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Subscribe to RSSCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Rick Santorum cautioned Missouri voters on Saturday that jobs may not be the most important issue in the November election and laughed off claims by Mitt Romney's campaign that he was not the day's big winner after a decisive victory in the Kansas caucuses.
After new jobs numbers released on Friday revealed more positive signs for the economy, the former Pennsylvania senator warned about the threat of a nuclear Iran and said national security could become the issue of top concern for voters heading into the general election this fall.
"People say, 'Well what’s gonna be the most important, oh jobs, jobs, jobs.' Well maybe not," Santorum told a crowd of 700 Republicans gathered for a Lincoln Day dinner. "We’ve got a country in the Middle East that’s about, potentially about to explode a nuclear weapon, which would change the face of our Earth."
The important role the economy will play in this election has been a central tenet of Romney's campaign. The former Massachusetts governor often cites his experience in the private sector as proof he is best suited to fix the economy. It's an experience he argues no other Republican presidential candidate has. But Santorum's argument Saturday night was that he is the only candidate with the experience to keep America safe.
"We have candidates running around saying they want to run for CEO of America. I’m running to be the commander in chief for America,” Santorum said.
His two stops here came at the end of what was a good day for the presidential hopeful’s up and down candidacy.
Saturday morning, aides said, they raised $85,000 in cash during a fundraiser in Houston, Texas, with the 200 conservatives in attendance pledging another $1.78 million to go toward both the campaign and the pro-Santorum Super PAC "Red, White and Blue Fund." In the afternoon, results came in from the Kansas caucuses that showed him earning a resounding victory.
Also Saturday, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., announced her support for Santorum. It is one of the few endorsements he has earned from members of Congress he served with during his 16 years on Capitol Hill.
But seeking to counter the positive headlines, Romney's campaign again pointed to the math that they claim falls in their favor.
"Today, Mitt Romney won more delegates than any of the other candidates and continued his momentum and path to getting the delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination," Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul wrote in an email to reporters. Romney racked up wins in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, and Wyoming, a state whose delegate apportionment has yet to be fully settled.
Greeting voters at a later event in a hangar in the Cape Girardeau airport, Santorum laughed off the Romney campaign's assertion. "It's sounding very desperate for a man who supposedly has it in the bag," he said.
"We need a strong contrasting vision for this country and Gov. Romney doesn't provide that and I think the people of Kansas spoke very, very loudly about their concerns about his viability," Santorum added.
The presidential hopeful expressed his profound gratitude to the "Show Me State," which, along with Minnesota and Colorado, gave him three big victories last month that gave new life to his candidacy. Though Missouri's primary in February awarded no delegates, it proved to be a big win for a candidate who seemed to have stalled out after winning the Iowa caucuses.
“I should be applauding you and not the other way around," Santorum said. "I can say this without hesitation: If it wasn’t for the people of Missouri I wouldn’t be standing here today ... I greatly appreciate the warm reception, and I have to just say again, I do mean that what happened during the primary here and the caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, gave the country an opportunity to take a second look."
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The US has learned by now not to act prematurely or unilaterally. a) Lots of people get hurt and die in wars. b) Plus they are very expensive and create ginormous deficits. We will agree?
Anyone playing politics regarding Iran or Syria - is playing lowball.
And we know this President's national security record is remarkable. One Admiral said President Obama makes decisions like someone who has been in the military for 35 years.
Backhouse,
As long as there are hawks in Congress like John McCain and Lindsay Graham, we have to worry. At least this president doesn't believe that war is the answer to every international problem!
There is no room for any GOP congressionals children this time around.
Alas, they will try.
I hope he does go back on a war issue campaign, a sure loser if there ever was one....
But keep drawing those beauty contest wins Ricky boy, we need you to show your other clueless side...
Egilman!
Hugs & kisses!
Every time these guys talk war, I think of the very successful Elizabeth the first of England who refused to let her Privy Council take a bankrupt England to war. "No War, my lords! No War!" I believe she left England in a lot better place financially then when she inherited the throne. (Although, it was a rather warm place - think burning at the stake warm - for Catholics)
Hey girl,
Huggs to you !!!!
You are aware it like 4 am out where you are at? What's got you up this early?
