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TAMPA, Fla. -- Monday's official session of the Republican National Convention lasted just over 33 seconds, gaveled into recess until Tuesday.
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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus bangs the gavel to start the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 27 in Tampa, Fla.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus opened the convention promptly at 2 p.m. ET, and immediately thereafter ordered the convention into recess. The effective cancellation of Monday's activities came after inclement weather plagued the west coast of Florida for most of Monday.
There were a few extracurricular activities beyond the abbreviated official business.
Republicans started their clock tabulating mounting U.S. national debt over the course of their convention. (The clock approached about $15 million 10 minutes after the convention had been called to order.)
Day 1: David Gregory previews the politics and news of this week's Republican Convention in Tampa.
Priebus also called for a moment of reflection for first responders keeping the convention safe and handling the impact of Tropical Storm Isaac.
A reverend also delivered a short invocation that, among other things, paid tribute to the late astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Beyond that, a half-full floor of delegates were treated to a short, inspirational film about nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney.
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I hear, though, the "John Boehner Pub Crawl" is still a go for this evening.
Just like the Boehner controlled House
Open Jan 2011 … in recess ever since
Isn't the 33 seconds about 30 seconds more than the time spent discussing those GNOP JOBS bills they talked about in 2010?
GNOP can't handle facts. THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Show us the 1040's Mythe! What ARE you hiding?
Romney + inspirational = oxymoron ... or is that an oxymormon ... oh well, lipstick doesn't care who wears it.
Every school child's dream come true - recess in 30 seconds!
Paul Ryan's mother should have the same medicare as I will get if he is elected. ZERO! Why do you think it only affects those UNDER 55? The old white folk are their only hope, and they have to buy the old vote.
Does this mean the Hookers and Strip Clubs are rained out too?
spud what does skin color have anything to do with it, you racist
I think most Americans will be watching the hurricane reports as Isaac is slated to hit New Orleans 7 years to the day that Katrina hit.
Obama will be Presidential and on the scene in New Orleans.....count on it.
they must be exausted!
Heritage Foundation: Obamacare Robs Medicare of $716 Billion to Fund Itself
Last week, a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report updated the amount of money Obamacare robs out of Medicare from $500 billion to a whopping $716 billion between 2013 and 2022.
According to the CBO, the payment cuts in Medicare include:
•A $260 billion payment cut for hospital services.
•A $39 billion payment cut for skilled nursing services.
•A $17 billion payment cut for hospice services.
•A $66 billion payment cut for home health services.
•A $33 billion payment cut for all other services.
•A $156 billion cut in payment rates in Medicare Advantage (MA); $156 billion is before considering interactions with other provisions. The House Ways and Means Committee was able to include interactions with other provisions, estimating the cuts to MA to be even higher, coming in at $308 billion.
•$56 billion in cuts for disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments.* DSH payments go to hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients.
•$114 billion in other provisions pertaining to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP* (does not include coverage-related provisions).
*Subtract $25 billion total between DSH payments and other provisions for spending that was cut from Medicaid and CHIP.
In total, Obamacare raids Medicare by $716 billion from 2013 to 2022. Despite Medicare facing a 75-year unfunded obligation of $37 trillion, Obamacare uses the savings from the cuts to pay for other provisions in Obamacare, not to help shore up Medicare’s finances.
The impact of these cuts will be detrimental to seniors’ access to care. The Medicare trustees 2012 report concludes that these lower Medicare payment rates will cause an estimated 15 percent of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies to operate at a loss by 2019, 25 percent to operate at a loss in 2030, and 40 percent by 2050. Operating at a loss means these facilities are likely to cut back their services to Medicare patients or close their doors, making it more difficult for seniors to access these services.
In addition, as MA deteriorates under Obamacare’s cuts, many of those who are enrolled in MA (27 percent of total Medicare beneficiaries) will lose their current health coverage and be forced back into traditional Medicare, where Medicare providers will be subject to further cuts. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief actuary predicted in 2010 that enrollment in MA would decrease 50 percent by 2017, when Obamacare’s cuts were estimated at only $145 billion. Now that the cuts have been increased to $156 billion (or possibly $308 billion, as the Ways and Means Committee estimates), MA enrollment will surely decrease even further.
But Obamacare’s raid of Medicare doesn’t stop with cuts; it includes a redirection of tax revenue from the Medicare payroll tax hike in Obamacare. The payroll tax funds Medicare Part A, the trust fund that is projected to become insolvent as soon as 2024. Obamacare increases the tax from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent, which is projected to cost taxpayers $318 billion from 2013 to 2022. However, for the very first time, Obamacare does not use the tax revenue from the increased Medicare payroll tax to pay for Medicare; the money is used to fund other parts of Obamacare, much like the $716 billion in cuts are.
With a raid on Medicare of this magnitude, President Obama’s assertion that his new law is protecting seniors and Medicare is astonishing. The truth is that Obamacare does the opposite.
Why? We could not count on Obama during the oil spill. Took him, what 33 days to even talk about it?
Can't the close for good as they do nothing anyway!
@Arthur66 Let's see all the diversity over the next few days at the convention.
You know nothing about me, so for you to call me a racist just because I spoke the obvious is childish, just like the "Non-racist off the cuff" joke Rmoney told about President Obama's Birth certificate on Friday to the delight of all the non-white folk he was speaking in code to.
I wonder how long it would take for the liberals to blame Issac on Bush?
Joking aside, got to love the responses from the left wingers here. Anything to change the subject away from real issues and concerns.
Like how the Republican Convention called recess to help prevent any danger to anyone who may be attending (both speakers and attendiees)
But who cares about real issues? That has been the motto for Obama since he was Senator!
@sonmanvb, Obama doesn't rob Medicare of 716 Billion....its a republican lie.
Here is the fact check from politifact.com:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/15/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-said-barack-obama-first-history-rob-me/
If you are talking to people who don't have the facts. Politifact.com has a new app called "Settle It". It allows you to search and quickly find the fact checks. Great for discussions around the dinner table.
Also, at the oil spill, anyone can check the timeline. Obama spoke about it far sooner than that, and had help on the way the first day. It was all completed in just under 100 days. It wouldn't have happened at all if not for deregulation under Bush.
I was just watching the opening of the convention. The T.V., in related news, just said that Obama intends to "compromise" with republicans if re-elected. Perhaps it makes no difference politically who wins. Obama will sign all the GOP bills anyway. At least Clinton vetoed bad republican bills.
I do not think the republicans missing one day will make much difference. The news still flows anyway.
@Trashy: you got that right; organizing this convention is a lot like putting on a cocktail party for different wings of an insane asylum. Better make sure they have plenty of "dinner jackets" - you know, the stiff white ones with all the buckles and straps - and "after-dinner-meds" on hand. Thank heavens that Michelle Bachmann and Herman Cain are on hand to lend some dignity to the event.
Sonmanvb's cut-and-paste about Medicare conveniently neglects to mention that the Republicans are planning on taking the same cuts but they are giving nothing back...except tax cuts for the rich. Obama's plan, at least, provides for using some of the freed funds for health care benefits for the American people.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/15/stephanie-cutter/ryans-plan-includes-700-billion-medicare-cuts-says/
Nice try, but fail.
