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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan was joined by a very special guest tonight at a fundraiser in a Detroit suburb: rockstar Kid Rock.
Michigan native Kid Rock, singer of the Romney campaign’s unofficial theme song ‘Born Free,’ joined Ryan — an avid rock music fan — and roughly 160 others at the affluent Oakland Hills Country Club here.
“I was going to come out, be a little wisenheimer and say, 'Guess which one is running for vice president,'” Kid Rock, who wore a white fedora, told the crowd inside a ballroom on the main floor about his original plan “Then they would introduce Paul and I would walk out and say hello.”
Ryan, the seven-term Wisconsin congressman, was not shy to admit he is a fan of the popular singer.
“So one of us is running for vice president but only one of us listened to 'Bawitdaba' on the way over here in the motorcade with the Secret Service,” Ryan said of Kid Rock's breakout single to laughs. “I’ve been listening to Kid Rock for a long, long time.”
While the campaign would not directly confirm if guests knew in advance Kid Rock’s presence tonight at the fundraiser within Bloomfield Township, where Mitt Romney's family once lived, one man did bring a large guitar to the country club asking for an autograph.
Guests paid anywhere from $500 to $20,000 to get a glimpse of the congressman and Kid Rock. No estimation was available by the campaign for how much was raised. It isn't the first time Bob Ritchie — Kid Rock's given name — has appeared at an event on Romney's behalf; Kid Rock and his band performed "Born Free" at a culminating rally for Romney shortly before the pivotal Michigan primary.
Friday night’s event – the first of two fundraisers for Ryan tonight – followed a public campaign event featuring both Romney and Ryan in the state the presumptive GOP presidential nominee was born.
Ryan’s first fundraiser in The Great Lakes State had its share of politics and attacks as well.
He specifically mentioned former Democratic President Bill Clinton for the first time since being tapped as the VP candidate in an attempt to illustrate the difference between Clinton and President Barack Obama.
“What we want to do is not just beat up the other guy and try to win by default, that is what President Obama is going to do. He can’t run on his record, he didn’t moderate his positions like Bill Clinton did, he went hard to the left.,” Ryan said. “So he is going to have to divide, distract, demagogue, distort to try and win by default.”
And the harsh words for President Obama didn’t end there.
“You know he speaks to people as if they are stuck in their station in life. As if they are victims of circumstance outside their control and the government is here to help them cope. That is cynical. That is not freedom," Ryan said.
The Wisconsin lawmaker, who characterized Michigan as one of a “handful of states” that will determine the election, heads to the battleground state of Ohio on Saturday to campaign again with running mate.
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Well.... isn't that special?
A washed up two hit wonder is hugging Willard! lmao
Where is the certifiably insane Ted Nugent when you need him?
Bottom line is, until the GOP reels in these bat @!$%# crazy supporters... YOU are going to continue to LOSE elections!
Bank on it! ;o)
PS: I will now collapse my comment and keep the right wing Nazi's from having to do an honest days work! lmao!
Ummmm.....Mr. Marvelous, that is exactly how Willard won......by default!
Guess you weren't paying attention to the primaries.....you're just too wonky!
Well, Kid Rock apparently at least knows what's best for his country, unlike Michael Jordan and the basketball stars we read about a couple nights ago.
Isn't it interesting how much the Leftists drool over Obama rubbing shoulders with celebrities but ridicules any similar acts by Romney or Ryan? Double standard?
But then again, I suppose it's for the same reason that we need Romney's tax returns but not Obama's college records. And why Romney can't have an offshore account but Pelosi, Carney, and Wasserman-Shultz all can. Hypocrisy in action, folks.
Kid rock?
Toddler Akin? the GOp is so immature.
My reply to Akin is as follows:
RE: Todd -
You have no conscience..to you CONs (conservatives), you only have con-science
Would you like some cheese with that whine?
Tony, if you should choose to actually respond to the content contained in the post, be sure to let me know. I'll be around. :)
Now that Willard has the birther vote locked up, his next step will be to go for the votes of those who think the lunar landing was faked.
Another bastion of Republican values ... and then add on arrest for assault. Porn stars? Where are GermanGem and Harlot Chic? I want, no demand their views.
