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Subscribe to RSSNBC's Chuck Todd spoke exclusively with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday.
He made the comments in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd, part of which aired Thursday on NBC’s Nightly News.
Romney would not say if he is any closer to making a decision or if he had made a decision. Influential conservative writers Paul Gigot, of the Wall Street Journal editorial page, and Bill Kristol and Stephen Hayes, of the Weekly Standard, have called for Romney to pick Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., the House Budget Committee chairman.
Romney’s comments about “vision for the country” and adding “to the political discourse” certainly fit the mold of what the conservative writers have called for. Someone like Ohio Sen. Rob Portman would be seen as a governing pick. But there was no mention of governing.
Of course, Republicans have said for a year that this is “the most important presidential election in our lifetimes.” And President Obama has also called this election a stark choice.
Here’s more of the exchange on picking a vice president.
CHUCK TODD: What do you want your running mate to say about you? What do you want your selection to say about what kind of president you're going to be?MITT ROMNEY: I don't think I have anything for you on the V.P. running mate. Other than I-- I certainly expect to have a person that has a strength of character, a vision for the country, that, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country. I mean, I happen to believe this is a defining election for America; that we're going to be voting for what kind of America we're going to have.
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Then why is Mitt the Twit chosing from 3 blind
ratsmice?It comes as NO surprise Willard would want someone who has a "vision for the country", since he is VOID of any other than it's "his & Princess Annie's turn"!
Please... please... pick Eddie Munster, this way you can piss off senior voters like every other demographic you managed to so far! ;o)
4 MORE FOR 44!
Well, if he picked Ryan he'd be able to post something of a "plan" on his website!
At least he isnt picking biden.
Because I have NONE!
What a shell of a man, Willard is...
Layton,
You mean the Ryan budget Willard referred to as; marvelous? lol
The commercials would write themselves!
Herman & Eddie Munster 2012!
Romney: I want a VP with ‘vision for the country’
Yea Mittwit, cuz you don't have one. Well it depends on the crowd at the time. You will say whatever you think they want to hear. Mittwit the slimey, scumbag vulture who made his millions by taking the shirt off the middle class.
Shows us your tax returns you slimey scumbag vulture. The American people want to see them. If you don't care what we want now, they why would we trust you to care if you were President? Lol slimy Romney and trust... lmao!
So much BS from Mittens - he wants someone who can bring him votes. Period.
Is that really the best you can come up with?
At least he doesn't have to choose a vice president pick to keep him from being "assassination proof" like Obama did with Biden.
And don't deny that. If Obama is bad, Biden is much much MUCH worse.
His response was good to hear.
Feisty ...
Exactly! He'd have content on his page and whoa baby would the debates be great!
Republicans don't have a vision for the country. They only have one vision and it's for themselves by way of lining their pockets and the hell with everybody else.
Anyone who saw that ad the last few days is on to what Romney's vision is. It ain't pretty. Never once did he care about the workers who lost their jobs and benefits. Never once. And now we hear he's got one of the Koch Bros. as one of his delegates. What does that tell you?
The numbers are out. The country (the people) have quite a different vision from what the GOP wants. Doesn't matter who the vp pick is. They're all one in the same. White, rich, male, mean spirited bullies.
They have destroyed this country, no one more so than Romney. Or was it Cheney? Or Reagan? Or Boehner? Or McConnell? Or Limbaugh?
They're all the same.
Joe Biden is a thoughtful intelligent vice president. A good man, who fights for the important things in life. For us.
Mitt was thinking of vetting his dog.But he left him on the roof of the car, darn.
Mitt Romney, THE WIFE MURDERER, knows nothing about character and ALL ABOUT OFFSHORING ASSETS !!!
How 'bout those TAX RETURNS MITTENS ???
Have you VISITED YOUR MONEY IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS this year ??
Do you have THE TAX HAVEN OF BERMUDA on "speed dial" in your cell phone???
Perfect Pat!
I know I'm not the only one who is sick & tired of the I got MINE FU crowd!
Old Uncle Joe is the real deal! He speaks from his heart & is a caring man, unlike Willard who has NO ♥!
Just wow! Talk about a vision for our country. Look at these photos of President Obama in Colorado. Exquisite.
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/08/08/a-beautiful-day-3/#comments
This, on the other hand, is not VISION.
NYT Editorial: Mitt Romney’s campaign has hit new depths of truth-twisting with its accusation that President Obama plans to “gut welfare reform” by ending federal work requirements. The claim is blatantly false, but it says a great deal about Mr. Romney’s increasingly desperate desire to define the president as something he is not.
…. this is what happens when a flailing campaign searches for a wedge issue to gain popularity among blue-collar voters. Mr. Romney’s empty promises to magically turn around the economy are losing effectiveness, so why not vilify welfare recipients and portray the president as coddling them?
That approach was favored by an earlier generation of Republican operatives, and it helped divide the country into warring political classes. Mr. Romney, no less cynical, seems bent on repeating the past.
Pat Buchanan could not be more right. His words below.....
This week, the friends of Barack Obama introduced into the political battle of 2012 the moral equivalent of poison gas.
In an ad produced by the super PAC Priorities USA, Mitt Romney is charged with moral, if not material, complicity in the cancer death of the wife of a Missouri steelworker.
Speaking straight into the camera, Joe Soptic, 62, charges Romney with coldly shutting down the plant where he worked and cutting off his health insurance. This, says Soptic, left his wife without insurance to pay for her care, until, falling ill, she went to a doctor, who discovered stage 4 cancer, which killed her in 22 days.
Soptic implies a causal connection between Romney's decision to shut the plant and his wife's death. The ad is a premeditated attempt to murder the reputation of Mitt Romney. And from start to finish, it is a deception.
The truth.
Mitt Romney gave up leadership of Bain Capital in 1999. The steel plant was closed in 2001. Soptic lost his health insurance, but his wife was still working and had hers. She lost her job and insurance in 2003. Her illness and cancer were discovered in 2006, when Romney was ending his fourth year as governor of Massachusetts.
Was this ad the work of a rogue super PAC over which the Obama campaign had no control? Did the White House denounce the ad as unethical and malicious and wash its hands of it?
By no means. The White House, through its cynical silence, has been complicit in this moral atrocity as it reaps the benefits of it.
As for Soptic, he has been a collaborator of the Obama campaign itself, featured in a campaign ad and a conference call with reporters last May. What this smells like is a secret handoff from the Obama campaign to the Obama super PAC, which would be a violation of law.
While many journalists have denounced the ad as duplicitous and slanderous, some have hailed it. Unconcerned with its falsity, they love its message. For it mirrors what they themselves think of Mitt.
One wonders: Has the president given any thought to how he is to unite and lead the country should he win, given the character of the campaign he and his team have waged?
For a year now, the daily picture of Barack Obama most of us see is of a president heading for his helicopter for yet another rally to denounce Republicans as tea-party obstructionists and Mitt Romney as an outsourcer and a tax dodger.
A week ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that a confidant had informed him that Romney paid no income taxes for 10 years. Harry repeated this accusation on the floor.
Instead of denouncing this sleazy tactic – a charge with no substance and without an identifiable source – the Obama chorus echoed Harry: Show us the last 10 years of your tax returns.
Are these not the same politicians and media who denounced as vicious wackos any who dared to ask to see Obama's birth certificate or the transcript from his college days at Columbia?
Assume, for the sake of argument, that these tactics work, that Obama wins re-election and that he and Harry hold the Senate.
How do they govern?
Mr. Hope and Change, the figure who once inspired millions, died a long time ago. In his stead stands a Chicago pol who barnstorms the country calling Republicans political lap dogs of millionaires and billionaires who refuse to pay their fair share of taxes.
In this campaign, Obama has steadily diminished both himself and the office he holds. Remarkable what a fear of defeat and a loss of power can do to a man.
How – after you stand cynically silent while your super PAC mongrels accused Romney of throwing the Soptic family out on the street, stripping them of health care and then letting the wife die of cancer – do you then reach out to your defeated rival?
The presidency is uniquely a place of moral leadership, said Harry Truman, a "bully pulpit," said Theodore Roosevelt.
How, after the long, low and miserable campaign he and his crowd have conducted, does Obama ascend that pulpit again without being laughed at and hooted at until he stands down?
How does he resolve the fiscal crisis looming at year's end?
Obama says he rather would not extend any of the Bush tax cuts than extend all of them. The Republican House will give him all or nothing. Yet if Obama wins and lets all of the tax cuts expire, he will need the cooperation of a Republican House and perhaps a Republican Senate to restore the cuts for those earning less than $200,000.
Obama will have to have the cooperation of a Republican House and perhaps a Republican Senate for any budget compromise to bring an end to his debilitating string of five straight trillion-dollar deficits.
Having accomplished nothing in the past two years, how would Obama accomplish anything in the next four after such a campaign?
DOJ has announced that “after a careful review” and more than a year of “thorough investigation,” it has determined that “based on the law and evidence as they exist at this time, there is not a viable basis to bring a criminal prosecution with respect to Goldman Sachs or its employees in regard to the allegations” set forth in Levin-Colburn report on financial meltdown.
That's because he's already taken, Einstein.
Get a load of this!
Rob in MA is so low on ammo, he's been reduced to quoting a full blown racist like Pat Buchanon who can't even get hired by NewsforDumbFux at this point! lmao
Robby.... KNOCK OFF THE COMMENT SPAMMING!!!
Go ahead Mitt, you have already made it very plain that you want to shaft the middle class and poor. Go ahead and make Ryan your partner. If anyone has any doubts about your stand for the rich, if anyone doubts whether or not you have no empathy for anyone not in your class, their doubts will disappear with a Ryan VP pick.
You may not like Buchanan. But unfortunately in terms of a legitimate rebuttal to what he has to say once again Dumb Fux YOU GOT NOTHIN'
Soptic implies a causal connection between Romney's decision to shut the plant and his wife's death. The ad is a premeditated attempt to murder the reputation of Mitt Romney. And from start to finish, it is a deception.
Brockton -
Sounds like the same "causal connection" you RWNJ's were throwing around about Obama regarding the death of a border agent.
Obama/Biden 2012
Get ready to look down that deep dark hole and see how good your "vision" was if that bozo gets elected. :)
Go sit dow at the kids table Rob... your days are numbered! ;o)
The mere fact you have the audacity to call anything which comes out of Buchanon's racist pie hole as legitimate is pitiful at best & hysterically funny at worst!
Who you going to reference next? David Duke?
There is no such thing as anyone with vision in the Teapublican Party.
I want to see Romney's tax returns!
Someone that will remember the Concierge #!
I hope he picks Ryan and then I want to watch in amused, uncomfortable horror as he tries to defend Ryan's budget plan in the debates.
So any thoughts on the Justice Department says it won't prosecute Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs or its employees in a financial fraud probe?
Exactly! That load of poo he left on post 1.15 must've taken the whole roll of toilet paper to wipe that off. And how many aka's is he up to now?
Romney says he won't release his tax returns because he's "not a corporation":
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/09/romney-wont-release-taxes-because-im-not-a-business/
...yeabut...yeabut...yeabut...
Mittens, didn't you proclaim "...corporations are people..."?
Sure you did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2h8ujX6T0A
Therefore, if corporations are people, then people must be:
a) made of wood;
b) Soylent Green;
or
c) corporations as well?
Romney, if corporations are people, and you are a person, then you MUST be a corporation, correct?
So, just when do you, as a "corporation/person", release your taxes?
I thought Pat Buchanan was still in the Witless Protection Program. I didn't know he was back
in the gutteron the streets.i'm sorry but please do not pick evangalist preacher looking pawlenty lol
You know how Wikipedia had to lock editing of pages for possible VP picks? We need this forum to keep the Romney/Rove Collapse Gestapo from trying to suppress free speech. Posts that are in keeping with the code of honor need to stand, regardless of whether rightwingers like it or not. We aren't going to abide voter suppression and all the other underhanded, undemocratic crap either.
Obama/Biden - 2012!
Go sit dow at the kids table Rob... your days are numbered! ;o)
The mere fact you have the audacity to call anything which comes out of Buchanon's racist pie hole as legitimate is pitiful at best & hysterically funny at worst!
Who you going to reference next? David Duke?
NOTHIN' X 2 = NOTHIN'
Millions and millions of Americans fell for Obama con job back 08. And I grant you his historic negative onslaught has hurt Romney in the polls but three more months of it will wear very thin with people that are struggling in his economy.
Obama like you DumbFux got NOTHIN'
Romney will win. And win by a significant margin!
Say Raaab!
While you're here, why don't you dazzle us with your bull@!$%# stories about your supposed girlfriend?
We could all use a good laugh at YOU! ;o)
Romney should select Netanyahoo, that guy is great at telling the U.S. what to do, and then Romney can win West Israel, aka Florida.
Seems Buchanan's little ditty gets collapsed awfully quick around these parts.
That seems to happen often with indisputable opinions that are just devastatingly accurate and show the Obama administration for the pile of filth and excrement they truly are.
As they say the truth hurts!
Sounds like the same "causal connection" you RWNJ's were throwing around about Obama regarding the death of a border agent.
GT,
The problem with Obama's casual connection in the Sopek Ad is that Romney was just finishing his FOURTH YEAR as Governor of Massachusetts when his wife died. As for the dead Border Agent well we know what Obama was doing. He was in charge.
While you're here, why don't you dazzle us with your bull@!$%# stories about your supposed girlfriend?
What's the matter DumbFux? Nobody special in your life? SHOCKER!!!!
Where's Spanky been?
First Read expel him for making them look like fools day in day out?
Needs a VP with a vision for this country.
Needs someone with "strength of character".
Yep... just two of the things Romney DOESN'T have.
Vision for the country. Strength of character. Hmmmm.....
How are you guys going to attack the CIA Director David Petraeus appointed by Obama when he accepts Romney's request as his running mate.
Can't wait to hear you what you fools will have to say then. So much for that foreign policy edge for Obama once that happens.
Brockton Barlow
Where's Spanky been?
