Portman to play Obama in Romney's debate prep

 

BOSTON -- Ohio Sen. Rob Portman will reprise his role playing a Democratic candidate in debate prep, multiple sources tell NBC News.

Portman will play President Obama in debate preparations for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a role he played in 2008 in preparations for that year's nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Portman has been playing Democrats in debate preparation for nearly two decades, having assumed the roles of Al Gore, Joseph Lieberman and Hillary Clinton in previous elections.

Portman has long been a leading Romney surrogate on the campaign trail and the fundraising circuit, particularly in his native Ohio. He was considered an odds-on favorite to become Romney's Vice Presidential nominee until earlier this month, when Romney selected Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan instead.

In June, Obama campaign officials said that Senator John Kerry (D-MA) would play Romney in Obama's debate prep. Kerry has experience in presidential debates during his own ill-fated 2004 run. His familiarity with Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, were seen as logical reasons for the choice.

NBC's Andrew Rafferty contributed reporting from Tampa, FL.

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Ha Ha another scam artist and stiff (Portman) to practice on. That didn't turn out well for Repubs neither did Portman's VP chance!

4 more years 4 Obama

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 16 votes
#1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:17 PM EDT

Who will play Joe Biden? A head of lettuce?

LMAO

  • 7 votes
#1.1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:18 PM EDT

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!

It' going to take a whole lot more than Portman to save Willard's sorry ass! lol

  • 18 votes
#1.2 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:18 PM EDT

RSR how rude. a head of lettuce has feelings too

  • 7 votes
#1.3 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:23 PM EDT

So, Red Sox, what's the latest on that "VP Switcheroo" you've been promising us? Who's it gonna be? Romaine? Watercress?? Arugula???

  • 11 votes
#1.4 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:32 PM EDT

Jo, its coming! Just keep waiting.

  • 5 votes
#1.5 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:37 PM EDT

I would say Hillary. although Hillary for prez sounds much better but the libtards insist on putting us into 1917 Russia.

  • 4 votes
#1.6 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:40 PM EDT

Ah, yes...President Obama is a Socialist because...because...well, because you guys say so?

  • 10 votes
#1.7 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:53 PM EDT

Then The Democrats need a Quoala Bear to play Ryan. I hope I spelled the Bears Name Right. If not I am talking about the little Bear in Quantas Commercial looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

  • 6 votes
#1.8 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:59 PM EDT

Romney: So, President Obama...I've never had to show MY birth certificate!

Portman (playing President Obama): "...meow..."

Romney: ...sigh...

  • 9 votes
#1.9 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:02 PM EDT

No rubber pizza icon, Obama is a socialist because of some of his colleagues and his policies. His beliefs and practices.

  • 6 votes
#1.10 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:07 PM EDT

[Obama is a socialist because of some of his colleagues and his policies. His beliefs and practices.]

...because Fox says so...

  • 8 votes
#1.11 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:15 PM EDT

Mickey,

The conservatives has one news station, why begrudge them?

  • 4 votes
#1.12 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:20 PM EDT

except i dont watch fox. But i am capable seeing what goes on around me. Where is the blackrock desert avatar Mickey.

  • 3 votes
#1.13 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:22 PM EDT

Caesar do you know what socialism is? Socialism is where the government owns business, we now have a system in which business owns the government.

  • 12 votes
#1.14 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:23 PM EDT

I didnt say the US was socialism. I said Obama is a socialist. Nice try Grump. Yeah Obama is owned by GE and Goldman Sachs. Still gonna vote for him. I thought so too.

  • 5 votes
#1.15 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:28 PM EDT

That's right Forrest and that amounts to Fascism. So thanks to Dubya and the Neocons we are far closer to Fascism than we've ever been to Socialism.

  • 9 votes
#1.16 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:37 PM EDT

so Adler you think Obama is a facist? Except if the Corps own gov, and Corps love Repubs, then why isnt a Repub in office. Now go ahead and spin that into some libbie fairy tale of hope and change. Hows Corzine doing

  • 3 votes
#1.17 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:42 PM EDT

Then The Democrats need a Quoala Bear to play Ryan.

May be the Dems can get Palin to play Ryan. Perfect fit!

-

O&Joe 2012

  • 8 votes
#1.18 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:55 PM EDT

Talking Points - nah - I like the Koala Bear - it's so cute!!! I think a snake would be better playing Romney. You know - speaks with forked tongue!

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 5 votes
#1.19 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:10 PM EDT

Oh you bet I am definitely going to vote for Obama Caesar, I am voting straight democratic right down the line, local, state, and federal. Bush turned my 401k into a 201k and under Obama the market is kicking tail, it is now more like a 501K, I can't afford to vote republican right now, only when I retire or die will I be a millionaire, maybe then their policies will suit me better. Then again probably not because I am disgusted with the way from the very top to the bottom that republicans have treated the office of the presidency of the USA, and the man elected to that office by a landslide by the American people, why would I vote for a republican to hold an office they have such disdain for, why would I vote for people to hold government office that constantly ridicule and condemn the very notion of government, why would I sacrifice my dignity and self respect as an American citizen and join up with that nonsense. Yes Caesar I am voting for Obama and every other democrat on the ballot, I have no confidence in republicans whatsoever, and it is not because of what Obama has done or failed to do, it is exactly because of what republicans have very purposely done and what they very purposely failed to do.

  • 10 votes
#1.20 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:16 PM EDT

Portman will play President Obama in debate preparations for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a role he played in 2008 in preparations for that year's nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

And they claim history doesn't repeat itself...

  • 7 votes
#1.21 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:19 PM EDT

[The conservatives has one news station, why begrudge them?]

