Your morning jolt: Marriage as a license to vote for Mitt Romney
If voters were required to be married, Republican Mitt Romney wouldn’t be sweating the November outcome of the race for president, the Gallup organization says this morning.
Married registered voters prefer Romney over Democratic incumbent Barack Obama by 54 to 39 percent, according to data collected by the polling group this summer:
Nonmarried Americans strongly prefer President Obama to rival Mitt Romney, 56% to 35%; this group includes those who are single, in a domestic partnership, widowed, divorced, and separated. Support for President Obama varies among these subgroups — those who are single (61%), are in a domestic partnership (62%), or are separated (58%) are especially supportive of the president, while the divorced (51%) are somewhat less so, with those who are widowed breaking even.
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Other Republicans may be critical Mitt Romney for piling on President Barack Obama in the midst of this week’s eruption of protests in the Mideast. But Saxby Chambliss, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, won’t be one of them.
Said Chambliss in a Thursday interview with Denis O’Hayer of WABE (90.1FM):
”Look, we are less than 60 days out from the election of the next president…This is a heated campaign, and I think it is incumbent upon anybody that wants to be commander-in-chief to speak on matters of national security when times of emergency arise. That’s exactly what Governor Romney did. I won’t even go into what he said, because that part of it is immaterial. The fact is that he gave a response, and his response was very strong.”
At the time, the facts on the ground in Libya were yet to be determined, O’Hayer noted. Should Romney have waited? Chambliss’ answer:
”Well, gosh, that’s what politics is about – and that’s what leadership is about now. I don’t think he was out of line for making a statement. I have more respect for him making a statement, and saying what he said, than frankly, I do for the president, who issued a strong statement and then went to Las Vegas to campaign.”
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In the middle of her “Planned Bullyhood” book tour, former secretary of state Karen Handel fought MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to a draw on Thursday afternoon:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Larry Peterson of the Savannah Morning News, burdened with the only candidate contest in Georgia with national implications, says U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Augusta, isn’t nearly as proud of his association with President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus package as he used to be:
[A]s recently as February, the accomplishments listed on the website included the following:
“Standing with President Obama to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which has already brought over $200 million in funding for roads, hospitals, schools, transportation, and housing to communities in the 12th district.”
… So why was the language on the website that touted the stimulus bill dropped from his list of legislative feats?
“The stimulus just wasn’t a high priority issue for this election cycle,” [Barrow spokesman Richard Carbo] said. “We have other matters we would like to talk about.”
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The AJC’s Politifact Georgia today takes a look at U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey’s contention that unemployment in the U.S. is at its highest extended level since the Great Depression.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Kris
September 14th, 2012
12:38 pm
resno2,
” is that the same true money that got Obama elected in 2008?”
The choice was easy cannie/pollen…or The real thing President OBAMA.
Leave Russia out of this they are our #1 enemy, so says mitty..
Re-elect President OBAMA
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
12:39 pm
If conservatism requires lies to thrive, it is a flawed and false ideology.
cc
September 14th, 2012
12:42 pm
Retired Soldier @ 12:33 pm:
Why not make the best of a bad situation? Have any plants requiring fertilization? I have found that printing Bernie’s posts, shredding them and applying them to the plants make them grow dramatically! Just be sure to not to over apply the shredded s#$t; it could result in serious ‘burning’ of your plants!
Carol
September 14th, 2012
12:51 pm
cc
I certainly can’t disagree with anything you said! Keep posting; we conservatives are outnumbered here and the libs need all the enlightened comments they get from conservatives
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First thanks for the laughs. Secondly how can you be outnumbered when there are a number of alphabet names that spew Repub doctrine? Or is that really you AGAIN?
My final point, it always amazes me that Repubs automatically label a person who opposes their views as a liberal. I don’t consider myself a liberal. I’m a moderate. I also like to think for myself and look up information instead of simply spouting off what some talk show host says. No matter how many of them say it.
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
12:53 pm
If you say you make no personal attacks but the bulk of your posts consist of simply personal attacks you are a liar.
If you complain about a lack of substance on the attacks of others post but refuse to address an of their points, you are a liar.
