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NAPLES, Fla. – When former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign last Monday, Mitt Romney found himself with a bit of a spring break on his calendar. He's spending the weekend portion of it in South Florida, raking in cash for the general election.
Two top Romney donors are hosting fundraising events for the presumptive Republican nominee on the west and east coasts of the Sunshine State Sunday, which one Romney fundraiser told the Palm Beach Post could draw in more than $2 million dollars in total for the campaign's new "Victory" fund – a joint account with the Republican National Committee.
In Naples on Sunday afternoon, Romney and his wife Ann attended an afternoon reception at the home of Francis Rooney, a former ambassador to the Vatican, who gave the $2,500 maximum allowable donation to Romney's primary campaign last June. His holding company followed that check with two separate half-million dollar donations to pro-Romney Super PAC, Restore Our Future.
Romney fundraising events are closed to the press, but reporters on the street outside Rooney's $14-million mansion watched a parade of Mercedes, Porsches and at least one Maserati pulling up to be valet-parked at the event – at which Romney gave remarks and left after an hour.
On Sunday evening, the Romneys were scheduled to dine at the Palm Beach home of Darlene and Gerald Jordan, each uber-donors to Republican organizations and candidates, particularly in Massachusetts and here in Florida. In 2010, Darlene Jordan wrote checks for $40,400 to the Rubio Victory Committee and for $15,000 to the Massachusetts Republican party.
The Jordans, who will host the Romneys and their donors outside at their 21,000 square-foot waterfront home, also gave $100,000 to Restore our Future last summer, after giving the maximum allowed amount to Romney's campaign in April.
Romney and other active candidates were not the only recipients of the Jordans' generosity. Federal election records also show that two months after former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty suspended his campaign, the couple each donated $1,250 dollars to help retire his debt.
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Ranmar,
he Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, Crown Publishers, 2006
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Times Books, 1995 (reprint 2004)
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise by Barack Obama (Sep 9, 2008)Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama and Loren Long (Nov 16, 2010)
iimpressive resume
It is to bad he is a liar
His 2008 hypocritical hopey changey demonstration that led him into the oval office was merely a fallacy of lies aimed squarely at those who would willing consume his Koolaide of deceit. Someone who’s major in college was in Political campaigning with a minor in community agitation. “ No matter what his multiple degrees and PHD’s read that is what he studied. “ He cannot be deemed or believed trustworthy for any Truly admirable leadership Qualities therefore it”s back to Billy & Bernie’s for some more tutelage on campaigning for radical idea log’s
I suspect our children will eventually ask the obvious question "What were you thinking?"
The people are not impressed with his mARXIST Ideological leadership attempt to, “FUNDEMENTALLY CHANGE THE UNITED STATES”
So January 20th 2013 it’s back to Chicago. For Barack Hussein Obama.
LOL! You might want to check the polls.
Oh, I should have known. Here we go with the Marxist crap again. How original. You're obviously a very deep thinker, as your inciteful post reveals. What would you clowns on the Right do if you couldn't call people Commies and label anyone who wants to help those at the bottom of society an "agitor". Yes, perhaps Obama is an agitator in the same way that MLK was one. Of course, they called King a Commie too so this hardly comes as a surprise to me.
And, I'm afraid to say, since you can't refrain from placing these melodramatic and idiotic labels of those you disagree with, I will have no choice but from this moment forward to call you as well as the rest of the Reich Wing, lunatic fringe "Jack Booted, goose stepping, Brown Shirt, Fascist, Nazi's". See how easy it is to call people names???
Of course - Romney goes to Palm Beach and Naples - the two richest counties in Florida and Republication depositories. They should all be comparing notes about the houses, nannies and garage elevators.
KIM: Hey, you're not implying that Ann Romney didn't raise those 5 boys all by her lonesome, are you? I daresay, there wasn't a nanny, au pair, housekeeper, maid, gardener within a country mile of the place. How dare you impune this hard working woman's reputation. You think it's easy living with that kind of money? I mean, just because she has her dressage horses flown over from Europe in no way means she's out of touch with the average American. And don't you ever forget it.
Ozzie - I certainly won't forget. Have you ever been to Naples or Palm Beach? Mega mansion land. I live in Florida and Naples and Palm Beach are cities apart from the rest ofFlorida - by that I of course mean - crazier than usual down here in crazy land.