...He spanked too much....he's in the ER seeing if they can re-attach it..
Feisty -- I know this is off topic, but it does pertain to a number of posts you made here so far in #1: How do you know that Brockton is this other person (Rob in MA)? I'm just curious. I have been considering putting Brockton on "ignore", but I haven't yet (I try to reserve this for the most offensive, name-calling, children or mentally disturbed posters).
I ask because often when I put someone on ignore it's only a couple of weeks before I notice that they are no longer posting anyways. If I knew how you know what you say about "re-regs" I could avoid them more easily. I'm beginning to wonder if I've just been putting the same children on ignore over and over and over.
Care to share?
Romney won't take Ryan- he's too much a thorn in the side of liberals to take him away from Congress!
More likely is McDonnell or Portman- both bring a huge amount of knowledge & leadership to the team.
My personal favorite? Martinez from NM- she would just send this thing on its head! She would make a great VP! She matches up well with Mitt and both are great Americans!
BTW- Where are Obama's Columbia school records? hmmm... something to look into...
(I try to reserve this for the most offensive, name-calling, children or mentally disturbed posters).
After that quote you ask Feisty (Dumbfux) for a serious guidance?
That's HILARIOUS!
Brockton Barlow
Seems Buchanan's little ditty gets collapsed awfully quick
...........little ditty? It was more like an epic poem in bullcrap_pentameter.
Can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to spend all that time to post such a long discourse by someone (Buchanon) who has made truth twisting an art form, only the few mouth breathing twits in this country would believe it.
His writing style, his derogatory references & name calling and first & foremost, he's from MA and has already, snuck back in at least a half a dozen times...
Also, he can't dispute my accusation... lol
The poor things are not bright enough to realize the errors of their ways! ;o)
Yet another hapless lib that trashes the messenger but won't even attempt to rebut the message!
Why? Because there is no viable rebuttal. I will say it again. TRUTH HURTS!!!
Any repub with a vision saw Romney ahead of time and took off running....away from the clown!
Obama/Biden 2012.......2020 vision for the future!
like charging taxpayers for his security? lol, what an idiot you are.
Why would any normal person give a crap what Pat Buchanan has to say? For those of you not old enough to remember, Buchanan was the very first staffer hired by Richard Nixon for his presidential campaign. Yeah...Nixon...that Nixon. As in Tricky Dicky-the President who resigned in disgrace. Buchanan was Nixon's chief political strategist and no doubt had his slimy little fingers involved in the Watergate break-in. The only thing that saved him from sharing a cell with Liddy, Colson, etal., is that he was too much of a chickensh*t to help with the break-in. Buchanan's advice to Nixon when it became apparent that they were going to be caught in the cover-up of the burglary. "Burn the tapes, Mr. President."
Furthermore, one line sticks out in Buchanan's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee which reveals his level of responsibility and remorse for one of the most disgraceful events in American history: "The mandate that the American people gave to this president and his administration cannot and will not be frustrated or repealed or overthrown as a consequence of the incumbent tragedy." Talk about denial. In other words, to Buchanan the crime wasn't what they did; to him the crime was that they were caught.
Decades pass, but apparently the lack of Republican morals never change. The party of Nixon.....and now Romney.
Talk about one of the many blind mice "Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL"
Brockton beat me to it.
COinFL if you put everyone who called names, even just the worst of the worst, you'd have no one to talk on the Lib/left side. Don't get me wrong, it sounds really nice but what would be the point?
Funny, I was just thinking how sad it is that this is what the campaign has boiled down to. The last one was nasty but this one is despicable, and what's worse is that you don't even care. You blindly, or maybe not, follow this guy's lead (as well as Dumbfux and all her ilk) down into the gutter. Don't you want more for our country? I mean you are supposed to be the party that helps everyone, is open minded, fair, etc and yet all your posts on this site are nothing but displays of spoiled little children who call names, flip the bird, and basically just disrespect anyone with a different opinion.
And that makes your guy, Obama, look just as as spoiled and childish as you all here doing the name calling.
You will lose the election for him.
Why would any normal person give a crap what Pat Buchanan has to say?
Holy Christ are you hapless libs standing in line? How many of there are you? Not one of you can man up enough to take a crack at it. You know make a serious attempt at rebutting what Buchanan had to say?
Pretend for a minute that the author was unknown. Wow, what a bunch of cowards!
As opposed to the actual fact of it having been written by a lying, cheating, sack of weasel feces? And I apologize if I offended any weasels for the comparison.
Enough to insure a repeat of the 2008 Presidential outcome. Count on it!
Well evidently you just proved yourself to fall below a sack of weasel feces on the food chain by not manning up as challenged.
Thanks for playing though.
Anybody else want to try making a substantive argument on the original post?
Like I said just like this President you are all empty vessels with nothing but name calling and finger pointing to get yourselves through the day!
Okay Brockton,
Out of sheer boredom, I'll play along with your little troll game and help you deal with your inferiority complex. I went back and read your little weasel feces column. My first thought was...gee...if Brockton was anywhere near as smart as he thinks he is then he wouldn't need to post, re-post, and re-post ad-infinitum someone else's thoughts. Then I realized you probably are incapable of an original thought...or at least one of any substance.
Now on to the column. If the facts of the case are true then it is a reprehensible ad. Then again, it is Buchanan so it's bound to have several lies weaved throughout. I bet the Romney Super-Pacs are really jealous that they didn't come up with something that bad to use against President Obama first. Oh, wait a minute....something or other about somebody not building something. And something or other about welfare. And something or other about marxist, socialist, communist, food stamp president, Kenyan born, etc. You know lies and statements taken out of context.
And now we have this ad in retaliation. What really surprises me is that I had no idea you repubs were so sensitive. I thought you knew politics are hardball. I guess your idea of a fair fight is like going back to high school days and to have several "friends" hold someone down while you punch them or cut their hair. But as it turns out if the victim fights back and punches you in the nose, you go running to the teacher. What a bunch of wussies, but then.....Brockton....why would I be surprised?
Is the dude from Monopoly available? Seems that is the most suited person for the job of Romney. A republican with vision? That is funny, all those idiots know how to do is cut and paste from state to state. Let's try it here, if they don't revolt, then we'll just take it to the rest of the red states and tell them Jesus would do the same, friggin morons.
Wow Jon, that was impressive. I bow to you. Not only did you manage to call Brockton a wussy (we both know you wanted to use a p instead but we'll ignore that for now) but you also called him a bully.
Pot meet kettle.
Talk about wuss. You admit it's a reprehensible ad and yet you still insult the other side.
How can you sleep at night/look yourself in the mirror/expect anyone to have any respect for you?
What a tough man you are. I bet you're one of those guys who insists that his date pay for his/her share of the meal and then you get mad when he/she doesn't put out. And you fully expect him/her to put out.
I apologize for being so rude, I'm sure your penis is just as big as most of the liberals on this site, maybe even as big as Feisty's, but seriously, can you even find your balls?
Brockton -- I was asking Feisty for guidance about computer stuff. I am of the generation that did not grow up with computers. However, even though I did not get the answer I was looking for (some simple keyboard computer trick), Feisty's answer was courteous and to the point. Nice, especially considering that I have sometimes posted things that disagreed with her.
Redhead Ranting -- If I knew how to copy and paste your whole statement (#1.54) I'd do it here before responding. If anyone cares, I suppose they could scroll up to read it again. The thing I want to say to you is that the things you assumed about me are false. I am independent. It just happens that I want President Obama to be re-elected. You try to belittle me for this, saying that I don't want to do what is best for our country. You say that I am spoiled and childish and that I call everybody who doesn't agree with me names. I think you may have said other false stuff. Whatever. I still will not put you on "ignore". I value diversity of opinion. What I can't stand are those children (age or mentality) who just have one-liners of cussing and post and repost and degrade the value of the conversation. I use "ignore" to clean up my little world one step at a time.
So Brockton,
Or Rob, or whatever. You got scorched so you shifted to your Redhead nom-de-plume. Very manly, indeed. Pretend to be a woman, or, as most bullies do, hide behind mommy's skirt. I had no idea trolls were such little wussies. And, why would you be interested in the size of a complete stranger. Feisty's right. You must be lonely.
OK Brockton- here's the answer to your burning question:
No, I'm not disgusted with the Soptic ad. I do agree it was a little over the top, but Soptic is a real guy, and the story he told is a true story. The part left out by Buchanan (I must agree, he's a pretty low-lying source to be hanging your hat on) was that Romney was very much in charge of Bain when the financial moves that led Soptic's company into bankruptcy were made. All of the $100 million in debt that was piled on happened under Romney's direction. And let's face facts, Romney was stil involved in Bain much later than he claims.
I've seen interviews with Soptic. Yes, he's volunteered for the Obama campaign. That's still legal. The tea baggers haven't managed to ban it yet. He stands behind what he says in the ad, and truly believes that Romney couldn't care less about the workers that were affected by his actions at Bain.
Here's what I find so striking about you righties and your false indignation over these types of ads: your side is putting up worse ads, and running blatant falsehoods. The "You didn't build that" ad that ran that took the President's comments completely out of context featured an actor pretending to be a small business owner that was outraged by the President's statement.
This ridiculous new welfare ad they're running- blatantly lies when it states that Obama wants to remove the work requirement. HHS is offering waivers to states that want to increase the work requirement. They woke the Big Dog when they touted Bill Clinton as a part of that bill. Clinton issued a statement in lightning speed denouncing the ad. And he may make a splash at the convention, something he probably wouldn't have done if Romney and his lap dogs hadn't yanked his chain.
So, next time you want to get into a pissing contest over whose ads are worse, look to someone smarter than Pat Buchanan for inspiration.
Romney has been directed to choose the "darling weasel", one "Paul Ryan" the "Wisconsin weasel". Once this choice becomes official "the weasel" will direct the campaign. Gonna be a rough ride for us progressives, and democrats in general. The weasel is an accomplished exploiter of the lesser minded, mentally impaired, and especially, the many grand racists. We would all do well to remember; this person is endowed with counterfeit character, and cunning cowardice befitting the highest of weaseldom. Man never met even a shoddy lie, He couldn't add to the effect of an illusion, sufficient to render awesome fear and hatred within the hearts and minds of those who live for such, and these are many. This tells me, Romney, likely, isn't a legitimate candidate. This, I believe, is, in fact, a "Bush/Cheney redo. Bush was, in reality, a puppet President. Cheney was the puppeteer. The election of a "Romney/Ryan ticket will produce another such pretense. Romney will, in reality be a Presidential puppet, with "Ryan" the puppeteer pulling his strings. I have harbored a sneaking suspicion of a high probability of this scenario for some time now.
Many of my ilk will scoff in dubious doubt, and rightly so, so long as they give the assertion some considered appraisal. Anyone ever really LISTEN to Mitt Romney give a speech? Remind you of anyone? The Mans deficiencies are even more apparent than anything presented by G W Bush during His memorized, and scripted campaign. Romneys baggage becomes of little consequence to those who adore the "weasel. We must not under estimate the evil of this particular weasel. The election of Paul Ryan as "Vice President" under an unmitigated fool, which Romney inherently is, will finally establish a full blown "plutocracy" at the helm of the "United States of America". This is an especially dangerous being, who will, given the opportunity, upturn the acquired "Plutocracy" into a "goose stepping "Fascist" nation.
Very nicely done, Mike.
If more people knew how Mitt amassed his wealth, his whole crap line about "I know how to run a business" would go up in flames. Mitt bought and sold companies using other people's money and got to keep whatever profit turned up as he sold off pieces plus a whopping 20% of the difference between the buying and selling price. Mitt rarely created value in the companies he owned, but he sure extracted a ton. To the tune of $20+ million per year. And the best part: a "carried interest" tax rate on all that income that was less than half what everyday working people pay. I'm amazed Mitt never encountered villagers with torches and pitchforks.
Hey Feisty,
What is Obama's vision for the country? -- To drive it into the ground so he can install a communist system. He is off to a good start with jacking up our debt 6 trillion dollars, and also socializing healthcare. China is going to own us and many doctors are going to shut down their businesses. Medical regulations were horrible before Obamacare. They are now becoming much worse with it.
Folks, Obama is not cutting it. Please vote him out. We need effective businessmen in the offices of President and Vice President, not another politician, and certainly not Obama, who was never successful at anything.
It's true then: Our education system really HAS failed us. Your link proves it.
Alan290
You might want try getting your facts straight before posting, it sounds like you've been watching too much FOX LIES. I mean really, "AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESSMAN". I guess you mean like George W. Bush because something tells me you voted for that EFFECTIVE BUSINESSMAN too.....
OK, we get it Alan, your just very confused by all the Republican lies and propaganda. It's OK your not alone the same thing has happened to millions of other good Americans. I guarantee you that as soon as you lose the 19th century mindset the rest of us will welcome you into the real world of tolerance and understanding. Come on Alan you'll probably like it here......
So Brockton,
You got scorched so you shifted to your Redhead nom-de-plume.
Wow, you libbies sure are imaginative. I certainly appreciate both Mike and Jon R. taking a crack at disputing what Buchanan wrote but sorry to say EPIC failure on your part.
If you two actually had reading comprehension skills you might note that what Buchanan zeroed in on was not so much the "reprehensible" ad (and thanks for finally admitting it Jon R) but that the Ad is just but one example of how Obama has been a completely vapid politician that has so trashed the opposing party that there is no way to find any common ground going forward. This most negative campaign coming from a US President undercuts the "moral" leadership a President must have to be a success full leader. As Buchanan said it diminishes Obama and it diminishes the office.
I'm sure you will hang your hat on that ONE of the cuff comment from whatever Republican it was about making Obama a one term President but it pales in comparison to a President whose leadership style is to demonize and destroy opponents. That's all we have seen for the past two years.
That's what Buchanan was talking about. And he couldn't be more right. Just look at past Presidents. None have failed on that front (and many other fronts) like Obama has.
Scorched? Yeah right!
