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SPRINGFIELD, VA -- Sen. John Thune has some advice for Mitt Romney: Be Yourself.
The South Dakota senator told NBC News that the Romney he knows does not always come across on the campaign trail, and that may be why voters are having a tough time relating to the presumptive Republican nominee.
"I've traveled with him in Iowa and been on the bus with his family and him, and they're just incredible, wonderful, normal people," Thune said. "And that's a side of him that I hope voters in this country get an opportunity to see. And I think really he just needs to be himself."
Thune was here today to address Romney supporters and volunteers at victory office opening. On Thursday, he traveled to Virginia Beach to do the same, joining a slew of other Romney surrogates who are making similar campaign stops in battleground states throughout the country this weekend.
Thune, who himself had considered entering the presidential race, said that the more Americans get to see Romney, the more they will be able to relate to him beyond simply being a former businessman and governor.
"I think often times in politics -- you have tendency to -- people sort of put you in a bubble," he said. "And I think the more that he [Romney] gets a chance to get out in front of the American people, interact with them, in a way that I've had an opportunity to interact with him, they're going to see someone, who I think they're going to find is an incredibly, not only strong leader for our country, but someone that they really will believe in and can have great trust will take this country in the right direction."
Much has been of late about Thune's own political future. He is considered to be a top contender to be chosen as Romney's vice president. Though he declined to say whether or not he is being vetted, he said he does not expect Romney to ask him to join the ticket. But he added "any time you get a chance to serve your country and if you're really serious about public life obviously you don't rule options out."
And if VP is not in the cards for him, speculation is rampant that he could be next in line to become Republicans' leader in the Senate. If that is in the cards, he is confident he'll have a Republican to work with in the White House.
"It's always hard when the lights go on, and you know...People have a tendency to perhaps be a little bit more conscious of things that they say, and do when you're in public life, said Thune. "But I will say this: If the American people can see what I've seen in Mitt Romney who out on the campaign trail is very relaxed, someone very comfortable in his own skin, someone who has a real sense of purpose of what he want to do for this country. It's a quality that I think the American people are really going to be drawn to. And I think they're going to see that between now and November, and I think they're starting to see that already."
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Impossible..!
Even Willard doesn't know who his real self is... lol
He will do or say anything to pander to the moment.
The more I think about it, the more I'm starting to believe the Grand Poobah's in the GNOP decided to allow Willard to run this time around, just to get him off their back going forward!
The NitMitt has been a thorn in their sides for years, might as well throw him out as the sacrificial lamb and focus on 2016!
They couldn't possibly be stupid enough to think this clown is Presidential material?
Compared to the clown in office, it is easy to see Mitt as Presidential material. Even Daffy Duck would look good compared to Obama.
So true Feisty, What amazes so many, is the fact that this foolish man, Willard Romney the talking lying buffoon, is the Republican choice for President of the United States.
Hat tip to my GF Clara for sharing this with me;
How about that new Rasmussen Poll?
Fisty, spin spin spin LMAO
Sooo.... Mitt the twit got into a snit with a Brit
ain't that some............
How about Nate's latest:
"Obama chance of winning 66.4% Romney 33.6%"
Red Sox,
RCP (Average of polls) as of 7/25/2012
Wisconsin moved from toss-up to lean Obama
FL move from tie to +1 for Obama
NC moved from +1 for Romney to a tie.
10 Swing States: Tied in NC (15), Obama leads in 9, Romney leads in 1.
Delegates: Obama = Solid/Likely 179 + Lean 52 = 231+ Swing 101 = 332*
Delegates: Romney = Solid/Likely 131 + Lean 50 = 181 + Swing 10 = 191
Delegates: [332+191+15 = 538] Win = 270*
Rocco - so you admit the GOP is running Daffy Duck aka Romney? Embarrassing isn't it? But, that's all ya got.
Luckily we have a very good President running for re-election. But it does make it tough when you just run a joke like Mitt against him, right?
Obama/Biden 2012
Great Numbers Dennis!!!
When I saw Romney speak so akwardly at a rally in Portland, during the primary, I thought, if a North Eastern Republican like Romney can come across as an alien to a friendly gathering in Maine, how he is going to come across in other regions of the country? I quess I should have added "how is he going to come across in other countries?"
Maybe the French will like him, they think Jerry Lewis is hilarious.
Poor Dennis. Still not sure how to read polling data I see. LMAO
what a bad advice!
RedSox - poor Red - still believing in fairy tales - Mitt!
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Poor, poor Red Sox, can’t even read!! RCP is not a poll
it is an AVERAGE of several polls including Rasmussen.
If Romney is any more "himself" they'll be standing in the streets pointing at him and laughing. What a loser. This is the BEST the GOP has?????
Obama/Biden 2012
I don't know, Senator Thune...I think the problem here is that Romney IS being himself!
Be yourself? Just proud to .. Be a vulture!
Is this really a good advice?
newdayDAWNING...RETURNED
when Romney is himself, this "Mitt the Twit" thing happens. When Romney listens to his handlers and pretends to be something he's not, he comes accross as fake and unlikable. Romney is between a rock and a hard place
bayllie: it is one of the strangest things I have seen in a Presidential campaign. The British have it right. He is a Palin redux.
People better start thinking about Romney seriously as in "why the heck would anyone give HIM charge of a Super Power.
newdayDAWNING...RETURNED
I actually feel bad for Romney...well almost...for being compared to Failin Palin. What's sad is that she beat him for the VP nomination..
Yes, the Brits got it right, too bad that people like RedSox refuse to see it. And Brits got it right after spending, what - few hours, with Romney?
Rasmussen seems to have made a lot of libby heads explode today. LOL
Beyond Romney being SUCCESS personified, he is one of the classiest men in politics!
But for the 10 or 12 moonbats on this site they would prefer to stick with failure and arrogance!
newday,
I can hardly wait until the RNC is over with. Then, if some of these hidden things about Mitt come out, all the republicans out there are going to feel like it's Christmas and they got a lump of coal!
It wasn't long at that, bayllie, and Romney wears badly.
Funny, fuzzy44! And true.
At this point in 2008 the leftards were citing Rasmussen every hour on the hour because Obama was up in the poll by the same margin Romney is today.
Now they argue that the most accurate pollster is in the tank.
Whatever helps you sleep at night Brockton.
I see NBCNEWS or newsvine or feisty deleted my comment on the last thread. It contained nothing inflamatory, and was pertinent to the subject, and I gave credit to the author of a list of 40 facts showing how Obama has increased poverty in this country like no other human being.
