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Subscribe to RSSMitt Romney's showed flashes of testiness at last week's debate. It was the first time a national audience saw it, but that side of him has come through several times on the campaign trail this time around -- something that wasn't seen as much in 2007-2008.
Romney's raw reactions are reminiscent of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose popularity with conservatives seemed to soar higher because of his contentious moments with voters. Christie considered a run himself, but opted against it and endorsed Romney.
But is Romney channeling his inner Christie -- or is this just how he reacts to being challenged?
There's a split on the interpretations of Romney's testy moments. Some, including the campaign, say the moments reflect strength. Others thought differently.
Republican voters may respond to the confrontational style in a primary, but will swing voters in a general election?
Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul responded this way in an email to First Read:
"These moments have been moments of strength for Gov. Romney -- he has shown his passion about the issues and made it clear that he is going to stand up for what he believes in and to defend his record from misrepresentations."
The statement pivoted to President Obama:
"While President Obama has created an economic disaster zone, yet still seems to think things are going well, Gov. Romney realizes that this campaign is about the big issues facing our country and understands what is at stake."
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Really?
A more fitting headline would of been; Willard gets silly!
Crying for help from Anderson Cooper is hardly testy...
I'm starting to think the book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid' is actually Willard's autobiography! ;o)
Domenico:
There's a split on the interpretations of Romney's testy moments. Some, including the campaign, say the moments reflect strength. Others thought differently.
Hey Domenico, how about you cite one of the "Others" in your article. Or are you the "others"?
What a piece of crap of reporting.
I'm starting to wonder if the movie Willard isn't the biography.
Careful how far you push this guy... "Okay rats, tear the place up!"
Romney's "testy" moments are a clear signal of an authoritarian personality, wrapped up, but not quite perfectly, in his otherwise civil manners and button-down appearance.
Put simply, Romney doesn't like to be questioned. It's a temperament issue.
Conservatives will shoot back that President Obama occasionally flashes his temper, too, and sometimes appears impatient with those who question him.
Yes, he does. And it's a legitimate issue for consideration.
But when the President smiles, you always know it's from the heart.
Romney, not so much.
AM
But when the President smiles, you always know it's from the heart.
Burning coals, right AM...you snd Amy....burning coals.....
Come on folks. I wouldn't vote for Romney on a bet, but let's be honest here. Perry, Cain, and Bachmann don't make me testy. They flat-ass piss me off. Oh yeah, so does Romney.
I don't think I ever put it quite that way.
Jealous, Bear Boy? What a howl. ;-)
I see that obama's new slogan for 2012 is "Winning The Future",
If I was running a campaign with a fairly unpopular incumbent, the last thing to do is have a re-election slogan whose intitials are WTF! lol Is there a subliminal message there? :) And if so, how would you interpret it?
"These moments have been moments of strength for Gov. Romney -- he has shown his passion about the issues and made it clear that he is going to stand up for what he believes in and to defend his record from misrepresentations."
He better start with the man in the mirror, because nobody provides more misrepresentations of what he stands for than Mitt himself. I find that pretty damn funny coming from a man that changes his position, fro one campaign stop to the next and back again, this is nothing new for Mitt, it is one of the things he is best known for, misrepresenting himself on a daily basis. Maybe the guy is just schizophrenic, he may have mental health issues, because he does not even show the slightest hint of guilt, or uneasiness when he completely contradicts himself from one day to the next. If he does not have mental health issues then he is one of the best stone cold liars I have ever seen.
I don't know AM, being able to know what is in Obama's heart from the smug look on his face?
Romney's "testy" moments are a clear signal of an authoritarian personality, wrapped up, but not quite perfectly, in his otherwise civil manners and button-down appearance
Between yours and Amy's apparent Pshychiatric degrees, you two seem to be able to read all these politicians.
Here I thought you were just an attorney.
Who knew?
WCA,
I don't mean to interrupt you conversation with Anna Molly...
Mature women can always see what is a mans' heart. We have perfected that skill through many trials and error.
One of the rewards of experience...
Barack Obama comments recently have increasingly been interpreted as 'scolding'! To many former supporters he has become the nation’s scolder-in-chief—lashing out at friends and foes alike—and placing blame for things gone wrong on everybody but himself and his policies. Here are the Top 10 Obama Scolds:
1. America going soft: President Obama placed the blame for the nation’s woes squarely on the American people when he said this last month: “This is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft, and we didn’t have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades.” With an election year looming, was insulting the voters a major mishap?
2. Take slippers off: The President even scolded his most loyal supporters, telling a gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus, “I expect all of you to march with me and press on. Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying.” That was too much even for Rep. Maxine Waters (D.-Calif.), of South Central Los Angeles, who said Obama “just got a little bit off the teleprompter.”
