
Evan Vucci / AP
People line up for a fundraiser for Mitt Romney hosted by former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Wilson, Wyo.
Updated 12:00 a.m. ET: WILSON, Wyo. -- Mitt Romney's campaign roped in more than $4 million in a single campaign stop here in Western Wyoming with a boost from one of the most controversial political figures of the last decade: former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Cheney, who has not previously appeared with Romney on the campaign trail, was effusive in his praise for the presumptive GOP nominee, calling him the only man he would want at the helm in the event of another crisis like the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“Sooner or later there is going to be a big surprise,” Cheney said. “Usually a very unpleasant one. Whether it’s 9-11 or the other kinds of difficulties or crises that arrive, they always do. That’s when you find out what kind of leader your president is.”
He continued: “When I think about the kind of individual I want in the Oval Office in that moment of crisis, who has to make those key decisions, some of them life and death decisions, some of them decisions as the commander-in-chief who has the responsibility of sending our young men and women into harm's way -- that man is Mitt Romney."
Romney returned Cheney's praise but did not mention Cheney's former boss, George W. Bush. However, Romney did praise the former president's "freedom agenda" at a private Q&A session afterward, which was overheard by reporters.
In his remarks, Romney also declined to engage in the ongoing battles over his tenure at Bain Capital, which claimed the political spotlight Thursday as Democrats highlighted reports that Romney remained in control of the company after he claimed to have left for the 2002 Olympics.
Romney did, however, pounce on comments made by President Obama today to CBS News.
Obama had said: "When I think about what we've done well and what we haven't done well, the mistake of my first term - couple of years - was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right. And that's important. But the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times."
"What was his answer as to his biggest mistake? Not telling stories to the American people about his vision. That was his biggest mistake. Oh really? Really?" Romney said incredulously. "Look, look he's out of touch, he's out of excuses, he's out of ideas and we've got to make sure in November we put him out of office."
Attendees, many dressed in their Western finest -- dark cowboy boots with suits -- dined on prosciutto-wrapped shrimp, potstickers and crostini, and sipped wine and Amstel Lights as they meandered about beneath a large white tent set up on the driving range. More than 500 donors were expected to attend Thursday night's event, with at least 250 planning to attend the night's $30,000 finale: a private dinner here at Cheney's residence on the golf course.


Totally precious....
Lucifer talking up President George Bush's military 'Mini Me''.
This is one fundraiser that Mitten's could do without. Just one more nail in NitMitt's coffin....
Obama/Biden 2012
Mitt Romney won't need anyone to help fundraise after CONDI RICE FOR VP is announced!
ROMNEY / RICE 2012 !
Great leadership team ! Win/Win !
Whew! What a relief!
Mitt Romney won't need anyone to help fundraise after CONDI RICE FOR VP is announced!
Mitt won't pick her for two reasons:
1. She says she doesn't the job.
2. She would tie Mitten's to close to the Bush Administration
Besides, Mitten's couldn't win if he picked Jesus Christ as his running mate....
Obama/Biden 2012
@GT: You are mistaken.
Also, how on earth does msnbc.com let you have your little farm-porn icon?
a ha ha ha ha ha ha - "mini me" - love it
Romney hanging out with Cheney and crew and he only gets four million?
They must not like him either.
Also, how on earth does msnbc.com let you have your little farm-porn icon?
"farm-porn"? Betcha it makes you feel right at home, huh Goober.......LOL!
GT, your icon is at least as offensive as your views. You so so afraid that we the people are realising that Obama is a fake and failure. YES, even Cheney is lookin good - just like Jimmy Carter. You are toast in November.
Wow, what a hunting trip!!! I wonder how many folks in this meeting had no choice but to give all their dough; or else.....that was a lot of nervous donors...didnt know ol Dick still had it in him....
Wow, what a hunting trip!!!
Doc - That's a good one.. LOL!
The more everyone finds out about Mitt Romney's finances, the more questions they have.
Perhaps that's why he's hiding as much as he thinks he can get away with.
Today, The Boston Globe reported that Romney was still running Bain Capital two years after he claims he left the firm, directly contradicting his campaign's denial that he was involved in deals that led to layoffs, bankruptcies, and American jobs getting shipped overseas.
It's a pattern of secrecy, and this is just the latest example of him trying to hide the truth from voters. There are a number of issues in play right now -- and voters deserve answers:
1) Mitt Romney refuses to release multiple years of taxes, ignoring decades of precedent.
2) He won't disclose his "bundlers," the people raising millions for his campaign.
3) He is the sole owner of a questionable shell corporation in Bermuda.
4) Until recently, Romney kept cash in a Swiss bank account.
5) According to the Globe, he hasn't been honest about when he was running Bain Capital, even though legal documents refute his claims.
justone - You're as Delusional as your silly talking point....
Obama/Biden 2012 (By a Landslide)
Hey has Dick shot any one of his friends in the face lately? -----
After this he may have shot Mittens in the face as we see just HOW LOW MITTENS WILL SINK FOR A $
Sell his soul to the Devil
GT-2021701
Cheers GT - better take another toke, November is reality time. And...please do get an icon that children can look at? Or don't you care?
Obama IS the Devil!
Romney / Anyone (anyone would be better than the Socialist who isn't an American and the dumba** goofball that can't keep his foot out of his mounth).
better take another toke, November is reality time
Justone - All us Dems will be celebrating O's victory come November!!
Thx for the toke
goofball that can't keep his foot out of his mounth).
Hopeful - Foot in mouth???You gotta be talking about NitMitt!!
Not too good with the english language, are you GT?!
By your avitar, I'm guessing about a 63, living on the dole in mom and dad's basement - although probably just mom's.
GT- another empty headed loudmouth destined for a most disappointing future.
The real free loaders in this country are handing out the big dough to the rest of the free loaders.
All these millions and millions and millions of dollars, going to a liar. With the event hosted by a war criminal.
Meanwhile, Americans suffer from the pure greed of these aristocrats. From hatred and a feeling that no one counts but themselves. What have they done to invest in America? Nothing, not one damn thing except to build big homes for themselves and hide their money. Starting wars and leaving the tab to the next generation.
All those revolutions that are happening now and revolutions of the past had one goal. To rid themselves of people like Romney and Cheney and Cantor and McConnell and Boehner.
Bring democracy back to America. Get rid of the Republican Party. They are toxic.
This is not hard. This party has returned to the days of stopping people from voting for goodness sakes. Here in the 21st Century.
Don't allow yourselves to be used yet again by these rich SOBs.
Mitt Romney, Dick Cheney, fundraiser, private residence on a golf course, rich people enjoying their lives...
It's enough to make a liberal's head spinnn ouuut of controllll !!!!!!
Who is the one person under whos direction we have hunted down and killed terrorist? Damn sure not Cheney or Romney! No it was our present commander in chief President Obama.If that jerkoff Cheney was still in office we'd still be looking for WMD and Bin Laden would be sitting in Pakistan laughing at us so what does that AHO know about dealing with the next 9/11
Wonder if Cheney invited Mr. Romney to go hunting?
Another good reason to reject Romney for President. Cheney would never support someone he couldn't manipulate, or count on for favors.
Yeah, Romney really needs to hang out with Cheney...lol. Ugh.
Marv, that is scary true.
With friends like Dick Cheaty one of the most despised men in the US.....who needs enemies....Obama and anybody in a cakewalk. The only people keeping this race close are the media and their pollsters otherwise what are they going to do for the next 4 months.
Condi Rice is a highly intelligent well respected woman on both sides of the political spectrum and around the world....why on earth would she ruin her reputation by acting as side-kick for Mittens???????
Dick for sale, still worth anything?
Who is the Pimp?
Look like Mitt the liar has come out of the closet and proclaimed for all "four more years".
Reelect
Bush/RomneyHey we have all the old players, what could go wrong?
You Democrats should be more concerned that your man thinks his biggest failure is that he did not tell stories about his vision for America. Is there no one on his staff that vets his comments before he speaks? That is right up there with the idea that the economy is doing fine and we are headed in the right direction. Before you criticize Romney you need to take a good look at your boy. He will have had four years to screw up and put his foot in his mouth. To date he has created an awful lot of ammunition for the RNC. This presidential race is a lot closer than you guys think. Romney has a real chance to take this one. As time goes on his chances for winning just get better.
@hopefulamerican
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You tea bagging, birther, right wing elephant people really need to learn to read
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There's no point in trying to convince them, Zeropointfield. They think Obama is going to have a major win, which is untrue. I also disagree with people that say Romney is going to have a major victory, because he is not. This election, whether conservatives/liberals like it or not, is going to be VERY close.
Wow, makes one wonder if there are any grownups in the Romney campaign?
This ill-conceived association with Cheney will cost Romney more votes of Independent voters than he could possibly influence to vote for him with 10 times the amount of money raised from this fundraiser.
Boneheaded move. Get in bed with one of the world's most despised persons. Wow, just breathtaking stupidity. Just when you think you've seen it all .....