So why did it get deleted?
Answer: they don't like Obama's record appearing in print!
No story on the political implications of today GDP growth (or lack thereof) report!
Good thing for Obama that Romney is overseas and too classy to raise the issue of Obama's complete failure.
Newsvine did not delete your comment, the community did.
NBC story on poor GDP growth is linked below – this site does not cover all news. NBC has a dozen other sites for both political non-political news.
http://economywatch.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/27/12991882-as-economy-falters-washington-fails-to-act?lite&__utma=238145375.195989123.1341452990.1343387689.1343391948.132&__utmb=238145375.91.10.1343391948&__utmc=238145375&__utmx=-&__utmz=238145375.1343308542.130.13.utmcsr=bing|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=transcript%20of%20romney%20and%20brian%20williams&__utmv=238145375.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Cpolitics%7Cfirstread=1^12=Landing%20Content=Original=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=firstread.msnbc.msn.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Original=1&__utmk=93612510
Better be careful Brockton, this is a lib-controlled website and the so-called moderators seem to have 2 sets of standards for tolerance. Flame-throwing and name-calling liberals get a pass, no matter how personal the attack. SeekingSanity called "Patty" a "filthy, lying piece of gutter trash" yesterday but has received no suspension.
Conservatives, however, face a much stricter tolerance and are "disciplined" at a much higher rate relative to their negative remarks. I was recently suspended a day for using the tern "libtard", but apparently "teatards", "repukes" and "rethuglicans" is okay with the moderators of this website.
What we are seeing is a once viable forum for political discussion has now been apparently allowed to become a libbie chat room where the liberals congregate to see who can out perform the other in tyring to destroy Romney.
Liberals do not want to talk about $16 trillion national debt, because Obama has been a huge part of the debt increase. They do not want to talk about the federal budgets, because there have been none. They do not now want to talk about the GDP report because it is trending negative for Obama. They do not want to talk about unemployment because it remains high at 8.2%.
They simply want to attack, attack, attack Mitt Romney, because they desperately believe that is the only way they can win the election for the Incompetent-in-Chief. The sad thing about it is they may be right. Obama certainly will not win by running on his record of turning the economy around. The economy speaks for itself, and the impending burden of Obamacare only makes it worse !
I see that Brockton suffers from ODS.
Jim,
This has been explained several times but I will cover it again just for you.
First Read is part of Newsvine for their computer moderation however an agreement between First Read and Newsvine was made 2 years ago that the Newsvine Moderators do not moderate comments and do not make comments on any of the First Read articles.
Brockton - it was not inflammatory - just terribly redundant - you've posted it over and over and over. Try something new. Oh, and for a change, try being honest. I know that's difficult for Republicans but give it a try. Try putting the blame for many of those things where it belongs - on the obstructionists of the GOP. Oh but, that would totally suck wouldn't it? To have to admit that your treasonous leadership is responsible for most of what is wrong with the country?
Yeah - try a new approach - like honesty. Nope, that's not going to happen, is it?
Dennis - jim still won't understand - WAY above his intelligence level!
Obama/Biden 2012
Well stated Jim. Beyond suspensions I've noticed an awful lot of conservative posters just up and disappear. I assume they strike just the right cord (posting facts on the failed President) and poof - their accounts are permanently disabled.
I thought censorship was a no no with progressive - apparently not around these parts!
That's the trouble, Senator Thune, Mitt is being himself!
Speaking of being himself .... it's funny when Obama goes off teleprompter, when he is just being himself, he seems to always get in trouble.
Be it people clinging to their guns and Bibles, to slurpees to if you have a business ... you didn't build that.
Of course, after 3 1/2 years of seeing what he actually does reveals everything anyone with a functioning brain stem needs to know, but reality, economic indicators and actual performance don't matter.
Now Obama doesn't really say what he really said.
Oh well .... works on the cluelees and willfully blind.
Don't forget ADD!
Maybe if Brockton wasn't comment spamming his crap, the community wouldn't be deleting it...
I see where Jimmy left his "big-Boy Pull-Up's" at home today!
One more time for all you whiners are FR - if you DON'T like it, who the hell is physically forcing your to participate?
Your incessant bitching like 2nd grade school girls grows tiresome!
Can we all please STOP feeding these trolls? Pretty please?
Brockton Barlow
they don't magically disappear, they are collapsed by people who read them. They can be opened anytime by clicking on the little (+) sign next to your name.
Since you just joined sometime this month, you are either brand new or a rereg. Either way, if you don't like the rules, go somewhere else, and take jimmy with you...
Brockton,
Actually most of them were re-registered users, which is a violation of the user agreement.
I suspect, after following you for the few days you have been a member (joined 7/19/12), that you may also be a re-reg.
Hi Dennis
How are you today, good I hope. I have asked several times but never received an answer so maybe you can tell me. How does one go about collapsing a post? I have had several collapsed then restored and haven't been able to figure out why, except that some posters evidently didn't like what I posted, so how does one get the collapsed posts restored?
BTW, I don't believe anyone's post should be collapsed on these political posts.
Oh, and for a change, try being honest. I know that's difficult for Republicans but give it a try. Try putting the blame for many of those things where it belongs - on the obstructionists of the GOP.
So all of this countries woes are because Obama with the bullypulpit of the Presidency could outmaneuver, outsmart, or negotiate with one house of congress that has only been controlled by republicans for about 19 months?
Is that what your saying?
Because if that's the case how will things progess with both the house and senate controlled by Republicans come January?
Seriously, you do understand that our Government is all in all controlled by Democrat. Don't you?
Feisty pulled my hair, :.......(
Feisty, did you know that you have the power to delete people's posts now? You go girl!
sfcret
join the club
click on ! and take your pick. It's not just one person - it takes a bunch.
bob-180.... still deflecting on the President because you have a nothing for a candidate I see. Too bad - you're stuck with the Mittwit. In all fairness to you guys - you had NO ONE running this year. Is this what the GOP is reduced to? I guess so.
But, over the next 4 years have the party "leadership" (I use that term loosely) take notes on Obama and maybe you can actually come up with a person of value and integrity. Not holding my breath - but miracles do happen1
Brocton - it's clear YOU don't understand. Our government is NOT controlled by Democrats. Please take a course in Government - my guess is you should start with 101. The GOP has filibustered proposals more than any other time in history! They have obstructed getting anything done.