3. Bitter clingers: Obama’s most famous put-down of his fellow Americans came during the 2008 presidential election, when he said at a San Francisco fund-raiser: “It’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
4. Eat your peas: During the summer’s debt-ceiling debate, Obama sternly reproached congressional Republicans while rejecting a short-term increase in the borrowing limit. At a press conference, the President lectured: “That is not an acceptable approach. So we might as well do it now. Pull off the Band-Aid. Eat our peas.”
5. Do-nothing Congress: Obama is taking the Truman route, blaming a “do-nothing” Congress for holding up his jobs bill. In doing so, the President seems to have forgotten that the Senate is still run by Democrats, some of whom aren’t enamored of Stimulus II. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is said to be none too pleased with the President’s strategy and, according to The Hill, their relationship is “terse.”
6. Cairo apology: Soon after taking office, Obama felt it necessary to undertake an overseas “apology tour,” painting America’s past actions in a bad light. In Cairo, he criticized Bush’s war on terror, while continuing most of his anti-terror policies. Sept. 11, 2001, he said, "was an enormous trauma to our country. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals." What does the antiwar crowd think about drones killing U.S. citizens?
7. Pay a little more: The community organizer-in-chief loves the class-warfare game, and never did he play it more audaciously than during the debt-ceiling debate. Mocking tax breaks for “millionaires and billionaires, oil companies and corporate jet owners,” the President lectured: “If you are a wealthy CEO or hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are lower than they have ever been. … You can still ride on your corporate jet. You’re just going to have to pay a little more.”
8. Republicans small: Obama scolded the entire Republican presidential field, charging them with being silent when a gay soldier was booed during a debate, never mind it was clear the boos were aimed at a specific policy. “We don’t believe in the kind of smallness that says it’s okay for a stage full of political leaders—one of whom could end up being the President of the United States—being silent when an American soldier is booed,” he told a Human Rights Campaign dinner crowd, where his gay and lesbian supporters cheered robustly.
9. Tea Party darkness: Obama fuels the left-wing smear campaign against the Tea Party movement when he makes statements like these, in an interview with Rolling Stone: “There are probably some aspects of the Tea Party that are a little darker, that have to do with anti-immigrant sentiment or are troubled by what I represent as the President.”
10. Attack watch: Now Obama wants to turn his supporters into an army of scolds, with his campaign asking them to snitch to the Attack Watch website whenever they hear a smear against the President. Luckily, the mocking of the site has gone viral, as submissions such as, “There's a new Twitter account making President Obama look like a creepy, authoritarian nut-job,” becoming the norm.
I try to take him at his word, WCA, but that changes so often, I can't anymore, I am not a psychiatrist, but I know when a guy keeps changing his story, I know when I am obviously being lied to.
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? La, la, la, la, la.
And here I thought that's what campaigns were for. If laypersons can't "read" politicians, how on earth can we make informed decisions?
And what, other than amateur psychology, do you call your own conclusion that the President has a "smug look on his face"?
Oh, no. I'm a lot more than that.
My friends.
Northstar DFL:
Ain't that the truth. Thanks, Northstar, for stating it so eloquently.
The way to a mans heart is often through his zipper!
Whoa Boy!
The chain e-mails are flying fast & furious today! lol
It's stunning that the right wing nuts & dolts CAN'T or WON't explain why they back Willard & instead attack the President!
Well... not really... *snark*
And what, other than amateur psychology, do you call your own conclusion that the President has a "smug look on his face"?
Big difference Am, in recognizing a Smug look and divining what is in a man's heart.
If laypersons can't "read" politicians, how on earth can we make informed decisions?
By your own admission, at least on economic issues, you didn't read the President very well in his last campaign.
What makes you so sure you can read him now?
Whatever he is doing Sam it seems to be working his numbers are going up. Collecting the heads of our worst enemies, something that republicans could not do, might tend to make any man feel a little cocky. Truth is what you are describing helped him it did not hurt him politically.
Whoa nelly! The cut and paste queen of FR, redwig is showing her hypocrisy yet again!
How many times have liberals here been asked to defend Obama's record, ignore those requests, and then retreat to their snark attacks on Republican candidates?
GO GIRLS!!
Hello?!
Then tell me, O Expert One, if not in the heart, then where does a man's "smugness" reside?
Or maybe Forrest had the answer to that. ;-)
I don't know if it's fair to say I misread what he said, as much as what he said then is not how he governed thereafter. I still don't regret my vote. I voted for the right things, regardless of how those things turned out.
Nothing, except his overall track record on the issues I care about, which is still miles ahead of the erstwhile competition.
By the way, what makes YOU so sure YOU can read candidates?
And if you believe you can't read candidates, then how can you ever cast a ballot?
