Romney rallies top donors with Utah retreat

 

PARK CITY, Utah -- After two days of meetings, meals and hobnobbing with the candidate, his top advisers and leading figures of the Republican party here in this exclusive resort community, Mitt Romney's biggest donors and bundlers say they are fired up and ready to go.

Charles Dharapak / AP

Mitt Romney greets attendees at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Orlando, Fla.

"I’m going to do everything that I can do. I’m going to bundle every penny I can get," said Michigan lawyer Rodger Young, a long time Romney supporter who, like the hundreds of other guests here, have raised or personally donated more than $50,000 to Romney's campaign. "I think I came here with the idea that we were all going to take on more finance responsibility and I’m certainly prepared to do that."


"It’s even more than hopeful," a donor from New Orleans said of the atmosphere at the retreat. "We are beyond that now."

It is precisely that spirit which Romney and his campaign are looking to capture with this weekend's retreat, designed as a rally, a reward and a launching pad for top donors to continue to support the campaign -- and get their friends and family to do the same.

To generate such goodwill, Romney's campaign invited the donors and their spouses here for two days of briefings on campaign strategy and policy issues, intermixed with opportunities to rub elbows with Republican stars like Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, as well as the candidate and his family.

On Friday night, the campaign hosted a welcome dinner at Park City's Olympic park. Guests were ferried from their hotels by bus, up the mountainside, and treated to spectacular views and a cookout-style dinner where former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu and former Secretary of State James Baker warmed up the crowd, and introduced Mitt and Ann Romney. The couple gave remarks and mingled with guests who were also entertained by Olympic ski-jumpers practicing their technique on the ramps and pools at the facility, which remains a training center for Olympic winter athletes.

Saturday's festivities began with a breakfast and included a strategy briefing from top campaign advisers. Among the highlights of the day, according to several donors who attended the event, was a lunchtime speech by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who received not one but two standing ovations for a speech one attendee described as "exhilarating."

Rice along with Ryan and Jindal are among the names tossed about as part of the weekend's other major storyline: with few exceptions, nearly every Republican thought to be under consideration to become Romney's partner on the ticket is also attending this event in some capacity. Sens. Bob Portman, R-Ohio, and John Thune, R-S.D., are on the guest list, as are former Govs. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Jeb Bush of Florida, as well as the current Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell.

The Romney campaign has been tight-lipped about the vice presidential vetting process, with only Florida Sen. Marco Rubio confirmed to be receiving a "thorough vetting."

But Romney's adviser in charge of that process, his former Chief of Staff Beth Myers, has also traveled to Utah, along with most of the top figures of Romney's high command in Boston, fueling speculation -- even among the donors and campaign advisers here -- that this weekend away from the rigors of the campaign trail may also figure in to Romney's vice presidential selection process.

Saturday evening and Sunday the event will wrap up with dinner, desert and dancing, according to a leaked copy of the agenda, and with the opportunity to play golf on Sunday at a private course in the area -- all designed to foster camaraderie amongst those most involved in financing Romney's campaign, and to get them excited about November.

To hear the donors tell it, the strategy seems to be working.

"Things are looking pretty darn good," Young said.

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Yes. Obama,Romney,Bush,Clinton. The only difference is which set of rich friends? Hollywood or Utah?

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Reply#27 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:06 PM EDT

I remember hearing the exact same thing coming from Pawlenty's, Bachmann's, Perry's, Gingrich's and Santorum's campaign "bundlers". We are on a roll, blah, blah, blah... Where are they now? No one knows. Unless they are all in Utah now with Willard, lol... Is he going to take them around to do some wives shopping?

    Reply#28 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:06 PM EDT

    The one who raises the most money wins. Look at 2008 and previous elections. Why does money matter? Because then they can run million dollar adds for CHANGE and the dumb public buys this stuff. Most people do not even know who the vice president is. They put a man in the presidency who has no leadership experience because he talks well, has good speech writers and billions of dollars behind him.

    • 4 votes
    Reply#29 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:09 PM EDT

    fedupwiththissite If your fed up with this site, why are you here? I would like a answer on that one.

    • 1 vote
    #29.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:13 PM EDT

    Trying to educate you communist moochers.

    • 2 votes
    #29.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:16 PM EDT

    Truth is though, the campaign donations are usually a reflection of how much the public likes the candidate. Obama got more donations from the filthy rich pukes and everyone else, because they were in proportion just as excited for his candidacy as the rest of the country.

    When you do better with the overall populace, that means you're going to do better with the people who donate too, normally. More overall supporters = more overall donors.

    • 2 votes
    #29.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:20 PM EDT

    Actually the money flows towards a winner. Barry is looking pretty bad and nobody wants to waste money (cough,cough stimulus). Loving the Barry inspired class warfare. The rich want to destroy the middle class? I think the rich may realize they can make more money if middle class people buy more stuff and would therefore just want a strong economy. That might be to much common sense for msnbc viewers.

    • 2 votes
    #29.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:45 PM EDT
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    That's it, Mitty! Rally your Mormon base out there in Park City! I want every big-dollar Mormon in the country writing multi-thousand dollar checks, maxed out to your campaign, and then unlimited to the PACs.

    "What Romney is, Obama once was. What Obama is, Romney may become" ---little paraphrase of legendary sacrilegious Mormon scripture phrase.

    • 1 vote
    Reply#30 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:18 PM EDT

    I more or less support him, although I won't vote presidentially this time around.

      #30.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:22 PM EDT
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      Nobody that has ever been to Utah will vote for Romney, the most in-American state in the union.

      Dead serious here, if you don' t think Mormonism is a cult go to Utah, it's terrifying how they restrict freedoms. If you are for freedoms in America you are 180 degrees from Mormon.

      There's a reason that if you don't live in Utah you don't know any Mormons.