Al, and which votes does Obama have tied up, other than gays? Certainly not the editors and staff on Newsweek magazine. And certainly not Independents. And certainly not the swing voters in FL, OH, PA, NH, NC, MN, and VA, since the Colorado statistical analysis has him losing all those states.
CubsFan2012
Women, Blacks, Latinos, the young, the educated, and I take it that you do not fit into any of those demographics.
BCWC,
And don't forget Mn. it will defintely be blue.
I think Harley and German's taste in music will be a hoot.
↑ Who's Harley? That's what I call K1200.
Um, I did. Guess you missed my point. Not surprised.
Oh, those nasty gays! Pat response from someone who fears something they don't understand. And I guess you don't count women, blacks, Latinos, people that make less than $50K/yr., people who respect other people, etc., etc.
" But then again, I suppose it's for the same reason that we need Romney's tax returns but not Obama's college records" .
And these two subjects are the same.....HOW again????
Darn....A Georgia Tech assistant music professor got $760,000.00 of Obama stimulus money so he could jam with “world renowned musicians” to “create satisfying works of art.”
I was hoping he would be there too. :(
LOL....tell that to the sold out concerts everywhere he goes - hack! You must be thinkin of Bob Dylan
What in the f*ck would some liberal, ass-clown know about an "honest days work"? Just go cash your monthly check and leave the important stuff to important people! (Kinda like when Obummer was sitting in the little chair in the corner in the Situation Room when America killed bin Laden)
Michael, Filthy knows as much about music as she does politics.
nice.
Kid Rock can join Nugent in the Hall of Shame AND the *two-hit wonder* category. Hank Williams Jr. shames not only himself but his father.
You liberals have truely lost it. Are you whackjobs even Americans?!
Why is that anyone that disgrees with your socialist views are hated so badly? What are you afraid of? Are you afraid Kid Rock & Hank Jr are going to stop your checks from showing up every month?
I have never seen such intolorence anywhere other than here on FR by the looney liberals!
I sure am proud to be a conservative!
Let's hope Ron Paul stands up to the R&R boys and tells them to stuff their patronizing of him by running as a third-party candidate. The R&R boys are drooling to get Ron Paul supporters.
Ron Paul had a tremendous amount of support from those who do not want to see the R&R boys win. Let's hope they push him to go rogue on the GOP.
Why is it that all the "compassionate conservatives" believe having a liberal leaning point of view means I receive a monthly "welfare" check? After last weeks Republican debacle, I'm proud to call myself a Democrat.
Obama/Biden 2012!!
A guy worth a reported 40 million dollars supporting a Republican isn't big news. The fact that Kid Rock started out playing on the east side of Detroit to racially mixed audiences but now caters to the Lynard Skynard redneck types shows his true colors. He's not from the city, but from the lily white suburbs. The black audience accepted him because he was good. Now, he's an idiot that is everywhere and anywhere a camera can be found. Support Romney Bob Ritchie, but he's going to lose. Hope you didn't give him a whole lot of coin.
Ron Paul needs to tell his constituents to vote for Romney. America can't afford another Perot fiasco.
Ron Paul will never tell his supporters to vote for Romney, they are libertarians they dislike the republicans as much as the democrats, Paul only ran as a republican this time to get what little exposure they would afford him. He will not roll over on his supporters because republicans show a video "tribute" to him, if they wanted to pay tribute to him they would have let him speak, and his supporters know that as well. They will not let him speak because he will not stand there and flatter Romney he will speak about what he always speaks about and it is never flattering of either the democrats or republicans. They better be careful with their tribute video, because if it appears they are putting their words in Paul's mouth it will inflame his followers, which obviously are now large enough in number that the RNC cannot afford to just ignore as they have in the past.
Folks, the above statement obviouslywritten by a white young male that calls himself "Alex", and doesn't care anything about the issues of women, seniors, the poor, and the black.
The main audience of the GOP.
Forrest, Paul IS a republican. He has been a republican congressman for, well, years.
He has told his supporters to support Romney- and will exhort them to do so again. I know it was the Obama cult's biggest dream that he would run as an independent- no matter how many times he said he would not, there were threads on here about how he "left the door open"- but there was NEVER any chance that Paul would run third party. He might be a little potty, but he isn't delusional.
Will most of his supporters vote for Romney? I have no idea.
I know they won't be voting for Obama.
