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Subscribe to RSSMitt Romney rapped President Obama hard on Wednesday before a group of Jewish Republicans on the issue of the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Romney, who's been sharply critical throughout the primary campaign of Obama's handling of Israel, fired up attendees of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the group's conference this morning in D.C.
"I don’t think he understands America," Romney said, and promised, as he did in the most recent debate: "I will travel to Israel on my first foreign trip. I will reaffirm as a vital national interest Israel’s existence as a Jewish state."
"In three years in office, he hasn’t found the time or interest to visit Israel, our ally, our friend.” he said of the president.
And in a 30-second, ad-ready soundbite, Romney (the onetime Senate, successful gubernatorial, and twice-presidential candidate) said, "I don't have a political career."
"I am not a creature of Washington, I am a creature of the private sector," he said. "I’m a business guy. I am not in this because I want the next step on my political career. I don’t have a political career – I am in this because I care about America."
Romney followed former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who also spoke this morning at the conference.
Huntsman opened with a shoutout for New Hampshire, where he's staked his campaign, before pivoting to swipes at his fellow candidates.
"New Hampshire is always going to be that state that upends conventional wisdom," he said of what his campaign hopes to be a boomlet of sorts in the Granite State. He said he's the only candidate who won't "pander" or "twist myself into a pretzel" compared to the others on stage, and he won some applause from the audience for saying he wouldn't attend the "Don Trump" debate.
On Iran, a subject on which the candidates so far today have worked to out-hawk each other, he said "If we can't live with a nuclear Iran, and I can't, you have to say all options are on the table."
Asked about the Belgian ambassador's recent comments that many interpreted as anti-Semitic, Huntsman implied that the problem reached far beyond the single envoy alone, saying that critics should work to find out "who higher up is responsible" for the language critical of Israeli leaders.
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Did Mittens say that with a straight face?
Who else in history has spent 6 years running for President?
Shame Willard omitted 'successful'...
Do you think not being able to crack 25% in the polls has anything to do with it?
I am not in this because I want the next step on my political career. I don’t have a political career
That's only because you are too much of a phony for Republicans, and Republicans LOVE fakers. Romney has been running for office since the 90s, he just keeps losing.
I don’t think he understands America
Psychologists call that "projection."
In three years in office, he hasn’t found the time or interest to visit Israel, our ally, our friend.
True, but Obama did go there while campaigning in 2008. Also too, if Obama had gone Republicans would attack him for being out of the country like they do every time Obama travels.
Is Mittens running to be the President of the USA or Israel? I am so very confused. :)
And FYI, Mittens keeps running for office - and losing!
Gingrich as speaker did balance the budget and turn our economy into surplus. And yes Congress controls spending. Unlike the flip flopper that actually practiced liberal policies he at least has the scars and lived some of the ideals folks are all paying lip service to on the campaign trail right now.
As for Huntsman he served Obama. At the time he never said anything bad about him. Typical politicians that only speak up when they are looking for something from us. Why didnt he speak of the problem higher up and resign as ambassador to China. Meanwhile on the records Obama has spent more on Israeli security than any other President so far.
If there was ever any doubt as to his actions on Israeli security there it is. People can say anything and play politics but what you do is more important than anything anyone says to gain political advantage. Shame on Huntsman.
J. Richter - Did you see the letter Huntsman sent Obama praising Obama's leadership? I'd bet that is the real reason Huntsman has little chance during this election.
Look - we all get that you libbies hate Romney, but the fact he has had previous unsuccessful runs for office is not very relevant, and is in no way determinative of success once office is achieved.
Or have you all forgotten about Abe L?
FYI phinep - historical perspective is your friend. Pass it on. :)
He said he's the only candidate who won't "pander" or "twist myself into a pretzel"
Wow!....Just simply Wow!....In MittenWorld that's how it is! I will not change my ever changing mind!
Spanky - Do you even bother reading the posts before commenting?
Of course Romney's long line of political failures don't mean he will lose again this time, or that he would be a failure if elected. That has nothing to do with anything.
The point isn't that Romney will lose again, in fact I think he has the best shot of any of the Republican candidates. But for Romney to claim he doesn't have a political career is silly. Of course he has a political career, it just wasn't a successful one. Let me put it another way; if Romney were as successful in politics as he was in sending American Jobs overseas he would be finishing his second term as President next year.
nisl - I don't suppose you can tell me the actual number of people employed in Romney controlled companies vs. the number he caused to be outsourced?
But as to the point - it appears that for many here the prior political failures mean he is a 'loser.'
If that were the criteria, then Abe would have had no shot. Good thing the electorate back then didn't think the way many FR posters here think, right?