PS Thanks for the vote of confidence in the other thread I appreciate it...
Frankie (my cat) decided he wanted my pillow. And laying on my head was not a problem for him. I woke up inhaling fur. Decided the fight wasn't worth it, so came out to play for a little while.
COOL!
I like playing in the early morning before the zombies come out....
It does seem a little quieter! (FYI, the worst kind of horror movie for me is one with zombies. I can do vampires and such, but not zombies)
Me too,
I just can't handle those either, that's why it is such a good term for those here....
But I'm working on it. I have more on the Norm Dicks retirement, I'm sure it will piss off the residents here but it is the truth, You remember the scandal took down Rep. John Murtha, they didn't go far enough.
It's one of the reasons he's retiring, they figure all the scandals will be coming out....
Uh oh! Well, that will give some of the political hacks something to talk about! As they say, the truth ALWAYS comes out eventually.
Hey! My pillow is free! Going to try and catch a few winks! See you later at ISJC!
Sleep tight Girl, Sweet Dreams...
Egilman ... wasn't it you who told me that Dr Paul has the support of the men and women in the military? After listening to the "Big 3" and their talk of war as the first option to world affairs, it would be easy to understand their feelings.
... and in other news Mitt Romney picked up six delegates in the Wyoming Caucuses. Ron Paul and Newt combine for less votes than "Other"...
Good morning all...
Here's an interesting take on Isreal...so I wouldn't worry about McCain and the warhawks on this one.
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/08/obamas_aipac_trifecta/singleton/
For McCain, he's still fighting his war demons. Sadly, he'll be fighting the "enemy" until the day he dies.
There is an 80% increase in suicides among young soldiers. While the suicide rates went down between 1977-2003, they've been increasing after 2003.
The Republicans are unwilling to take care of those soldiers that have been coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan - heck, if they had their way, the war in Iraq would still be going on. Yet, they want another war just like that.
It is sad that these people, who call themselves Christians, have such a disregard for human life. They feel contraception is immoral but sending young men and women to fight their wars (while they rake benefits from the wars) is no big deal.
Backhouse - as a lot of you know, I was opposed to the Iraq invasion from the start and remain critical of the Bush Administration over what I saw as arguably the biggest foreign policy mistake this country had ever made. But the Iran situation is a different one.
Iran says it wants to destroy Israel. That's unarguable. You can argue whether they really mean it, but you can't argue they're saying it in ways and repetition that make it clear that for the moment it is Iranian policy to get that message out. And they seem intent on developing nuclear capabilities. They say it's for energy, but scientifically we seem pretty sure they have entered that dual-purpose area in terms of nuclear materials processing. What they're doing now could be aimed at creating weapons material.
Additionally, even if what they are saying about destroying Israel doesn't imply an intent to use nuclear weapons against Israel, other foes in the region are nervous about the possibility of Iranian nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia has said if Iran becomes a nuclear power, it will as well. And it will build an arsenal that matches Iran's one for one. Turkey, without getting into quantity specifics, has said it will build nuclear weapons, too. We're looking at what seems a certainty of a nuclear arms race in this volatile region, if Iran develops a weapon first.
To lump this with a general notion of Republicans wanting to start wars everywhere is way too simplistic. In fact, that reaction is one result of our Iraqi mistake. Because the rationales (all of them) proved to represent a flippant view of post-attack due diligence, it has ramped up cynicism of any potential U.S. military action.
Also, I think Santorum's read on the political situation isn't that bad.
Though I doubt the recovery is as strong as a lot of economists seem to think, and suspect we will get dragged into another recession this year, if we do continue even the slow recovery pace we've seen and if the Iranian problem continues to develop like it appears to be developing, Santorum is right in that the economy probably won't be the big issue come this fall.
That's something a political weathervane like Romney would only be able to say at a later time. No vision; just a constant remaking of himself to reflect the political situation at hand.
Like all the other issues of the day, I don't think the tea people GOP Koch republicans want to go down the war road either. The only issue the tea people GOP Koch republicans have is social issues, and all they got on that is a war against women. I guess I was wrong in my first statement, they do want to run on war, war against women that is. Good luck guys you've got nothing to run on.