IRESPOND ... just not intelligently.
Robert James Ritchie was rise republican since birth. He can't say how he live a hard life without any of the basic needs. His family had wealth well beyond the middle class. His father was rich. All his ridden songs were about his social friends who weren't allow to walk in his garage. So salute the false republican Kid Rock.
Did this idiot smoke some weed with Bob before he made these asinine comments? "He didn't moderate his positions like Bill Clinton did." Is he talking about Monica Lewinsky? Obama has had to change his agenda more than a few times to keep these whining right wing brats from throwing more of hissy fit than they normally do. And here comes the "divide & distract" crap flowing out of their mouths again. So what's your plan, Paulie. Take from the poor and give to the rich? Sounds about right. These guys are losing ground more each day. Kid Rock, nor any other pseudo celebrity is going to help you. Hank Williams, Jr. and the Nuge are your identification tags. Live with it!
Ron Paul has to be the BIGGEST hypocrite, SOB that ever existed on the planet. He wants to destroy the system that HE HIMSELF IS BENEFIT FROM: He collects Social Security with one hand, and holds a mic on the other to tell people that it is bad.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/ron-paul-collects-unconstitutional-social-security/
d, willard went hard to the right of right, which makes him wrong, wrong, wrong!
Nope, only a moron would think of that.
Probably talking about Clinton raising a few taxes, but dropping the capital gains tax (the one Romney mainly uses), about Clinton dropping national healthcare, about giving up on a stimulus, about Clinton giving up after 5 times and finally going with a balanced budget approach ...
Stuff like that .... you know the stuff that he joined the repub House and Senate on that led to the economy you guys luv to brag about.
Obama's flop ... flip ... flop ... flip on things like gay marriage was because of the "whining right wing brats"?
Guantanamo ... "unpatriotic" deficit spending on that "China credit card" .... that deficit that he was going to cut in half ... (and how many do you want?)
Wow .. you didn't even try to deny Obama's "divide & distract". (Btw - pathetic deflection.)
Name an example of taking from the poor (or common tax payer) and giving to the rich that tops Obama literally taking tax payer money to repay his billionaire bundler buddies like the Solyndra (and many other - need the names) scam.
Anyway Tony ... getting ready to go back to school next week?
Hope you had a nice summer vacation.
One of my favorite lines by by: Mike Lofgren
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
"It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe. This trend has several implications, none of them pleasant."
Hey Kid, anything in moderation is fine, but I have a feeling you've smoked way too much weed lately.
Of course, we can see the trend here: Kid Rock, Hank Williams Junior, TEd Nugett. What these three have in common? YOUNG WHITE MALES IN LOVE WITH THEIR "GUNS"
They hate women, because you can read about their personal lives, and they hate blacks as well. They are the typical RED NECKS that are the representatives of the GOP. They are the kind that will agree with all the BS that Akin says, the ads about welfare, etc.
Ha! the laugh's on me...I thought Kid Rock was the black comedian and was shocked he was fundraising for Romney...but now I realize I was thinking of Chris Rock. My bad!
Chris Rock endorsing Romney? Dinosaurs would walk the earth again before that happened.
I agree Chris Rock wouldn't endorse Romney but he does have a new stand-up skit making fun of Obama's blame game.
Something that the GOP WILL NEVER DO, because they enjoy listening to their voices in an echo chamber. All the BS just bounces around, and they end up BELIEVING IT.
...seems to kinda describes your own little world, don't it, irespond?
Are there any good musicians who are openly Republican? No, didn't think so.
Toby Keith, you blasphemer! ;)
LL Cool J., 50 cent, Meat Loaf and Bo Derek. Bo is not a musician but we grew up together so I put her in.
You grew up with Bo Derek, with the braids? Thats cool! I heard Journey will be at the GOP convention.
So, again, are there any good musicians who are openly Republican?
Yea, but without braids and a different name. She was Mary Collins and a tomboy for sure. Never a dull moment with her.
Da Noid,
Britney Spears, Gene Simmons, Skunk Baxter, Prussian Blue, Donny Osmond, Wayne Newton, Tim McGraw, and (I think) Kieth Urban.
P.S. The fact that you don't consider Toby a pro really doesn't speak well of your rationality. How on EARTH can you listen to "Talk About Me," "Maintenance Man," "Beers Ago," and "How do you like me now" without loving it?
