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The Real Mitt Romney
MUST WATCH...Romney is an incompetend POS LIAR LIAR LIAR... (MUST WATCH VIDEO)
He defended the stimulus just fine and using Ryan's own words... Ryan - "the reason we need this stimulus, it will create growth and jobs".
ROTFLMFAO... too funny...
Biden has exposed Romney/Ryan for the LYING HYPOCRITES that they are, as well as their supporters for the moron idiots that they are for falling for those lies....
Joe Biden Slams Ryan with "47 Percent" Remark During Vice Presidential Debate
Posted: 10/11/2012 9:49 pm EDT Updated: 10/12/2012 7:07 am EDT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/11/joe-biden-debate-47-percent_n_1959963.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
One of the most notable parts of the first presidential debate [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/mitt-romney-47-debate_n_1937966.html]was what wasn't mentioned[/url]: Mitt Romney's now-famous remarks saying that 47 percent of the American public is "[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/mitt-romney-video_n_1829455.html]dependent on government[/url]." Both Republicans and Democrats seemed surprised that moderator Jim Lehrer never asked about it, and President Barack Obama never took the chance to proactively mention it -- even though his campaign had been hammering Romney about it all week.
But Vice President Biden brought it up within the first half-hour of the vice president debate on Thursday, also mentioning Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) remark that 30 percent of Americans want the "[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/paul-ryan-30-percent-welfare-state_n_1933730.html]welfare state[/url]."
Noting that Romney opposed the auto bailout -- which both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations supported -- Biden said Americans should not be surprised by Romney's economic policies.
"It shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47 percent of the American people are unwilling to take responsibility of their own lives," said Biden. "My friend [Ryan] recently said in a speech in Washington said 30 percent of the American people are takers. These people are my mom and dad, the people I grew up with, my neighbors. They pay more effective tax than Gov. Romney pays in his federal income tax. They are elderly people who in fact are living off of Social Security. They are veterans who are fighting in Afghanistan right now who are not quote, not paying taxes."
Biden also invoked Grover Norquist, the conservative president of Americans for Tax Reform, criticizing Republicans for consistently signing his pledge vowing not to raise taxes.
"Instead of signing pledges by Grover Norquist not to ask the wealthiest among us to contribute to bring back the middle class, they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class, 'We're going to level the playing field. We're going to give you a fair shot again. We are going to not repeat the mistakes we made in the past by having a different set of rules for Wall Street and Main Street.'"
Ron Paul Won't Endorse Romney, Says More of Same
By Javier David | CNBC – 15 hours ago
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ron-paul-wont-endorse-romney-202714040.html
Texas Republican congressman Ron Paul pointedly refused to endorse his party's presidential contender, Mitt Romney, arguing that neither he nor President Barack Obama would make necessary cuts to public spending that would avert a fiscal catastrophe.
"No," the iconoclastic Libertarian bluntly told CNBC's "Futures Now," when asked about whether he was prepared to endorse Romney. He accused both the former Massachusetts governor and the president of being captive to similar interests.
"Both within the establishment where they need the Federal Reserve as lender of last resort to make sure that you take all the risk in the world," Paul said. He linked the Fed -- his favorite foil -- and the Washington political establishment together as part of a "one party system" that refuses to make necessary but difficult choices to cut spending.
(Read more: Ron Paul Vows to Continue Campaign Against Status Quo.)
"I've been in this business a long time and believe me there is essentially no difference from one administration to another no matter what the platforms," said Paul, a former hopeful for the GOP nomination. "The foreign policy stays the same, the monetary policy stays the same, there's no proposal for any real cuts and both parties support it."
He cast some doubt that the looming fiscal cliff would have the economic impact many market observers are warning about, adding that Congress and the White House would likely find a way to delay the inevitable cuts in spending and tax hikes.
"They're not going to allow all those terrible things to happen on January 1, but they're not going to solve the problem either," Paul said.
