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Gov. Mitt Romney becomes teary eyed when he tells an audience in Charlotte, N.C., talking about how a community came together to help his niece when her husband was called up to the National Guard.
Transcript:
“There are scenes that come to my mind when I think of America and there are scenes of people coming together. Sometimes when there's a crisis; sometimes when there’s just someone in trouble.
“My niece-- my niece and her husband, he's a lawyer, they bought a starter home. Young married couple. Their first daughter is completely deaf, stone deaf. And at about age one or one in a half they installed one of these cochlear implants invented in this country to help her hear a little bit. And then she goes to get special classes to help her learn how to speak. It's a wonderful thing that that's able to be done, but just as this was happening in their lives, just after they bought their home, just a couple months into it, I think. Shortly after they bought it, her husband was called up by the national guard to go off to Iraq and serve he did.
“But she now had to live on a much lower income. National Guard salaries aren't as high as they were in his law firm. Now she's in this home and the outside of her is a whole dirt yard. No grass or anything yet, just stones and dirt. And under the neighborhood association where they have this home, you got a year from the time you buy your home till the landscaping’s supposed to be in.
“Well, she's a little bit concerned cause that time period is coming up. She doesn't have the money to do the landscaping, to pay for it. She's got a little girl that is getting various tutoring classes and speaking therapy. She wonders what's going to happen. She's concerned.
“One morning, she comes outside and there are her neighbors all picking up the rocks out of her yard, raking the dirt. They put in a sprinkler system. They laid down sod. They even build a swing set for her daughter. This is the America that I love.
“This is a great people. We can do anything. We can achieve anything.”
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Romney emotional? And the emotion is not anger? I guess there's a first time for everything. Somebody had to have given him instructions. Why didn't he show any emotion about that boy he assaulted? Heck, he didn't even remember him. This guy has no soul. The bullying tactics he learned so well in prep school were used often to steal people's jobs and pensions, and to strap his dog to the roof of his car.
Guess we should get the tin man an oil can, eh? I'm not buying it.
When Romney was 18 years old, he assauted this poor young man, and people would have said, "Boys will be boys!"
Years later, this same bully stole people's jobs and pensions to line his own pockets, and no doubt said with a smirk, "It's business, nothing personal!"
Romney says he has changed, but even a brief second look will tell you he hasn't.
Mitt emotional? I guess hell freezing over is next...
Every night Master looks at me like he looks at a T-Bone Steak.
Should I be scared?
Wow, Obama has the chance to set up new government agency. The "Veterans Landscape Administration" could help "create" jobs. I certainly support the VLA and you liberals should to.... :P
Have a good weekend....
I don't believe a word this out of touch lying cult member says !
Meet Mittronic Rombot 2.0
Now available with "Ersatz Tearing Action". Says the candidate, "Crocodiles got nothing on me beeyotch!"
Personally, I think this is great, Rombot is up to 2 emotions, crying and other. He is running the gamut from A to B. And you can take that to the barber!
Rombot.Has.Nothing.
Wayne, good points.
What Romney did at 18 requires the same "cold" mindset that it took to buy profitable companies and bankrupt them, take the pension money and make millions while shuttering the plant and costing thousands of people their jobs--leaving the Government and taxpayers to cover the pensions Romney stole.
This just proves Hillary Clinton right again.
It take a village. Not a gated community.
Do you taste as good as pitbull?
What to see Obama Cry?
Wait till November.
TOO BAD ROMNEY'S NIECE DIDN'T HAVE A BILLIONAIRE UNCLE WILLING TO HELP HER BUY SOME LANDSCAPE PLANTS FROM HOME DEPOT.....Oh wait, sadly she did.....
"All cruelty springs from weakness."
(Seneca, 4BC-AD65)
I knew Mitt "Willard" Romney was an insecure bully when he identified himself as a Republican. The entire GOP is a party based on the concept of revenge of the nerds. The GOP attacks ordinary hardworking people and seeks to reward it's smarmy, elitist, tax avoiding base, yet they won't even help their own family. How typical...
From "Behavior of the Bully" http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/serial.htm
Look how many fit Romney exactly....The serial bully:
1-is a convincing, practised liar and when called to account, will make up anything spontaneously to fit their needs at that moment
2-has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one can (or wants to) believe this individual has a vindictive nature - only the current target of the serial bully's aggression sees both sides; whilst the Jekyll side is described as "charming" and convincing enough to deceive personnel, management and a tribunal, the Hyde side is frequently described as "evil"; Hyde is the real person, Jekyll is an act
3-excels at deception and should never be underestimated in their capacity to deceive
4-uses excessive charm and is always plausible and convincing when peers, superiors or others are present (charm can be used to deceive as well as to cover for lack of empathy)
5-is glib, shallow and superficial with plenty of fine words and lots of form - but there's no substance
6-is possessed of an exceptional verbal facility and will outmanoeuvre most people in verbal interaction, especially at times of conflict
7-is often described as smooth, slippery, slimy, ingratiating, fawning, toadying, obsequious, sycophantic
8-relies on mimicry, repetition and regurgitation to convince others that he or she is both a "normal" human being and a tough dynamic person, as in extolling the virtues of the latest management fads and pouring forth the accompanying jargon.