Da Noid,
Even Meat Loaf?
thetotas- That is so neat! and so is she!
LOL!
Unfortunately, there are some musicians that support Mitt, but most of them are long since washed up. Ted Nugent is the flagship for them all. I'll leave it at that.
All country music is excluded from the category of "good", with the limited exception of Johnny Cash's best songs and covers.
Gem,
"I want you, I need you, I love you, with all my heart. I thought I could live without romance, But now I know that I will go on loving you eternally. Won't you please be my own, never leave me alone, Darlin' you're all that I'm living for, I want you I need you, I love you, more and more."
~Elvis (who will always be king) ;-)
And Nathan, in the words of Macbeth, "thou art dead to me now."
awwww:) I love the words CubsFan, but have to plug my ears about the music lol. You know I'm all about electronica/dance:)
Hey! Nobody mentioned "Pussy Riot". Maybe the Repubes can swing a deal with Putin, and they can play at the convention, while Akin and Ryan speak......
Hey CubsFan
Don't cum all over your monitor..!!LOL!!!
Gem, that's the nice thing about lyrics in a post. You get the benefit of the words without having to endure the genre if it's one you don't care for! Lol.
But I have to say, you don't even make an exception for ELVIS? He's the BEST! After you, of course. ;)
Yeah, I've been to Graceland lol:) My mom loved Elvis, I have more Elvis stuff than I know what to do with lol.
I loved Graceland. The dude had a bit of an infatuation with mirrors, so I got tired of seeing myself on every wall, but it was awesome. His gravesite in the garden by the fountain is beautiful. If I would have had more time, I would have taken the tours of the Hound Dog planes and his car collection, but all I had time for was the house and grounds.
We'll have to go there sometime and catch everything I missed! ;) Do you think it would be bad luck if we stayed in Heartbreak Hotel across the street?
The cars were cool. I hope priscila and/or lisa don't sell any off before you get there again lol.
"Baby let me be your little Teddy Bear. Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere, oh let me be your Teddy Bear. I don't wanna be your tiger, 'cuz tiger's fur is too rough. I don't wanna be your lion, 'cuz lions ain't the kind you love enough. I just wanna be your Teddy Bear. Run your fingers through my hair and cuddle me real tight, oh lemme be your Teddy Bear."
Dead, CubsFan? I don't feel dead. So that means there really is an afterlife after all? And this is it?
Kind of underwhelming, actually.
Btw, I'm a Cardinals fan too.
hey teddy bear lol- heartbreak hotel is fine if they have room service;)
Yankees Rule!:)
Ugh. Yankees on the right and Cardinals on the left. Where do I turn? Lol.
Nathan, I'd say yes to the existence of the afterlife and no to the Cardinals. (But if THIS is the afterlife, I've got a complaint to lodge.) I think I'll have to pick the Yanks over the Redbirds.
Gem, "Love me tender, love me true. All my dreams fulfill. For my darlin, I love you, and I always will." And Heartbreak Hotel most definitely has room service, so I'll go ahead and reserve the best they've got. ;-)
ROFL; logged back in here to see what the DNC's daily talking points had morphed into during the day here on More Sensationalized News By Communists (now sadly shortened to NBC) and walked into a hookup thread. Cubs; you and GGem need to log out and go get a room!
LOL! First off, I love the acronym. Second, getting a room is precisely what we were talking about, so no complaints, please! ;)
Well, GL to you both. I will keep my trap shut.
Hi Panther, you are correct. I love the acronym too!
Can't resist another Elvis song after that: "Baby, Let's Play House." ;-)
I met Elvis once, but to young to appreciate it. Bo's mom was Ann Margret's assistant / hair dresser (friends). Ann Margret brought Elvis by for a visit, and I was introduced to him. If I was a little bit older maybe I would have appreciated it. Now its just a fun story.
wow thetotas, you got around:) I love Ann Margret. I always wished her and Elivis would have married.
I envy you! Meeting Elvis would be pretty cool. (Back when he was alive, naturally. Meeting him now would be creepy.) My only meeting with fame was Taylor Swift, but she's far from Elvis, no matter how awesome she may be.
You should have seen Ann Margret, she was so beautiful, soft spoken, a real class act.