And, before you come up with the lie about the Democrats being in control for 2 years - it was 7 months during which time Ted Kennedy was ill so he missed votes and there were several recesses. So, in actuality, the Democrats were in control for about 4 months.
See how this works when you actually know what is going on?
Obama/Biden 2012
Actually most of them were re-registered users
Why would one re-register unless their account was deleted?
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh MEAN OL' FEISTY
Tell me about it Bayllie... lol
I'm bored to death with these supposedly grown men pissing themselves over some imaginary conspiracy theories...
They're accustomed to cheating the system, which is why they're so paranoid!
PS: Notice how when a liberal gets a "time out" they take their punishment in stride, while the RWNJ's turn around and immediately re-reg?
Brockton: "why would one re register unless their account was deleted..."
If your account was deleted, there was a reason. If you re reg, you are in violation of your user agreement, and you will have your account deleted again.
There is no right to use Newsvine to post. It is a privilege, their site, they set the rules. When you violate the rules, you can't use the site.
It would be refreshing, if when that happens, people would quit blaming Feisty, Libs, First Read or Newsvine and take responsibility for breaking the rules and losing their account.
If that is what happened to you, take ownership of your behavior.
newday - not taking responsibility for their own failures is so Republican. Look who they're running!
Pretty evident, Seeking.
And, before you come up with the lie about the Democrats being in control for 2 years - it was 7 months during which time Ted Kennedy was ill so he missed votes and there were several recesses. So, in actuality, the Democrats were in control for about 4 months.
See how this works when you actually know what is going on?
I contend that Obama is perhaps the worst President since Herbert Hoover. But please humor me and just tell me of the last six or so Presidents how many had super majorities and for how long did they have them. Because according to your logic a President is powerless to do anything without one.
Or is it just Obama because....well you tell me.
Sarge,
To get a comment restored, open the comment, place your mouse arrow over the comment number (1.xx) then right click and select “copy shortcut”.
Go to “Report Bug” select “other” and paste the link and then request Newsvine to restore the comment. However they don’t pay much attention to First Read – often they only restore a top comment so the comments under it can be viewed.
from the news:
"I've traveled with him in Iowa and been on the bus with his family and him, and they're just incredible, wonderful, normal people," Thune said. "And that's a side of him that I hope voters in this country get an opportunity to see. And I think really he just needs to be himself."
Some people said the same thing about Nixon the Trick Mitt! They argue How wonderful Nixon was (in private). And the rest is history - the worst failure ever. This time Tricky Mitt won't get the same chance as Nixon did.
Too funny.
Now change a few words and apply that to illegal immigration ...
Sounding more conservative every second, newday.
If your account was deleted, there was a reason.
Having followed this site (and yes not participating until recently) I contend the reason for accounts being deleted is because they are conservatives.
Based on the language used daily they certainly don't ban people for inflammatory language.
Why don't you go read the "User Agreement" and quit wasting everyones time?
Dennis has explained to you how FR works, if you don't want to believe it, it's not our problem!
Again, you don't like it here? You are FREE to LEAVE @ anytime!
Brockton,
You get banned for repeated offensive comments on Newsvine but NOT on First Read and only after several suspensions of 1 day up to 1 month OR to get banned immediately for extreme CoH violation like a death threat.
Stalking another user or spamming will also get you banned. When you repeatedly post the same comment it is spamming – which you have been guilty of recently.
I see conservatives are doing their best to change the subject to anything but the Mitt Disaster in London, his taxes, his off-shore tax havens and his job-killing stint at CEO of Bain. They've even resorted to whining about being collapsed. Well, Brocton, welcome to the Club, some or many of us get collapsed most every day.
What are you hiding Mitt? What are you afraid we'll discover?
No data to support your contention, Brockton, I suspect that it is purely the excuse you are using to re reg.
Here is the truth of the matter. If you are posting on other sites moderated by Newsvine, NBC for example, it is far easier to get banned for comments that are personal attacks, threats, vulgar and the like. On First Read, it is generally because you are a re reg. Unless you threaten someone. Inflammatory language, as you have noticed, may get your post collapsed, but it is not going to get you banned on FR.
It is not a matter of conservative v liberal. It is the way it is.
Brockton - and Obama has no super majority. However, it is the first time in history that the opposing party has gotten together and agreed to block everything the President tries to do in order to make him a one-term President. To hell with the country as long as the GOP gets their way. Treasonous. And, yet you voted these disgusting excuses for human beings in.
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Again, you don't like it here? You are FREE to LEAVE @ anytime!
No, no I think I will stick around. I love to watch libs twist themselves into prezels defending the failure of Obama and the progressivism.
As the election grows closer everyday it gets worse and worse for your side. And today's new about Obama planning to go off teleprompter more and more is oh so encouraging for our side!
You lefties may want to load up on your meds; the going is going to get tough. Awlfully tough!
is Brockton this naive or just playing naive?????
bob, I always believe that people ought to take responsibility for their own behavior. Don't necessarily think that is a conservative v liberal thing either.
He's playing games Bayllie, ignore him, our newly hatched re-reg will be gone shortly...
Treasonous??
The only thing Treasonous is the White House Situation Room. There has been according to Diane Feinstein an "avalanche" of national security leaks that has resulted in "lost assets".
If this was Bush how many stories would run on this site about whether there's a need for an independant investigation? I'm guessing at least as many as Romney tax return stories.
Willard should "be himself"? That's pretty funny. Look at the impression he leaves with people when he ad libs;
“Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive." -- Alex Spillius, The Daily Telegraph
Brockton - if this had been Bush the righties on this sight would be whining about how unfair things were and they would be setting up congressional hearings to try to impeach the congressmen. But, as you can see, it's not Bush and the lying GOP is getting away with selling out the country for their own benefit.
Since we didn't hang Cheney for outing Valerie Plame my guess is you've got no game.
Brockton, re your comment #1.52. To reiterate what Seeking Sanity said, how many of the last six or so presidents had the opposing party get together before his inauguration and conspire to do everything in their power to obstruct everything he does and make him a one term president? There may be people in this country who regard that as reasonable and fair, but I think it's disgusting and unconscionable.
I believe that the Republican/TP Inc. party leaders, and backers are supporting Mitt because they know they can control him. He will do whatever his buddies in the 1% want him to do.
SeepingSanity -
Since we didn't hang Cheney for outing Valerie Plame my guess is you've got no game.
Thanks once again for demonstrating how utterly uninformed and clueless libs can be.