(Read more: US Nears Fiscal Disaster: 'Washington Doing Nothing'.)
The congressman also took aim at one of the main targets of his ire, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. Paul has been a relentless critic of the Fed's monetary policy.
As the central bank launches a third round of indefinite quantitative easing, or QE3, Paul renewed his charge that cheap and indefinite monetary policies would eventually wreak havoc on the U.S. economy. He predicted gold (xau=) would continue to rise while the U.S. dollar (.dxy) would bear the brunt of ultra-loose monetary policy.
"Eternities with QEs are going to happen," Paul said. Bernanke "will destroy the dollar if we don't come to our senses, and really cut spending and live within our means."
WATCH: Biden Destroys Ryan Over Stimulus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/11/joe-biden-paul-ryan-stimulus_n_1959966.html
Romney and Ryan are lying LOSERS....
Ryan was steamrolled today... ouch!!!
LMFAO... too funny...
Ryan was Biden'd... LOL
Ryan should have called in sick... cause Biden is killing him... LMFAO... too funny....
Here they are you liar... http://priceofoil.org/fossil-fuel-subsidies/
Exxon is valued at $450 BILLION and gets BILLIONS of government subsidies. Wake me up when Romney goes after Exxon instead of big bird, you hypocrite...
Romney is a moron
Republicans are criminals...
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=80302667
No bigger failure and security breach than 9/11 when Republican administration had the memo "Bin Laden determined to strike in the U.S." weeks in advance.
BREAKING..Obama says the real Mitt Romney didn't show up to debate
You winguts always went with the LIARS....
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=80213878
The Four Most Misleading Moments in Romney's Debate Performance
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/108125/romney-debate-details-tax-medicare-pre-existing-contradictions-deceptions#
Romney won the total dishonesty prize..
What Has Obama Done? Here Are 200 Accomplishments! With Citations!
http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html
Great piece... didn't know that Google+ links worked as the last time I tried one it didn't work... so thanks for letting me know.
I'm becoming a Republican.
Yep, never thought I'd say it. But its time.
I realize their economic policies make no sense. And, yes, I know about the social issues. And no, I don't want women to become second class citizens. Nor do I want some 19th century 'man of God' dictating health policy.
I'm switching anyway.
I don't like their imperialistic, 'exceptionalist' attitudes. And they refuse to look at the realities of where this country stands in regard to military needs, education, health care and infrastucture.
But I'm switching.
Because I want to be 'one of them'. I'm tired of being just a 'peasant'. And I'm told when I vote Republican, I'll be special!
I'll be rich. I'll be important. I'll gaze down my nose at those less fortunate.
I'll "be... somebody".
A 'REAL American'. Fighting against the invasion of foreigners. And minorities. And women!
After all, I'm NOT like the hard working American that brings home a paycheck, struggles from time to time, pays a mortgage and may or may not have health insurance. (Even though that describes me to a 'T')
I'll be a Vanderbilt. A Rockefeller. Even a Romney. All I have to do is pretend, click my heels three times, and suddenly I'm superior. I'm important. I'm "better" than the riff-raff. I'm a Republican.
And all I have to do is lie. To myself. To my friends. To the world. Over and over and over. Until I no longer recognize the truth. And vote against my own self interests.
Doesn't matter that Republican tax policy hurts me while giving tax breaks to the richest Americans. And evolution and science can't compete with my new Republican masters!
And I'll chant over and over "we have the best health care in the world". I'll ignore the fact that a major portion of my fellow citizens can't afford it, and that the US is the most 'civilized' country in the world without some form of universal health care.
Yep. I'm going to be a Republican. And lie to myself. And wonder why I can't afford health care. And why we're starting yet another war. And why it appears the country's finances are getting worse, not better, while I'm taking home less and the fat cats get fatter.
And after the election, I'll wonder why my new found Republican friends don't ever come round to see me anymore.