Could have been worse. They could have continued and not recessed.
Well, that will hold off the hate speech for about 24 hours at least.
All I've heard from Republicans so far is their repeated iterations of how jealous they are of President Obama, more tax cuts for the rich, and more pain for American Workers.
I haven't even heard Republicans mention how they anticipate paying down the deficit (other than their "starve the poor" approach) while they continue to spend any anticipated "revenue" on more tax cuts for the wealthy.
Obama/Biden 2012
Well, now that we know you carelessly toss around lies, much like your BFF Romney, we can now put you on ignore since your credibility is zero. Notice this article is dated 4/29, 9 days after the spill.
"While BP is ultimately responsible for funding the cost of response and cleanup operations, my administration will continue to use every single available resource at our disposal, including potentially the Department of Defense to address the incident," Obama said.
"I have ordered the secretaries of the Interior and Homeland Security, as well as administrator Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency, to visit the site on Friday to ensure that BP and the entire U.S. government is doing everything possible not just to respond to this incident but also to determine its cause," the president said. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Eco/bp-oil-spill-national-significance-obama-administration/story?id=10509844#.UDvDPMFlTPw
Well, that's one way of making sure that the Ron Paul supporters who were illegally locked out of being delegates don't show up and spoil the anointing of the American Tealiban mullah.
Voters really need to consider this! Think about it -- This is NOT about reducing the deficit/debt. The GOP/TP aren't even about shrinking government.
How do these morons think they will reduce the deficit/debt if they want to cut taxes--for the rich--even more? How do they expect to reduce spending, but leave defense spending off the table, or worse increase defense spending or even start new wars? And how does legislating morality make government smaller?
Republicans always run on fiscal responsibility--especially when there is a Democrat in the White House--but in reality have NO history of balancing budgets. Romney/Ryan are not Tea Party candidates in regard to the budget. The only area where there's agreement is with the social engineering of the religious-Right who have hijacked both the GOP and much of the Tea Party.
Romney/Ryan and the GOP are just a bunch of wackos at this point. ABR - Anyone but Republicans.
TO: Paul S, NY NY who wrote:
"...Show us the 1040's Mythe! What ARE you hiding?"
OMG, did you see Ann and Mitt's interview this weekend. Speaking of Mitt's 1040s, the Romneys were just telling one outright lie after another, including, when asked why we didn't see any maids or servants around, Ann says that she and Mitt are "pretty independent", AND when asked about their Swiss Bank Accounts and off-shore accounts in the Caymans, Mitt responded that he doesn't save any money in taxes by having Swiss Bank Accounts OR accounts in teh Caymans.
Now THAT defies history! Everyone who's every commented on their foreign accounts has always said they have them to save money on American Taxes, even Republicans blamed "tax savings" as their reasons for off-shore accounts.
So, obviously, Mitt is lying to try to appear to more "common" and just plain filthy rich.
Obama/Biden 2012
Isn't it hilarious the party that routinely evokes the power and will of god to explain weather phenomenon is being pounded by a hurricane?
Let's see how much in hush money and public scandal the GOP's "extracurricular activities" cost them this time.
American Girl-724855 -- Agreed.
Democrats need to be careful though -- about "playing the racist card" and how this only fuels the GOP/TP base, and becoming trapped in the rightwing austerity BS. We need more intervention to turn the economy around, such as the Jobs Act, Bring Jobs Home Act, and stimulus such as infrastructure and other investments.
What the rightwing is succeeding at is winning by obstruction, destruction, and suppression. And a lot of money to spread a lot of lies...
well Amused, the Democrat ones of Holder and EO Obama has cost one American life and countless mexican citizens. but lets talk about tax records.
American Girl - AND when asked about their Swiss Bank Accounts and off-shore accounts in the Caymans, Mitt responded that he doesn't save any money in taxes by having Swiss Bank Accounts OR accounts in teh Caymans.
That shows how unintelligent they believe their supporters are. And, if he gets no savings, why doesn't he keep the money in US banks. It's the American thing to do!
Obama/Biden 2012
Sonmanvb, quoting the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative think tank funded by Republican billionaires and whose goal is to develop and further the Republican agenda, is only a restatement of Republican propoganda.
The CBO, a nonpartisan office of our Congress, says the $716 Billion you talk about, is cost savings in Medicare over 10 years from the reduction of fraud and administrative costs in the Medicare program. In addition, the Obama plan for Medicare guarantees coverage for retirees. In other words, no Medicare recipient will be deprived of any health coverage or services.
SeekingSanity -- It would seem that it would be insulting to folks intelligence, but there are rightwingers out there who know Romney is trying to hide negative information and are willing to defend and support him nonetheless.
Mitt Romney paid a 13.9% in 2010, ergo he is using tax shelters. Is it illegal? Perhaps not, but it is unethical and unpatriotic. And the excuses for not releasing more tax returns, which keep changing, are really lame. But based on Romney's record of lying about his taxes, come on, we know he is a liar if nothing else.
shaak322 -- Right, and also that savings extends the solvency of Medicare for 8-10 years. It's bizarre that Romney/Ryan can claim they make ZERO changes and somehow make Medicare solvent -- even for current recipients. Anyone with half a brain knows we need to reform these programs in a real and serious way.
GNOP doesn't want: Gays, African Americans, Women & Young people. They think old white men make up 100% of the voting in America. WRONG!!
TO: sonmanvb who wrote:
You gotta be kiddin me!!!
President Obama got victims of the oil spill some $5 billion dollars, but your complaint is he didn't get it fast enough?
Maybe you would have prefered it the Republican way and got the victims NOTHING because Republicans complained that the Oil Companies were being extorted by President Obama because BP was being "forced" to pay suffering fisherman and business owners money they had lost due to the oil spill.
Some folks are ungrateful beyond reason.
Obama/Biden 2012
Yet, every group you mention has said demographics within the GOP political system. Hell, I could post like 5 gay pro-Republican sites off the top of my head, alone.
I'm not saying the GOP isn't full of backwards, ignorant people. I'm just saying that using blanket statements only gives them ammunition for counter-arguments.
As the old saying goes: Just because you're a Republican, doesn't mean you're an ignorant racist. But, if you are an ignorant racist, chances are, you are a Republican.
TO: Caesar Augustus- who wrote:
Unlike Republicans, most Americans, and especially Democrats, can walk and chew gum at the same time.
If Mitt would release his tax records that talk could be over, but he's hiding something, otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation, so why doesn't he just release them? Because, again, he's hiding something, and obviously that "something" is big enough to make him lose the election and even Republicans won't vote for him if they find out what's in his tax records.
You know it, we know it, and that's reason enough for any normal person to say hey, No!
Obama/Biden 2012
TO: Solutions539 who wrote:
Yeah, it reminds me of another group too, the KKK.
Obama/Biden 2012
American Girl-724855
TO: Solutions539 who wrote:
Funny i noted those similarities to the LibsRUs Crew. Right AG. I noticed how you side stepped A.G. Holder and company and went straight for tax records. Atta Boy, deflect and deviate. Chew bubble gum HA, you couldnt tie your show if it were velcro
Oil spill?
Don't forget the $20 Billion that Obama forced BP to set aside for the oil spill. And who can forget Joe Barton (R) apologizing to BP because of the President's strong arm tactics. But we won't talk about that stuff, we'll just criticize the PResident some more.