Paul M -- Don't underestimate the power of the messages coming from some of their religious leaders on the issue of nuclear weapons. They oppose them. This is a message contrary to what Ahmadinejad would have some believe. Sanctions seem to be kicking in. Their ships filled with oil cannot find a port. Much is going on behind the scenes. And publicly we have just put the MOPS on display. That's a big big stick. Let's hope this very serious situation is resolved without a war.
I'm sure that for millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table for their families, Iran is near the bottom on their list of things to worry about. And how about those Jayhawks huh; 79% voting "anybody but Romney".
Chucky -- Santorum would like it to be the issue in his campaign. That said, it is a very serious situation and I hope the American people are at least paying some attention to it.
Santorum dreams of war - acts of war are the sugar plumbs that dance in his head (non-stop 24/7). Twice now, he has described his campaign as an insurgency (MTP 3/11/12, FR 3/2/12). He fuels the fire with his rhetoric on the War on Women, War on Religion. He may as well come right out and say it:
War, All War, Nothing but War; All Day, Every Day.
Vote for Santorum if you get your jollies being in a constant state of WAR, both at the national level and international level.
What would happen if there was a law that said if you are going to vote to go to war, you would have to vote naked? And, that said war would have to be fought naked? The Druids used wage war that way (although they painted themselves blue).
I don't know about naked war Phine. I'd prefer naked Twister.
Yes, but if we could see the shortcomings of those who vote to send our young people to war, well, maybe they might re-think that vote!
I like naked Twister, too!
@Phine - as Grahmm said on "This Week" today, Newt has come back from the dead several times. I always suspected Newt was a zombie.
Red,
AHA! That explains Newt! Always knew he had some kind of voodoo about him!
Phine, also explains why, since this "Monster Bash" GOP/TP primary began, I have steered clear of cemeteries and farm houses ("Night of the Living Dead") and malls ("Dawn on the Dead"). Watching the candidates eat their own and their followers mindlessly drool and grunt has been downright unbecoming.
"They did the Mash............."
... it came on like a smash.
....it was a graveyard smash!
"The Republicans are unwilling to take care of those soldiers that have been coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan - heck, if they had their way, the war in Iraq would still be going on. Yet, they want another war just like that."
Baylle,
That's such BS, if you think that's true, post the link stating that. Do you know that Obama want to cut out tri-care by forcing the prices up over 200% in five years? First of all do you know what tri-care is? When you figure that out, get back to me why Obama want to force Military and retirees out of it. Bush sign the agreement to leave at the end of 2011, Obama want to stay but chose wisely to go with the agreement because the Iraqi's wouldn't sign the SOFA Agreement.
Thanks for an interesting link, Mickey, NY.
I have faith in the judgment of Barack Obama as Commander-in-Chief.
He has done a stellar job defending our country, hunting down top al-Qaeda operatives, and restoring the world's confidence and respect for the U.S.
At least Romney can be assured of the south Pacific vote. If I were him, I would be just a bit more concerned about how folks viewed him here at home!
Don't forget Wyoming phine. Seems they don't get no love here on FR. They, FR, must have "flown over" Big Wyoming the Equality Cowboy State. Oh, the poor horn frogs I guess you can't see them from 30,000 ft.