Still haven't figured out to google yet?
Hey Matthew -
Haven't seen you in quite a while.
I hope you have been well.
On March 6, 2007, the courts did convict Scooter Libby, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, of "obstruction of justice, giving false statements to the FBI and perjuring himself, charges embodied in four of the five counts of the indictment". Richard Armitage, Unites States Deputy Secretary of State under George Bush later confessed to outing Valerie Plame as punishment for statements her husband made that were critical of the Bush administration.
It looks like SeekingSanity has plenty of game to me.
Sailcat - thank you. Back and forth - working and posting. We all know scooter answered to Cheney.
bob-180..... thanks again for showing how intentionally dishonest Republicans can be. You DO know how to Google, don't ya?
...time for Mitt to release his tax returns !!!!!!!!!!
Romney IS being himself.
The "CEO Romney" in London has been a prime example of the fallacy that business experience has anything to do with being a statesman or POTUS or Commander in Chief or leader of the free world (with the rest of the free world and half of the US in opposition to Romney). The most basic premise Romney is running on is backfiring because it is complete nonsense that businessmen are somehow automatically qualified for the highest office in the land.
Oh, and the media needs to ask Romney about John Bolton who is on Team Romney (the same wingnut John Bolton who couldn't get congressional approval during Dubya) and his support of Batcrap Bachmann's new McCarthyism -- Which is yet another example that this is the only way Teapublicans know how to win elections. And blatant lies in campaign ads...
And of course, when will Romney release 8-10 years tax returns. Show us the tax returns!
Mitt IS being himself! Agreed.
He refuses to release tax returns - being a vulture.
He makes an ass of himself in London, being an ugly American - his true self - who is loud-mouthed buffon with no knowledge of outside world but having plenty of undeserved stinking wealth and the bad habit of sticking his nose (boner) into other's businesses.
Oh oh, here we go..watch out for the black helicopters. Paranoid much? (chuckle)
2-Lane:
What r u doing? Launching 'Red Scare'. No need for your 'witch hunt'?
Relax, there is room for everybody, including you and ... your moth.
Correction: Above message is for Brockton Barlow:
Sorry to - 2-Lane
Sailcat -
Scooter? Sheesh ... the only problem is that it was well known that the leak came from Armitage both for the Novak interview and the Woodward interview. The Woodward interview was even on the official State Department calender!
The Washington Post revealed it was Armitage, the Associated Press published it, Newsweek had an article, the New York Times reported it was Armitage, CNN confirmed it was Armitage .... White House counsel Alberto Gonzales was informed it was Armitage .... same with Attorney General Ashcroft ... Fitzgerald knew it ...... yet, 3 months later started his investigation fishing trip.
Regarding Armitage not admitting he was reponsible for the leak until after the investigation .... HE WAS ORDERED BY FITZGERALD TO BE SILENT UNTIL AFTER THE INVESTIGATION!
And btw - why was Armitage not charged?
Could it be that he didn't know Plame was an agent because the State Department didn't know she was an agent .... if she actually was a protected agent? Kinda funny how that worked out, huh?
Scooter? Getting tripped up over the unrelated Miller interview?
And btw - was Libby charged with leaking Plame? Is that a big negatory?
Of course it was the big evil Bush / Cheney / Rove / Barney the First Dog conspiracy, right?
And ole Joe and poor Valarie decided to sue the big bad boys .... which got dismissed .... which was appealed ... which was rejected again ... which was taken to the Supremes ... which refused to even waste their time on it.
Can you say .... Plame-out?
Actually, they did market the whole deal pretty well .... even got a sweet movie deal from lib land -Hollywood out of it.
Heck, Bush should have just issued a bogus illegal executive order like Obama did ... it's not like 2 federal agents got killed .... hundreds of innocent Mexican citizens being killed by letting 2,500 assault walk fast and furiously to Mexican drug cartels, right?
newday,
But as you said earlier ....
... and in the context of my comment ....
Or .... "There is no right
to use Newsvine to postfor Mexican citizens to enter the US illegally and live in America. It is a privilege (to legally apply and immigrate),their siteto our country,they set the rulesour representatives set the rules and laws. When youviolate the rulesviolate our laws and come here illegally, you can'tuse this sitestay in our country.Yet Obama and libs don't seem to want them to "take ownership of their behavior" do they?
Oh well, maybe it isn't their fault .... maybe they came to America for all those wonderful bridges and highways - maybe the bridges have ownership of that.
Or maybe we should credit that special person in their life .... their
teachercoyote or cartel smuggler ... afterall, we are just one big village like the conservatives say, right?"And btw - why was Armitage not charged?"
That's easy! After Scooter's conviction he was immediately pardoned by that son of a bitch Bush. Following that abuse of executive power there was obviously no point in going after Armitage.
Feel smarter? No? I'm not surprised.
Bob: Got your point the first time. The fact is that this President has done more to deal with illegals than Bush ever did.
As much as I would enjoy a discussion about this, I am headed out the door to help a cherub more. Too early, but what are moms for?
Happily, I think she will stay put this time.
newday,
You're right ... that is much, much more important.
Have a great weekend.
Ah ... there's the real sour Sailpuss we all know and luv.
Actually the prison sentence was commuted - he paid the quarter million fine, did the 400 hours community service, did the supervised release and forfeited his law license .... all on an issue - an accussation he was innocent off - outting Plame!
Libby was tripped over the NIE crap with Judith Miller ... the NIE crap that had no mention of Plame or a covert officier,
It was a political sham.
Fitzgerald stated he went after the guy that admitted the leak, Armitage hard. He just couldn't legally convict him because Armitage didn't know she was covert because the State Department didn't know she was covert ... NOC was the issue.
Oh well ... although the pinch hitter ended up striking out, at least you battled and fouled a few balls off - much better than Seeping has ever done.
"... all on an issue - an accussation he was innocent off - outting Plame!"
No, Bob. that is what is common referred to as a lie. Scooter was convicted of "obstruction of justice, giving false statements to the FBI and perjuring himself, charges embodied in four of the five counts of the indictment". In my never-ending quest to acquaint you with the concept of truth and honesty, Scooter was convicted of lying to investigators and obstructing their investigation of the affair, not for outing Plame. NOW do you feel smarter? No? I'm still not surprised.
"Fitzgerald stated he went after the guy that admitted the leak, Armitage hard. He just couldn't legally convict him because Armitage didn't know she was covert because the State Department didn't know she was covert ..."