Obama raised money at Wall Street among his friends at Goldman Sachs, and in Hollywood, with the billionaires and airhead actors in Tinseltown...so cut the BS, if you would.
The silly hate- the- rich spiel is pathetic, grade school level pouting.
Bob - I don't hate the rich - not all of them anyway. I have some rich friends but - guess what? They are liberal Democrats! Romney has Wall Street investors, as well. Where do you think these guys make their money.
41% approval rate even that is cooked up . just like U E rate is down at 8.3 its all convenient lies
the desperation is getting even more fervent than ever. in a way its sad to witness .. the big feel good moment is drawing to a close on January 20th 2013 it will be time to go back to work for all no more lying
around playing x=box and drawing a gov't sty-pen you'll just have to earn a living rather than being handed a hand-out sorry the party's over after nov 6 you can sleep it off during the lame oduckma session on the couch for Christmas but then in Jan its time to restart the ownership of your own life's responsibility. don't cry it'll be all-RIGHT
VOTE NOVEMBER 6th for prosperity! :) not sparsity :(
CNN 51%
Gallop 47%
Nice try
Yes you have to wonder way people send Romney checks.
Only the top 1%, Romney construction on his home, hires lobbyist to push the plan through the approval process.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74518.html#ixzz1s1pdoXM8
Here is what Romney wants to install in his home in California
http://now.msn.com/money/0413-$5M-car-elevator.aspx
What a joke.
If you ever think your life is good and going well finacially, take cruise down Rodeo in Naples Fl. where Romney's donors live. It'll make you feel insignficant. The guest houses must be 5 to 6 thousand Square feet!
TONE: Yes, and your mission in life is to ensure that these good folks maintain this kind of lifestyle, on the backs of the middle class and working poor.
Not my mission Ozzie
Yes, feel the class hate and envy...join the Dark Side...
Once you give in to your hate, and decide you are a worthless dependent who will never succeed... line up for your government handouts, you are now offically a Democrat.
Bob, other then rich voting for him, most of the minions are rednecks and old ignorant medicare recipient that care about skin color then his own pocket.
What would Romney campaign film look like after governing a State, It would be a commercial for the top 1% and the elite? Because other then signing a health care bill, everything else in the state went down, jobs for one.
Gov. Romney worked in the private sector and he did a great job. But when he moved that experience to government, he had one of the lowest job creation rates in the country. Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job growth while Romney was in office.
His tax plan proves this it took more money from the poor and lower middle class and gives more tax breaks to the top 1%
Looks like the top 1% (Wall Street, Big Banks, the Oil Companies, Insurance Companies and Pharmaceutical Companies) got their candidate; Romney got the blessing from these entities
RAN: The Right persists in this fantasy that somehow "busines experience" is a prerequisite for governing. That's what they said about Dubya, that he was our first CEO president. And then of course there was Herbert Hoover. Things worked out really well there, now didn't they?
Not to mention that their spiritual leader, The Gipper, was never a businessman and they rave about the economic miracles he achieved.
Mitt Romney will destroy this Nation !
PATRIOTIC: Yea, he can pick up where Dubya left off. Isn't that a comforting thought.
Too Late Obama has already sent it down the tubes. The important thing is that we all get together and Correct the 08 Mistake
Was nothing left of it after the Bush melt down.
Cool, more money he won't disclose on his taxes..............
wizatard of oz boy
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These particular people, with the possible! exception of President Regan, have exercised an extra Constitutional or somewhat peculiar idea of what works in America’s Best interest. Over this period of time we have seen our inalienable rights continually eroded. This being modern history.
Earlier, the larceny of Gold by Government, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102 into law was truly the revelation of contemptible decimation of Constitutional rights for all Americans. Our nation was founded with the sacred words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But in 1933, all that was shattered if by “pursuing happiness,” you chose to pursue gold. The new deal in retrospect was widely touted as what brought us out of the great depression, and also opinionatedly characterized by some in contemporary academia as factual truth. This being a misrepresentation targeted at those who would believe it. While a number of the federal programs that were implemented during the dirty thirties were significant and profoundly effective at regaining national economic stability. The main factor that reinvigorated private sector economic growth and consequently provided equitable employment and carried Our Great Nation out of despair was the necessity to defend “The Free World” against ‘The Axis of evil’ during World War 2.