IN THE NAME OF MY FATHER GOD thru JESUS CHRIST, TO MITT ROMNEY its really you want to challenges the power of my FATHER GOD king ofd the universe in heaven ? STOP YOUR COMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT in the name of my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven you will not WIN believe me . you & other candidate are NOT AGAINST ABORTION , you don't know what will be happen to your SPIRIT when the day is over in the WORLD, In AMERICAN way "freedom of speech" your SPIRIT & 10 of your candidate for President all of your SPIRIT is waiting your GOD in his heaven . That is the heaven of LUCIFER , BELIEVE ME OR NOT , it is written it should be done according to my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven . just only STEP DOWN it my be my FATHER GOD can forgive your SPIRIT when the day is over. Help RICK SANTORUM to save the world against to EVIL PEOPLE at this moment , this is for the WORLD & SPECIALLY FOR ALL CHILDREN'S IN THE WORLD. My FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven is working to RICK SANTORUM remember that I indorse RICK SANTORUM to my FATHER GOD to help them for their Presidential campaign, I believe hi will be the PRESIDENT OF AMERICA in the NAME OF MY FATHER GOD thru JESUS CHRIST. To prove it to you , I asking to my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven not to help BILL WHITE for GOVERNOR OF TEXAS & my FATHER GOD was heared my "PRAY" BILL WHITE lose. even RICK PERRY I asking to my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven not to help for their compaign for PRESIDENT of AMERICA , I believe hi fulfill already my FATHER GOD POWER. Now if your all white people never have one goal for AMERICAN COUNTRY & BARRACK OBAMA still a PRESIDENT OF AMERICA , BE HOLD & PREPARE my FATHER GOD we will distroy the world thru "WATER" because of to much "SINNER" done of his "RACIAL BLACK PEOPLE" in the world. 100.5 % all "RACIAL BLACK PEOPLE SPIRIT" is waiting with their god LUCIFER in his kingdom which is call HEAVEN OF LUCIFER. WHO EVER READ THIS EMAIL OF MIND OPEN YOUR ALL EYES & MIND all CRISIS & DESASTER happened in the world is only a warning to all people in the world, their is one who is really people in the world will be happy & enjoy when my FATHER GOD IS COME IN THE WORLD thru "WATER" soon which is the JUDGEMENT DAY. That is the message of my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven to all people in the world.
Whoa! Dude! Quite the sermon! Now I am afraid to go to sleep!
SIMPLICIO - Your name has to mean "Simpleton" in Spanish.
GT,
Think he has been smoking to much wacky tobaccy!
"Lighten up, Francis." Stripes
Yeah, That ought to do it. Why didn't Santorum think of that?
Holy CRAP!! This guy needs meds. Did God tell him he's for Santorum? If so, Did he mention How the stock market will do this quarter??? LMAO
SIMPLICIO A MENDOZA JR ... You need to get some religion.
We had all better be careful. Mr. Medoza's god may smite us all! LOL!
Talk about hitting under the Mendoza line...
What a strike out.
SPMPLICIO@#3=== You sound just like Rick Santorum. Do you really want Rick Santorum to be the Pope of the USA?
I thought that was Santorum................................You mean there is more than one of them?.................God help us all.
So is Santorum conceding that Obama may be successful in turning the economy around?
Not that Santorum himself has had anything useful to say about how to improve it.
Since he's given up on beating on President Obama over the economy, Santorum is going to beat the drums of war. Unfortunately for him, Rick is better off kicking a brick than to go after Obama's foreign policy and security records. Major terrorist leaders have been killed or captured under President Obama's watch, including, but not limited to, Osama bin Laden, Tehrik e-Taliban, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, Saleh al-Somali, Abdallah Sa'id, Abdul Ghani Berader, Muhammad Haqqani, Qari Zafar, Hussein al-Yemeni, Dulmatin, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid aka Shakyh Sa'id al-Masri, Hamza al-Jawfi, Ilyas Kashmiri, Ammar al-Wa'ili, Abu Ali al-Harithi, Ali Saleh Farhan, Harun Fazul, 'Atiyah 'Abd al-Rahman, Yunis al-Mauritani, and Abu Hafs al Shahri. Additionally one must recognize President Obama's role in toppling Libyan dictator Kaddhafi, as well.
If Santorum is planning on calling for more war, he will have a hard time convincing voters that President Obama has been soft on terrorists or America's enemies. Maybe Rick should stick with the right wing religious extremist thing he has going for him and leave real, honest-to-goodness issues for the adults to take care of.
Well done, President Obama! If the best the GOP can do is Rick and Mitt, the GOP might as well give it up now and spare themselves the embarrassment of a real election in November.
What did you all think of the HBO movie "Game Change"?
Sorry, don't have HBO. Heard it was good, though. Think I will buy the book. They say there are a lot of great story lines (not just the Palin story) in it.
I thought it was awesome and will probably watch it again! Julianne Moore was fabulous as Sarah Palin! It also gave me a new level of respect for John McCain (even though I still would never have voted for him) ~ he didn't want the campaign to go negative and was not only visibly concerned but voiced his objection. So, do you think the script was true to actual events? If so, Sarah truly did put the "R" in "Rogue"!!