And I'll still blame the Democrats.
Samuel Jackson's Wake The Fuck Up - Obama Ad
Romney in Final Push to Alienate Remaining Voters
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/09/romney-in-final-push-to-alienate-remaining-voters.html
NEW YORK ( The Borowitz Report)—With just forty-three days to go until the election, Mitt Romney is in a race against time to offend the few voters he has not already alienated, his campaign manager said today.
“So far, Mitt’s efforts to make voters dislike him have gone exactly as planned,” said the campaign manager Matt Rhoades. “But let’s not kid ourselves—we’ve still got a few supporters out there and we’ve got to find ways to piss them off.”
As Mr. Romney embarked on a bus tour with the goal of spreading additional unease about his candidacy, his campaign manager reflected on a program of systematic alienation that has so far “worked like clockwork.”
“We really got the ball rolling at the Olympics,” Mr. Rhoades said. “I seriously doubted that Mitt could turn a visit to London into a show of international ineptitude, but he was like, ‘Matt, trust me—I can do this.’ ”
Mr. Rhoades also credited the addition of Rep. Paul Ryan to the ticket for being “invaluable” in scaring off potential voters: “Mitt knew he could get booed off the stage at the N.A.A.C.P., but it takes someone special to get booed off the stage at the A.A.R.P.”
The campaign manager acknowledged that there were “a few hiccups” in the plan to turn off voters, but that the Romney team worked quickly to fix them: “At the Convention in Tampa, Clint Eastwood was planning to go out and read a prepared speech endorsing Mitt. I pulled him aside and said, ‘Clint, that will ruin everything we’re trying to do here. Shout at a chair instead.’ And then we were golden.”
The “secret video” showing Mr. Romney at a fundraiser was another coup for the campaign, Mr. Rhoades said, adding, “We actually shot that video ourselves and then ‘leaked’ it to Mother Jones. It was the simplest way we could think of to take forty-seven per cent of the votes off the table.”
Mr. Rhoades admitted that he is gratified by how well the campaign’s plan to offend different constituencies has worked so far, but with only six weeks to go until the election, they are leaving nothing to chance: “This week, we’re releasing a video of Mitt swinging a cat by its tail.”
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/09/romney-in-final-push-to-alienate-remaining-voters.html
LMAO... too funny...
He is the worst presidential candidate in U.S. history... and that says a lot with some of the morons we've had running during that time... LOL
Mitt Romney - "When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem."
And here I thought there could never be a bigger moron than Bush...
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-beverly-hills-fundraiser-20120922,0,2317962.story
I use a Galaxy Nexus and google maps all the time. They are awesome.
GOP suppressing votes.. and with taxpayer money to boot
Republicans are working hard to prevent "voter fraud" by requiring voter ID. Meanwhile, there is an effort to suppress votes from other parties by only registering Republican voters. I bet she lost all the non-Republican registrations before returning them to the county clerk.
Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XXXV
By Steve Benen - Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:32 PM EDT
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015581-chronicling-mitts-mendacity-vol-xxxv
I thought many months ago that it was at least possible that Mitt Romney would be more cautious about telling falsehoods as the election drew closer. After all, candidates can get away with more in, say, April than in September -- there's far more scrutiny now.
Alas, Romney seems unfazed, both by the calendar and by life under a microscope -- he keeps repeating falsehoods without any real concern for consequences. In case there were any doubts about his worst habit, consider the 35th installment of my weekly series, chronicling Mitt's mendacity.
1. At an event in Sarasota yesterday, Romney said, in reference to President Obama's comments about engaged citizens changing politics, "The president today threw in the white flag of surrender again."
That's not only a lie; it's also one of the dumbest things Romney has ever said in public.
2. At a Univision town-hall event in Miami, Romney said he opposes an economic model in which we "take from some to give to others."
Actually, Romney's preferred budget plan redistributes wealth at a level unseen in modern American history.