Spanky, Liberals hate a lot of people these days, due to the fact that they will vote for a president who has nothing going for him. Trash talk is their way to help get more votes for Obama. They don't want to run on Obamas record, so this is all that they got. I do not see any Liberals talking up Obama care or the Obama stimulus. Even the tree huggers are running from Obama, they can not afford all of his green ideas. But the best thing going now is how Obama is still blaming others! I'm waiting for the day when he is asked; if its everyone else fault, why did you not do something? Fallow up with, the first 2 years, your party had all of Washington, who is to blame for that? Liberals have something to fear, So back to blame and trash talking. To help vote Obama out in 2012, just Stick to the numbers and the facts, no trash talk is needed!
Romney should study his history, as should many on the ignorant right.
He will then realize what appeasement really is.
He, like the rest of the right, is fully caught up in their self created delusion, each projection reenforcing the previous....none connected to reality.
Dumb, dee, dee, dumb, dumb, dumb....
Olddog.
LOL!!!
Now that is irony. If the narratives actually stuck to the numbers and facts, Obama would win easily...and you would not have bought into the right wing delusion.
Take the stimulus for example. All of the independent economic analyis shows it helped the economy, yet despite these facts and the numbers behind them, the narrative suggests the stimulus failed.
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John Makin of the conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute:
The real economy also responded to the massive stimulus but remained heavily dependent on it. In the United States, growth during the second half of 2009 probably averaged about 3 percent. Absent temporary fiscal stimulus and inventory rebuilding, which taken together added about 4 percentage points to U.S. growth, the economy would have contracted at about a 1 percent annual rate during the second half of 2009.
http://www.aei.org/outlook/100928
Or Mark Zandi, advisor to the McCain campaign:
The Great Recession has finally come to an end, in large part because of unprecedented policy efforts by the Federal Reserve and fiscal policymakers. The cost to taxpayers has been substantial but would have been even greater if aggressive action was not taken and the financial crisis and recession had been allowed to continue unchecked.
http://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/documents/JEC-Fiscal-Stimulus-102909.pdf
Or the CBO about the third quarter of 2009:
On that basis, CBO estimates that in the third quarter of calendar year 2009, an additional 600,000 to 1.6 million people were employed in the United States, and real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) was 1.2 percent to 3.2 percent higher, than would have been the case in the absence of ARRA (see Table 1). Those ranges are intended to reflect the uncertainty of such estimates and to encompass most economists’ views on the effects of fiscal stimulus.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10682/Frontmatter.2.2.shtml
Or what the CBO said about the forth quarter of 2009:
In sum, CBO estimates that in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009, ARRA’s policies:
-- Raised real GDP by between 1.5 percent and 3.5 percent,
-- Lowered the unemployment rate by between 0.5 percentage points and 1.1 percentage points,
-- Increased the number of people employed by between 1.0 million and 2.1 million, and
-- Increased the number of full-time-equivalent jobs by 1.4 million to 3.0 million compared with what those amounts would have been otherwise (see Table 1).
The effects of ARRA on output and employment are expected to increase further in calendar year 2010 but then diminish in 2011 and fade away by the end of 2012 (see Table 3).
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11044
On that basis, CBO estimates that in the first quarter of calendar year 2010, ARRA’s policies:
--Raised the level of real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) by between 1.7 percent and 4.2 percent,
--Lowered the unemployment rate by between 0.7 percentage points and 1.5 percentage points,
--Increased the number of people employed by between 1.2 million and 2.8 million, and
--Increased the number of full-time-equivalent jobs by 1.8 million to 4.1 million compared with what those amounts would have been otherwise (see Table 1). (Increases in FTE jobs include shifts from part-time to full-time work or overtime and are thus generally larger than increases in the number of employed workers.)
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/115xx/doc11525/05-25-ARRA.pdf
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Study up, jr.
nisl.
The entire GOP platform is based on a series of delusional projections.
I find it hard to believe Romney was really rapping!?? I mean he's about as white as you can get ... anybody got the film link??
What Mitt means is that he has not been sustained a winning career path in politics. He has been defeated in several attempts at maintaing a career in political office.
Viewed any other way and one may conclude this man is without a conscience.
Romney says, "I will travel to Israel on my first foreign trip. I will reaffirm as a vital national interest Israel’s existence as a Jewish state." Reaffirm? Who is Mitt REaffirming?
Why is Israel's existence a vital national interest? Hell, if it's so damned important, why don't we sell them part of Nevada and let them have their Jewish state here? Then we could sit back and let the Middle Easterners fight among themselves. Seems to me that would save a whole lot of lives. Indians have their own nations inside our borders, why not Jews? There's already more Jews living here than in Israel right now.
What a sorry damned spectacle. Romney sucking up to Jews. Perry sucking up to evangelicals. Hey Santorum, the Pope is all yours.
Wow, Walker, what an awesome display of naive thinking, not to mention a large, multifacited dose of that bigotry you libs are so quick to criticize in conservatives.
Don't worry...He will change his position next week or sometime soon; when he decides to talk to another group, such as the KKK. He will "accomodate" that speech for the correct audience then.
spider:
That's your standard BS hit-and-run post. What's naive? Where's the bigotry? Put up or shut up.