Nice try Jim Silver..... feisty redwig is incapable of defending Obama's record. She prefer's 'low brow' attacks on Republicans instead..... snarking is her forte, defending Obama is not her thing, lol!
So this is what it is, eh?
amateur hour at the psychologist's office.
Older, ummmm, 'mature' women can see into men's souls? Oh my.
But hey, who doesn't love a hot Cougar, or in some cases a Puma. You all Cougars or Pumas?
Wait, don't answer that.
But I do love the Amy/AM coal walking routine, "sure all politicians are thin skinned liars, but, but, Obama is so sincere."
Sure he is. Like when he said raising the debt ceiling would be a failure of leadership. Or when he said his would be the most transparent government ever, one that would not include lobbyists and Wall Street insiders.
Yep AM - those were from the heart, and all you mature ladies knew them to be true cause you are, well mature ladies.
Too funny. And really please keep up the amusement factor cause this place is getting stale - all republican primary, all the time.
Nothing on President Fantastic's plan to put $8 more in college kids' pockets through loan 'reform?'
Dominico, is that not a story? What's Reid up to? The Super Committee?
How about all the fun and rioting going on at the OWS protests? The Drummer accord?
Come on.
Seldom Seen:
Plagiarism is theft, plain and simple. Attribution is warranted when you cut and paste the work of others. Taking lessons from JoAnna Smith are you?
When you are a thief, it is better to be NEVER seen.
Spanky, any political operative would tell you that $8.00 a vote is one hell of a bargain, too bad republicans missed out on such a cost effective way to garner support, by simply addressing the concerns of many young voters, even if it's only in the smallest of ways. I know you like a bargain, so does Obama, you guys got something in common now, you can finally be proud of the president for getting a good return on one of his investments!
Woot. Spanky is here now. Let the good times roll!!
Okay, if you insist, I won't. But more to the point, is Ms. Spanky a "hot" Cougar or a Puma?
That's right. And we "mature ladies" also see right through you, Spanky.
Well, you're right about that, anyway. There ARE other stories, after all.
Like the new economic numbers. How's that uncertainty thing working for you now, Spanky, with 2.5 percent growth in the past quarter?
And given that, where are the jobs in Wisconsin? Any ideas?
Spanky, You are hoot!!!
A little tongue tied today? "Older" or mature women or "ladies" ,"cougars, puma"...
A little hint: maturity and age do not have a direct correlation.
Just look at the posters here on FF... I rest my case :0)
Well Forrest, I'll give you credit. At least you admit he's just buying votes.
Anna Molly,
Posted at the same time. LOL
got to go to work
Keep up your mature responses to to all the "guys" ... I will check back with you later.
Ms. Spanky is a Cougar. My undersanding is:
MILF is <35, Cougar <50 and Puma is 50+.
2.5%? You sure, cause they tend to get revised down. I hope they stay there, but even at that %, we still suck.
They have to address Fannie and Freddie.
Northstar - Love to talk to mature women. Love to look at, umm...Yeah, mature women are great.
AM, there you go again twisting the facts.
First of all one month at 2.5% growth is not a trend. That number is based on incomplete data. Come back on Nov 23 after the complete data is in. We all know these numbers are always revised down. Who would've ever thought we were suppose to cheer 2.5% growth?
Another week at 400,000 new unemployment apps. Now that is a trend and boxes with the Governor Walker narrative of being caught up in the backwash of the Obama failed policies.
But go ahead and twist my words and facts to fit your ears, as you have been so apt to do lately.
No you're not... not really.
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Hey Domineco... What do you think about Pres. Yomama's "testy" moments? Is that leadership or strength? Or do "others" think differently of it?
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WHOO HOO! A SHOT OF THE CLOWN NOSE!
REALLY? A man you have NEVER ACTUALLY MET?
This has got to be one of the most idiotic statements I have EVER seen here at FR.
(show me the clown nose, fisty!)
WCA -- If what the gurus said yesterday is any indication they predicted overall GDP of 3 ish. So those numbers are likely to trend to the upside.
Ask Bill Clinton about that ;-)
(show me the clown nose, fisty!)
That is what you are supposed to do WCA you are supposed to spend a little of the nations tax money in the way more people who pay it want it to be spent, than all of it the way just some want it to be spent. If you can have billions spent on oil subsidies for companies that are already the most profitable companies on the planet, you can help a kid with a college loan, you can try a few green tech company subsidies, you can try 8 Solyndra's a year, for the cost of the oil subsidies alone. Besides these kids could see the day when they have to have something besides oil, they might need those educations, and the knowledge gained through the implementation of some green techs.
LOL -- Lions tigers and bears oh my.