Since then powerful factions within our government have been focused primarily on building the nanny state, spending outrageously to create an enslaved dependency class, dumbing down the electorate and using the willing participation of media to propagandize with convenient lies to further proliferate their big government ideology. This is all accomplished ultimately under the radar and against the will of freedom loving people of this country. Being led by a ring in our nose is entirely not what our Constitution guaranteed to All Americans. Where is your pride America? Naïve much!!!
let’s be clear, this country is in disarray, first off financially we are out of control and I mean we !!! Do in large part to gov't intrusion into the routine functioning of the private sector. I might add a system that has created a wonderful lifestyle attainable by all Americans that have the intestinal fortitude to just reach out and make it their own. Conversely they work for us we designated them to represent us. We are held accountable for what they do. i.e. Nearly 16 trillion dollars of indebtedness. If it is your goal to reverse this trend of economic wreck less abandon then you must be mindfully aware of who is delegated with the responsibility of responding to the needs of our nation.
Getting America to come around and realize we have a debt/deficit problem is urgently needed. Also some people blame the few Tea party people in congress for everything, when many more dinos and rinos aka. (Washington Establishment types) are there thwarting any effort to improve fiscal responsibility .
Can Anyone say Balanced Budget Amendment???
Government waste and plunder and immoral spending is so prolific that we will most likely, short of some genuine leadership, never. EVER.. again see the light of day. And yet somehow... our government is telling us .....that they can spend money on literally ANY thing they want... literally any vote-buying scheme they can think of.. no matter how much or how little revenue they have coming in.... no matter how economically ridiculous it is.. and the top 10% of wage earners who are paying over 60% of all taxes collected (IRS Stats, not mine) are just expected to pony up and pay for their completely irresponsible madness?
I believe we need to engage in some serious discussion about the thought process that corporations are bad. The same goes for the rich.
We need to step back approximately 80 years to formulate a parallel. To some of you, that's ancient history... but the lesson is there.
Do any of you know why it was deemed acceptable for the slaughter of 6 million jews in Germany and why the common man didn't raise an eyebrow when they knew of the death camps and what was going on? It wasn't secret. Why the Jews? Why Christians? How come no one else? Was it religious in nature? Nope. The common man didn't hate the Jews because of their religion. They didn't hate the Jews because of their heritage or lineage.
Do ANY of you know why the Jews were hated so much that 6 million of them were executed?
If you don't, I will tell you.
The common man was told that the Jewish people controlled the money and the Jews were all very rich. The propaganda was laid on so thick and heavy that everyone believed it. The Germans hated the Jews because they just knew that all the money was controlled by the Jewish people. It was the ultimate class envy and we are starting to repeat it at the hand of the liberals... Not in the exact same way where the Jews are targeted... but rich people in general and definitely corporations!
All this class envy and corporate bashing will lead to the exact same ends. People are being fed propaganda and this corporate hatred will lead to the destruction of the corporations in this country. If you think the job situation is bad NOW... keep on working to destroy the corporations...
You can make up all the reasons in the world for bashing corporations... if you can't see the parallel with what's coming out today as it did in the 1930's then I recommend a change in antenna's.
You tell me what will be the end result if our country uprises against corporations? Take a look at what's happening on Wall Street today... it's only the beginning of trouble to come. The blame lays squarely at the feet of politicians in Washington. ALL of them... not only one side.
vote 2012
Ramble much?
Actually it is a very good post. That is if you know how to read, eh luke warm!!
You don't actually think anyone in their right mind is going to read this frigging, steaming pile of horse@!$%#, do you?
On and I hate to break this to you, but FDR has gone down in the history books as one of our very greatest president's of all time. When Europe was being overrun by the Germans your party was perfectly content to see Britain go down the tubes, which they surely would have done without our assistance. It was FDR who gave them the weapons and material to survive those first desperate years of the war. Eat your heart out.
Convenient - Have you ever read any of the posts of the space alien "Lucifer..." who posts on here occasionally? You really should. I think you guys could become fast friends.
The plot thickens, does it not? The republicans have finally selected their sacrificial lamb. Just another crook as are all politicians. Seems to be a better crook than most though, pretty good at it I think. Sure am glad I'm broke, nothing left to steal.
Peace
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Not to worry it will be all RIGHT after November 6TH let not your heart be troubled ?uestion
VOTE ABO
Your user ID suits you well!