@RP
As soon as your beloved elephant people try to make the country default again, you crazies are sunk
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Rational people read this in the terms of narrative. Only Obama-bashers read this as telling lies.
I agree Random. Believe me I have tried. Democrats actually think this is going to be landslide win for Obama. Whoever wins this thing will do so by a very close margin.
Romney hangs with the War Criminal?
Come on Mittens, you can do better....maybe you should hang with Cheneys Daughter and her new wife....
When Romney does go on stage, he will be carrying the burden of the Bush/Cheney legacy to overcome. Romney appears at Cheney's home for fundraiser and it is quite evident Cheney is calling shots on repub/Romney foreign policy. Numerous repubs that were on Bush/Cheney team are now working for or lined up on his team to be calling the same failed plans they did for Bush Cheney era. Why would America vote for Bush Cheney Romney again after they killed thousands of our soldiers because they lied? Why would Americans vote for Bush/Cheney/Romney again after they crashed the economy?
Bush/Cheney/Romney for a worse tomorrow today.
Save the country from Bush/Cheney/Romney and vote for.......President Obama/Biden 2012
This is just too good to be true! Draft-dodger Cheney chooses flip-flopper draft-dodger Willard as the best choice for CinC when "something bad" happens! You can't make this sh!t up!!
If there was a significant political price to be paid by Romney in this thing do you actually believe he would have allowed it to happen? You guys really overestimate the negative effect this thing will have. Only the hardcore liberal would be offended. Conservative leaning independents and republicans are not bothered in the slightest. Romney is not trying to get your vote. He is trying to get mine. He will succeed.
After all the damage being done with the Bain Revelation lies from Romney, think Cheney wants that money back? Oh no....all they have left is...Ronny Paul.......! So funny.
Obama's socialist views and relegation of Americans to "B" status is ending. As and independent I despise both Romney and Obama alike.
What I despise more is when our current President is a pandering socialist and literally driving America into debt. He is bringing down all class of Americans. The rich, the poor, the middle class and the corporations are all taking a hit from these socialist policies.
More camera's on corners, more facebook spying, more drones, more smart phone data request, more taxes, fees and fines, more jails...and FORCED HEALTH CARE THAT IS POOR AND SUB-PAR and now a taxable item taken right out of everyone PAYCHECK.. this is what entitled socialism brings you when government is to big. You will have NO money for anything, let alone to get upwardly mobile. Oh and don't forget your mind numbing infotainment channels like FOX, MSNBC and CNN et-al.
Google execs and movie stars alike with lots of cash are denouncing their citizenship's JUST TO EVADE TAXES. These are ALL die hard liberals...the ones who rape the people through robin hood politics. You know, like Wesley Snipes and the list goes on.
You know whats going to save America??? it is NOT Mitt or Barack. It is the American people gaining integrity and honor and going back to WORK. Every American is on notice ..WORK HARDER, STAND STRONG, INVENT and CREATE a NEW America and step on the tyrannical government while you are at it. HARD WORK means at everything you do and not just A JOB. Hard work means having the integrity to see it through and to not stop at "work just being a paycheck".
Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither.
VOTE - NONE OF THE ABOVE
Not only did Cheney swindle $4M from fundraisers, he did the same thing to the Pentagon at the tune of over $20B that they couldn't account for after they miserably failed an audit not too long ago! The only time we want to see this thief again is when he is wheeled in to a Federal Courthouse (with oxygen tank) facing War Crimes! He makes Bernie Madoff look like a saint!
Now that the Bush/Cheney years are brought back to memory thanks to Dick Cheney...
It started with the dot.com recession and ended with the Great Recession, with a lot of crap in-between. Bush ended those two hideous terms with only a 22% approval rating, and Cheney all the way down at 13% approval rating.
Romney is already going down for a KO. False SEC filings would be a felony, and his spin that he took on the liability of being the sole stock holder, CEO, and president--as well as pay (six figures + TBD)--for three years after 1999 will only force him to release tax returns all the way back to that time. Regardless the "pioneering of outsourcing American jobs" is now being documented before 1999. In addition to video, there is testimony, some in which Romney says he continued to work at Bain "part time" and others where he says he only took a "leave of absence" while helping with the 2002 Olympics.
I don't know why news media investigation isn't focusing more on how all this further complicates Romney's claim he was living in Park City, Utah "full-time" yet simultaneously claimed residency in Massachusetts to be eligible to run for governor.
So then if he was Utah "full time" does that mean his eligibility should be revoked? Oh the webs we weave...
As for a VP pick, now anyone willing to run on a ticket with Romney would have to be insane. Condi Rice in particular has repeatedly made it clear she is not interested, from the WSJ:
Her weaknesses:
And we come full circle to the yeas of Mr. Bush. Stay tuned...we will take a trip down memory lane about the dark, terrible Lost Decade for the US that was the Bush/Cheney administration. We won't go back! Romney -- the Bush Sequel on Steroids.
Cheney helped Mitt get $4 million?
Just the mention of his name sends tens of millions to Obama's campaign.
Thanks Dick.
Ahhh... Cheney, so good to see that you used taxpayer money (obtained from the vast military contracts in the illegal war), to help mittens out.
The Crown Prince needs all the help he can get.
I think 'The Dick' probably coughed up the entire $4 million himself, just to ensure he got a fawning gaggle of butt-kissin' visitors way out there in the Wyoming boondocks, who would at least pretend that he is still relevant. And then he kept on coughing, and coughing...
Cheney made more than that while he was VP and still getting paid by Haliburton at the same time he was giving no bid contracts worth billions to Haliburton.
Cheney say's if it comes down to a fight Romney's the one he'd want at the helm. Why in the world would you want someone of draft age who took 3 educational deferments and a Mormon missionary trip for 1 1/2 years in Paris to avoid the draft during the height of the Vietnam war? I'd imagine Romney's wife has a bigger pair than he has.
Random pennsylvanian " This election, whether conservatives/liberals like it or not, is going to be VERY close."
Agreed - Here is the latest from Rasmussen, the most accurate pollster over the last two presidential elections – this is among 'Likely Voters', which is much more accurate than polls of 'Registered Voters' since polls of Registered Voters typically overstate the Democrat by about 4% compared with actual results (Republicans are more likely to vote);
Electoral Votes for Obama (strong + leaners) = 246
Electoral Votes for Romney (strong + leaners) = 192
There are 7 'Battleground States' – CO, FL, IA, NC, OH, VA, WI. In those states, Romney has a slight lead in FL, IA, NC, OH and WI, with 78 Electoral Votes which would bring him to the magic number of 270 Electoral Votes to win. In the other two states of CO and VA, with 22 Electoral Votes, the candidates are exactly tied among Likely Voters.
One other point worth mentioning is that 'Undecided Voters' typically go to the challenger (Romney in this case) by anywhere from 60% to 90%, and with about 8% in the 'Undecided' column, Romney has a distinct advantage at this time – the 'best guess' at this time is Romney with 292 Electoral Votes to 246 for Obama. But of course the election is months away, and anything could happen. The link is as follows;
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/2012_electoral_college_scoreboard
Experience counts. We have all experienced nearly 4 years of the 0 in office. The Department of Injustice. The thinking ones among us are ready for some business management / LEADERSHIP experience. That is spelled M I T T R O M N E Y. When it comes to getting a business out of bankruptcy (such as our country is in currently) do you want a community organizer whose entire life experience has been devoted to draining the pubic taxpayer funds???? Or do you want someone with 25+ years experience turning around failed businesses to make them once again profitable. That's what I want. I want to see the United States rise again to the envious position of leader of the world - in success, in profitability, in numbers of successful entrepreneurs, in setting an example the world looks up to. With the level of success demonstrated by Romney in exactly what threatens this country most, a person would have to be stupid not to accept the offer of help to fix the damages incurred by the current intern's administration. Nobody with half a brain puts an intern into the CEO's job.
While I believe West would make a great VP, he does have the military experience many desire, and he's a great American, Rice would be fine, too. No doubt, Mitt will make a great choice. Hope it's not Rubio as the Natural Born Citizen requirement remains an unanswered question. Romney 2012
No sh!t Sherlock! Just ask your hunting partner! Douchebag.
Next he'll be telling us that if we lower taxes on the wealthy they'll create jobs. Bush did that and handed out free cash from the American taxpayers to reward extremely bad behavior of banks and corporations, socializing our Capitalist system, but where are the jobs? By the way Dick, where are those weapons of mass destruction? Didja find them yet? No? Well keep lookin' DICK!!