The best Elvis song, by far, was "Crazy Little Thing Called Love".
Hey GGem. Have seen your posts and Cubs as well in here for quite some time. The good thing is about you two; I never see you lose it and fly off the handle (I could be mistaken though...I cannot be on here all the time). THAT...is very hard to do...kudos.
Honestly, NBC is awesome. If I log in early enough in the morning, I can catch all of the DNC daily talking points in one thread. If I am really lucky, some of the regulars will get snarky with some troll and I can catch the most important parts of each of the Media Matters/HPost, etc. talking points. ....sometimes, they will even cut and paste entire articles without me going out and doing a search for them! It sure makes it easier to spot some of the BS out there...
No famous singers here. But I met Dr. J once, hung out with Daryl Dawkins a few times when he coached the semi-pro b-ball team in Lehigh Valley, PA, and I used to be friends and hang out with some of the Philadelphia Eagles. I'm still in contact with one of them. I'm a tomboy like Bo Derek:)
Thank you for recognizing that Panther. It takes a bit of self-control on here. I just starting hanging out on the Fox site this past Monday. Its soooooo refreshing from the lib biased crap on NBC.
Panther, you're not mistaken. She's never flown off the handle; class act all the way.
Nathan, I love that song. You've redeemed yourself slightly for your earlier faux pas.
Sorry for the typos:( I'm about done for tonight lol
Fox has a site to post on huh Gem? I haven't been to that site then...I may have to pay it a visit.
Uh-oh. I've got a Philadelphia Eagle competing against me? To quote Elvis, looks like I'm in "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
Faux pas? Nah, my pas are all legit. 2 legit 2 quit (speaking of bad music and all).
Nathan, you just haven't connected with your inner hillbilly yet. "We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside, no matter where you're from, ya just can't hide it when the band starts playin' and the fiddle saws, ya can't help ahollerin' YEEHAW!"
~Blake Shelton singing "Hillbilly Bone"
Panther- some articles you can post on, some you can comment via facebook and those commnets are in an open forum. I hate facebook, but I've found there's quite a bit of political discussion on there. Fox News is my new favorite place on the internet. I post articles on my facebook page and go from there.
lol Cubs:) No worries. The Eagle I still communicate with is old like me lol. He's a college football coach now, but not near me.
Ewww...Facebook 8). Well, I have never had a Facebook account. I would never have the time to keep one up anyway.
I don't get to Fox enough but I did catch the last 10 minutes of the Hannity show tonight. He had what appeared to be some moderate Democrats (not Progressives) on his show. They appeared to be talking about how they put their eggs in the President Obama basket and they seemed to be VERY disappointed in his performance (a major understatement). The President may have a hard time getting re-elected if a large number of his 2008 supporters feel as bad as those folks on the show appeared to be.
Gem,
Nowhere close? Ah, good. ;-) I wouldn't want anyone to steal you. ♥
Luv you, Babydoll. :)
Panther, I'm surprised at the amount of Democrats who seem to be struggling to tow the party line. You saw the lines start to fray a bit with Clinton praising Bain and Bowles praising Ryan, etc., but now it's an utter disaster over there. Even Newsweek is turning on them!
I hear ya Panther. I only made a facebook account to see some pictures a friend posted. It turns out though that I'm using that account alot now.
Obama HAS been a huge disappointment. The problem is too many hardcore followers who won't admit it to themselves. And then there's NBC, ugh. Well their gig is up. Americans are wising up to NBC, thank god.
You might want to check out the Hannity Show later Cubs. Those Democrats are NOT what you see on these NBC blogs. They appear to be moderate Democrats and Independants who are really suffering right now. ...Middle Class folks. I could tell Mr. Hannity seemed to want them to really trash the President (initially) but did manage to calm down a bit. I felt for them....they really bought into "Hope and Change." Sadly, the new motto seems to be "The Middle Class; one job loss away from Lower Class." There are not a lot of Middle Class jobs remaining in America.
I get Sean's emails daily. He's got a lot of great stuff; what I like about him is the amount of guests he manages to have on there, from Newt to Ryan to Dick Morris.
Michael Medved also did a piece recently about the lack of enthusiasm in the Obama camp this year. We don't have the elementary school kids singing the Obama song. We don't have the Japanese beach dancers singing "Obama is Beautiful, World." We don't have any of that. All the hype is dead at last.