Clearly the Obamatards of Newsvine and First Read are concerned about not being able to control the narrative for a few days at the Republican Convention.
What are you afraid of? For crying out loud you have labeled Romney everything from a felon to a murderer to a tax cheat without ever telling me one thing Obama is going to do different in the next term if re-elected. Oh forgot, he is going to jack the tax rates on the successful in this country to pay for 15 minutes of his spending. And Romney has forged a small lead in the polls even though Obama has lowered himself to King Muckraker status.
What else is numbnuts going to do?
So Obamatards I challenge you to tune in and give a listen to the opposition. You will learn something. Oh, it may be that you are still voting for Obama, but at least you will have to question whatever for. God knows Obama's teleprompter hasn't articulated that message yet.
Listen. Learn. And then let's have a debate. Shall we.
Or are you too feeble in mind to consider the other side of the argument? Surely Democrats are smart enough to listen, learn and debate without fear of losing allegiance, or are they.
American Girl is in the KKK, wow didn't see that coming but it does make sense that the party of Robert Byrd would continue to be so viscerally racist.
@True Patriot,
So I am confused, TP. Did the Internal Revenue Service accept every one of Mitt's tax returns since say 2000? Moreover, did the IRS accept every one of Mitt's tax returns from 2009 - 2011? Did they audit him? Did they find him lacking and fine the @!$%# out of him? Did they bring charges against him? I Googled it and got nothing. Maybe you have a source?
Did Obama's IRS ignore their own laws? This is Obama's IRS. Its his administration. You mean Obama is not demanding laws be followed? I think the oath he took was to support and defend the Constitution and the Laws of the land. Wait a minute, I forgot Obama has a track record for only enforcing laws that he likes. Sorry, my bad, I forgot. So Romney the tax cheat was allowed to get away with it because Obama did not up hold the tax laws. Got it, now. Thanks.
Are you serious? First off. you threw out the deflection.
This is an article about The RNC and its official announcement that Mitt Romney is their choice to run for President.
If you can point to the part where they talk about Holder, I will concede you did not deflect.
I have never seen someone deflect from their own deflection.
Nice, Puppet! Is that the sopistication and class we can expect from the rest of your ILK?
Puppet Master, Obama has accomplished plenty since taking office. All of it disasterous. But what the hey, they can blame all of it on the republicans. Like Trashy Redneck blaming the huge debt increase since Obama took office on the republicans. But, why confuse them with facts.
@American Girl: Why do you worry so much about Romney's tax returns. He is filthy rich, and that's a bad thing? He does have to send his returns to the IRS just like us little people. They didn't send them back with questions or an audit, so what good would come out of seeing them. The tax breaks he takes are LEGAL. Why can't you understand that. Why don't you get Obama to release his college transcripts? Oh that's right....they haven't had time to fix them up yet.
A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St.
Peter at the Pearly Gates,he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked,
'What are all those clocks?'St. Peter answered, 'Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone
on Earth has a Lie-Clock.Every time you lie, the hands on your clock will
move.''Oh,' said the man, 'whose clock is that?''That's Mother Teresa's. The
hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie.''Incredible,'
said the man. 'And whose clock is that one?' St. Peter responded,'That's
Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told
only two lies in his entire life.''Where's President Obama's clock?' asked the
man.'Obama's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan.'
Wake up sheeple!
Romney/Ryan 2012 to save America!!
American Girl is unAmerican!
That is 33 seconds TOO MUCH. I am sure that somehow they managed to trash President Obama in 33 seconds.
"Rational" American I'm sure not reading anything very rational from your name calling of Obama to your rant about Romney's taxes. No one really thinks that Romney filed illegally, because you are right, the IRS would surely have brought charges. What some of us WOULD like to know, and I would think Romney supporters would want this, too, is: where does his money come from; did he, in fact, put money in offshore accounts; did he have stock in dubious companies per the GOP moral stance? These facts would be a good indicator of where his interests would be if he were President, what his standards are, is he willing to stretch the law into the unethical, if not out and out illegal? Why DON'T you want to know?
Only when he is saying that he does not care about the very poor, and he is ready to drill and frack the land, SO HE AND BUDDIES CAN GET EVEN RICHER.
hOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH FOR HIM? I guess "Filthy" rich does not cut it, richt? He wants to be PIG rich.
Laurie - The IRS doesn't even give most tax returns a cursory look. They have a full 3 years to audit a return - 7 years if they think someone intentionally sent in bad returns. And, they haven't seen Romney's 2011 returns yet.
Why is he being given a pass no other Presidential candidate has received? If this had been Obama, the Republicans would be screaming for him to release them.
NO candidate in the history of Presidential elections has had to release their college transcripts - not one. Your stupidity is showing. Clearly all you can do is spout the far right talking points while making absolutely not one ounce of sense!
Of course, no other candidate in the history of the Presidency has been asked to show his birth certificate either. Can we say racist????
unoitall - funny, that was first told as a joke against Romney. Is it surprising that you right wingers can't think up anything on your own? And, we all know Romney lies every time he opens his mouth!
Obama/Biden 2012
Wow! Very funny! Mitt Romney's fan is being used as a LAWN MOWER
Is that why we haven't seen much of Biden lately?? All makes sense now!
If they didn't immediately go into recess they would have to think of something to say. How scarey is that?? They have no agenda for anything important except to lower the taxes for the wealthy paid by middle class taxpayers. Mutt Head to this day refuses to name one thing he will cut to pay for those tax breaks. What does that tell you? Easy to guess how bad the news would be if he's that afraid of it.
Republicans on Deepwater Horizon..."WE BUILT THAT!!!"
Republicans on Deepwater Horizon Explosion..."WE DIDN'T WRECK THAT!!!"
Of course Not! He did not do anything illegal because he NEVER told the IRS how much money HE REALLEY MADE, SINCE HE KEPT IT ON SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS.
The fact is, that Mitt Romney has outsourced jobs, and the revenue that he makes out of those companies goes directly to the Cayman Islands and Swiss banks. Or what? Are you so naive to think that HE REALLY WANTS TO "TRICKLE DOWN" TO THE MIDDLE CLASS HERE???? Get a grip on reality!!!!
Really SeekingSanatarium? Prove it!
Iresponsible, it was a clock not a fan. I knew this was original.
I hope all of you libs are writing your congressmen urging them to push YOUR prez to come up with a job plan that won't get unanimously voted out....again! Or you're not because you depend on the welfare check he gives you?! Also, can anyone tell us why nothing got accomplished when the Dems had super majority the first 2 years?! http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htm
How can anyone re-elect a proven sandbagger?
Great 1 hour show on MSNBC "Mitt Romney":The making of a candidate". Surprise they showed it!
Romney/Ryan 2012
SONMANVB..........You could have explained the rant of your much easier,by simply saying,...all those cuts and changes President Obama and Democratic party are making, gives more, better, and longer coverage by eliminating , waste, fraud, and streamlining services.
SONMANVB.....YOU FORGOT TO SAY>>THAT 714 BILLION THAT YOU WHINE ABOUT...