The comments about 'no bid contracts' is really getting old. Anyone making that charge obviously knows nothing about contracts. I am a retired contracting officer. For about ten (10) years, better than half the contracts I wrote and negotiated were 'sole source' contracts. The uninformed sometimes call them 'no bid'. Anyone who has ever done a sole source knows there is a lot more work involved justifying the price when no competition was held. BTW, for every sole source contract, there is an advertisement in Commerce Business Daily. That ad tells all that anyone who can offer is open to submit an offer. The reasons for a sole source are few. No competitive technical data package is frequent. Or, their has been a lot of investment made under the current or past contract that would have to be REDONE by a new contractor. That's money out of your pocket. Analysis done as to recoupment cost. A thorough contracting officer, with assistance from all areas of expertise involved makes the decision and DOCUMENTS IT.
justoneguy
if children have access to this site, they have access to other sites. So GT's icon should be the least of your worries.
Who cares how much Romney raised thanks to Cheney, he is still running against Obama, the man who saved the world from a depression. Which would seem to explain a lot, Obama was too busy saving the world from a depression then to help the United States. At least we now know why the stimulus failed here, Obama was spending the money to keep the rest of the world out of a depression.
Hillary Clinton accused Obama of lying about her during the last campaign. Obama continues to lie about Bain Capital. The Obama campaign accuses Romney of committing a felony. The Obama campaign claims he saved the world from a depression. It would appear the old adage of once a liar always a liar is true.
If Obama had a record to run on, he would. When you have no record to run on, take a page from the Obama campaign and just make things up. After all you can fool an Obama supporter all the time, but luckily the rest of the country is not as gullible.
This election is going to be to close to call. In this election cycle people have already have made up their minds. The real election is going to be in the house and Senate. the biggest problem is the house with a 9% favorable they all have to go. We need people from both sides to work together. With the tone of the rightwing with its our way or no way is going to bring America down to its knees.
DICK Cheney is the devil incarnate. If I were Mittens, I would stay far, far away from DICK. Yet another reason to keep President Obama in office. Cheney is evil and from what I am hearing and seeing, Mitt is just as bad. god help us.
DICK Cheney is the devil incarnate. If I were Mittens, I would stay far, far away from DICK. Yet another reason to keep President Obama in office. Cheney is evil and from what I am hearing and seeing, Mitt is just as bad. god help us.
Not as long as we keep YOU and your cronies OUT of office!
Obama/Biden 2012
LOL - Quite a diverse crowd there on the golf course, eh? I wonder if Mittens brought his posse along to this one?
Where is your evidence that this is true?
Bush/Cheney/Romney for a worse tomorrow, today.
Bwhahaha....Good one!
Happy Friday :)
Mitt should pick Dick " the Waterboarder" Cheney . I heard that Cheney now has a heart, for the first time in his life!! LOL!!
Dick Cheney famously said "Deficits Don't Matter". Now, all of a sudden, every Republican has woken from their slumber to scream "Deficits DO MATTER!! OMG lower the deficit, lower the deficit!!!!".
The Dickster goes ALL OUT for Bishop Willard and nets him $4mill............
Obama speaks 1 paragraph and it nets Bishop Willard $70 mill......
now ask yourself...
Who should Willard be more indebted to ?
..and who will he BAD MOUTH MORE?
When you give the RICH MORE MONEY
they disdain you & bad mouth you & turn their back on you....
which is the sole reason Bishop Willard should never be considered PRESIDENTIAL material...
once the middle class bank accounts are emptied by Bishop Willard's tax increases...
he'll turn his back on us and walk away.....
he says he wants us to LIKE HIM enough to vote for him...
but once that is accomplished , he will toss us under the VIP BUS ....
like Ann's "Nail Lady"
Not all conservatives believe the same things. I have never agreed with the notion that deficits don't matter. Cheney was wrong then. So what. He is not running for president. What is needed now is for someone to realize that our deficits today will absolutely ruin this country. Since Romney believes this as well he gets my vote.
Hey zeropoints,
Sniff, sniff......your waffle is burning and you might give your etch a sketch a shake.
BTW, maybe Cheney the war criminal is not running for office but ALL his cronies are.
Because, if he does release them, they will PROVE that he was working at and for Bain Capital after 1999, when he said he quit to run the Olympics.
Because it proves he was directly responsible for OUTSOURCING AMERICAN JOBS from his Vulture Capital activities.
All the money Cheney can raise for him will not undue those facts!
Obama Wins! Romney Loses!
This President has been the THE MOST obstructed President in the history of America! With that said, he has guided our Country away from the CLIFF / ABYSS the rightwing/teabag rethugs had us racing twords. If the American electorate is so DUMB DOWN as to vote for this right wing CLOWN "mittiens" we will surely DESERVE all the economic, social, and racial pain we will surely receive!!
Darth Vader, ur uh Dick Cheney... Obi-Wan: He's more machine now than man.
Smitty-4183671 --By the time Romney's business dealings are exposed and he is trapped in his lies, topped off by the debates with the nation paying attention to these revelations, the election will be like John Kerry, with Romney on the losing end.
Like Kerry, Mitt's negatives will have at least, if not more consequences than Kerry being Swift-boated, along with failure to make a compelling enough case to persuade voters to support him. The only saving grace for Romney is the economy and voter suppression (sad), and if the president and Dems do a good job getting their message out and overcoming Teapublican shenanigans, Romney may lose by even more.
With that said, progressives -- get out the vote, take three friends, and make sure to check what is required to vote in advance of going to the polls. Say NO to the GOP/Bush-era policies that got us into this mess in the first place. Obama/Biden - 2012!
An excerpt from Rachel Maddow about Cheney's fundraiser...
So no comments on the deficit? I assume all democrats believe that continuing to borrow 40 cents of every dollar makes good economic sense? No comments on the absolute need to reduce the size and scope of federal government. Nothing about spending only what revenue we bring in. Thought so! If Obama wins a second term you all will get the president you deserve.
Cheney heart pumps oil to lubricate Romney's flip flopping !!!
George W. Bush, "Mitt" Romney, and Dick Cheney:
See no evil, Hear no evil, and Evil.
(Borrowed from Bob Dole, a Republican with a keen sense of humor.)
HEADLINES!!
"Ramenie signs pact with devil!! Country Yawns!!"
In the event of another 9/11, Romney is the last person that Americans would want at the helm.
Similar to Cheney, Romney's first concern would be how big the profits would be from a war.
The last concern on Mitt's mind would be the needless soldiers that would be lost, the collateral damage and the security of the country. At Bain, Romney's callous behavior toward workers, speaks volumes about the complete lack of concern that he has for "the little people."
In the article's photo, the 1%ers do not look like the folks shopping at the Supermarkets and the discount malls.
Under Romney, economically politically and socially our citizens will be further oppressed.
Our middle class and poor will fall like flies.
Romney is worth at least 250 million dollars. Yet, he does not pay his fair of taxes.
Mitt has not earned the U.S. presidency.
Obama/Biden 2012!
Marlene Hessler, Please tell us what happened to the 500,000 sheets of plywood that were suppose to be delivered to Iraq for rebuilding? The Taliban didn't take them! Any suggestions? Or, how about some more honest stories about the no-bid contractors!
Roy Wilson...you believe what you want but polls and especially Rasmussan Polls are paid for by someone and in each instance the first question that is asked of the customer is "what result do you want" so no matter who paid for that poll it delivered the requested result (or it would not have been published or it would have been redone)..if it was paid for by the media.....the result was a close election so that we can continue to make headlines out of it.....if it was paid for by the GOP its a close result so that the base does not become completely disinterested in the election and if it is the DNC it is a close result because they do not want the voters to get complacent. In any case the requested result is achieved by the pollster but there is only one poll that is of any relevance and that occurs in Nov.
I suggest if you are a betting man you put your money on a landslide to Obama/Biden of even bigger proportions than the defeat of Crash McCain and Crazy Sarah. I am not a betting man myself so I will just sit back and wait for the real game to be played and not listen to all the "sportscasters" tout their opinions, the stats, the injury lists, the percentages etc and when they count up the score at the final whistle that will be the score and all the BS before.... will be just that.
Why does Dick Cheney's praise just make me want to vote against Romney even more?
Its likely that you are educated and wonder if Mitt is and really capable of making good decisions such as acknowledging a former VP who clearly is a ...
Nathan-1680585
Because you are a non-thinking Liberal HATER Nathan. Look in a mirror. Cheney and Jimmy Carter are LOOKING GOOD right now next to epic fail Obama. You toast in November.
No matter how much Obama fails, he could never fail as epically as Bush.
justoneguy
Take your handle to heart, cos it's true.
Really? Who is he going to toast? - Oh, that's right - the re-election of President Obama! =)
From your simplistic thinking and obvious lack of understanding of politics or economics, I would say that YOU are the HATER, "justoneguy". You should dig out your high school grammar book and try again - really!
Republicans are the haters? I still remember the article about Dick Cheney getting his heart transplant. When I looked at the comments below the article, there were many Liberals who said that they wished Dick Cheney would die during his heart transplant. So tell me, who are the real Haters? Even though Obama is a terrible president, I would never wish he would die during surgery. Liberals accuse Republicans of being haters, yet they are blind of seeing their own hatred.
