Geez...Where have you been...You didn't know that Rush is the all knowing, all loving god of 1%?

Romney is like plain yogurt. Sure he might win the nomination, but he lacks pizzazz, is tolerable, but leaves you wanting.

Romney should be careful invoking the name of God. It seems easy to piss Him off, and He can be fickle. First He enticed Michelle into the race and He then embarrassed her with her own stupidity. Then He called on Cowboy Ricky to save America, and sat back and giggled while Cowboy "stepped in it".

Didn't that same line get used about the Titanic.............

Act of God? He better ask Santorum about that. Ricky speaks for God now.

""We will get to 1,144 whether it's on someone else's timeline, or on our timeline," said one top Romney aide. "We will get to 1,144 and be the Republican nominee."

Romney is NOT listening to Republican Voters.

It seems more to me like Republicans are telling Romney "Not so fast."

Obama / Biden 2012

It would be an act of the Almighty Dollar, also known as the God of American Elections

WHY WAS FEISTY'S COMMENT COLLAPSED BY THE COMMUNITY?

Could it be that the second thread wanted to elevate themselves? IMO there were no posts that were sufficiently derogative to warrant collapsing. How does this work?

Wow! He just gets more arrogant as he goes!

And I LOVED his wife's Anne's recent interview where she dismissed their wealth by saying "I don't think of us as wealthy. It could be here today, gone tomorrow." Really Anne?!?! you and Mitt could LOSE $200 million in a day?!?! Even when it's tied-up in bank accounts in 6 countries, includes 5+ cars, and 5+ houses? I wish I had that kind of problem!

Hey fellow seniors and babyboomers,

Check out millionaire Mitt Romney's plans to cut Social Security and Medicare should he be elected: www.outcomemag.com/news/politics/2012/02/10/romney-vows-social-security-medicare-cuts

Remember that come election time!

Loyal: Romney did not make the statement, one of his campaign staffers did.

Feisty: I know your a liberal and therefore not inclined to like Romney. That said, enough references about his underwear already. You say that every time. It is bigoted and mean spirited. I think you can do better than this.

I just like the last line, where the aid looks to a Democrat for help. Bill we all miss you.

Which God would that be exactly? The one of the Bible... that teaches; "Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me. Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD," King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) or the one of Smith's imagination that teaches temple mormons like Romney, will all be gods when they die and will rule over the rest of the lower mormons in one of their 3 heavens? The one that also says all Jews will be murdered and none will go to heaven...in fact no one that isn't baptized mormon will go to any heaven. The same so called god that forbids any Christian to enter one their temples because their very presence would defile it. That one?

I am shocked that so many seem to have no idea just what a mormon is, what they base their lives and decisions on or what their lives are like...especially their females lives. Have you ever heard of single mormon female having done anything other than raise children? And this man who believes Christians are too dirty to enter where he is a 'priest' could run a Christian founded and based country!? What will happen to women's rights, to Jewish people and Israel, to black Americans? Just google what that false prophet cult has done to blacks over the years. Unbelievable!

We seriously need to wake up, speak up and arm up with some facts about who this guy really is! Clearly he will say anything to get the office, then he will do what ever that cult says he has to do. If he doesn't, he won't get to go to heaven and be god. Does anyone think he'll give that up to do what the American people want?

Not your's.

Romney may want to console Santorum as to Romney's God wearing the magic undergarments, thus an automatic win.

Don't these evangelicals think that EVERYTHING is an act of god? Besides, all it would take for Romney to lose is Gingrich bowing out of the race and Santorum picking up his supporters. Although, for Newt to put his ego aside and bow out it probably would take an act of god.

rhino....... thats the problem it cant and it wont! People cant hide their true personality, it comes out sooner or later in every aspect of their lives. Popcorn with a side order of estrogen please!

Which god? The bible, book of mormon, or quran,or the Sears catalog are only words in a book put there by a long ago author.

So when he does get the nomination, that proves it...there is no god.

Watching this guy speak is actually painful, "Trees are just the right height"??????? I don't think lumberjacks say things that stupid. Is this walking teleprompter the best you got GOP? Maybe the US really is in a death spiral, and all you Jewish folks watch out cause the second you die Mitt will baptize you a Mormon

First there was the right, then the religious right, but now we have to be concerned with the "divine right" of the GOP.

Then I guess there really is no need for any of his supporters to even show up and vote in the rest of the Primaries. He'll be nominated regardless of how anyone votes.

There's a Mormon prophecy that states there would be time when our constitution would hang in the balance and a Mormon would save it. This is a major reason why he feels he has to win this election. This would show the Mormon church to have a prophecy that came true..this would be the only one out of 150 prophecies of Joseph Smith. Also when Mitt prays he is NOT praying to the God of the Bible but to a God that was once a man. This is what the Mormon Church teaches. DON'T BE FOOLED!!!!

balance and a Mormon would save it.

@thinkingtwice. Seriously? You really need to get out more. Your entire comment is hatemongering at it's worst. Let me give you a website to check out. Mormon women have been leaders in many different field including politics, entertainment, athletics and business and the LDS church has the single biggest Women's organization in the world.

If you would like to learn about the true beliefs of the LDS church, find a real Mormon and ask him (or better yet her.) But please stop spouting your slander.

It will take an act of God for me to vote for this clown.

First we had the right wing, and then we had the religious right, but now we apparently have the "divine right" to deal with in the GOP.

I guess none of his supporters need to even bother to show up or vote in the primaries now since his winning the nomination is a given.

If Romney himself said this then I hope he keeps that foot in his mouth for a while longer.

I don't think it's fair to blame God for the Republican Party foisting Mitt Flopney on the rest of us.

The plutocrats on the Supreme Court handed Mitt the nomination when they legislated from the bench with 'Citizens United'.

God gives us free will. We can reject Flopney during the regular election, and let's pray that we do, or we'll all be in for a world of hurt.

Big deal.

Ali Khamenei, the supreme poobah of Iran says the same thing about what it will take for him to step down, and look how well that's working out.

Oh, wait...

Romney previously has insisted that his plan to cut marginal individual tax rates by 20 percent won't increase the deficit because he would limit deductions and exemptions for the wealthy.

Isn't this the Obama plan that the party of "no" already shot down or it just me hearing things?

It must be nice being "selected"...oops, i mean elected.

He was placed in there way before anything even started. He sucks...and if he wins...he will get destroyed by Obummer! But the establishment does NOT care...because Romney and Obama are alike! So, neither side of either corrputed party"truly" cares who is in....because they will both be "puppets".

However, in this case, i would hope for Obama (even though i cant stand the man, because he is a failed president)....but i will take Obama over Romney, Santorum, or Gingrich....this way we will have both parties up for reelection in 4 years. Voting in Romney would only secure him for 8 years....and and that would be terrible. I guess the lesser of the 2 evils would be 4 years instead of 8!

However....a third party would be GREAT, and refreshing...maybe garry johsnon....Ron Paul!!!!

What i would like to know is.....when someone claims to see a UFO....he is considered a nut! But when that same person believes in a holy ghost that comes down to impregnate a woman.....and talking donkeys...we elect them as potential presidents!!!! WTF!

Romney's campaign is right, of course. Most of the pundits are just trying to make it more exciting for you and themselves.....

Also, the MSNBC commentators seem to have a hard-a-malong for tearing Romney down for some reason, especially Chris Matthews. I've had to turn it off each night after about 5 minutes because of this kind of biased ranting. Mind you there's no ranting about what a horror it would be to live under Santorum's Theocracy or a crook like Blingrich representing the GOP!!!!

Whatever.... I'm votin Obama come November anyhows....