Game Change was AMAZING - Julianne Moore sure lived up to all the hype about her. I came away from the movie with two thoughts (as of now)...
One - I dislike Palin even more now then I did previously (if that's even possible) she is every bit as manipulative as I thought & uses everyone within reach! Especially her kids!
Two - Unlike others, I have zero sympathy for old man McCain! He either has ZERO leadership skills OR he allowed his staff to pick that idiot all in the name of winning. If I thought I was scared at the thought of where we would be now, should they have won, after watching the movie, I can't begin to FATHOM what this country would look like today...
I know I wouldn't be able to recognize it...
I haven't seen it yet, but will have to see it now. Are there any clips of the "mama grizzley" guttin a moose or culling wolves from a helicopter??? LOL
Fuzzy,
Don't forget the turkeys!
Ditto what the Feisty one said!
God help us all if the idiot from Wassila gets anywhere near 1600 Pennsyvania
That was a hoot. The best part of that news clip was that they aired it!
Man I've got to get HBO! I dropped it after the Sopranos went off the air.
Now that sounds like must see TV! Quick we must tell Rob.
devie,
That clip put me off turkey for a while (yes, I know it happens that way, but I prefer thinking like a city girl that turkeys are born frozen! LOL)
Nicole Wallace on This Week when asked how true to life the movie was said
"closs enough to make me squirm"
phine, I'm a city boy myself. I didn't see a pig or a turkey on a farm until I turned Thirty! Which was quite sometime ago.
Devie,
HBO is must see TV!
They run some of the BEST movies like, Game Change, Recount, Gasland etc...
Plus, True Blood, Game of Thrones, Bill Maher to name a few...
I find it to be totally worth the few extra bucks!
What???? No mention (okay a small one) of Romney's BIG six (SIX count them 6, S-I-X) delegate victory in Wyoming? What will Congressman Cynthia Lummis think being slighted? Man the South Pacific got more ink. Heck, What will the 563,626 people of Wyoming think? Come on FR it's not nice to slight Dick's home state! Where's their article?
Actually, I believe it's seven.
But who's counting?
Looks like Romney takes Illinois, Mississippi- and is tied with Gingrich for Alabama.
I agree that Iranian nukes will move up as an issue with voters- but that is because Obama sees foreign policy as a strength, so the media will keep it front and center. I ALSO believe that is a bad strategy- because it opens the door to adds from his opposition - using our allies words against him.
Somehow, I don't see the French president calling Obama "dangerously naive" as a winning endorsement.
It also reminds people of his fumbling with Israel- including his petulant demand that Israel give away the store in order for peace talks to begin. Thus far, they haven't- therefore, they haven't.
And, I think the debt might just claw it's way to the front of the issue pack. Not a winner for Obama, now, is it? I do believe "it's not my fault" may not be the catchy slogan to carry a reelection bid.
Oh, we'll, happy Sunday.
Looks like NoJoe is in fine form this morning with her two year long wish list (wishing the country would fail, and we would start a war with Iran) so the tea people GOP Koch republicans could win an election. That's all they have left, hoping the country fails and wishing for disaster. The only really chance the tea people GOP Koch republicans have is like Santorum said, if President Obama would just quit and give the presidency to them.
Good Morning Mo!
Come on, be nice to the nut job from NJ.
After all, she thought Ricky Perry was the greatest thing since sliced bread & the ONLY candidate who was capable of beating President Obama! lol
Good luck to the Repug's running against the President's foreign policies!
Talk about being dangerously naive... ;o)
With dozens of flip flops on issues important to Conservatives giving Republicans good reason to not trust him there is the huge millstone that hangs around his neck that will drown him in November … if he gets there … called the
Individual Mandate
NJNB -- As if people will give weight to what Sarkozy says! Get real, NJNB. For you to hold up him is laughable.
As for a debt argument, bring it on! Romney's policies will add a few trillion to the debt should he get his way. Where is your outrage about that? Santorum's and Gingrich's policies would increase debt even more. So let's talk about debt NJNB.
I am not sure if NoJoy is an American ... having lived in the US for two years and traveled throughout, I never met the likes of her. I did meet someone akin to her sensibilities in Warsaw, a most rude taxi driver.