3. Romney also said, several times, "[T]his is a campaign about the 100 percent.... My campaign is about the 100 percent of America."
I seem to recall watching a video in which Romney said it's not his "job" to "worry about" 47 percent of the population.
4. At the same event, Romney boasted, "When I was governor of my state, the state of Massachusetts ... we brought unemployment down to 4.7 percent."
Well, in reality, the unemployment rate in Massachusetts dropped because so many people dropped out of the state's workforce. The fact of the matter is Massachusetts' job creation record during Romney's term was "one of the worst in the country," ranking 47th out of 50 states.
5. In response to a student's question about federal aid, Romney said, "We're going to continue a Pell Grant program.... So I care. I care about your education and helping people of modest means get a good education and we'll continue a Pell Grant program."
That's not what he said during the primaries.
6. On health care, Romney said at the same forum, "The government is going to ultimately have a board that tells you what kind of care you can receive."
This is in apparent reference to the Independent Payments Advisory Board (IPAB), and what Romney's saying isn't even close to being accurate.
7. In a Fox News interview, Romney said, "I have got great support from seniors, because they are unhappy with the fact that President Obama's Obamacare cuts Medicare by $716 billion."
Sigh.
8. In the same interview, Romney insisted that the Affordable Care Act "tells us what kind of health insurance we have to have."
As Romney surely knows -- his state-based policy works the same way -- the whole point of the Affordable Care Act is to provide consumers with choices of private plans, made available through regulated exchanges. Giving people choices and telling people "what kind of health insurance we have to have" are opposites.
9. Asked about his affiliation with Kris Koback, Romney said this week, "He may well be part of a policy team [but] I have not met with him yet."
As his campaign later admitted, this wasn't true.
10. Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce this week, Romney said, "The administration promised us that its policies would have brought unemployment down to 5.4% by now."
That never happened.
11. Romney added, "[M]y Plan for a Stronger Middle Class will create 12 million jobs by the end of my first term."
Putting aside the pesky detail that Romney doesn't actually have a specific jobs plan, the fact remains that if we do nothing, we're on track to create 12 million new American jobs over the next four years anyway.
12. In the same speech, Romney said, "President Obama has not initiated a single new trade agreement with Latin America. I will."
He's trying to slice the truth in a way that misleads. In reality, Obama finalized three separate trade deals in his first term: Panama, Colombia, and South Korea.
13. In reference to China, Romney argued, "President Obama may think that announcing new trade cases less than two months from Election Day will distract from his record, but the American businesses and workers struggling on an uneven playing field know better."
This just isn't true. Obama just didn't bring a new case at the WTO against China "less than two months from Election Day," he's been bringing these cases throughout his term.
14. Romney also said, "Many Hispanics have sacrificed greatly to help build our country and our economy, and to leave for their children a brighter future. Today, those sacrifices are being put at risk by a president who cannot stop spending."
Government spending is down, not up, under President Obama.
15. Romney went on to boast, "I know how to balance budgets. We balanced our budget in my business, at the Olympics, and every year in my state."
He balanced his budget at the Olympics thanks to a taxpayer bailout, and in Massachusetts, Romney left his successor with a deficit.
16. On federal spending, Romney said, "[M]y test is this: is the program so critical that it is worth borrowing money from China to pay for it?"
The implication here is that U.S. debt is financed by the Chinese, but this isn't true -- China only holds about 8% of the nation's debt.
17. Romney added, "The president has put us on the road to Greece."
That's painfully untrue.
18. Romney also argued, "No wonder business start-ups are at a 30-year low."
This still isn't true.
19. Romney went on to say Obama "plans to raise the federal income tax on small business even more."
In reality, Obama has repeatedly cut taxes on small businesses -- by some counts, 18 times -- and if given a second term, his tax plan would have no effect on 97% of small businesses.