Adam-2143208 No it is not hate anything... it is fact. I do not hate mormons at all. I have been there, done that, paid the price, as did my children and I know exactly of what I speak. So you should be the one that does the checking and question asking, but if you want the truth, don't ask a mormon. Ask one that escaped, go to websites & read books not written by mormons. Seriously...did you really expect them to tell you anything other than what they would like for you to believe? You should be careful about the false truth you are spouting. They are trained to "get um while their young" (since most adults are too hard to brainwash) the next member could be your daughter, sister, niece, grand daughter and unless you are mormon you will not be allowed at her wedding, because your presence would defile the temple, she will rarely if ever see you or have anything to do with you and if she does it will be with arrogance and disdain. Her children, if she can have any, and God help her if she can't, will be trained to pity you and keep a safe distance from you so as not to be damaged by you. Check the facts before you start calling me or anyone else for that matter a hater. That I am not, nor have I ever been. What has been done to others by that cult is what is hateful. What I am is living proof of the damage they do and the warning that may save someone else from the same. And if enough of us that know the truth spoke up, maybe we could save the country from it as well!

The article title said that the Romney camp claimed it would take "an act of God" to not get the nomination.

However, NOWHERE in the article is that (supposed) quote attributed to ANYONE in the Romney camp. Why not? Because NO ONE said it, that's why!!!!!!!!

There's a small blurb about a Romney staffer saying that his challengers would have to "bend the laws of reality" to lose the nomination but that's it. All the staffer was saying is that the path to Romney's nomination is mathematically almost guaranteed.

However, the liberal TREASONIST mainstream media chose to twist the staffer's words and put them into the article headline to make Romney look arrogant and cocky and further fan the flames of resentment against Romney.

Please use the brain God gave you, people.

If he cannot win on his own merits then God better save him from his own running mouth of ignorance!

Neither he or his denying wife have any place in the White House for they unfit for such a role. Especially since this man brags that he hasn't worked in years----so is going to refind his working ethics enabling him to work 18-24 hours a day, each and everyday for 4 solid years?????? I doubt it!

Leave God out of politics, please.

Romney sees this as a business deal, not as an election. If he can't win based on track record and true merit, he will use other strategy to beat the competition -- Which is to capitalize on the weak field he is up against and the split vote among the other candidates, and conservatives irrational hatred for the president and hopefully a poor economy. In regard to the economy, try to make that worse with irresponsible saber-rattling toward Iran so gas prices will rise. And of course use all the money from his very wealthy donors to crush his opponents.

Romney is so clueless about the difference of the President of the US and leader of the free world versus running an unethical and destructive company like Bain Capital. All he knows is he wants this shiny object of the presidency, and by God he will get it the way he has gotten everything else he has.

It never occurs to Romney what a hollow and meaningless victory it would be if he really could pull this off. Like liberating Iraq, there would be no crowds with flowers and cheers. Even within the Teapublican Party, the Evangelicals and some Teabaggers would hold their noses. Why would anyone fight so hard for...that?

Respect is earned, and love can't be bought. Who wants to rule with fear because they can't rule with love? Only a shallow, delusional, self-absorbed person could feel victory in all this.

Mitt Romney said "...pointing to polling from 1992, which showed then-Governor Bill Clinton's favorability ratings upside down."

Well, Bill Clinton was a moderate running against a not so popular President who had just pulled the troops out of Iraq, following a war many people said was not ended properly....

oh, never mind.

Mitt Romney had better watch out invoking an "Act of God", afterall, isn't pope Rick Santorum God's candidate ?

Fiesty I thought maybe the hogs got you!!!!

I think we should start a right in vote for someone, anyone other than the current republican front runners!!!! I know, how about Jerry Jones!!! That way he will be too busy to keep screwing up the Cowboys!!

As a christian I cannot support a man who has joined a cult , who wants to be President of our great nation, and I call on all Christians of faith that if Romney gets the Republican nomination to not vote for him, I think it is better to keep someone in office who says is a christian than to put someone in who is a non believer. So all Christians nationwide do not listen to the Establishment of Republicans they are bought and paid for. Do Not Vote for Romney for President

I feel better that we have a christian in office than a non believer

Which god will it be?

I expect tomorrows headline will give us an indication! Never temp fate, such arrogance!

Mitt Romney's comment was very arrogant.

But, it was no more arrogant than President Obama saying that we need to take other peoples wealth and spread it around.

Or no more arrogant as President Obama saying the Latino community needs to vote "so we can destroy our enemies" (Republicans) in the mid terms. ("Shellacking" followed)

Arrogance is a wide spread human trait.

(Standing by for Liberals to excuse President Obama's arrogance.)

"Would take 'act of God' to lose nomination, says Romney campaign"

... enter Rick Santorum and friends.

TO: Rhino40 who wrote:

"...Romney did not make the statement, one of his campaign staffers did..."

Republicans are already ready to go back to their same "Lie and Deny" Politics.

Remember the old saying "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me"?

Republicans are DEFINATELY ready to be fooled twice, but NOT the rest of us!

Republicans really need to find a candidate who IS "responsible" or forget about politics altogether!

NO MORE "BUSH NO. 2" CANDIDATES!

Obama / Biden 2012

No one has any chance whatsoever of beating Romney in the nominating process, and he will demolish Hussein Obama in November. There is no conservative state that would even consider Obama a candidate, and 100.000% of the people who voted on Super Tuesday will vote against Obama.

Winning the general election would too... Sounds like Mittens finally admitted his allegiance with Satan.

yes mr. romney, but you know what else will take an act of god? you winning the generals.

come to think of it, god will have nothing to do with it, really.

Poor Mitt, He was born with a silver foot in his mouth!!!

MITT !!! Don't even mention GOD at this point in time. You just blew it. Now He has no choice but to eliminate you. You called His hand!

I learned a long time ago that even if someone says they are 99.99% sure of something, that 0.01% is still on the table and to paraphrase Murphy's Law, If anything can happen, it will.

Ever go out hunting without bringing a roll of toilet paper?

Ever not bring your shotgun out to pick up the decoys?

Ever not bring some waterproof matches, as you won't be gone that long?

Ever forget your wader patching kit?

Ever tell the kids that there will be plenty of seats in the theater?

Your wife ever tell you it is "safe"?

MITT, don't say things like that. We want you to win over this President. Let him worry about the 0.01% chance he won't win. Hopefully he has said the same thing and GOD will punish his narcissistic attitude.

"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."

Oscar Wilde

You know when you challenge God like that He might just do it, i wouldn't challenge (whether or not you believe he exists) God because you really don't want an Almighty omnipotent God as your enemy, just saying.

i remember that one quote that i have heard since elementary school "Careful what you wish for it just might come true." wouldn't that be something.

It's going to take even more of an act of God for Romney to beat President Obama in November.

Thinkingtwice, you are obviously an ass, you have never taken the time to look past the end of your own eyelids when it comes to religion. Instead of relying on your own understanding of nothing you should put an effort into getting an education and learn a thing or two about people and religion before you spout off anti-Mormon rhetoric that is completely off base and founded on your preachers arrogance. It is amazing how uniformed you really are, it is jack wagons like you that create a negative image of your own religion whether you are a Christian or Non-Christian.

Winning would be an act of the anti-christ. Losing would be an act of common sense.

I don't know, but I would put Newt Gingrich up there with Romney for arrogance. Today, he was saying Romney should quit there race. Interesting, the guy with 100 Delegates telling the guy with 400 Delegates that he should get out.

Romney really needs a press secretary. It seems like every time he says something, it just pisses people off. The man hasn't got a clue what's going on.

Romney does not connect with middle America. Certainly, he doesn't appeal to the right wing lunatic fringe, either, and that is the GOP's core group of voters. Neither does he count among his allies women, minorities, union workers, seniors, or independents. Come November, who will vote for this loser? Who will Romney inspire to get off their duffs to go to the polls? Anyone at all?

Obama by default in November! By then, there won't be a Republican Party left!

He might inspire all of those people fed up with Obama!

That number would be pretty much limited to the right wing lunatic fringe which is far too small to push Romney over the top. Moreover, that benighted group will probably be too drunk on malt liquor and tequila to make it to the polling stations nearest to their trailer parks.

vain/vān/

Adjective:

1. Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.
2. Producing no result; useless: "a vain attempt to sleep".

vain (vn)

adj. vain·er, vain·est
1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt.
2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk.
3. Excessively proud of one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
4. Archaic Foolish.