I'll be back in a minute.
Hannity needs to slow his roll, he needs to pull back at times, and allow the interview to flow. He is very passionate in his beliefs, and at times, it get the best of him.
Dick Morris, not feeling it.
Well, R&R have a good shot this year. I do hope the Romney gets through the debates in one piece though. Speaking is certainly President Obamas strong point and I would wager he has been polishing up some snarky answers since January.
Anyway, I think I am messing up your Mojo; I believe GGem stated that she is getting tired so I will take my leave. Nice chatting with you and I hope I bump into you and Gem at a later date. GL btw.
Its all good Panther! It was great talking with you too:) Hope to see you again soon:)
Sorry...I'm just not a Country music fan (exception being Johnny Cash...dislike of "The Man In Black" is just un-American)
("We got both kinds of music here...Country AND Western!")
I was raised on Rock with a healthy dose of Jazz and Blues courtesy of my Dad. I love Rush, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Chickenfoot, The Dave Matthews Band and Foo Fighters.
Pantheraxe,
I agree with you, and did you check out the moderators for the debates? ABC, CBS & CNN, nothing like stacking the deck. I can only image the questions they will throw at Romney.
I am looking forward to Ryan and Bidens debate, that one should be good.
Well, you're certainly pure in your tastes, Da Noid, even if they're different tastes than mine. Lol. But we're in total agreement on Cash.
My preferences: Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Montgomery Gentry, the Dixie Chicks, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, the Zach Brown Band, Alabama, Thompson Square, Mark Chestnut, Keith Urban, the Jane Deere Girls, The Band Perry, Randy Travis, Johnny Cash, Hank, Merle, etc.
Talk to you later, Panther.
What about Jennifer Nettles/Sugarland?
LOVE Sugarland!!!! And Lady Antebellum. The only country group I don't care for that much is Rascal Flatts.
The country music performers need to give their "audience" something to cheer about. Let's look around: All the Red States are basically people that wish we were still live like people in the Wild West: hunting for a living, logging the forest for mining,women wearing dresses and having no choice but working in a saloon, making dresses or getting married whit the first a***e that proposes after one week.
They think that men should be wearing our guns around just like they did in the Wild West. The only different thing is that they have changed the horse for a pick-up truck. That is only because they are too stupid to learn how to ride, or the payments in the trailer home does not allow them to be able to afford it.
Ryan position on women no "Exception" for women who have been Raped, Incest, Or if the Mother's life is in danger, any man who agrees with him on any issue is pretty sad. Just today he admitted that's his position and he also
Ryan drafted a bill in Congress with the Definition of "Forceable Rape"
We cannot let this go as many American do with other issues.
Paul Ryan in drafting this Forceable Rape, actually writing his definition and Congressman's Akin's of what is considered "Forceable Rape" is and should be unacceptable to all Men and Women
Congressman Akin's views are Paul Ryan's Views, and many in the Republican Party, its just that he "Spilled The Beans" none of us were supposed to hear any Republican hear or utter those words.
Finally "Mit Romney's Father" was born in Mexico. So trying to lie about President Obama's birth, now it's time to ask to see Mit's Birth Certificate, no exceptions.
All jokes aside when Mit stooped to the Birther movement, ok let's see who's the leader of the Birther party
Russian Women are leading the Republican Party
Orley Tate, Russian woman is the orginator of the Birther Movement. Read about her on line she's in court every day and has been for years, however, no one will admit in the Republican Party that they are being led by a Russian Woman who invented the Birther Movement
Paul Ryan's most admired person won who he said is responsible for him being in congress today is a Russian Woman, Ayn Ran a Russian Athiest.
People when you have an entire party being represented by or following 2 Russian Women and bringing those beliefs from Russian to the American People and actually running for seats in congress and sitting congressmen pushing Russia's agenda, it would seem to me American has a problem.
Media has not covered these Russian Women and made sure American know who started these movements, the Birther Movement in particular, and Rush, the Republican Party, Trump are all following her Lead, seems to me something is amiss.
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Russian Women are leading the Republican Party? The party of pale, male and stale?
Alex,
That would be a little hard to do (no pun intended) but I am a woman.
Lol!
Im leaving that one ALONE!