The answer is that Armitage, who was charged with nothing and bragged that he hadn't even consulted a lawyer, was former Secretary of State Colin Powell's right-hand man at the time. Armitage merely denied knowledge that Plame was covert despite his access to intelligence to which his lofty position as Deputy Secretary of State entitled him, and he skated. Obviously Scooter didn't think Armitage's story held water because he worked hard at stalling the investigation and lying to prosecutors and Libby himself was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice for his efforts. Fitzgerald later said that if the executive branch was prepared to pull the teeth out of the sentences the court was passing down he saw no need to waste his department's resources by pursuing charges against other culpable parties in this affair. Karl Rove also was deeply involved in this dirty affair, but Fitzgerald gave up any hope of successfully bringing him to justice. Nonetheless, following the revelations in the Libby indictment, sixteen former CIA and military intelligence officials urged President Bush to suspend Karl Rove's security clearance for his part in outing CIA officer Valerie Plame.
The moral to this story is, if you are going to commit blatantly dishonest and criminal acts, it is good to be closely associated with a Republican president.
"Romney The Clown"
We have? London has? We're supposed to hope that Poland and Israel will??? Good grief! The man is as stiff as a board and can't make any kind of compassionate, caring, or CIVIL comment. He'd best just stick what he's best at . . . . . . thinking . . . . . nothing there.
Be yourself says John Thune, and what self would that be? He really doesn't know who he's going to be until the question is asked. Flip Flop, flip flop and there is no way to explain it or defend it.
One thing's for sure he's a flop so far.
Er, uh Thune - hate to break it to ya, but Romney has been himself, and no one is liking his policies, his diplomacy, and most of all, him. Sorry bucko!!
Romney is the obvious gop candidate, the left is ramping up its bashing. Here's the differrence... The left swings at flies but the right can hammer Obama on his lack of leadership, inability to govern, wasteful spending, wracking up the national debt, not improving the economy, high unemployment and a multitude of other items the left chooses to ignore.
There isn't any competition between the two. Obama is a total failure and Romney has been a success in his life.
Let's look at the choices:
Failure Success... Hmmmmm the left goes for the failure... Makes perfect and total sense to me, knowing who the left are and what they stand for.
Willard must a flunked out of the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies!
Hey Senator Thune,
The republicans of Iowa did get to see Romney.
Remember the primary season?
Iowans preferred Santorum and Paul.
Thune may find Mitts the barber charming when socializing with CEO's, Senators. Swiss bankers and wealthy conservatives. It's regular folks like us he has trouble with.
He can't just be himself because he gets himself in trouble when his handlers let him stray.
Maybe Mitt has a problem similar to King George IV - see the Academy Award winning "The Kings Speech".
But Mitt's problem is bigger - with TV and public appearances he has to appear more relaxed and less wooden. Just curing his foot-in-mouth disease isn't enough.
Don't you know Queen Annie Mitts is going to be beside herself when First Lady Michelle Obama leads our contingent into the Olympics?????
What a GREAT representative for the US! What an elegant woman to take our athletes into the arena.
SS - BTW - Michelle was AWESOME on the Today show this morning talking about how excited she was about the events and when pressed about whether or not the President would be able to attend, she graciously answered with a no but that he was very jealous of her being able to do so. Such a class act! Have a great weekend!
Layton - can't wait to see it! She is an outstanding First Lady. We are so lucky to have her represent the US.
Enjoy the weekend!
Romney IS being himself.
The "CEO Romney" in London has been a prime example of the fallacy that business experience has anything to do with being a statesman or POTUS or Commander in Chief or leader of the free world (with the rest of the free world and half of the US in opposition to Romney). The most basic premise Romney is running on is backfiring because it is complete nonsense that businessmen are somehow automatically qualified for the highest office in the land.
Romney's Cheap Tricks are running out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Willard Romney makes Clark W. Griswold in European Vacation look like a smart man.
And Nutjob1 makes Otis Campbell look like a genious.
I just had a visual of Mitt dressed up and dancing in Germany Like Chevy Chase in the movie.
I can't stop laughing!
So what you are saying is that a man who grew up in a middle class family reared by his white mother and grandparents, who had student loans for his education and who could have been party of any stellar law firm in the country but chose to help the community for far less pay is a failure but one who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and all the advantages that go with it is a success? Seems a little backwards to me.
Rocco - Nutjob1 - haven't heard Mitt referred to as that before but it definitely fits! But don't insult Otis Campbell - he is Heads above Mitt!
SO....where are Romney's solutions? Has anyone seen them?
Where are Obama's solutions? Has anyone seen them? That's a resounding NO! Unemployment is still above 8% (recorded). National debt is fast approaching $16 Trillion. Deficits in the Trillions. Credit rating of the US fallen. But, of course there's always more food stamps for people... like never before. That seems to be Obama's only solution... Make people dependent on the government.
It's amazing how the idiot liberals will trash Romney over the simplest things. They demand more tax returns and when he doesn't provide them liberals say he's hiding something, but when Obama sealed his education records Obama gets a pass. What can education records prove? They can prove that he filed for admission as a non-US citizen. They can prove that he received aide based on citizenship. They can prove that he's not the scholar liberals think he is. They can provide answers to the questions people have about his legitimacy. And liberals do not want to know if he's actually legitimate. To liberals that does not matter... but it matters what Romney's financial status is.
Doesn't anybody see anything wrong with this logic?
Well Brian, with friends like Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, Demint, Thune, Rubio, Bachmann. Issa, West, Wilson, Ryan, Rove, Beck, Limbaugh of slut fame, Hannity, O'Rielly, Koch Boys, Adelson,War Monger Cheney,Palin, Newtster, Santorum bedroom controller, NRA, ALEC, wall street thieves, LIBOR, Cayman Islands, Swiss, bank of America, Wells Fargo, Cap One, CITI Group, Chase the list is endless. So with friends like those its hard, near impossible to get anything done, but some things did get done, Bin Laden Dead, Car Industry up and running, Lily Ledbedder, Equal Work Equal Pay, Iraq finally done, sort of. Billy your heads so far up the elephants arse your brain has turned to an elephant patoot. Be realistic Romney as President would be a horror.
Obama 2012
The Romney's know how to milk the System !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I think often times in politics -- you have tendency to -- people sort of put you in a bubble."
Well, that's certainly not the case here...Mr. Romney has created his own bubble.
Willard has a split personality that's why he's a Flip Flopper !!!!!!!!!!