      • 1 vote
      Reply#31 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:20 PM EDT

      No, they don't restrict freedoms out there, that's crap. It's very all-americany out there. Very all-americany. Now it is a cult this is true, but these are some good, good cultists.

      • 1 vote
      #31.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:21 PM EDT

      Those Osmonds scared the crap out of me, one claimed to be a little bit country while the other was a little bit rock and roll!! Anti-American propaganda!!!!

      • 2 votes
      #31.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:30 PM EDT

      Some might describe the Osmonds as "comfortably cheesy".

      Look Demoncats, Romney and Wife are the type of neighbors you could leave your kids with while you go to Hawaii and rest assured, they'd take all their vitamins and brush their teeth everynight while you're away.

      • 2 votes
      #31.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:33 PM EDT

      And you think a man with an Islamic terrorist name and background like Barack Hussein Obama could be better? I'd take a Mormon over a guy from the Islamic terrorist tradition anytime?

      Obama not a terrorist - so what? You condemn Romney just because he is a Mormon so I can condemn Obama for having an Islamic name!

      • 3 votes
      #31.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:53 PM EDT

      WATER: Oh, I see. Now you judge people by their name??? How enlightened of you. And who said that the Right was made up largely of ignorant bigots?

      • 1 vote
      #31.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:23 PM EDT
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      This is a sick nation. The very definition of Corporatocracy is unfettered capitalism. There is no more republic. It's only an illusion.

        Reply#32 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:21 PM EDT

        Unfettered capitalism would be a great thing. The average wage would be up to $80,000 a year by now. Unfortunately, the Demoncats have been siphoning off 40% or more of the economy into their failed welfare state, so wages are nowhere near that.

        If we'd stuck through the Great Depression with what made us the richest country in the world by far up to that time, and stayed a free economy ever since, avg wages would be 80K/year or more. Unfortunately, when we hit down cycles in the economy, Demoncats are really good at manipulating human suffering into making disastrous changes in the free market and making it less free, and making us all poorer in the long run.

        Er them corporations'll getcha. Please, Coca-Cola don't hurt me and make me buy your pop when I really want Mt. Dew!

        • 4 votes
        #32.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:26 PM EDT

        chestypuller Show some proof of your statement.

          #32.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:37 PM EDT

          Is Corporatocracy anything like Hollywoodocracy? Certainly Obama is doing most all his fundraising among those elitist millionaires - a real man of the people he is. His net worth is now over $10 million and he hasn't had a real job in his life! Just how did he amass so much on a community organizer salary anyway?

          And give us a break Smitty. You liberals have filled this page with lies about Romney with no effort to prove anything - beginning once again, as so often, with the Musty Red Puke head from Rozelle.

          • 2 votes
          #32.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:48 PM EDT

          Chesty is correct. History is the proof. FDR used the Great Depression to force through massive re-distribution of wealth and to institute social programs with the intent of creating a perpetually dependent voting bloc (that's you democrats). He argued that these programs would get us out of the GD but they didn't work (WW2 and other factors lifted the GD). Also consider how Federal income taxes (which didn't exist in the 1800's) took money from people to create the bloated, wasteful Gov't we have today. FDR is the left's hero...that may be all you need to know.

          • 2 votes
          #32.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:03 PM EDT

          Smitty Boy, I found one good chart!

          Real Wages (after inflation) increased by about 60% in between 1870 and 1900 for non-farm workers, even though we had one bad recession during that time period.

          Avg real wage, adjusted for inflation, increased from about $380 to $600/year between 1870 and 1900.

          http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/ftap/Charts6_Economic_Trends.html

          Today, this would be like, if a $20,000 wage in $1980 is equivalent to a $50,000 wage today, a real wage increase over that time of 60% would mean you make $80,000/year. You not only kept pace with inflation, but increased 60% on top of that.

          There's less money in our economy because lie-berals siphon off so much for the welfare state.

          • 2 votes
          #32.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:16 PM EDT

          And a loaf of bread would cost $100.00.

            #32.6 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:42 PM EDT
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            Mitt had all the wealthy contributers on hand to guarantee unlimited financial resources in the upcoming election. All the big polluters, outsourcers and general greedy people wanting more and more tax breaks off the backs of the middle class. Yes, thanks to Citizens United, Romney will have all the resources he needs. Unfortunately for Mitt what he needs most money will not buy him, a personality.

            • 2 votes
            Reply#33 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:22 PM EDT

            hahahahahhah "the backs of the middle class" like they even pay 1/5th the taxes that the rich do.

            It's the backs of the rich, Demoncats, that's who the weight of the federal govt is on, you know that top 10% that pay 70% of federal income tax.

            Save us your fairytales about budgets being fixed on the "backs of the poor" who pay nothing, or the "backs of the middle class" now that you suddenly decided a few years ago to start sucking up to them, instead of the poor.

            • 3 votes
            #33.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:31 PM EDT

            Ah yes -

            Its all the fault of Citizens United....all that dirty money coming in to politics....

            Until all liberals and democrats cease taking PAC/Super pac money, or even until just President Obama stops taking the money from super pacs, all I hear when a democrat or liberal complains about money in politics is hypocritical whining.

            Or is taking money from wealthy contributors actually wrong to do? Perhaps you think that taking money at fundraisers in Holly wood is perfectly fine, but let a wealthy conservative donate money and that is completely wrong.

            Either way, hypocrisy shines out from your claim of unlimited financial resources.

            • 2 votes
            #33.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:12 PM EDT

            POINTS: You're going to compare the money from Hollywood with bigtime corporate money and folks like the Koch Brothers who are worth 50 BILLION DOLLARS??? Name me a union or a movie star who can even come close to that kind of money, I defy you.

            I would like to see ALL MONEY out of politics. Don't you think that most thought not all corporate heads and rich private business owners are going to support a guy like Romney, not because they like him but they think they will personally gain from his election? They are motivated essentially by greed, nothing more. The "Hollywood Elit" are really voting agains their best interests. They know that with Obama they will most likely pay higher taxes but being REAL PATRIOTS, not the phoney, flag waving kind, who have all the money in the world and yet bitch incessantly about taxes.