Fiesty: Your second line on your post 1.3 fits you perfectly. Good to see you claiming for yourself what most on the vine knew.
Brockton Barlow.......
It's not President Obama's (campaign) ad. Rather, it is (per the law) an ad conceived and deployed by a group (SuperPAC) completely disconnected from the Obama campaign.
You know, like Romney explained in the primary campaign.
Ann Coulter is demanding that Mitt the Twit fire Andrea Saul, she even went so far as to call Andrea a moron, not going to dispute that. Says why should they go to the RNC and defend Mutt if he is going to hire morons like her.
The convention should be fun to watch. Wonder if they will be able to fit all of those clowns into one car.
This is particularly ironic since many of those wouldn't be on welfare were it not for the failed policies of the previous Republican administration. You know, the exact same policies that Mitt Romney wants to emulate!
Face it, George W. Bush is the "food stamp president"! No other president in history managed to take so many gainfully employed workers and force them onto food stamps by trashing the American economy!
Brockton,
Petraius has already stated that he is NOT interested.
It's not President Obama's (campaign) ad. Rather, it is (per the law) an ad conceived and deployed by a group (SuperPAC) completely disconnected from the Obama campaign
Jay Carney had plenty of opportunities to say the Ad is below the belt yet took a pass.
So as far as I'm concerned it is his Ad!
FIRE MISSION!
ROMNEY'S VP IN THE OPEN!
A new tactic on Romney
Romney's new weakness is HIS VP choice. Whomever Romney chooses as his VP IS going to take fire over his or her tax returns.
If Romney's VP doesn't release his tax returns then that will give Americans more reasons to to keep Romney out of office. If neither one will release their tax returns then both most be upto something that would bring to question their honesty and business practices.
If Romney's VP releases his tax returns as a good faith gesture showing America that he or she is on the level it will make Romney either release his tax returns so that he will not be bested by his VP for releasing his or her tax returns or Romney will not release his tax returns thus putting his VP in a better position to become president.
Either way the success of Romney's campaign now resides solely with Romney's VP pick either releasing or not releasing her or his tax returns.
COinFL - Sorry, it was a sweeping generalization, I did not mean to suggest that YOU were all those things I said. I don't know you and hadn't read any of your posts so I had no right to suggest that you were part of the mess that does the name calling on this site. But you have to admit, there is a lot of that going on and the person you were speaking of in the original comment is the vilest of them all.
Please accept my apologies.
Mutt Head needs something huge right now. Since he is empty headed I guess his VP pick would have to have the vision at this point. The vision to complete the mission of destroying the middle class.
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser" ~ Socrates
There is a lot of name calling on here, seems most of you would rather bully one man than discuss the real topics at hand. Such as jobs, the economy, the national debt, etc. Your dear leader has yet to accomplish the tasks of an American president, thus the reason you cannot spout off about his record. To all of the internet bullies, shame on you.
Acountry.....Wow you really want to go to the "Bully" thing? Kind of like MittWitt
Bullying a kid he didn't like in school...you know the one he had his "friends" Hold down so he could Cut his Hair? Or the one I personally witnessed at the 2002 Games in SLC...in Park city..His Rants And Vulgar yelling at the Volunteers that he later had to apologize to "those people"
Brockton Barlow....said:
Quote.....So as far as I'm concerned it is his Ad!......EndQuote
So what? Everyone has an opinion. The law says it's not.
Carney is far less obligated to answer your questions than is Romney to produce his tax returns.
@ Praysalot
Actually yes, since most of the comments on here are the definition of bulling. The bulling continues with your derogatory naming of Mitt Romney, which resembles a 3rd grade type cut down.
Also, your spin tactics are laughable at best, diverting the focus is a standard democrat tactic. Not to mention your comment acknowledges that it is ok to bully so long as someone else did it. You are a sad human, try praying for yourself.
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser" ~ Socrates
New nicname for Bill Clinton for Republicans when addressing him: Master.
I think Paul Ryan has Mitt Romney's eyes, especially the way they shift back and forth. Hmm..., conspiracy theory anyone?
So Romney is looking for someone with vision; well Mitt most Americans have good vision and we would like to use that vision to look at your friggin tax returns. What are you hiding from us Mitt? My money’s on tax evasion.
Funny, even the democrats are admitting this is nothing but a bold faced lie
Romney will show his tax records after Barry shows his college transcripts!
Romney has his money in the same banks that Pelosi and Valerie Jarret have theirs in…so what is your problem?
dwight--If Romney's VP doesn't release his tax returns then that will give Americans more reasons to to keep Romney out of office. If neither one will release their tax returns then both most be upto something that would bring to question their honesty and business practices.
who cares? this country has gone to hell. when 64% don't have $1000 to their name we have problems... and gov wants more from us to pay healthcare? how's that happening? it's not. then we're not paying our fair share so impose more taxes.
vote nobama 2012
tired of the new broke
Who is this Brockton Barlow and what primeval swamp did he crawl out of?
"I want a VP with a vision for the country..."
The rest of Mitten's sentence was:
"because doggone it, short of letting Queen Ann pose on the balcony, I just don't have one..."
newday...
"because doggone it, short of letting Queen Ann pose on the balcony, I just don't have one FOR YOU PEOPLE.
At least Romney's vision of the country isn't to make it worse off than it already is.
So tell me, how much better are we now than when we were 4 years ago?
That's right, we aren't. If you seriously think we are better off today than when Obama got elected, you really need to go out and walk around the neighborhood. Odds are, you will find 3 foreclosures and 1 empty business.
I stand corrected, Vegas2005, yours is a definite improvement and made me laugh!
Hey, Dude:
In the two towns very near where I live, they are bustling with growth and activity. There aren't foreclosures here like you find in other parts of the country. New houses are springing up everywhere, including what used to be a wheat field near here.
In fact, things are better, certainly better than if the Republicans had continued their destructive practices. Only the truly blind....cannot see this.
Well that says it all. Maybe he should get out the old Ouija board.
My pleasure, Newday! When I heard Ann say those words during the interview, that was the final nail in the coffin of what those two think of the non-1%'s. 'Condescending' came to my mind, plus a whole bunch of words I can't repeat without getting deleted or booted off.
Obama/Biden 2012
So tell me, how much better are we now than when we were 4 years ago?
I don't know about you, but i'm much better off than I was four summers ago. My portfolio had lost over half of it's value. As of today, I'm back in the black. How about you? Oh wait, that's right, you don't have a portfolio. Probably don't even know what that is. No, it's not the pictures of your kids from your first cousin. Sorry, sometimes I forget who i'm conversing with.
It definitely told us more about Ann Romney than they wanted us to know, Vegas!
The slogan for a Romney/Pawlenty ticket would be: We sucked as governors, and together we can really suck in the White House.
Or Romney/Portman would be: Dubya Rises -- on steroids, but really boring. You've seen this movie before.
Or Romney/Ryan would be: The immoral duo, who will fight compassionate conservatism with every drop of blood from your cold dead bodies.
You know how Wikipedia had to lock editing of pages for possible VP picks? We need this forum to keep the Romney/Rove Collapse Gestapo from trying to suppress free speech. Posts that are in keeping with the code of honor need to stand, regardless of whether rightwingers like it or not. We aren't going to abide voter suppression and all the other underhanded, undemocratic crap either.
Obama/Biden - 2012!
WHOOO HOOOOO!
The collapse cowards are sure running scared these days! lmfao!
MITT ROMNEY: I don't think I have anything for you on the V.P. running mate. Other than I-- I certainly expect to have a person that has a strength of character, a vision for the country, that, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country......
.....and also will not embarass me by releasing his tax returns.....Amen!
Hey Romney, when you have nuns challenging you to learn the plight of America's poor, then Houston, we have a problem. And the problem is YOU.
Pawlenty is the safe course to take because he won't annoy the independents so much. Ryan is asking for another Sarah Palin game change. Guess he wants someone he can blame for the loss given Obama is leading. What he seems to be forgetting is that he has never turned toward the center he needs to win, certainly a moderate would be a far better choice.
a vp with a vision for the country that will help us rich white boys suck up some more millions and hoard it in offshore accounts so we can keep yelling at the people that they owe more money while we keep our bellies full off lies and deciet.
Well heck, when Andrea Saul is attacked with such vitriol for...wait for it...for telling the truth, what else can we expect but a rightwing Collapse Gestapo? Romney needs to say how many uninsured people should die at emergency room doors!
Or how many people he would execute, or maybe booing a gay soldier. That's why Romney is bringing out Gingrich for Resentment Politics, and trying to get crowds, cheering crowds. Never mind that the GOP/Bush-era policies that tanked our economy is why so many people have needed food stamps, Romney, Gingrich, & Co. will stoop so low -- They are blowing the dog whistle about "blah" people.
gamer4life -- Hmm, "rich white boys" -- if not Paul Ryan, maybe Darrell Issa, who's rich and a crook too?
Stay Klassy Romney -- Show us your tax returns!
Jan-21270 -- Agreed. Most folks think governors are good presidential candidates because of executive experience, and senators know legislative procedures. But a Rep. from the House like Paul Ryan with limited experience? At least Rubio is in the Senate, so what happened with that? The problem is the top of the ticket, so who cares...
So he's looking for someone with "strength of character," huh? Good move to make it a balanced ticket - strength of character would balance Mitt's tendency to change with the wind. Maybe he could also find someone without situational amnesia, whose favorite line isn't "I never said that" so he could really even things out.
Then again, maybe not -- it's only "you people" who worry about a president's need to stick to a decision and remember what he said, anyway.
Romney and Pawlenty, = Creepy and Sleepy.
Holy flip flop Batman, its the Non-dynamic Duo
In the end it does not matter who he picks, because there is nobody that can bolster Romney's policy or position, because he has no policy and has taken every side of every issue. Anybody that would sign up as Romney's running mate is volunteering for a fools errand.
Well, since in IMHO there are no Republican candidates with any vision, good luck. Mitt also has no vision, so it will be especially hard for him to recognize it. LOL.
Ramenie/White Bread Toast Soaked In Milk 2012!!!! Yay!!
Actually... Please pick Eddie Munster. Please, please, please!!!
Then we can see a Eddie debate the Nuns On The Bus who oppose his budget plan. I'm very eager to see him explain to those Nuns why they are completely clueless and wrong.
Rubio, almost in Bankruptcy, his personal finances are a desaster, nope. A senator taking a cut in pay to vice prez? Don't think so. Romneys' only problem here is trying to find someone that doesn't outshine him. Someone that isn't publicly known to be smarter than him. I know this homeless guy that.....Aaaahhhhhhhhhh no he worked for a company that Bain ran into Bankruptcy. Well. Romney you're on your own here.
I am SO tired of the "you aren't any better off than 4 years ago" nonsense. I, personally, am MUCH better off. My other half works in the building/construction field; we felt the effects of G.W. Bush's reign years before most other industries (2006 to be exact). This past year, my family has benefited greatly from the expansion of infrastructure spending via the gov't. Our communities are better looking, better functioning, and my husband has been earning a decent wage again.
@ Dude from nowhere
You're absolutely right; there hasn't been a change if you don't count the millions that now have insurance. There hasn't been a change if you don't count all the service men and women not in Iraq. There hasn't been a change in the banking system if you are still able to get subprime loans, are you? There hasn't been a change to banking fees. There hasn't been a change in credit card fees. There hasn't been a change if you've been sleeping for the last 5 years which seems to me a lot of you along with congress have been doing. Let's put the blame where it belongs, Congress has done nothing to boost this economy while continuing to (no change) protect the wealthy from paying taxes. Go back to where you've been for 5 years Dude!
Lynn we are better off as well. My husband's wages are finally back up and he is getting over time instead of short paychecks. We have paid off our debt and once again, have a savings building back up. YES we are better off.
Tony
"Well that says it all. Maybe he should get out the old Ouija board."
He'd probably try to get Ronnie Raygun to give suggestions
Lynn-1648714 -- Agreed. We were much better off during the times of peace and prosperity during Clinton.
When Clinton gets out there and reminds people of this, and how Romney wants to continue the same failed GOP/Bush-era voodoo (Reaganomics) that caused the Great Recession in the first place, watch out! That the president has managed to create more jobs so far in his first term--despite Teapublican obastrutionism--than Dubya did in both of his terms combined, the "better off 4 years ago" line will fail as badly as rightwing policies do.
Yep Obama has said he likens himself to Bill Clinton he must have quit smoking cigarettes to take up cigars then.Hey speaking of Clinton where he and his wife ever acquitted for the Illegal activities they where involved in?? Yep good old honest democraps.
Charlie, Charlie Charlie...
We were loosing 750,000 jobs per month 4 years ago. We have 29 straight month of job growth. The DOW was 8000 four years ago. Today it's over 13,000. The GDP was declining at an annual rate of 6% four years ago. Today it's growing at around 2%. The banking system is stable. Four years ago is was on the verge of total collapse. Fortune 500 companies are showing all time record profits. Domestic oil production as well as total domestic energy production is at an all time high. Osama Bin Laden is dead. The Iraq war is over. All of this in spite of a Republican Party determined to destroy this president by any means necessary even if that means the total economic decline of the nation.
These numbers are truly meaningless unless seen in context of reality!
Let's look at the real facts: We STILL have over 8% unemployment for over 40 months! We now have over 25 MILLION people out of work. We have the worst recovery in history next to the great depression. We have higher foreclosures than ever before. New home starts are under 1.5% and have been for the last couple years. Small business is at its lowest start-ups in decades. And to top it all off: We have an additional $5+ TRILLION in NEW debt to show for it- all on Obama's watch! That means my GREAT Grandkids will be paying this off! And since Obama refuses to even look at entitlements: The last half of my generation (the tail end of the Boomers) and younger will not receive SSI or at least most of it, though we will have paid in the most beyond those before us. So we just light the cash on fire and watched it burn...
Yeah, THANKS Barry... appreciate that...