.PAUL RYAN LIKED THAT 714 BILLION IN THAT SAVINGS SO MUCH...RYAN TOOK THAT MONEY AND APPLIED IT TO TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH< LIKE HIS BOSS ROMNEY!
OBAMA TOOK THAT MONEY AND PUT IN ALL BACK IN THE HEALTH CARE!!!!!
SONMANVB....Why did you leave that part out? ASHAMED THAT REPUBS ARE STEALING 714 BILLION FOR TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH HUH?
Yeah!! Havn't you heard?? Obama PROMISES to give welfare checks to everybody that is a registered Democrat!!!/ SARCASM.
You guys are running of arguments, and using the same lame stupid rhetoric over and over again. Do you know something else than telling folks that they are on welfare?
Romney hiding his taxes....not anymore.....the ol tax dodgers documents are coming to light!
http://gawker.com/5937299/inside-mitt-romneys-tax+dodging-cayman-schemes
Rational: Alot of people have not been audited that SHOULD have been audited.....the IRS staffs have been cut so much that they do not have enough agents to go over each and every tax return and look for fraud. They do the best they can with the small staff they have. In fact, I read somewhere that the government would make MORE money by hiring more IRS agents than they would lose because they would then be able to go after MORE tax evadersn and collect back taxes. They would end up making more money than they are saving by NOT having more agents....but that's the way the Republicans want it! And, even if Romney did cheat on his taxes....maybe they just haven't had the time or staff to go over his returns. Who to say for sure? I just want to know ONE thing.....what's he afraid of? If his taxes are as honest as he says they are, why doesn't he want to show them? Maybe they ARE okay, but the way he's handling this makes it seem that there's something fishy going on. Most American voters want to know for sure what he's all about.....and I don't think that this should be a problem for someone who wants to be our leader.
Just remember everyone under 55 yrs, Romney/Ryan medicare, you get that lovely voucher of $6400, and any seniors over 55, just wait watch and see, you will be next, may not be right away but it will happen to you too. I don't understand how any senior could vote for Romney, even if he doesn't change a thing to your medicare, what about you children, children's children, do you not care about how they are going to afford this, I know I sure do.
Obama will protect your medicare and social security far better than Romney will, he is a flip flopper, he owes to many promises to the wealthiest, and if you think he will look out for before them you are sadly mistaken. Remember we warned you!
Ann Romney told reporters that she had bought Mitt Romney a shirt in "Cosco" -as if htat would me hin more "approcahble" to people- She never told where she got the rest of his "outfit"
I am sure that he gave that Cosco shirt to the "help"as soon as he was done today.
What's your source Starsailor? Pull that one out of the Minneapolis Journal or overhear the voice in your head while standing at a urinal? Oh I love the premise you left wing nutjobs have,Barack Obama as Robin Hood! Stealing from the rich and feeding the poor! You're an old codger sailor, remember the band "Ten Years After", the song"I'd love to change the world"? Alvin Lee sang," Tax the rich,feed the poor,til there aren't no rich no more"," I'd love to change the world,but I don't know what to do", just like Barack Obama!
first to the man bitching about the 716 billion even if his comment is a LIE synonmous with republican
now do you remember BUSH43 taking $2.7 trillion out of SSI and MEDICARE.. be you have forgotten that
The best moment of the first day of the convention was when Pee Wee Preibus pounded his gavel and said they were in recess. The republicans have been in recess for over 3 years.
Didi.......I was told the same thing by IRS when I turned in tax cheater and received 5% of recovery. If more people in the dept, they could recover much more. A few years back at the same time I spoke with Mn Insurance Fraud div and Dept of Revenue. Under Tim Pawlenty departments cut back. Insurance fraud division had orders to handle at least 20 or more people being frauded as they had staff cut under Pawlenty. Same with other dept. They sure as hell whine about children using food stamps to eat, but could care less when the rich make off with dough!
Ex Sen Norm Coleman from Mn was just given a cushy repub job through Rove, dishing out super pac money. They call him a "mini Rove" Coleman headed the Senate committee under Bush to investigate fraud in Iraq, Billions of dollars missing , Coleman investigated nothing, but now he can be trusted with repub millions. He sure the hell found that money, but none for the U.S.!
fender...so that was you in the urinal huh...looked like a deodorant bar...wear that mask on halloween....great mask! Never listened to "Ten Years after"...your dating yourself fender...and ...dating yourself.
Misttster caught again lying, this time with his Luxembourg offshore account. Say he worked at bain...right on the ol dotted line....but he just said he had retroactively retired before that time, and he said beofre he retractively retired that he was working at that time...! Time after time......Romney does the ol jump back into his mental wayback machine and changes his story....
Good Ol Romney the flip flopper, can't remember what he said anymore. Like repubs say, " Everybody should like him, he has been on both sides of every issue one time or another!"
Romney's speech at the convention...., here is a copy of it.
I said what I meant, when I said what I said, I meant what I said 100 per cent.
I meant what I said when I said what I meant, except now what I said when I said what I said.
Retroactively I said, not what I said, what I retroactively meant what I retroactively said.
So, conveniently, the people noting Obama's "done nothing" or "a failure" seem to totally side step the last three years of watching Republicans in congress block EVERYTHING. That's not my opinion, that's your very own Mitch McConnell and Boehner's swarn pledges. Even when, as I recall, Obama fought his own Democratic team to get sweeteners into legislation to appeal to Republicans. Things like THE INSURANCE MANDATE, that was previously a REPUBLICAN IDEA!!! And Republicans voted it down anyway! But it's ALLLLL Obama's fault, eh? Gee, what are the great alternatives the GOP members of congress have offered us in the last three years instead? <sound of crickets>. Oh, I guess there was that three page declaration of platitudes and promises with no real substance, but honestly, what opposing "viewpoints" have there been to the discussion, other than "Obama's a Nazi fascist America hater"?
You don't need a Halloween mask Starsailor, just put peanut butter on your lips and go as an " A$$HOLE"
GOING TO BE FUNNY WHEN EX REPUB CANDIDATES START CHANTING TO MITT, SHOW US YOUR TAXES!
ROMNEY EVEN LIES TO HIS OWN PARTY!
During repub debates, they all asked to see his taxes, Romney said he would show them. So he lied once he got the top spot on the manure pile and Ann says they won't release them. Ann says Mitt cannot do this with out her! Mittster says he won't release his taxes ...why?
All the repub leaders tell Mittster to release them. Mitt is hiding his money offshore and is not paying his fair share of taxes. Now Paul Ryan and Romney want to eliminate capital gains taxes so they pay NO taxes! Ryan Romney plan raises taxes on middle class and poor to make up for the taxes they won't be paying! Vote no to tax dodgers Romney and Ryan.
Vote President Obama/Biden and Team America 2012, Vote for making Romney pay his fair share of taxes.
"Da Noid
I hear, though, the "John Boehner Pub Crawl" is still a go for this evening."
lol, that was funny.
WHY DID REPUBS BLOCK REMOVING TAX BREAKS FROM COMPANIES LIKE BAIN< WHO TAKE AMERICAN JOBS OFFSHORE?
On 7-19-12, repubs blocked the bill that would remove tax breaks for companies that take American jobs overseas. These corporations take the profits then and hide them in offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes to the U.S.