9-is unusually skilled in being able to anticipate what people want to hear and then saying it plausibly
10-cannot be trusted or relied upon
11-fails to fulfil commitments
12-is emotionally retarded with an arrested level of emotional development; whilst language and intellect may appear to be that of an adult, the bully displays the emotional age of a five-year-old
http://jezebel.com/5906640/ann-romney-awkwardly-describes-mitt-as-wild--crazy-man-just-waiting-to-come-out
13-is emotionally immature and emotionally untrustworthy
14-holds deep prejudices (eg against the opposite gender, people of a different sexual orientation, other cultures and religious beliefs, foreigners, etc - prejudiced people are unvaryingly unimaginative) but goes to great lengths to keep this prejudicial aspect of their personality secret
15-is self-opinionated and displays arrogance, audacity, a superior sense of entitlement and sense of invulnerability and untouchability
16-is a control freak and has a compulsive need to control everyone and everything you say, do, think and believe; for example, will launch an immediate personal attack attempting to restrict what you are permitted to say if you start talking knowledgeably about psychopathic personality or antisocial personality disorder in their presence - but aggressively maintains the right to talk (usually unknowledgeably) about anything they choose; serial bullies despise anyone who enables others to see through their deception and their mask of sanity
17-displays a compulsive need to criticise whilst simultaneously refusing to value, praise and acknowledge others, their achievements, or their existence
18-shows a lack of joined-up thinking with conversation that doesn't flow and arguments that don't hold water
19-flits from topic to topic so that you come away feeling you've never had a proper conversation
20-refuses to be specific and never gives a straight answer
21-is evasive and has a Houdini-like ability to escape accountability
22-undermines and destroys anyone who the bully perceives to be an adversary, a potential threat, or who can see through the bully's mask
23-is adept at creating conflict between those who would otherwise collate incriminating information about them
24-is quick to discredit and neutralise anyone who can talk knowledgeably about antisocial or sociopathic behaviors
25-may pursue a vindictive vendetta against anyone who dares to held them accountable, perhaps using others' resources and contemptuous of the damage caused to other people and organisations in pursuance of the vendetta
26-is also quick to belittle, undermine, denigrate and discredit anyone who calls, attempts to call, or might call the bully to account
27-gains gratification from denying people what they are entitled to
28-is highly manipulative, especially of people's perceptions and emotions (eg guilt)
29-poisons peoples' minds by manipulating their perceptions
30-when called upon to share or address the needs and concerns of others, responds with impatience, irritability and aggression
31-is arrogant, haughty, high-handed, and a know-all
32-often has an overwhelming, unhealthy and narcissistic attention-seeking need to portray themselves as a wonderful, kind, caring and compassionate person, in contrast to their behaviour and treatment of others; the bully sees nothing wrong with their behavior and chooses to remain oblivious to the discrepancy between how they like to be seen and how they are seen by others
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11662564-video-romney-gets-emotional
33-is spiritually dead although may loudly profess some religious belief or affiliation
34-is mean-spirited, officious, and often unbelievably petty
35-is mean, stingy, and financially untrustworthy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_1217708.html
36-is greedy, selfish, a parasite
37-is always a taker and never a giver
38-is convinced of their superiority and has an overbearing belief in their qualities of leadership but cannot distinguish between leadership (maturity, decisiveness, assertiveness, co-operation, trust, integrity) and bullying (immaturity, impulsiveness, aggression, manipulation, distrust, deceitfulness)
39-often fraudulently claims qualifications, experience, titles, entitlements or affiliations which are ambiguous, misleading, or bogus
40-often misses the semantic meaning of language, misinterprets what is said, sometimes wrongly thinking that comments of a satirical, ironic or general negative nature apply to him or herself
41-is constantly imposing on others a false reality made up of distortion and fabrication
42-sometimes displays a seemingly limitless demonic energy especially when engaged in attention-seeking activities or evasion of accountability and is often a committeeaholic or apparent workaholic. Wants to deny others their vacation and R&R.
BoTheDog - ya know, he didn't cry when he was elected the first time and I don't think he'll cry when he is elected to a 2nd term. But, maybe he will - time will tell.
Well, "personal" is a relative term. Don't forget -- corporations are people, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPQkd_AA6c
@Mke Mike -- Thank you. Your list is PERFECT.
"Fear is the path to The Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. hate leads to suffering."
- Yoda - A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Take a look at these videos and tell me whether you've EVER seen President Obama behave like this in a crowd of people -- even when Joe Wilson yelled, "You lie."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=VnMynxNU6Kw
http://www.popmodal.com/video/8909/Mitt-Romney-Angry-At-Town-Hall-in-New-Hampshire
To follow Da Noid's post, I'd say Romney is flirting on the edge of anger here.