            If you want people like the Koch Brothers running this country along with that nutcase billionaire in Las Vegas, Sheldon Adelson who has said he's willing to kick in 100 Million of his own personal fortune running this country, quite literally owning the president then by all means support Citizens United. If you don't think that's best for our country, that the huge influx of UNDOCUMENTED MONEY into our politics is not a good thing and corrupts our politics, political views aside, then you'll work to undo this horrendous piece of legislation.

            • 4 votes
            #33.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:32 PM EDT

            Intrepid -

            I suspect you are missing the forest for the trees here.

            The money is already in politics, and has been for quite some time, on both sides.

            My objection is not to any fund raisers done by any candidate- my objection is to the idea that somehow fund raising by President Obama is perfectly fine, but fund raising by Romney is inherently wrong

            To tell me that that this makes me unpatriotic is beneath you, quite frankly - you are smarter and better than that.

            And yes - I will compare money from Hollywood to corporate money all day, any time, unless somehow a dollar is not a dollar anymore, based on its source.

            And please - tell me exactly how it is that Sheldon Adelson is going to personally ruin this country, having "literally" bought the presidency?

            Or perhaps you think that George Clooney is a better choice to ruin this country....or perhaps Soros?

            • 1 vote
            #33.4 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:51 AM EDT
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            This election is a choice between two visions for the future of America: One vision is for continuation of the progressive vision of a balance between equality and freedom as the moral foundation of justice, and a more recent conservative vision of an entitlement due the wealthy and the equivalence of corporations to the rights and protections of natural persons under the Constitution.

            The free market is a myth: if it isn't regulated by government to prevent fraud, it is regulated by the corporate oligarchy to prevent competition. Free means not having to go to jail for fraud and theft.

            A progressive future is one in which government is a custodian of the public trust and advocates for justice; where justice is a balance between equality and freedom. Government as a custodian of the public trust means that everyone plays by the same rules and that everyone is equal before the law. Public trust means the rights of the people to preserve and protect the common property of the United States is not severable to the interests of privatization. Public trust means that a corporation has no rights except those given to it by law and does not have equal standing with a natural born person under the Constitution.

            The conservative future is one of a hostile corporate takeover with privatization of government functions. The corporate takeover means that having wealth is an effective barrier to others participating in the process of government. It means that government would no longer serve the interests of the community but collaborate with the wealthy corporate owners to establish a separate set of laws that entitle them to preferential treatment while creating barriers to competition by eliminating opportunities for others.

            This election is a moral choice between affiliation or aggression, empathy or egotism, service or selfishness, cooperation or competitiveness.

            The tale of two visions is the difference between a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and a government run by a plutocracy of corporate power.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#34 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:25 PM EDT

            Please privatize Medi-Scare and Social Security!!! Pleasepleaseplease.

            Everyone here who has a grandma still alive...she'd be 100K richer if her SS money had been invested in the stock market her whole life, even factoring in the downturns.

            You notice the filthy rich puke liberals like Nancy Pelosi put their money in the stock market and make millions...it's just too "scary" for you little people.

            Dow Jones in the 80's: 3,000. Dow Jones today, even after the huge downturn in 09: 12,000+

            • 2 votes
            #34.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:39 PM EDT

            Thanks comrade. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

            • 1 vote
            #34.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:42 PM EDT

            OMG - this post again. I think it is the only thing he has ever written and he posts it two or three times a week.

            Was it the great progressive alternative to try to frame the gun shops on the border by sending all those guns into the Mexican cartels and then trying to claim the gun shops sold them? Obama and Holder would have gotten away with this criminal assault on the 2d Amendment if it were not for a whistle blower. And now he exerts executive privilege to stop the truth from coming out.

            This election is a choice between a man of integrity with real business experience and executive branch experience versus a petulant incompetent man-child with the morals of a snake!

            • 2 votes
            #34.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:00 PM EDT

            dls -

            I agree with one thing you said - this election is a moral choice.

            The choice is this, and really is not much more complicated than this - do we have the right, morally, to continue to spend the money that future generations should have? Or do we have a moral obligation to stop mortgaging our grandchildren?

            Plenty of blame to go around in that situation, to be sure - but, you chose to put it in terms of morality. So, morally - which do you choose? I have to have mine, so to heck with the future - that is the current liberal perspective on entitlements. Or, do you choose it wont be a lot of fun for anyone, but we must at long last become responsible in order to attempt to secure a future, and in that everyone must sacrifice a little bit - the current conservative perspective.

            Seems an obvious moral choice to me, but you seem to have the opposite opinion. Fair enough - you have every right to be incorrect.

            • 1 vote
            #34.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:21 PM EDT

            POINTS: Now you're concerned with our deficit??? How convenient, now with a Democrat in the White House. Where the hell were all the Tea Crazies during Bush's 8 years of reckless spending coupled with unwarranted tax cuts ran up the deficit like there was no tomorrow???

            Bill Clinton handed Bush a balanced budget along with a surplus. 8 years later, Bush handed Obama the worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. And now you're a fiscal hawk, with the economy in tatters. The time to have spoken out was when Bush had the brilliant idea of starting not 1 but 2 wars, both of them unfunded coupled with grossly irresponsible tax cuts, a sure recipe for disaster along with deregulation of the finance markets.

            Your narrative of the Liberal philosophy is the typical Republican viewpoint on this, that Democrats are fiscally irresponsible and that the GOP are the strict fiscal hawks. However, the facts don't bear that out. If 8 years of Bush proved anything conclusively is that Republicans are no more fiscally responsible and if anything, even worse than Democrats.