It is time for a change- period. Liberals or Independents may not completely like Romney- but he represents the best option we have right now. Obama has NOT delivered on his promises- he has not done the job he was hired to do. Do not blame the GOP- Obama had a clear course when he was elected with the Congress. He did what he wanted- it still didn't work. Obama has shown he does NOT know how to govern or that he understands the economy. I have owned businesses and now manage them for others. The simple fact is this: When you hire someone to do a job and they do not live up to that task- a change is needed. There may not be the perfect candidate out there, so you take the best option.
Right now- that option is Mitt Romney. Is he perfect? No- but right now- he is FAR better than what we have now.
People!! WAKE UP! We will lose what we know of this great land if we fail to act properly this November. Do not make light of this or your responsibility.
Yoiu know what you must do. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is the thing you MUST do.
Here ya go:
...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.
April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.
DJIA Dec 1, 2008 = 8149
DJIA Aug 9, 2012 = 13165
Dec 29, 2008 U.S. corporate earnings fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.
May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.
rocky, you have any facts to go with that nugacious rambling? Nah, didn't think so.
Mitt Romney's been playing by a different set of rules from the rest of us.
His tax rate is half that of your average American, and he's stashed the difference in offshore accounts from Switzerland to the Cayman Islands. As CEO and sole owner of Bain Capital from '99-'02, he received $100,000 a year in salary for a job now he claims he didn't have at a company whose decisions he refuses to accept responsibility for.
The Romney Rules are a double standard, plain and simple. They let Romney argue that the basic guarantees of health care and a secure retirement are "free stuff you don't pay for," then turn around and tell reporters that talking about his six figure non-job is off limits and no, you don't need to see his taxes.
Here's the bottom line: Mitt Romney thinks the country should answer to him and his puppet VP choice. We think our elected leaders should answer to you and his search for a VP will only mirror this 1% shameful policies.
Vision? Just vision? So what kind is it? Who's is it? Romney vision? Or, ours as a people and country that's been put into the backseat for too long by most politicians?
Romney's vision, is it good, bad or rotten for who? Be careful out there. Not so long very ago, some dimwitted Barbiesque Michigan ex governor said the people and state would be blown away. And, bless my soul, sure enough they were! Just not in the way they were expecting and not for the betterment of them or the state either. Right out of the water!
Just more future regrets? So, as far as vision goes, which kind is it and who is it for? A few of us, half of us or all of us? And, is it a really good vision for the country's people as a whole that they would really want for now and later on too?
Judging by his lousy shady past performances, Romney only looks out for number one - and it isn't for anyone but himself and for his own concerns - at everyone elses expense, as shown from his narrow minded damned the torpedoes or over all expense own personal kind of history is it? If the people and places he's run into the ground can't and couldn't afford him then, can we really afford him now? I personally don't think we can afford his warped ethics, values or visions if they're anything like his past ones.
And if so, as far as getting back to any kind of vision as coming out from narrow minded Romney, I don't think we could handle his idea of vision because we have had more than enough of that kind of that distorted political vision that negatively effects most of the countries people now haven't we?
Obama is bad enough, do we really need to make it any worse with Romney? Obama - Romney? Pretty hard choice isn't it? So much for some kinds of vision?
Americans must remember, if we followed the policies of the republican party this past four years we would be in the same state as Europe. The Europeans have followed a conservative program of austerity. It is the same policy that Herbert Hoover implemented during the great depression. There would be a retraction in the GDP, unemployment of more than 10 percent. So Lloyd Dahl we may not be fantastic but if it was not for Obama we would be a lot worse. As for the debt, lets be honest, Bush did that with his cutting of income tax at the same time as starting two wars. Where did he think the money would come from? Trees?
Lloyd ... I'm not going to do a lengthy post I'm just going to answer your question ...
If you view your candidate as only an "option" with him NOT having a platform or plan other than to roll back to the GWB economics, what does that say about you? Why don't you stand up and say exactly why you like your presumptive nominee rather than calling him an "option?" That is the entire problem right now with the GOP ... you're so stinking fractured you can't find anything to stand on other than the fact that the last four years under the President hasn't moved fast enough for you. What has moved fast in the last 4 is the DOW. Look at where we are now versus 4 years ago. Recovery is slow but it is steady and things are improving. Many Republican governors don't want to give their support to Romney as things are better in their states. In Utah, where I live, we are working on welfare reform, our economy is bustling, and our unemployment is lower than the national average.
The President's plan is working.
4 more for 44!
Better than four years ago? No, no we're not, at least not in these parts. This skid started with the Reagan administration and has been quite bipartisan, though. We have consistently been handed garbage, and you're an outright fool if you think Romney will hand "You People" a greater future because that statement says it all about how he relates to your situation.
He should get a good VP behind him, anyway. After that, he should step into the VP role and let that person run for government. Obama sucks, and Romney is an even worse choice. It's unbelievable to me that we have railroaded ourselves into these idiotic, partisan fools for so many terms now.
Lloyd,
In your vote for Romney is not a vote for change but a retread failed vision that has been put on steroids by the tea party and the religious extreme right.
And your concern about your great grandchildren is real but futile.
Think about your own great grandparents. They could not imagine the world today.
My great grandparents were immigrants. They came to the heartland of the US in city and farm. They eked out a living,had some of their many children survive to adulthood. Their children did get an education some only to the eight grade, others through high school . the rural ones did not have plumbing or electricity. Their children did due to FDR programs.
And last but not least, the great grandmothers could not vote because they were women.
So I will think of them when I vote for Obama in November. For the goods thing that have been done like heath care,stopping the bleeding of 2008 great recession, foreign policy. and I look forward to a new Congress that will face up to their duties and govern for the best of all of the citizens and our common good.
Bush turned my 401K into a 201K and now they way the market has performed under Obama it's a 501K.
I will also say that unlike Bush's silly Yosemite Sam impersonations, Obama just quietly got the job done, and let our enemies know that if you attack the US you will be hunted down and killed. Unlike Bush who when asked about the hunt for Bin Laden said " he did not think of him much, because he had not heard much from him lately". Bush forgot about the man he started two wars over, bankrupted our nation and spent American lives on. Obama finishes wars, he does not start them. Obama accounted for the cost of Bush's war and the ongoing cost after he took over, that is a huge part of the deficit right there that republicans with their phony accounting conveniently left off the books, but now want to attribute solely to Obama. Yes we are better off and could be even better off if republicans cared more about the country than their disappointment and embarrassment that the American people elected Obama in an electoral landslide. People know where the majority of the blame lies for the state of our nation and they sure as heck don't see Romney as the answer, and even the latest Fox news poll will show that Obama is gaining momentum and Romney is losing it. Simply chanting ABO will not get you elected, when your party is seen as more of a cause of the problems than as solution to those problems. Welcome to Waterloo Mitt, courtesy of your own party's refusal to work for the common good of the nation. If this nation elects Romney they will give any and every political party, the idea that they can sabotage the president, neglect the common welfare of the nation, refuse to do the job they were elected to do, neglect the oath they took to perform to the best of their abilities, just to try and win the next presidential election. It won't happen I have faith that the American electorate will not allow it to happen. Welcome to Waterloo you wormy sorry excuses for patriotic representatives of this nation. Republican elected officials of some of the highest offices in the nation stated their number one priority, the only thing they felt they wanted to accomplish, to simply make sure Obama was a one term president. They will not have it fulfilled, because it would be wrong to let them have it, because they did not earn it. The American electorate will not be blackmailed into having Romney as their president, it's not gonna happen, we are better, tougher and smarter than to accept that bullsh!t.
And by-the-by, Romney threw my governor under the bus complaining about his working towards welfare reform.
Lloyd, Romney is NOT an option, since he'll bring back the SAME policies of Bush, but you already knew that. Bush had a 4% unemployment rate when he came into office and left with a 7.9% rate on Jan. 2009, with the CBO predicting up to 10% by year's end. Your '$5 trillion' amount is specious at best, but you failed to say that Bush ramped up the debt by $11 trillion. You also failed to say anything about the 3+ million who lost jobs in just the last year of Bush's term. Or the $12 trillion in lost investments, retirement and home values. Or illegally invading a sovereign country (Iraq) over a lie. Or using the U.S. credit card for two wars and an unfunded medicare program. As far as 'entitlements,' President Obama put more on the table than most of the Democrats wanted, and the GOP STILL walked away, because of Norquist's 'NO TAXES' pledge. In FACT, on one occassion, Boehner said publicly that the GOP got 98% of what they wanted, but YOU'D say that WAS a 'compromise.' 78+ times the Republican House have fillibustered bills and killed plans for more jobs. You can't even post WHAT jobs bills the GOP controlled House HAVE passed, which is ZERO. You say 'numbers are meaningless,' even when facts slap you in the face, a glutton for punishment perhaps. You resemble the twisted, sadistic personality disorder and machevellian theocracy that was the Bush Era. The only difference with Romney, is that he wants to double down on those same Bush Era policies, incorporate the Eurpoean standard of 'austerity' which has done those countries so well(?), add in the Ryan plan, and give away vouchers to the masses which will amount to nothing. Yep, sounds like another superstar plan for destruction.
Not 20/20.
I see several keep saying Romney brings back the Bush era- I don't see it that way.
Look, the future for the next few years is gonna suck- no two ways about it. We have painted ourselves into a corner- and the solution is to cut- period. We will need to raise revenue- and there is only 2 ways to do that- raise taxes or cut spending. It will take both.
Bush didn't want to cut spending- if fact he raised it- the dumbest thing he could have done- he sped up the recession. Obama came in behind him, promising all kinds of sunshine and rainbows- but he was worse than Bush. So in my eyes- both failed miserably. And I do not advocate we go back to either.
Romney does off a solution- it's not popular because it involves real solutions that are tough- for everyone. Liberals hate it because he actually CUTS taxes for business to 15%- to match the rest of the civilized world. Real Conservatives hate it because he doesn't cut enough- it's closer to the Mack-Penney plan: freeze at current levels with 1% across the board for the next 15 years. That makes it tough- but the reality is this- we have to bring down spending to GDP to a realistic rate. Normally we spend at about 18-19% GDP. Right now we are well over 60%! This is not sustainable- and when ObamaCare really kicks in- we will be north of 80%. We will be underwater at that point.
HC matters- but it has to be done the right way- Romney came up with a plan that worked. It's now been bastardized in Massachusetts but people blame Romney for what you see today. That is not the plan he came up with.
Romney also can work with Democrats- he's proven that.
All I ask is to NOT listen to all the hyperbole- check out the facts for yourself from sources without an agenda. You will find a very sensible solution to a really big problem.
Lloyd, I really do appreciate your post but when I go to look for what Romney is planning to do ... NOTHING .. ZILCH... NADA. I've visited his website and I found nothing there. I truly believe that the GOP picked the wrong man. Huntsman would have been a better candidate.
By the by ... looking at his website WHICH I have linked for you ... I cerrtainly do not see "cut taxes to 15%" anywhere in it.
http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2012/08/mitt-romneys-plan-stronger-middle-class01
Oh Yes, those evil corporations are making money! First, they are evil, then when Obama is in charge it is a good thing they are making money hand over fist. The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds.
Mitt$y has a vision for the country and you, too, can see it. All you have to do is look at a chart of the rapidly growing inequality in the country since 1980. That has been the repbulikkkan's only goal for the last 32 years - aside from local initiatives like promoting official state rape with plastic tubes.
Vision for more than the 1% ers is needed from a presidential and vice-presidentiail candidate. Neither Romney, nor any of his potential vp candidates, has that needed vision.
"more than the 1%ers", does that mean, more than just public sector employees and 1%ers? Because thats all we have now.
THe rest are waiting for Obama to pull more $ out of the air for their FS, rent assistance, etc.
MITT ROMNEY: I don't think I have anything for you on the V.P. running mate. Other than I-- I certainly expect to have a person that has a strength of character, a vision for the country, that, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country......
.....and also will not embarass me by releasing his tax returns.....Amen!
Romney choosing Bain as running mate...."Corporations are people too my friend!"
Yeah Mitt the Twit has said I quote, "Corporations are people" What a complete A$$ so you are totally correct STARSAILING. I am sure Mitt the Twit will pick Bain Capital as his running mate
Mitt Romney argues he would be a good president because of his experience at Bain Capital. However, evidence is piling up that he made millions at Bain by firing American workers, outsourcing jobs, and keeping his money overseas.
Romney could shed some light on this by releasing multiple years of his tax
returns, as every major presidential candidate has done for decades. This
practice was actually pioneered by Romney's father, George, who released 12
years of tax returns when he ran for president in 1968.
However, Mitt Romney has only released one year of his tax returns, increasing
suspicion he got rich mainly by dismantling the American middle class.
Mitt should pick Kyl, yeah, the "not meant to be a factual statment" guy!
I'm Twit Romney and I approve this message-uh,yeah, whatever I said or he said or oh, crap! Just vote for Obama. ;-)
Obama/Biden 2012
Keep your Mitts off 'R' Money, show us your tax returns!
Why are you liberals so crazed about his tax returns when your Obama hasn't completely been honest about his birth certificate. On it, it states he is African-American. THAT TERM WAS NOT USED IN THE 1960's, only recently in the past ten years. And why won't he show ANY OF his college records and where are all the classmates with whom might have know him?? Just wondering. Mitt has shown 2 yrs tax returns so far.
Obama has a vision??????Oh yeah it's called socialist America, where everyone gets something for nothing and runs the debt up so that we can go bankrupt....A very sound Vision,,,
JR, Obama has submitted his birth certificate. It has been vetted to death. He was born in this country. There is no question about his place of origin. Get over yourself! A certain segment of this country -- the ones with limited brain cells who regurgitate crap from right wing radio -- continue to spread this stupid rumor because they basically have nothing else. Romney, on the other hand refuses to turn over his tax returns. REFUSES. If he has nothing to hide why doesn't he turn them over? I wouldn't trust that man as far as I can spit. Not to mention he has the international political savvy of rock. Who else goes on an international tour and puts his foot in his mouth EVERYWHERE?