It's a temperament thing, folks, and that's why the incident in school is important toward understanding who Romney really is.
And a little more evidence of the "anger" factor in Mitt Romney.
http://rescuetruth.com/election/documenting-mitt-romneys-anger-arrogance-and-gaffes-videos/
I'm not saying that people don't get angry. I'm just saying that everyone needs to ask themselves whether they want to elect a man who is this prone to it as President of the United States.
The issue of Mitt Romney's anger is by no means new and it is by no means irrelevant.
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/97756/mitt-romney-anger-lmfao
Really.
Exactly what I said in my first post this morning. Only this was said 6 months ago.
The Friday afternoon meeting of the First Read Circle Jerk Club is now called to order. Let's have roll call first:
Wayne 165669 ? HERE !
Clara KCMO ? HERE !
bay-lie ? HERE !
In Palm Springs CA ? HERE !
ForePlinger ? HERE !
Jody, Iowa ? HERE, but can I please have two hours of cutting & pasting ?
MkeMike ? Hell, he IS busy cutting and pasting ?
SeekingSanity ? HERE !
Da Noid HERE !
Feisty ? Who the hell wants to know ? Where's the damn popcorn ?
Independent Redneck ? And where else would I be ?
Beverly in Chicago ? Dammit, I am here like I always am ! Where's my pay ?
Jody, Iowa ? HERE, but I told you all I expect much more praise !!!
Forrest Grump ? HERE HERE !
Tis the Season HERE, but I wanna go first !
Okay, Monday's agenda is more attacks on Romney, got it ? We're slipping in the polls and the boss is not happy ! Bring your nastiest stuff on Monday !!
Romney's handlers are desperate. They recalled the emotional moment of Hillary's and how that gave her a bump.
They spent days trying to find a story from Romney's life. It was grueling work since Romney has never known hardship or suffering of any kind.
Though not a direct experience, finally they learned about a niece with a workable story. Then they hooked-up an electrical devise to Romney's arse, shocking him to tears at the right moment.
Jim, funny stuff!
You forgot our friend Amy from Maine, the mistress of anecdotes, who just coincidentally personally knows a person who needs the handout program being pushed as the talking point of the day...
Why this gaggle of moonbats thinks they can change any votes with nasty personal attacks is laughable.
Almost feel bad for George Soros, his hard earned money is paid to such a bunch of airheads....
Romney's emotional speech just shows how OUT OF TOUCH he is with normal Americans. A starter home in a gated community? It sounds like the home I've been striving my entire life for. A sprinkler system? Give me a break, I just can't relate to this heart wrenching story!
Romney doesn't know these things are luxuries, not necessities.
ohmyohmy09 -- Exactly. This was the best the Romney campaign could come up with, a distant relative and a landscaping story, WTF. And they had to make sure he didn't chuckle instead of showing an appropriate emotion. Romney was laughing during his supposed apology to kids he bullied.
I was left out. Sigh.
me too. But i'm surprised Jim remembered that many. Must of took him a good two hours to put that list together.
Jim 1455434:
Thanks for being the pivot man. As always, doing the hardest work just by being there. Now don't hang around any UV lighting as that will give your nasty, nasty secret away. Not that your stained trench coat and filthy leer haven't done that already.
P.S. Your vacuity is only matched by your facile nature. But you probably already knew that.
Noid - And he who angers you controls you.
jim-1455434,
you criticize the very same thing you do but just from the opposite side. It's not like you write about happy clouds or even trees that are the right height!
BTW, as you listed, I am part of a great, intelligent, educated group. So thanks for including me with these smart people.
The list of "your" group seems a little desperate,sad and lonely.
bayllie - I was just thinking the same thing; JAS, nojo, damaged, BoTheDog, Kirk, etc. I'm elated to be in the company of intelligent people instead of "them."
Poor Willard and Ann Romoney's relative has to get help from strangers. I guess the Romoney's didn't feel the need to help with a little cash from their off-shore Swiss and various Caribbean accounts. That relative needs to learn about "the dignity of work", I suppose!
Obama didn't cry because he's a self-absorbed, heartless narcissist.
I'm sure he won't cry when he loses in November, maybe just kick the dog....and then eat him.
Oh dear, Mitters has been pegged, I think he hit on all 40 + except possibly for 9, his Achilles heel. He has no idea what the American People want to hear. He is a thoroughly detestable bully. The perfect candidate for the GOP. I expect they'll all get in line now.
Etch-A-Sketch is a cynical political hack. Who could possibly take his phony histrionics seriously? Fail, Mitt.
Gee Mitt, why didn't you help out your niece and her child?????
Ahhh...
Willard has caught on to Glen Beck's old Vick's vapor rub trick... lol
Why didn't Willard help out his niece himself & lend her his illegal landscaper?
What a JOKE this dude is...