Thune for Romney:
This is why the Left Libs are going out of sorts. As the time has gone by Romney keeps getting closer and closer. They thought it was going to be a land slide. Who is LOL now?
Concern -we are. We just keep watching as Romney makes more of a fool of himself every day! Pathetic that's all the GOP has - and SOOOOOO embarrassing to be a Republican!
Obama/Biden 2012
SeekingSanity, keep watching while we pass by you.
A sneaker and and one sock for 2012. LOL
Don't forget to answer my previous post on the previous FR.
Concern (the sneaker supporter) - you couldn't pass by a disabled vehicle. You're truly pathetic but not as pathetic as your candidate - Mitt!
Obama/Biden 2012
Seeking .... oh the trainwreck ..
Loved!
Seeking: don't you just love how poor Concern thinks she can dictate to you what you must do on this site? No real reason to respond to her. She is simply a troll.
newday - just accused me of being racist. I'm still tying to figure that out. I'm white and support Obama. Wow - that clearly proves I'm racist! Where do these nutjobs come from?????
I'm realizing responding to her is just useless.
Obama/Biden 2012
No point, she is simply after attention.
Hello ladies,
Perhaps I can use this thread to propose that, today on the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, we can all take a break from the name calling?
I'll admit I've posted my opinion about civility here before and got mixed results. Don't take this as a criticism on my part on any of you. Or misunderstand that I am dictating how to post , just a suggestion.
Peace.
Yellowdog - will try - it's just often difficult when responding to the continued lies of the far right and the outright attacks on our President.
Have a great day and weekend!
I agree with you Yellowdog, and part of that is not responding to posters like Concern. Destroys threads entirely.
My own belief is that we have to start ignoring those posters that bring nothing to the table.
Have a good weekend.
newday - you're right!
Seeking/Newday - I know. Don't take offense, like Thune said I'm just being myself :}
It is hard when the hard right does not live up to the same standards. They complain about our posts but never bat an eye to the true culprits like Damage, Rocco, BrianB and the various short termers that jump in and out of here. Yet to see an R call out those guys.
Have a nice weekend as well. I will be on vacation next week.
Yellowdog - I hope it's a GREAT vacation! Where ya going?
On a sad note, just heard my 111 year old great aunt died. I can't be too sad, she had a great life - and wow - she DID live!
No offense taken, Yellowdog. I understand completely. I can remember when you could actually have discussions here. Had one this morning with someone, and it made my day. Reminded me of the old days.
I do think there are a certain amount of posters that you just can't respond to. You will never see me respond to the ones you mention, with the exception of brianb sometimes just out of pure contrariness. I do think ignoring is the better option.
Sorry to hear about your aunt, SS: what a life she must have had!
Have a good vacation, Yellowdog.
I hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm off to the neighborhood pub for a beer. My friend and I code named it TEA-PARTY CENTRAL. A whole lot of grumpy old republicans sit on stools and mumble "Obama this" "Obama that" Quite interesting, psychologically speaking.
newday - she had a great life. Was sharp as could be and mobile until about 2 weeks ago. She went quickly which is a blessing!
As I said, it's a celebration - not a time for mourning! Thank you!
Well, God love her. So glad to hear that, and amazing at her age. Blessings to your family at this time of loss.
newday - thank you! Have a great weekend!
Just loved Sir Paul (Beatle fan here). And the Queen with James (Sexy)Bond. Great opening to the games. Sorry about that Mitt.
The Brits said Romney is not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed !!!!!!!!!!!
In other news today, aging D-list rocker Ted Nugent said in an interview on Glen Beck, That those people in the movie theater should have all been armed.
Nugent also said that an AR15 is a sporting and hunting rifle, not an assault weapon.
The AR15 is the semi automatic version of the M16.
I wonder what the letters AR in AR15 stand for? Hunting rifle?
Ole Nugent is a class A Neo-Nut Conservative.
I read that too fuzzy!!! UNBELIEVEABLE! ya, right, tear gas, darkened theater, a deranged shooter with an automatic weapon and a full clip ..... but if you're packing it would have ended the situation? That guy is truly certifiable!
Layton - there are some frightening people out there. Won't be happy until the US has reverted back to the Wild West. Why is it the Republican party always wants to go backward?
Obama/Biden 2012
I spent 4 years in the army. Qualified expert with the M16. And in a dark room full of tear gas against a guy with body armor, I could not tell you that I could take that guy out. It would take a perfect "kill shot". It would be almost impossible with a rifle. With a pistol?
Me thinks Teddy Boy has fried some circuits!
Just what you need in that situation. Panicked people trying to fire back. Imagine how many more would have died.
The way voter suppression efforts are being pushed by republicans, it becoming easier to buy a gun than to vote.
Tell me about it! I live in Florida. Ric the Prick Scott keeps purging eligible voters (70% Dems).
Oh I can see it now, a war zone with bullets flying everywhere. It was bad enough coming from one deranged man killing and wounding several people. If everyone was armed there would be unthinkable carnage that would resemble a battle field with no one alive.
A semi-automatic weapon is necessary to shoot Bambi or his mother? Does one need to get those mallards with an AK-47? To show accuracy of one's aim does one need to shoot a target with so many holes there is no target left because the weapon sprays bullets instead of a single accurate shot for a bullseye?
I don't like guns although I scored high years ago in the military. I was accurate in my aim and didn't need tons of ammo to hit the target whether paper or flesh. Only cowards need to feel secure because they are armed to the teeth.
Adler, I need my 100 round magazine when I go hummingbird hunting!
Oh yes, Terrible Ted the Motor City loudmouth. I am a huge clasisic rock fan, but face it, his music just sucks.
If you need a 100 round magazine to kill a deer, it will be pulverized. Either that or your aim sucks, your drunk or you just shouldn't have a gun....because you suck at it.
Romney be yourself, I think a Clown would work !!!!
And how are people going to learn more about Romney? Certainly not because he's going to tell them. (At least not until the nomination is locked up.)
Has there ever, or at least in modern times, been a candidate for president so secretive?
He'll be glad to share anything with us except, you know, stuff that would tell us what kind of person he is or what kind of president he would be. Is it possible to charge a candidate with "contempt of electorate?"
Love the point you make, JohnNY. Very succinct and true.
Romney will present himself to the voters after the convention.
Smart move on his part. Why open himself for disortions by democrats now?
If he waits till after the convention, it's the republicans that are getting screwed. You guys are putting all your faith and trust in a guy that you know almost nothing about! When his dirty laundry airs, and it will, you'll be stuck with him.