I mean really who cares about Israel? The country that murdered our navymen on the U.S.S Liberty that country? is that the country that our fake corrupt politicians are standing for? well that obviously says alot about those politicians that put Israel above the U.S.even as much as the mainstream media and politicians try to instill fear into us not to call out Israel on their genocide against the Palestinians to the numerous spies they have inside the U.S. to bring us down, to wide array of corruption that has the American people going into foreclosure by the jewish bankers that pay out to israel in order to bankrupt the American people. yet we still give over 3 BILLION a year to Israel that has 3.9% unemployment while our fellow brothers and sisters in the U.S. are losing their homes and jobs. SCREW ISRAEL!!!
nisl -- I suppose we should just be thankful the punk stayed on topic and didn't attack another FR member.
David Walker-- Good point about the "reaffirmation" code word. Teapublicansmust reaffirm anti-abortion positions by passing multiple duplicate bills to ban abortion, they must reaffirm our so-called mantra of "under God," and we must reaffirm our commitment to Israel though as pointed about above, there has never been any difference in our foreign policy concerning Israel from administration to administration.
The Jewish citizens who are Republican tend to be so for neocon reasons (e.g., Lieberman), some like Ben Stein for fiscal reasons, but not for Christian religious-Right reasons you can be sure. Because of what the Jewish people have suffered, they tend to be progressives, which Jon Stewart often addresses with his wonderful comedy.
These are all religious-Right wedge issues in an attempt to divide people and fire up the radical right-wing base. This is what Republicans always do, or fear monger to start wars, or machinations like hostage-taking, to have any hope of victory because they have NO merit to run on.
BTW, we don't hate Romney. I very much dislike Gingrich, but that's because Gingrich is a horrible person in reality, and many Republicans feel this way too. Romney's just not presidential material, nor are any of the GOP/TP candidates, and the majority of the nation knows it.
David Walker and Patriot201;
In my opinion and from a pragmatic point of view, America's vital interest in Israel involves the protection of the Suez Canal, ME oil and America's projection of trade and power in the region.
Silver: We have no interest in Israel!! Israel has an interest in the United States because of the influence WE have in the world, Israel has no influence in the rest of the world, the rest of the world sees and knows that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians as we sit around doing nothing.
The Suez canal, ME oil, and Americas projection of trade and power is actually being hurt by the genocide israel does against the Palestinians. If we wanteed to protect our interest we would do whats right, which is to grant the victims of israels atrocities a state instead of denying it to them like we did because of Israel. Matter of fact we had a strong relationship with the middle east before Israel was created.
And Obama has been so successful with his policies, huh?
Obama has screwed up everything he's touched. He's a one-man wrecking crew.
Instead of all the GOP loser's would just put the money they have been given and what of their own money wasted to the Project of the Debt, then the night mare's of money worries would cease greatly for our middle class people.
Silver Flyer:
If pragmatism is the standard then I would suggest that we simply do not have the ability to project power in the region. However, were that the case, we have to recognize in very short order, that the demand for oil is escalating each and every day. China and India want to enjoy a western way of life. Can't say that I blame them. I like it myself.
Again, from a pragmatic view, it is in our interest to invest everything we can in alternate energy feedstocks, energy storage, and more efficient energy transmission. Indeed, if we do not put our focus in that area, we are doomed to fall even further behind the rest of the world.
There was a time that Jews considered a homeland in South America. Granted, it never went far, but the idea that Israel could be located elsewhere is worth consideration. Heck, Israel is my age, just a kid as nations go. It has been a source of grief for all of my years. Why not find a new homeland? There comes a point where we have to admit failure. In my opinion, we passed it long ago.
Hell, has he even had a career for the past 5 years (other than failed bids for the presidency, that is)? Someone doesn't understand Americans, and I think it might be Mr. We-need-a-bigger-vacation-home...
As Israel cannot rely on oil due to their location and how they get along with their neighbors they should be a perfect partner for the US to work with on new energy sources. They are very strong in natural gas which we here in the US have the largest reserves of in the world. Since they have very little fresh water they are working on desalination plants and I think they have 5 running now.
Israel is not going to move and remember they are only a few years younger than almost every country in that area except for Egypt, and they are not a failure as they have a very high standard of living, and the thought that would move is excuse me quite naive
What a pathetic pandering loser Mittens is.
A man who will say anything to anybody hoping to a get a vote
.But what do you expect from a Conservative anyway.
Mittens the ultimate Flip Flopping lying politician. I don't know which one of these Conservatives is worse Newt (a reptile by name ) or Romney But than what do you expect from a filthy Consrvative.