Idiom:

in vain
1. To no avail; without success: Our labor was in vain.
2. In an irreverent or disrespectful manner: took the Lord's name in vain.

That would only be a minor miracle. Winning in November is something even God can't pull off for the Republicans. (at least the ones running now)

Thinkingtwice, I've been a lifelong Mormon (and now former Mormon) & I'm gay, yet somehow--even though I no longer attend church--none of the horrible outcomes you've described that come with being a Mormon (or former Mormon) are reality for me or anyone I know...including the half dozen gay ex-Mormons I can name off the top of my head. I can't think of a group more unaccepted by most members of the LDS Church than those of the homosexual variety, so I find it to be incredibly suspect that this extremist reaction and treatment you've described has befallen you, yet not me or those I know who would be most likely to receive any unfriendly treatment. Interesting how that works.

Right off-hand I can eliminate any argument you may attempt that would claim the LDS church is only friendly to me for my money, as I haven't paid tithing for years. Nor is it because they think they can "cure" me, as my own former bishop told me when I came out years ago that he thinks that's ridiculous & instead encouraged me to simply be the best person I can be in life. The local members of the church haven't been unfriendly towards me in any way--nor to my partner who is not only gay, but black (and I'm white).

I grew up in Utah, but no longer live there, yet have found kindness from Mormons everywhere I've lived. So, I would encourage you to re-evaluate your statements prior to presenting them as absolute truth. While I do recognize that every religion has members who may be unkind towards those who leave their religion or don't belong to it in the first place (which is unfortunate), I can safely say that what you've described is not reality. So, please don't pretend to be an expert of this church you supposedly had to escape as if you're Sally Field in "Not Without My Daughter".

The thing that always makes me laugh, actually, is just how secretive & cult-like people imagine the Mormon church to be, when there's really nothing secret about it. There are sacred aspects to it, just like in any religion, but they're not secret. And, while I may not be as readily accepted by as many church members as a straight person may be, it doesn't mean I ever had to "escape" the religion. I simply stopped going to church and that was that. Aside from the obvious, not much has changed for me since I stopped attending church. My LDS friends and family members still speak to me just as much as before & I continue to form friendships with people who are LDS, I could walk into the local church house and worship with the rest of the congregation on any Sunday just like anyone else (LDS or not) without fear of being stoned or sacrificed or burned at the stake or whatever crazy story you want to create, and I'm not psychologically damaged or in a deep depression.

I served an LDS mission, I grew up in an LDS family in a predominantly LDS community, and I went to church for many years even when my parents and/or siblings weren't active members, so I do know a thing or two about the religion. I had plenty of inactive periods of church attendance in my own life too, so I also know what it's like on both ends of the spectrum. Yet, as a former Mormon who is openly gay and in a long-term, bi-racial relationship, I suppose I could create plenty of hateful things to say about the religion or the church as a whole, but I don't. Why? Because even if I don't believe all that I was taught growing up, the one thing I do believe in--which is universal & completely independent of any religious belief--is telling the truth. It would behoove you to do the same, as there is plenty of negativity and ugliness in the world without you adding to it with your statements designed only to feed into the fears of the ignorant and uneducated.

It won't matter. Just like it didn't when president Obama was elected. If Romney gets the nomination, you can look forward to things like, "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has subliminal messages!" and "Romney will make you drink special kool aid to make to leave planet earth and be with the maker".

Before long, 1/3 will believe it.

Actually, 'which God' is a deeper question than this thread suggests.

Mormonism is polytheistic. In fact, one of the things about Mormonism which, at a scholarly level, really raises eyebrows among Christians is their notion of eternal progression. Mormonism includes an ability for any church member - assuming he makes his payments to the temple - to one day progress to the level of God. Basically, they are saying they believe they can be gods themselves.

They won't often tell you this, and in fact will say they only believe in one God at times. That's just a little "lying for the Lord," as their missionaries would say. Well, lying might be too strong a word. But it is misdirection, or lying by omission. What they mean is they only believe in one God for this planet. They themselves, if reaching the level of God, would go off and create a new planet.

Anyway, for me, the thought of a president believing he will one day be God is a little unnerving.

Let's hope that if Mitt does get elected, he will have verrrry long coat tails that take his entire party down to defeat with him.

What is it about Republican presidential candidates and dogs this time around?

@twister 51, comment #2.33

Take a deep breath. The following quote is being reported by many other media. It seems fair to say it happened:

“As you can tell all we have to do is keep doing what we’re doing and we can get to the nomination,” the Romney official said, “For those guys it’s going to take some sort of act of God to get to where they need to be on the nomination front.”

It appears that his god is money. And it is the acts of his god ($$$) that is getting him as far as he's gotten now. He's not getting anywhere on his own.

Ron,

I see what the problem is. The headline of this article is an out-and-out lie. The campaign did NOT say that losing the nomination would take an act of God, they said that the other campaigns would need an act of God to get where they need to be. Wouldn't it be nice if journalists were actually honest rather than twisting things to make them more salacious.

JC, that's a distinction without a difference.

It would take an act of God for Romney to lose the nomination.

It would take an act of God for anyone other than Romney to win the nomination.

There's exactly no difference between the two statements. Both show remarkable hubris.

@Ron,

JC, that's a distinction without a difference.

The headline has intentionally misrepresented the statement.

I personally prefer Sanatorium. He's outspoken, but I admire his honest approach. Anyone who will be outspoken for moral values, will be more likely to stand for their values in office. I would much more prefer to have a president with similar values as me. Romney seems too cocky. Even if he wins the nomination, he still has to be elected. Romney doesn't seem to be focusing on his end game. I suspect one of the main reasons Sanatorium might not receive the nomination is because the GOP believes Romney has a better chance with American voters.

One thing that Obama's term has show me is that values count for something. I don't care what your administration pushes, you still have to have some say so. As Obama said, "they're not commander-in-chief" I don't believe Obama is secure in the white house. It's mainly a matter of who cuts more deals. Personally, I don't want another Barrack Obama. I don't feel the conservative voters, who are part of the American public, deserve to be stabbed in the back by a president without the moral fortitude to make right decisions. I want a president who will stand up for my beliefs as well as his own. I feel the duty of president is to represent all Americans, not just a small percentage he feels is advantageous to his career.

Let's be honest, His entire presidency has been mainly marked by experimentation. He bumbled around in office for the beginning of his term. Don't ask, Don't tell, Don't harass, Don't pursue repeal was mainly a ploy to win gays. For any of you who still think it was equality, how many M.O.S in the military require homosexual orientation? That's right none. Is it possible for a soldier to serve their country without being able to bring a "loved" one to a military function? Hasn't stopped me in the least. I don't want another president who will destroy measures rooted in the foundation of the country solely to appease a small constituency.

Ron,

The difference is simple. When it is put one way it is true. When it is put the other way it is a lie. I prefer to have journalists provide information accurately. If you don't care if what you read is accurate, that's certainly your prerogative.

Paul M in Wbridge

Speaking in terms of the King James Bible, the meek shall inherit the earth. It is said that we will rise up and be kings. I'm wondering if that is the interpretation Mormons use to justify their stance on being God-like.

Actually, it seems a mute point as the earth will not last forever, just as our universe will die.

If there is a God, he would have to be bigger than the one portrayed in the Bible. He would not only have control of our universe, but whatever is outside this universe. Many prophecies refer to the earth being inherited, but does not say what happens when the earth is swallowed by a dying sun.

Forever is a very long time.

Adam (way up there) "if you want to know about Mormonism ask a Mormon". Riiight. And if I want to know about Scientology, I'll ask a Scientologist. Mormonism is in some ways no worse than any other religion but it is bizarre to say the least. It's found was well known as a charlatan. The language he supposedly translated never existed. He dictated scripture by using a seer stone and peering into while holding a magic hat up to his face. It goes on and on.

I completely agree that people should do there own research. But not from a Mormon. Perhaps an ex-Mormon. I was involved with Scientology 35 years ago. I'm a pretty decent source of info about what it really is, although most of the surprises are out of the bag. Mormonism is a cult. I don't believe in any religion but this is one of the more whacky as far as I'm concerned.