Ideology,
I was thinking of the cab drivers in Rome - not only rude, but will run over anyone who gets in their way!
Morning Phine, Montreal can be difficult to drive in at times. We don't have guns so we take out our aggressions from behind the wheel. We do not run people over so much as curse them. This is a scofflaw city for pedestrians ... if you walk, you own the streets ... red means walk.
Morning Ideology. We were once in Rome and needed to get to the airport. Hubby told the guy we were running late, so the driver was driving up on the sidewalks! I ended up closing my eyes and praying the whole way (I think I found God that day. LOL)
Phine ... maybe it was God's lucky day when He found you. It is a philosophical argument not a cruise everyone.
(Blushing now) Thank you. Glad your back. :)
Ole Mitt will be lucky to come in third in both Mississippi and Alabama. He best concentrate himself in Illinois.
In 1994 I went on business to Goteborg, Sweden I remember some of my business associates laughing at me when I asked why the bus we were on was going the opposite way on a one way street. They said it was okay for bus to do that and said wait until the go up on the sidewalks to avoid on coming traffic! Which the driver did numerous times! I was glad I was on the bus and not one of the pedestrians or people driving with traffic.
But, but Chucky, Mitt is now eating cheesy grits and learning to say "Good Morning, ya'all" like a southerner! LOL!
Aaaargh! I'm a southerner and I hate grits. My mom would try to get me to eat grits and I would whine and cry and throw temper tantrums and hold my breath until I turned blue and even threaten to leave early to go back to my college dorm room (after she did my laundry of course).
Chucky,
The best grits I ever had was at the Contemporary Resort's Concourse Grille at Disneyworld. Even the hubby who HATES grits loved them (they did them with bacon drippings).
Oh, and had I been your mother, I would have washed your tidy whities with red clothes so they would have been pink! Might have even starched them! (I am just mean that way) LOL!
Chucky Stuart ... how were you with scraple? .... spelling may be wrong ...
I actually like scrapple (don't know if that spelling's right either). But then I like haggis and headcheese as well, so that's not a stretch.
Phine, I do believe another lover of liver and onions, Chucky Stuart, is in our midst.
Well, although I don't eat it, I can make it well! Seems I know what to fix for a group dinner! (And for the non-liver eaters, I am open to suggestions!) Must not forget the mashed potatoes!
Phil must come to Montreal and have a chopped liver sandwich ... if there is good Jewish cooking to be found, it is here ... oyveh, the smoked meat ... the bagels, sorry America but you have no idea what a bagel is.
Ideology,
If I get him up there, sounds like he may never leave! His number one rule for a road trip/vacation, must have good food available!
I heard somebody say liver and onions were being served. Ooh doggie! Love that liver and onions.
If any of these nuts were to defeat president Obama in November, I will be looking to relocate to another country-planet-parallel universe......whatever!!!
Fuzzy,
There is always Newt's moon base. Just a suggestion................
Phine, the only problem with Newtville (on the moon) is, Newt might be able to win an election there. Then he would be SUPREME RULER!!! LOL :)
I just had a vision of the Flash Gordon movie with the Emperor Ming!
I just had a vision of the Flash Gordon movie with the Emperor Ming!
or was that the porn movie called Flesh Gordon
Flesh Gordon is a cult classic. Ranks right up there with Rocky Horror Picture Show! (They did do a lot of flashing in Flesh Gordon!)
Going to screenings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show required an umbrella! An audience participation classic.
And TOAST!!!!
An odd screening classic that would show up every year bringing out the artistic community in Montreal was Arsenic and Old Lace ... a wicked screwball comedy.
Wow! I haven't seen Arsenic and Old Lace in years! One of my all time favorites. Even dragged Mr. p to a dinner theater once to see it. (While, dinner theater productions aren't the greatest, it was still fun).
Phine ... rent it, it stands the test of time ... and after you laugh slap on Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf ... followed by The Misfits (one of my top ten) ... gotta work your way downhill to find the really good stuff.
Cant' forget "Some Like it Hot". Now Mr. p is a fan of the Thin Man movies. William Powell and Myrna Loy. Can't go wrong there. Always crave a martini after watching one of them.................
hi guys - husband and I love William Powell. If you haven't seen "The Artist" yet, you have to go. Phine, you may have to leave Phil at home -it's a silent film,can't have any competition
So long.