Name one other President who's name has been connected with as many questionable
personal documents and activities (birth cert., draft reg., soc. secu
number,realestate fraud transaction, house owned in title by others, claiming
tax deduction on a house his name is not on, hidden school records, hidden
passport records, adoption records, tax money contributed to foreign political
canidates (forbidden by law), numerous alias name, and numberous SSNs). I can
not think of one other who had issues with even ONE of these items listed. Here
is a person who's name is time after time connected with fraud. To the reader,
have you ever had an issue with even one of these problems? You probably do not
even personally know anyone who has an issue with even one. But here we have a
President that has an issue with ALL of them. These are not small little
mistakes.They are all crimes of fraud. Just because Obama and those who choose
not to see reality want the voters of this nation to ignore them, does not make
them less of a crime nor does it make them go away. If you or I as a common
citizen had commited fraud, we would be sitting in jail or prison. That is
exactly where this man should be. Just as Obama says "Those who do not want to
disclose the truth are those people with something to hide." Obama disclose all
of these documents....or do you have something to hide?
"But here we have a
President that has an issue with ALL of them."
No, here we have a President whose opposers have CREATED false issues about all of these. Big difference.
David Walker,
Why can't the Palestinians go find a different homeland, then? Per your logic, there has been a lot of strife as a result of their endeavors, and they are a nomadic people to begin with, so why not sell them the land in Nevada and call it a day?
To insist a country relocate is beyond asinine and verges on just plain stupid. People have fought for Israel's right to exist, given up their lives for Israel's right to exist, and have worked tirelessly to ensure Israel continues to exist and prosper. This notion that they can just move is beyond ridiculous.
Name one other President who's name has been connected with as many questionable
personal documents and activities (birth cert., draft reg., soc. secu
number,realestate fraud transaction, house owned in title by others, claiming
tax deduction on a house his name is not on, hidden school records, hidden
passport records, adoption records, tax money contributed to foreign political
canidates (forbidden by law), numerous alias name, and numberous SSNs). I can
not think of one other who had issues with even ONE of these items listed. Here
is a person who's name is time after time connected with fraud. To the reader,
have you ever had an issue with even one of these problems? You probably do not
even personally know anyone who has an issue with even one. But here we have a
President that has an issue with ALL of them. These are not small little
mistakes.They are all crimes of fraud. Just because Obama and those who choose
not to see reality want the voters of this nation to ignore them, does not make
them less of a crime nor does it make them go away. If you or I as a common
citizen had commited fraud, we would be sitting in jail or prison. That is
exactly where this man should be. Just as Obama says "Those who do not want to
disclose the truth are those people with something to hide." Obama disclose all
of these documents....or do you have something to hide?
These issues have been made up out of whole cloth. The only issue that is remotely legitimate was the real estate deal with Rezco. President Obama admitted it and said that it was wrong. I do not think there was any illegality there because no one accused the President of doing anything in return.
The birth certificate issue has been dealt with and put to bed for all of those save the conspiracy theorists and nuts like Donald Trump.
As to grades, Obamas and anyone else's grades are their personal business. The issue with grades is very simple, people like you resent the fact that Obama graduated from Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude and you want to denigrate his admission inot Columbia and Harvard. Did you know that George Bush got into Yale through a legacy program and admittedly was only a C student? You probably don't care because Bush had the ultimate qualification for the presidency-lack of melanin.
The real deal is that there are no scandals involving this President and the people that hate him cannot stand it. The real deal is that his record speaks for itself and has been exemplary given the condition this country was in when his Rewpublican predecessor handed it to him. The real deal is that Obamacare is going to work to reduce healthcare costs and Republicans as usual fear that the big insurance companies will not make as much of a profit. The real deal is that this President is going to take a thoughtful approach to further engagement in the Middle East costing us countless lives and money.
Any politician who places Israel's interests above US interest is a traitor, plain and simple. Washington is full of them.
"jerry l-1335133
Israel is not......a failure as they have a very high standard of living"
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......And just how high would that standard of living be without the billions of dollars in aid they have received from the US of A and AIPAC? It's easy to be successful when someone else is paying your way.
I strongly suggest that Romney, AIPAC and all other Israel buttkissers move to Israel and leave America to Americans.
Mitt Romney is the Akon of Politics, he says whatever you want to get you to Like him, and then when you find out how much of a phony he is, he quietly goes away.
Well, he lied about the pandering part. He'll pander to anyone who will drop change into his pocket. But he can't possibly 'transform' himself into what he already is: hypocrisy personified.
I believe that Lehi was a descendant of Joseph and led his followers to America. It is truly magical that a wave of settlers came here from Israel and left no archaeological record, magical I say. For Romney to want to return to Israel is not surprising, he is almost returning home, what a feel good story.
Romney is uninformed and full of crap...as usual...
the GOP really need to start practicing being truthful and getting the facts.
This is so a waste of our time.
Mitt who?
Interesting statement Mitt made: he's "a creature of the private sector."
Convicted out of his own mouth.
As Tom Yreka posted lastnight, Mitts Bumper sticker is "Vote for me, I'ma Loser"!
Occupy SoggyBottom!
I would love to hear your definition of loser.
Then, if you'd be so kind as to amuse us further, perhaps you could apply it to Romney.
Bonus points if you can toss in some historical context.
Pretty hair, huge bank account, magic underwear.