Please read this...
www.epi.org/publication/bp195/
This, folks, was written in 2007...before our economy was crumpled up and tossed into the hopper. Wages even bag then were stagnant. While the economy recovered, it did not do so for the rank and file workers who actually did the work.
This is nothing new.
Every year we hear of new record profits for all of these Fortune 500 companies but wages remain stagnant for the middle and lower classes. When that happens, Congressman Ryan, that tells me that, yes, people are stuck in their station in life. That, Congressman, is what freedom is not.
I guess the Koch Brothers sspent a lot of money covering up Mr. Akins. Sorry GOP'ers you guys are looking stale.
Did they throw a 20K per plate fundraiser full of former basketball stars?
Oh wait . . . that was the Democrats.
You do know the difference don't you? The rich sport stars donating to President Obama are donating to the party that promises to raise their taxes for a better America for us all.
The rich donating to Romney are expecting tax cuts and a better life just for themselves and to he!! with America.
You tell me, which plan is more patriotic and done for the love of America?
Ugh. It's a bit late for this, but I suppose I'm up for it if you are...
NO, the rich donating to Romney are not doing so solely because they want tax cuts. But that's really not the issue in the first place. The issue is whether or not tax cuts for the rich are good or bad for the rest of the country. Statistics show that they're good. The Bush tax cuts resulted in the top 1% paying over 33% MORE in taxes in 2006 than they did in 2001. Check out TaxFoundation.org. The top 1% paid 301 billion in 2001 and 408 billion in 2006. Why? Because lower tax rates encourage them to invest more of their money. Anytime you make something less expensive to do, people tend to do it more. And who benefits when the rich invest more in our economy? We all do.
So who benefits when the rich get tax cuts? That's right. We all do.
Where you here at the end of bush presidency? Explain to me how we all benefited.
If the tax cuts were so good for our country and increased the income from taxes just where did the huge deficit to pay for the tax cuts come from? Why would the tax cuts increase our deficit?
Are you trying to tell me we all benefited from the largest deficit in our history?
The truth is the cost of the tax cuts was 10 times more that the extra money the tax cuts brought in.
I think we were better off during the Clinton era. Taxes were high on the higher earners and the unemployment was low and our economy was growing. Clinton's last year was the first year in many years that the debt ceiling didn't need to be raised. We were looking at having our entire debt paid off in 10 years. By 2010 we were to be debt free.
So who benefits when the rich get tax cuts? The rich of course.
Let's check out Romney's tax returns if you don't believe me. Oh, that's right Romney is hiding his tax returns. If we all benefit, then why is Romney hiding his tax returns from the people?
Apparently something really bad that proves that only the rich benefits from tax cuts is in Romney's hidden taxes.
Come on Romney, prove you are man enough to show the people just how you have gotten so rich and how it is so good for us all.
I wonder how the GOP figures that they can do something that Jesus didn't do and that wwas to destroy all the sinners on the spot. Jesus stood for giving us a chance. If we mess it up it is between the sinner and Jesus. I never read about the GOP being the answer. seems that we can do great things in is name. Not the GOP'ers name (insert any given GOP name that comes to mind).
Back in a flash. :)
Back! I know you missed me, GT202.
Damn straight, Cubbie
Lol.
Real Time with Bill Maher is coming on. Gotta go! See y'all later.....
Ttyl, GT.
Valerie Richardson of the Washington Times:
I can't paste the link, but a great article on RealClear Politics from London Daily Mail - Obama's... Joyless Slog.
Highlights the differences between his 08 campaign and 012 campaign. Smaller crowds, many not paying attention, no hope, no change, just downtrodden attendees and candidate. Very good.
You don't see stuff like this in American media.
There's a dude with the Daily Mail named Toby whose work I like quite a bit.
Thanks for mentioning the article. I'll try to look it up.
Hey, cool, your article is one of Toby Harnden's.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192704/Toby-Harnden-Barack-Obamas-joyless-slog-election.html#ixzz24T0VTl6g
Dont Forget, Dream Act party says Vote Obama/Vote Often!
Philadelphia says they are not going to obey the PA voter law. It figures. Obama's America- laws are optional.
Citizenship Optional.
