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Subscribe to RSSRomney’s own hot-mic moment… At Florida fundraiser (overheard by NBC’s Garrett Haake), Romney singles out HUD for possible elimination and says he wants to cut the Education Dept… He and his wife also were giddy about the Hilary Rosen flap… And Romney revealed he wants a “Republican DREAM Act” to help woo Latinos… Senate to vote on Buffett Rule at 5:30 pm ET… Team Obama rakes in $53 million in March… Anonymous donor writes Crossroads $10 million check… NYT on White House’s access to big donors… Romney, meanwhile, promises his own donors access at “Presidential Inaugural Retreat!!!
*** Romney’s own hot-mic moment: In an interview with the Weekly Standard earlier this year, Mitt Romney said he learned this advice from his unsuccessful 1994 Senate race against Ted Kennedy: don’t get too specific. “One of the things I found in a short campaign against Ted Kennedy was that when I said, for instance, that I wanted to eliminate the Department of Education, that was used to suggest I don’t care about education,” he said. “So I think it’s important for me to point out that I anticipate that there will be departments and agencies that will either be eliminated or combined with other agencies.” But at a Florida fundraiser Romney attended last night -- which NBC’s Garrett Haake overheard because he was sitting on a seawall outside the home -- the former Massachusetts governor got MUCH MORE specific. Indeed, it was in a way Romney’s own hot-mic moment, where he was more open about his plans than he’s been to voters and reporters to date.
In a speech to donors at a closed door fundraiser in Palm Beach, Florida, Mitt Romney laid out plans to consolidate federal agencies, reform the tax code and win back Latino voters. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports.
*** Eliminate HUD, cut Education Department: He singled out HUD for possible elimination. "I'm going to take a lot of departments in Washington, and agencies, and combine them. Some eliminate, but I'm probably not going to lay out just exactly which ones are going to go," Romney said. "Things like Housing and Urban Development, which my dad was head of, that might not be around later.” He said he’d cut the Education Department, though not eliminate it entirely, referring again to that 1994 Senate defeat. "The Department of Education: I will either consolidate with another agency, or perhaps make it a heck of a lot smaller. I'm not going to get rid of it entirely." Romney also identified specific loopholes and deductions that he’s eliminate to finance his across-the-board tax cut. "I'm going to probably eliminate for high income people the second home mortgage deduction," Romney said, per Haake, adding that he would also likely eliminate deductions for state income and property taxes as well.
*** Giddy over the Rosen flap: At the fundraiser, Haake adds, both Romney and his wife Ann remained absolutely giddy about last week’s Hilary Rosen flap. "It was my early birthday present for someone to be critical of me as a mother, and that was really a defining moment, and I loved it," Ann Romney said. The candidate went further, calling the episode a "gift" that allowed his campaign to show contrast with Democrats in the general election's first week. But while Romney said last week that “all moms are working moms,” that doesn’t apply to mothers who are welfare recipients, the Boston Globe says. Romney said at a Jan. 4 campaign stop in Manchester, N.H.: “Even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work,” Romney describing his position as Massachusetts governor. “And people said, ‘Well that’s heartless,’ and I said ‘No, no, I’m willing to spend more giving daycare to allow those parents to go back to work. It’ll cost the state more providing that daycare, but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work.’”
*** Romney wants a “Republican DREAM Act”: Here’s a final bit of news from last night’s Romney’s fundraiser: He said the GOP must offer its own policies to woo Hispanics, including a "Republican DREAM Act," to give Hispanic voters a real choice between the two political parties. So Romney here is admitting the obvious: He and his party have A LOT of work to do with Latinos. Why? Consider this: Obama can get to 270 electoral votes (275 to be specific) by winning the following battleground states: Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Virginia. Under the scenario of this Hispanic path (CO, NM, NV, and VA), Obama doesn’t need to win Florida, Ohio, Iowa, or New Hampshire. That’s right -- this is a viable path to 270 that does not include EITHER Florida or Ohio. It’s pretty stunning.