Mitt Loser to Kennedy(Mass. Senate race), Mitt, Loser to Mccain 2008 Presedetial race.
Mitts Bumper sticker"Vote for Me, I'ma Loser"!
Now conselor, please tell us when & where the next Drug Tunnel is that you & Smiffy will be posting from out there in San Diego?
Occupy SoggyBottom!
So would you rather lose an election to Teddy, or have Teddy's rap sheet?
Now, how many times did Lincoln or Teddy R. lose?
Drug tunnels are great - cause our border is all secure and all.
Hey speaking of drug tunnels, Yellowdog Mark brought this up the other day and I see more news on it today.
It seems not only were we supplying the Mexican War Lords with guns, we were laundering their money for them as well. Carrying their cash across the good old US in hopes of tracking it back to the big guns.
That's right, it would appear that the US Govt had become a "mule" for the Mexican Drug Cartels.
It's kinda scary.
Isn't it?
Mitt Romney is the Akon of Politics, he says whatever you want to get you to Like him, and then when you find out how much of a phony he is, he quietly goes away.
Spanky-
I would love to hear your definition of loser.
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....easy.....YOU!.....any questions ( I can't believe you weren't smart enough to see this coming)?
...and yet in typical fashion offers nothing in the form of 'facts' to back up his claim...which in this case would be especially difficult seeing that the 2012 budget proposed by the WH has an increase in aid over the 2011 budget.
"...fired up attendees of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the group's conference this morning in D.C."
Wow, really going into the lion's den there Romney. These people are a joke.
If the GOP manages to declare and go to war with Iran, does that mean the upper 1% get another tax break?
Yes it does. You see, that is how Republicans pay for wars: by giving tax cuts to billionaires.
No, that makes no sense and is silly on the face of it, but the exact same thing can and should be said about trickle down economics.
Only thing that trickled down on me was pee.
Uh, can you please keep you sexual exploits [golden showers] to yourself phinep?
The GOP fantasy economics that Newt claims to have helped create has failed.
The reason it failed is because it is based on an ideology, and not reality.
No wonder Newt is so proud of it.
Dumb, dee, dee, dumb, dumb, dumb....
That means it's raining, Phine.
Mitt Romney and the other conservative critics of this president's Middle East strategy have displayed a shocking level of ignorance and lack of understanding concerning what is the most important foreign policy issue of our time. Mitt slams Obama without knowledge of the situation and without bothering to put together a coherent strategy of his own. This sort of rhetoric and reckless behavior puts the security of Americans at risk and threatens new fissures in the Middle East. http://www.sunstateactivist.org
I don't know how much more of this I can take. Between another 13 months of Romney babble, FOX or water boarding, I'm inclined to volunteer for the later. Romney going to Israel doesn't have the same wait as Ike saying he would go to Korea.
A Canadian take on the Republican Field:
Willard M. Romney – the only one I will avoid barfing over if he wins. I have some sense of where he truly stands … no I don’t.
Michelle Bachmann – this woman is straight out of a Cracker Jack box and thankfully there are not enough morons in the entire world to elect her. As we say up here, dumber than fungus.
Rich Santorum – reminds me of a failed Freud patient. Always looks in pain … like he gets a good spanking every morning at the ‘santorium’.
N. Leroy Gingrich – ethically and morally challenged … keeps rising to the surface like doggy doodoo in the spring, doesn’t matter if it’s the Old New Newt of the New Old Newt it still stinks. The man is Blazing New Trails into the Past … sorry Grimeyrich guy, been there, done that.
Ron Paul – half sane, half insane … I am not convinced as to which is the intelligent half.
Jon Huntsman – Not really trying hard and I suspect he is really about 2016.
Rick Perry – Texas should be forced to secede from the Union if this character even comes close to third place in his own State.
Herman Cain – to the three ladies who outed him, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Donald Trump – outed by his own ego … even his hair doesn’t like him.
Dear Republicans, Halloween is over. Stop stretching it out.
bingo
ABO
U have me cracking up lol.
The Tea-baggers/Republicans are the best cartoons on television! They are the funniest show since Bugs Bunny
Doesn't Romney belong to a religion that views all ethnic groups (other than white) and religions as inferior?
maybe someday we will have a mormon President but not in this century- there is the problems of church vs. state. mormon''s first loyalty is the to the church, before country, - go to Utah- Zion National Bank, Zion Post Office etc. When the leaders of the Mormon Church wish to speak to their flock- they can and do pre-empt anything on television - the church totally controls the state= reminds me of North Korea -
It's a bit more complicated than that. The founder, Joseph Smith, had this odd notion that the sinfulness of a people regulated their skin color, with wicked people growing dark skin and the righteous growing "fair and delightsome". It was written right into their Book of Mormon. This bizarre prejudice didn't extend to light-skinned Asians, however. Go figure.