Hahaha, the far-Right are trying to pressure Romney to pick Paul Ryan for veep as a test to see how much control they would have over Romney if he was elected.
The slogan for a Romney/Pawlenty ticket would be: We sucked as governors, and together we can really suck in the White House.
Or Romney/Portman would be: Dubya Rises -- on steroids, but really boring. You've seen this movie before.
Or Romney/Ryan would be: The immoral duo, who will fight compassionate conservatism with every drop of blood from your cold dead bodies.
Great!
Willard Mitt should pick A CORPORATION as his running mate.
They're people, right?
Bain would share his vision for the country, wouldn't they?
jr,
Nowhere on President Obamas long form birth cert. does it say anything even close to African/American. Move on already.
How does President obamas college records effect the way he chooses to govern? Mitt's past taxes indicate how he would handle taxes in the future. Big difference.
Stan, Can you name any policy that this administration has instituted that falls into the definition of socialist? And how do you feel about Social Security?
Gosh, if you want "vision", just do a McCain and go with Sarah Palin again, ....because she can see Russia from her house. If that isn't "vision" I don't know what is!!!!
;-)
It's so nice to have really balanced and fair news. It's like it doesn't exist anymore! Anywhere, on either side. So, just to bring a little balance to this discussion: Is Obama a 1%er? and who has benifitted from the Three Trillion dollars of our money he has used to bail out wallstreet and the 2 bigest auto makers, and the solar energy industry???? I never got any of it, did you? Must have been the 1%er friends of Obama.
You have to love the anti-Obama posters on this site. They quote FOX news word for word. I wonder if left to their own devices if they would have any opinion at all. Like this one:
"Obama has a vision??????Oh yeah it's called socialist America, where everyone gets something for nothing and runs the debt up so that we can go bankrupt....A very sound Vision"
Where did you hear this I wonder? Please tell me whats for free? I'd love some myself. Running the debt up like every single republican president since Ronald Reagan? Now Romney wants his turn at increasing the debt by leaps and bounds and you want to give it to him? You sir or madam are sorely misinformed. George W. Bush raised the debt by record numbers and Romney wants to go back to Bush's policies are you kidding me? Please if your going to post try using FACTS to back up your statements otherwise you simply sound like an idiot FOX news watcher.
Please allow me to clarify some things for the simple minded on this post
Under President Obama:
Kept federal government spending to a 60 year low
Has enacted a health care system that was paid for without raising taxes on the middle class and according to the CBO it will lower the deficit by $1 trillion over ten years. The majority of steps in the new health care system were in fact Republican ideas including the mandate. Many of you right wingers claim Obama is giving things away for free, far from it. When Joe Blow goes to the emergency room without any insurance who do you think pays for it? You and I do, not anymore now they have to buy insurance from a private insurance company NOT a US government policy.
More illegal immigrants have been deported under this president than any in history.
More terrorist and insurgents have been killed by this president than any in history.
The stimulus was 60% tax cuts which makes the tax rates that lowest they've ever been. Most of that money that went to banks have been repaid with interest and profits. Same goes for the auto industry which saved millions of jobs, it wasn't just the auto industry that would have suffered but many of their suppliers as well.
More federal workers have been furloughed under this president than any other shrinking the federal government by 30%. Many call his policies "socialist" because of the health care act which it isn't because if it were the government would pay for everything. They also called Social Security and Medicare socialist at the time and now they are sacred programs that the majority of Americans want left alone.
In June 2012, CBO summarized the cause of change between its January 2001 estimate of a $5.6 trillion cumulative surplus between 2002 and 2011 and the actual $6.1 trillion cumulative deficit that occurred, an unfavorable "turnaround" or debt increase of $11.7 trillion. Tax cuts and slower-than-expected growth reduced revenues by $6.1 trillion and spending was $5.6 trillion higher. Of this total, the CBO attributes 72% to legislated tax cuts and spending increases and 27% to economic and technical factors. Of the latter, 56% occurred from 2009 to 2011.
The difference between the projected and actual debt in 2011 can be largely attributed to
I know its a lot of reading for you simpletons but its the truth and easily verified which I know doesn't matter to you guys since FACTS are something that get in the way.
While under President Bush:
Created a prescription drug program for Seniors without paying for adding $549.2 billion to the deficit.
Both wars Iraq & Afghanistan again without paying for them we borrowed from China to pay for these wars and the cost is simply added to the deficit. Bush never added the cost of these wars into his budget, Obama does!
In August 2010, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that extending the Bush tax cuts for the 2011-2020 time period would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt, comprising $2.65 trillion in foregone tax revenue plus another $0.66 trillion for interest and debt service costs. HELLO!!!
You sir are misinformed, Obmamie is a socialist and you know it and if you support him so are you!
The 'vision' Romney is looking for has blinders that exclude the poor and working class.
Coming out of a hardware store, Romney was asked what did you buy? Answer "ahm, hardware stuff". He can't even answer a non political question. He doesn't trust America with that information, (Hammer? Draino?) Why should America trust him?
Don't forget half this country has so much "vision" they reelected Bush. They have so much vision they think giving more money to the crooks bankrupting this nation is the solution to their theft?!? They have so much "vision" they STILL think "war is peace" and prevents terrorism, not create it. They have so much "vision" they think the crimes against humanity are good for others and are angry they don't "appreciate us".
George W. the 2ndRomney may very well get elected by these lowest common denominator people with "vision".No one had ever gone broke underestimating the average person.
SNAPPA "Under President Obama: Kept federal government spending to a 60 year low"
That's hysterical - here are the FACTS - from Obama's own White House;
Average spending under Bush (2001 - 2008) = $2.396 Trillion per year.
Average spending under Obama (2009 - 2012p) = $3.593 Trillion per year.
That's an increase of 49.96% per year under Obama.
I suspect your next step at 'spin' is to try to 'Blame Bush' for the huge increase in spending in 2009 (Obama's stimulus, etc.) by calling it the 'Bush Budget', when in reality Bush only allowed spending for fiscal 2009 at the same rate as in 2008 because the Democratic Congress refused to give him a Budget for 2009 to sign - see link below. Obama signed the 2009 Budget in March, 2009.
https://www.aamc.org/advocacy/washhigh/highlights2008/159056/president_signs_spending_bill.html
He wants someone with a vision because he's too stupid to have his own. The man is a mental midget.
Look at history spending is always higher after a recession get all the facts not just the ones you like
Republicans need vision because they can't see the rest of society from their narrow view, but that isn't the vision Romney is talking about. He's talking about a way to bamboozle people with a running mate that can, "Just say anything" like Romney does.
If you think you can call President Obama a Socialist, then you have to call Romney a Tsarist Autocrat! Romney is unable to see change. Obama is making changes for the better of ALL AMERICANS!
Roy , of course the interest paid on the debt would not be a factor? Let's not factor that in to the conjecture.http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html
Snappa is refering to, http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-spending-binge-never-happened-2012-05-22,"
•In the 2009 fiscal year — the last of George W. Bush's presidency — federal spending rose by 17.9% from $2.98 trillion to $3.52 trillion. Check the official numbers at the Office of Management and Budget.
•In fiscal 2010 — the first budget under Obama — spending fell 1.8% to $3.46 trillion.
•In fiscal 2011, spending rose 4.3% to $3.60 trillion.
•In fiscal 2012, spending is set to rise 0.7% to $3.63 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the budget that was agreed to last August.
•Finally in fiscal 2013 — the final budget of Obama's term — spending is scheduled to fall 1.3% to $3.58 trillion. Read the CBO's latest budget outlook. "
Roy is a political hack, who uses gross #'s, without a explanation of the actual budget and debt maintenance of the Federal Budget,,,,,,,, and don't forget the Republicans have had a bullet prove majority in the House, where all budget bills start since 2011. So who voted for the 2011and 2012 budget appropriations? Answer: a majority of House Republicans. In exchange the Republicans have asked for this,,,,,,, http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20120717&id=15336613, even the moderate Republicans are concerned about the debt ceiling debacle by the far-right, Tea party, Conservatives, and Debt-hawks in 2011 that may cost our economy some 2 million jobs in the next years. Even Cheney is on the "deficits don't matter" bandwagon again for the military.
For people who use labels, please define.. Liberals, Reality, Common Sense. And then look in the mirror and ask yourself, how did I get this fu-ked up.
Cracks me up how people use numbers without considering the circumstances. It's like driving with blinders on.
He needs to pick Ryan he has visions of doing away with social security,medicare so the 1% can have another tax decrease . Being a capitalist cpuntry the rich rules and the middle class and poor shouldn't have any rights.
The birth certificate I have seen lists father as African and mother as Caucasian. I see no African American. 3.3 should check sources and not listen to blogs.
Of course Mitt Romney needs a VP with vision, he has none of his own. He only knows how to manage squeezing down the cost structure of other peoples ideas. He has no experience in how to create anything of substance other than a cash flow.
The Republicans are desperate on the Presidential election. The tide has turned, as Robme has no appeal to independents and the far-right evangelical. Can't have Santorium as V.P. after what he said about Willard. Mitt the nitt has tip-toed himself into submission, and with no accountable plan, the divided Republican Congress, he has no one to back him up.
Now we must get out the vote on the State level and regain House seats, hold the Senate and prosper instead of the "doom and gloom" statistics spouted by submissive Republicans.
It's never to late for the Republicans to get on the winning team and save your country from the Republican thugs and rich pigs trying to buy the election
I have read many of the comments.. snapa is absolutely correct... what would face any president when he is left with not one but two wars.. then we had a huge tax break for the wealthy that costs us a fortune in lost revenue.. and have any of you republicans asked for his full birth certificate.. we briefly saw a short but never a long form.. and last but not least I can only hope that all you republican KNOW IT ALL's will leave the country when OBAMA is reelected. meantime read somet6hing important and get your facts straight.. also you all need to apologize. to the president of the USA as he is due your respect...
What Romney is really looking for in a VP running mate is their unflinching ability to lie, lie and lie again……. Just like Romney does every time he opens his mouth.
I'm amazed that many Americans haven't figured out by now that the Republican/Tea Party has morphed into a criminal organization Every Republican in Washington and around the country has been corrupted by all kinds of bribes and bags of cash. Why anyone in their right mind would vote for one of these Republican crooks is a mystery to me.
Mitt$$y has a vision for the country. And you can see it, too! All you have to do is look at a chart at the rapidly growing inequality in the US since 1980. That growth has been the only Republikkkan goal for the last 30+ years, and it's not going to change in our lifetimes.
Oh, yes, there are fascinating local initiatives, like sticking plastic tubes in women, but that's just entertainment for the GOP intellectual base.
Hiding ones head in the sand, doesn't change the fact that America is standing on the edge of an economic abyss, people... President Obama has added more to the national debt in one term than any former President (Democrat or Republican). Our nation has the longest running unemployment rate above 8% in the history of this nation. (actually the true unemployment rate is closer to 15% nationwide, Obama ignores those who have given up looking for a job or are living in poverty on part-time work). Is the minorities, such as Hispanic population or Jewish population any better off during the first term of this administration? No.. Obama recently signed an ally agreement with Israel to undermine Governor Romney's visit to Israel. How many times has President Obama been to Israel in the last 3 3/4 years? ZERO! That signed agreement isn't worth the paper its written on to Obama. Primarily, due to Obama's allegiance to Anti Israel Nations, such as Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc.
I don't want a President who is ashamed of America and tells the world so.. Barack Obama has done that repeatedly overseas since 2008. I don't want a President who takes 500 Billion from Medicare to fund his ObamaCare. I don't want a President who tells companies not to take their conventions to Nevada when the state has one of the highest unemployment percentages in the country. I don't want a President who refuses to honor constitutional law and sues states over immigration issues, rather than adhering to constitutional requirements. I don't want a President who has no respect for faith. I don't want a President who time and time again has shown little respect for the military.. This is not the legacy, I want my President to pass to my children and grandchildren.....
However, what frightens me most about President Obama...He is actively agreeing with UN control over military and working toward a one world currency.. It's time for people to stop listening to President Obama's pretty speeches and start looking at President Obama's agenda's.. They are real eye-openers....
So, folks... You have a choice... America has a choice in November.... Do we stay on the current downhill path or do we step out in courage with new leadership, pull in our belt,hitch up our bootstraps and pull America back from the edge of the economic abyss.. This is the most important choice of your life.. One you will have to answer for with your children, grandchildren and future generations to come.....Choose wisely.....
I here Sarah's available
Oh, God, please! I vomit just a little bit whenever I hear her screeching voice! In Alaska, we are all actually thankful that she quit. She will never hold office in this state again, and she knows it.
Sarah may turn out to be the smartest (then again, NO, not possible. Maybe I should just say "turn out to have made the smartest move") of all the 2008 candidates because she LEFT the pursuit of campaign donations and votes and instead is getting PAID as a conservative celebrity / spokesperson.
tax returns. thats the best your idiot in chief can do?
loooooooosssseeeerrrr!
what was wrong with the 2 he gave, thousands of pages?
like you idiots dont realize its left to teams of accountants and advisors, and has nothing to do with him right?
duuuuyy!
You Betcha
It is hard to choose between Sarah or Shammus!! Who is more intelligent?
Show us your taxes Willard Mitt the Twit!!
Give um hell Harry!
Obama 2012!!!!!
Willard might pick Chris Christie because when Willard is not in, Christie can continue bullying anyone that has a question and change the subject. That would make for some great SNL.
Mitt needs to pick a VP with vision, he has none. Mitt needs to pick a VP with character, he has none. Mitt needs to pick a VP with credibility, he has none. Mitt needs to pick a VP with courage, he has none. Mitt needs the entire population of America to be struck deaf, blind and dumb. It's his only chance...Actually he has none.
Quote of the day from rightisright: ""...like you idiots dont realize its left to teams of accountants and advisors, and has nothing to do with him right?"
Uhhhhh, well, it actually has everything to do with Romney. It's his tax returns no matter WHO prepares them. Way to pass the buck. Party of personal responsibility. Haha, what a joke.