I don't have to ask Bill the whole world knows what went on. I joke about it but it's wrong to do as he did and the price you, your family, your reputation pays is that it is the only thing your opponents can ever remember about you, and the one thing your supporters can never forget.
Yes, I would say that, too, but this number is for the QUARTER.
A quarter during which Wisconsin, by contrast, has seen steady job LOSSES. According to Walker, these losses were related to the national economy.
But the national economy over the same period was actually in a growth mode.
Capice?
I'm not the one who twists words, or more importantly FACTS, Pretzel Boy.
But if you feel that way, then what's the moral?
If you don't want to be misunderstood, talk straight.
Wow, I typed month instead of quarter. Nice catch counselor, but I'm not on the stand.
How many months/quarters of 400,000 job losses have there been?
National job losses tie directly to local job losses. Not GDP.
Desperation AM, does not become you.
Well, then, don't waste your time with me.
Later.
"There's a split on interpretations of Romney's testy moments..."
I guess it depends on whether you see Slick Willard's $1,500 suit as half empty or half stuffed. Personally, I think he's wondering how people can question a future God like this.
Romney's style reflects his upbringing as an only boy with older sisters. He identifies with the patriarch of the family, who favored him, which also means he identifies with maintaining the staus quo. I don't think his positions are ever his own, which is why he get's accused of flip flopping, he's just defending current conventional wisdom.
When he get's attacked he turns peevish, as if he can't believe his opponent has the nerve to question his position, considering he's Dad's favorite, and his positions are just aligned with current establishment thinking.
Romney would have been a stronger candidate if he'd grown up with a brother, which would have forced him to learn to compete on more substantial grounds, and maybe developed a more orginal opinion or two.
"There's a split on interpretations of Romney's testy moments..."
I guess it's depend on the side one is seated in an arena watching Mittens flipping. We saw him testily channeling his fat cat prowess when defending "corporations are people", his testy Chris Christie moment, like occupying Perry space in a public debate. He's very skilled.
Amy :Romney's style reflects his upbringing as an only boy with older sisters. He identifies with the patriarch of the family, who favored him, which also means he identifies with maintaining the staus quo
Hey Amy, with that degree in Psychiatry, why are you answering phones at a Travel Agency?
Because I'm the youngest sister in a family of one boy and three girls, what can I say?
So refresh my recollection Amy - how many brothers did Obama have to help shape him, and help him compete on more substantial grounds?'
Keep up the analysis gang. Every time you ascribe some silly theory to a republican, or talk about background, education, or heavans forbid - experience, we are going to say, HUH, now let's apply that to The One.
So give it a whirl Amy - psycho-analze Obama. Include references to his family, his father. Heck you can even toss in his illegal aliens aunt and uncle if you'd like.
I know I would.
Happy to oblige, Spanky. President Obama was raised by a single mother for most of his childhood. She took him to Indonesia where he had to toughen up to deal with bullies in the neighborhood. I would say that rough environment took the place of having brothers to compete against. Obama's mother didn't shield him from life, but taught him self discipline which he used to make his own way. His mother remarried and gave Barack a sister, who looked up to him. He married another "younger sister" type in Michelle, which is probably why his marriage works. President Obama is an effective leader because he can think for himself, and stand up to the bullies.
Oh, so this is him 'standing up'
Who knew. apparently no one other than you, as pretty much allthe libbies hate him for being a wuss.
So much for learning how to stand up.
Sadly, the lack of a family unit, with a father is a huge set back - for anyone.
They should make a movie outta that story... maybe an an ABC (sorry NBC) Made for Television Movie...
"How Pres. Yomama, as a youth, dealt with bullies in the hood!"
(show me the clown nose, fisty!)
He went to school, and became the real Big Dog, the POTUS, is how he dealt with them. They are still in the hood he is in the Whitehouse, pretty neat story.
Let's analyze Spanky,
Spanky has no interest in what another is saying. This shows clear ADD (ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER).
When Spanky's losing an argument, he gets hostile. (PTSD -POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)
When he starts drinking or abusing drugs, he's "SELFMEDICATING". When he disagrees with what someone else is saying, but they provide proof, and he has none, he goes into DENIAL. When his candidates say or do something that he can't defend, he tries to get CLOSURE to cover his shame.
When he repeatedly whines about other posters, he blames it on his OCD. (OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER). When someone writes a post that Spanky doesn't like or can't refute, he needs to make them look bad. This is called "ACTING OUT".
When you point out the errors in Spanky's thinking and he doesn't want to look bad he tries to blame it on his DEFENSE MECHANISMS. Spanky's PASSSIVE AGGRESSIVE behavior falls within the purview of the kind of person we used to call a platitudinous blowhard , or a Joan of Arc. If ever accused of being passive aggressive, Spanky says sarcastically, “Oh, Fine, You’re Right. I’m Passive-Aggressive."