Meg Mar
That is awesome you go mom in step
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Obama is damning the rich again. Let's see...Obama is expected to raise 1 billion dollars for his reelection campaign. The DNC also admits it will spend 750 million for the campaign. Per a law your beloved Democrats passed during the Clinton years(Democrats) Obama can keep whatever isn't used during the campaign. Personal funds! You dividers should spend five minutes looking up a few facts instead of swallowing every lie coming from the Chicago mafia!
CONCERNED: No, he's not damning the rich, he's damning the rules by which the rich play by. In your eyes, the slightest complaint about how the rich have the system rigged and you throw out your "Class Warfare" horse@!$%#.
And if Obama hates the rich so much, then how come so many of them support him? Warren Buffett, at one time the richest man in the country. George Soros, self made billionaire. The late Steve Jobs of Apple and Bill Gates of Micro Soft. He doesn't seem to hate them and they don't seem to hate Obama so what gives???
Concerned - You don't make any sense. The Conservative Supreme Court voted that corporations are people. The money raised by the Pacs is totally legal according to you conservatives. You can't have it both ways - great when it comes to a Republican but a mortal sin when it goes to a Democrat. Ozzie is right - Oboma is raising tons of money and I hope he continues to do so. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were real idiots to support him, I guess.
You go Mitt .... folks are beginning to understand that Romney is very likely going to win this election and are lining up to give him money so they can have themselves and their companies associated with a winner. People with that kind of money don't normally invest in a loser. And this time, they are lining up and investing in the winner!!
Pres Romney ..... (I like the sound of that)
Too bad he can't file his taxes on time.........
That's why the IRS gives you extention time. Most people I know use that time if they have more than their welfare money to claim!!
ZMAN: Sure, keep playing with yourself fella.
Zman,
Or do you mean Mittens can earn millions more in interest stalling with an extension while servicemen overseas are waiting on a paycheck?
...Yeah, that's what I thought you'd say.....
Yea it's a play on "inconvenient truth" big al's fiction on the religion of man made global warming cool huh?
love to vote ABO
The boring, 2-faced, weather-vane man/offshore bank client, Mittens--is the phoniest politician in the history of modern politics!
BTW: Obama/Biden win in 2012! No doubt!!
YEAH, ZMAN
I donated 999.00 my self
First lady Ann Romney sounds good to me.
Vote Nov. 6 th
I'm not sure what you are babbling about ... are you??
Hes babbling trash from the fox !
sorry luke
Dose the truth hurt your eyes?If so do not bother reading anything honestly conceived and don't try this at home either... no animals or progressive idiot's were harmed in the making of this post just sayin yo....
LOVE 2 Vote ABO
God bless you son. Ann Romney sends her thanks. She said that money your forwarded will help pay for her car elevator. She really appreciates it when naive schmucks help support their lifestyle and vote against their self interests.
Ozzie - Have you noticed that no one posts anything in favor of the stuff convenient posts? I think we should leave him alone. Replying to his crazy rants somehow seems to give them credence. Maybe we can give him a little shot on occasion for fun but responding to EVERYTHING he says is just too exhausting.
Democracy, Government of the people by the people through their elected parliament, Democrat is for the middle class and the GOP / TP is for the 1%, put Romney in and the rich will get richer, Mitt would treat you like his dog !
YES, ZMAN just getting it out there nine hundred nighty nine dollars & 0/100 donated to Mitt Romney campaign for president .
VOTE abo
In 7 months you will be saying President Romney.
Yes ... and saying it proudly.
"When Pigs Fly"
Ramblin bambalin man
vote ABO
It is really amusing that so many people are jealous of Romney's wealth. That "envy and jealousy" are one of the seven deadlies!! In my mind, I'd much rather have a guy in office that has been successful in his life .... that knows how to run a successful enterprise and knows how to balance a budget. Romney is truly a great business man. Obama, on the other hand, never had a biz, never ran a biz and it shows with the way the economy is tanking, the unemployment is at historic highs, the dollar is devaluating because Obama has out debt up over $6 trillion and has no concept of what to do to balance the US budget. Instead, he just prints money and this will bring inevitable inflation ..... As for me, I'll take that guy who has proved that he knows how to run a biz, an economy, and create jobs and wealth. Obama has ruined the middle class .... 4 more years and there will be no more middle class.
Interesting stat. Only 8% of Obama's appointees have worked in the private sector. The average for all past Presidents is around 40%.
Just like Biden not many of them wanted a real job.
Make that money Yo! You will never catch Obama in the payoff category.