Seattle Architect
No actually "Mr. Intellect" I purposefully phrased it the way I did. Now, again - who taught you that those who disagree with you "don't understand"? Yo mama?? cheers Mr. Loser.....
@just1guy
Carter wasnt a pathilogical liar
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Romney is nothing but a strawman for Rove, Norguist, and Cheney.
Norquist said all they needed was someone to sign documents for them. During a meet and greet with Larry , Moe, and Curley, Romney was asked by Norquist, "Strawman, what would you do if you had a brain?' Willard the strawman broke out in song, " Why if I had a brain I could...I could while away the hours, conferring with the flowers consulting with the rain. And my head I'd be a-scratchin', while my thoughts were busy hatchin' if I only had a brain.
Random Pennsylvanian - Maybe it was one of the Parents of a soldier killed in Iraq, sent there by 3 devils, to a war that was an out right lie!!
Make excuses for them? Who are you?
Is it possible -- I don't see how -- that neither Cheney, himself, Mitt Romney, nor Random Pennsylvanian have any idea how Dick Cheney completely destroyed the greatest nation in the history of the world, through his pure evil? It will take good men (and there are none in politics, currently) many generations to pick up the pieces. And this, from a former Republican, whose father and grandfather were also Republicans.
@Random pennsylvanian
I'll happily take that hater label hit.
Yes, I wish that amoral Dick Cheney would have died of natural causes before marching us into a trillion dollar war built on lies that killed thousands of American Service Members.
I wish somebody worthy had received the life giving donor heart instead of him.
Hate is sacrificing the lives of thousands of American Soldiers to kill the people living on the piece of real estate that you want....and lying to the American People about why it's "totally necessary".
For the record, I would never physically harm that old geezer. But I'd gladly supply him with bacon and cigarettes.
Dick Cheney is an American Hero. Thanks for helping Mitt raise 4 million Dick.
Obama is nothing short of a trader. He is single handedly destroying the American Dream and must be stopped in November.
Our great nation will not survive another 4 years of Obama.
Obama spent 29 Billion dollars of tax payer money shipping jobs overseas.
Wow - keepin' it real, eh, justoneguy? FYI - Those wealthy Repubs really despise it when loud, hapless folks like yourself work so darned hard to define the true character and intellect of the party's base.
Excellent Starsailing.
But now I have to clean the coffee off my monitor.
@ Rob in Mass ; Obama is a trader ? Really ? Is your grammar and spelling really that poor ? And Obama single handedly destroyed the economy ? You are just amazing ! Thanks for your contribution...NOT !
Dick Cheney is an american hero ? To Halliburton shareholders, no doubt. He is a disgrace to me and a lot of people who love this country.
Turn off Fox news and go back to school, it might not be too late.
Who cares what liberals think about Cheney, all ancient history anyway. Liberals have more important things to worry about, like current VP middle class Joe claiming Obama saved the world from a depression. Or the Obama campaign accusing Romney of committing a felony. How soon liberals forget that cheating on your taxes is a felony, and Obama hired such a person to be the nations Treasury Secretary. Liberals don't seem to realize the fodder they are handing to Republicans, as Romney will not roll over and take like McCain did. Come this fall when the real vetting of Obama takes place, the race that is now a dead heat will swing decidedly in Romney's favor. A sitting president in a dead heat at this point is really pathetic.
Mitt wanting Condi Rice as a VP is a cynical attempt at getting some more women and minority votes. Condi is a very smart woman, she doesn't want anything to do with that fake.
You mean "mushroom cloud" and "smoking gun" Condi Rice? No thanks....
I wonder if Dick explained his "deficits don't matter" theory to Willard? As for Condi, I believe she's pro-choice, so the radical extremists that have been wooed so touchingly would pitch a fit.
Exactly - thank you.
On the face of it, I would agree with you that wishing ill of anyone is not a good idea - and I think that you would find - generally speaking - that those on the Left tend to be more caring. However - that said - Dick Cheney is a special case and the hatred espoused for him is not surprising. Leaving the White House with a 13% acceptance rating - an endorsement from Cheney - while great from a financial standpoint - does little more than confirm that Mitt Romney is in bed with people no better than the devil himself (well represented by the aforementioned Vice President).
Perhaps you would not wish Obama dead - but there are many on the Right who have made very vile statements and expressions over the last three years. From keeping the insipid "Birther" issue alive - to continuing to insinuate that he is a Muslim - to placing effigies of the President in a rolling outhouse in a parade of a mid west American city - to thousands and thousands of violent insinuations by members of this very site - to say that the Right has not fomented hatred against the President is - at the very least - ripe.
I would love to see that ticket - the woman who handed (or was involved with/responsible for issues involved in) GW Bush the Daily Briefing entitle "Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside the US" - running with Mitt.
Romney-Rice = Rice-A-Rony: Neither is good for you (or the country).
Wow. Just, well - wow. Were you born in 2008? Dick Cheney is a criminal. THAT is one thing I disagree with Obama on: The GW Bush Administration should have been investigated from top to bottom for criminal wrongdoing.
I was unaware that the President worked on Wall Street! I think you need to go back to junior high English....
Ok - I think Rob in MASS is a TROLL. These are GOP talking points. Tell us, "Rob" - how EXACTLY did the President spend $29 billion "...of tax payer money shipping jobs overseas"? Tell us EXACTLY how THAT happened. You cannot - because it did not.
Do your brain (what little of it is there) a favor - stop watching Fox News.
No - there you're wrong. 2000-2008 is still very fresh in people's minds. Perhaps you're referring to
- The stolen Presidential Election of 2000 - Jeb Bush, missing ballots, and the Sec. of State who was the Bush Campaign Chair in FL - as ancient history?
- Or was it Karl Rove...and his bag of dirty tricks?
- Or was it Dick Cheney and his secret-fracking-policy, water-boarding, face-shooting, etc - habits?
- Oh no - wait...Speaker Hastert?
- Or "The Hammer" Tom Delay?
- Or their friend Mr. Abramson?
- Or was it Don Rumsfeld who "...does not know what we don't know that we should know..."
- Oh no, no, no wait! That anti-gay Congressman from ID: Who tries picking up guys in the airport bathroom?
- Or the anti-gay Congressman from FL who goes after all the 15 year old male Congressional Pages?
- Or the anti-gay GOP Chairman -- who - oh my.... turn out to be GAY HIMSELF??
No? None of those?
- Perhaps you meant GW Bush himself - and his checkered history of cocaine use and draft dodging?
- Or his daddy - or the other GOP'ers in the Carlyle Group - who earned hundreds of millions from Iraq?
- Or was it Blackwater and their "we-don't-need-no-stinking-bids" contracting?
- Or the oil companies who pushed a pipeline through Afghanistan (and then blew up the Gulf Mexico)?
- Or Tora-Bora - no, we can leave it to the war lords to get their leader, Mr. Bin Laden (himself a friend of the Bush family)?
- Or GW's "...you know, I really don't spend too much time worrying about where Bin Laden is...."?
- Oh! Wait! You mean the Wall Street banks, and the energy interests which got their markets deregulated during the 2000's -- causing a freight train accident in 2008!
Are those what you were referring to as ancient history?
Sorry - he did. When the GOP said - "let it all go under" - he want the other way and the economy, while not great, is still alive. In 2008, the economy of the US had - what is best described as - a stroke. Obama is the ER doctor who saved the patient's life. Try reading the Economist sometime...
Sorry - lying on an SEC filing IS a felony. If Romney was not in charge of his company after 1999 as he claimed, then the 12 different SEC filings list him as CED of Bain Capital - are felony offenses.
Learn the law, numb-nuts.
Here I would actually agree with you. I don't like having Wall Street thugs running Treasury - or the roll that Federal Reserve has taken over the last 15-20 years. But - that said - it is MONEY that runs EVERYTHING country...including politics:
And that is due to the $800 million that the GOP and their little friends are spending to BUY THE PRESIDENCY. Funny thing about Americans though - is that (hopefully) they'll be able to see through it - and will make a decent decision in spite of it.
Mitt Romney is a super-wealthy HACK - who developed most of his wealth on VULTURE CAPITALISM.
Starsailing
You seem to really enjoy spewing the same crap about a "strawman" in your posts. In fact, you're just copying and pasting from your other posts...or maybe someone else's. Did you just learn what a "strawman" is and now you're trying to prove some deep intellectual knowledge of political structuring? Strawman? That's pretty funny. Who do you think pulls baracks strings Michelle? You've obviously got a lot to learn about politics in this country if you 1) claim that any president or candidate is a strawman for anyone and then act like it's news, and 2) If you think baracks got this thing in the bag. barack's got nothing at all to brag about or run on...nothing, as in nothing.
I am so going to enjoy the tearfest when your piece of garbage president is forced out this November. But don't worry, there's several places in this world that you and those like you can move to and call home. I'm quite sure France will be a much happier place for you to live. Why the hell do you guys want to change this country so much when their are others that fit right into what you would prefer. High tax mediocrity for all until the country goes belly up.