*** Senate to vote on Buffett Rule: Congress is back from its Easter/Passover break, and the Senate today votes -- at 5:30 pm ET, per NBC’s Libby Leist -- on the so-called Buffett Rule, under which millionaires would have to pay an effective tax rate of at least 30%. We’ve talked plenty about the presidential politics of the Buffett Rule, but here’s something additional to consider: How do the individual senators vote? We’re looking at five running for re-election/election in November: Jon Tester (D-MT), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Scott Brown (R-MA), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Bill Nelson (D-FL).
*** Team Obama rakes in $53 million-plus in March: In a video, the Obama campaign announced this morning that it raised more than $53 million in March -- the campaign, DNC, and other committees. It added that 567,000 contributed to the campaign last month, and the average donation was $51. We won't know until April 20 -- the filing deadline for March -- how much of that $53 million was from the campaign, DNC, etc. But for February, the campaign announced raising $45 million, and the split was $21.3 million for the campaign and $24 million for the other committees. To put these new Obama numbers into perspective, for March of 2004, the Bush-Cheney campaign raised $26.2 million, and the RNC brought in $18.8 million. That's a total of $45 million. To date now, the Obama campaign and DNC have raked in nearly $370 million this campaign cycle.
*** An anonymous $10 million check: But that campaign money is only part of the story. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that an anonymous donor gave the Karl Rove-backed Crossroad GPS a $10 million contribution late last year. Unlike American Crossroads, which is a Super PAC and which has to disclose its donors, Crossroads GPS is a 501c4 and doesn’t have to reveal the identity of its donors. So with one check, an anonymous donor gave this conservative outside group about half ($10 million) of what the Obama campaign raised in February ($21.3 million).
*** White House access for big donors: There are a couple of other fundraising stories. First, the Sunday New York Times reported on the White House access that big Obama donors have received. “[T]he review showed that those who donated the most to Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party since he started running for president were far more likely to visit the White House than others. Among donors who gave $30,000 or less, about 20 percent visited the White House, according to a New York Times analysis that matched names in the visitor logs with donor records. But among those who donated $100,000 or more, the figure rises to about 75 percent.” It’s worth noting that for all the reforms Team Obama has instituted – not taking lobbyist money, making the White House visitor logs open to the public, efforts to rein in the lobbyist revolving door – it’s received very little political gain. In fact, you could argue that it’s created more pain… (The fact is most Democratic lobbyists and big donors don’t believe they get any special treatment from this White House, and they complain loudly about this. As the re-election has geared up, Team Obama has tried to make these folks feel better, only to have their efforts get correctly flagged for coming across hypocritical.)
*** Romney camp promises donor access at “Presidential Inaugural Retreat”: The Romney campaign pounced on yesterday’s New York Times story. “Less than four years after promising to drive special interests out of Washington, President Obama has done the exact opposite—granting top donors special favors and access to his White House,” said spokeswoman Andrea Saul. “This is just another example of President Obama’s failed record, which he’ll be desperate to hide from voters this November.” But get this: Buzzfeed reports that Romney “is already offering top donors access to a special ‘Presidential Inaugural retreat,’ planned on the assumption that he will be elected president this November. The offer, in a fundraising email circulated by a top Georgia supporter to fellow Republicans and obtained by BuzzFeed, is one of several goodies offered to those who contribute more than $50,000 to the joint fundraising committee known as ‘Romney Victory.’ Those donors will be named ‘Founding Members’ of Romney Victory and invited to a California retreat with Romney and offered ‘yet to be determined access at the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August.’”
*** On the GOP trail: Romney attends a Red Sox game at 11:00 am ET and also gives an interview to ABC. Later in the day, Romney heads to Philadelphia, where he speaks to a Tea Party group… Also, Gingrich attends a fundraiser in Texas.
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Eliminate HUD? Eliminate dept of education? OUTSTANDING! That's a good start. The less government, the better. This is a country of individuals, and we don't need government to tell us what to do, when to do it. I hope he gets rid of the EPA as well, along with the GSA, which apparently can't keep it's own pants on.