Religious or not. Please keep it for your church and fellow members.We are attempting to find a suitable President of theU.S. We are not looking for a founder of a religion nor a leader of such.There are lot of them around and many of them,to me, show an amazing lack of charity. The persons running for this office are showing, by their professed philosophy , what they support or should I say who or what in this economy.To comment on those aspects can be helpful and thought provoking. Missionary work is left for those who think that they have a calling for it.

well... the last tool was elected by an Act of God... just not any God with a desire to save this country.

There's more than one?

Theocracy or a benign pluralistic society?........which will it be? Free choice? Enjoy it while you can.

Ricky Sticky not Mitt the (how many Cadillacs do I own?) Willard no please, no no the Mormon from hell he does not believe in Jesus if he is a true Mormon but the Ricky Sticky Sanatorium may work for all the "true believers". Sanctimonious Sanatorium and our president, lets double down on this push to establish an American Taliban Theocracy and ignore science and rational thought lets get back to miracles and burning bushes....oh the humanity of it all.

Really? An act of God? eeeeeeeeeeeeee yikes!!!!!!!

It does not bode well for the Republican party that the only serious challengers to Mitt Romney (Mr. 1% himself) is a deranged religious zealot and a fat wife-hopper who wants to put a base on the moon.

Litmus test - How do these men stack up to John McCain in terms of electability? Unless they would beat McCain in a landslide, thay are no match for Obama.

It's clear you don't believe in God..or punctuation.

Jason - the last "tool" being Bush????

Jason, the last "tool" - Bush????

Mitt better be watching out for that random lightning storm.

Last tool = Obama!

Shanad - That's too funny!

"Gingrich camp is asking conservatives to pressure that idiot Santorum to drop out" Than it would be Romney & Gingrich one on one. Ricky boy is just in the way. Ricky doesn't belong with the rest of the lot because hes not Presidential material, he would be good as a Clown.

The article title said that the Romney camp claimed it would take "an act of God" to not get the nomination.

However, NOWHERE in the article is that (supposed) quote attributed to ANYONE in the Romney camp. Why not? Because NO ONE said it, that's why!!!!!!!!

There's a small blurb about a Romney staffer saying that his challengers would have to "bend the laws of reality" to lose the nomination but that's it. All the staffer was saying is that the path to Romney's nomination is mathematically almost guaranteed.

However, the liberal TREASONIST mainstream media chose to twist the staffer's words and put them into the article headline to make Romney look arrogant and cocky and further fan the flames of resentment against Romney.

Please use the brain God gave you, people.

Twister 51:

Please use the brain God gave you, people.

But if they do that, then there is no way they would vote for Mitt Romney. Maybe that is the Act of God his campaign is talking about ?

dirp101, no worries about you using a brain, you are not smart enough for that, I am sure you would rather see the current President continue to destroy our country then to have some like Mitt Romney come in and turn it around. You probably receive your monthly obama handout and if that were to end you might have to actually do something for yourself like get a job and make a house payment or maybe a rent payment of course you could be a Gingrich fan in which case there is a place on the moon special just for you…

Oh Brad. Unfortunately, you have been blind for the past 11 years. Bush already damaged America with his stupid fiscal policies and his irresponsible economic and foreign policy moves. Does Mission Accomplished for the Iraq War ring a bell??? Obama has done a lot to help this nation considering the problems he faced and the damn obstructionist GOP. He helped our economy, got unemployment down, offered a balanced debt deal, and compromised like hell with the GOP to gain support; that was probably his own major gaffe. Romney will simply destroy America with the failed supply-side economics and deregulation. To hell with supply-side economics and the free market. There IS no such thing as the free market. It's just a collection of companies slipping past regulations and cutting corners to gain power and wealth. I say have socialized medicine; anything's better than the healthcare industry we have now.

And lately, I have realized that we are at the threshold of yet another search for freedom and equality. We have a party that is once again raging against the rights of gay people and women. Before you roll your eyes and just shrug this off, think about it. For decades we have let the social conservatives governing our nation to deny these people the rights that they deserve; the right to marry and to control their bodies. I am not gay or a woman, but even someone like me can see how these people are being denied the right to pursue happiness. This is just like Jim Crow laws in the South, except this is across racial and ethnic lines. I mean, this is a shame in the so-called "Land of the Free." If I were president, and governors were pursuing actions like in Virginia and Mississippi, I'd condemn it. I wouldn't do anything, but I would condemn it. And if I passed a bill repealing DOMA and some states fought against it, I would consider sending soldiers there to enforce the law. I know I sound kind of melodramatic and extreme (I can be like that from time to time), but that is what I would do. This reminds me of what I learned about the Civil Rights Movement, and how Eisenhower and Kennedy were bold enough to defy conservatives and states'-rights supporters and do what they did for the good of the nation, and if I were EVER put into that position, I wouldn't hesitate to put that on the table. Just wanted to put that out. Feel free to comment.

Freshieee,

Nicely reasonable and well stated post.

Thanks!

Twister, much as I hate to admit it, you're absolutely right on the headline not being explained in the article. I wouldn't go so far as treasonist but the person who wrote the headline is not a journalist. Probably an editor.

Twister and imho: both wrong.

This quote is being widely reported in many outlets.

“As you can tell all we have to do is keep doing what we’re doing and we can get to the nomination,” the Romney official said, “For those guys it’s going to take some sort of act of God to get to where they need to be on the nomination front.”

Listen, the Rich want this guy Romney. He's the answer to their, "Atlas Shrugged," soaked brains. He'll make sure people stop picking on the rich, and elevate them to their rightful place over the rest of the sub-human rabble in America. After all, we owe our lives to these people. Any little scrap they throw us should be cherished, since we really don't deserve their attention. We've all sinned against them. So, short of tunneling into a mountain, and letting society collapse in their absence, the rich will get another rich guy to put us all in our place.

We live and die at their whim, and that's the way it's supposed to be in the Ayn Rand free market utopia they live in.

Lol, be careful what you ask for Mr. Romney, it might just happen!

Have some respect for the office! That ring a bell? That's what I saw 10.000 times a day during that tool Bush"s administration by all the low lying fruit from the right. You are without a doubt the biggest hypocrites on this thread and I hope Obama puts his tool in your Keester in his second term...

The sad thing is:

It doesn't matter who wins the republican nomination, they will beat Obama.

One and Done Obama!

Would a lightning strike on Newter G taking him (and Calista since she is holding his leash) out of the race be considered an act of God?

Jody, glad you didn't insert 'Forest' between those runs, but it does give a new meaning concerning bears doing something amongst the 'just the right height' trees.

Santorum said he supports American manufacturing in Michigan & Ohio that was hurt by unfair trade from Japan & China, but he owns two foreign cars. This Ricky is Phony as a three dollar bill.

It will also take an Act of God for him to win the Presidency.

Loyal,

Not sure, but I wouldn't stand too close either way!

Patriotic said,

"Santorum said he supports American manufacturing in Michigan & Ohio that was hurt by unfair trade from Japan & China, but he owns two foreign cars. This Ricky is Phony as a three dollar bill.

I don't lknow if he is or is not, but I fail to see how that makes him a phony. Do you have any idea how many Americans drive quote, unquote foreign cars?" Many foreign car companies actually manufacture cars and trucks here in the U.S.

Jody, Iowa

Careful Mr. Romney, rumor has it that God whispered in Rick Santorum's ear, "run, run"!

Of course he did, why do you think Newt wants to go to the moon.

bet their rallying around the point boys!

Romney just can't keep his feet out of his mouth.

What next, Palin as his running mate?

Did you read the article? It says Romney's campaign made the remark about an "act of God", not Romney. Sometimes people say things they shouldn't.

As usual, and purposely, MSNBC leaves out an important piece of information. It was not MItt Romney who made the comment, it was Rich Beeson, his Political Director. So sorry to disappoint those of you terrified that Romney will destroy Obama in November, but it is not Romney who "just can't keep his feet out of his mouth" not that the truth means anything to you.