It's good for Mr. Romney . Maybe he can remember how it feels and can go back to the rest of his Republican/T.P. Yahoo's and get them to try it. What they got going for them now doesn't quite seem to be cutting it with the American People. I'd say he could start by paying his fair share of Taxes and not Offshoring his money so We can afford to do some more for folks like his niece that don't have the luxury of that 57,000 a day to tide her over. Shucks an epipany might be at work here
Oh yeh notice that Old Mitt didn't say how much support He sent her way just other folks.
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
Ahhh...
Willard has caught on to Glen Beck's old Vick's vapor rub trick... lol
Why didn't Willard help out his niece himself & lend her his illegal landscaper?
What a JOKE this dude is...
Feisty, I think Ann was nearby by with her remote control which unzips that crying button for Mitt.
Yes, Mitt is a Joke. Boo hoo hoo ROFL
We all know Mitt is out-of- touch with people.
Did you see Tamron Hall go off on that Tim Carney guy.
She kicked his nads.
Go Tamron, Go Tamron, Go Tamron
If this was such an issue, why didn't Romney help her? My guess is he could have had the landscaping done and it wouldn't have hurt his budget at all. Again, this says all there is to say about this man - and I use the term man very loosely here.
Obama/Biden 2012
MSNBC’s Tamron Hall got into a feisty exchange with Washington Examiner reporter Tim Carney, which resulted in Hall kicking him off her show.
http://tpmmedia.tumblr.com/post/22852706736/msnbcs-tamron-hall-got-into-a-feisty-exchange
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Yup, that's right Tamron you go girl. Get 'em. Tell that Romney toad to go back to Fox Noise with that garbage!!!
Sure did!
Not only is she drop dead gorgeous - she's 'feisty' to boot! lol
Lawrence O'Donnell is a very lucky man!
He is now wearing what's left of them for earrings! ;o)
Wow, that was righteous! I'd love to see more anchors handle recalcitrant, irritating guests just that way! He had it coming, and he looked shocked when Tamron pulled the plug!
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
Sure did!
Not only is she drop dead gorgeous - she's 'feisty' to boot! lol
Lawrence O'Donnell is a very lucky man!
She kicked his nads
GF, I thought Lawrence O'Donnell had it going own with Alex Wagner.
Wayne-1656909
Wow, that was righteous! I'd love to see more anchors handle recalcitrant, irritating guests just that way! He had it coming, and he looked shocked when Tamron pulled the plug!
Indeed, I'd like to see Tamron wipe that smirk off of that RNC's Reince Priebus face.
Big things come in small packages.
Beverly, darn, I missed it. Thanks for the link. Good for Tamron; I've seen Tim Carney in action and he's arrogant, condescending and is a know-it-all, I'm right and that's that guy. Come to think of it, he's a lot like Mitt Romney.
Thanks for posting that video, I watch that develop in real time and it was a thing of beauty to behold. You go girl, she is one of the few who will push back, ask the hard questions and not take bs spin for an answer.
And Bev, I agree about Reince Preibus, his demeanour with that grin just begs to be smacked....figuratively, of course.
Love you Tamron....we need more like you.
Wow, standing ovation for Tamron Hall! Tim Carney pulled the usual GOP trick of agreeing to come on a show with advance knowledge of the topic and then trying to blame the media for Mitt's troubles (or whoever) and she gave him a dose of his own medicine and sent him packing!!!
Nope - him & Tamron are doing the horizontal bop! ;o)
Verbal bullying at it's finest. You libs love that crap.
Actually I was thinking this about Paul Ryan. I've mentioned Reagan using visual aids, Glenn Beck and his chalkboard, and today we see Paul Ryan armed with color graphs and charts!
The reason Romney did not help his niece -- it wasn't a tax write off and wouldn't get him kudos from his church or other organization.
Bev, Wayne, Feisty -- Agreed, this needs to happen more frequently. Melissa Harris-Perry did a great job with Alice Stewart, and we no longer see Joe Walsh, Marsha Blackburn and others on programs. Lawrence and Orly Taitz was the best!
Romney was chopping onions...that's all. No emotion whatsoever. He is trying to play the Boehner card, crying to "soften" his image.
Be careful what you wish for. I guess he has not noticed all the JOKES going around about Boehner crying!
I was wondering how many peeled onions it takes to produce one Romney tear.
Hey fisty, why doesn't Obama help his brother and other relatives in Africa by sponsoring them to come to the US? They could be a czar of something.
Talk to the Hand: This is about Mitt helping or not helping his niece. President Obama's distant relatives are not U.S. citizens and I don't think wants to be. However, a niece is a pretty close relative. Shame on Mitt for not helping a "loved" one.
Oh! Don't even start with that "waaa, waaa" BS
You RWNJ's get what you give and you don't like it? Well then, you should not have set the precedent in the first place....
NO MORE DOUBLE STANDARDS!
You can expect to get what you give in 2012.
I believe you are as stupid as I think you are.