Hell yeah, do away with the Marines and Air Force too. As long as were at it do away with your social security checks, and the police, and the people that make the water that is safe to drink, or how about those departments that keep your food healthy to eat, or airplanes not crashing or your house from burning down or the help after a tornado strikes. Kill them all, that will make you happy. But first, lets tax churches. They provide nothing and for the most part are a con game.
You are irrational which is perfect for the job you have as a paid operative of big union and the dims!There is only one ISSUE and subject to tlak about....JOBS! Where are the jobs? 6.5 trillion dollars,3.5 years,14+% effective unemployment rate! Vote for your country for a change! BURY BERRIE-2012!
Rweber, the problem with your post is that move of what you listed to get rid of you can find in the Constitution where the government gets that authority. So, please show me where the government gets the authority for Dept of ED, EPA or the HUD.
Thanks you for participating in the our Constitution
We don't need to eliminate government, just downsize it and get rid of the things that are not needed. I honestly cannot think of 1 reason why we have a department of education. They educate nobody.
Rweber, I was about to respond to each of your points and then I realized I would be waisting my time on an idiot.
NOBAMA2012, the Experiment has FAILED!
An avatar speaks volumes sometimes, doesn't it...
I want my president fully invested in this country 100%. Not partnering with Communist companies and other foes just to turn a buck off the American people in a phony blind trust. And even at that, then not even paying taxes on it.
Real Patriotic of the Romney's family. A vote for Mitt is a stand with financial traitors.
Obama 2012
That was funny Jones. You call out partnering with communists as if you thought it was bad, but you'll support the man who wants to turn this country into a third world communist backwater. That's freaking hilarious.
ANYBODY BUT obama IN 2012
Justified
those are the type of commercials Romney needs to run over and over and over.
All the lies, hypocrisy and outright BS coming from dear leader.
People need to see what a useless, pathetic loser he really is
I agree, Romney is a useless, pathetic loser.
They (GOP) are just looking for someone to sign their legislation, not really run the country. You know, like Bush.
Run the country,in the ground,like Berrie has!No it time we vote for our country and vote for a change!BURY BERRIE-2012!!
Just another slimeball.
Many people are saying that Mitt Romney studied under Jon Lovitz, The Founder and president of The Pathological Liars Anonymous Organization.
Yeah, that's the Ticket!
Remember Kiddies, Lying and Flip Flopping are one in the same when it comes to Ole Etch-A-Sketch...
Too funny..........
Idiot Harry Reid....Obama's Lackey is a Mormon!
Talk about STUPID! He's too lazy to even bring 30-40 bills to vote!!!!!!!
Obama has an Etch-a-sketch in his bedroom.....lie, lie, lie in 2008 and STILL telling the same lies in 2012!
Where are the JOBS!That's is the single issue!JOBS!
Mas, there are thousands of jobs just waiting for you up in the Dakotas. But since you're so well informed, you probably already knew that.
My Mailman would be a better V.P. than nasty mouth, STUPID Biden!
Speaking of nasty mouth.....Feisty Redhead gives Bill Maher a "run for his money" as far as being STUPID and nasty mouth!
Hey *Feisty*.....did you run to the mailbox today to get your check?
Hmmmmmm.....since you are ALWAYS the FIRST to post....maybe you are on the NoBama Payroll AND MSNBC payroll.....OR, maybe you're such a loser, you SLEEP with your laptop?
:-)
Hi Patty...Yes Fiesty is the 1st to post here on first read. She is a paid MSNBC liberal troll.
Wow this story was taken over by the anti-socialist group. Don't they know that being ant-social is a disease?
This thread is about JOBS and where they have gone!
The jobs have gone to NoBama's GREEN companies and THEN they LOST their jobs (after they went bankrupct) and the rest of the jobs have gone to NoBama's 40 CZARS and their Staff.
Can you imagine what they are costing the Taxpayers? Especially love the *California Water Czar*!!!
Disgusting!
Even the secret service guys that got busted screwing hookers are getting a tax write off.
All the hookers said their names were "Solyndra"
Who did Obama study under?
Lets see--
As a child he want to Islam school - NICE!
At College he palled arounbd with Bill Ayres and his terroist wife -- both murderers - NICE!