'...farewell auf wiedersehen goodbye...'
...adieu, adieu, to you and you and you......."
Dare we hope for forever?
Anybody heard Ricks Tantrum's new campaign song:
Sincerest apologies to the Beach Boys. Also, somebody should tell Rick that this didn't work for McCain.
Rick, you're not supposed to tell about the typical Republican (Karl Rove) plan to deflect when you are losing on a major issue. Now you've gone and blabbed.
So Santorum has let the cat out of the bag. The republicans have no plans for jobs. But, boy does he have a good war waiting for you.
Unlike 2010 they are not even going to pretend. Just like after 2010 no jobs, but killing unions and union rights a main priority, killing women's rights and her right to contraception is much more important than jobs. Killing health care for all, again much more important than jobs. Killing food stamps for the blah people is much more important than creating jobs.
Yes, the republicans have all kind of plans to attack your freedoms, but jobs, who cares about stinkin jobs.
For the America you have grown to love, Obama/Biden 2012
AF,
Maybe their grand jobs idea is if you want a job - enlist! But would that add to the budget deficit?
OMG - M. Matalin, Republican strategist just called Kony 2012 a dangerous tool because it over simplifies a complex issue. Good grief, leave it to the Republicans to express empathy as an equation that equals 'void'. It explains why the 'void' GOP/TP cannot understand OWS. To the GOP/TP, a 100m hits on a youtube video means ignore it because it is dangerous vs. take action.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012
Is she still married to James?
All the more reason now to have Rickey or Mitt in the White House.... they would be too busy worrying about abortion, tax cuts or voter registration to give a hoot about someone with the bomb... like every other GOP they would just get us in another war somewhere.... but still cut taxes......
President Obama is solid on Iran. He can see the entirety of the situation from atop his perch whereas the GOP candidates can only "imagine" the circumstances ahead. Give the President your support on this one; he needs to know that we are standing with him as Commander in Chief and trusting him to have this country's welfare at heart. He's done a GREAT job in the middle-east as well as the entire Eastern hemisphere and he deserves the reward that goes with all other victorious leaders as well as the confidence only other Americans can give him. Bush found support from the American people even after he lied to start these conflicts, the least we can do as true citizens is to support the one who has fought gallantly for us!
Give the President your support on this one
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No problem. He has my support right up until the time he decides to act militarily.
question for Mr Santorum/Romney/Gingrich. How do you plan on stopping the tidal wave of outsourcing that corporations are doing? The issue for me in this election is "who is going to keep the middle class alive in this country"? I work for Verizon, a healthy company, and yet they want to take away workers pensions, healthcare and be able to continue outsourcing American jobs at will. While most people reading this post pay aprox 1/3 of our income in taxes Verizon gets a tax refund! Are Mr Santorum/Romney/Gingrich the men to stand up to corporate greed? I'm skeptical about that.
Santorum’s Operation Good Neighbor. Instead, the foundation spent most of its money to run itself, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees for fundraising, administration and office rental paid to Santorum’s political allies. Over 60%, $1.5 million dollars of the contributions used to fill the pockets of aides, fundraisers, etc.
The charity also had significant overlap with the senator’s campaigns and his work on Capitol Hill. Among the leading donors to the foundation were Pennsylvania development and finance firms that had donated to his election efforts and had interests that Santorum had supported in the Senate.
Before it folded in 2007, the foundation raised $2.58 million, with 39 percent of that donated directly to groups helping the needy. By industry standards, such philanthropic groups should be donating nearly twice that, from 75 to 85 percent of their funds.
What else did Santorum do while in congress and living in PA. I'm mean VA. Rick was improperly spending tax dollars on HIS family. He took $100,000 from a struggling PA public school district to pay for his children’s “cyber” education program. Unfortunately, Rick and his family were living in suburban Virginia then, so they were not entitled to those funds. And when exposed in the press, Rick wouldn’t pay back the money, so the school district had to go to court to get it back — which cost us even MORE money.Pretty hypocritical, since Rick won his first congressional race by attacking the incumbent for living in VA instead of PA.