.......WHY DID REPUBS BLOCK THE BILL TO GIVE TAX BREAKS TO COMPANIES THAT WOULD BRING THE JOBS BACK TO AMERICA?
On 7-19-12, repubs blocked the bil to give tax breaks to companies that would bring back jobs to America.
WHY DO REPUBS HATE AMERICAN WORKERS? Because they love profit and greed and pledged to vote against any bill that would make President Obama look good. Repubs including Paul Ryan, pledged the night Obama took office to vote against America just to make Obama a one term president!
....Killing good paying American jobs is good for the economy?......unemployment, cost of retraining, taking a lower paying job, losing your savings, your home, your family, everything you worked for...to buy cheaper goods that you now cannot afford? HORSE HOCKEY! All the profits go to the greedy rich.
No Starliar! It'll be real funny watching your IRS narc a$$ prancing down the street with your lips loaded with Jiff Chunky Peanut Butter!! ROMNEY/RYAN '12 BECAUSE THE NATION HAS NOT WORKED AS A TEAM SINCE OBAMA WAS ELECTED!
Repubs keep with the plan of divide and try to conquer.
Carl Rove/Romney/Ryan plan split the seniors away from other Americans to get at the money. Splitting Americans with the health care voucher, telling seniors they are protecting them, but then give everyone else vouchers that will crash health care. That voucher would never be enough and will add higher costs right off the bat to those stuck on it. As soon as the repubs could win office they would strip Social Security from seniors like they did to people under 55.
Repubs creating voter suppression laws against the elderly to keep them from voting to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Post Office. WHY DO REPUBS WANT TO PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING TO HURT SENIORS?...Greed and love of money over America. Romney show us your taxes. Seniors pay their fair share why won't you?
Obama/Biden and Team democratic party 2012, protect seniors from republican greed!
TO: tonelover who wrote:
That what I was talking about Lover, I just got my number wrong.
Thanks for the correction!
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Your repub leader Norquist just said all he needs is someone to sign the bills.....could be any republican. Tea Party in congress...scare the teabaggers by saying Muslim, birth certificate, take your guns......Teabaggers the people say don't touch our SocSec, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Post Office. Then repubublican politicians come right out and say to Teabagger people..... vote for them and they will end Soc Sec, Medicare, Medicaid , and the Post Office!........And by god the Teabaggers did vote for exactly what repubs said they would do.....Teabagger people VOTED against their own self interests.......YIKES!!!!!.
OOOhhh who's a good little doggy, who's a good little puppy, lay down , roll over...who's a good little
doggy?....You are..yes you are such a good little doggy..yes you are!
Too late, your famous and revered conservative mouthpiece, Rush Limbaugh, has already blamed hurricane Isaac on Obama--as well as the shootings at the Empire State Building (also accused him of "constant warfare on bosses"). Besides, it would be giving Bush way too much credit by implicating that he could control the weather, and even if he could, liberals would be "celebrating" not "blaming".
All blaming aside, 33 seconds is probably the most they've ever worked in a day anyway, I was actually impressed to hear they lasted that long.
Starsailor,....Yawwnn,, God is spelled with a upper case G,unless you are an atheist or a complete idiot? I'd be willing to lay odds on the latter. Don't confuse your mental state as a dog at Obama's command to the reality of what the American voter is capable. ROMNEY/RYAN '12
I'm so excited about the republican convention that......that.....that.....
I'm getting a Boehner!!!
HELL, who want's to go to the convention when you can be waving lots of $100 dollar bills at all the strippers. Come on that's a no brainer.....CHA - CHING.......Meanwhile Romneys masturbating in a dark corner dreaming of being the nazi leader.
STARSAILOR, " I was told the same thing by IRS when I turned in tax cheater and recieved 5% recovery", your words Einstein. Staranus, how'd you bust the tax cheater? Do you work for the IRS? Are you a dumpster diving stalker? How did you come by someones confidential tax records? You go on and on here about Mitt Romney's Income Tax Returns maybe the Democrats should have hired you to get them for'em! STARLIAR, ONE MORE REASON TO VOTE--ROMNEY/RYAN '12
Funny watching rt wingers heads explode when their lies are met with a wall of facts........! Remember...studies show that people who watch Fox news are dumber for watching Fox news! Do search on...Fox news dumber....See the actual studies that prove people are dumber after watching Fox news because of wrong info and lies. Nope not even their...god .....can help them when they watch Fox news.
Vote repubs out and give back America to Real Americans and not "Corporations are people too my friend!" Romney pals. ALEC CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE TOO. Did you see ALEC AND CORPORATIONS COME HOME FROM IRAQ IN A BODY BAG? Hell no! Did you see ALEC AND CORPORATIONS COME HOME WOUNDED? Hell no! Vets are getting the benefits gutted by Ryan and Romney plan to give more tax breaks to Romney and Ryan. VETS ....why in the hell would you vote for repubs who represent the war profiteers? Why would anyone vote for repubs who made money..(which is property)....into a person?
Romney hires 17 of 24 of his advisers from Bush Cheney regime. Why in the hell hire people that helped cause the economy to crash and lie nation into war with Iraq for greedy profits?
Some people say their ...god....is punishing repubs for their behaviour towards the starving children, that repubs are cutting their food supply in order to give more tax breaks for the rich.
Vote President Obama/Biden and Democratic party to stop voter suppression, to stop ALEC!
Apparently, god took time from helping football teams to punish the GOP.
Didi wrote:
Are you @!$%#ing kidding me! 12 years the IRS did not bother to check his returns! He is a couple a hundred millionaire for crying out loud. Me thinks that's where they would start except one little thing. Mr. Romney does not do his own taxes. I am certain he has a major accounting firm do it at quite the cost with an audit proof guarantee. Probably have a whole bunch of accountants on staff from big schools and some who used to work for the IRS.
You can't be that stupid can you?
What it really means is one thing and one thing only. Mr. Romney follows the laws of the land. Certainly the IRS thinks so.
After nearly four years with Obama its hard to recognize law abiding, I'm sure that's your problem.
Guess who else does not do his own taxes? Rhymes with O drama.
Sounds just like the GOP/TP and the do nothing House - roll call, recess, vacation. Time to go load upon those hookers, strip clubs, and gay bars. Don't forget your rubbers, it's wet outside : )
Romney, "Where oh where are you tonight, why did you leave me here all alone..............."
(Yes, I'm dating myself, think Hee Haw).
Like children skipping school. The storm missed and they still want their free Pimp & Hoe Drunk day which is typical GOP. I know Romney is saying WTF did I bring my wife again?? Oh yes, to speak & make me look somewhat human and try to be likeable? Ryan is saying I should come out of the closet, these Tampa boys are all tan & dreamy.
One giant jerk off by those showing how they do business as usual.
RedDev, at least the republicans have balls. And yes they like to use them.
papabran - the GOP has NO balls - they just lie and pretend they do!
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They generally like to use them as fetch toys for their ferrets.
They like to use them for tea-bagging... promptly followed the next day by outcry against, and professing their hatred for the practice... followed that night by more tea-bagging.
FACT ...!Repubs pledged on the night President Obama took office to vote against every bill that would help the economy recover, vote against every bill to make President Oba a one term president. The actual words those 15 repubs including Frank Lutz from Fox news were, "To act like the Taliba, to act like insurgents do" just to make the president a one term president. REPUBS PLEWDGED TO ACT LIKE TERRORISTS DO TO TAKE THE ECONOMY DOWN. The same plan Bin Laden put in writing....take the economy down to destroy the nation.