After college he and Moochelle went to REv Wrong's "Black theology" "church" listening to hatred for 20 years -NICE
Yes-- give us 4 more years!
Romney shoud tell the Campaigner-in-Chief that he will produce MORE tax returns when NoBama produces HIS College transscripts and scholarship Information! He doesn't want us to see his crappy Grades OR his "foreign Student Scholarship" information!
Mitt Romney should challenge him for this "secret" information!!!!!
If he is such a brilliant ba@tard. you would think he would be proud to post his college information!
H.E.L.L.O!
Why do you want to see Obama's college transcripts? How many other high ranking politicians have shown you their college transcripts? Have you seen Romney's? Are you afraid he didn't graduate or took a class that you might disapprove of. He went to Harvard on schlorship - something every kid in the world would love to do. He graduated. For the love of God what is your problem with this?
Links to your weird stories, please.
I believe we've seen all president's transcripts in my lifetime other than Obama. He had a scholarship? Well, I've heard that he had student loans which took him decades to pay off...which is it?
We'd also like to know who he dated in the past since a man who he's rumored to have had an affair with was murdered just before he launched his campaign in 2008 (Donald Young...choir director at Rev Wright's church).
123 - Really - Please tell me where I can take a look at Romney's transcripts? Also, if Obama got a student loans - so what?
Well said, Kim.
I'd like to touch base on the Presidents "hot mic" moment. The GOP seems to think that the President is somehow reducing the security of the U.S. by wanting to use reductions in missles to negociate with Russia. Exactly how many atomic warheads do we have, and how many would it take to destroy the whole world? Sounds like he's pretty smart to me,as I'm pretty sure we could probablly get rid of half of them and still blow up the whole planet. And Romney wants to gut America AND start a war with Iran. Only his rich buddies profit from war(halliburton) and his kids wont have to fight in it,just like him going to France on a religous (whatever those mormons do) Vacation to avoid Viet Nam. As for Ann Romney,it must have been really hard just figureing out the schedules for all the servants,as thats alot of work. Also, I'm sorry she has had health problems,she ought to think about what it would have been like to go thru all of that WITHOUT having to work 2 jobs just trying to make ends meet AND raise however many children she's got.She hasn't a clue about what mothers who aren't filthy rich go thru.Just sayin'
All this blather is the main issue! Please tell me where are the JOBS.6.5 trillion dollars,3.5 years,14% effective unemployment rate.JOBs is the only subject that should be discussed! You think PMSNBC will ever have a site like this one iin which they tell how bad the econmy really is and allow comments on the thread! NEVER HAPPEN! They will put stories on everyday about the poor gays and lebaneses,a story on race relations in America,five times a week or a story about something negative with Romney but never a story about jobs and BERRIE!! Bury BERRIE-2012 Vote for country for a change!!
Wasn't it Obama that said, in his infinite wisdom .... "let's put a higher tax on small business!" Whoa ... dude .. are you really that stupid?? Yes he is!!
Wasn't it Obama who has printed money like toilet paper so that the dollar has devalued for the first time in US history ... which will lead to rampant inflation? Yup .. he's the guy!!
Wasn't it Obama that has pushed the unemployment up to 9% or blown 2 million jobs in the US out of the water. Oh yeah ... he's the one!!
Wasn't it Obama at during his last campaign that flat out swore ... "I won't raise the deficit another dollar and then has grown it by 5 trillion?? Oh Barry ... it was you again!! (liar)
You want the next generation to thrive .... get rid of this completely inept person who has absolutely no leadership skills and whose 1st term has been a joke!
".. so that the dollar has devalued for the first time in US history.."
Total bull.
Idiot!
Bull... really??? LOL!!!
Unfortunately, we now have another reason the Obama presidency is historic.
For the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY the United States' credit rating has been downgraded!
"For the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY the United States' credit rating has been downgraded!"
Because of the delaying tatics od the GOP over raising the debt limit.
The old rhetoric about Bush & the GOP won't work.. he was punished in 06 when both houses were taken over by the Dems..which brings me to my main point.....