It's not losing the election that Romney fears by releasing his tax returns, it's the jail time he would have to serve for tax evasion...... remember this Republican lie "I AM NOT A CROOK".
Wise up people, DO NOT vote for ANY Republi-Thug in November. If you do, your cutting your own throat.
What Amazes Phantom Beast is the effective numbers of Naive Americans who have
been Conned/Fooled by the republicanCrimeCartelPropagandaMachine. Think about
it... These Very Well monied, SnakeOil SalesPeople Have turned your minds in
their favor and ready to vote/elect and put MittTaxPittanceRommel in the White
House. this IS effectively a Vote against Yours and Your Own Family's Well
Being. Amazing that they HAVE YOU. Try this one on for size: President Harry
Truman in 1948: "The Republicans … will try to make people believe that
everything the Government has done for the country is socialism. They will
go to the people and say: "Did you see that social security check you received
the other day—you thought that was good for you,
didn't you? That's just too
bad! That's nothing in the world but socialism. Did
you see that new flood
control dam the Government is building over there for the
protection of your
property? Sorry—that's awful socialism! That new hospital
that they are
building is socialism. Price supports, more socialism for the
farmers!
Minimum wage laws? Socialism for labor! Socialism is bad for you,
my friend.
Everybody knows that. And here you are, with your new car, and your home, and
better opportunities for the kids, and a television set—you are just surrounded
by socialism! Now the Republicans say, 'That's a terrible thing, my friend, and
the only way out of this sinkhole of socialism is to vote for the
Republican
ticket.'" And, AND!, AND!!! that was 64 Years Ago!!!. The republicanCrimeCartel
is still doing the same exploitation of people THEY ARE NOTORIUS FOR. BUT,
according toKingGeorgeTheVacuumBrained, it is
called "free market"
capitalism; with families in the streets and 21%
Unemployment.......
Remember Fellow and Sister Americans: A vote for ANY
republicanCrimeCartelSoldier, Rommel, is a vote Against Yours and Your
Family's Well Being.
oh al, dont forget this lie, "shovel ready jobs, haha".
Don't forget the Party of NO who stuck the XL pipeline into the bill.
Romney: I want a VP with ‘vision for the country’
Yea Mittwit, cuz you don't have one. Well it depends on the crowd at the time. You will say whatever you think they want to hear. Mittwit the slimey, scumbag vulture who made his millions by taking the shirt off the middle class.
Shows us your tax returns you slimey scumbag vulture. The American people want to see them. If you don't care what we want now, they why would we trust you to care if you were President? Lol slimy Romney and trust... lmao!
MITT ROMNEY: I don't think I have anything for you on the V.P. running mate. Other than I-- I certainly expect to have a person that has a strength of character, a vision for the country, that, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country......
.....and also will not embarass me by releasing his tax returns.....Amen!
The only vision Ryan has exhibit is of a fascist state. Huge mistake to pick him.
Mitt Wit
I like that What3v That about sums up the Mormon Cult Man
He's not the scumbag and he's paid more in taxes in 1 year then you'll pay in your entire,insignificant lifetime!
Romney has something to hide in those tax returns. Otherwise he would release them to prove Harry Reid was wrong.
Give um Hell Harry!!!!!!! Put up or shut up Willard Romeny!!!
Show us your taxes!!!! Only a thief would go through so much effort in hiding his tax returns!! Hey Willard, whatever is done in the dark will come out into the light! It is just a matter of time that what you are hiding will be revealed!!!!
Liar, Tax evader, Etch-A-Sketch, Weathervane!!!
Obama/ Biden 2012
I agree with you Ed. If Romney were telling the truth he could totally destroy Harry Reid by releasing the tax returns..
But to tell the truth, I believe he's hiding something..
Maybe Romney will pick 'TeleTubby' Cris Cristy........ Now there's a real piece of work another "My way or the highway" Republi-Thug.
No matter who wins, the vision is third world. The roots are dead, the tree just don't know it yet.
Soooo True!
Wow, true & sad!
The Democrats have been working to that solutions for years. What do they have against a free society? All they do is keep passing more programs to keep everyone on government income(slaves to poverty). And this young generation(20-30 yrs) have grown up thinking they are ENTITLED to everyone elses money.
jr,
You do know that federal taxes are lower today than when President Obama took office, don't you?
Idiot, the tax rates are the same as the Bush years, ever heard of Bush tax cuts? You libs are undoubtedly the dumbest mfrs in the world.
For someone calling people idiots - your literacy is suspect. Go back and re-read what he said.
Btrapp,
Obama lowered the FICA tax rate. So, income tax rates are effectively lower under Obama than under Bush43. The SS tax cut was extended.
Think before you open your big mouth.
That would require having to think and since LIBERALS can think because of having an education as well as being proponents of Constitutionally protected freedoms the ones who keep throwing Socialist and Liberal up in everyones faces are in fact FASCISTS.
I was reading up on Mussolini yesterday and under fascism Labor Unions are destroyed where the worker does not have bargaining rights or the right to strike.
Now everyone knows the menatality of the Union Busting Tea Party and their GOP supporters and those backing such measures.
They are trying to set up a fascist dictatorship so that when the GOP gets back into the WhiteHouse they can do the same same thing that Benito Mussolini did during WWII.
Read up on him some time and find out the real monster in the GOP's pants.
I love reading the posts defending Romney for not paying his fair share in taxes. They must be Karl Rove trolls.
I have a great idea instead of taxing the 99% like the Republi-Thugs want to do maybe we should tax the 1% till they bleed. After all they have had a free ride for the last 12 plus years........ IT'S PAY BACK TIME.
Remember when the rich paid 80% plus income tax? Well it's time we do that again and while were at it lets make the estate tax over one million dollars 80% plus too...... If their heirs can't make it on a million bucks plus 20% then to f-ing bad.
Pick Ryan. Pick Ryan. Please Please pick Ryan! (And when the Romney/Ryan ticket is thoroughly TROUNCED in November we'll be rid of these two nut jobs once and for all... AND we can then have some serious talk about a budget.)
Romney/Ryan 2012!
(But Obama/Biden are going to beat the living tar out of them@!)
Obama put us on the on ramp to the cliff he's taking us over so he just as well enjoy the ride.
Been There.........learned nothing.
No, Bush put us on the ramp, Obama is try keep to keep us from going over. Romney, with his NO taxes for the rich, is going to send us directly to h$ll.
...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.
April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.
DJIA Dec 1, 2008 = 8149
DJIA Aug 9, 2012 = 13165
Dec 29, 2008 U.S. corporate earnings probably fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.
May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.
HEY BEEN THERE
I would have to say the worst president in history would be Bush. It was Bush who took a vibrant economy with a record Federal surplus and ran it into a record deficit and the economy into the ground, and you know what he did such a good job I doubt this country will ever get back again.
It was Bush who failed to kill or capture Bin- laden, it was Bush who failed to destroy al-Qaida and the Taliban, and it was Bush who failed in the war on terror. It was Bush and his incompetent administration that let New Orleans fall during Katarina,
It was Bush who showed to the world that American democracy is a hoax. After losing the 2000 election it was Poppy Bush’s appointments to the Supreme Court that gave the election to Bush even thou he lost the popular vote.
The Bush administration was the biggest debacle in American Presidential history.
Witchking..........I will agree with you before you get collapsed by the haters on this board and add that it was Bush/Cheney that ignored good advice and made up their own facts to start the war in Iraq.........while giving up good chances to get Bin Laden years earlier than under Obama
It was also Bush who signed off on the bank-bailouts which turned into the CEO BIG BONUSES. It was Obama who "loaned" the auto industry money and saved thousands and thousands of jobs. It was Romney who said,"Let the auto industry fail." Thank God he wasn't President then!!
I seem to remember it was Clinton who first had the chance to take out Bin Laden. Bush presidency may have been a debacle, but it has been thoroughly surpassed by the incompetent Obama administration. You libs need to watch and read all media, not just the puppet of the Obama administration, MSNBC. Voting again for Obama does not make people idiots. That was done when they voted for him the first time. Voting for him a second time only reinforces that fact.
Btrapp
If you were watching all media instead of Fox and Rush, you wouldn't have made your post.
Bin Laden did not reach terroristic epic proportions until after Bush was elected. He was a freedom fighter in the 80's and actually received aid / guns from the US to fend off the Russians.
I find it funny that you insult people and tell them to seek out alternative sources of news yet its obvious you do not do that yourself.
Btrapp can't help it. He/she's one of those "Stepford" Republicans, unable or unwilling to think.
The reason why the Bush administration wanted to show the world that Democracy was a failure is because they wanted to set up a fascist nation where Big Oil under Bush and Cheney would run America.
With Big Oil under the control of Bush and Cheney with a Puppet Republican in office to enact laws to do the bidding of Big Oil, Bush and Cheney would have been able to dictate to America through the White House how things would be.
Willard Romney should vote for President Obama because he has made record profits under his administration!!!!
Show us your taxes Mitt the Twit!!
Obama/Biden 2012!!!!!
Hey "Been There" was it you at the wheel when the Republi-Thugs drove the economy off the cliff; or were you just in the back seat cheering?
Americans want candidates with sound policies that don't leave them twisting in the wind. Mittens apparently prefers a running mate who is seeing visions. hope he's not hearing The Voices, too. that fits Ryan to a T.
Yeah - a sound - transparent govt like F&F the Fiasco, a budget to put us further in debt, I think Obama is already had his visions of Change - of no change. Could have kept Bush and been this well off
Could have kept Bush and had no money, no budget, and no jobs! Another Chinese import?
Sandy, you do know that there has not been a budget passed in the 3.5 yrs Obama has been President don't you? The recession started shortly after the Democrats took over control of Congress. Remember it is Congress that writes the appropriations bills and controls the purse strings, not the President. The President can only sign a bill into law or veto it.
TP/GOP desperation to spin history so that it is the Democrats who caused the recession. LMAO
...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.
April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.
DJIA Dec 1, 2008 = 8149
DJIA Aug 9, 2012 = 13165
Dec 29, 2008 U.S. corporate earnings probably fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.
May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.
IMHO - I am saying that the Democrats are just as responsible as the Republicans, and there is plenty of blame to go around. The President can not do much with the Congress funding and writing the bills to spend those funds.
Been There, Freddie/Fannie only had 28% of the mortgage market which was regulated by the government, the banks and private lenders were 'self-regulated' via failed Bush policies, and we all know THEY were playing straight with the financial market, don't we... <eyeroll>
sfcret, the Senate CAN pass a budget resolution with a simple majority vote. But for that budget resolution to 'take effect' (and that IS the operative word), it must have either the cooperation of the House, or at least 60 votes in the Senate, in which we ALL know won't ever happen. I'm sure we would all see Boehner sat publicly that 'We got 98% of what we wanted,' again, and I'm sure 78+ fillibusters via the House ensures nothing would be passed anyway, so why bother?
Fantomdog - First you should take a course on the responsibility of the Congress before commenting. The House and Senate both submit budget resolutions then they hold a budget conference to resolve differences. They both then vote on the budget. It only takes a simple majority vote by both houses. I don't know where you got the 60 votes from. BTW, the House does not have a filibuster provision, all votes in the House are majority vote.
The House has passed a Budget for the past 3 years but the Senate hasn't and Harry Reid won't even try to put on together. The President has submitted his Budget Request, and haven't even been able to get ONE vote in either the House or senate.
"The House has passed a Budget for the past 3 years..."
You mean that joke of a budget by Eddie Munster (Ryan). Ryan's plan is dog$heit, and the House knew it didn't have a chance to pass the Senate. The repugs were playing pure politics with no real hope that it would pass.
You need a civics lesson.
President sends a budget to Congress - House and Senate Budget committees reconcile and send it back to to President for approval or veto.
Obama has sent congress a budget every year - Congress has not sent anything back to him for approval.
Mike - It's you that needs the civic lession, the President does NOT approve or veto the Budget passed by Congress. FYI: The House and Senate both pass their own budgets, then reconcile those two until both agree on a Budget. The President only submits a Budget Request.
When they find out the truth It must be embarrassing for all those folks out there that beleived the lies on the FOX PROPAGANDA channel. Of course those same Republi-Thug supporters also identify themselves with the ignorant hate monger lLimbaugh too.
Come on Mitt, pick Sarah Palin again. Remember? She's got that "vision thing" down pat, she can see Russia from her house.
Everyone else sane or ethical is running away, because they don't want to be branded a LOSER by being tied to what is going to be a total blow out at the polls in November.
If not Sarah, there's always Trump. If you decide on The Donald, make sure you delouse him first, and get a rabies shot for that rabid squirrel that lives on top of his head.
shpilk..................Tooooooooooooo much.........LMAO just thinking about that "squirrel" and how accurate the description
That was funny.
I'm still waiting for the SNL skit where Romney stands with Trump, keeps looking more and more nervous, and then breaks out the scissors and chops the Hair off...
I always thought it was a dead cat, my bad.
Shammus could be in the running!!! He has Sarah in the intelligence department!!
Obama/Biden 2012!!!!
how 'bout Joe Biden. He hasn't killed anybody yet.....
Biden's running with Obama. Or did you forget about that already?
Ohhhh, I get it, you thought Obama was running with an all-black ticket, right? So having Biden on Romney's ticket would make a great "All-White Challenge" to the "Black Defiler of My White House", riiiiight?
Pshhhh, spare me your idiotic raving, will ya?
Unseating somone is difficult and CNN has Obama up by seven points with independents. Romney needs a safe moderate VP, Ryan is an extremely poor choice he is too contraversial. However it would be typical of the campaign, Murdoch is right, his campaign staff are really bad.
.....his [Romney] campaign staff are really bad.
True, but to be fair, look who they have to work with.
Betcha it's Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval. Somebody from out in left field, ethnic but handsomely so -- and someone from Harry Reid's backyard. Someone who's been careful, moderate, to appeal to the independents, and who who talks a good game. He could do worse, and lots of pluses -- one being that Sandoval never debated against him!