Yeah, she can't deal with the truth apparently. She came across as a psychotic, angry black women. She's obviously unstable.
Why - I have to thank you David for playing the race card!
When threatened by a strong intelligent women (no matter what color her skin is) - you pussies have to play the race card! lmao
YOU go little angry impotent man...
The only one unstable around here is YOU - my little pet! ☺
REB-1013231
Yeah, you only WISH!
We know you and your ilk would like for ALL voters to be stupid enough to listen to and believe your TEA/RNC B.S. talking points, explanations, and platform planks, but (thankfully) most aren't.
Count 'em up this November when the polls close...
...AND, if your wish were true, you & David and the other RWNJ's could get by with that old double standard like he tried but got caught/called out on by Fiesty.
You just hate stuff like that don't you..
(sound of heads exploding? Love it!)
Her show=her agenda
She told him what the debate and queries would be about and he chose to try and use the time as a free Romney campaign ad and talk about other topics which are all misleading lies like everything the GOP dribbles out...
I liked when she hinted basically that she could have kicked Mitt's arse back then....I feel the same way.. When I transferred from Philly public schools to a mostly rich school in the FL keys, even though I was just a freshman I put the senior football team bullies in check for messing with me or any other kid....And ironically I had long hair and one of those douches said he was gonna cut it....I closed his eye instead.....I would love to go back in a time machine and stick up for that poor kid...
And now all I get to do is reply to you GOP bullies on here......
I don't think I've seen Mitt that teary-eyed since somebody stole his lucky penny.
PLEASE!
Guess he wants to be more like Reagan - you know, the guy who gets the best actor oscar for portrayal of a President.
This is sooo fake! His neice's husband, the attorney, gets deployed and Willard gets upset? What about all the thousands of others who have been called up and placed in harm's way? Most, I'm certain, had it much rougher than the attorney.
But to try to profess being upset at this but still oppose the President's VA initiatives demonstrates Romney's inheirent hypocrisy and how out of touch with "common" American citizens he is. It is like he just can't fathom the plight of the homeless, or the un-insured, or the un-employed, etc., etc.
Heavan help us if Romney ever gets in position to lead this country!
Obama/Biden 2012! Keep moving FORWARD!
Right---A lawyer,most likely officer in the national guard(officers make pretty damn good money compared to working folks) is the most downtrodden he has ever even heard a story about....And poor,poor niecey she needed landscaping and a sprinkler for her brand new home....Awwwwww how unfortunate they are....But compared to billionaire Mittens hmmmmm..... He thinks that is poor...For whites anyway he knows how "The Blacks" live because he saw New Jack City.....But those are the poor he isn't concerned with because they get a luxurious free ride in the projects and they tear it up and don't work(sarcasm of course not my view)
Fiesty, that all ya got?
Better cut the pay of your comedy writers.
You are slipping from your low-as-is- standards of humor....even I thought of a few jokes comparing Mitt to John Boehner...
Mitt still has his first communion money!, oh never mind wrong religion.
Bob in Virginia-5210392
Feisty, that all ya got?
Better cut the pay of your comedy writers.
You are slipping from your low-as-is- standards of humor....even I thought of a few jokes comparing Mitt to John Boehner...
Sure, BoB, could you start with vaginal probe Gov McDonnell instead? Now that ought to be hilarious; Ha Ha!
What do you want?
A pat on the back - oh so clever one?
Ok I will give it a shot Bob, Romney and Boehner were having a good cry, and Boehner says what are you crying about Mitt and Mitt says I am crying because you drink so much, what are you crying about John and Boehner says I'm crying because you Mormons never buy a round.
Forrest - that WAS a good one!
Boner 101, how to acquire sympathy from your enemies, cry like a boner
I think it's wonderful that his niece's community supported a military family. Our military families deserve our support.
It is a great story about neighbors helping neighbors.
It is done every day all over this country. It called generoisty of spirit.
Meanwhile our Congress is trying to reduce funding for Meals on Wheels. The drivers are volunteers, again generous neighbors helping in their community. But the funding for this worthwhile program is under the hatchet.
Yeh Lisa Military Families deserve our support. Why do I get the impression that Romney wasn't crying because all the Republican/T.P budgets including the one he supports is going to cut benefits for those same Military folks. If the man was willing to put his money where his mouth was I would find him a little more believable.
lisa s -
You're right, our military families very much deserve our support. And anyone who wants to help out should check out Joining Forces, the organization Michelle Obama and Jill Biden have worked so hard for, to learn what you can do. You don't have to send money (though you certainly can), or even make a pledge to hire returning veterans (though thousands of companies already have), but there's a link where you can just send an anonymous note of thanks and support to a military family. It only takes a minute, and it's one place where we can check our politics at the door, because they deserve ALL our support:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces
Northstar
And today's paper in Maine tells us 200 kids will lose Head Start because our Republican legislature needs the money to give tax cuts to businesses. In addition, 20,000 low income people will be kicked of MaineCare, and 1,500 seniors will lose perscription drug benefits.
http://www.kjonline.com/news/gop-plan-cutshealth-benefitsfor-at-least-21500_2012-05-10.html
Amy B. Portland, ME
Northstar
And today's paper in Maine tells us 200 kids will lose Head Start because our Republican legislature needs the money to give tax cuts to businesses. In addition, 20,000 low income people will be kicked of MaineCare, and 1,500 seniors will lose perscription drug benefits.