Obama had control of both houses of Congress for two years and accomplished nothing but putting this country deeper in debt. If anyone made it a living hell for Obama it was his democratic Congress people. They saw he wasn't a leader and didn't support him for two years.
Are you kidding?
Even the Obama Democrats shoot down his STUPID bills...........
I'll bet that the Senate does not pass his Stupid Buffet Fake bill today! AND the Dems have the majority in the Senate! He just wants something to BLAME the Republicans about for his campaign, even though his Dems don't even agree with him!
DUH!
Time for Romney to go Back to mexico where he came from. Looks like the Karl Rodent crew is here today.
So those working class Romney's are just giddy over the birthday present given them by Hilary Rosen? Although this has absolutely nothing to do with the president's point of view, I bet he is wishing that Hilary Rosen had an etch-a-sketch. Anything to distract from the wars on middle class, the poor, the elderly, the unemployed the union worker, teachers, police, firefighters, mailmen, and women!
Nothing can distract from the assault on freedom by the left.
Romney 2012
lol
I see a lot of Obama haters on these boards in the middle of the work day. Are they all on welfare, unemployment?
The exact opposite golfboy. Obama loves the poor... record number on food stamps over 40 million.
Over 14 million on UE wanting their "entitlement" checks extended to 151 weeks.
Record number of home foreclosures....
The records are endless golfboy...none of them are GOOD though!
The US under Prez-0:
Highest number of people getting food stamps.
Highest number of workers on unemployment since Carter.
Highest number of foreclosed homes.
Fastest debt accumulation of $2 trillion in History (less then 2.5 years).
First President to use class warfare - last time it was used: Lenin.
Old saying about liberals, "The only reason communism didn't work for the USSR is because we were not in charge."
Nope, just surfing the web before a few rounds of golf. As Dr. Beeper said in Caddyshack, "just stuff a tube down her throat and I'll be there in a few hours."
And everything was perfect when Bush was President.
if you get something for nothing, you are much more likely to vote Democrat.
No we all have jobs and run the places so we can do as we wish unlike you who lives with mommy and has to take an entry level job working for big unions and the dimocraps!Your mommy called ask me to tell you that you have to leave in 30 days or she is going to sell her house and move!Lets talk about JOBS!
It's because FOX doesn't allow posts on their site. Unfortunate for us on the Right because they all fly over here like flies on you know what.
We are just trying to keep up with the paid Obama staffers who post here morning, noon and night.
Many people are saying that Mitt Romney studied under Jon Lovitz, The Founder and president of The Pathological Liars Anonymous Organization.
Yeah, that's the Ticket!
Remember Kiddies, Lying and Flip Flopping are one in the same when it comes to Ole Etch-A-Sketch...
poor, poor Ann. Had to raise 5 boys (with a little help from nannies, maids, butlers, drivers, boarding schools. Such a hard "job"! But if you are on any type of government plan then Mitt wants your ass to work- and he'll pay for the daycare! SO, IF you have the means to stay at home, then those "mom's" are "hard-working" and to be praised, but if you can't afford to not have two incomes, or if your a single parent raising your children, then you are "choice less". This is no surprise coming from the party that still things its 1950! In their worldview, women SHOULD be at home, NOT working. And if the man of the house isn't making enough to keep his women bare foot and pregnant, well, you aint a good repub anyway! My parents were children of the depression, and voted repub most of their lives, until Ronnie and the crazies took over. My mother was a "good catholic" popping out 8 of us in 9 years, and worked right up to the 9th month on most of us. They both made good money for that time period, but we never had any outside help raising us. Life with 8 mouths to feed, clothe, and care for was not cheap then (60's and 70's), and due to the trickle down mess that Ronnie and the Chicago boys introduced to America in the 80's, has gotten even harder. Look around your neighborhood, and see how many two-wage families there are- unless you live in one of the million dollar gated communities- my guess is you'll see alot of them. SO, its this easy- the question to ask yourself in the fall is this- Do I believe that the country would be better off moving forward, and change with the times, or should we accept that the way of life based on a belief that the past, with all of its faults, is the way to go? Its that simple.