The PAC created by Santorum that was supposed to fund other Republicans instead seemed to mostly pay for the lifestyle of Santorum and those around him. The America's Foundation PAC showed that only 18 percent of its money went to fund political candidates, less -- and typically far less -- than any other PACs. What America's Foundation did spend a lot on with what looked like everyday expenses, including 66 trips to the Starbucks in Santorum's then-hometown of Leesburg, Va., multiple fast-food outings and expenditures at Walmart, Target and Giant supermarkets. Campaign finance experts said the PAC's expenses -- paid for by donations from wealthy businessmen and lobbyists -- were "unconventional," at best and arguably not legal.
Rick Santorum was named among the most corrupt politicians in 2005-2006 by a Washington watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Watch The Gang of Four Starring Rick Santorum it depicts corruption.
Santorum voted 5 times to raise the debt ceiling, increasing the debt by $4.7 trillion dollars. He sponsored a $50 million dollar bill to build an indoor rain forest.
Raising the debt ceiling does not increase the debt. Just a small factual point. :o)
Santorum helped secure $1 billion in earmarks. This does not include all the other pork barrel bills he supported such as the Bridge to Nowhere, which was for $358 million.
Santorum told CNN. “You won’t have any room for earmarks. But what we need to do is the reform of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and food stamps and housing programs and SSI. And yet,
Santorum helped secure $1 billion in earmarks. This does not include all the other pork barrel bills he supported such as the Bridge to Nowhere, which was for $358 million.
Santorum voted against Medicare reform.
Santorum voted against Food Stamp reform.
Santorum voted to raid Social Security instead of using surpluses to pay down the debt.
Is Santorum telling the truth? It seems like he is reinventing himself for whatever the political occasion calls for so that he gets the vote.
Last year, the former Pennsylvania senator disclosed investment and real estate assets totaling as much as $2.5 million. In his presidential financial disclosure spanning 18 months between 2010 and 2011, Santorum also listed $1.3 million in income while only donating 1.7% to charity in 2010. at worst it shows a lack of personal commitment to a principle that religious conservatives and political conservatives believe in, which is being generous with our money. Santorum has not been generous.
You're not fooling anyone Mitt.
The Santorum Connection. Tom Delay and Jack Abramoff went to prison for the illegal pay to play lobbyist scandal, but the liaison, Rick Santorum, went unscathed. Santorum was an integral part of the influence-peddling scandal where the more a lobbyist paid the more access they had to influence political leaders. This was known as the K Street Project. As part of this Santorum had weekly meetings with lobbyist. When the scandal broker Santorum lied by stating that he stopped having his meetings with lobbyist but his Washington staffers confirm that he continued these secret meetings. Watch the Gang of Four Starring Rick Santorum
Santorum was all about the pay to play game, K-street project, while in congress. Ryan Alexander, the president of Taxpayers for Common Sense about Rick Santorum. The problem is it looks like it is pay-to-play. It looks like: ‘You want to get an earmark? You make a contribution.’
Santorum supported, the Benedict Arnold of the Republican party, Arlen Specter for reelection. Specter once a Republican switched to be a democrat. Specter became the culminating and final vote for ObamaCare. For you conservatives out there, Specter then went on to call for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. ObamaCare depending on the source states that it will cost between $400 billion and $1.2 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office states that the cost will be $829 billion with job losses totaling around 1.6 million. All because Santorum willingly supported the Specter. In fact, read the PA articles he was on a crusade to get Specter reelected. Watch Santorum the Enemy Within.
honor even the ultra conservatives like yourself are trying desperately to convince the rest of us that Santorum is just not conservative enough! ha do you guys WANT to win the election? you wont your ideological brainwashing will cause you to lose big time in November but this is as it should be.
USHonor ... love all of it ... keep it up.
USHonor
Lies, lies, and more lies. The GAO estimated that the new HCL saved over 200 billion in Medicare last year and the implementation of the total bill will not be in effect for anther 2 years.
Lying republicans and the lies they spew to cloud the issues, its no wonder so many of you are led around by your nose, starting wars in countries that never attacked us. Last time I heard it was a group of Saudis onboard those planes on 9-11, not Iraqis, but you morons took the bait hook, line, and sinker when Bush led us into a trillion dollar war in Irag.