            • 4 votes
            #34.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:39 PM EDT

            Good evening, Intrepid -

            Hope you are having a good weekend so far!

            Just a couple of little things here for you - first, I did not choose to frame this as a moral choice, but dls did, so I chose to respond from the moral perspective

            Second - I did say that there is plenty of blame to go around - both parties, and all recent administrations, have failed us all enormously in the sense of allowing massive fiscal issues to go unresolved, if not actively worsened them. That is why I said that it is "at long last" time to have some responsibility.

            You also might want to note that I did say the current conservative position, not the position of "conservatives" that led to the 2 unfunded wars.

            I would also take some note of the fact that the unfunded wars you refer to were at their inception overwhelmingly supported by the public and both parties, so the responsibility for those is not exclusively republican.

            As far as the grossly irresponsible tax cuts, the boat has sailed on republican total responsibility for those, although I agree it originated from the republicans, and I thought it was a bad idea at the time. President Obama is talking about extending them, again, so at this point, they have become his problem to defend.

            Convenient? Not in any way - I would say that fiscal reponsibility is not going to be fun for much of anybody for a while, which is decidedly inconvenient, regardless of who is in the White House.

            As far as my narrative about the liberal philosophy - I was not in fact claiming that democrats in general are fiscally irresponsible, any more than I was claiming that republicans are more fiscally responsible.

            I was merely attempting to say this - we all know that a cliff is ahead, and that both spending and lack of revenue are a part of that equation. Spending at our current levels is going to have consequences that our children and beyond will have to deal with, and morally, I think that is wrong.

            We will likely disagree on this, but I will say it anyway - blaming Bush, and Bush alone, for the economic situation that President Obama started with, is no more logical than blaming President Obama for not entirely fixing it by now. While Bush did leave office with an economic mess, the source of those economic issues is not exclusively republican, nor was it actually entirely his fault.

            If you blame Bush alone for that, then you must consequently blame Obama alone for our current situation.

            As far as claiming that I am a fiscal hawk, while I can see how you would react like that, it happens to be untrue. In point of fact, unlike hard core republican/Tea Party types, I can see that increased revenues must happen as well as true cuts in spending - I simply think that the equation does not mean that this necessarily means that tax rates must increase - for instance -while i oppose an overall tax rate increase, I believe that exemptions must be reduced seriously, and that the tax cuts must be done away with.

            A final point - the issue was raised as a moral question, which reframes the entire economic issue. If you ask me about hard numbers and solutions, it is very different than asking what is the correct moral answer alone.

            Have a good weekend, and hope you and yours are doing well.

            • 1 vote
            #34.6 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:32 AM EDT
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            Money can't buy you love or happiness; however, money can buy you access, power, influence, Mitt and an election.

            • 2 votes
            Reply#35 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:27 PM EDT

            oprah bought the last election

            • 2 votes
            #35.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:41 PM EDT

            Obama has had 160 of these meetings. What's the big deal?

            George Soros bought the last election. Hollywood is trying to buy this one. Obama is schmoozing with his millionaire and billionaire friends in fundraisers instead of giving a dam about the country! Does he know that people are suffering with these fires. He sure as hell ignored completely the destruction by the tornadoes when he flew over them on the way toe the Michigan fundraisers. He is an elitist uncaring bastard and must be defeated if this country is not going to end in economic ruin!

            • 3 votes
            #35.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:42 PM EDT

            Watermoon,

            Obama has shown a sad lack of compassion in the face of a great many stories. The tornadoes you mentioned are only one of many. There was also the Pearl beheading, the Fort Hood massacre, etc. When he does stop to notice something bad that happens, he tries to turn it into a political event, or he messes up the facts so badly that he makes himself look like a fool (for example, the Kansas tornado that killed 13. He told reporters that it killed over 10,000.)

            • 3 votes
            #35.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:53 PM EDT

            Oprah is being shunned now.

            • 2 votes
            #35.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:39 PM EDT
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            Funny thing...every time I stop in to read comments on FR, I see a boatload of trollmeisters doing their thing, which is taunting, ridiculing, name calling, you know, middle school stuff. And what's funny also is that they spew FOX talking points verbatim. Does FOX send them here, or do they come on their own? Either way, the purpose of this board is for reasonable people to have reasonable discussions, share and contrast reasoned opinions, and debate the issues like adults. There's some of that here on this thread today, but most of the time it's one side ganging up on the other, and in my humble opinion based on what I see on this board it's certain posters on the political right that are the worst offenders. Not the only offenders, mind you, but the worst ones.

            This little rant won't change anything, I know, but I feel better now just the same.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#37 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:31 PM EDT

            We Report, You Decide.

            • 1 vote
            #37.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:35 PM EDT

            chestypuller I see no facts in your report. So I decided your full of s#it. Saying the same old republican talking points won't get you anywhere.

            • 1 vote
            #37.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:41 PM EDT

            Well Russ, you are poor reader.

            • 2 votes
            #37.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:45 PM EDT

            Smitty boy, I can't track down that chart that showed US income 1787-1929 and then since. It's easy finding since, but it's very hard tracking down that old stuff.

            So just take me at my word, trust me 100%. As a two-time GW Bush voter, I cannot tell a lie.

            • 1 vote
            #37.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:07 PM EDT
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            So is there anyone that wants to defend the Un-American freedom restricting state of Utah where candidate Romney calls home?.....

            Home to his religion that is, home to his money is not in this country.

            Gotta love a president that pays more taxes in a foreign country than in America.

            Hopefully that won't happen.

            • 1 vote
            Reply#38 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:38 PM EDT

            Hey Newsvine editors. It is ridiculous that Feisty Redhead gets to start off so many of these posts and taint it with her liberal rants.

            Meanwhile, why not report on Obama's 160 fundraisers - more than the past five presidents combined - all with Hollywood elitists that paid as much as $40,000 to attend.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#39 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:40 PM EDT

            I think the Redhead gets email alerts when the minute these things get posted. The fact that she's always got her inbox up shows you what a lousy life she must live.