Six Trillion dollars,3.5 years in office! Two years with total control with a democrap Congress and No JOBS! 14%+ effective unemployment! Yes go ahead and ask yourdself if you will be better off if Berries is reelected?What will you have? you will have a new bill every month to pay for your healthcare and to pay for the 30-50 million people who currently are on some type of public assistence and illegals who don't work on the books! You don't believe you want be paying for them then you are insane!How about jobs!We last more jobs in the last 3.5 years than we have created.That's why the unemployment rate went from 7 percent to an efeective rate of 14% in 3.5 years.BURY BERRIE-2012! Vote for your country for a change!
Six Trillion dollars,3.5 years in office! Two years with total control with a democrap Congress and No JOBS! 14%+ effective unemployment! Yes go ahead and ask yourdself if you will be better off if Berries is reelected?What will you have? you will have a new bill every month to pay for your healthcare and to pay for the 30-50 million people who currently are on some type of public assistence and illegals who don't work on the books! You don't believe you want be paying for them then you are insane!How about jobs!We last more jobs in the last 3.5 years than we have created.That's why the unemployment rate went from 7 percent to an efeective rate of 14% in 3.5 years.BURY BERRIE-2012! Vote for your country for a change!
Romney will be so twisted up in his own lies by nov. only the tea baggers will be stupid enough to vote for him. The repubs got us in this mess and are blaming Obama for not being able to pay off all the bills Bush left us with fast enough. Even conservatives don't believe anything Romney says now.
What is Romney lying about? And what do you mean conservatives don't believe anything he says? Where have you been these past couple of weeks after Santorum dropped out and Romney became the inevitable nominee turning this into a general election between Romney and Obama? All the conservatives came out to support him. They have been unified and standing by him ever since and as you see in the polls, already Romney is ahead by 2 points according to Rassmussen, and this is only the beginning. And again, there is blame to go around with both parties for the mess we got in while Bush was in office (remember who had control of the House and Senate and Barney Frank's role with the housing crisis that started this whole thing). Obama turned a bad situation and made it worse with the inability to cut spending where it needs to be cut and averaging 1 trillion per year in debt. Now Romney was "caught" saying he wants to cut spending programs? I say, go for it! Win in 2012 and get our House in order!
Ohly the teabaggers would be stupid enough to vote for him now.
liberalism is a mental disorder. They call us stupid, but they'd never win an election if it weren't for all of the uneducated leaches of society voting to keep the handouts coming.
I see what the talking points are today after reading your and 4-5 others on this thread! Go back to your big union,dimocrap handlers and ask them to provide you with the answer to the big question! WHERE ARE THE JOBS!All this other crap is just that,crap that defelcts from the complete failure of this administration to create jobs!You can't blame the republicans because the dims ran both houses and has the Presidency for two years!
BURY BERRIE-2012!
Gee. is Romney Rick Perry in disguise?
No wonder Romney won't tell us what he is going to cut......
.....or any of his other plans for that matter!
JOBS.Talk about JOBS and why after 6.5 trillion dollars,3.5 years,control over Congress for 2 years and still have an effective unemployment rate of 14%+!Lets talk about the real issue,JOBS! Not on your todays talkng points? Maybe tomorrow!
A vote for Romney is a vote to send more companies packing for China, India, Mexico, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, etc. etc.. Hey, it's just business.
I thought they already went there?
A second Obama term will result in a BANKRUPTED United States.
For you Libidiots, that means the wheels fall off EVERYTHING!
Then learn to walk ya big baby!
I vote for Romney wil be a vote for JOBS!BURY BERRIE-2012!
The Republicans are stuck with Romney and it is just driving them Nuts!
What Happened to the "Tea Party"?
Is Romney for Abortion or isn't he?
Is Romney for Health Care Mandates or isn't he? Oh, that would be Newt and the Heritage Foundation...
The TEA Party WILL be Enthusiasticly VOTING en Mass AGAINST Barak Insane Obama this November.
COUNT ON IT!
That tea is mighty weak these days.