Hey baracks executive order yesterday just made it where you don't even have to try and find work to receive welfare. Yeah buddy, Marxist socialism at it's finest...you guys are such suckers.
All of you like Jimmy sure are scared of Cheney aren't you. You're giving a lot of time and energy to someone that you marginalize so much. If you hate him and the Bush administration for the wars why don't you hate barack for not keeping his word and shutting them down in his first yeat? Hmmm? What's that? It sounds like barack is a blatant liar and deceived you sheep with just another piece of his typical gibberish. Tell me why you put him on a pedestal for continuing the wars. What's going on in Afghanistan? Yeah I know he stated a withdraw date, four years and multiple lives after he said he would, but didn't he sign something to do with closing Gitmo during his first year too?
Shhhhhiiiiiit! Your Marxist anti republic waste of oxygen president has lied to you more than Bush could have ever dreamed of. He's the pied piper leading the foolish rats out of liberty and into the swamps. barack is the ultimate flip-flopper. More changes and lies from him than possibly comprehensible. The biggest mystery is how so many of you sheep keep swallowing what the anti-christ keeps feeding you.
I see Seattle Architect is still spewing the liberal talking points. After giving us Al Gore and John Kerry you would have thought the Democratic Party might have offered a candidate that was up for the job, but the best you could come up with was a non-tenured law professor community organizer with no executive experience. It shows. Obama has been an unmitigated disaster for this country, and despite the liberal blame game he has failed. Not someone else, but Obama has failed. We needed a leader, we got a divider. We needed problems solved, we got endless excuses and blame. A catchy campaign slogan and the ability to read a speech was all Obama had to offer, and the country has paid a very heavy price. History is going to treat Obama very harshly, and it will be well deserved.
I think all politicians are pitching for a variety of people - however the GOP pushes more to one side for the interests of the wealthy and corporations than they do for any other group - even when it's to the detriment of the entire country.
So, "Rightwingwac" - ARE YOU INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY?
For your sake, and your family's sake, I hope so. If Mitt Romney ends up winning, you'll be joining the rest of the "ordinary Americans" in what is left of the country. If you're NOT independently wealthy - then you either delusional, or a low-level-under-educated-GOPPER - one who fails to realize that the party he serves in no manner cares about what happens to him (or his family - or his community) either.
My, my - talk about "haters" - you seem quite full of it yourself. There is just one little fact you've failed to remember - and that is this: YOU don't own this country - neither do the wealthy or the GOP (or the Democrats for that matter). It belongs to all of us. So, rather than suggest WE leave - why don't YOU leave - and go live in Russia where the ultra-wealthy do whatever they wish - and a strongman sits at the top. YOU'LL feel right at home, there - I assure you!
Well good! I'm glad you have no interest in receiving any assistance from the government yourself. I assume that you'll be renouncing Social Security payments and Medicare payments when the times comes then? WELL? (I smell a hypocrite....)
Wow - you really are foaming at the mouth. You know, they make medication you can take for that now - it would probably help your outlook quite a bit. Oh, but wait - that's right - YOU don't have any medical insurance now - do you?
Wow. You guys are both either GOP-TROLLS (what I suspect) or poorly educated people who have no sense of history - or reality for that matter.
I could sit here and defend the fellow who was the editor of the Harvard Law Review, who was raised by a single mother, and still rose on the merits of his own ability - or the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who brought the critical issue of Climate Change to the masses - or even the guy who won a Bronze Star, a Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts in Vietnam - then went on to the ivy league ... but that would take too much time - and I would probably lose your attention (I know it's hard to follow such things).
So - what have YOU accomplished in YOUR life? Me? I've gone to school, obtained multiple post graduate degrees, have taught at that level, have had my own firm and been in practice with others, raised a healthy happy family - now themselves happy professionals - and have been married longer (probably) than you have been on this earth. I'm at the end of my life - but I'm happy and satisfied with what I've accomplished.
You, on the other hand, appear to be someone who thinks very little for himself - or of himself - when you spew all the GOP talking points and tear others down. Very impressive.
On the other hand, if you're just a sad little GOP TROLL - then I guess you're doing pretty well for yourself - I mean, you managed to get out a whole paragraph - of sorts - almost in readable form! You should be proud of yourself, print this out and give it to your mother so she can pin to your refrigerator!
Wow!
I'd vote for my dog before ever voting for Obozo. He's much more competent.
so your saying your dog is smarty than you
I'd vote for my dog before ever voting for Obozo. He's much more competent.
Then you go right ahead and vote for your doggie there, slingblade. It's just one less vote for NitMitt.. LOL!
Obama/Biden 2012
for your dog's sake, don't expose him to this crowd...his flanks become filets at hussein obama's next fundraiser.
"I'd vote for my dog before ever voting for Obozo."
Listen to Greenbear, don't let your dog hang around Obama, unless you want him/her to turn into Chicken and Poodle Soup or German Shepard's Pie.
Some folks called it a sling blade, I called it a kaiser blade. mmmmhmmm
@Laker Steve
The elephant people dont like beastiality
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RabbitTrick
Some folks called it a sling blade, I called it a kaiser blade. mmmmhmmm
LMAO
You would vote for your dog? Is it a female one?
I thought Palin and Bachman were out.
But you can write them bitc--es in
Laker Steve........Well I guess that explains Bush.
@Random Penn, Romneys always talking thata kick in the ribs, a kick in the stomach. Well I can't wait til Nov. so I can give him and you a well deserved Kick in the AZZ.
When liberals could have handed the country a candidate up for the job, they gave us Obama instead. A community organizer with no qualifications for the job of president, and the country has paid a very heavy price for electing Obama. Seems unlikely that a dog would be as adept at destroying a nation as Obama has done.
I still say you should be given an intelligent test in order to vote. Especially if you are willing to waste your vote on a dog. I bet it took you a week to come up with this omment.
More liberal hypocrisy. This guy says you should be given an intelligence test in order to be able to vote, but require an ID and that is voter oppression.
Why do so many of you libs like GT constantly "LOL" after lines in your posts. Are you laughing at yourselves? Do you find humor in what you're stating to the point that you have to bring attention to the fact that you think you're funny? Are you trying to instruct others to laugh at that point? Are you so insecure and pathetically incapable of articulating things in print that you have to use a cheesy tag to get your point across? Boy you guys sure are funny, just ask yourselves and you'll tell you.
Talk about lame. Although I do agree with you that everything you write is funny in a pathetic, uninformed, misguided, gullible, sheepish, talking point, parrot, foolish and quite frankly sad kind of way. I don't think anyone in the history of this vine has actually rolled on the floor laughing after reading one of your brilliantly expressed posts.
I would love one of you liberal political geniuses to give some reasons why your lying messiah is your messiah instead of just the constant display of kindergarten intellect that most of you seem to have a great knack for.
Actually we're laughing at the desperation you on the right seem to be having. All the stuff coming out about Romney and you can't even defend it. But I don't believe Obama's birth certificate, he's a secret muslim, he's not really black......blah blah blah. LOL.
P.S. Obama isn't my massiah he's just the better man and a better president then Willard would be.
Bush cassidy and the scarecrow kid
Obama was a child during Vietnam. Anyone comparing someone who chooses not to enlist in a peacetime military with a draft dodger is pretty desperate.
Okay Larry but how about someone who despises everything that anyone fought for in this country. barack is anti-republic by his own words, the constitution is an obstacle in his quest for "fundamentally changing this country". This country needs to grow and adapt it does not need fundamental change.
So I'll step in and just compare barack to the more than 1 million men and women killed defending or upholding the values of our constitution. On one hand you have men and women who went to battle, whether for or against their will, and laid down their lives for an American directive/cause. Even when questioning their purpose they still did the job. Then on the other hand you have barack hussein obama who in his own expressed beliefs would like to marginalize the power, the strength, and the importance of this country in the world. He'd like other countries to have a say in what we do and for Gods sake it may be redundant, but any president that apologizes on the basis of "arrogance" to other nations that we spilled blood to protect should be tried for treason.
There is no comparison between barack and anyone who has gone to war or held that postition before him. Carter was a lousy president but had a great love for the country, FDR had a failed big government plan but would lay it on the line to protect it. barack is a fraud, liar, Marxist, he's a smug arrogant bastard that has by his own admittance, no use for "the traditional American way". So in other words there is no real comparison between barack and anything patriotic, the two words are more or less antonyms. It's way past due to change out the residence of the White House.
Oh by the way, I'm assuming by "draft dodger" that you mean everyone who attended college and didn't get drafted into the cluster fu#$ war? Pretty insulting to a lot of people don't you think?
rightwing,
go right ahead and feel insulted
signed
veteran
Rightwingwac: Link it. You teabaggers distort everything Obama says. Not agreeing with the republican agenda of fuk the world lets invade another one doesn't disrespect the military it advocates having a military for it's stated purpose, to defend this country not the worlds policemen. The president stating we regret the loss of life for an incident where an allies soldiers were killed isn't an apology it's the truth and any president would have done the same. Nice to twist everything Obama does. Why would we not be sorry an allies troops were killed?