When Spanky has had enough he simply takes short, shallow breaths, clenches his fists, paces, and refuses to release the tension in his shoulders. That would be a PANIC ATTACK.
Spanky is PUSHING BUTTONS when Spanky reacts badly to other posters who are:
a.) Saying absolutely true things that really shouldn’t upset someone
b.) Pointing out that Spanky is a hypersensitive freak who can’t handle the truth about anything
DYSFUNCTION: Is when the only consistent feature of all Spanky's dissatisfying problems is Spanky.
MkeMike:
[Let's analyze Spanky...]
Great analysis...you have done good work!
As an addition to your findings, I'd like to add that Spanky goes into "radio silence" when he realizes he has weaseled himself into a corner and can't provide factual information to bolster his deliberate misrepresentations and/or outright lies, or even a simple challenge to his "opinion" as he adds that everyone elses' opinions are wrong.
...but he is a "lawyer", you know...
ADD - sometimes.
Self medicating - only when I can.
Passive Agressive - nope.
Having fun and being amused by the libbies and now the psuedo-psychologists - always.
Just remember Mike - both sides. Two way street.
MkeMike - you need to save you spot-on analysis and post it every time the little weasel pops out of his hole!
One more addition - he has a for demeaning women & the disabled!
He's a real class act! lol
Spanky,
Still waiting for that Al Gore quote you are going to post....anything yet? I'd like to continue the debate...let me know if you need any help, "counselor"...or are you still on "radio silence"...lol...
Amy---I think yours is a great analysis of Mitt. I think one's birth order is a critical factor in later life. I, too, come from a family of 3 daughters and 1 son and in my family my brother is referred to as the "Crown Prince"!
MkeMike----spot on analysis of Spanky!
I am not sure that Romney's sense of entitlement is the story. He is nothing but a preppie, raised to believe that he is the Lord of the Manor, and owed deference from the peasants. And he sees everyone who is not him as a peasant.
No, the story I would like to see emphasized is his inability to exude enough confidence and authority to get control of those situations. Perry clearly did not recognize that he was dealing with a demi-God. And if Romney can't deal with someone like Perry, can you imagine how he would do with the world's leaders?
Frightening thought, isn't it?
And if Romney can't deal with someone like Perry, can you imagine how he would do with the world's leaders?
exactly! I can see some little tinpot dictator running rings around Romney.
This is a fun quiz. Listed below are 10 direct quotes. You have to guess
which American politician said it. Your four choices are:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Former VP Dan Quayle
President Barack Obama
Former President George W. Bush
Ready? Here we go!
1) "Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
2) "I've now been in 57 states I think one left to go."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
3) "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen
heroes, and I see many of them in the audience here today."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
4) "What they'll say is, 'Well it costs too much money,' but you know what?
It would cost, about. It it it would cost about the same as what we would
spend. It. Over the course of 10 years it would cost what it would costs us.
(nervous laugh) All right. Okay.. We're going to. It. It would cost us about
the same as it would cost for about hold on one second. I can't hear myself.
But I'm glad you're fired up, though. I'm glad."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
5) "The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and
inefficiencies to our health care system."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
6) "I bowled a 129. It's like - it was like the Special Olympics, or
something."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
7) "Of the many responsibilities granted to a president by our Constitution,
few are more serious or more consequential than selecting a Supreme Court
justice. The members of our highest court are granted life tenure, often
serving long after the presidents who appointed them. And they are charged
with the vital task of applying principles put to paper more than 20
centuries ago to some of the most difficult questions of our time."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
8) "Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the
emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a
hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them
treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or
inhalator, not a breathalyzer. I haven't had much sleep in the last 48
hours."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
9) "It was interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not
that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of I don't know
what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
10) "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in
the future."
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
Sorry. This was a trick quiz. All of the correct answers are the same
person. Each of these quotes are directly from President Barack Obama. And
now you know why he brings his teleprompter with him everywhere he goes
...even when talking to a 6th grade class. And some members of the media
continue to insist he is "The smartest man ever elected to the Presidency."
Right.
I would interpret this quiz as a poor reflection in general on our unpopular president!
ABO 2012
Here is something even funnier and doesn't involve multiple choice:
1. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
4. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."—Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—Washington, D.C., April 18, 2006
8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the Sun newspaper, June 27, 2007
10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008
11. "We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina Republican debate, Feb. 15, 2000
12. "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
13. "And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."—speaking on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
14. "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."—Houston, Sept. 6, 2000
15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000
16. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
18. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
19. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."—on the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2005
20. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty of playing baseball."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006
21. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
22. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one."—Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
23. "There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' "—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000
24. "They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
Slate V: The Best of Video Bushisms
The proof is in the pudding that this 'chump' was the DUMBEST President EVUH!