The Tea Bagger Party is a fetus in fetu. A fetus in fetu can be considered alive, but only in the sense that its component tissues have not yet died or been eliminated. Thus, the life of a fetus in fetu is akin to that of a tumor in that its cells remain viable by way of normal metabolic activity. However, without the gestational conditions in utero with the amnion and placenta, a fetus in fetu can develop into, at best, an especially well differentiated teratoma; or, at worst, a high-grade tea bagger.
which is why the number of conservative posts increases daily :)
Does that mean they will Vote for Romney the Human Etch-A-Sketch?
C'mon, you can say it. R o m n e y.
LOL!
The "silent majority" (aka T.E.A. Party) SHELACKED the Dims in 2010, it WILL happen again this November.
COUNT ON IT!
The number of posts increase daily because the tea party is desperate. But you can recommend your own post if you like.
Hey, Curly, Moe, we got ourselves a Fortune Teller ssmithlg!
Hey, ssmithlg, tag team leftist bullies are after you. They always travel in mobs.
When everything else isn't working,go back 20 years to your old faithful,ABORTION! Gee,I thought that had been settled a long time ago, dead ted ! I guess you just woke up today from a 19 year coma!That would be a good sleep for most of you libturds!JOBS! That what we want to talk about today! JOBS!
I'm so freakin' happy that I think I'll ride my car elevators up and down, up and down, up and down....
With the dog strapped to the roof, kind of a ride within a ride for Seamus!
Anyone who refers to the murder of an unborn child as "a woman's right" really doesn't have room to talk about the dog.
Seamus! Please DON'T @!$%# on the car elevators!!!
Hmm, I have never made a reference to an unborn child, or a collection of dividing cells.
Look at some sonogram pics and figure out when it no longer looks like a collection of cells...it happens way before 24th weeks. Most state allow it up to the 24th week. I guess that is why democrats don't like the sonograms.
the thought of Romny being elected scares me-his campaign manager already admitted that they "say what they need to say to get elected", and do whatever they want, afterwards!Look, the woman who said that Mrs. Romney never worked a day in her life was NOT saying that a stay at home mom is not "working". She MEANT that the woman had never had a job in the public sector, outside her home, and could not really relate to women who have to juggle job, kids, daycare, running a home. The media once again took the ball and ran with it, and misinterperated it. What was said IS TRUE. Mrs. Romney probably had "servants, also, while she raised her kids. Her and her husband cannot relate to the average struggling American family, and I don't think they particularly WANT TO!
They all know what she meant. They are , however, desperate.
God help us if he doesn't get elected. I couldn't care less about having him relate to me and my family. I want my freedoms protected and they are currently under assault.
Hi Debbie.... The price of gasoline was $1.84 when Obama took office. It is now approaching $5 per gallon. With the amount of gasoline Americans use, that's an additional $240 Billion per year out of the family budgets ($2.4 Trillion over 10 years).
If you think families are struggling now under Obama, just wait until this starts to hit home in higher utility and food bills.
Congratulations on that "Change we can believe in" that you voted for.
Question - "Can we afford four more years of Obama?".
"If you don't have a job and you're not rich, it's your own damn fault." Herman "Insane" Cain
Yeah, just wait until Romney cuts the safety net while we all wait for those job creators to climb down off of their unicorns and get busy creating some jobs!
"Ya wanna go to the moon, Alice?" Ralph Kramden, no, sorry, that was Newt Gingrich.
Debbie, I suppose the thought of Obama continuing on this path to more entitlements, averaging 1 trillion per year debt and bigger Government to the point of destruction for this economy does not scare you? Well it scares me and many people like me! I am not going there again with your "rationalization" about what was said about Ann Romney. The people have already drawn their own conclusion, sorry it bothers you, damage has already been done to the Democrat's war on women which has backfired, now lets move on to the bigger problems that need to be addressed.
Ya scaredy cat! Love it or leave it, pal!
Debbie,What about JOBS Lets talk about the 14% effective unemployment rate that exist!No need to worry about one womans life when so many other women are adversely affected by not having a job!Talk about JOBS or did they forget to give that talking point today!