            • 2 votes
            #39.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:00 PM EDT

            It wasn't the same group each time billybob. You really should watch Fox News as these Obamamedia liberal trash sites only give out the White House talking points. It was so funny to hear so many liberals say that they had never even heard of "Fast and Furious" before last week even though the story broke on Fox News 18 months ago! NBC finally had to report it after Holder was being cited for contempt! And you don't seem to know that Obama has attended 160 fundraisers since April - more than the past five presidents combined. Cost to attend was $1200 at a low to $40,000 at the George Clooney bash. A real man of the common folk this elitist fraud is!

            • 2 votes
            #39.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:05 PM EDT
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            I'm sure the long-term unemployed and economically destitute are thrilled about so many of the wealthy ponying up $50K each to join Mutt's pajama party. The plight of the poor must be foremost on the donors' minds as they enjoy the spectacular attractions, feast on gourmet meals and hobnob with the rich and famous.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#40 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:41 PM EDT

            republicans don't care about the poor. All they want is to defeat the President, at the cost of the country. Real American.

            • 3 votes
            #40.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:44 PM EDT

            zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

            • 2 votes
            #40.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:47 PM EDT

            Smitty-

            At the cost of the country? Really? Perhaps you might like to take a moment and explain exactly how republicans dont care about the poor, and exactly how this is at the cost of the country.....

            Optimist -

            Perhaps you might want to explain to me exactly how the wealthy felt as they were ponying up with George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker to "hobknob" with the "rich and famous".

            I will be fascinated to hear your explanation of how President Obama doing all of his fund raising is perfectly ok with you, but for Romney to fund raise is somehow not equivalent, or wrong.

            And by the way, Optimist - well done with the pity party talking points about the long term unemployed, the financially destitute, and the plight of the poor.

            Tell me this, about the long term unemployed - when exactly did 99 weeks of unemployment insurance become not enough? Precisely when did it become my responsibility, via taxes, to make sure that the unemployed could be funded to take all the time they want to find exactly the job of their dreams, instead of doing what they have to do to make their way through this world? When have we finally given enough?

            Perhaps you could tell me this about the "plight of the poor" - when you see a grossly overweight person with multiple children, driving a car with expensive rims, talking on thier smart phone about how unfair the expense of their cable package and internet is, and they use their food stamp card at the store, do you see the problem, or do you only feel bad for them?

            • 1 vote
            #40.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:44 PM EDT

            I'm not talking about those who got in a fix because of personal irresponsibility. Many are poor because of factors beyond their control, such as Mutt taking over and plundering the company that used to employ them.

              #40.4 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:36 AM EDT

              Nota- I think what President Obama is doing would indeed be called "fund raising". What Romney is doing at the Chateau in Utah would and should be called something else. Why else would Rove be there?

                #40.5 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:27 PM EDT

                Thanks Diane -

                You confirm my point that fund raising by President Obama is ok for you andyour ilk, but if a republican fund raises it is obviously a crime of some type.

                When you are ready to drop the double standard, and actually utilise logic, please feel free to try again.

                  #40.6 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:13 PM EDT
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                  Hmm. I wonder if Romney let his guests keep their forks and knives while they ate and he gave his speech. Obama didn't yesterday. Google the story if you haven't heard it yet. He didn't trust the Latinos with sharp objects and had them taken away according to the articles.

                  Hey, Gem. ;) Hopefully you're still out there.

                  • 2 votes
                  Reply#42 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:50 PM EDT

                  I'm here:) Thought I'd get some laughs before I hit the hay.

                  • 1 vote
                  #42.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:56 PM EDT

                  Same here. :) Glad you stopped by. ♥

                  • 1 vote
                  #42.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:59 PM EDT

                  you too. I love looking at your car;)

                  Did you read the article about Stockton, CA going bankrupt?

                  • 2 votes
                  #42.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:03 PM EDT

                  Break it up or get a room.

                  • 3 votes
                  #42.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:04 PM EDT

                  Gem, no I haven't reached that one yet. I spent most of my time on the same article we were on last night about Obama and immigration. They're still posting comments, but it's slowed down.

                  Would-I-Lie . . . I'll take the second option.

                  • 3 votes
                  #42.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:08 PM EDT
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                  It's funny how Obama's $40,000 / plate Clooney dinner and his $10,000 / plate pizza party didn't make the front page of MSNBC; not to mention the multiple trips to Hollywood to beg for morney.

                  Just more hypocrisy on display by NBC and lefty loons.

                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#43 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:51 PM EDT

                  $50,000 for a weekend is a much better deal than $40,000 for a plate.

                  • 3 votes
                  #43.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:03 PM EDT

                  And this is one event while Obama has been to 160 since April - all at taxpayer expense and in lieu of his performing his job in Washington. What a leader!

                  I wonder if he was planning to use the profits of his gun sales to the cartels for buying ads. So a border guard is killed along with several hundred innocent Mexicans. It is his executive privilege to do such things!

                  • 2 votes
                  #43.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:07 PM EDT
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                  Just checked the population statistics, about 30% of it is non-white, so that should about all go to President Obama unless someone like Herman Caine brainwashes them since he said that is only reason his black population votes democratic. Then he should get about 70% of women under 60 if they want any equality in life, that adds another 15-20% or so of voters, so it looks like only about 5% more of voter population needed if he gets all those, add about all gay white men that would be getting it close, so only need a few of us straight ones that would not vote repub for many reasons... Oh, and anyone really wanting to follow leaders that get guidance from educated people like ones with at least a college degree like many of us did should not vote republican - they are led by Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck = all college dropouts, a couple may have failed out and did not take more than one post-high school class, see Wikipedia bios! Repubs like them so much they are making $millions per year for making them feel good and just shooting off their mouths (Rush called women taking birth control Sluts, remember that ladies) and scheming to take your rights like Rove. Amazing that their degreed repubs take orders from these guys, and that nonpatriotic pencil neck wimp Grover Nordquist, probably an MBA like Mitt!