I wonder if Cheney and Romney discussed each others tactics they used to secure military draft deferments when American needed "MEN" to fight the Viet Nam War.....
Leroy - I believe they followed the tactics of Joe Biden. You do know that Joe Biden had 5 deferments and when they ran out he got himself reclassified as 4F. Further Obama could have joined the military but chose not to so what's the big deal?
Those of you from the left wasn't going to vote for Romney anyway so making you snide remarks does nothing but show your pathetic child like behavior.
draft dodger
VP Biden's son is serving.
elvis - I agree Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself.
dls - Maybe Biden's son is trying to make up for his father's failures.
your going to make his head explode dls
And where was Dick Head Cheney During THE VIETNAM WAR HIDING IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
MITTENS talks tough on Iran I don't see any of his kids in the Military Or maybe The little wimps are being protected by the CULT OF MORMON LIKE THEIR OLD MAN WAS
Cheney blasts Obama as a weak president unwilling to follow Bush's interventionist policies. So they want a strong president like Romney, the same Romney that got 3 draft deferments for school and spent 1 1/2 years on a Mormon sabbatical in Paris to avoid the draft during the heart of the Vietnam war. I'm sure if elected he'll prove his manhood by sending the troops in somewhere while he remains safely in the oval office.
Amen to that! He would love to war profiteer off the backs of American youth. Guy is despicable...
Obama 2012!
...and where now was Obama during the Vietnam war? Maybe you better drop this hot potato before that question gets answered. lol
hahahaha
Obama was 14 when the war ended.
DOH!
hahaha the tea party never think..thats why i laugh before and yes i wil laugh again.cul they think Obama was 18 at the time
Yes justoneguy, Obama dodged a draft when he was 14, He is so bad , you are joke. lol
and where now was Obama during the Vietnam war? Maybe you better drop this hot potato before that question gets answered. lol
Obama was born in 1961, meaning he was only 14 years old when the war ended.
BUSTED!
@justoneguy
Thank you for perfectly encapsulating the window licking idiocy of TeaBagger Nation in just one post nimrod.
Don't forget how tough Romney was when he and his gang of thugs held down that kid and Romney cut the kids hair off. Big tough Mittster picks on a kid because he did not like kids hair. Why no jail term for assault?...oh yeah...his daddy was a politician.
Studies show that when certain stimuli are presented to republican/conservatives brains, the part of the brain that reacts is the part of the brain presenting fear.....While same stimuli presented to brains of Demacratic/liberal brains, the part of brain that reacts is the part that presents logic and reasoning.
So repubs.........preach...fear........oooohhhhhh booga boooga.......making repub brains go off fearing...............Danger Will Robinson......... like Pavlov ringinging the dinner saliva bell.
@Justoneguy; I will answer your question about where Obama was during the vietnam war. He was born in 1961. That would make him around 12 when American troops pulled out of vietnam in 1973. So to answer your question, he was either in kindergarden, elementary school or middle school depending on what part of the war you are referring to you stupid @!$%#ing idiot. Romney and Cheney were both old enough for military service during the war, so a better question is where were they at the time?
romney talked about traditional marriage so why is cheney with him when cheney has a gay daughter
Gosh, no followup from justoneguy? Maybe he should show us his birth certificate and diploma before being allowed to spew out more of his mis-edumicated blather.
You guys are all a frickin clown show. You're actually bitching and crying like a bunch of pansy's about something that apparently doesn't matter to any of you at all. If any of this military service crap mattered to any of you, you wouldn't have voted for or support barack. Not only has he not served, he has no family that's served, he never lived through the threat of having to serve, he's a piece of garbage complete p&$$y that barely musters up enough balls to support the military we have now. If he had his druthers he'd just assume dismantle the military.
Yet here all of you tough guys are, in a big pissing match over "Romney's a draft dodger because he got deferments". Who issued the deferments geniuses? If he received a deferment he's not a draft dodger! I swear to God I understand why barack is president if this country is filled with the likes of you libs. The illogical arguments are astounding.
Draft dodger!? Pathetic! As in; you guys are pathetic! Leroy, witchking, dls, elvis, your arguments are astoundingly amateur. "Biden's son is serving", Who gives a Shi$? Again, please, please, pretty frickin please with sugar on top try to just stay consistent on any single point that you libs are so pathetically trying to make. Either it's okay to not serve or it's not? You voted for barack so it must be okay therefor you're points are moot and your credibility gone. If deferment means draft dodger than Biden is a draft dodger and it doesn't matter if his kid serves. But that's moot too because deferment is not draft dodging. You guys need to get a clue and go play in your sandbox.
That's the problem with the way you guys argue and think, it's contagious and simple minded folk start to catch it. Then before you know it half the country has been dumbed down to the point that they vote the biggest fraud in American history into the presidency.
"he's a draft dodger" Make sure you snarl your face and say that with a whinny little girl voice next time you type it.
Americans voting Romney in as POTUS would be like letting a fox into the hen house. This guy is bad news folks. He'll just be another Karl Rove muppet like George W.
Hey Daniel
A better question might be where was Biden, or Clinton, or Harry Reid who criticizes those who didn't serve yet never served himself, how about every libs favorite guy Bill Clinton who actually used favors to avoid the draft and promised favors to keep out of the military altogether but then welched on his promises? Do we need to keep going back over multiple politicians to continue this. Simple question and answer; out of all the presidential candidates over the last 8 years, which ones would most likely take place in a military protest? Kerry, and? Who fits the bill? Come on you can do it? Take a hit, sit back, think about it for a second...who fit's the protest-divide-community organizer bill perfectly? BINGO! You guessed it! barack hussein obama, mmm, mmm, mmm. Enough said!
By the way, your line to justoneguy of "you stupid @!$%#ing idiot." is ridiculously immature and redundant at that. Do you realize that you used two words that represent the same thing in that statement and the best part about it is that the words you used painted a picture and gave an example of someone that would use those words together...get it? That's brilliant! In other words; becuase you were redundant, in the same insult you now are a perfect target or example of what those words represent. A little warning my friend, I was suspended for a month for calling someone a "dingbat". If I were you, I'd expect a little repercussions after that intellectually articulate display of the written word.
RTypo
Why? What will he do that will be so bad?
Were you alive during the Bush administration? You do know that supply side economics coupled with corporate greed brought this country to it's knees during that period right? Romney is just another Bush Jr., a puppet with working digits to operate an ink pen.
I thought the devil was bad ..but we have the super devil..the devils father lives .in America
You mean Darth Vader. Mitt. I am your Father...
yep the super devil
Yeah, actually the spawn of the devil. In fact, if you look closely at the back of barack's neck you'll see "666" tattooed. Good point though elvis.
Obama eats babies and if you look close Romney has a halo.
Thurston: Oh Lovey, it was a wondaful evening.
I love the Gilligan's Island reference. Reminds me of what someone said to me years ago about viewing politics as if it were that same show. I would give credit to whoever said it first, if I knew who that was, but I just want people to know that I don't mean to plagiarize.
Here goes:
The way I see it, President Obama is like the Professor: He is a deep thinker, with well thought out ideas not easily put on a bumper sticker.
Joe Biden is the Skipper (straight talking everyman type).
Mitt Romney is Thurston Howell (self-explanatory).
Mitt Romney's v.p. choice will be...............well, it won't be Ginger because McCain tried that in 08 and it didn't work.
The Professor in 2012!
Dick gave a million, Romney pitched in two and the rest came from the Koch suckers. 4 guys, 4 million. Not bad.
If only i were a poor man...what is poor???
Poor is what you'll be if Romney is elected. Those on the right scream about the 50% who pay no taxes but ignore the fact the only taxes Romney's plan raises is on them. Romney's smart enough to know you can't make money taxing the poor you tax the middle class.
...just in case we ever had any questions about who we are dealing with here.....
Does not matter how much $$ Darth Cheney raises for Mittens...
He is going too lose and most of the Republicans up for re-election are also going too lose..
The democratic voters have awoken and the pillaging by the Republican 1% is ending..
@800#, Quite a few Republicans can read the writing on the wall as well.
Yep Gorilla, Ann Coulter called it, remember? "If you don run, Mitt Romney will be the nominee and we will lose".
if only if i were rich what does that mean so called..I don't know what that means>>can someone tell me I'm Romney
hannity said can you people tell me this can a poor man hire you...or can a rich man hire you both are no.no they cant?ask Romney
Hard to hire someone in the U.S. when your business is now in the Caymans.
Do you think ol' Cheney will be around in 2016 when ol' Mitt makes another run for the White House after losing to President Obama (by a landslide) in 2012?
Bush 43 = Cheney I
Romney = Cheney II the sequel
The new GOP slogan "Mittens and Dick; coming together for a big one!"
I think Dick and Mittens sounds better, But that's just me.
You mean DickMittins?