For well over a century, they didn't allow anyone with "even a drop of African blood" to hold their priesthood, though they did allow them to be members. But in the mid-70's, after the civil rights laws, that nonsense got far too embarrassing, so their "prophet" had a revelation of convenience that allows any worthy male to gain the priesthood regardless of skin color or ancestry. Note women are still excluded.
Come to think of it, the Mormon Priesthood doesn't mean much, it just allows them to conduct certain rituals. Since the Mormon church doesn't have any paid clergy, their Priesthood isn't a career option.
Vote for the Mormon as President of The United States. Not going to happen ever
Perhaps Romney, perhaps not but this is most certainly the last HNIC the country will ever have.
romney is right. we should let israel do what ever they wish and give them tons of money. if they are truly our ally, threy should be acting in our interest as well. i am jewish and respect the jewish state. but i am american and know where my loyalties lie. does romney?
The leader Joe who started the Mormon Faith was kicked to death in the streets along with his brother. Later day Saints.
Wrong. Shot to death in a jail cell by a rampaging mob. Really Bad Idea, it made him into a martyr and strengthened his religion.
So Bishop Romney is going to bring peace to the middle east! So, how does that joke go about lipstick and a pig?
How does that little black sambo story go....well he ain't much as President now is he?
Hey Bfitz,
Why don''t you drag your knuckles over to a group of African Americans, and ask them about "how the little Black Sambo story goes. And oh. don't forget to bring a bag for your teeth!
That was our Dear Leader Obama. Did you forget so soon?
bfitz
"How does that little black sambo story go....well he ain't much as President now is he?"
Another SCUMBAG Right Wing Racist!
bfitz-
Do you have ANY clue how offensive that is? Seriously.
The last I heard Israel is not America why dont we focus on what we dont have and take back our Republic!!! RON PAUL 2012!
Indeed, this is one of the few places I agree with Ron Paul. Israel's problems are not our concern.
americans are tired of supporting Israel- they whine and whine and then threaten to bomb Iran to get some attention- go ahead and do it! that will be the end of Israel and then america can get back to business.
Ah... so willard is an outsider, who desperately wanted to be an "insider" - got it.
"And in a 30-second, ad-ready soundbite, Romney (the onetime Senate, successful gubernatorial, and twice-presidential candidate) said, "I don't have a political career.""
I don't get the republicans regarding their stance on Iran. Wasn't it Condoleezza Rice who said on "Meet The Press" that "Iran has weeks, not months" to answer for their "nuke-u-lar" program (Side Bar: GW Bush: I miss the way you mangled the English language, but Rick Perry is helping revive that phenomenom!). So, why is it that all the republican candidates talk tough on Iran, but when we actually had a republican President, he did nothing about it? Sure, it's easy to talk tough when there are no consequences, but what happens when/if you're elected president? Do you just start bombing everybody?
At least Romney knows what year this is.
And he knows that there are just 50 states, not 57.
Obama sucks. The sooner we vote his stupid ass out, the better.
Every time Obama speaks, he weakens the nation.
The only people voting Republican in 2012 will be really, REALLY rich people and really, REALLY stupid people.
And while there aren't a lot of rich people, sadly there are a LOT of really stupid people. And that's just how the rich people want it.
The people voting for Obama are the lazy, incompetent and the tree-hugging crybabies.
We are worse off now, thanks to the liberal neo-Socialists.
Steven - Not to let facts get in the way of a good bout of ignorance but try these on for size. Please look these up, I can tell you know how the tubes and pipes of the internet work. Go to the census bureau state by state statistical abstract and look at the "data" for 2007. Data is the result of a "study", if you are unfamiliar with these words in quotes please look them up. The American Heart Association is the source of the "data" for the obesity information.
Of the 28 states with the highest average teachers salary, 25 of them voted democrat. (boo teachers)
Of the 28 least obese states, 23 of them voted democrat. (boo personal responsibility)
Of the 21 states with the highest per capita income, 19 of them voted democrat. (yeah capitalism)
Of the 15 states with the highest percentage of homes that are mobile, 12 of them voted republican. (yeah houses with wheels)
Of the 20 states (including DC) with the highest percent of the population with a bachelors degree or higher, 18 of them voted democrat. (boo people that get educated to make more money and live a better life)
You keep on with the peace bomber, it is great to see that even complete fools can use technology now.
Wow...this guy will say absolutely anything! Is he implying that a Romney Administration will result in a full-scale war with Iran? This is yet another FLIP-FLOP from perhaps the phoniest politician in history:
http://www.mittvmitt.com/
Yes...Mitt has lied about and changed his position on just about EVERYTHING - unbelievably, he even lied during the last debate that his first name is Mitt when it is actually Willard!
I know. Obama is a lying scumbag.
Please pay attention. The story is about Mitt Romney.
Obama has written off the Jewish vote. He is counting more on the government entitlement crowd.
The Jewish community is much smarter than Romney apparently gives them credit for. They know a opportunist lacking in conviction when they see it, and in Romney, they sure do see it.