If he picks someone to appeal to moderates and independents - he'll lose the conservatives - and vicey/versey. This time he can't have it both ways - he's toast.
He won't lose the conservatives. The conservatives will rally around (holding their noses, if necessary) simply to vote for anybody but President Obama.
Choosing a moderate or independent - or at least someone relatively reasonable - just might draw the disgruntled independents in.
Plus, Romney is not a hard core right wing conservative. He may try to pretend sometimes but I don't think it's really in him. It's not deep in his soul. Because of that I don't know why the left hate him so much. He's been on the left side as much as he's been on the right. Someone not held to rigid ideals may be able to negotiate the two sides together.
I'll go for Romney and Whoever (well, except Bachmann or Palin).
Says it all in a nutshell, doesn't it Candice. How anyone can vote for someone they don't believe in is beyond me. Stupidity knows no bounds and you righties are proving it more and more everyday.
Candice
Your ambivalence suggests you hope Mitwitt will morph into a Bush 43 compassionate conservative. Kind of like marrying a drunk expecting to sober him up.
LoyalTexan, you forgot one thing: The reason they're all after Obama is because he taints the image of the "White House". As the KKK have stated, there's a stain there and it needs to go.
Well guess what, KKK? That also means you need to stop worshipping Jesus, because you forgot the fact that Jesus was half-black too.
But Obama ain't Jesus, he's just simply Obama. An intelligent man from Chicago who actually gives a damn about the country he lives in - and ain't afraid to speak the truth.
Living in Illinois I've learned it's usually about voting for the lesser of two evils. If my measley vote is cast against something bad as opposed to for something good - that's how it is. My own little way of supporting the country.
Candice
Too bad you don't have a hero. Hope it works out for you.
So, in the mean time or until "None of the above" is placed on the ballot, we as a people and country have to suffer with the lesser of the two evils about sums it up? Little wonder some people just vote for a pretty face isn't it?
From what I've seen and heard, no matter what the intentions are from either major political party, with Republicans doing just about anything and everything ( Except for promoting both parties working together for the common good of the country) to upset the Democrats applecart until one of their own is in office to make things worse for the country as a whole we're screwed either way? Pretty much. Sort of reminds me of how and where unions got distorted from the original intent.
I guess we can now say we've experienced what two factions of immature, out of touch from reality spoiled brats can do to this country as they run it further into the ground with their warped and out of touch games? So much for their reactions to what the political offices are supposed to be in benefiting the general public? So much for keeping our country on track ahead of their own personal concerns? And, so much for good leadership, morals and ethics from them? As far as them representing what the general public really wants and needs, they haven't got a clue. Back to poor vision and pretty faces?
There's plenty of heroes out there. There's very little about politicians, current or future, that I find heroic.
Heroes tend to be courageous, self-less and humble. Can't seem to find any of that in the White House or Washington D.C.
nonenow,
Your post, paragraphs 1 and 3: Yep. Totally.
2 should include the Democrats, too.
It's not deep in his soul
Romney would have to have a soul. The man was born with a silver spoon. He was a bully in school picking on people he felt were inferior to him (how would you like your child attack by a gang of bullies?).
He went on to use his top notch education, not to improve the lives of others and make the world a better place but to become a bully to small businesses. He attacked them too. He called it "creative distruction" (his words, not mine).
He Bought companies with some minor problems and then instead of helping them get on their feet, he and Bain Capital, borrowed millions and milllions and MILLIONS of dollars against these frail companies then let the die under the weight of that debt. If Mitt beleives corporations are people too, then he murdered these people by suffocating them in debt.
It is not a case of the lesser of two evils. Obama is a far better person than Romney. The Bible says greed is the root of all evil, and Romney is extremely greedy and therefore in my opinion, and the Bible's, is evil.
Romney is a Narcissist who like to watch while other people suffer and even takes pleasure in it and has no remorse (he didn't even remember bullying that boy in school, and laughed cruely when told about it) and this is who YOU think is the lesser of the two evils? Compare to a man who worked in community service and has had a life dedicated to helping others? This is like say Satan is the lesser of two evils to Jesus.
The worst part of this is it doesn't matter who Mitt picks, the right will vote against Obama. I'm yet to hear anyone from the right from any position say what they are voting for. It's been three years of hearing what they are against and they still can't come up with any real reasons to vote for Mitt. Pathetic.
I can think of a million reasons not to vote for Obama. The community organizer (another name for a rabble rouser) is about as qualified to be President as you. At least Romney has some executive experience. @!$%#, Palin had more experience than Obama, and the last 4 years have shown that. The Chicago mob will be voted out in November.
Given that no one has presidential experience prior to becoming one actually proves your point - but not why you say so.
A belated thank you to Btrapp for proving my point.
Mitt's problem is that he'd never actually hired an American for a job.
Good one zaphod!
and we have a winner!!!!
Zaphod,
But thankfully he is rich and successful...he knows how to make the economy go (ever hear of Staples)?
The community organizer we have in the Oval Office now is so far in over his head it would be funny if not so sad. Have you seen the economic numbers on Obama's watch? I mean, they are flat out atrocious. He has been given all the tools (stimulus, Obamacare, etc...) that he wanted. Yet, our unemployment is still in skyrocket territory and our debt is even worse. I mean, this is really not all that surprising---a natural consequence of putting a community organizer in the Oval office. On top of it, he has proven to be inherently dishonest and a liar.
In short, this country needs anybody but Obama as POTUS. He has shown no leadership and is immature. Time to bring the grown ups in. Face it: Obama has lied to us over and over. We need a change and thankfully we have a good alternative with Rommney.
If Obama is voted in we'll have four more years of this crap. On the positive side he will have to blame his predecessor. Oh, I guess that would be himself as he will no longer be able to blame Bush. A true leader: blame somebody else and take no accountablity. LOLOLOLOLO!!
Yes, but MittWit has fired a few Americans and replaced them with Chinese.
Yes, agree.
Unfortunately business has become a global enviroment where it is less expensive to buy a computer or iPhone that was manufactured in China. Get used to it. Otherwise we will have more company's end up like GM and Chrysler. We all know how that turned out and we are all paying for it--literally paying for it (which is ridiculous in itself....i.e, the US taxpayers are on the hook for two ineptly run company's that could not compete)
You can wish that the situation is going to change, but it is not (see Solyndra specifically and the solar industry in general). Maybe Obama can waive his magic wand and make it all change. LOLOLOLOL We can deal with fantasy (ie. Obama's lies) or reality. I prefer to deal with reality and adapt as neccessary.
Romney knows how to get it done; the economy is in his wheelhouse. Nothing against the POTUS, but his prior "training" as Community organizer and Law Professor has not served this country and economy well. In fact, it has harmed it. The numbers prove this out.
Bring in the adults......
Yeah Victorking
Mitt Romney argues he would be a good president because of his experience at Bain Capital. However, evidence is piling up that he made millions at Bain by firing American workers, outsourcing jobs, and keeping his money overseas.
Romney could shed some light on this by releasing multiple years of his tax
returns, as every major presidential candidate has done for decades. This
practice was actually pioneered by Romney's father, George, who released 12
years of tax returns when he ran for president in 1968.
However, Mitt Romney has only released one year of his tax returns, increasing
suspicion he got rich mainly by dismantling the American middle class.
And how about those TAX SHELTERS IN SWITZERLAND AND THE CAYMAN IS. where he hid his money STEALING FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND STEALING FROM THE US GOVERNMENT?
Ummmm victor, you must have missed the memo stating GM #1 in car sales a few weeks ago, not bad for an 'inept' auto company, by any standards. You keep espousing President Obama's 'lies,' but have none to post? Hurry up and go look at Fox News talking points to back your 'facts' up, since everyone knows they don't lie or distort the truth, ummmm well, the low-information folks believe them, because they don't like setting the intelligence bar too high. (accidental tripping happens a lot with them)
victorkingdom
You mean the Staples that pays the vast majority of employees minimum wage, with no health care benefits, do you mean that Staples? Is that what you want for this country every job paying minimum wage no benefits, no paid vacations, no sick time, no overtime, just paid straight time for 60-80 work weeks, no breaks, no lunchs, being endebted to the company so whatever money you make goes right back into the company's pockets?
Is that the world you want here in the USA? Look at China, Romney has off-shored thousands of jobs there as Bain Capital. Their people are so miserable with their working conditions they started jumping off the roofs of their work places. Is that the America you want? Is this the great working world you want your kids to have?
What makes you think that once the corporations are deregulated that they will be so greatful to the working class that we all get million dollar salaries? I have never met a benevolent corporation. A corporation's only goal is to make the most money possible for their shareholders, they don't care about keeping employees safe, happy or well paid!!
Obama has been stealing from the country for the last 4 years. All he does is take vacations and go on fund raisers. Also, who has he ever hired for a real job. No one, because he never had a real job before.
Oprah gave him this one!
Witchking: Blah, blah, blah. As soon as Obama releases his college transcripts then Rommney should release his tax returns. Sound ridiculous? That is because it is. Who cares about these items. For my purposes, I assume Rommney payed the minimum amount of taxes legally required. So what? I assume you did as well. Why do you care if it was all legal? What is your proof or suspician that it was not? Isn't that what the IRS is for? Rommney is rich-get over it. Get a clue and grow up
Fantom: Gee, I wish I had a situation where I could wipe out all of my debt, start over, get a cash infusion and call it a success. GM was inept which is why it ended up going bust. In terms of lies, how about this one: ObamaCare is not a tax (Stephanoplolis interview). Oops. I guess I better have my Solicitor General argue in front of the SCOTUS that it IS A TAX. Does that ring bell with you. Do you NOT call that a lie? Come on, man....figure it out.
Blueinoregon: If the folks at Staples don't want to work there for what they are being compensated for they can quit and find another job. That is the beauty of capitalism. And no, I do not think that deregulation means million dollar salarys for everyone. I do believe that million dollar salaries are there for people that prove they are worth a million dollars. If you want to make a million dollars I recommend figuring out how to do it. I do not recommend envying those that have figured it out. It is childish and immature. I regard to corporatioons, their number one priority is to their shareholders. That is the law. If the goverrnment does not like it, then they can change the law. You need to grow up as well.
I thing the motto for you three is: "Free stuff for everyone!!" Unbelieveable......what a joke.
Being a business man does not imply so form of exhaustive knowledge of the economy. I know business owners (successful ones at that) that can barely tie their shoes. Doesnt mean they should run the country.
Bet the servants he has hired are mostly not American
Mike,
I agree there is no guarantee. However, he has better shot at fixing the situation than anybody with a community organizer background....that much is clear.
victor,
I call BS... the better shot at fixing the problems facing america could have been accomplished if the Republicans had worked with this president instead of vowing to stop everything he tried to accomplish to make him a "1 term president"..
Ninja,
I agree; the POTUS should have worked with the Republicans. Unfortunately he chose not to. Elections have consequences and he has shown no inclination at all to reach across the aisle with exhibit number one being ObamaCare (all of ZERO Rebublican votes).
Grow up man. The last 3.5 years have been a fiscal disaster all on his watch. He has lied to us all. A shame.
Victor, Again I call BS.. This president tried to work with Republicans...even using the Republican plan for the ACA, only to have his hand smacked away and the republicans voting in a Nazi like bloc to make sure nothing this president does passes. You need to grow up man.. We could be at < 6% unemployment if not for the Republicans trying to make this president a 1 term president.. btw it won't work!
It sounds to me he is dropping out of the race?..thats what i see in his words?
Hey, Mitt- Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house.
Now there's some "vision" for ya.
Wink! You betcha!
Well, I don't want to see this kind of America you want; 1% controlling the other 99%; just rich and poor. I want to live in a country with strong middle class, which is strange to you. This is why we will see you going back to one of your homes in November! American people are smarter then you, and your masters think!
I understand the dislike of the wealthy, but what about the poor? Doesn't anyone care about the poor anymore?
Candice, the rich have the republicans, the poor have the democrats. Both parties abandoned the middle class back in the 70's.
Chucky.
Then the Republicans have been doing a great job for the rich, right? Lots of rich people.
Then the Democrats have been doing a terrible job for the poor. Lots of poor.
Real American you are correct We need a strong middle class, Middle class is what drives 70% of the economy and that 70% also stimulates job growth. A lot of people don't understand this but facts are facts, Reagan trickle down theory never worked all it did was make the Greedy more Greedy .
Candice,
That is a good point.
I have yet to hear any GOP person speak about the growing poverty in this country , except to demonize the poor.
Romney himself was talking about welfare programs, state block grants and Obama's willingness to respond to state's need for more flexibility as a terrible thing.
Yet when he was governor, he appealed to the feds for more flexiblity for the states to provide for the poor.
Northstar.
Sadly, you're right. I contacted my (looney-tune) Congressman, Joe Walsh...(lucky me) ..about that the Republicans need to be more vocal and compassionate about the poor. My letter was in two parts - one about the taxes, and the other about the poor, so I got a form letter back about the tax code and my suggestion about the poor was completely ignored. Automatic letters can't address two issues at a time apparently.
But, by your account, then, Romney did look for more flexibility to provide for the poor - which is a good thing!
The issue about President Obama's welfare rule waivers is that it's an election year and everything he does will be criticized.
Also trust in his intentions is waning. He's allowing work rules to be tweeked as long as more people get working. Who's going to monitor the success of new state programs? Is it a backdoor way to pass more money out without actually helping people get off welfare? He's preferred to extend benefits instead of creating an atmosphere for job creation. And he keeps going around Congress with waivers to existing law. That's making everyone nervous.
I understand the dislike of the wealthy, but what about the poor? Doesn't anyone care about the poor anymore?
Candice,
The GOP sure as hell doesn't.....And as far as the Romney plan: He'll gut the middle class like a fish. Oh!That's right, Mitten's doesn't have a plan..Sorry!