Hello Everyone!!! All Federal Agencies should be shrunk!!!! No news there.
Do we want to be Greece 2.0?!
You can't spend more than you can afford forever...like my 18 year old son says, he fully expects to be at war with China in his lifetime because we will never be able to pay them back. Why isn't there more reporting on our crippling and unsustainable debt?!
We need to shrink, combine or get rid of most Federal Agencies..the private sector can always do a better, more efficient job.
You liberals that think the Tea Party has been weak since 2010, you will get a BIG surprize during the general election. Wake up and smell the TEA.
Sorry to disabuse you of that notion but what you smell is feces.
The Tea Party isn't even a Real Political Party. They are just a Fabrication of the Koch Brothers and Ole Etch-A-Sketch won't listen to a Damn Word they Say. This is his Win and his Win alone...
No surprise for us. With a 9% popularity rating for your nutjob rightwingers that you thought would be so great, President Obama leading Romney in the polls and he hasn't even started campaigning yet, it's time to get your box of kleenex ready because you're going to need them.
Ted, As much as you liberals refuse to come to terms with it, the Tea Party is in existence due to Obama's run away spending and big governmnent that is currently out of control. You can all thank this administration that we now have the Tea Party (the voices of the people who are fed up with run away spending and big govt).
Obama has been campaigning since 08....he never stopped. I get his automatic emails...quite entertaining.
Libidiots underestimated the T.E.A. (Taxed Enough Already) Party in 2010 and were Humilliated at the polls.
The "silent majority", aka the TEA PARTY, will be out en mass VOTING Enthusiasticly against Obama & the Democrats in November. We're not making a bunch of usless noise now but we WILL show up in the voting booths when it counts.
YOU CAN BET ON IT!
Feces running dow your leg on election night when you find you won't be able to get all the food stamps and welfare you have getting for the last 3 years!there
Hey ssmitlg -- tea parties are for little girls and their imaginary friends.
The price of oil is down and I saw a report where the price of gas is going down. Obama's fault? Nooo, it's only his fault when the price of gas rises. Get a clue righties!
Tell us what he is doing to help lower the price of oil? Anything? It is no surprise he wants the price of oil to stay high. He and his Energy Secretary has so much as admitted it. Yeah, he's looking out for the lower and middle class, right??
Beginning in 2008, then-Candidate Obama led a charge designed to increase the cost of nearly every kind of energy Americans currently consume. At the time, people chose to ignore his stated goal of limiting consumption, but the quotes are now coming home to roost. “Under my cap and trade plan,” Obama said, “electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket.” He even threatened to bankrupt anyone stupid enough to build a coal plant, saying that “if somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they are going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”
Where oil is concerned, the president has an even longer, equally dismal record. In 2008, noted physicist and vocal global warming advocate Steven Chu told The New York Times, “Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” His goal was to increase the cost slowly, over the course of 15 years. Parity with the Europeans would have Americans paying between $8 and $10 a gallon. Shortly after his New York Times interview, Chu was appointed U.S. energy secretary and the administration started implementing his recommendations.
Since then, Obama has kept his boot on the throat of the oil industry in every possible way. After taking office, the president drastically slowed the rate at which deepwater drilling permits were issued, forcing oil rigs and the jobs they create to abandon the Gulf of Mexico. Later, using the BP disaster to justify his actions, the president imposed a complete moratorium on such permits — a ban the Louisiana courts eventually found to be illegal. Obama’s administration refused to comply with the court ruling, was found in contempt and was eventually forced to begin issuing permits again. Still, the administration has done so at a diminished rate, and has imposed a massive swath of new regulation.
We want to talk about JOBS!Tell me where they all are or where they went!Genius!
Stay at home Mothers are important to Romney...unless they are poor, then they should be forced to get a job.
What does that even mean? If you are poor, should you just sit home and collect a check? I am not poor because I have a job.
There are no promised jobs! 3.5 years,no jobsWhere are the promised Jobs!
You can be that Romney knows, or will come to know, who that anonymous 10 million $$ donor is and what they want out of him.