We Dems already know we don't want him.
fuzzy44 - no one who has watched and listened to him want the empty suit anywhere near the White House.
Obama/Biden 2012
Unhappily for some, Obama will be defeated in November. The swing states he's counting on will go for Romney, along with a surprise blue state or two.
Happily for the rest of us, America will be better with Romney's election.
Far lefties already know who they're voting for, the far righties know the same. It's the middle that's in play, and that's going Romney's way.
mlkboneundrwear - nope - Mitt will go back home and President Obama will get his 2nd term.
Get used to it! Middle can't STAND Romney~
My God TwitMitt is gonna get creamed in the debates. Cant wait. Im pre-ordering a lot of popcorn!
How so? Tell us his policy proposals for jobs and the debt and foreign policy? Ideas? Surely he has demonstrated to you that he has a plan, right?
So what is it? WHERE is it?
Romney is in Israel and he thought passover was passover the cash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is just more of the "our guy is really like you, a laid back, family man." Unlike that likeable (but) Socialist, Muslim, non-American. Even though I wear a suit every work day, I really do distrust guys who look too good in their suits. Must be a Mad Men thing. The GOP crew just remind of those valueless, soulless guys on TV. Perhaps Romney is Don Draper, because Don Draper is really Dick Whitman - a man with no past.
Wm - you realize the "Socialist, Muslim, non-American" diatribe is totally foolish and makes you look out of touch with reality, right?
Sanity, I think Wm. was being ironic. I know it's hard to tell sometimes, because the real right-wingers are so crazy, but sounds to me like Wm. was mocking them; they call President Obama unAmerican, Wm isn't.
Amy - I reread it several times. Couldn't quite decide.
Sorry Wm!
It was sarcasm, a form of nuance that escapes most conservatives. It is far easier for them to just make up quotes when they lack the reading comprehension of a 3rd grader.
Israel is looking at Willard as their new cash cow, Romney promised to ramp up U.S. aid to the Jewish state with money we don't have to get votes back home, he's looking out for America, this loonie is going to push us over the cliff !!!!!!
I can't for Romney to debate Obama. I can't wait for him to be forced to defend the positions he took in the primary. Be yourself Man, you severly conservative MF'er or pivot baby pivot back to the middle.
I can't wait for them to hear Obama defend what he has done to our country!
Put a Tin Hat on Romney the Clown, he's going down with his empty suit buddies !!!!!!!!!!
I think the Best Buy Geek Squad is still working on Willard's new personality chip.
(apologies to any Best Buy employees here)
Which self does Thune want him to be? What happened to the fine tuned, well oiled machine that was the Romney camp when Newt was gaining on him. All these wealthy donors are gonna be pissed when the wheels come off. Their champion is a liar and is not accountable for his own mouth. He is embarrassing supporters.
I really don't think his backers really care, Mockingbyrd. It isn't what he says during the campaign (and it is quite a thing to see when he contradicts himself without any hint that he knows he's doing it, what a talent!), it is the actions that he will take while President, and his backers know that they can control him.
Yep, will be great to see the Koch
suckersBrothers lose all those millions on Romney's failed campaign.Yeah, most Americans have $70,000 in horse business expenses for their Olympic horse and do not even know what day it's competing. Despite Mitt spending a decade saying it's very important to his wife and yet claims to know nothing about it.
Does Mitt believes a husband should not know anything about his wife's interests? Does Mitt simply act like those Fabulous Rich who don't spend much time with their loved ones and simply think it's all about money?
The more Mitt Romney talks, the more horse hockey is coming out of his mouth.
Debbie, just because you can't afford a Royal Lipizzaner Stallion, Doesn't mean you should pick on Mitt and Ann!
After all, it IS a "therapy" horse.
fuzzy44 - and the horse has been in therapy ever since they bought it!
I wonder if the therapy horse walked alongside Mitt's dad and Martin Luther King Jr in a civil rights march?
Romney is being himself. People act differently in different situations, and Romney thinks that being a CEO is the best way to be President.
A CEO is a very different creature than a President of a country. A CEO has total control (especially if they are Chairman of the Board, and sole owner), and does not have to work to get a consensus, if they don't want to. It is better if you get 'buy in' from those in the lower management positions, but it is not always necessary, and everybody who works for him knows it. A CEO's focus is on what is best for profits, not the workers, and customers who create those profits.
A President of a country, especially this country, must deal with two other co-equal partners - the legislative, and the judicial - as well as work with other leaders of other countries who may see themselves as 'co-equals' or even 'superior' than the President. Not only that, those other leaders may agree to do something (through a treaty, or legislation) but then not follow through. Unlike a contract between two companies, if that happens, there is equivalent sanctions to what can be agreed on in a contract. Yes, there is the WTO, and you can do things like sanctions, but the other country could just ignore you, unlike under a legally binding contract subject to a legal jurisdiction.
A President's focus needs to be on what is best for the all of the people of the country, not the businesses, not the most wealthy, or just a few people, and not just the people in his political party. As stated in the Constitution, this government is created for, and by 'we the people', nowhere does it say 'we the bankers', or 'we the businessman', or 'we the rich'. Therefore, the President must focus on all of the people, unlike a CEO who mus focus on the business, and help those that make money for the company while 'weeding out' those who only cost money . . . or 'apparently' cost money (a worker's wage may 'cost the company money' but they actually make the company money by adding value to the product, or goods).
Romney does not understand these differences, thus his statements like, "Corporations are people, my friend.", or his support of tax, and budget policies that benefit only the wealthy, and hurt the middle class, and poor. Not to mention, his bumbling criticisms of the Olympic preparations where he did not even realize that pointing out that there were problems with security, or the fact that he just had a 'secret' meeting with the leader of the most secret British intelligence agency would be seen as dangerous things to the security of the games, and the British intelligence infrastructure. Romney may understand business (and more power to him for that) but he certainly doesn't understand what it takes to be POTUS.
Romeny is on his own 'apology tour', he keeps having to apologize for his own actions, and words. (can't take credit for this one, I heard it on the radio this morning).
Do you know what D.A.M. stands for? Mothers Against Dyslexia.
Romeny . . . jeez.
Matthew
As Governor of Massachusetts, one of the bluest states, Democratic voters vetted him. Are you saying the voters in MA didn't see something; or that being governor, for one day, doesn't eclipse President Obama's executive experience prior to his election?