20. Referencing the Affordable Care Act, Romney said, "The Chamber of Commerce surveyed 1,300 of its members. It found that three-quarters of them said they are less likely to hire people because of Obamacare."
The "survey" is a joke. The Chamber, a pro-Republican lobbying institution heavily invested in helping Romney, put up an unscientific online survey. Treating this as a legitimate poll of businesses is fundamentally dishonest.
21. Romeny added, "Obamacare ... is already depressing job creation."
There's literally no evidence to support this, but let's also note that Romney created a nearly identical policy at the state level, and it didn't depress job creation at all.
22. On immigration policy, Romney said, "Despite his party having majorities in both houses of Congress, the president never even offered up a bill."
First, the president has endorsed all kinds of immigration bills. Second, having majorities in both chambers doesn't change the fact that Senate Republican filibusters blocked immigration policymaking.
23. In his weekly podcast, Romney said, "President Obama has imposed major new federal regulations at an unprecedented rate."
Well, it depends on what Romney means by "unprecedented." He may be surprised to learn that Obama approved fewer regulations in his first three years in office than Bush did in his first three years.
24. At a campaign event in Painesville, Ohio, Romney suggested it's Obama's fault that the price of "gasoline has doubled."
To call this comically misleading would be an understatement.
25. In the same speech, "I've got a [jobs] plan, all right. Unlike the president, I have a plan."
Romney doesn't have to like the American Jobs Act, but he shouldn't get away with brazenly lying about its existence.
26. Romney also argued, "The president believes in having a government put money out into companies. He put $90 billion into solar and wind, and green-energy companies. He's picking winners and losers.... He doesn't understand that the market where free people pursuing dreams and working to take their ideas to the marketplace, that's what makes America go; not a government that tries to pick investments, and guide the market for us."
What an interesting choice of misleading words. Because whether he likes it or not, if Obama "doesn't understand" free people in a free market, then Romney "doesn't understand" this, either.
27. Mitt Romney says "redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
Redistribution has always been a characteristic of America.
28. In an ad unveiled by his campaign this week, Romney argues, "Dear Daughter. Welcome to America. Your share of Obama's debt is over $50,000."
That's only true if you attribute Bush's debts to Obama, which is ridiculous.
Previous editions of Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity: Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII,XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV
MUST READ..Obama vs. Romney: A clear choice
20 September 12
n this election, the people of America have to make a choice between two candidates with very different values, visions and solutions to the most pressing problems facing our country. The question voters need to ask themselves when they walk into the voting booth on November 6th is: "Will the country be better off returning to the policies of George W. Bush's Administration?"
Like Bush, Governor Romney believes we need more tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% and fewer rules for Wall Street. He wants to roll back financial reform and set Wall Street free to write its own rules again. He wants to repeal health care reform and leave 30 million people without a safety net. And the trillions in tax cuts he wants to give to millionaires and billionaires will only force more devastating cuts to critical programs that serve the middle-class.
It's hard to believe that Mitt Romney would campaign on policies that nearly destroyed the country and virtually eliminated so much of America's middle-class. With stagnant wages, escalating medical costs, foreclosures, rampant unemployment, loss of good paying jobs and the disappearance of retirement savings due to deregulation and manipulation by Wall Street, Mitt Romney and the Republican narrative fail to address the key concerns of everyday Americans.
Time and again, Republicans' policies put corporations, not the people, first. They challenge current regulations and try to block new regulations that help to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Just recently, House Republicans went to great lengths to block the implementation of a new food safety law, while also trying to cut the budgets of agencies that oversee food safety. And many in the party either deny the science on climate change or refuse to support legislation that will begin to help mitigate the effects of global warming.
