on. i for one will vote for the one cent sales tax so our water bill doesnt make it impossible to put our pennies in the bank! and of course, prez obama has MY vote. have a great day all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The controversy over Limbaugh’s comments has led nine companies, including AOL on Monday, to pull advertising from his three-hour radio show.

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