This is the guy who begs for Trump's blessing, kisses Trump's ring but won't let the media photograph him doing it, and then says ( a few days after the fact, not surprisingly) that his schedule is too full to be present at Trumps' self-congratulatory party debate.
Feel free to ship back that Social Security check I wrote you while you accuse me of wanting entitlements.
Common: Obama wrote off everyones vote EXCEPT the jewish vote when he keeps favoring only one race(Jewish) and never mentions anyone else as if we live in Israel and not in the United States. Only 2% of the U.S. population is jewish, so why are they sooo much more important than the rest of the 98% of Americans? I'm soo tired of the media brining up jews as if they are the only ones that vote in the U.S. I believe EVERY American is the same and we should all be addressed and not only the jewish americans but White, Black, Spanish, Middle eastern, Asian...ALL AMERICANS!!
Feel free to cut the IRS a check, since you think we don't pay enough taxes.
Mitt says, "
"In three years in office, he hasn't found the time or interest to visit Israel, our ally, our friend." he said of the president.
If Pres Obama would have travelled...Mitt & the Repubs would be calling it a vacation paid for by the taxpayers of America....plus there are many other allies that haven't been visited. These desparate jokers are gonna say anything.
Obama has traveled plenty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama
He treated Netanyahu like crap when he came to DC.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/7521220/Obama-snubbed-Netanyahu-for-dinner-with-Michelle-and-the-girls-Israelis-claim.html
Treated Netanyahu like crap? Good.
Toasty, your bias is well documented. You never did tell me....would you prefer Israel be destroyed in a nuclear fireball, or simply turned into one great big extermination camp?
I'd say "not America's problem." They're free to leave if they want; hell, they can even come here if they're willing to get their green cards and wait for the citizenship lottery like everyone else. But this is what happens when you steal peoples' homes; they tend to hate you and try to kill you to get them back. We've spent too much money and FAR too many American lives on this failed experiment, so as long as we stop that, I couldn't care less what happens to Israel. It's not America's problem.
Toasty, if you live in the US, you're on property that once belonged to someone else.
You have an overt bias against Israel, and your tacit support for the terrorists is quite sad.
I do live on stolen land. Stolen first from the Pima, and then from Mexico. And if the Pima and Mexicans were throwing suicide bombers at us while we blew up hospitals with attack helicopters, you can be damned sure there would be a need for an international peace process.
And no, I am neither biased against Israel nor supportive of terrorists. I'm just taking the responsible, neutral position in this conflict between two terrorist nations.
Yet, you benefit from the inventions and discoveries made in Israel.
Your moral compass is deficient.
Steven: we can all tell you would rather burn Americans alive rather than let Israel take responsibilities for their genocide against the Palestinians. what inventions are we benefitting from by the way that Israel made? unless you're speaking of new ways to murder women and children.
Israel is benefitting from the U.S., Israel would not be around if it were not for the U.S.
Thats what really gets me the most after all that the American people have done for Israel they do not appreciate it and feel as if it was owed to them. If you dont like the U.S. Steven pack your bags along with all the other Israeli supporters in the U.S and goooooo to Israel, YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED!!!
Genocide? The populations and standard of living in the West Bank and Gaza have steadily increased.
You really need to come up with something that doesn't make you sound so totally ignorant.
"He treated Netanyahu like crap when he came to DC."
So leaving someone on their own for a WHOLE HOUR is a 'snub' and 'humiliating'? One theory has it that Netanyahu asked the president to leave so HE could consult with advisors.
I also benefit from discoveries made by the Nazis and Japanese Empire.
Everyone seems to forget that Obumba is of Muslim decent. His setting foot on Israel soil would be equivalent to a "Jew" wearing his Yarmulke while visiting the center of Mecca.
Besides; he's probably afraid he'll get hit by "Jewish Lightning".
He's also of christian descent. And atheist. And his name is Jewish.
Hannibel: that nice! fortunately we are 98% jewish free here in the United States, so he should be addressing the rest of the 98% of Americans that got him elected, Jews mostly voted for Mccain ne ways, and Obama still won by 8 Million plus votes, even if the jews did vote for him it would account for 500k votes out of the 8 million he won by. Sorry Hanibal but Jews are not the only race in the United States that needs to know if Obama is on their side
D'oh!!!
Obama was in Israel, at the Wailing Wall no less, wearing his little beanie and professing loyalty to our friend and ally, Israel, in 2008. I wish, just once, that you whiners would do some homework before making fools of yourselves.
For Steve B:
The meaning of the name Barack is Blessed
The origin of the name Barack is African
Alternate spellings: Barrack, Barak
Notes: Form of the Hebrew name Baruch. Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the United States.
http://www.babynames.com/name/BARACK
D'oh!!
Whatever, Hannibal. Don't you have some liver with fava beans and a nice chianti waiting?
Jesus Steve, a ten-second google search could have saved you from looking like an idiot this time.
Pander to the jews all you want Mitt, they're only .02% of the population of the United States so good luck with that. You won't be elected anyway...