The only budget proposal that Republicans will support is the Ryan budget, which completely disinvests in America during a time when the country desperately needs investments to spur growth and competitiveness. Our country, and the notion of the American Dream, was built on the bedrock that government must play a vital role in providing investments that ultimately afford opportunity for all. If everyone was left to fend for themselves, and government failed to take the lead in investing in schools, roads, research and development, space exploration, and the internet, we would have a very different country where the fate of a person's future would be sealed in the socio-economic status that he or she was born into. Ultimately, Mitt Romney and his party see an America where the wealth should trickle down, instead of building a strong middle class so that everyone can rise up together.
Here Are The Facts
No matter how much undisclosed money floods into Romney affiliated super PACs from the likes of Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers, and their friends, the things they cannot change are the facts.
It's a fact that Mitt Romney became enormously wealthy, while his company, Bain Capital, bought and bankrupted companies, laid off American workers and shipped jobs overseas.
It's a fact that Mitt Romney had the 47th worst job creation record as Governor.
It's a fact that Mitt Romney has millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts and secretive offshore investment funds in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda in order to avoid paying his fair share of U.S. taxes. And given his refusal to release more than two years of tax returns (unprecedented for a Presidential candidate), it's clear that the Romney campaign believes that the truth about what is contained in those tax returns is far more damaging than Romney's refusal to release them.
It's a fact that Mitt Romney has taken both sides on virtually every issue important to voters. He was for and then against -- gun control, a women's right to reproductive choice, health care for all, and the economic stimulus. He once believed that people's actions contributed to global warming and now he has changed his position. He was against signing the no-tax pledge and now he is a strong supporter.
It's a fact that Mitt Romney's solution to stimulate the economy is further deregulation, a tactic that led to the growth of "too big to fail" banks, the BP oil spill, the housing crisis, and ultimately, the American and global financial and economic meltdown.
And it's a fact that Republican legislators across the country are passing new voting restrictions to disenfranchise voters, shutting down non-partisan voter registration drives, and cutting back on early voting. They hope that these shameful tactics to subvert the democratic process will have an impact on the election.
While the millions raised by Mitt Romney's super PACs to defeat President Obama may not be able to change the facts, these funds can saturate the media with misinformation and lies in order to bury the truth and persuade swing-state voters.
Here Are Truths They Will Try To Bury
When Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the primary goal of the Republican Party was not to fix the country and get Americans back to work, but to defeat the President four years later. They spent these past few years obstructing the passage of important legislation. Since 2007, the Senate Historical Office has shown that Democrats have had to end Republican filibusters more than 360 times, a historic record for what had been a very rarely used parliamentary procedure.
Compared to George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, Obama has been more fiscally conservative than any other president in recent history, with the exception of President Bill Clinton.
President Obama has been far better at creating jobs than President George W. Bush. During the 7 years and 8 months of George Bush's presidency, before the financial crash, only 2.6 million new private sector jobs were created. In the final month of George Bush's presidency, the country lost 800,000 jobs, and in the last six months of the Bush Administration, the country lost over 3.5 million jobs.
However, in the last 30 months under President Obama's leadership, nearly 4.6 million new private sector jobs were created (averaging about 150,000 new jobs per month). In President Obama's last 2 years in office, 40% more jobs were created than in nearly all of President Bush's eight years in office.
The last President who was elected amidst a severe economic crisis and high unemployment was Franklin D. Roosevelt. His policies strengthened government so that it would protect the people (creating Glass-Steagall to regulate the banks, the FDIC to insure bank depositors, the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock market, and Social Security to help people build a safety net for their retirement). FDR's strategy to spend money to create jobs and stimulate the economy is what ultimately helped pull the country out of a depression.
Even though the country's most respected economists have agreed on what history has already proven -- that MORE federal spending, not austerity, is necessary to stimulate the economy and create jobs, today's Republicans categorically reject this strategy. They are running on a platform of further deregulation and cutting spending to the bone, so that those earning millions will get more tax cuts, even though it means Americans who need a safety net won't have it.