Repubs obstructing jobs bills, obstructing removing tax breaks from the companies like Bain/Romney that take American jobs overseas. Block removing subsidies from bill oil, block give tax breaks to small business and to companies that would bring offshore jobs back to America. Repubs create voter suppression laws all over the nation by order of Corporations organization ALEC to rig the elections against Democrats and costing the nation Millions and millions to put in place.
Republicans have become the party of TALIBAN because that is who they said they must act like.
Vote Obama/Biden 2012
Starsailor, Haven't they taken away your dinner tray and given you that pill to go night,night? I think they have already and you've exceeded your time online because you are starting to hallucinate and your posts are incoherent,not even obtuse,night ,night Staranus...ROMNEY/RYAN '12....
Yo fendergenderbender! Stuff it!
Alrighty then!
I wonder if Mr. Priebus is able to sit down yet after that spanking he got this morning on Morning Jerk?
About time someone put that smug little lying weasel in his place!
Reince NO LIKEY but the audience LOVED IT!
That was pretty entertaining; why don't you tell us how you really feel Chris?
Is this a case of campaign called on account of no credible candidate (or interest)?
Such a lame blogger
Yes, all Priebus could do was act defensively and shrug....it was great.....go watch for yourself !!!
Actually...Reince was LAUGHING at that iDIOT Matthews. And both Joe and Mika CHALLENGED Chrissie "Tingle" to support his RAGING lying BS... ODD that you clowns think Chris washeroic in his little boy rant, when the observers sitting BESIDE HIM chastised the ignorant basturd.
Nice try BK,
Go watch it for yourselves folks. Chris Matthews was the one getting the applause.
Yeah, compare that show with Preibus on George Stephanopolous via satellite, where after calling Harry Reid "a dirty liar" he emphasized by saying, "I just said it". What a tough guy.
But when Chris Matthews went after him, up close and personal, welllll, then it's a little too much for him. All he could do was nervously "giggle" like a little girl. (Loved that Matthews called him out on that, too).
What a phony weasel.
TO: BK-3328579 who wrote:
Huh? On "Morning Joe"? He (Reince) looked VERY embarassed to me, and Chris Matthews was VERY serious!
Reince might have had a little nervous smile, but believe you me, Reince was NOT laughing as if it was a joke because he knew it wasn't.
Reince was caught off-guard, and "with his pants down", so to speak.
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American Girl - Reince was caught off-guard, and "with his pants down", so to speak.
Ugh! Really BAD visual! And, I was eating lunch!
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Just dropped by to get my daily dosage of hate from the pseudo-liberal mob that infests this place. Yes there is hate from the right as well, but it's really just an appetizer compared to the main course the robot minions serve up.
I'll go put my bib on, seeing as how all table manners have been dispensed with.
We noticed you're here. The collective IQ of the joint dropped 10-15 points the instant you walked through the door.
Too hateful, do you think?
Matthews looked dead serious, and was not going to let Reince weasel out of the plainly obvious ploys Republicans are using. I'll admit Mathews was a bit badgering, and I would have probably had been as uncomfortable as the other hosts looked, but I think it was necessary. The veiled suggestions that Obama's "unAmerican" or some kind of darling of welfare cheats has got to be called to account. Flipping awesome.
Evidently some of you that are posting think Chris "I get this feeling up my leg" Mathews actually has something of value to say...he's a poor excuse of a political commentator...
(A political parody song by Bruce-1628250, to The Oscar Mayer ad song.)
Oh, no he didn't.....Recognizing those union money grubbing first responders!
What's next......relying on FEMA....that big over-reaching useless big government program...Guess FL, LA, MS, AL already got that in motion by declaring 'states of emergency'!
Hypocrits!
Yep, there are some nice things about a bigger government when hurricanes hit.
Didn't I see Palin eating pizza with Herman Cain.........??????
Would those be first responders bought and paid for by the RNC, or gasp, first responders that are according to the GOP/TP, eeeekkkkk, government workers. Let's hope those folks respond first to the residents of Tampa. I'm sure the I Built That Crowd can figure out their own rescue plans.
You Betcha, RedDevPS......since they do believe in 'personal responsibility'......!
What???? First Responders????
That's socialism (rolls eyes).
I had a dream, that the Convention was full, and while all the GOP was there.... a big cloud came with lighting and took the whole arena up in the air.. jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(ir)rational American,
WHAT!?!?!?!?! the IRS is NOT controlled by OBAMA. Taxes, for YOUR information, are levied by CONGRESS...you remember them, the ones that put up over 250 filibusters since 2008?
If the Republicans want to shrink government, they can start by having ALL THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS PRESENTING THEIR RESIGNATION. That will be a REAL "CHRISTIAN" ACT.
The followers of Islam consider Isaac to be a prophet and patriarch of Islam. And it's bearing down the GOP convention. I find a certain amount of irony in that.
They only thank first responders when they need them, then throw them under the bus, just like all public workers.
Smoke break Feisty? Or did you run to the store for another bottle of sweet vermouth, or are you onto Mad Dog 20/20 now?
more like thunderbird or cisco.
Well you see lads, Feisty has had the luck to spend many a time up in my neck of the woods which is home to some of the finest cuisine in all of N.A. Now I may not now whether she arrived with a taste for the fine wines that accompany meals served here, but she would definitely have left with one. Try another tree to piss on.
Or a the smallest Trojan made for a little pr!*k like you caesar.
ouch Torp that hurts. really. but while you and bcwc dwell on the past about trojans and busts I am really concerned with the country's economy and how 'experts' are now predicting the likelihood of another 'recession' next year.
No, she needed her daily dose of venim. Get a life Feisty, your sarcasm is stale!
Your juvenile insults lose all of their sting when they are misspelled, you know.
Fail.
But of course... lol
And that's no BULL! ;o)
Feisty has had the luck to spend many a time up in my neck of the woods which is home to some of the finest cuisine in all of N.A
what? hamburger helper?
Probably on her crusty old baggy saggy knees. Eating Alpo , of course......snicker, snicker.
CA- while you and bcwc dwell on the past about trojans and busts I am really concerned with the country's economy and how 'experts' are now predicting the likelihood of another 'recession' next year.
Well, clearly you are as your numerous posts indicate - NOT!
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Seeking you are just too smart. of course you cant answer the question because you are a partisan dumazz. Insignificant as your Grand Wizard Feisty.
CA - what question? All you have done is babble and make crude comments. There is no question to be answered.
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Fiesty drinks nothing but Night Train. No,, she does not eat Alpo or Hamburger Helper. With food stamps she can afford Prime Rib. Oh Yes, Obama-Biden for Fiesty.
The left dwellers complaining about..... "juvenile insults...?
aaa ha ha ... hahahahahahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa LOmfLzZz !!! This is Hilarious!!! : P
Please do continue ^_____~
I rest my case, Con. Thank you.
It would appear the right wing trolls have run out of arguments. Wow, that didn't take long did it?