If you are a conservative I am now assuming you are a liar until you prove otherwise.
M.E.
September 14th, 2012
12:55 pm
@Bernie
Mitt Romney, on his own policy webpage, sees lower-class Americans as “Human Capital in a 21st Century Workforce.” He does not see us as people with souls. This plays out in his military policies, his diplomatic strategies, and his non-support of anything sounding like a union. Americans, including the majority of the Republican party, who are not in his income bracket and social sphere will always be a servant-class to him.
http://www.mittromney.com/issues/human-capital
dd
September 14th, 2012
12:55 pm
Oh OK, DJ. If you say stop, I guess I have to…..too funny. Let’s see, our Libyan ambassador gets brutally murdered, and the mainstream press asks really hard questions of…..wait …. wait…… the guy who isn’t actually president. And ask ….wait…. wait… NOTHING of the guy who is.
No bias here…nothing to see… move along… nothing to see…
I LOVE Romney and his comments once again triggering the Old Media to step all over themselves protecting the chosen one. Every time it happens, more and more normal folks (sorry….DJ, looks like that excludes you and your blinders) realize what a crock the supposed “non-biased” reporting really is.
DJ Sniper
September 14th, 2012
12:59 pm
DD, our president did give a statement when this whole thing started. As for Romney, I think it’s pretty telling that people from the left AND right are giving him grief over his statement. He obviously was thinking of his own political campaign first and foremost, which is why he said what he said.
Keep on whining about “the liberal media.” Again, tell your conservative bretheren to stop doing/saying dumb stuff, and maybe they won’t have to complain.
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
1:00 pm
If you praise the media when it supports you but attack them as liars when it does not, you are a liar.
If you support the superiority of private business but pretend that entertainment venues owned and controlled by said private businesses are inherently anti business, you are a liar.
If you are incapable of self reflection to see the flaws in your own ideology you are a liar.
There are liberal liars. There are conservative liars.
Liberalism does not require lies to make its case.
Conservatism seems to require the ability to lie to make its case.
Conservatism is a lie.
cc
September 14th, 2012
1:05 pm
Simple Logic @ 12:53 pm:
“If you are a liberal I am now assuming you are a liar until you prove otherwise.”
Fixed your typo for you . . . no need to thank me!
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
1:11 pm
If the sole defense that you offer of your point is a direct reversal of the original point you are a child.
If you accept a constitutional right to lie and wax eloquent about the sacrosanctity of said constitution you are tolerant of lies.
If you tolerate lies, you have no consequences for lies. Failure to act is endorsement by inaction.
Endorsement of lies, fostering of lies, a acceptances of lies makes you a liar.
All conservatives are liars until they prove otherwise.
honested
September 14th, 2012
1:13 pm
Simple Logic,
Conservatism also, apparently, requires ‘belief’ to exist as an ideology.
Because ‘conservative’ governments are not self sustaining, provide inferior services to their citizens and usually end in violent revolt.
cc
September 14th, 2012
1:15 pm
Simple Logic @ 1:11 pm:
It’s nice to see that Bernie now has competition for making the most posts and saying the least. Keep at it, you might even dethrone the queen!
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
1:21 pm
Most conservative governments do not end up in revolt.
Conservative governments almost universally provide inferior services to their citizens.
Historically very consecutive governments have lasted hundreds of years.
No state that tolerates lies lasts longer than a few generations.
The ultimate failure of the soviet state came from self deception to the point that when they finally embraced Peristroika it was too late.
Modern American conservatism, and by proxy via Murdoch nearly all modern conservatism on Earth , universally in all democratic European and Asian nations, is self deceptive and incapable of self honesty.
This leads to inevitable collapse.
Modern conservatism cannot accept responsibility for the fall of 2008.
All modern conservatives seem to be liars.
Accusations of saying little whilst saying little makes you a liar.
dd
September 14th, 2012
1:31 pm
So DJ….pres gave a statement….and the “Old Tired media” asked him zero hard questions, and haven’t written any negative articles. I’m sure they would have given Bush the exact same treatment….haha, cough cough, sorry, almost choked on my food.