Unlike Mitt Romney, President Obama believes we need to invest in education, energy, innovation and infrastructure and reform our tax system to create good jobs, grow our economy and pay down the debt in a reasoned way. He believes in an inclusive country where all people deserve equal protection and treatment under the law, as well as equal opportunity, whether they are gay, straight, black, brown, white, religious, atheist, old or young.
The choice is clear. Would you vote for a person who pays his taxes or someone who wiggles his way out of them? Do you want a President who has gained the respect of the world community or someone who on a recent diplomatic trip abroad provoked the ire and ridicule of other world leaders? Do we want a country where everyone is fending for themselves or where everyone is pitching in and working together? Do we want to go backward with Mitt Romney or move forward with President Obama?
On Tuesday, November 6th, the American people will have the power to make that choice. And I hope everyone, young and old, from red state to blue state, chooses progress over corporate profit. And over the course of the next four years, I hope we can all come together to re-build an America where opportunity and prosperity is once again within everyone's reach.
Mitt Romney's Tax Returns: What Else is He Hiding?
>>>about the effects of poor education on the US
Agreed. That's part what I was referring to when I mentioned "screwed up". And it is why the Republican party wants to do away with the education dept... cause their biggest constituents are uneducated morons and white racist bigots...
In every other western country in the world, the Republican party would have been called the extreme right wing fascist party and got no more than 5%. 5%!!! That Americans give them 45% says more about how screwed up a big percentage of our people are than the GOP...
Republicans & Conservatives Unload on Romney after Secret Video
Romney struggles to steady campaign after secret videos
By John Whitesides
WASHINGTON | Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:20pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/18/us-usa-campaign-idUSBRE88G19620120918
(Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney struggled on Tuesday to steady his reeling White House campaign after a secretly recorded video showed him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters as victims who are too dependent on government.
The video from a closed-door fundraiser in Florida in May sparked a new wave of criticism of Romney's gaffe-plagued presidential campaign and raised fresh questions about his ability to come from behind in the polls and win in November.
In the video, the first part of which was published on Monday by the liberal Mother Jones magazine, Romney tells donors that 47 percent of Americans will back Obama no matter what and "my job is not to worry about those people."
He said they do not pay income taxes and are people "who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
The clip was shot at the luxurious Boca Raton, Florida, home of Marc Leder, a private equity executive. The camera appears to be hidden behind a marble-topped sideboard and shows Romney addressing at least half a dozen people who are sitting eating. Waiters, some wearing white gloves, serve the guests.
Romney also told the donors that Palestinians have no interest in pursuing a peace agreement with Israel and achieving a separate Palestinian state would not be possible.
"I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there's just no way," Romney said.
The video unleashed a fresh wave of criticism from some Republicans who were already frustrated by Romney's failure to capitalize politically on a struggling economy and a high 8.1 unemployment rate.
William Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, called Romney's comments "stupid and arrogant." David Brooks, a conservative columnist in The New York Times, said Romney did not appear to understand American culture.
'DEPRESSINGLY INEPT'
"It's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. It reinforces every negative view people have about Romney," Brooks wrote. "He's running a depressingly inept presidential campaign."
Linda McMahon, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Connecticut, distanced herself from Romney's comments, saying she disagreed and "the vast majority of those who rely on government are not in that situation because they want to be."
The video capped a difficult two weeks for Romney, who has fallen slightly behind Obama in opinion polls, taken heavy criticism for a hasty attack on the president during assaults on U.S. diplomatic compounds in Egypt and Libya and faced damaging news reports about infighting in his campaign team.
It also reinforced criticism that the millionaire former head of the private equity firm Bain Capital is out of touch with average Americans, a theme the Obama campaign has hammered home all summer through advertisements.
Romney did not back away from the remarks at a Monday night news conference in California, where he said they were "not elegantly stated," or again on Tuesday in an interview with Fox News.
Romney told Fox that Obama believed in wealth redistribution, while "I think a society based upon a government-centered nation where government plays a larger and larger role, redistributes money - that's the wrong course for America."