Been going through and reading a lot of the things people are saying on the blog. What sticks out is the left is very,very negative this day. Are we getting nervous? As far as Mr. Preibus is concerned there is no more crooked weasel out there than Alxerod? At least a republican will go on the NBC site. Have Alxerod go over and talk to Hannity!!!! Dont believe he has the _________.
Axelrod doesn't go on entertainment shows, that's why he has not appeared on Fox.
LOL Don;t know the difference between the position David Axelrod holds and the position of Priebus huh? Not surprised.
He should cause he is a comedian!
Axelrod is fairly regular on the Fox Sunday morning show/
Axelrod on Fox? Why? That'd be like putting JFK on Politburo TV.: No matter what's said, no paranoid minds suckling off propaganda are changing.
Hey Elliot, not to worry if the other stations are not televising the RNC. Where I work there are 3 cafeterias and a gym, along with 1000 employees just in one building.
I have tune all 4 televisions to Fox which is televising it. All Independents, Reps and Dems are looking at it ovet lunch and brakes. The Libs are also looking in. Maybe they will learn something.
Concern Citizen-856329
Hey Elliot, not to worry if the other stations are not televising the RNC. Where I work there are 3 cafeterias and a gym, along with 1000 employees just in one building.
I have tune all 4 televisions to Fox which is televising it. All Independents, Reps and Dems are looking at it ovet lunch and brakes. The Libs are also looking in. Maybe they will learn something.
I see you're a typical right -winger. Dictating what overs must watch. I've heard of soup-nazis, but tv-nazis, come on. Well maybe the libs WILL learn something. How lemmings behave in a crowd.
Concern Citizen-856329
like the fact that Fox News viewers know less about what's going on than those who DON'T WATCH NEWS AT ALL???
do you realize that you are better off with your TV turned OFF than you are watching Fox News? hahahhahaha
Impossible. Not enough room in thier pea brains
Concern, I highly doubt any company would leave you in control of anything .... even a remote.
bayllie - is it any surprise that Concern has ALL the televisions turned to Fox? I'll bet she is the joke of her office -if she actually works!
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you guys are great, here you are lambasting fox. fine but all the while you get your 24 hr NBC Al Jeezera fix. I-RON-EE.
Seeking,
OMG! ROTFLMFAO!
At least we finally know what the dingbat does for a living...
Concerned, you should be concerned with basic spelling and grammar.
Well, it simply shows how easily entertained some conservatives are - they spend their lunch 'brake' watching the RNC in recess. That's Entertainment!!
Concern Citizen........can you please us what church you want us to go to?
After reading Concern's post again, I surmise she works in a mall - a very large mall. Probably the cashier in the appliance section of a store.
And, there is nothing wrong with that. She is working. That's a good thing. (Be sure to check those receipts twice if she checks you out!)
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Just for clarification, do the people where she works have little badges on that say, "Reps, Dems, and Libs?" Curious about that . . . or can she tell just by looking at them with her Star Trek x-ray eyes?????
Yeah! Because it is US Democrats and Liberals that are sitting in the porche cleaning our guns, sipping moonshine, and chewing tobacco, while bubba makes us some fried chicken for "suppr'
Repubs have 7 birthers scheduled to speak at the convention.........Durrrrr!
Waiting for them to find a birth certificate for "Corporations are people too my friend."
Waiting for some repub to give Trump a death certificate for the dead squirrel on his head.
All of you that bash Fox News. Just remember they are number 1 on cable. What is MSNBC 23rd or lower?
Republicans started their clock tabulating mounting U.S. national debt over the course of their convention. (The clock approached about $15 million 10 minutes after the convention had been called to order.)
Are they subtracting the debt incurred during the Bush administration? or are they blaming that on the democrats and Obama too?
Bet theres a long, crusty, white, middle aged line at the strip club.
Not crusty, soft and soggy.
bet they do not tip well either.
Well, since those are all Obama Whores at the Strip Club, we don't have to really Tip 'em. Just throw 'em a couple Food Stamps and they are happy little lemmings
BK - that the best ya got? Why is it not surprising. The radical right wingers - crude and dumb. I believe that pretty well sums up the Republican party!
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Just like the brains of the Republicans!! right?
BK...I noticed you included yourself "We don't have to Tip'em."
1. You are on food stamps.
2. It is illegal for you to sell or trade your food stamps.
3. You hire strippers.....not that I mind that....but you won't tip them properly! How dare you!
Video:(Hot Air) Matthews accuses GOP of playing the race card against team that accused Romney of wanting to bring back slavery, or something
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/08/27/video-matthews-accuses-gop-of-playing-the-race-card-against-team-that-accused-romney-of-wanting-to-bring-back-slavery-or-something/
Like Matthews, I don’t really get the joke from Romney’s Michigan speech, but it’s very clear that it was meant as a joke. That’s as far as I go with Matthews. If debate over federal programs like welfare are suddenly evidence of latent racism, then we should end the program altogether so as to keep it from being a topic of national debate. Absurd? So is Matthews’ blanket assertion that discussing Obama’s executive order that weakened the bipartisan welfare reform signed by Bill Clinton into law amounts to a racist attack on Obama. What’s next? Will discussing the failure of Obama’s stimulus bill be racist? Discussing an unemployment rate of 8.3%, a U-6 number back over 15%, and the lowest civilian participation rate in 30 years?
Matthews obviously doesn’t want any discussion of Obama’s record, and wants to scare Republicans away from it by toxifying those issues as raaaaaaaaaaacist. The aromas of desperation and fear are strong in the above clip.
I just watched the diatribe by Matthews, and it was so despicable that the last vestige of his credibility as a commentator has been destroyed in his ridiculous "racist" rant. We all know what a biased zealot Matthews is for his campaigning for Obama (with his "thrill up my leg" comment), but when he approached a seizure in attacking the RNC Chairman (who was more than polite in his brush offs) - Matthews needs some professional help to ward off a stroke or heart attack. As he watches his idol Obama weaken as a second-term president, Matthews is a pitiful sight, a past shadow who even Tom Brokaw (sitting next to him and himself a recognized liberal) could not support.
Even in his lame, smarmy defense, Priebus tried to say that the President is trying to turn America into Europe. It's implausible and ludicrous on its face, nor is it rooted in any fact. And if so, then since the President took some of the ideas that Romney himself utilized as Governor, then isn't Romney also trying to incorporate the best ideas from Europe?
The point is, the entire Republican platform is small, cynical and mean, and it is trying to paint the picture of two Americas -- one of hard working white men and married couples, and another of lazy, feckless leeches on the system. Anyone who isn't in the first group is some sort of lesser "other", and thus not worthy of being a real American. The Republican platform is anti-Hispanic, anti-senior citizen, anti-African American and anti-women. Mitt Romney, whether he believes in it personally or not, is fronting that platform.
Rience Priebus' lame attempts to defend a joke and tie the President to some vague "European socialism" merely reflects a concerted right wing effort that started the day this President was elected in 2008.
You guys just don't get it. Which makes it all the more disappointing. And sad.
I hope they treat the idiot Republicans attending this convention the same way they treated the Katrina victims during the Bush administration.
Republicans...hey, maybe your God's trying to tell you something!
@ThePrickPrick.......He already told us. He said that you and Obummer were cornholing each other and should be shunned and forever known as "stinky wankers". And just what do you see when you open your eyes, besides Obozos' colon????
