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Subscribe to RSSCOLUMBIA, SC – Ann Romney made her husband Mitt’s candidacy in South Carolina official today, handing his filing papers and a check for the $35 thousand filing fee to state Republican Party chairman Chad Connelly.
She said that her husband would now be “actively campaigning” in the state (although candidates don’t need to have submitted papers to campaign here) and that they are “encouraged” by the support they’ve received in the state.
She also commented on the state’s primary date. At that point this morning, Florida had not yet officially announced that it would hold its election on January 31st.
“[The date] looks like it’s going to be moved up a little bit, everyone’s wondering when this state will be going, we don’t know that yet,” she said.
Connelly indirectly referred, as he has before, to the “drama” of states moving their primary dates up.“Our narrative needs to be that we need to make sure that Barack Obama is just the worst one-term president ever, and nothing else, no other drama needs to be involved,” he said.
Romney refused to take questions from the press, as her staff ushered her out of the conference room where the event was held. Just before the event, Romney spoke to a group of about 35 at a private fundraising breakfast for the South Carolina Republican Party.
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I just saw her on TV ..she is.. as creepy as Mitt is ! I don't understand why the candidates think their spouse is an important part of their running for office !
Willard has waaay better hair!
At least Bachmann has enough sense to keep Marcus under wraps... lol
And yet Say It - I bet you think the wife of a Supreme Court Justice is super important.
Huh.
Say it:
I bet you would have a problem if someone said somehting about that in between jobs, lazy beer bellied husband/ big legged, stank wife you are married to. You see how that works. His wife doesn't have a damn thing to do with his policies. When someone says something about Michelle Obama you all have a damn cow and whine like little bytchez.
"When someone says something about Michelle Obama you all have a damn cow and whine like little bytchez."
Well, then, so Ann IS the first lady already. Must have slept through that election. Time flies...
Convoluted logic dash. The spouse is the spouse... they have no real power even as first lady. Inthemiddle is correct. Say something about Me-chelle and the whole of liberaldom goes bezerk.
So...is the plural of spouse "spice"? Sorry folks--it's been a long week.
On another note--I also was wondering about the $35K filing fee. More and more it looks like the "small" people are being shut out of the game. No wonder we have such buffoons running for office! Just one more reason for campaign reform.
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Why don't you go over to the Michelle Obama thread just below this one and see what hypocrites the righties really are?
$35 thousand filing fee?
Yeah, things cost money in this country, and sometimes taxpayers like not having to foot the bill.
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It reminded me of the homeless RNC 'plant' Alvin Greene, who magically found the $35K... lol
Petty cash to the Romneys, Amy.
Small time repubs ...... Obama gets $35,000 per plate of his bs.
I'd rather be rich ( if I were) and not hide from it than be like Michelle Obama who wears $40,000 bracelets to fundraisers and then goes to "shop" at Target pretending to be just like "average folks" . Can anyone say devious ??
Let's wait and see who else files. Sarah Palin might file.And Bachmann will probably fie but not capaignas much, relying ontheTTEA Partytodo it for her. TheTTEA Partyis verywell organized insoputh Carolina and Perry's mandat thing isn't going to play well. Older voter whod epend on social security willgraviate to Mitt as the safest choice.
Perry better get out his figer jet jock suit again.He's gonna need it. Anothe rround of "Missson Accoplished " please.
Hell maybe Spanky will file...After all he is making lotsa money from investment income. Pity that he cannot discern between those people who work for wages and those who get taxed at a much lower rate through investments in CDO's and CDS's. After all these are the people who put most of America to work dontcha know. I mean money is money like "killing" is Killing" as he posted in a previous thread.
still don't get it torpedo do you.....
the money these super rich have didn't appear out of thin air. They earned it the old fashion way and paid 34% on it once already then they have to pay another 15% if they even get a return on....
oh forget it....
It's a complete waste of time to explain it to a liberal Rob. Their field of vision is so narrow it's effected their speech. The only words they know are. Tax cuts for the rich. To show any other sort of discernment is beyond their capabilities. If the rich aren't being taxed at 95%, liberals feel cheated out of the rich people's money.
Sorry Rob but you don't get it...Turning Wall Street into a casino by 'inventing" products like Credit default Swaps and Collaterized Debt Obligations that did not exist 20 years ago as opposed to creating tangible products...Oh hell what's the use..............
"They earned it the old fashion way and paid 34% on it once.."
34%? So, then, these 'loopholes' we keep hearing about are...help me out here, 'Counselor'...Fairy Dust??
"The only words they know are. Tax cuts for the rich.'
Do Boehner and Cantor know you are calling them 'liberals'??
TAKE it BACK!!
Rob and Brian....As a small business owner...with 4 Employees, I get all kinds of tax breaks before I take a salary.... There is a difference between "earned wages" from creating a tangible product and different types of "investment income. " One example...I just purchased a new CMM that measures precision parts ($85,000.00). Guess what boys..that is an investment in a PRODUCT that will generate INCOME for my company and generate jobs for the people who built the machine not to mention the other support activities like maintenance and calibration..Guess what...I get a tax credit for spending the money. As opposed to: The paper pusher on Wall Street buying and selling CDO's and CDS's. Remember...I get taxed down the on the income from doing actual work with my hands and brain creating something useful. Get it now?
...Oh what's the use. Trying to explain something to a conservative is like...............(fill in the blank).
Rob & Brian----what the liberals want is a return to the Clinton tax rates (hardly 95%)---you remember those days when we had a budget surplus, right? We also think that there should not be a lower rate for dividends and interest than for earned income---the way it has always been under our tax code.