Democrats leaped at the chance to criticize Romney for the comments and launched a new ad and fund-raising campaign focused on them. White House spokesman Jay Carney suggested Romney had been unpresidential.
"When you're president of the United States, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you," Carney told reporters. "The president certainly does not think that men and women on Social Security are irresponsible, are victims, that students are irresponsible or are victims."
On the West Bank, Palestinians said Romney was wrong to accuse them of not seeking peace.
"No one stands to gain more from peace with Israel than Palestinians and no one stands to lose more in the absence of peace than Palestinians," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters. "Only those who want to maintain the Israeli occupation will claim the Palestinians are not interested in peace."
The video controversy overshadowed an effort by Romney's campaign to offer more economic policy specifics and air new television ads to address rising worries from Republicans about the direction of his campaign.
'STILL FOCUSED ON ECONOMY'
But Romney adviser Kevin Madden said the firestorm over the video would not distract from the campaign's economic focus.
"I still think this is an election that's focused on the economy, it's focused on the direction of the country, and I think the voters right now who have yet to make up their mind are still viewing it through the lens of that," Madden said.
Some Republicans rallied to Romney's defense. Former White House Chief of Staff John Sununu, a Romney adviser, said the Obama campaign was trying to wage class warfare. Donald Trump urged Romney not to apologize and told NBC's "Today" show that "Republicans have to get tougher or they are going to lose this campaign."
The video comes seven weeks before the November 6 election and just more than two weeks before the first presidential debate on October 3, which may be Romney's best chance to change the direction of the White House race.
Romney regained some ground on Obama in a Reuters/Ipsos online poll on Tuesday, trailing by 4 percentage points, 47 percent to 43 percent. Romney had trailed by 5 points on Monday. The national Real Clear Politics average of polls gave Obama a 2.9-point lead over Romney.
Romney's comments about the 47 percent of Americans who do not pay taxes and are dependent on government were not a new theme for Republicans, and it was a largely accurate figure.
About 46 percent of U.S. households paid no federal income tax in 2011, according to the bipartisan Tax Policy Center, although almost two-thirds of those paid an employment tax to support the Social Security and Medicare programs.
In most cases, it is elderly and poor households that do not pay federal income tax, the center said. About half of those who pay no tax are allowed to do so because their incomes are too low.
(Additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick in Washington, Steve Holland in Utah and Jihan Abdalla in Ramallah; Editing by Alistair Bell and Eric Walsh)
Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will Never Have “Smart People On Our Side”... only the stupid moron ones... finally a conservative is being honest and saying what we always knew... that only morons are following these snake oil conservative losers... LMFAO... too funny...
Posted Sep 15, 2012 1:07pm EDT
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WASHINGTON, DC — Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and "smart people" for not being on the side of conservatives in a speech to the Values Voter Summit on Saturday.
"We will never have the media on our side, ever, in this country," Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, told the audience at the Omni Shoreham hotel. "We will never have the elite, smart people on our side."
The media "doesn't like the other side," Santorum said. "And not necessarily, I would argue, because they agree with them, but because they can influence the country.
"If just a few people make decisions about what this world looks like, what this country looks like, then you have people sitting in offices at major media outlets and Hollywood who think they can deal with a small group of people, to get them to jump through the hoops they want you to," Santorum said.
Santorum also criticized the libertarian wing of the Republican party for not supporting what he sees as the pillars of conservatism: religion and family.
"When it comes to conservatism libertarian types can say, oh, well you know, we don't want to talk about social issues," Santorum said. "Without the church and the family, there is no conservative movement, there is no basic values of America."
Warning to what? How about dealing with all the posts with personal attacks that I flagged first before you start giving warnings about my posts that contain no personal attacks....
Better get used to 4 more years... even your ultra conservatives and tea partiers are beginning to... LMFAO... too funny...
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