The president giving a statement doesn’t in any way change the fact that the Media is giving him a pass….and would’ve gone full throat choke on a conservative.
Oh, and btw, I’ll absolutely continue to point it out…because again, anyone with a brain who isn’t completely blinded, can see it. Thus, the ever declining viewership and readership. And guess what…as much as you hate to hear it, you saying it doesn’t exist, doesn’t change the obvious fact that it does.
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
1:40 pm
Insisting on an outcome in the form you desire it does not make the media biased.
Just because you don’t judge the press questions as hard doesn’t mean they aren’t.
Saying someone is blinded just because they don’t see what you see makes you blind.
Relying only on media sources that tell you what you want to hear makes you a liar.
Saying that ignorance if facts doesn’t change facts while ignoring facts makes you a liar.
All conservatives seem to be liars.
GaBlue
September 14th, 2012
1:50 pm
How can you take anyone as credible when they say things like, “the left” was bullying us? Handel’s victim card is just sad.
DJ Sniper
September 14th, 2012
1:58 pm
DD, you are delusional. You and this new breed of conservatives just can’t come to grips with the fact that today’s GOP gets so much bad press because of 1 simple fact: They are flat out crazy. You all keep going on and on with “the liberal media” as your excuse. It must suck to have a bunch of clowns running the party these days.
Kris
September 14th, 2012
2:04 pm
Simple Logic, First your are illogical
0=off
1=on
In logic ita Black and White no grey, Most people do not subscribe to the logic from the planet
the planet Kolob (look it up. Speaking of idiots He has still shot his mouth about the fed spending 40 BILLION a month…Wonder why?
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
2:14 pm
Logic from the planet Kolob is human logic since it was invented by humans.
Semantic shifting and definition is the first tactic and demand of a certain type of mind that tends toward IT.
Society would do well to let those strong in social skills solve social problems.
Simple minds require simple logic.
The average IQ is 100.
The most popular form of entertainment is reality television.
Simple minds, it seems, are easily deceived.
Ideologies that require deception require the support of the easily decieved
Hard core fiscalists seem incapable of advanced abstract thought.
Finance is more than just accounting.
The economy works with abstract and concrete thinking.
Failure to grasp advanced social mores or abstract concepts does not entitle those with limited minds to demand that the rest of society accommodate their desires.
We are never going back to the gold standard.
We will never use bitcoin as the basis for our economy.
The moon is a harsh mistress is a fine book. It is not an economics text book.
What do you think would REALLY happen if the CEOs of every corporation went into the woods to set up their own society?
All conservatives seem to be liars.
MANGLER
September 14th, 2012
2:26 pm
Melshop,
I guess since you didn’t have children due to something that was not by your choice, you don’t mind that the GOP wants a say-so in other womens wombs that still do have a choice?
No really, that’s how your first comment sounded.
MANGLER
September 14th, 2012
2:28 pm
Bernie, 11:48 AM
I like that one. I approve of that message
Bernie
September 14th, 2012
2:28 pm
The ChickenHawks of America are squawking loudly today! beating their chests, as if somethings needs to be done NOW! Not one of them are willing or able to go on record and say what that should be, and if anything. Even the chickenhawks who got us into the misguided adventure of Iraq are all running around shrieking like crazy! like the many voices when are hearing here. screaming loud and saying nothing.
I am so thankful for the calm handling and stead hand of President Obama. Who will not be rushed into making any rash and ill advised moves like those spoken of by
Mitt “the proud one”. Take a deep breath people, this too will pass. America does not
fear, just because the chickens start to tremble.
cc
September 14th, 2012
2:39 pm
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” Ecclesiastes 10:2
dd
September 14th, 2012
2:44 pm
Please, Please, keep up your blind faith attacks. Meanwhile, I’ll keep watching the “old tired media” push their agenda, and their viewership and readership plummet.
Especially love the line from the article in Politico: “This is worse than normal, a lot less fun, and it feels impossible for us to change the conversation,” Walter Shapiro, who has covered nine presidential campaigns and now writes for Yahoo News and Columbia Journalism Review, told POLITICO.