Obama/Biden 2012
Candice,
The sad thing is he's trying to run away from all of the good things he did do in order to embrace the TP portion of the GOP. Poor guy just can't figure out what he should stand on . . .his actual accomplishments or his incredible desire to have "his turn." Unfortunately, I don't think a VP with vision is going to help him figure it out.
Obama/Biden 2012
Candice,
" And he keeps going around Congress with waivers to existing law. That's making everyone nervous."
It is the state governors who want the waiver or flexibliity to the existing law. Obama said that the Secretary of HHS can look at these requests.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Some in Congress said that is not fair,"we should look at this"....
This is the same congress who is in recess until mid September.
The same Congress which has done nothing but posture, pass bills in the house that go nowhere.
It is controlled by the party of NO that is unable to provide real compromise to even deal with the Bush tax cuts expiration, let alone anything to help the poor.
They all pander and suck up to the crowd that they're speaking to. Especially when trying to win over the hard right or hard left.
I think it's sad, really, that people make excuses for their ideals - or hide their accomplishments in some way. The pundits and party leaders want ideologues stuck on one side. Most of the people, however, and in the middle.
I said I'm not concerned about the very poor that have the safety net,-Mitt Romney
Candice, sorry honey but Mitt doesn't give a rat's a$$ about the middle class. He wants to be President so he can lower his taxes and make you and me, pay more!! I don't know if your old enough to remember Leona Helmsley, as she was being dragged off by the IRS, she kept screaming, "Only the little people pay taxes!!"
Mitt Romney drinks from that same koolaide! He off-shored millions of dollars in foreign banks to avoid paying taxes. You do know that means you and I had to to pay more to cover what he didn't pay right? You do understand when someone doesn't pay their fair share then the rest of us has to pay more?? Right?? Right! Have you read his budget, he is not running to make your life or my life better, he is running so he can push through tax cuts for the top 1%. He wants to end the Cap Gains tax, end wants to end the estate tax, he wants to slash taxes on those making over a million dollars a year, he also want to increase funding to the military, but not the soliders, he was was to increase R&D to private contractors. You know the one's who charge the government $100 for a bolt.
He also want to privatize public education s that his son can make more money selling unusable degrees to people who are trying to do it right and make a better life for himself. These Vultures are not the kind of people we want running our country. These are not the kind of people I would even break bread with. The people pray on the weak and to them we are the WEAK!
If he wants a VP with vision for the country,he'd have to select a Democrat. The Republicans only care about the upper 2 % and how they can brainwash the stupid into believing their crap.....
Democrats just think they can pull $ out of their a$$ for all their social programs. Face it either way we are broke.
Been There, Social Programs are a drop in the bucket to what the cost of 2 wars cost us and still ticking.
Oh yeah, and added to the cost of wars is the corporate welfare, billions each year to the oil companies who make unbelievable profits.
Yeah Been There
let's continue to pursue UNFUNDED WARS, let's continue to give out the CORPORATE WELFARE, Let's continue to give TAX CUTS TO THE RICH, Let's continue to TAX THE MIDDLE CLASS to pay for MIT WITS elevator for his cars
LET"S SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT WHEN THE GOOD OLD USA looks like a third world country. LET"S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
Remember the France in 1789?
Mitt Romney is the Corporate Welfare Queen!! He spends his days riding around in his pink Cadillac with his billionaire "boyfriends"!!
blueingoregon-
Did Mitt Romney bang your wife or something? You seem to be really angry with him and he hasn't even ruined our country yet.
I thought the PRESIDENTIAL candidate is supposed to have a vision for the country? Sounds like GW and Cheney all over again. Cheney certainly had a vision for the country. Perhaps somebody needs to inform Mittens that the whole vision thing is part of the job HE is applying for?
Ed,
Romney never had a job description for himself.
That is for the other guy,
You would have thought he learned something from the Bush years.
Romney does sound like Bush/Cheney because Romney hired 17 of his 24 advisors from the Bush/Cheney regime of yesteryear! Trickle on and war for profits.....Party of no needs to say NO to Romney!
Obama/Biden 2012
Mitt is as exciting as a cardboard cut-out.....he can't pick a VP who will "out shine" him...which just about anyone could do. He will pick some milk toast who will kowtow to him.
Is Romney dropping out?
I hope so ...its a shame to waste people money, but the 1% got it to spend, they get a good tax break right?
Hi Mitt . . . . I'm right here; I'll be your V.P.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenwinslet
I'm real people . . . "For the People, By the People, Of the People".
I've got a background in Finance, Business, Marketing, Governance and much much more.
Pretty good!
Kristen, you won't get to be the V.P. Your too smart & would out shine him.
Any chance of you replacing MittWit as a candidate? Ah shucks! You would've made a great presidential candidate.
Kristen...great effort....but Mitt only needs a woman to bake him fresh cookies, he doesn't eat store bought cookies. I didn't see anything on your resume about accomplishments in hiding taxes offshore either! Your resume also smacks of being ...ethical....sorry! Can't be part of Mitts team! Are you trained in dressage?
Congressman Ryan, from the times I've seen or heard him, seems very intelligent, calm and rational. While so few actually admit our fiscal situation and our social programs are on the brink, he's ventured out onto the third rail to try to - first acknowledge the problems- and then try to fix them.
He's one of the few I've heard interviewed who doesn't simply spew talking points or dance around questions. I like him but he would be more effective for the good of the country in his position in Congress. I wouldn't choose him as V.P.
yeah rich lady?
Candy, even for you, those two posts are a new level of absurd. In the one, you ask if anyone cares about poor people. In the next, you talk about what a "rational" person Ryan is.
When it is Ryan who trying to rob the poor out of the little they have, to give it to his corporate masters.
Really, Candy, do think....
Can someone please get rid of the Shark Week advertizement!
Hey, Newday.
You have to admit our fiscal situation is sort of a mess and important programs like Social Security and Medicare are likely to blow up one day if not fixed. And then how many middle class, senior and poor will be hurt?
I admire those who are proactive. The Financial Crisis may not have happened or might have been less damaging had someone had the foresight to see it coming and, more importantly, acted to prevent it. Too often our politicians wait for a crisis and then react.
I am concerned about the poor, Newday. Everyone, including the President, I'm sorry to say, seems to be ignoring them and focusing on the middle class. Kids growing up in poverty have no chance. Someone needs to at least give them a thought. I know you agree.
That someone was George W. Bush. The damage his administration did was and is not fixable in 4 years. It could have been much better if a filibustering, obstructionist republican led congress would have at least made a token effort to work with this president. The hope is that those right wing slackers are shown the door in November and we can get back to the business of repairing the damage left behind by two unfunded wars and tax cuts that only benefited the wealthiest.
Then explain, Candy, how you can possibly support the policies of Paul Ryan? Your "concern" for the poor is a wonderful showpiece, missing any real sincerity.
I'm with you thetotas, tired of that ad.
Tony, actually President Bush tried to pre-empt the crisis by trying to address issues with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. He was ineffective, however, and failed to get Congress to act. Blame President Bush for not being strong enough and blame many past Congresses (both Dems and Repubs -- admit it) for being irresponsible.
Newday -
I like that Paul Ryan avoids the typical talking points, acknowledges issues that need to be addressed --- so that middle class and poor don't get dropped one day from programs they may be counting on. Isn't it better to address problems before it's too late?
It was tedious (really tedious)....but I've actually read his Roadmap. There were great ideas, good ideas, bad ideas and more. At least I've not seen him screaming hyperbole at pep rallies. And I think someone in Government who can add and subtract is a good thing.
Candice, the man, Paul Ryan, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The man appears to be very smooth, doesn't he? He is the type that while he is smiling right at you, he is also stabbing you in the back. That is Paul Ryan. If given the chance, he will gut medicare, which means he may as well gut senior citizens. He is ready and willing to throw my grandma under the bus.
AlaskaGirl - The biggest wolf in sheep's clothing was President Obama. The most divisive President in history, he's only interested in his base and his own survival.
As for Paul Ryan, please tell me how he is ready and willing to throw your grandma under the bus? Tell me what is Obama's and the Democrats solution to keeping Medicare and Social Security solvent? I haven't seen a plan from the Obama Administration. Just scream and yell about the so called "Ryan Budget". BTW, Ryan's plan for Social Security and Medicare would not, even if passed, effect anyone 55 and over.
AlaskaGirl. Too many politicians are cowards and afraid to address the issue because people like you will accuse them of throwing grandmas around. You could close your eyes and believe there's nothing wrong, and close your eyes again when these programs implode and more seniors and poor and more are deprived. But as long as the here and now and the current generation is covered, that's okay?
We don't need sheep politicians or wolves. We don't need chickens either.
sfcret, by all means give an 80 year old a coupon and tell them to shop for insurance...smart. Then do not adjust for rising costs or inflation. What a plan! And oh boy after we deregulate everything, that 80 year old wont even be able to purchase insurance because of age, pre existing condition or something else. Yepper what a plan!
Ryan wants to balance the budget on the back of the middleclass and poor.
Remember, it's only class warfare when the poor and the middleclass fight back.
Tammy - What part of the statement don't you understand? Anyone who is 55 or over would not have been effected if Ryan's budget had been adopted. Now I keep asking but none of you left wing nuts can tell me what is the Democrats plan to save Medicare and Social Security? You don't have one, just like Obama has no economic policy. His whole plan is tax and spend, and then tax some more.
What part dont you understand? Give that 80 year old a coupon now or when they turn 80 in 20 or 30 years what does it matter....How many people over 55 have virtually no savings left? Lots. Your mentality is the typical "if wont effect me" mentality. Tax and spend????? have you looked at our defense budget? Have you effectively acknowledged the GOP must have war mantra? You remember the unfunded ones right. If I remember correctly, it was the GOP that would not budge on letting the tax cuts expire for the wealthy. If I also remember correctly Grover wouldnt let them.
You are talking out of both sides of your mouth friend.
Candice you are kidding right? Ryan the diciple of Ayn Rand? He is Anti-Christian!
I cringe every time I read this talking point. Freddie and Fannie had little to do with the root cause of the meltdown. Anyone who says otherwise has their face squarely planted in front of Fox News.
Repealing G&S - increasing leverage limits - Banks farming out risk through derivatives and banks betting on people defaulting on their mortgage. Those are the reason for the meltdown.
Candice,
You are spot on with Ryan. All the naysayers are avoiding the difficult decisions that need to be made and listen to too much of the lefts propoganda. They are immature and in effect their motto is "free stuff for everyone"!!
Ryan is being very specific and putting forth a proposed solution. He is the only one currently in Washington leading on this. I would not hold my breath that our current POTUS will take the lead. His tax the wealthy class warfare stuff is good political theater (though childish). However, the economic merit of his "plan" is completely devoid of bringing any meaningful impact to the economy. The numbers do not pencil. He simply has no clue.
So what is Obamas plan other than no budget, spend more, and turn us into a third world country like he is from. Election is not about Romney and his VP it is against Obama.
??? have you got your Nazi suit in yet..does it look good on you?
That's the problem. You don't care if Romney is the worse candidate, as long as he's not Obama.
Problem is we have seen the direction Obama is taking us so let him go to Greece and let take our country back by not re-electing anyone.
Obama has taken the title of worse president ever from Jimmy Carter and we did not put him back in office either.
I'm sorry but
Bush owns "worst President EVER!".
Carter doesn't even come close..... if we listened to Jimmy we'd be energy independent by now.
If it wasn't for Bush, homobama wouldn't have anybody to blame.
President Obama has done miracles with the TP/GOP conspiracy in the House of Representatives. They promised to do anything to keep President Obama from being re-elected, including selling America short, destroying our economy.
TP/GOP want a small government so that it will fit up your vagina.
I'll pass on those rabid 1% goons.
Obama makes the Jimmy Carter years look great.
IMHO-2730490, shhhhh we cant say vagina. Those staunch old white men go crazy and kick you out of the room for that. Just ask the ladies on the house floor.
Obama has produced a budget every single year he has been in office and sent it off to congress. Congress has failed to act and send it back to him for approval.
He needs to nominate a skin head to make him more appealing to his base.
your a joker all right, and so is the one you support
You're mama's a toothless hillbilly!
"Vision for the Country" like the land of the "Kings and Serfs" as they(Vulture Corporate Capitalists,GOP) take the boots to the Middle Class, Less Fortunate, Women, Gays, Minorities, Small Business and the Enviornment. Obama/Biden 2012
Surely you must be confuse you must be talking about homobama.
YEAH CHARLIE
Mitt Wit Flip Flop Romney, the one time governor of Mass. Has supported Abortion, Gay Rights, Gun Control, Stem Cell Research and has reverse himself on all of these issues.
He took both sides on the financial bailout, the stimulus bill, the auto loan package; His biggest Flip-Flop of all Health Care Reform The national
Law is modeled on the one that he championed as governor in Mass that requires every citizen to have health insurance. Now he has Flipped-Flopped Mr. Flop has taken a hard slide to the right pandering to the tea party.
MitT Wit Flip-Flop Romney, a wishy-washy, flip flopping politician without any core convictions, principals or believes a man who will say or do anything to get elected telling one crowd one thing and another crowd another. You simply can’t trust this guy to tell you the truth.
HEY MIT WIT WHO'S"S BOOTS YOU LICKING TODAY?
Mitt Romney is a very smart and moral man. It amazes me that you losers out there have such loathing for a decent person just because he's also been successful financialy. He pays alot in taxes,helps people that need it, doesn't have a mean or dishonest bone in his body. If everyone of you would live your life as well as he lives his, America wouldn't have any problems.
Bewildered: And do you believe in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus?? They are also nice people without a dishonest bone in their bodies.
You certainly are bewildered! Who do you think covered the insurance for all those pension plans Romeny pocketed? We did! The taxpayers. Yes, what a guy!
Or a toothless Hillbilly.
better a toothless hillbilly than a yellow back blue bellyed cowardly yankee ba$tard
Geno, you just described Pawlenty of problems.
the description was of whererthejobsboehner , because I figured he is a blue belly and thus a yellow ba$tard. Had nothing to do with Pawlenty