Amy
Forgive me; but your governor is a pyscho.
Independent Redneck, The President is also cutting Veterans healthcare programs. Tri-care to be specific. I volunteered at Veterans Aprreciation Day here at McGuire AFB two weeks ago. Our speaker was an Veterans advocate and a retired Vice Admiral and news wasn't good. Your right Joann it only takes a little bit of time to our help our military families and that's time we should all spend.
Yes lisa some benefits are going to be cut. This is a result of the deal that the Republican T.P refused to make back in the budget debacle. However when you look at the proposed budgets the Yahoo's are going to double down on these cuts for funding and make them even worse. We are heading in the wrong direction and just saying everybody else is doing it to is not going to solve this problem just perpetuate it.
Lisa, not sure where you got the info but the President is not cutting benefits for veterans, if fact he is looking for increases for them. Some premiums may increase as an offset, here is a link that fully explains the President's position on this:
Romney is wrong to claim that President Obama plans cuts to health ...
www.attackwatch.com/romney-is-wrong-to-claim-that-president-oba...
To say that the President is cutting benefits for veterans and military families before all else is wholly untrue. President Obama believes we have a sacred trust ...
Independent Redneck, I not trying to say everyone else is doing it. I am simply pointing out some facts Red.
Well, lisa s, it's like this. If taxpayers are unwilling to pay higher taxes, then cuts must be made. Perhaps if the GOP was willing to increase taxes on the millionaires and billionaires, and if the GOP was willing to cut some defense spending on more war-making stuff--the United States wouldn't have to cut everything else including Tri-Care benefits for veterans' families.
You point at President Obama but perhaps the people you should be pointing at are republicans in Congress who refuse to raise taxes as well as those who WHINE about the thought of their taxes being increased. Maybe you should blame Bush 43 for starting two wars and not paying for either one of them leaving us in a huge hole; not to mention Bush and the GOP's massive unfunded tax cuts which dug a deeper hole. Where are the priorities for the GOP--tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for business, more military industrial complex spending and then we can't find the money for our Veterans, the poor, education, infrastructure. If we as a country really believe it is wrong to cut VA benefits, and I do, then WE need to demand the GOP throw Grover Norquist under the bus and bring back some fiscal sanity to the country. We haven't had that under Reagan, Bush and Bush.
GBM, thanks for posting the facts about President Obama's plan. I didn't think lisa's information was accurate but wasn't sure.
Gingerbread Momma, If you read my above post I was a volunteer at Veterens appreciation day at a AFB. I never said anything about Mitt Romney.
Now lisa don't go getting all defensive on me. First of all I didn't mean things the way I think your taking them. Wasn't cracking on you at all. I was however trying to point out that just saying or pointing out that someone else was doing it to wasn't going to solve the underlying problem and that is that that these funds should be raised and not cut and Both Parties should be willing to raise revenues to do it if nescessary. The Republicans are so far are willing to do anything but that and I think that is a fundamental problem.
Jody, I don't understand how you could try to turn someone volunteering for the military into something ugly. But you managed. Congratulations you should be very proud of yourself.
IR, I am not getting defensive. I hope you and your family have a nice Mothers Day weekend.
Lisa, I would say you are being extremely defensive. You made a statement that President Obama was cutting benefits, that is plainly not true. As I said before, not sure where you heard it, but it is one of the lies being pushed by Romney and the Republicans. The link I provided you is from the Obama campaign and if you bothered to check before you made that less than factual statement you would have found that. Why would you be so willing to believe that statement and not bother to check on its veracity, is it because you believe all that the Republicans tell you.
Your petty response to Jody who explained to you why these cuts may be made was totally unnecessary. Are you expecting some sort of reward for volunteering? Educating yourself on the facts should be your reward.
Gingerbread Mamma, You must be having a bad day. I hope your weekend is better.
Stop bragging about volunteering......If you did it from the heart you wouldn't feel the need to mention it...And coming from a person who probably thinks the Pres shouldn't take credit for doing his job very well.....
Taking credit for doing the job you are paid to do when everyone was tearing you down when you said you were gonna do it is okay.......Bragging about volunteering when you have freetime anyway is not....Especially to give yourself some kind of moral high standing on a trashy name calling blog......I can only imagine how much you pat yourself on the back for cooking dinner for the kids...HAHHAHAH
Please don't kiss your mother with that mouth on Mother's Day.
It's kind of sad that the community had to sod her brand new starter home, it would have been a lucky break for her if she had a mega wealthy uncle that could have sent his personal illegal alien lawn crew over to help out. Great story uncle scrooge.