Must suck to see the reliable liberal allies lose so much influence…kind of like watching the captain of the Titanic defiantly go down with the ship.
dd
September 14th, 2012
2:46 pm
And in particular, I enjoy watching libs post complete BS on FB and other social media, and then get blasted by people who have access to actual data….not the biased crap that used to pass as news.
meanwhile, the viewership and readership goes drip, drip, drip.
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
2:48 pm
Bible verses about honesty and integrity.
HTTP://encouragingbiblequotes.com/versehoestya.html
Exodus 20:16. You shall not give false testimony against you neighboor.
Deuteronomy 16:19-20 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord thy God is giving you.
1 John 1:8-10 If we claim to be without sin, we decieve ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
All conservatives seem to be liars.
cc
September 14th, 2012
2:59 pm
What? What I posted in jest drew some heat! Well, I never . . .
DJ Sniper
September 14th, 2012
3:00 pm
DD, you should know by now that facts and the right do not get along these days.
fireant
September 14th, 2012
3:00 pm
Would all those that support President Obama and that he has earned another 4 years as president and like to demonstrate, please take a flight to the Middle East and join your brothers with there hatred for America as your doing here in America.
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:02 pm
Bernie @ 2:28 pm:
Give it a rest, already! You’ve got all your assigned talking points in for the day.
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
3:06 pm
The truth is the truth.
It doesn’t care if you like it.
It doesn’t care if it is convenient.
It doesn’t get angry if you insult it.
It doesn’t go away if you ignore it.
It doesn’t require an atmosphere that promotes lies if you want to advance it.
The consequences of the truth will happen, no matter what you do.
Ignoring the truth in matters of science, health or spirit is almost always disastrous.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound cure.
You cannot prevent anything if you refuse to believe it exists.
If you will lie about small things, you will lie about big things.
No one can change if they will not admit the truth.
Conservative ideology is by and large about resisting truth.
Resisting change can be accomplished by resisting truth.
Change is the one constant in the universe. It can be slowed but it cannot be stopped.
All conservatives seem to be liars.
dd
September 14th, 2012
3:09 pm
What I particularly enjoy is watching libs get apoplectic because their traditional ways of shutting up people who don’t agree with them have been destroyed. It was basically “you are wrong, shut up”, and to start calling them names (racist, homophobe, or the ever useful INTOLERANT!!) and expect people to shut up and go away,. And since the media was the “source of truth”, people who in their heart knew they were right, had to go away and shut up.
The internet has changed so much….and the libs are having such a hard time dealing with it. In particular the fact that so many people are realizing that the so called “tolerant ones” are in fact the poster children for intolerance.
And I for one am really enjoying watching the entire process.
yuzeyurbrane
September 14th, 2012
3:14 pm
To those of you who see a moral equivalence between someone like Chambliss not serving in the military and a Democrat who has not served is not the fact that they were not in the military but the hypocrisy of those like Chambliss—not only did he not served but he has demagogued those who were real heroes like Max Cleland.
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:23 pm
dd @ 3:09 pm:
“the so called “tolerant ones” are in fact the poster children for intolerance.”
Liberals are very tolerant of those who share their ideology and have nothing but enmity toward anyone who dares to offer other viewpoints. You need look no further than the libs who post here.
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:25 pm
yuzeyurbrane @ 3:14 pm:
What exactly made Cleland a “hero”?
Kris
September 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
Simple…your point being?
pi$$ant…delta is ready when your are..
OBAMA/Biden 2012
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
yuzeyurbrane @ 3:14 pm:
Never mind, I found the requested info.
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:33 pm
Kris @ 3:29 pm:
Please . . . I’m convinced that comment will only cause it to post even more!
Virginia
September 14th, 2012
3:34 pm
cc
September 14th, 2012
10:25 am
Governor Romney’s comments on the events in the Middle East were strikingly different than what has been heard from the Kenyan over the past three and a half years.
@cc: If by “strikingly different” you mean “based on a lie”, then yes, I have to agree with you….they were waaaaay different than what we hear from President Obama. The President prefers to tell the truth.
Bernie
September 14th, 2012
3:35 pm
Even as the President and Secretary Clinton were in the middle of the ceremony of the FALLEN AMERICANS.