So Willard ISN'T responsible for anything the ROMNEY campaign says, or does?

As in "I love the trees just the right height" and the flowers and the rivers and and WTF is he talking about?....LMAO...an act of God no less???

@tailofbuster

EXACTLY.

TO: DanInCo who wrote:

"... It says Romney's campaign made the remark about an "act of God", not Romney..."

You're not trying to say that they didn't have "permission" are you?

With Romney's numbers running as they are, I'm CERTAIN that nobody in Romney's Campaign can say anything without first getting Romney's permission.

Seems like Romney is rounding out to be a whole lot like Dubya, i.e., Romney is NOT listening to Republicans whose message seems more like "Not so fast" than anything else, and Romney is trying to hold on to a bit of "deny-ability" so that if someone messes up, Romney can just declare himself to be "NOT RESPONSIBLE".

Here Republicans go again, ready to repeat ALL of their past mistakes!

Obama / Biden 2012

I suspect that when push comes to shove, evangelicals will hold their sanctimonious noses and vote for Romney because they hate the president even more than they do Romney.

TO: Get Over Yourself! who wrote:

"... It was not MItt Romney who made the comment, it was Rich Beeson, his Political Director..."

So, Rich Beeson is going to "take one for the team"?

Let me guess...Romney is NOT RESPONSIBLE, and neither was Bush.

It looks to me like Republicans are headed right back to the bad old days of George W. Bush, always having to make excuses, make up lies, and, if all else fails, plead amnesia!

Republicans ought to know by now that when a guy says he's "NOT RESPONSIBLE" he's ripe and ready to screw up a whole bunch of stuff, just like GWB did!

Obama / Biden 2012

American Girl, Relax you know very well that it's possible that Rich Beeson or whoever in the Romney campaign spoke the remark without permission. Neither you, I or anyone else will ever know to be honest.

@Mark-Indianapolis#6: Most Evangelical Christians ( tongue speaking, snake handlers, tv evangelists, etc.) will vote for any white man or white woman over the President. Hard core traditional Protestants (traditional Baptists, Methodists, most Presbyterians, and several others ) will sit the election out rather than vote for either. I must add though, this particular is most prevalent in the states of the old confederacy, and those states, that even today, sympathize with that alignment. These are states such as Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma. I would exempt Florida and Virginia from those original confederate states. Generally, these two states contain sizable populations with higher information levels than their once counterparts. My beliefs anyway. Regards

TO: DanInCo who wrote:

"American Girl, Relax you know very well that it's possible that Rich Beeson or whoever in the Romney campaign spoke the remark without permission. Neither you, I or anyone else will ever know to be honest."

I disagree, unless you're saying that Romney can't control his own people, and if Romney can't do that then he DOESN'T have what it takes to be POTUS anyway!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

TO: Deb P. who wrote:

"I suspect that when push comes to shove, evangelicals will hold their sanctimonious noses and vote for Romney because they hate the president even more than they do Romney."

That's what McCain thought too!

Obama / Biden 2012

Get Over Yourself!

As usual, and purposely, MSNBC leaves out an important piece of information. It was not MItt Romney who made the comment, it was Rich Beeson, his Political Director. So sorry to disappoint those of you terrified that Romney will destroy Obama in November, but it is not Romney who "just can't keep his feet out of his mouth" not that the truth means anything to you.

Before it was just funny but after your explanation...I'm ROFLMAO! It was just his Political Director! No one important to his orgainzation...no one who acts as his spokesman...just his Political Director! ... Wait till Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert get a hold of this! I'll almost miss the "Clown Show" when this is over.

Well hang around Obama and you won't have to worry about lightening bolts, I don't think God would waste his time on him!!

cliff - you and your reactionary cronies wouldn't give Obama credit if he ended world poverty, made peace with Iran, ended both of our wars, lowered the jobless rate to 4%, stamped out cancer and wiped out Al Qaida. The fact is, he's already done more for the long-term good of the country in three years, despite continuous Republican obstructionism, than his predecessor managed in eight...and it just galls the hell out of you and the rest of the extreme Right-wing.

Romney hasn't got the intelligence in Obama's left pinkie, and he's about as exciting as watching bread rise. If he's the best you can come up with, then all of us left of center can sleep soundly from now through Christmas!

Seems to me, our President has been graced so far.....I pray that continues. The way I heard it, that which God ordains, God sustains and maintains....

So, NC,

God ORDAINED this president? You do realize that you are claiming the same thing Mitt is?

Egilman, if I interpret all the blabber about religion properly, "God" is pretty much for all his children, not just a few.

So, Mitt's team says "God" is on their side, and they're right.

Obama's team says "God" is on their side, and they're right.

Understand?

IMHO,

Excuse me?

Gott Mit Uns......

You know what that means? pretty easy, German for "God is with us"

You know where it comes from? German WWII military equipment, issued to SS troops, it was either cast or stamped into their belt buckle.

And you are asking me if I understand?

Do you?

here, here JasoninNYC, do you mean to say, Obama screwed up?

If the President has ruined this country, why wouldn't God want to blame the other 300 million citizens for standing by and being well drooling idiots who just blame the president? Let's see, it's either one persons fault, or it's everybodys fault.

rrobeson, i think your misunderstanding the point.

Very good point rrobeson, where were the other 300 million while Obama was single-handedly bringing this country to ruin? Were they out having a picnic? Were they sending their factories overseas? Were they counting all that loot from selling cheap chinese products?

Where were the other 300 million while this country was melting down?

TSK, TSK, will the insults never cease, just goes to show us how desperate this whole campaign is getting to be. every one is at risk, ROMNEY, SANTORUM, GINGRICH, PAUL. my vote still goes to Mitt Romney no matter what! i would like to see a better news brief on them, stop making this like a roman circus. its belittling, lets just vote to get the current head of office out of the white house and put the right one in.

What's belittling is the current slate of Republican candidates. The news media doesn't have to make this a "Roman Circus", the candidates are doing it to themselves. NONE of them deserve the office, whether you like Obama or not.

Frankly, I think it's ridiculous to pick a candidate because you don't LIKE a different one. That's ridiculous and a sorry state of affairs (pun intended).

Beth i think your wrong, Man from X i think your right. this country has had 3 plus years to see exactly what Obama has done. what i can't understand is why so many folks out there still think he's doing a good job? what are they on?

man from panet X. Go back to your home planet, you have the wisdom of an idiot. This President is a smart good man who proves everyday that he cares more about real people from THIS planet than the liars in the republican party.

I do not call people liars in a light way, but, in every speech they say something that is just not true about Obama that puts anything they might say that was honest kind of in the "boy cried wolf" category.

Now please get off my planet.

That's the nice thing about this country (at least for a while) "caught" ... we have the right to disagree. But I still say picking a political candidate SIMPLY because they don't like the other one is wrong!

What can any of these GOP candidates DO for us? Who knows, because they are all busy making idiots of themselves in one way or another.

Obama has had accomplishments in office .... and failures too. Name me ONE president who has not? But if you're picking a replacement SIMPLY because he's a replacement, I can guarantee you he won't be better, and will probably be worse.

Oh Beth, lets hope you're wrong. any and all the previous presidents listened to their advisors and cabinet's , this one won't even let his vice president out of his office. what's up with that? now a days, i can't be narrowminded about the government and politicians, i have to take a good look at all of them and weigh each one separately against their campaign promises, their delivery of those promises, their practise and how they live. a very disappointing lot all of them. more steers and queers in the government than out on the street, let me tell you. but what are you going to do? this country is for sale, and more is being sold every day right under our noses, most people don't know it because they don't want to. its a scarey road we are on, Obama just made it worse!

Beth,

But it's not simply about picking a replacement for replacement's sake. It's picking someone based on their background and resume, something that didn't happen in '08, when voters arguably hired the most underqualified candidate for president in U.S. history. Obama had no prior executive experience (e.g. governorship, or equivalent), and therefore had no real leadership skillset, what it takes to work with both sides of the legislative aisle to get things done.