The Kind of Men who support Flip Flop Romney
1) William Koch, Runs Oxbow Carbon, worth $4 Billion, Donation $2 Million to Romney’s Super PAC,
What He Wants: To pollute for free, Koch’s fortune is tied to some of the nation’s dirtiest industries
2) Harold Simmons (a Swift Boater and corporate raider), Traffics in Toxic Chemicals, worth $9.8 Billion, Donation $800,000 to Romney total giving $16.7 Million, What He Wants: Plans to store radioactive waste in Texas
3) Bob Perry, Owner of Perry Homes, Worth $600 Million, Donation $4 Million to Romney’s Super PAC ,
What He Wants: Tort reform to limit jury awards on homebuilders who do shoddy work
4) Jim Davis, Chairman New Balance Shoes, worth $1.8 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: A lucrative Defense Contract
5) Richard & Bill Marriott, Heir to Marriott Hotel Fortune, Worth $3.3 Billion, Donation $2 Million
to Restore Our Future, What He Wants: A legal pool of foreign born workers to work in their hotels at slave labor rates Romney served twice on the Marriott Board
7) Edward Conard, Ex Managing Director of Bain Capital, Worth $250 Million, Donation $1 Million to
Restore Our Future, What He Wants: To screw taxpayers like Romney does with half the tax rates of others
8) Frank VanderSloot, CEO Melaeuca, Inc., Worth $1 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super
PAC , What He Wants: Less consumer protections
9) Steven Lund, Vice Chairman Nu Skin Enterprises, worth $31.9 Million, Donation $2 Million to Restore
Our Future, What He Wants: A world safe for false advertising & marketing scams
10) Julian Robertson Jr., Hedge Fund Titan, worth $2.5 Billion, Donation $1.25 Million to Restore Our
Future What He Wants: lower taxes for the Rich
11) John Paulson, Hedge Fund Titan, worth $12.5 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: No restrictions on Wall St. gambling
12) Paul Singer, Hedge Fund Titan, Worth $1 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC What He
Wants: He Needs Fed backing in his lawsuit to collect $2 Billion from Argentina
13) Robert Mercer, CEO Renaissance Technologies, made $125 Million in 2011 alone, Donation $ 1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC ,What He Wants: To squelch a proposed tax on stock options
14) Kenneth Griffin, CEO Citadel LLC, worth $3 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Restore our Future What He
Wants: To end Volcker Rule on Dodd-Frank Wall St excesses
15) L. Francis Rooney III, CEO Rooney Holdings, worth $40 Million, Donation $1 Million to Restore our
Future What He Wants: More building contract patronage
16) Steven Webster, CEO Avista Capital, worth $4 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: To Drill baby drill first owner of Deep Sea Horizon the worst environmental disaster in the Nation’s history.
17) Donald Trump, Casino Operator who knows what he wants he is just a delusional birther nut
This is not a Democracy that’s a hoax it’s a Plutocracy
hahah I love the last one 17
dls - Great post
Where did you find it?
the contributors are correct--your comments are flawed and as a result your post is nonsense..all of those men produce millions of jobs for middle class Americans like myself...what has this president done for job growth I might ask ? the numbers dont lie...the U.S. is in job debt, unable to even keep up with the incoming job seekers let alone get jobs back for the millions who have lost theirs...This man is not a leader...I will take Gov. Romney over this ivy league academia liberal anyday !! We have seen socialism and we dont like it...
DON,
4.3 million Jobs in 26 month is not Job creation? yes numbers don't lie. It positive, slow because your smart repukes keep blocking everything. Obama proposed comprehensive jobs bill last year? where is your repuke job bill? Please don't count cutting social programs is not jobs bill. Don't tell me senate sitting on 30 bills, tell us which are those bills, please. Hey smarty, Romney and Obama went to same school, Howard, except Obama actually was president of Howard Law Review. So you want to replace Obama with Romney who raised fees, run up deficit, 47 out of 50 job creation which is joke, passed same health care reform bill that you guys whining about? really, wow you really smart. You said you have seen socialism? where? please tell me? And tell me what is socialism. I bet you wouldn't know what is socialism even if it was in front of you. Tell me what Obama did that you say you seen socialism?
DON!............Balderdash....Harumph, Harumph.......!
Donald Trump thinks millions hang on his opinion and will vote Romney because of his support. All his yes men tell him it's true so he believes them, kind of like those nodding their heads in agreement when Bush insisted Saddam had WMD.
Sorry Don, all of those people listed don't give a flying ef about you or the middle class. They care about one thing, buying this election and making themselves and their sharholders wealthier than they already are.
dls-387641 post was lifted from an excellent article written by Tim Dickinson for RollingStone magazine, issue 1158 June 7, 2012.
In a report released Wednesday—“Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from October Through December 2010”—the CBO said it now estimates the stimulus law cost a total of $821 billion, up from CBO’s original estimate that the stimulus would cost $787 billion.
In the same report, the CBO estimated that in the fourth quarter of 2010 there were somewhere between 1.3 million and 3.5 million people who were then employed who would not have been had the stimulus not been enacted. “CBO estimates,” says the report, “that ARRA’s policies had the following effects in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2010: … Increased the number of people employed by between 1.3 million and 3.5 million.”
This estimate seeks to state the net impact the stimulus had on the number of people employed in the United States as a result of the stimulus, taking into account not only the new jobs believed to be created and the existing jobs believed to be killed by the stimulus, but also the existing jobs that were saved that otherwise would have been lost.
"Romney did, however, pounce on comments made by President Obama today to CBS News"
The egomanicial President ludicrously claimed that his only mistake in his first term was "not telling stories " about his vision.
It tells a story that this Presidental blunder was not previously reported or analyzed by MSNBC or First Read....only a passing reference in a story about Dick Cheney...
What MSNBC gives you is Obama propaganda...if David Axelrod doesnt like it, you wont hear about it at First Read....
like what one thing??
How bout this for starters?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/12/complaint-seeks-to-have-holder-disbarred-after-contempt-vote/
You are doing damage control to the Titanic 'elvis'......cheers....
get a real news source..real..real
and guess what that is old news..done ..out ...get it
HA HA...so you sayin that that is not happening just because FOX is reporting it?? Take yet another toke mr. stoner. Reality may set in.
Justone - Getting your sources from Fux News? Why am I not surprised? LOL!
sorry ....but no can do
I'll take Bill O'rielly over Liberal MSNBC any time. Liberals don't like Fox news because they tell it like it is. They don't sugar cote the news like the other Media channels. Liberals call Fox news a hating network... just because they want it to be a hating network. Libbies just love randomly shouting out the "You hate!" remark.
Ohhhhhhhh Randommmmmm...ooohhhh justoneguyyyyyyy!...........do search on ...fox news dumber......and see the studies that prove people are dumber for watching fox news!.......That's...fox news dumber....Ya...it is true!
Bobby in Ol Virginnie........Mittster ...pounced?...........Mittster ...pounced? Little kitties pounce on feathers or strings when dragged across the floor. That would be a bigger story than what the Mittster...."pounced" on!
So long, justoneguy - you have zero credibility.
@ Random pennsylvanian. You can't spell ! You can't even spell the name of your hero Bill from Fox news ! And "sugar cote" the news ? Really ?
Anyone who believes Fox news tells it like it is are either brainwashed or brain dead.
Romney the empty suit... Just what we don't need, another rich prick of the 1 %.
OBAMA-BIDEN 2012! The only choice & chance we've got!!!
Umm, did YOU have a 'nanny' domd?
Obama's former nanny now lives in a Jakarta slum http://now.msn.com/living/0305-obama-transgender-nanny.aspx
Damage control on the Titanic for you domd....cheers
Is there some sort of relevant point to this post? What does a transgender nanny living in poverty in Jakarta have to do with Wyoming fund raisers held by Cheney and Romney? Maybe the dolt is attempting to draw some parallel to the many maids, housekeepers, nannies employed by the Romney's over the years. One thing is for sure - the Romney's like to make sure they hired help are so underpaid, they are in the poverty-poverty group.
Hey Red Dev........maybe he is trying to link it to the illegal aliens Romney hires to do his lawnwork. The illegal overseas guys he was caught with working for him and his son?
And had to fire because how could he been seen using undocumented workers while running for President of the Tea party Nation?
I wouldn't want this narcisist Cheney anywhere near my campaign. But then again, I'm not voting for Romney anyway. We have already had 8 years of an out of touch rich man running the show. And the excuse that the rich use when they say the middle class just wants handouts. There are some that do. But come to work 6 days a week, 12 hour shifts where I work. Come at 5 in the morning and walk in with the rest of the worn out middle class that are barely making a living. Take a look at our worn out faces. Working overtime just to keep the lights on. We can't make it on our own anymore, let alone support the rest of the country on our backs. Were tired, we have no family life, our families suffer, our churches suffer our children suffer. All because we have to work 60 hours a week to just get by. No extras...just get by. So next time when Mrs. Romney wants to make some German horse jockey's dream come true and buy him a horse and pay him to race it, maybe she can come work with us at our factory for a while. at 5a.m. In record breaking heat. No, folks, the Romney's are going to help out and support everyone elses dream. Not mine or my fellow middle class, broken down friends.