The republicans can't have reasonable gun laws because it might cause one American to be denied of their gun rights and at the same time the republicans have no problem making laws to deny millions of Americans from voting as if voting and a democracy wasn't also rights guaranteed in the constitution.
You know like in a real democracies where the people vote to decided the direction of the country.
Only dictators in low life countries suppress the vote like the republicans are doing in America.
Pretty sad when the republicans can't win on their ideals, they instead choose to keep the people from voting. None of the jobs they promised ever appeared when elected, but they sure managed to suppress the vote and take rights away from women.
The republicans promise jobs and didn't deliver just like Romney who promised jobs when running for governor and couldn't produce jobs then either. Of course what is Romney running on, the jobs he couldn't produce before.
Republicans must really be stupid to believe the totally unbelievable con job they are trying to pull over your eyes.
VOTE FOR EDUCATION...VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT 2012
Long tail, long trail, Willard the Rat.
Still around, Gem?
Yes, but I think I'm done lol.
thetotas- if you are still here, great talking with you, and thank you for the inside info on Ann Margret. I always liked her so it was nice to hear she was just as wonderful off-screen.
Good night everyone. Take care always.
CubsFan- Je t'aime toujours:)
Lol. Ok. I'm pretty tired too. I printed off some new sheet music I wanted to try, but it'll have to wait till tomorrow. I may still stick around for a bit, though. It depends on if I'm too lazy to get up and grab something to eat.
Good talking to you. :) Je'taime toujours, even if you don't like country. ;-)
xoxoxo
Kid Rock and Ted Nugent invited ryan to their KKK meeting.
Was Robert Byrd there?
Is Robert Byrd running for vice president or is that the woman hating Ryan?
Ryan thinks that in legitimate rape you don't get pregnant. Ryan doesn't think that women who are raped should be allowed abortions. Ryan wants the rape to continue for another 9 months while forcing the victim to carry the rapist child.
Ryan's whole reason it is okay how he believes is because Romney is the one running for president. What if something happened to Romney and Ryan had to become president? Would Ryan continue to push the Romney ideals that Ryan doesn't believe in?
Ryan pretty boy was picked for the same reason as Palin. To look good while appeasing the right wing fanatics.
VOTE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM....VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT 2012
Republicans sign the front of a check, Democrats sign the back!
Eh, it's just not as fun without Gem here. Night, folks. See you tomorrow.
Whipped!
Two Snakes in the same pit must be dangerous or these two old Rock and Rollers must have been defanged to get together in one place. Obama/Biden 2012 Go get 'em Obama Ryanyou wasted thug you simply an old outdated dinausaur not knowing what to do except try to promote Adelson and his Casinos so he can throw you a fiver for next week.
Obama, song should be From Shaggy "It wasn't me" From Fast and Furious, Leaks in the White House to Unemployment, Housing, and so on and so on.
You should try some facts. The actual people involved in fast and furious have said that President Obama and Eric Holder knew nothing about what they were doing.
I don't know if you remember but in 2008 when President Obama was elected America's economy crashed with people losing their jobs, their homes and life's savings. Our country was bleeding millions of jobs every month. Meanwhile the republicans are blocking any bill that might create jobs in America and help repair our economy.
But go ahead sherri, vote for a republican so you can become a second class citizen like the women in China where the government is in charge of their bodies and forcing abortions. Does that sound like freedom to you?
Once the government is in charge of your body it could go either way forcing abortions or outlawing abortions depending upon who is in power. Do you really want to give the government that power?
VOTE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM...VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT 2012
Another addition to the boycott list. Good bye Kid Rock.
hey libs I heard that Joe Biden cancelled his Florida trip. Seems someone told him he was a Democrap, not a Republican! Geez, after November it will be nice having a Vice President who's I.Q. is bigger than his neck size! LOL
Only in the mind of a dumb a$$ tea bag republicon.
Obama – Biden 2012 - Still Cleaning up Bush’s Mess!!!
4 more for 44!
Obama 2012/Romney 1040
One of my favorite lines by by: Mike Lofgren
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
"It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe. This trend has several implications, none of them pleasant."
Robert James Ritchie was rise republican since birth. He can't say how he live a hard life without any of the basic needs. His family had wealth well beyond the middle class. His father was rich. All his ridden songs were about his social friends who weren't allow to walk in his garage. So salute the false republican Kid Rock.