If he was such a great Governor, M.J., why didn't he serve for more than one term? Why isn't he highlighting his term, if he was such a great Governor? Fact is, his term as Governor was lackluster, at best, not to mention dropping job growth rank to 47th in his last year, a drop from about 44th(?) when he started as Governor. The only good things that I've heard he did was to sign a law to ban assault rifles, and the health care legislation he is now trying to run away from.
His governorship just proved the old adage that you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. He lied about how he was going to treat a woman's right to choose, and LGBT issues when campaigning for Governor. Once he was in office, he reversed himself on both issues. And you think we should trust him now? He has evidently fooled you.
And, no, being governor for one day did not eclipse President Obama's experience before he became President.
Nice try at deflection, M.J., but you did not address the fact that being a CEO does not necessarily prepare you to be a good President of a country. And, evidently from Romney's record as Governor, it did not prepare him to be a very good Governor, either.
Try to stay on point, M.J., if you can.
RedSoxRule, Rasmussen polls have been statistically shown to be biased...haven't you notice that in the RCP Poll of polls it is almost always out of line with the majority of the other polls?
Romney be himself? Not gonna happen. He can't show his base that he is really is a moderate! All of a sudden he may cheer for Obamacare because that's what he enacted in MA!
Look at him, just give his honest opinion on the London Olympic and whoooops.
John Smith
Having a moderate may not be the worst thing at this juncture. Did Mr. Romney misspeak?
http://www.youtube.com/embed/h4yWRY2Yg3Q"
Did President Obama put people at ease?
You decide...
As others have said, Romney is being himself when he is physically stiff and has the silly grin plastered on his face. He doesn't connect and the economy will have to really tank for him to have a chance.
Caveat: Romney is a strong debater and should not be underestimated, especially when he has time to prepare his remarks in advance so that they appear spontaneous.
Is that Moochelle Obama enjoying her last vacation?? Maybe she could squeeze in one more before she is evicted from our White House.
Looks like a decent sized win coming for Mitt Romney. Might not be the historical landslide we were hoping for, but a win is a win.
Watch the huge hiring surge the day after Obama makes his concession speech. (wonder if he'll blame Bush in that speech. Wouldn't be a genuine Obama speech if he didn't. LOL)
No evidence of that whatsoever. Besides, what will hurt Romney in the end is that he doesnt have any ideas. D0 you know what Romney's solutions are? Does anybody?
Not likely. Nothing will change for quite some time like you are fantasizing. . Tax Reform will take at least a year probably longer. Housing is still down, thats going to take awhile, and the Ryan plan is going to kill at least 2 Million public sector jobs and drilling for more oil for the world market will take 5-8 years.
Good luck explaining why there is no hiring surge when the ;uncertainty' has been removed because you actually thought trickle-down actually works. ...pffffft
That is Romney's problem ,he is himself and America doesn't like who,why or what he is except a cheat by hiding his money in foriegn countries to avoid paying taxes to his SUPPOSED Country the United States. His cowardly draft dodging as are his sons are disgraceful. If you won't fight for your country why would you want to be its leader.
He IS being himself. That's the problem.
If I was keeping a secret it would mean I had something to hide. Romney is keeping his tax returns secret so it's obvious....And we don't need any of those left over Bushies or his policies in the Whitehouse.
Mitt is being himself. That's why he makes a damn fool out of himself, no matter where he goes.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/h4yWRY2Yg3Q"
Senator Thune is wrong. The most damaging moments for Romney have come when he was being himself. "Himself" is an out of touch child of wealth and entitlement who sees everyone and everything as just dollars on a balance sheet and has no comprehension of or compassion for anyone who is not also extremely wealthy or cannot contribute to his own fortune. "Himself" is a raging egomaniac with daddy issues, trying to assert his oedipal dominance by achieving the most prominent thing his father failed to. "Himself" is a politician so shamelessly self-serving as to be a caricature, totally devoid of integrity or substance, calculating every position and every statement against polls and their impact on his electoral chances, willing to throw anyone, any ideal, and any policy under his campaign bus if he thinks it will help him politically.
I'm still waiting for Mitt's birth certificate. I want proof he's really an American... after all, his grandfather had 5 wives in Mexico to avoid the "conservative laws" of the U.S. so are we really sure about him? But, that seems to be a Romney tradition; if you don't want to obey U.S. laws, find "legal" ways to avoid them. If all Americans did this, we might have had trouble protecting our nation in times of war when we had a draft. If all Americans avoided paying their taxes by hiding their "wealth" offshore, we wouldn't be able to finance our government. With just those two simple points I feel THAT behavior doesn't sound very American to me. I know I could write more, but these are enough to keep me very worried... a political candidate who strongly whose party strongly advocated two wars on credit and more war in our future, but whose FIVE SONS have NOT served our country like other Americans. This seems rather "DISCONCERTING" (as Mitt sez).
EXPLAIN THIS REPUGNICANS: Why do the right wingnuts always blame the "liberal media" for everything they are caught on? FUNNY, Rupert Murdoch owns the Star and who named him "Mitt the Twit" and another paper and it was the CONSERVATIVE Mayor of London and CONSERVATIVE Prime Minister of England who became upset with Mitt and verbally came back at him... then, the papers picked up on it. If you were to research the owners of most of these newspapers and television networks, you'd find many times they are NON "Liberals," so stop whining and owe up to the fact the Mitt is himself at ALL times - a fool. The only thing he was clever about was how to burn American workers for their jobs, retirement funds, healthcare plans, etc. while pocketing all the proceeds including monies acquired for loans. In addition, the American taxpayers had to bail out at least one company I know of for $44 million in retirement funds which our government guarantees like the FDIC. Bain Capital pocketed that money and your boy Mitt keeps his returns from the public because we will see his windfall profits from this sleazy ripoff of the employee retirement plan and the American taxpayers who ended up paying for it. Let's get some FACTS out on the table, Bubba.
As a moderate I say Obama through 2016 and Hillary through 2024.
Retake the House, Democrats, and capture 60 seats in the Senate. Pack the Court with young progressives. Roll back Citizens United and advance single-payer. Cut loose the defense industry welfare state and dedicate the savings to rebuilding infrastructure.
Getting there will take some effort as it will be Christie whom Hillary will have to defeat in 2016. He is a dangerous bully, combining just enough of Reagan's folksy everyman with Cheney's sinister manipulations.
Christie and those like him are the true enemy. Romney, soon to be dispatched, is inconsequential.