Both Reagan and Clinton had been governors, both accomplished a lot as president, working with a Congress controlled by the opposite party (Reagan with a Democratic Congress, Clinton with a Republican Congress). They both understood how to negotiate and compromise. (Bush, not so much in Texas, given that he was dealing with a friendly legislature.) Simply voting "Present" as a Senator does nothing to hone such skills. Perhaps that's why so few Senators have been elected President over the years.

Romney is a former business and government executive, a Republican governor who had to work with a Democratic legislature. He has the right kind of resume for the job of president, someone who has a track record that suggests he can take Congress by the horns (as opposed to Obama, who has basically deferred to Congress on all substantial domestic matters, and let them either run amok, or grind to a complete standstill, depending on the issue; on foreign matters, either Hillary or the generals have pretty much been calling the shots).

caught in the middle!

Beth i think your wrong, Man from X i think your right. this country has had 3 plus years to see exactly what Obama has done. what i can't understand is why so many folks out there still think he's doing a good job? what are they on?

We're on reality. You should try it sometime. Of course that would mean turning off Rush, Glenn and Fox News. Maybe you could taper off so as not to cause too great a shock to your mind...you know, reality overload?

But it's not simply about picking a replacement for replacement's sake

But that's EXACTLY what it's all about. Most GOP voters aren't particularly in favor of any of them. They are just voting for anyone BUT Obama. That's my point. Look around ... the number one quality for the GOP is.... ta-da ... the one who can beat Obama. That's what Romney is running on! That's the number one quality he lists on that resume you're touting.

And if you think Romney can do 90% of what you credit him with, then I'm afraid you are as blind as the rest.

Beth: "if you think Romney can do 90% of what you credit him with, then I'm afraid you are as blind as the rest."

Then enlighten me if I'm so blind....what about his track record suggests otherwise? You haven't disputed anything I've asserted about him, or Obama...

Obama could best Romney in a debate on two issues: foreign policy and taxes. We all know how foreign policy favors Obama, but nobody would guess that Obama could call Romney out on his fiscal proposals, considering that Obama increased the debt substantially. But there is one ace up Obama's sleeves: his tax plan. Obama planned to compromise with the GOP on tax policy;' he would preserve the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000, but wanted to have rates returned to Clinton levels for the upper class, who control at least 90% of the income in America. The GOP will say no again, and we will be forced into another deadlock. But at least Obama is compromising on taxes. Romney isn't. Romney has ruled out ANY tax increases; essentially he's the "electable" version of Traitor Norquist. In fact, he plans to cut taxes broadly, which will balloon our debt and increase economic inequality in America. He wouldn't even publicly state that he would compromise (even Newt Gingrich, the "Reagan conservative," offered to compromise with the Democrats if the GOP didn't gain control of Congress). This guy is supposed to be the GOP's knight and shining armor when it comes to winning independents; and yet he is pandering to the right. Despicable. So Rob, Romney may have compromised with Democrats on healthcare (even though the individual mandate was a REPUBLICAN idea at the time), but he doesn't sound very balanced and moderate when it comes to facing our fiscal problems. And when a candidate states their policy in a primary, it is almost impossible to retract it in the general election.

OBAMA BIDEN 2012

• Overhauled the food safety system;

• Approved the Lily Ledbetter "Equal Pay" for women rule;

• Ended "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" discrimination in the military;

• Passed the Hate Crimes bill in Congress;

• Appointed two progressive women to the U.S. Supreme Court including the first Latina;

• Pushed through the Affordable Health Care Act, outlawing denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions, extending until age 26 health care coverage of children under parent's plans, steps toward "Medicare for All;"

• Expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) health care for children;

• Pushed through a $789 economic stimulus bill that saved or created 3 million jobs and began task of repairing the nation's infrastructure;

• Overhauled the credit card industry, making it more consumer friendly;

• Established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and used a recess appointment to keep it on track in the face of GOP attempts to derail it;

• Also outmaneuvered GOP in naming two members of the National Labor Relations Board blocked by the Republicans in their attempt to shut down the NLRB;

• Won two extensions of the debt ceiling and extensions of unemployment compensation in the face of Republican threats to shut down the U.S. government;

• Pulled troops out of Iraq and began draw down of troops in Afghanistan.

I do admit, Romney did the Olympics.

But it's still NOT THE POINT. The point is picking someone who, in his words, lists the best chance to beat Obama as the number one "credential".

Beth, of course "electability" is tops with any candidate - why in the world is that somehow controversal? You can't get to the necessary business at hand until you get elected, right?

The problem with Obama, is he can get himself elected, but is lost when it comes to tackling that necessary business. Regarding his track record, the majority of your examples are either opinion, something that would've happened anyway, or immaterial. You conveniently omit Obama's numerous debacles (e.g. the budget-busting Obamacare, pissing away taxpayer money on the likes of Solyndra, et al), but I supposed that's to be expected. What's sadder is to consider the endless Congressional debacles over the past 3 years that could've been mitigated by stronger Executive leadership.

Romney inherited a $650 million budget shortfall and a $3 billion deficit when he stepped into office as Massachusetts governor. He had to contend with a state legislature long controlled by lawmakers for whom spending was a way of life. He managed to work with the legislature to impose much-needed fiscal discipline, and he ended up running surpluses in his last 2 years as governor.

That's the kind of experience America needs in a president right now...

Yeah, you guys said the same thing when Bush was running for president. "We need that kind of experience."

(like a hole in the head)

You gotta wonder why people are so dang persistant to put a chicken hawk in charge of the hen house.

Bosslimo: "Yeah, you guys said the same thing when Bush was running for president. "We need that kind of experience.""

Which guys are you referring to? I certainly didn't. Bush worked with a friendly legislature in Texas, and was accustomed to getting his way all the time. That isn't the kind of experience that builds negotiating and compromising skills. But a Republican governor in Massachusetts? Now that's a training ground...

Okay, now explain to me why putting a 1%er in the Whitehouse is a good idea. You know, the same kind of people that collapsed the global economy. You remember, don't you?

You didn't seem to have any trouble with putting Kerry or Edwards in the White House. That sort of logic is rather laughable. What is needed in the White House are people that are capable of doing the job. Surprisingly enough, that is generally going to be people that are successful. Attempting to rule out people who have proven they are capable of doing the job, just because they have money, is ludicrous.

Bosslimo, so what's your point? You do realize that Obama is a "1%er?" As the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported the other day:

"U.S. President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama, have a 'do as I say, not as I do' attitude toward the citizenry of America.

"They use tax dollars to fund a lifestyle worthy of the wealthy 1%, yet they preach a redistributionist view of America that makes the far left Occupy Wall Street mob proud. The laundry list of activities where the President and First Lady have taken actions inconsistent with what the are preaching to America is long.

"Remember, leadership by example is very important for American politicians. This leadership quality seems lacking with President Obama.

"The President lives a lavish lifestyle and loves his expensive luxury vacations, at a time while Americans are hurting. He is frequently seen eating burgers and fatty foods while in public at a time that the First Lady is promoting healthy eating by others.

"This Administration seems to have a "Let Them Eat Cake - but make it a Diet Low Carb Cake" mentality.

"President Obama flew to Florida this past week to explain high gas prices. According to the Washington Post, on his way to Florida this past Thursday, reporters were "perplexed" at the President's 41 minute flight from Washington, DC to Orlando, Florida taking 1 hour and 15 minutes. The flight was in the air an extra 30 minutes, burning precious fossil fuels.

"It does not seem a coincidence that the President landed right at half time of an NBA basketball game between the star studded Miami Heat and New York Knicks. Some theorized that the President delayed his flight in the air to watch more of the basketball game.

"Now Americans would take the Obama family more seriously if they lived a Spartan lifestyle. If the Obama's showed the American people that they are willing to give up some of the trappings of wealth to set a good example for average Americans, then Americans might heed the Obama call for sacrifice.

"The exact opposite seems to be true. The Obama family are living the lifestyle of millionaires with money to burn.