And yet, when I have seen President Obama in sit down interviews with everyone from David Letterman to Chris Wallace, he always strikes me as exceedingly sharp, deep and personable, in contrast to the unscripted George W. Bush.
Bush is not running for President.
Ooops... I could of sworn choice 'D' was Bush...
Guess it's time to get he eyes checked....
Feisty, you rock!
Isn't it amazing, Feisty and Amy, how sensitive that the right wing posters are about Bush, and his near destruction of this country? They would like to pretend that Bush's "Presidency" didn't happen, but they just can't pull it off!
Amy, The truck drivers at carrot top's local hangouts would agree with you!
Wow, how you must worry about the effectiveness that Feisty has against the right wing nut jobs, of which you seem to be one, Memphis Kelly. Is that what you consider a erudite post?
True that NDD! lol
The Feisty Fan Club just keeps growing...
Next time I have open enrollment for my 'fans', I'm going to make sure I offer some Viagra with their membership card...
The impotence amongst the nuts & dolts crowd is a growing epidemic... ;o)
newday, actually I agree with your comment.... stooping down to feisty's level leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
Actually carrot top is the conservatives favorite weapon! Who would want to side with that mess?
It appears from your second post, Memphis Kelly that you have learned nothing. Your concern about Feisty's effectiveness leaves you with no other choice but personal attack. Funny, we have been seeing a lot of that today from the right. All of you must be very concerned that this nation is waking up.
I'd love an autographed picture. But I got to ask - why it is you have Viagra?
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
Reluctantly, I have to admit it. Whew - The bushisms were funny! I started to cry. Somehow the Obama ones didn't make me laugh.
@ Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
Ooops... I could of sworn choice 'D' was Bush...
Guess it's time to get he eyes checked....
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Silly Nasty Redhead... the list presented was politicians NOT presidential candidates.
(If your reading comprehension was up to par you would have picked that up.)
As it turns out the only person listed in George's quiz that we are interested in happens to be running for president. You know... Barrack Hussein Yomama... the boy that fought bullies in da hood!
SOOOOO.... I found George Hayduke's little quiz quite entertaining. Your list on the other hand was old, tired and played out. (a lot like you ;-) GF!)
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(show me the clown nose, fisty!)
SOB:
As a matter of fact - you do know what facts are don't you? - the clever little quiz was not George Hayduke's. It was plagiarized. Straightforward theft.
(Show me the brown nose, SOB!)
Lot of that going around today, David Walker!
OK, I have my Romney political ad worked up. Picture this....
A revolving door with GOP candidate Mitt Romney trapped inside. The door spins one way and quote number one pops out of his mouth. The door spins the other way, and quote number two pops out of his mouth. Every quote makes the door spin faster and faster, first one way, then another way, all the while whirring to the sound that the Three Stooges make when they get "testy". Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo.......
'The TARP program... was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.' [1]
'When government is... bailing out banks... we have every good reason to be alarmed.' [2]
'I like health care mandates. The mandates work.' [1]
'I think health care mandates are unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.' [2]
'I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose.' [1]
'I never really called myself pro-choice.' [2]
'I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.' [1]
'Capital gains taxes are a tax cut for fat cats.' [2]
'Roe v. Wade has gone too far.' [1]
'I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.' [2]
'I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.' [1]
'Ronald Reagan is... my hero.' [2]
'When I first heard of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly.' [1]
''Don't Ask, Don't Tell has worked well.' [2]
'If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing health care, then that will be a model for the nation.' [1]
'What works in one state may not be the answer for another.' [2]
'In Massachusetts...the costs of health care will be reduced.' [1]
'We were unable to deal with... health care costs in Massachusetts.' [2]
'I've been a hunter pretty much all my life.' [1]
'Any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability.' [2]
'I'm going to take burdens off the back of the auto industry.' [1]
'Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.' [2]
'I would like to have campaign spending limits.' [1]
'The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without limitations.' [2]
'I supported the assault weapon ban.' [1]
'I don't support any gun control legislation.' [2]
'Based on the numbers of American Muslims... I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified.' [1]
'A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.' [2]
'I'm not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.' [1]
'Social Security's the easiest to privatize and that's because you can give people a personal account.' [2]
'I don't line up with the NRA.' [1]
'I'm a member of the [NRA].' [2]
'The all-Democrat stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the timing of the start of the recovery...' [1]
'The all-Democrat stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure.' [2]
'I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.' [1]
'I did not see it with my own eyes.' [2]
'It does take a village to raise a child.' [1]
'It takes a family to raise a child.' [2]
'I'm a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering.' [1]
'I changed my position.' [2]
So you are a one trick pony that lives on a one way street.