Mitt was on the STAGE…bashing our President! Now tell me again what a great and thoughtful Leader Mitt is supposed to be.
Truly Disgusting and selfish of Mitt!
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
3:35 pm
Denial is the first form of defense for the liar.
Rejection of an argument is not an emotional response.
Ascribing a tactic of argument as “traditional” by one’s opponent when used in the same attack is an indications self deception.
The internet is not magic. Truth or lies you want to tell yourself are simply more available than they were.
The internet makes it very easy to find someone who will share your lie with you.
Tolerating all races, creeds, religions, sexes and colors does not require tolerance of lies.
The first defense of the intolerant is to find any excuse for perceived in tolerance of those who point out their flaws.
Those who accept no view point but their own are the first to say their opponents do not accept other viewpoints.
All conservatives seem to be liars.
markie mark
September 14th, 2012
3:44 pm
yuzeyurbrane – PLEASE stop referring to Max Cleland as a war hero. Max is a nice guy, and he should be honored for his service in Vietnam. However, Max lost his limbs when he was unloading a case of grenades from a jeep and dropped it. This has been covered time and again…..
WOW
September 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
@ markie mark
I’m sure you left 2 limbs on foreign soil as well? Max is a hero!
Baron DeKalb
September 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
Re: Max Cleland… the guy was serving his country and suffered a horrendous injury that left him a triple amputee. I consider that a heroic sacrifice, regardless of whether he earned a Purple Heart or a Medal of Valor for it.
Carol
September 14th, 2012
3:51 pm
Bernie
am so thankful for the calm handling and stead hand of President Obama. Who will not be rushed into making any rash and ill advised moves like those spoken of by
Mitt “the proud one”. Take a deep breath people, this too will pass. America does not
fear, just because the chickens start to tremble.
+++++++++
I wholeheartedly agree. I find his let’s review all of our options and then decide what to to approach refreshing. So interesting that the Repubs talk about how we’re still in Afganistan, that we’ve given an exit date, and yet continue to try to find ways to get us back into other wars. This “leading from behind” crap and warhawk mentality is getting on my nerves.
The Repubs constantly claim we are a Christian nation, yet the most they will do if offended is send a bunch of emails complaining about how is being pushed out of our country. No Repub president has attempted to reverse Roe v Wade. And based on many message boards, they would just assume shoot you than pray for you. The hypocrisy sometimes overwhelms me.
But when people actually take their religion seriously; who don’t put it down when it’s inconvenient and revere their prophets we want to get bent out of shape when they react. I’m not saying that killing is the answer. I’m simply saying that they are more honest, more dedicated to their beliefs than many of the Christians in this country.
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:53 pm
markie mark @ 3:44 pm:
“Cleland, a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, was .”a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous action in combat.” Those medals are earned, and they are not bestowed lightly, particularly to a man of very limited wealth and political influence.
td
September 14th, 2012
3:56 pm
Bernie
September 14th, 2012
3:35 pm
Even as the President and Secretary Clinton were in the middle of the ceremony of the FALLEN AMERICANS.
Yes, using the death of Americans for political gain. The three of them are now nothing more the a POS in my book.
cc
September 14th, 2012
3:57 pm
Cleland did NOT receive the Silver Star and Bronze Star for injuries he suffered while in Vietnam. Being injured does not qualify one as a hero.
Simple Logic
September 14th, 2012
4:04 pm
Max Cleland did earn the bronze star and the silver star.
A hero is someone who shows admirable qualities by example.
A liar is not a hero.
Conservatives love to take advantage of the emotions associated with virtuous soldiers.
Conservatives seem unwilling to allow virtious traits in liberal soldiers.
If someone will lie as simple and easy to check as medal possession, they will lie about anything.
Chambliss lied about Cleland. Repeatedly.
Chambliss is conservative. Conservatives only seem to attack him for not being conservative enough. Never for lying.
Conservatives accuse liberals of accepting no viewpoint but their own but only accept conservative soldier’s service.
Conservatives seem incapable of acknowledging fault or falsehood even when blatantly before them.
All conservatives seem to be liars.