"The Obama family just finished a luxury ski vacation in Aspen, Colorado. This comes on the heels of a Hawaiian Christmas vacation for the family that lasted a few weeks. The 2011 Hawaiian vacation cost the American taxpayers $4 million and a big increase from the 2010 bill sent to the American people for $2.5 million, according to the Huffington Post.

"Over the past three summers, the Obama's have vacationed in the exclusive Blue Heron Farm in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. President Obama has a reputation for hitting every golf course on this island vacation spot for the rich and famous.

"There is nothing wrong with a President taking a modest vacation, but there is a problem when the political leader of America is taking frequent swanky vacations when average Americans are experiencing economic pain.

"Your average American family is terrified of the $15.3 trillion in national debt, high unemployment numbers and a stumbling economy, yet they see the leader of the free world vacationing in the most exclusive areas of the United States. They see a President calling for more sacrifice in the form of higher taxes, yet he seems not to be sacrificing a thing.

"The President is living a lifestyle of the rich and famous, yet this lifestyle choice may cause resentment among Americans who are on the unemployment line and have no idea where they are going to get their next meal.

"The American people are getting ready to vote for a new President. They see a President that has no shame in spending millions in taxpayer dollars to enjoy vacation after vacation. They see a First Lady promoting healthy eating when the President keeps getting caught in public eating very unhealthy foods. This "do as I say, not as I do" attitude may help send the Obama's off into the private sector next year."

"They use tax dollars to fund a lifestyle worthy of the wealthy 1%..."

Suppositions, extrapolations and unfounded rhetoric biased against a President which has taken no greater amount of time off nor expense than any of the last several Presidents.

It is obviously something else you have a problem with.

I personally find all of the Presidents' trips enviable, but hey, That's the PRESIDENT! What the Hell, Man! They are ALL Puppets and Corporatists, just some help the Oilmen and others help the Oilmen.

President Obama will continue to be the President, though I see a lot of hateful folks voting for anyone else just due to the fact they are not Black nor Obama, despite how ridiculous that Republican Candidate position and record already is.

Sheeple.

Notojingo, defaulting the ol' race card again, when you've got nothing else of substance? Typical. And you accuse others of being sheeple (?)

Keep spinning it. It doesn't add up.

Obama was a community organizer. Romney, a venture capitalist. Get it?

I keep hearing conservatives shoving that very fact that the president was a community organizer in my face. What I don't here is conservatives reminding me on a daily basis that Romney likes firing people and believes corporations are people too. Where did he get such mentality? Why, from being a capitalist.

Here is my point.

Did we not just go through the biggest recession in your lifetime? If you weren't alive in 1929 the last time it crashed, then it was the biggest in your lifetime.

Now, you are wanting to put a capitalist in charge of the legislation. Can you not add the two together to see what you would get??

I can not explain it any more simpler than that but I'll try. You are putting an addict in charge of the medicine cabinet. You are asking a thief to watch your possessions. You are putting a chicken hawk in charge of the hen house!

Am I the only one to realize this? Somebody should place it in better words for them to understand.

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I did not like Kerry, he was very weak, in my opinion. Back then, I was in the same shoes conservatives find themselves in today. Just like you are going to hold your nose and pull the lever for Romney, so was I on Kerry. I guess you could say, now, we're even!

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notsojingo

Saying the word, Black incites people here, regardless of your intent. They hone in on it at take it as a "race card". I must urge you to refrain from bringing it up, as it s a debate not worth having.

Besides, some things go without saying.

I do not share your sentiments regarding capitalists and capitalism. I believe capitalism creates wealthier societies, and it's this planet's wealthier societies that are the ones that can afford to worry about social issues, the environment, etc. And how does capitalism create wealth? By motivating productivity and efficiency. By making the consumer the one who ultimately calls the shots, not some elitist bureaucracy. The consumer "votes" with her/his wallet - they want the best quality for the lowest price. Everyone has to compete for the consumer's business, by building the best product or performing the best service for less. That's capitalism. Therefore, for a capitalist, every customer is their constituent, and the more customers/constituents they satisfy, the better. And obviously, it's not enough to promise the product, the capitalist has to deliver it. And if they don't deliver to their customer's satisfaction, the customer will take their business elsewhere. Seems to me the qualifications it takes to be successful doing this, are certainly qualifications we should look for in a President.

Rob-523523

You have a rosy picture of captialism. I admit, with your words, that it all sounds good on paper.

However, you are advocating the placement of a capitalist in government. There will be no regulation, period. Like before, consumers will be ripped off no matter what competition they seek. They will all have the same "rules". There will be no consumer protection, period. Consumers will suck it up and move on, just like before. Consumers will hire services and service will not be given, taking consumer money and bailing out, just like before. They get ripped off and seek other competition and get the same service, nothing.

Here's some key words for you.

Overdraft "protection"- the legal right to protect anyone taking money from you and charge astronomical fees for doing it. In essence, protecting anyone but the consumer and then charge the consumer for it.

"Pre-existing Conditions"- To be able to charge consumers all of their lives for years and years but when the service is needed, find an un-dotted "I" or uncrossed "T" to prevent services from being rendered.

"Too Big To Fail"- allow corporations to merge and build empires that consumers must rely on. Allow betting on people's livelihoods and investments to make a profit.

Each and every corporation you deregulate gives them the power to be a Bernie Madoff.

Sure, it all sounds rosy. But consumers get the thorns.

Arp, Bruce Ismay was vindicated, it was the Captain of the Titanic that paid the price. Bruce made the comment but the old saying goes, money talks. he was saved, the captain lost his life. also, there was another captain that shared the blame, the captain from the Carpathia (i think), spent the rest of his life paying the consequence of someone elses, idle words.

Didn't Ismay end up commiting suicide?

God didn't sink the Titanic, poor construction, man made errors and then not enough life boats killed the rest of the people on board.

Appreciate the comments, but irredanggardless (as they say down south) Ismay's magnificent floating hotel sank, with blame enough for captain, steersman, ice warnings, carbon-rich steel, full moons floating icebergs, etc. Ismay himself clambered into a lifeboat and spent the rest of his life in shame and seclusion at his estate in Ireland. The captain who ignored the SOS was from the California, I think. In any case, Mitt's people need to be careful about braggart statements. I can't imagine God would dirty his hands in American politics, but I'd just as soon not pi*s him off, either.

way to go Arp! regardless of any comment, Obama is and has been a poor leader, we need a strong man in the White House to turn around the damage his misleadership caused and get US back on the road to recovery. sure, its going to take some doing, but we need to be patient and not let something like this disaster (OBAMA) happen again.

Didn't Ismay end up commiting suicide?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Bruce_Ismay#Later_life

J. Bruce Ismay died in Mayfair, London, on 17 October 1937, of a cerebral thrombosis, at the age of 74.

He lived to be 74. Hardly the fitting end for a coward.

it's Biden... people are running to hear him speak... it's like a free comedy hour.

Poor Biden, hardly got a chance to be Vice President. what happened here?

Now the rightwingnuts have found the vp to pick on. Good going guys. What's next, going after "God"?

Actually, the clown left on 01/20/2009. Now, the adult is in charge until 01/20/17.

we shall see BJ1

Well if a few more Chevron stations like the one in LA start charging $6.19 for a gallon of regular that adult will be crying like a baby packing his bags and heading to chicago, not even waiting around for the election.

And you thought this country was in great shape before Obama? As my old pal Bugs would say "what a marooney".

Did you ever stop to ask yourself why Chevron is charging that, Rob? Or do you just rattle off those old Fox talking points as fast as your old fingers can type them? Which is it?

Jason all the republicans were spouting the same crap you are now.

Are you going to need mental help when President Obama wins? Open your eyes, your party is currently engaged in political suicide.

Lucky for us the republicans became too cocky after the 2010 elections and started into attacking worker's rights, women's rights and voting rights and nothing to do about jobs the reason they were elected. The republicans seem to think that faux has convinced everyone that giving up your rights and freedom is a good thing.