I wonder, are you ignorant of the other side - that Obama is as two faced, flip-flopping as any one, or is it easier for you and your to just ignore?
Yesterday you made a big deal out of Romney's ties to Wall Street, when we all know Obama is Wall Street whore. They fill his coffers and his cabinet.
Isn't that right Mike? Sure it is. Someday, maybe the traffic in your brain will actually flow in both directions.
Thanks, Spanky,
Like Romney, I just changed my position....LOL
Hey Mike, as David Walker said up the thread, if you are going to cut and paste you need attribution or it isjust plagirism.
'Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.' [2]
True statement. I've lived it for decades. Decades of Democrat rule in Detroit and it is the crap hole of the United States.
A living monument to failed Liberal policies.
White Collar Auto,
Don't you Republicans ever use a library? This is the second time I've had to explain this to a GOP moron. I wouldn't have to re-post if you'd all pay attention the first time.
I bet you always wondered what those little numbers behind the quotes were for....they are called
i·bi·dem
(b-dm, -bdm)
adv. Abbr. ib. or ibid.
In the same place. Used in footnotes and bibliographies to refer to the book, chapter, article, or page cited just before.
Now, just move your cursor over the number until the little pointed hand appears and click on it. You have a source. Now, if you can just get someone to read it for you, you're all set!!
Spanky,
....still waiting for you to post that Al Gore quote. You find anything yet? If you need help, let me know, ok Jr?
Hey Mike, you may want to actually take the time to quote the source. Your little "cut and paste trick" doesn't work all the time.
Geez, if your going to use someone else's work, take the time to do it right.
So yeah, whether you meant to or not. It's plagarism.
White Collar Auto,
See my above explanation to your previous comment, #6.4
You seem to be on here all the time. No wonder the US auto industry was in such a mess. Or, are you one of the non-necessary personnel that got laid off, and since you're gone now, they're rebounding??? I guess it really was the management and not the assembly line workers that were the problem.
"he always strikes me as exceedingly sharp, deep and personable, in contrast to the unscripted George W. Bush"
Amy, that is only because you grew up with no brothers, or something. You know, the same psychiatric claptrap you felt free to use on Mitt Romney.
Regardless of your siblings or lack of such, you are a delusional moonbat.
And if it is OK to psychoanalyze Mitt Romney based on the horrible fact he only had sisters, is it OK to claim Obama has deep seated hostilities based on his childhood with no father, and his mother basically abandoning him?
Bob -- please leave Amy alone. The post is about Gov. Romney. As a former resident of Massachusetts, you might have something to add to the debate, but instead you throw out "psychiatric claptrap" and "delusional moonbat" . Does this mean that you cannot defend Gov. Romney? That you cannot support him? Gov. Romney does have a problem in that he wants people to defer to him. Maybe because of his name, his title, his wealth, his gender....he gets annoyed when people don't follow the "rules" that allow him (Romney) to hold the floor. He would be better served by learning to diffuse situations rather than speak over people and insist on his right to speak.
I call it like I see it, Bob.
...and so does kate. We have a right to our observations. If you disagree, tell us your opinion but don't be a thug.
Poor bobby, you are really making him very nervous, Amy, he just doesn't quite know how to attack your posts, so he makes it personal. Very sad, don't you think?
Do you see brothers in fathers in Obama's upbringing Amy?
One way street, eh?
By the way NewDay - Amy trotted out her family. Amy tell us she'd walk through coals for Obama.
Perhaps yu ought to re-think who is making what personal, eh?
Hilarious, isnt it?
The attack hounds of the Left on here, led by Feisty's vicious personal attacks, now feign outrage at the use of the term "moonbat"!
If I "go Feisty" and dwell on the sexual preferences of the spouses and families of politicians , and describe the Tea Party with a crude sexual term, please let me know. Unitil then, you have zero cred.
Are you referring to the term "teabagger" bobby? Why should you object to the use of a name they picked for themselves?
Do you see brothers or fathers in Obama's upbringing Amy?
President Obama dealt with his father's absence by turning his pain into a book, Dreams from My Father which was pretty creative strategy, if you ask me. I think Obama's maternal grandfather was a stabilizing influence in his life, and his stepfather also helped him find his way. As to Barack Obama Sr, he obviously contributed some extradinary intellectual genes, even if he didn't offer his son direct guidance. You can see those genes in play in the President half-siblings, who all seem pretty gifted.
Hey Bob...
Don't forget how he was deeply scarred by the fact that he didn't seem to "fit in" with any of his peers... being rejected by BOTH the black and white communities.
Oh... and don't forget the pain of having to deal with (what was it Amy?) "Bullies in da hood"?
Poor child!