                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#44 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:53 PM EDT

                  My goodness. What a disjointed collection of nonsensical dribble. Sigh. Let's take it from the top.

                  1. Why should any non-white vote for Obama? That sounds rather racially motivated, but I'm SURE that's not what you were implying since liberals always say anyone who votes AGAINST Obama does so because of his skin color.

                  2. Attacking the degrees or lack thereof of conservatives is really rather pathetic. You contradict yourself by complaining about Hannity, Rush, and Beck, only to later slam 'degreed Repubs.' Make up your mind please, and get back to us.

                  3. Limbaugh did not call women taking birth control Sl*ts. He called one college girl that. Check the facts, then type. Then review your post. Then eliminate extraneous factual errors. THEN . . . click 'Post Comment.'

                  4. You're choosing not to mention the fact that an absurd number of Independents are now less likely to vote for Obama since his gay marriage stance. Check out my article called "Obama's Gay Marriage Stance: An Election Issue?" via my avatar. I break down all the stats for you. It's fully referenced, and there's enough liberal sources in there to keep you libs happy as well.

                  • 4 votes
                  #44.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:58 PM EDT

                  And anyone taking advice from a Cub fan is sure not to get anywhere, 2nd place forever, hahahahahah! Liberals are much better baseball players!! Mormons are really bad ball players. Degreed repubs are Tools of these slimy gods of yours. Speaking of gods remember Mitt acts like one very day.

                    #44.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:00 PM EDT

                    2nd place? My goodness, you really are a moron. I'd give a whole lot to have your misinformation be true.

                    We're in sixth place.

                    Out of six teams.

                    • 2 votes
                    #44.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:02 PM EDT

                    It was wrong for Limbaugh to use a negative expression toward a woman but fine for Biill Maher to refer to Laura Ingram as an ignorant slut?

                    • 2 votes
                    #44.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:10 PM EDT

                    Watermoon,

                    Don't forget the Letterman 'joke' about Palin's 14 yr old getting raped by Alex Rodriguez. He apologized, but I don't remember liberals demanding it. Most of them just laughed and tried to defend him.

                    Double standard?

                    • 1 vote
                    #44.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:12 PM EDT

                    CubsFan - You are the reason my entire family where White Sox Fans - To your point

                    1) Liberals never said anyone who votes against Obama is prejudiced - take it from a White Woman and last I looked all of my voting ages Children and Grandchildren are White

                    2) Don't understand your second post except most of the people on Fox News are drop outs from higher education - which is a fact

                    3) Limbaugh called not a College Student but an Harvard Law student a slut and asked her to post her sexual exploits on line so he could watch - He also called the Nuns on a Bus Feminatzis - check it out yourself

                    4) And as far as Independents go most of the posters on line here who call themselves Independents are just too ashamed to call themselves Republicans The real Independents are the younger generation like College Grads and Students that have not yet made their minds up - like a few of my grandaughters - but I'm working on them

                    So North Side of Chicago Cubs Fan where all the Richies live - try again

                    Signed South Side of Chicago White Sox Fan - where the working class have always lived

                    • 2 votes
                    #44.6 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:57 AM EDT
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                    Romney and Bain Capital helped the American Economy and job creation the same way Jerry Sandusky helped eleven year old boys take a shower.

                      Reply#46 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:01 PM EDT

                      Obama said none of Sandusky's victims looked like they could have been his son....so he didn't care.

                      • 1 vote
                      #46.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:08 PM EDT

                      Rev - Maybe it's because Sandusky was prejudiced and only seduced little white boys

                      You truly are one "sick puppy"

                      • 1 vote
                      #46.3 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:00 AM EDT
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                      Iffen yer a rich rightwinger who donates big bucks to your side, that's scary, wrong, and very suspicious.

                      If you're a rich socialist or liberal however, who donates big bucks to Democrats or leftwing causes, you're really helping out society a lot, and we're just impressed with how much integrity you have.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#47 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:05 PM EDT

                      The majority of millionaires and billionaires are liberals - as we are seeing in these Obama fundraisers where the elite pay up to $40,000 to attend. And there have been 160 since April - more than the five previous presidents combined.

                      http://nikitas3.com/1083/why-are-so-many-rich-people-liberals/

                      Democratic Party is the party of the rich that pretend to care about the poor while keeping them in bondage - dependent on the federal government for their survival. GOP present opportunity to advance oneself - and Herman Cain is a great example. Blacks need to look to such an example instead of allowing Obama and his party to keep them in involuntary servitude.

                      • 1 vote
                      #47.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:15 PM EDT
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                      Anything less than a $50k donation will result in a Romney phart in your general direction...

                        Reply#48 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:06 PM EDT

                        Teabaggers are:racist,bigots,Fascists,self centered,misers,souless,and uncaring. They would take Grandmas Medicare + Social Security away and have her die in a gutter. Then claim they're "good" Americans and "good" Christians ,when they're not. Teabaggers want to take America back alright: to 1890.

                        • 3 votes
                        Reply#49 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:12 PM EDT

                        MmHmm. And Liberals are compassionate, tolerant, understanding, loving, and eager to compromise. And let me guess, Tony . . . you're a prime example, right?

                        • 1 vote
                        #49.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:16 PM EDT

                        Tony -

                        Just two things for you - first, I will respond at your level....

                        I know you are, but what am I?

                        Typically I would respond differently, but you post is so full of it that I just cant help myself.

                        Second - good news for you Tony - really, it is - you win!

                        You are the recipient of my prestigious "Oh god, you get to vote" award for the day.

                        Your brilliant use of the kill grandma talking point, combined with your even more brilliant reference to christianity while condemning people, counter to all christian values, has earned you this valuable prize!