Even Ron Paul the most liberal of the republicans, along with the rest of the republican candidates has signed the person-hood pledge that vows to overturn Roe v Wade and make most birth control illegal along with abortions even for rape. It would take huge government interference to monitor and control every woman's pregnancy. That freedom that Ron Paul so touts is only for men.

Lets move government into your bedroom and sex life and then call it freedom.

The only smart choice, Obama/Biden 2012

Why should the federal government tell me or any american what they should do with there lives. Thats why we have the constitution to protect us from a King/Government from controlling our lives. Obama is making me pay more taxes (income tax is illegal according to the constitution) requiring me to get health insurance so people who cant afford it can get it and that is a crime. The country has been steering in the wrong direction since 1913 obama was given his chance for "change" and he failed the debt is higher than ever and growth is at a stand still we can do better. I'm an american and thats why I will write in ron paul.

You clowns! Know one said this country is in great shape. What was said "We are getting better"

And that is based on what the previous Admin left which includes the worse depression in 80 years and you want President Obama to clean it up in one day as President WOW either you are stupid, a racist, a bigot, no cognitive skills, a lack of basic understanding of English, you were home schooled by Rick San, your racist father or mother told you just hate all black people even if they came from a good school, ignore all factual information about the economy and his record, just hate him because he is black, try to convince dems he is worst than bush, call him a lie, point your finger in his face and any other disgusting term, name or object that will convince you compromise is a dirty word. Good Luck with the Mormon.

[Well if a few more Chevron stations like the one in LA start charging $6.19 for a gallon of regular...]

It couldn't be a case of price gouging, could it? NAHHHHH.....it just COULDN'T be, right Raab?

Raab, stick to (not so) Breitbart conspiracy theories...it's your best last chance at sanity.

Americans First-3238795 u talk about ron paul and birth control choices but support obama and his plan to force you to pay healthcare? Pauls the most consistant candidate on reducing federal government pleas dont mention his name in the same post as president osama.

Kyle from LA. The constitution does not say taxes are illegal. The constitution talks about a progressive tax. How would any government survive without taxes? You also do not pay other peoples health care insurance. Everyone pays their own insurance bills except for the very poor and is that what you want to be a poor person?

Do you also want to work until you drop dead? You people talk about freedom all the time but are constantly talking about things that absolutly interfere with my rights; especially in our damn bedrooms.

Jason - Oh yeah, I know what you mean, we CERTAINLY don't want decent healthcare to be available for everyone do we? And let's make sure that all of these newly created jobs are eliminated IMMEDIATELY!! We also must do something to ruin this improving economy so that we can keep poor people from getting ahead and taking a tiny slice of my pie, right? We wouldn't want good hard working Americans to actually have good jobs with decent pay would we? And while we're at it, lets get rid of all of those DIRTY, NASTY "SOCIALIST" trappings like clean water, decent roads, good schools, life saving hospitals, public libraries, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. We need to get back the good "conservative" values that made this country great like POVERTY and STARVATION for the masses! Yes, the American dream can only be "properly" acheived when the middle class is miserable, unemployed, broke and starving!... Great Idea!

Solutions5439 - You apparently lack basic English skills as well (see the definition for the words "No" and "Know" please and their proper use). I will vote for anyone but Obama in the election NOT because Obama is 1/2 black/African American - I couldn't give a s$it less if he was pink or orange - I will vote for someone else because of his socialist policies. Call them whatever you want but that is what they are. Now give me some of your cookies, you have 4 and I have 3 and I want yours. Thank you.

Americangirl

You better go back and read it again. here is the link.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2826622/posts

If you are CEO of any oil corp..Repubs will force me to give you half of my cookies..WAIT A MINUTE..ISNT THAT CALLED SOCIALISM ??? YEP

Hey Guys! The rightwingnuts are back! Ahhhh, the opportunites abound!

Any lack of enthusiasm and support by the base will also hurt the Republicans down ballot---they have to be thrilled by the race so far!

Over $100 million spent on 21 States so far, Willard is digging into his own pocket for more cash. No WONDER he wants this primary process done already, he'll be SuperPac-hurting come November's elections with hardly any false-negative attack ads to show for it.

Michael Steel, the previous RNC chairman said they did this on purpose because they wanted the nominating season to be longer. Careful what you wish for.

I saw that interview with Mr. Steele and I thought---the Democrats did have an exciting primary battle in 2008 and it brought new people (like me) to the party. Problem is---the Democrats had 2 candidates who weren't that far apart ideologically and who didn't savage one another the way the current group of GOP candidates has. ALso, they couldn't have foreseen the role of Super PACs after the Citizen's United decision, which has made the carpet-bombing with negative ads possible. So the Republicans' attempt to have the primary invigorate the base and help the eventual nominee doesn't seem to be quite so successful.

Gotta luv Citizens United! ROFLMAO

Yeah! What was that? What happend to Rick P. God?

it took an act of God to get the first socialist elected.

who knows what's next.

Romney will drag us to another war!

I don't like all Obama policies, but i will vote for him bacause he is for sure an intelligent person.

'the devil that you know is better than the one that you know.'

Jason that is the problem with the republican party now.

They got nothing but lies and the socialist one is one of the favorites. Do you really think you are going to get women and independents to vote for a republican because you can tell a good lie?

You need to thank Rush for his fear-mongering lie and then quit repeating it. It only makes you look like an uninformed idiot with your repeat-a-lie intellect.

I think it is about time the republican party started to be the moral party they claim to be and quit lying.

Americans First-3238795 but if your mouth was washed out with lies, that all you are going to say is lies

Solutions, make sense. The rest of you rightwingnut liars, moral up and quit lying.

Marty;

Gotta agree with you 100%. Hubris is the EXACT word for this kind of thinking, talking.

Watch out, Mittens. God heard y'all too... and he's not smiling...

I don't think Romney was even there. The only people mentioned in the article are his campaign staff.

The God that will make all of us Mormons.

Well, make us all mormons after we die

Actually, I believe you can be baptised a Mormon in absentia, while you are still alive. If that makes a difference to you.

Maybe he has.

anything but the clown occupying the WH right now

We got it Jason, you hate President Obama.

So what are the republican candidates going to do for you other that give tax cuts to the rich and raise your taxes to pay for it?

How is Romney going to go to war and give more tax cuts to the rich? He will have to get rid of social security and medicare and medicaid. Then he will have to get rid of the safety nets including food for children. Then education will have to go as war is very expensive and Romney thinks that cuts to the poor should pay for the deficit also.

You may hate President Obama, but I hate the republicans plans to destroy America as we know it for the rich 1%.

Obama/Biden 2012

I'm republican and nowhere near the 1%. I'm in the red cross too wich does a lot more for the world than the democratic or should i say socialist party. Plus income taxes are illegal according to the constitution so they should be stopped all together. It's the reason were not under british rule. So go occupy somewhere outside the country.

RON PAUL 2012

@KyleFromLA

You should vote for the old turkey neck man come November 2012 because he looks like he needs to take a worm hole nap.

Beyond the arrogance, consider the sheer political stupidity of M.T. Suit to make a statement like that to Santorum's evangelical base prior to the primaries coming up. This protracted campaign has served to highlight his lack of diplomacy and ability to bring people together; he's nowhere near ready to be president. Better go back and "practice" for another 4 years Mittens, see you again in 2016 - maybe 3rd time really will be the charm.

Solutions539

Cut the crap. If someone wants to support Ron Paul then get over it, they have as much to as you have to support someone esle. GROW UP

Kyle, you haven't thought it through have you? Obama is on your side if you want to give sustenance to the poor and injured. Republican 1%ers are not your friend. They believe in privatizing charity and skimming their profit off the top. "Good" Businessmen everyone of them.

I see it all the time.

People claim to have humanity at heart, then they promote republicans.

I hope he shuts down both parties for good.

You forgot Jehovah God. Who is not a Trinity God.

I think you covered all the Gods

Doesn't Mitt know that god hates mormons?

Interesting choice of words there Mitt.

don't under estimate the power of God......we shall see

Mitt's gonna need his magic underwear to pull this off.

She is having sex on a lap top???