Forrest,
You know that Romney had nothing to do with the illegals doing his yardwork. He was running for president for Pete's sake! Had he not been a candidate, he would have sent them in no time.
My friend in Texas has been volunteering with Habitat for Humanity this past week. They are helping families without a home. Can you imagine? No sod versus no home? The horror.
Actually, if she had been strung out on Ecstasy in some basement, he would have closed down the business and came to her aid. Apparently, a struggling niece with a deaf child and deployed husband doesn't have quite the same urgency in his book.
Those people could have been helping someone who really needed it and Uncle Scrooge could have helped her.......But he left her to rely on others because like you and I said "Uncle Scrooge"
I hope the ghosts visit his ass tonight...Cause that greedy beeyotch won't listen and the scary one that comes last will have something for his arse..
The neice sounds like a very deserving and humble person. Is she the one running for president?
And I have to wonder- were Mitt's tears just the right salinity,and did they contain just the right amount of moisture?? I bet they did.
the answer is yes because if in Romney's world trees are the right height, the tears have the right salinity as well.
Of course the tears were just right, it's not like letting the auto industry fail and throwing thousands of people out of work -- this was about important stuff like grass and rocks.
It's a terrible thing when somebody has socks but no God, uh I mean rocks and no sod, damn Etch o Sketch, I need a teleprompter. - Mitt Romney
Not to nit-pick (or in this case, "Mitt-pick"?) this nice story, but cochlear implants were actually invented in Australia by Australians Jim Patrick and Graeme Clark, and the first person to receive one was Australian Rod Saunders:
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/cochlear-inventor-hears-thanks-270493/?p=0
What - Al Gore didn't invent them?
Romney is a great leader and will be a godsend to this country after the last 12 years of mismanagement.
BotheDog,
people of Massachusetts had the "pleasure" of having Romney as a leader but guess what - they don't want him back.
Why, Does Massachusetts have a 16 Trillion Dollar Debt like Obama has?
BoTheDog
Why, Does Massachusetts have a 16 Trillion Dollar Debt like Obama has?
Why do you LIE so much Dawg?
Subtract the 2 unpaid for wars which Bush did not put on the books, Big Pharma, and tax cuts for the rich; then you'll get the truth.
Ok who has the muzzle.... Bo come here sit good boy now until you can behave you have to wear this, stop no bitting now. Good dog now go take a nap
Tis the Season - if you can't train Bo I'm afraid you might have to put him down. :-(
BoTheDog
No, Bo. After Romney left, Massachusetts started to improve at a faster rate under a Democrat as Governor.
So Romney can take credit for not running the second term because that directly contributed to Massachusetts' well being.
BTW, I am a Mass resident so take it as an info from an insider.
Okay Bev so it was 11T coming in. Why is it okay for it to be 16T now?
I agree.. notice that not many people sit here and waste their time commenting on stupid stuff like this that are Romney supporters (or any other supporter except Obama) because we don't have to. Romney could give all his money to charitable causes and this group would still find a way to cut him down. Sad.
Awe another victim. Obama's government mandated coverage for birth control for every one. Shouldnt he have mandatory landscaping for our Vets as well??? What an atrocity.
@UAW,
This has nothing to do with Obama.
Maybe you need a cochlear implant, because you seem to be tone deaf about this whole topic.
You are right Northstar. I should just be happy First Read decided to run a feel good story about an opponet of Obama's and leave it at that. Your point is noted....
Ah shucks - here we go again, mandated birth control for everyone. Last I looked, it was birth control coverage for women, somewhere around half the population. Darn republicans, sure love to rant and rave on foolish incorrect factoids.
OK, I'll give Mitt that one; it was a nice story. The outpouring of support from the neighborhood makes us all proud.
I just find it odd that Uncle Mitt didn't offer to landscape the lawn. Good grief, he makes $57,000 a day. Charity begins at home, Mitt. So for all the emotion that gift by the neighborhood to his niece's family brings to Mitt's eyes, one wonders why he didn't feel enough emotion to help her himself.
I have a nephew who was born completely deaf. Both parents worked and they could not afford the cochlea implant for several years; they saved the money and her parents helped with the rest in order to get it done before he started school. They both learned sign language. He had the implant and the special teaching. His younger brother knew sign language before he could talk. My niece used her signing skills to get a better job at the school as an interpreter for other children like her son.
Makes ya wonder why Obama didnt support his illegal Aunt and Uncle doesnt it Jody??? Another politicians debt stuck to the tax payer..... :/
Sounds like the lady's problems fell on the deafest ears of all, rich uncle Mitt's.
Besides Jody--didn't Mitt close his business office for a few days so they could find a partner's lost daughter? If he could be so helpful to a business partner, why couldn't he help his niece as well? Maybe because business trumps family in his mind. His niece must not be one of the 1%! Mormon family values....or maybe just 1%er family values!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
UAW, typical right-winger, can't rebut my comment about Mitt Romney having the money to "help" his niece whose husband was serving in the National Guard so he changes the subject. President Obama's aunt and uncle didn't ask for help, didn't buy a new home and didn't need landscaping.