                        Congratulations sir! You have proven yourself to be the least fact driven person posting here so far today that I have seen, as well as the most partisan and least likely to respond to actual reason.

                        I am truly impressed - but perhaps that makes me "racist", a "bigot", a "Fascist", self centered, soulless, or uncaring....

                          #49.2 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:01 AM EDT
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                          Anyone wonder why Romney won't show his taxes?

                          I mean a Romney supporter, the rest of the intelligent world knows why.

                          Gotta love voting for a US president that pays more foreign taxes than US taxes,

                          Hypocrite is the first word in the GOP dictionary.

                          • 1 vote
                          Reply#50 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:14 PM EDT

                          Yes, Hypocrite is the first word in the GOP dictionary, and the definition of it reads: "Alternative name for liberals who claim to be tolerant only to take every opportunity to spew hate at conservatives."

                          There are several pictures included with this entry. One is of President Obama, and one is of Tony up the page here.

                          • 2 votes
                          #50.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:18 PM EDT

                          Romney did show his taxes.

                          Anyone know why Obama won't show his college transcript?

                          Latest Rasmussen Poll: Romney 48% - Obama 43%, and he hasn't even chosen his vice-president yet. Add that the incumbent only gets 10% of the undecided in presidential elections and this becomes Romney 56% - Obama 44%. And Obama is stuck with Biden as vice-president.

                          You can see by the posts that the libs are in complete panic! And next week will be Obama's worst yet. Obamacare ruled unconstitutional, Holder gets contempt citation, and the economy numbers continue to spiral downwards!

                          • 1 vote
                          #50.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:22 PM EDT

                          Well at least you have enough intelligence to admit that hypocrite is in the GOP dictionary.

                          Unfortunate for you the opportunity to be intelligent ended after your first sentence.

                          If you want to redeem yourself please tell us what Romney's plan is......
                          Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

                          Now's the time where you run and hide like a right wing coward. ........you have no idea because Romney has no idea.

                          Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

                          Feel stupid? You should.

                            #50.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:25 PM EDT

                            Watermoon just quoted the Rasmussen poll that's been getting shared a lot in the last couple days. Before any of you liberals resort to the typical tactic of slamming Rasmussen's accuracy, check this chart out from a PhD at Fordham University:

                            Poll Accuracy in the 2008 Presidential Election
                            —Initial Report, November 5, 2008—
                            Costas Panagopoulos, Ph.D.
                            Department of Political Science
                            Fordham University
                            For inquiries: cpanagopoulo@fordham.edu or (917) 405-9069
                            For all the derision directed toward pre-election polling, the final poll estimates were not
                            far off from the actual nationwide voteshares for the two candidates. On average, preelection
                            polls from 23 public polling organizations projected a Democratic advantage of
                            7.52 percentage points on Election Day, which is only about 1.37 percentage points away
                            from the current estimate of a 6.15-point Obama margin in the national popular vote.
                            Following the procedures proposed by Martin, Traugott and Kennedy (see Public Opinion
                            Quarterly, Fall 2006, pp. 342-369) to assess poll accuracy, I analyze poll estimates from
                            these 23 polling organizations. Four of these polls appear to have overestimated McCain
                            support (indicated with a * below), while most polls (17) overestimated Obama strength.
                            Pre-election projections for two organizations’ final polls—Rasmussen and Pew—were
                            perfectly in agreement with the actual election result (**).
                            The following list ranks the 23 organizations by the accuracy of their final, national preelection
                            polls (as reported on pollster.com).
                            1. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
                            1. Pew (10/29-11/1)**
                            2. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)
                            3. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)
                            4. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*
                            5. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*
                            5. ARG (10/25-27)*
                            6. CNN (10/30-11/1)
                            6. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1)
                            7. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)
                            8. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)
                            9. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2)
                            10. FOX (11/1-2)
                            11. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27)
                            12. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)
                            13. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2)
                            14. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2)
                            15. Marist College (11/3)
                            16. CBS (10/31-11/2)
                            17. Gallup (10/31-11/2)
                            18. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3)
                            19. CBS/Times (10/25-29)
                            20. Newsweek (10/22-23)

                            • 3 votes
                            #50.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:25 PM EDT
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                            I bet Abraham Lincoln,Teddy Roosevelt or Ike would reveal how much they had in their secret Cayman Island accounts. But then again any patriotic American would never have offshore accounts,he would support America and have ALL his accounts in AMERICAN banks!

                            • 2 votes
                            Reply#51 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:20 PM EDT

                            A patriotic American would not be selling guns to Mexican cartels in order to frame local gun shops at the border so that he can then make an assault on the 2d Amendment. And he would not then exert executive privilege in order to keep the truth from coming out.

                            • 2 votes
                            #51.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:26 PM EDT

                            You do know that this kind of operation started in 2006........

                            No you don't, you aren't smart.

                            Nevermind.

                            • 1 vote
                            #51.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:36 PM EDT

                            The earlier operation was done with the Mexican Gov. Not behind their back with 200 dead. You do know that right?

                            • 3 votes
                            #51.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:42 PM EDT

                            So your half truth is half lie.

                            • 3 votes
                            #51.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:43 PM EDT

                            And you are privy to covert operations?

                            hahahahahahahahahahah

                            Tell me about the sales to Iran under Reagan please.

                            Hahjajajajajajajajjaja

                            • 2 votes
                            #51.5 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:18 AM EDT
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                            A true patriotic American would have served during wartime,unlike the Chickenhawk draft dodging Mitt Romney. I served and the yellow coward swearved! Chickenhawks are yellow cowards!

                            • 3 votes
                            Reply#52 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:24 PM EDT

                            And which branch of the military did Obama serve in? Does this mean he also is a Chicken-hawk - or would it be a Raven-hawk? He was of age during wartime as well.