The Nickster
.02% of the population who control 80% of the wealth and companies in America!
80%? give source or gtfo!
Al718
I NEVER reveal my sources; do your own investigative research. Then get back to me in about a year; let me know what you found out...
I'll make a deal with you. You give me the winning Power Ball numbers for tonights drawing and if they come out; I'll reveal my sources to you.
AL you caught him making up numbers. Hannibel you want to hate Jews well that is your right but when giving personal opinions don't through out false facts.
Hannibel it is ok to make up your opinion but not to make up facts.
He's not pandering to the tiny jewish vote, he's pandering to the fanatical christian vote.
gtouch
GTOUCH with the real world they are the facts.
Hannibel your rather strange..........in a tin hat kind of way. ".02% of population controls 80% of the wealth and companies in America" you do know that is crazy? I mean crazy in a "real world" way.
Of course not, showing your butt in public would be obscene. Thank goodness you have some sense of modesty.
Hannibel: If you can't back up your statistics, DON'T put them out there! Typical Fauxter
I NEVER reveal my sources; do your own investigative research. Then get back to me in about a year; let me know what you found out...
Really?
Obama has deliberately singled out Israel as a target of his ire.
I can see why, given his education and heritage.
Obama owns a great deal of the responsibility for the chaotic situations in the middle east. He's a myopic fool.
He needs to be voted out!
Steven B
Obama has deliberately singled out Israel as a target of his ire.
LOL What Ire??
While Obama's secretary of State has been working real hard to promote a real agreement in the Israel/Palestinian conflict, the Israelis are just building settlements on ILLEGAL lands.
Why would Obama spend TAX dollars paying them a visit? For you conservatives to criticize him?
I think YOU need to be voted out of here instead!
What has Obama demanded from Israel's enemies?
What has Obama demanded from Israel's enemies?
To stop all confrontation and get on the table for discussion, haven't you heard?
Just cut off their aid and let the bastards work it out. If Israel survives, good for them. If they get destroyed, not America's problem. No more American blood and treasure for the failed experiment called Israel.
And they have thumbed their nose at Obama. Israel is ready to negotiate today. The PA and Hamas cannot even agree amongst themselves. The terrorists continue to fire rockets into Israel, from both north and south.
The hard truth is this: Obama is no friend of Israel.
And they have thumbed their nose at Obama
Actually, the Israelis have thumbed their nose at Obama!
Israel IS NOT ready to negotiate, and you should give some proof of the point you make.
Hamas is separate from the PLO and it has no International credit. But the PLO has said they will not negotiate as long as Israel keeps building settlements in lands that the Palestinians claim.
You see, Israel has legal lands given to them by the UN. Other than that they have STOLEN many lands by force.
Why would Obama spend TAX dollars paying them a visit? For you conservatives to criticize him? - so going to Hawaii and playing golf is a much better idea?
Israel waited for almost a year for Abbas to come to the table.
Israel has successful peace with Egypt and Lebanon.
Hamas is sworn to destroy Israel.
That's more proof than you can provide to demonstrate otherwise.
Obama's failure to support Israel will be just one factor in his upcoming defeat.
Israel did stop building. The result? No negotiations, just attacks from Gaza.
Israel is never going to relinquish Jerusalem.
the omni potent one
so going to Hawaii and playing golf is a much better idea?
??? yOUR POINT??? hIS HOME, an American State.
Steven B
Israel did stop building.
NOT TRUE!
just attacks from Gaza.
Hamas is sworn to destroy Israel.
You keep confusing Hamas with the PLO, 2 separate entities. The PLO is NOT attacking Israel.
Israel is never going to relinquish Jerusalem.
They will never have peace, my point!
Steven sorry if you are a Jew, American or Not, but this isn't about Your priorities. We have the hell of a situation in our own country at present. Most of us don't think our president should be going out of his way to bring Additional comfort to a nation which WE are already supporting with our Taxes!
Steven: Netanyahu the "liar" himself came infront of the U.N. talking about peace and prosperity and guess what? the next day he stole more land , murdered 200 Palestinian families and bulldozed their homes down, thats Israel, your Israel!!
Unfortunately, for you the American people dont think Palestine should negotiate with terrorist that bulldoze their homes as they sleep, murder their children, and take their posessions. Netanyahu himself has sworn to wipe out Palestine, thats the Israel you support!!! not the American people
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/6655566/Israel-offers-to-stop-building-in-West-Bank-for-10-months-in-partial-settlement-freeze.html
On 25 November 2009, Israel imposed a 10-month construction freeze on all of its settlements in the West Bank.
Cite?
Partial Settlement Agreement??
Nice try with your link.
Jerusalem was not legally given to Israel, even though THEY think belongs to them.
I'm sorry when I saw the title "Romney raps Obama on Isreal" I thought he was doing a rap song.........And that is something I would have to see.
I can't imagine a video I'd want to watch less than Willard Romney rapping. You could use it to frighten small children.