Yet his brother still supposedly live in a hut in Africa. Sometimes you just have to take the bull by the horns, shake the sh!t out of someone and make them make themselves better.
When you're right, you're right, Jody.
Obama's aunt and uncle did not buy a new home and need landscaping.
They live in public housing, so the taxpayers "help" them. Not Obama. Not the neighbors. The taxpayers.
That's how much Obama "cares".
Man, this is just too easy! Mitt has the right idea but he lacks the ability to understand that the way our national community comes together to help fellow countrymen is through social programs. They are not perfect and there is waste but they are better than a yard full of rocks and no help from family.
campdog,
Exactly!!!
Everyone needs a helping hand sometime in their life.
campdog - I believe help from Mitt would be just another yard full of rocks!
Romney / Great Leader.................naw not in this life time, godsend, I somehow think not in this case but hey I am sure the humane society would love to hire him to transport the animals as needed though, he just loves dogs and they just love him... oh sorry that would be dog on man, bad me bad me.
One night I told master to Bite Me. . .
And he did!!!
He should have neutered you.
But, JoAnne, that can't be right! Australians have universal healthcare, and you know how that stifles the development of medical technology!
It's the old John Boehner trick. In the Louvre Museum, marble statues cry.
They put in a sprinkler system...how wealthy were these neighbors? And Romney gets emotional about this...not about people losing their jobs or having no health care; but, no landscaping!!!! Really, you have to draw a line somewhere! And I know this is off topic; but, as to the bullying story....it could have been worse. Romney could have tied the kid to the top of his car and cut his dog's hair! (Seriously, that wasn't bullying; it was assault).
sueb1,
Even in retelling a human interest story, Romney's context is deifintely out of the main stream. The guy can only speak from his own experience.
The family of the alledged victim is saying they have no knowledge of this at all.
The story was also enhanced by the Washington Post quoted on person as saying that that he "has long been bothered by the Lauber incident" when what he said was "he has been “disturbed” by the Lauber incident since hearing about it several weeks ago." Convenient that someone told him about an alledged bullying incident and the Washington Post interviews him about it a couple of weeks later. Sounds like a setup piece. Does the Washington Post have nothing better to do than write about fictional incidents. Is this really the same newspaper that uncovered Watergate?
Bill - are you lost? We're talking landscaping here not Mitt's days as a bully!
SeekingSanity is right, it's landscaping here; however, BILL, did it ever occur to you that the boy never told his family what happened because he was too humiliated and afraid that if he did and his parents complained things would get worse. That happens every day, Bill. Think about it.
Jody - not only that but, that long ago the idea of having a gay son was not acceptable so the parents may still be avoiding the topic altogether - if the boy was actually gay.
And who the hell back then even thought about the word gay? If you were different you were queer or "a queer". Romney had no clue except the kid looked too different to be acceptable in THAT school. You libs are running with this and avoiding Obama's self admitted alcohol and drug abuse in his last two years of high school. Makes you wonder how the hell he ever got into the colleges he did doesn't it? If not for "minority" or "foreign" status.
Maybe Ol' Willard took crying lessons from the Weeper of the House, Boehner.
Hey, you might as well learn from the best!
Why didn't he help his neice with putting in the grass. He has milliions of dollars. He could have hired someone for her. He has enough sons that they could have gotten it done in no time.
Rilli - I'm sorry but do you actually believe that his sons have ever hedl a shovel, raked a yard? Really???
Seems like some little girl was fortunate to have health care insurance. Can someone please tell me what the moral of this story is supposed to be. Is it get don't put off getting the lawn in? Is it, I should have asked my parents for a loan instead of blowing it all on the honeymoon? I'm not trying to be a cynic - but is there a point to the story?
Disgusting .. just disgusting. The ENTIRE problem he's talking about is the direct result of GOP policies. Had the GOP allowed to pass a federal bill that would force companies to make up the difference if a national guard or reservist is called to duty.
They are serving the country and shouldn't have to be penalized for doing so. Great job Republicans, continue to show us how much you little you care about your fellow humans and I'll show you more and more Democrats and liberals.
"Forcing companies" to do anything is a terrible idea, comrade. I don't know when this attitude of commandeering private funds to pay for any whim that fancies the government took hold, but it's not a healthy one.
Really? His story is about a niece who couldn't afford landscaping? Wow, he just really doesn't get it does he?
What's this story about: a lawyer that can't afford to sod his lawn or a multi-millionaire that won't loan his niece a couple grand to have it done. Boo Hoo, he might have gotten killed in Iraq and she wouldn't be able to pay me back with interest. Ain't America great that the neighbors would do it for free and I didn't have to risk .00001% of my wealth to help her! What a Guy! Gotta love him!!! I still haven't stopped sobbing!