How would you fare as a fatherless, interracial American kid in Indonesia, I wonder, SBO?
No doubt about it amy, discrimination sucks. We all have to deal with it.
Surely you aren't implying that this is why obama has leadership issues do you? Or perhaps why he asks for advice but then never follows it. Bet rahm emmanuel was a little miffed with obama when obama bulled ahead with obamacare rather than take his (rahms) advice.
Is it me, or would Mittens have a problem in like a G7 summit when other world leaders might not defer to him? Just say.
you conservatives picked bush twice how'll that work out for you guys check your appraisal on your home or your 401k, the national debt and the national mood as consequences to his eight years....lie to yourself all you want to keep that own little world nice and tidy.....but the rest of the country starting to see what you guys stand for the rich and that's the problem not the solution....but then solutions aren't your big thing are they....9% approval of congress of boehner do nothing.....ideas and future are what you fear.....trash obama all you want you guys got him elected by voting for bush....he sucked while you said nothing ...you're good republican bitches aren't you.....70 % in polls believe you're the party of the rich for the rich and by the rich....demographics of the country are changing against you the future because lack of fortsight has reduced you to the party of voter suppression and union busting to take out the money from the dems....unfortunately you guys greed has gotten to middle america like those on wall street that you call a mob are the kids that we told work hard invest in your future get and education.....your everyman for themselves concept of american doesn't work for 308 of the 310 million american's anymore...and you've backed yourself in the corner with the 1% and the fools in the gop that don't know any better.....you've moved so far right as a party that i can barely see you in the pocket of the rich the greedy and powerful....all the koch money doesn't matter when 16.9 million americans need jobs ,,,those in wall street occupation have nothing to lose....they don't hate captialism but that's not what american practices anymore when only and i mean only the rich can be rich..... they want jobs they want justice isn't that the american way ...they don't want handout's they want a chance....
For Pete's Sake Mitt has another name - Manic Mitt.
The man came completely unglued in the last debate. He was rattled because Scary Perry dared to challenge him. Manic Mitt loses it when he is not in total control of the situation. He is the quintessential "control freak."
One other note about For Pete's Sake. Has anyone else noticed that in casual situations he always has a few errant strands of hair dangling over his forehead? It is always the same - watch for it! I bet he spends 10 minutes each morning arranging those few wisps. But remember - it is only in town hall or other casual settings. In the more formal debates every hair is neatly in place!
oh mitt romney and herman cain are your canidiates....good luck with that i can tell you republicans are excited as the rest of us to see them on stage with obama in a debate.....i heard that the first presidential debates will just have romney debating all sides of his two positions on everything ....and herman cain idea was no debates just an hour of him signing his books..... see you next november
apples an oranges over and out gop.....9.9.9. wow what a party...
obama did this obama did that....ok...but you guys did nothing,,,while america needed work...boo hiss good luck with the flat tax scheme and raising taxes on everyone but the rich that one i didn't see coming republicans raising taxes wow now that's rich....
50 million american's in aarp and you want to get rid of social security and medicare....the teaparty is your energy and you want to raise there taxes with a flat tax....think that blacks should stay in the ghetto,,,mexicans in the fields gays in the closet ,,,women in the kitchen.....want to cut teachers nurses firefighters and cops,,,,don't want infrasture spending sorry anyone in construction or that want to leave kentucky on one of the bridges...ha .....and damn those in the military with those fat pensions....you pissed off damn near the entire nation.....except wall street....let's see who wins boys..you may want to forget about obama and worry about yourselfs and your platform....
so marc, i recall no one promoting the elimination of SS or medicare, just making it sustainable.
Please do try to keep up with what is being said rather than just trying to use strawman arguments.
Didn't we go over this exercise last week? Why not report on Obama's Executive Order on Student Loans, another program the Government has taken over. Why not report that the savings amounts to $4 - $7 per month. That sure will stimulate the economy...what a joke!!!
private sector was charging 11% interest nice...touch credit card rates.....but im sure they're interested in educating american kids to be competitive in the global economy....i can always count on a conservative to find the dark cloud in every silver lining....ha ha ha...
Its called a loan...thats how banks make money. If you don't want to use a loan, join the military, safe for College, or borrow it elsewhere. But of course you have no problem paying for those who default right?
use your head republicans this aint the republican party that works or got things done...i miss newt ....bail now or take responsiblity for the country your creating by your support for these puppets....
Oh no! Don't make "Romulian Romney" angry America. He might call out his Birds of Prey to politically swoop down to attack anyone who speaks up against "Romulian Romney." The GOP Clown really turns into a political spoiled GOP spewer if he does not get his way. One of "Romulian Romnies" many personality flaws. Is that he just can not admit that he does not know what he is doing. That is fact!!