                            And Romney didn't dodge the draft. There was a system in place where one received a random number depending on his birth date the year you were first eligible. My number for May 2 was 317 my year and his was 220 or so his year - both were beyond the numbers needed that year for the draft - which ended about 170. It was the system of the time and we both were lucky enough to not be chosen. Know what you are talking about and quit spreading lies!

                            • 2 votes
                            #52.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:33 PM EDT

                            Does the U S Military take Indonesian citizens?

                            • 2 votes
                            #52.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:44 PM EDT

                            MOON: Sorry buddy, that just ain't gonna fly. Obama was never of age during the war. Willard on the other hand has publicly stated that "I longed to serve with my fellow Americans in Viet Nam" and then decided to take 4 deferments instead. Of course being Romney, at another time he said that he had no desire to be in the military which is par for the course with Willard. He has at least 3 positions on any issue.

                            He was able to get deferements because he was doing "Missionary work" in Paris of all places. His father didn't serve in WWII, he weasled out of the draft and only became 1A when he had picked a ridiculously high draft number, nor have a single one of his 5 boys given a thought to service. A great example to set for the nation along with keeping his millions in offshore accounts.

                            And yes, I know what I'm talking about.

                            • 3 votes
                            #52.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:46 PM EDT
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                            With all the secrecy surrounding Romney's tax returns, donors, bundlers and off shore bank accounts, he is giving us a preview of how he will govern if elected.....Don't know about the rest of you, but scares the h3ll out of me.

                            • 2 votes
                            Reply#53 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:28 PM EDT

                            The real scandal is involved with the Obama bundlers. George Soros is total scum who has made his hatred to the US and capitalism clear. George Kaiser - billionaire bundler who was heavily invested in Solyndra to which Obama sent 500 million. Then when it went belly up Kaiser was moved to the head of the list for getting money back even though the law said taxpayers should be paid back first. Pat Stryker - billionaire blunder who profited by the 300 million given to the Abound Solar Panel corporation in Colorado that Obama sent there. Jon Corzine - billionaire bundler who is indicted for fraud in the corporation he drove into bankruptcy and where 2 billion dollars is still missing.

                            Obama is a proven crook playing crony capitalism and we know this. Your unwarranted concern about Romney pales in the light of this factual knowledge. We have seen how Obama will govern if elected. And he is driving the country into certain ruin - which does indeed scare the hell out of any sane person - or at least one who is not personally pro fitting from his buying of their votes.So which is it - are you a federal employee or on welfare?

                            • 2 votes
                            #53.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:45 PM EDT

                            Moon "BEAM" your light is about gone. You are so funny I can't quit laughing at your blogs. hahahahaha, what a sharp wit but a stupid one those for those who know better.

                              #53.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:58 PM EDT
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                              Uh oh. Liberals are starting to complain about the wealthy Republicans. Sigh. Time to break out the charts again. Here are the top seven wealthiest members of the United States Senate by net worth:

                              1. John Kerry, Dem. (231 million)

                              2. Mark Warner, Dem. (192 million)

                              3. Herb Kohl, Dem. (173 million)

                              4. J.D. Rockefeller IV, Dem. (99 million)

                              5. Frank Lautenberg, Dem. (85 million)

                              6. Richard Blumenthal, Dem. (73 million)

                              7. Diane Feinstein, Dem. (69 million)

                              Would you like me to run the House numbers as well? Or governors? Lemme know, libs! :)

                              • 3 votes
                              Reply#54 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:30 PM EDT

                              Run Republican numbers for us.

                              • 1 vote
                              #54.1 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:34 PM EDT

                              And do not forget that Obama has net worth of over 10 million and he has never had a real job in his life. One has to wonder just how a community organizer/state senator/US Senator and now president has managed to amass such a fortune. A true man of the people - one of us!

                              He ran the top 7 PTNY - not his fault all 7 were Democrats.

                              • 3 votes
                              #54.2 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:34 PM EDT

                              President of Harvard Law Review has it's perks doesn't it? Plus a best seller book did his family good.

                                #54.3 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:39 PM EDT

                                Why isn't the left screaming and yelling about this list?

                                • 2 votes
                                #54.4 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:41 PM EDT

                                PTNY,

                                'Run the Republican numbers' for you? Apparently you don't understand. These aren't 'Democrat' or 'Republican' numbers. They're just numbers. I know that's a weird concept to a liberal, since you're used to facts having a skew on them, but these are just numbers. The top seven wealthiest Senators are all Democrats. As a matter of fact, 21 out of the top 35 wealthiest are Democrats.

                                • 2 votes
                                #54.5 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:43 PM EDT

                                Because it's BS?

                                  #54.6 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:43 PM EDT

                                  It's fact, dude. Don't like it? Check it out yourself. Google 'Net worth of US Senators.' It's really not that difficult.

                                  • 2 votes
                                  #54.7 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:45 PM EDT

                                  It really doesn't interest me that much. I care about the candidate himself more.

                                    #54.8 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:46 PM EDT

                                    CUB: So with all these wealth Democrats how come you accuse them constantly of being socialists if not Marxist?? I mean, that is the #1 talking point of the Right, is it not?

                                    You fail to discern the difference however. There have been many wealthy Democrats. Look at JFK and FDR. Who was more patrician than FDR? Which is why the Right called him a traitor to his class. The difference being that these people have the ability to empathize with the average American. You don't honestly think that the tight ass like Willardo actually has the slightest notion of what the average working person deals with? This guy is so far removed from reality it's downright pathetic.

                                      #54.9 - Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:51 PM EDT

                                      cubs

                                      So what have they done for or to you with their vote's?

                                        #54.10 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:00 AM EDT

                                        CubsFan - Throw in Darryl Issa $450 Million sort of like he beats all of your arguments

                                        Of course your one-sided BS is just that

                                          #54.11 - Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:47 AM EDT
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