Maybe god is saying to a country hit by drought, let there be rain! Elect Romney and the drought and suffering under Obama will end. You can spin this stuff so many ways.
If you want four more years of a leaderless country, vote Obama. If you want hope and change, vote Romney. It is simple.
Go Chris Mathews! Members of the press, take a lesson on how to stand up to the racist liars!
Chris can't go anywhere just yet.....he is thinking about his "man-love' (the OBOZO), and he just had a tingle OOZE down his leg......probably shhit his pants or drooled heavily.
Much like their do-nothing Congress. How appropriate. :)
Check out Fareed Zakaria's interview with Colin Powell this past weekend where he talks about how he voted for President Obama and thinks he's doing an excellent job.
Despite the success of the presidential campaign of the Republican Party in fundraising to support the Republican candidate Mitt Romny and used in television advertising direct on the air, and overtook the fundraiser for the Democratic Party, was as air strikes that destroy campaign presidential Democratic Party .... However many see ..... Obama's victory as president in the next election, because since 2008 is biased to the needs of the majority of the American middle class and to guarantee the stability of their lives and freedoms in the face of capitalism, ideological extremism
I'm sure for mostof these buffoons 33 seconds is the longest they've EVER lasted!!
and then they had to go Rinse their Preibus.
Thank you Jesus!!! Banish these parasites!!!
Obama/Biden 2012 "We Got It Straight In 2008!"
Yeh Daniel...they got it "straight" alright......Straight to the highest level of national Debt in the USA's HISTORY and still growing......NOBAMA and the Dickwad Biden GONE come January 2013.. But just to make sure, PLEASE KEEP BIDEN OUT THERE WORKING FOR THE GOP for awhile yet!! "BIDEN : THE GOP CAMPAIGN CHAMPION".
What do you mean "straight"? Excluding LGBT?
Feisty, you are an internet obsessed loser with no social life - it's obvious given how obsessed you are with sitting in front of your computer and typing out the same tired old BS time and time again. You're a partisan sheeple with a total lack of any sort of intelligence necessary to understand that both parties got is into this bad situation we now find ourselves in.
Says the Internet loser who sits and replies. LMAO
Yep, that's you ;)
Time to play Hide and Seek followed by Dodge 'the truth' Ball..........wheeeeeee
Oh MAN did Chris Matthews school that B*TCH Reince "Priapus" (that's right he's a D*CK) On the morning TV talk show. Actually made me laugh out loud, because at this point the GOP doesn't have a leg left to stand on, not to mention that in the general election they've got about as much a chance of winning as a one legged man in an A$$ kicking contest.
I'm tellin' ya, you GOTTA see this video, it's GREAT! And the Repubes better watch their backsides...there are a whole LOT of Democrats who just aren't going to take any more of their S#!T, and a whole bunch of reporters, political analysts, and even the voters themselves who are gonna call them out on their platform of lies, deception and just general BULL$#IT!
Me? I say BRING IT ON GOP B*TCHE$!
Chris matthews has only about 70 Viewers......you must be 69 of them. The only thing Chris Matthews can school is a mentally challenged liberal...lots of them to choose from. But then again, he has YOU, doesn't he. Search is over Chris.
BK, 720,000 people on average viewed each Chris Matthews' Hardball show in April. I bet its way higher now. That is over 14 million viewers per month.
You have no credibility whatsoever. Lie, Lie, Lie See BK Lie
Chris was probably just using Priapus as a warm-up exercise; the person that really made him famous is also in town this week - that's right, her looniness herself - Michelle Bachmann. But what I'd really like to see is for the King of the Klowns: Rand Paul, to sit down for an interview with Chris Matthews. That would truly be good humor as Chris shredded his lunatic theories with logic.
This is almost like the interview in the 2008 election where Bill Clinton called out Chris Wallace at Faux News for their nonsense. The GOP can dish out, but they can't take it when somebody stands up to them. This little slice of reality from Chris Matthews might fire up a few people on the sidelines.
Dude from Nowhere: We still haven't heard any details (none!) on Romney's financial/tax plan. So, until you have something tangible and factual, no pointing fingers at others.
Rinkrat-1155621
Is Master Obama exemptm from subbmiting anything, or is it that y'all are so star struck all he has to do is show up for you to love him?
Times- I don't know any Master Obama. However, our President has already shown his birth certificate (a first ever for a President) and 10 years of his tax returns. Nothing else has EVER been required for a President or a Presidential candidate. Why do you think it is okay to change the requirements now?
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SeekingSanity,
Way back when I was in school, our class had to do a bio on eachl of the Presidents up through the 60s. There were copies of their birth certificates in many various books as well as entries in their family Bibles for those who were born at home, etc. None of the presidents ever HID their birth certificates or evidence of their birth because they were all PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!! I have continued to do bios on the presidents since I got out of school. I have 27 volumes on the presidents & their families and the ONLY ONE that I have NO SUBSTANTIAL VERIFICATION of his birth, is our current president. If you would like, I can send you copies of them all.
There is also substantial proof besides their BCs since every single other president has at least a generation or more of family that were living in this country, were American Citizens, and their children were all born in this country and grew up in this country including those who became our Presidents. Obama is the only one who has not and therefore he should be PROUD to show his citizenship as our president and not ashamed to show his proof of that citizenship!!
As for college transcripts...Those presidents that went to college did make their transcripts available..even those who didn't do all that well in college...one example that you should actually know is GWB. You can check out their biographies and find pretty much every aspect of their lives, the bad as well as the good. There were presidents who did attempt to hide some things from the public and did succeed for a time, including Bill Clinton, JFK, and others. I believe that Bill & Hillary Clinton did much the same thing with various aspects of their lives that Obama is doing,but then several presidents tried to hide their private affairs but it is very difficult to keep anything away from the snoops for any length of time.
When it comes to producing their income taxes, I personally don't know why they would be required to show the world what they made prior to becoming president. I do think that the IRS should be required to produce any impropriety there may be in tax returns for the past 3 to 5 years, taxes still owed, etc.; but anyone's personal tax returns themselves should otherwise be no one else's business unless of course they are corporate taxes!! I actually believe that Mr. Romney would be willing to turn over more of his tax returns when Obama turns over proof that he is a legal citizen of this country!
I will never say a bad word again against Chris Matthews after watching him tear a new one with Reince Priebus the twerp that is now head of the RNC.
Chris Matthews is still one of the rudest hosts on TV, but after watching him go on about Reince, Chris does have his good points!
TRIVIA QUESTION: How does one Rinse their Preibus? Is that safe to do?
I noticed in the picture that Priebus is holding a gavel in his right hand. At first, I thought he was opening the GOP convention. I THEN realized he was actually auctioning off America to the highest bidder.
I fear the Republican party more than Romney. He just sold out to them.
............Great comment..........you have know idea how true your statement really is.
Just pondering....laughing my ass off...good one!
Obama already sold the USA to China, sorry the Chinese are not selling.
Isaac wash all that GOP trash out to sea!
Obama/Biden/Pelosi/Reid-2012
Romney jumped ahead of Obama for the first time in Gallup. Obama has been stucked at 46% for months and is still at 46%.
Was he really "stucked",this confirms my mental midget theory.