He can rehire them after he loses.
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.
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.
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.
Freedom of speech for corporations is a political myth: the right to free speech is a right of the natural born person, not an artifact of legal convention.
The conservative options for health care are no birth control, no abortion and no health insurance unapproved by a corporate CEO. The progressive option is universal health care and the right of women to make their own health decisions.
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.
With Afghanistan and especially with Iraq, Cheney demonstrated that he is perfectly willing to send your sons and daughters to their death for the flimsiest of reasons, and now he is endorsing Gov. Romney as the type of man to do the same thing. Please stop the madness and vote for Pres. Obama. The lives of your children may depend on it.
skip1
So does Obama care about "the children" after spending us into AAA- status at a record rate WITH NO RESULTS!!???
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a
sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ... Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better." Senator Barack Hussein Obama, Floor Speech in
US Senate, 2006
Let's see ..... Obamacare, GSA scandal, Secret Service scandal, 23 other Federal department investigations, Fast & Furious, Higher taxes, Solyndra, High unemployment, No Federal Budget, Under-the-table deals, Suing states for enforcing Federal laws, SCOTUS, More regulations, No voter ID (?) endorsed, Shovel Ready Jobs that never materialized at the cost of billions of dollars, Black Panther voter intimidation, No Keystone pipeline, Massive deficit spending with NO RESULTS, Over 5 trillion added to the national debt, No plan for anything except the "Buffet Rule", Speech after speechwith no follow-through, and on & on & on.
AMERICANS DO DESERVE BETTER THAN A PACK OF OBAMA LIES!
Skip1 - You do know that more Americans have died in Afghanistan during the 3.5 yrs of Obama's Presidency than during the 8 yrs of Bush's Presidency. Remember Obama sent an extra 30 thousand troops to Afghanistan. Further Obama just signed an agreement with Afghanistan that will make the U.S. both militarily and financially supporters until at least 2024, how many billions will that cost the American taxpayers? OBL is dead and most so called leaders of the Taliban and Al Queda have been killed. It's time to get the hell out of that god forsaken country and bring all of our troops and money home.
Further, Obama tried to convince the Iraqi government to let us keep American troops in Iraq after the 31 Dec 2011 deadline which was signed by President Bush. He failed to get the Iraqi government to go along so he had no choice except to remove the troops. Then he has the gull to claim he ended the Iraq war. Another Obama lie.
justoneguy,
Being a senator and being president is two different things, it easy to criticize that. It is your morons in house that said we got 98% that they wanted and turn it down, it was boehner words, because it had 1% spike on income of the rich after they made first million. The ratings is republican mess, you own this one. Less regulation got us Housing collapse, but smart people like you will never understand that. Black Panther intimidation? THAT ONE BIG FAT LIE, what your source on that please. 4.3 million jobs created is not a result of stimulus? Obama care is same as Romneycare, High unemployment due to BUSH policies and REPUKE blocking all the bills. What 23 departmental investigations, link source please. Bush made 11.5 trillion deficit gave to Obama, what fiscal conservatives you are. hypocrite.
sfcret
You right, he put more troops there to finish the job that BUSH wasn't willing to do. how many died in Iraq? don't even start with me on that. He already said he is pulling troops out in 2014, unlike Romney is against that. He never lied about Iraq, he wanted to do a transitional pull out. Your buddy Mccain wanted to stay there much longer and same as Romney, so what your point?
Sfcret: If Obama had been president when Bush was elected it's unlikely we'd ever went to war certainly not in Iraq. In Afganistan Al'Queda, the ones that actually attacked us were in a dozen camps we knew exactly where they were. A dozen cruise missles in 2001 and Al'Queda wouldn't exist and we wouldn't have ever been there.
Agreed. Cheney and his ilk never gave a rat's a$$ about sending your son to war or even what's right or wrong. They are more about enriching some powerful corporations. Now the news media everywhere are prepping us up for Syria...So it could happen under democrats too. There is no morality anymore. It just wouldn't be as blatant under Obama.
You need to go back and reread S&P's statement about why they downgraded the US:
We lowered our long-term rating on the U.S. because we believe that the prolonged controversy over raising the statutory debt ceiling and the related fiscal policy debate indicate that further near-term progress containing the growth in public spending, especially on entitlements, or on reaching an agreement on raising revenues is less likely than we previously assumed and will remain a contentious and fitful process.
The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy.
US credit rating was downgraded due to Republican histrionics over raising the debt ceiling, not due to the actual debt itself. You want the US credit rating to go back up? Fire all the Republicans this fall!
Are you missing the words, "containing the growth in public spending, especially on entitlements." This is an area that the Democrats refuse to budge on. Clinton worked with the Republicans and did this, Obama has done everything he can to increase entitlements. Most of this political brinkmanship is the Democrats fault.
The tax increases that Obama wants in December are not even 10% of the deficit. Amongst those affected are 840,000 job creating Sub-Chapter S Corporations who will be taxed a minimum of $25000 more. Does this mean one job cut per tax filer or perhaps no future hiring.
Wrong Obama offered substantial cuts, but the Republicans said no because that is their single minded plan...to obstruct no matter what.
Obama offered to match cuts to social programs dollar for dollar with a tax increase on those at the top. Republicans refused. The increases in spending on social programs was due to the 5 million or so suddenly thrust on unemployment, medicaid and food stamps with the economic collapse under Bush. Obama didn't change anything that made it easier to get these benefits Bush just created a lot more poor.
Larry, Did you see the CBO estimate of what the tax increase on wealthy would do to growth in GDP it rate decrease the rate 1% so instead of only 1.9% growth, we would suddenly have 0.9% growth. Obama's policies are what have hurt the economy over the past three years. The stimulus cost us $419,000 per job created. This is unacceptable, if applied differently the stimulus could have created 8 million jobs and not only 2 million. If the president had intelligent advisers as opposed to clowns like Geithner who presided over the financial meltdown as the head of the New York Federal Reserve Branch, we might all support re-electing Obama.
Sorry Bruce you're wrong. CBO estimates are the biggest bang for the buck is with low to middle income taxpayers. Much of the money Obama was forced to extend to the rich drove up the cost per job.
According to CBO’s estimates, all four policy options would add to income and employment in 2011 and 2012, largely because they would increase after-tax income and thereby encourage people to spend more. In 2011, for example, by CBO’s estimates, the partial extension of the tax cuts through 2012 would increase real GNP by between 0.2 percent and 0.7 percent, reduce the unemployment rate by between 0.1 and 0.3 percentage points, and add between 0.3 million and 0.7 million full-time-equivalent jobs (see Table 3).
The full extension of the tax cuts through 2012 would increase GDP and employment more in 2011 and 2012 than would the partial extension through 2012 because it would have a greater overall impact on after-tax income. However, the economic impact per dollar of revenue reduction from the full extension would be smaller than that from partial extension because a greater proportion of the tax savings from the full extension would go to relatively high income households, which tend to spend less of an increase in income than lower-income households do.
Mittens you are going to need more than 4 mil. Liar, Snake and Thief!
did you people really think the tea party was out to help us..they have F-ck all the states up...even us people in Texas
Don't mess with Texas.
One crook meeting with another crook! Repugs really showing their true colors!
do you see the mark of the beast party now folks..their name is the tea party..wait until they get all the power.thier will be.dicks everywhere far as the eyes can see
Obama ain't no saint either he owes his soul to wall street just like romney. Now you see how satan fooled america to surrendering to him. he wins no matter who wins at the ballot box.
sorry they hold the cup
did you people really think the tea party was out to help us..they have F-ck all the states up...even us people in Texas
Elvis - You outta see what the whack-jobs are doing in my State, Arizona..
yes and people think they are just f-uking up union states
Troy
Wallstreet always hedges their bets by giving to both parties.
This way no matter who wins...they are still owed a favour.
When people like Cheney walk the planet, it becomes very hard to really believe there is a God.
... like finding yourself on a hunting trip with Dick Cheney.
You know what would have been a bigger surprise? Getting an intelligent answer on anything from somebody named Cheney ... especially that idiot Liz. Or having Dick Cheney do his job as an elected official and come up with an energy policy other than buy more foreign oil through his buddies. Or watching Dick Cheney step up and be a leader on 9/11 instead of cowering in a "secure bunker". This guy is the most worthless chickenhawk to ever disgrace the White House. He might have raised $4M for Romney, but his support will secure $40M and a lot of votes for Obama. And that's something Dick (his parents must have known how he'd turn out to name him so appropriately) and Mitt will never get: you can't buy an election in America. But it's going to be fun watching them try.
@Troy
There is a GOD and eventually he will throw Cheney in the pit
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Kemet I pity the pit that WarCriminal Cheney ends up in!