Yes, I know...and your ignorant posts prove that no one is begrudging "them" anything, you little lock-stepper you.

[except i dont watch fox.]

Sure you don't...did you know Fox News lies?

[But i am capable seeing what goes on around me.]

Sure you are...except your posts sure don't reflect that little tidbit...

[Where is the blackrock desert avatar Mickey.]

Aww, what's the matter...you miss it? Do you know what year that was from?

I can make the magical avatar appear again right before your very eyes... if you really really want to see it, you gotta ask me nicely.

I'm really bummed. I was supposed to attend this year, but there are just waaaay too many bridges to build...oh well, maybe next year.

You gonna go? Check it out.

http://www.burningman.com/

  • 6 votes
#1.22 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:20 PM EDT

Grump, you didnt need to go there, i already knew you would. Im glad you got your hope and chains. 8.3% unemployment and you think Obama is good. Back to animal farm for you

Mickey. I dont watch fox care less if you believe it. Fox news lies? thats why im straight NBC. They always tell the truth

My posts dont reflect that? Because they dont agree with you? now who's the lockstepper

Mickey i dont care about the commune that takes place in desert in Nevada once a year. You've seen one Occutard protest you've seen'em all. Let me know when finish your bridge to nowhere. I'll let you in on a secret, you're already there blissfully.

  • 3 votes
#1.23 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:31 PM EDT

Ha, back to animal farm?, hope and chains?, you are ate up Caesar. Here is the truth Caesar, I have yet to unemployed under Obama, I lost half of the value of my retirement portfolio to the tune of $480,000 under a republican administration, gained it all back and more, since Obama took office, the markets are all double what they were in Nov. 2008, not bad for a president who supposedly has such an adverse effect on business. That cool million is mine I earned it over the last 28 years, and it insures me and my wife against being totally dependent on SS and medicare in our old age. The bulk of that money was contributed by my employers over the years, as part of my collective bargaining agreement, cash money paid by the month into my account not a matching 401K, not a deal were you work for 35 years for a monthly pension, that the company steals, or simply dissolves their obligation before you get a chance to collect it, or you do collect it for a few months and then die and it is over. Republicans are against the very kind of collective bargaining agreements I worked under and helped to negotiate for years. I have the security of a retirement fund, and health-care benefits, so I am exactly the guy who will not be owned by the company, or will depend on "socialist government programs" in my old age. You are actually talking about the wise republicans in places like Texas who vote republican, and for the right to work for less, and less, and less, who now have themselves a $11.20 an hour median income. If they work 50 weeks a year they don't even make enough to owe any federal taxes, and are much more likely to need medicaid and food-stamps to get by than a guy like me. That $22,400 they gross each year will not leave them much if anything to put away for retirement, so their employers are not worried about matching those few pennies now are they, and those are exactly the people that will be the most dependent on SS and medicare when they retire. You better rethink who will be relegated to the "Animal Farm", who has hope for their future, and who will be in chains. Because I assure you, it will not be guys like me, it is far more likely to be the people who are already on the "animal farm" picking at crumbs with the chickens as afforded to them by the republican agenda and policies they foolishly support to their own personal detriment.

  • 8 votes
#1.24 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:02 PM EDT

@Forrest Grump #1.14, You DO REALIZE don't you, that Uncle Sam has a significant stock ownership in GM ?

Heck, maybe they could change the name ... call it Government Motors and then Obama could declare by Executive Order that we ALL must be a GM product for our next car.

Maybe that would help lift the stock price of GM ... right now, that "dog" of a stock is a real Bitch and Obama has thrown away billions more on a failed bailout strategy.

Well, at least he BOUGHT a lot of union votes for it .... with OUR money !

  • 1 vote
#1.25 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:21 AM EDT

A vote for Obama is a vote for the U.N. not the U.S.. Proof: "U.N. Project 21", U.N. L.O.S.T. Treaty, U.N. Small Arms Treaty. Obama is anti energy which will kill this country over night. Obama is down sizing the private sector and super sizing a public sector we cant already afford. You can not tax your way out of a spending problem. Most dont know anything about the big picture when it comes to bus./corp. & taxes. There is only one group of people that realy pay tax and thats the taxpayer not bus. all tax burdens are defered to the consumer. Who is the largest buyer of goods and services the fed & states. So when Obama says Big bus./Corp. are going to have to pay more tax, the bus. just raise the price of products and services. Guess who has to pay that, you do. Watch and learn, this is not magic. I hope my rich boss and his co. have to pay higher taxes that way I get a raise, bonus, more vacation days, a co. car, a promotion, a assistant, more profit sharing. See how that makes no sense. Obamacare is stealing money from your 401Ks, IRAs and any other retirement investments you have, to help fund Obamacare. A higher tax on capital gains , a new tax on dividends. All wich slow the economy & the bus. it is invested in to make you money, a smaller return for them is a smaller return for you. This is not rocket science. Ask any Fin. adviser if 4 more years of Obama is going to make your current retirement or future retirement plan more money. 99% of them will say no. Many seniors live off of their dividends to survive so Obama does not care about them what so ever or you for that matter.

    #1.26 - Wed Sep 5, 2012 1:18 PM EDT
    Reply

    They should have tried to get Hugo Chavez. He more closely resembles what Obama aspires to be.

    • 8 votes
    Reply#2 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:17 PM EDT

    precisely. I was thinking more like Hadji from Jonny Quest

    • 6 votes
    #2.1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:22 PM EDT

    I was thinking more like Hadji from Jonny Quest

    What is that even supposed to mean?

    • 7 votes
    #2.2 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:30 PM EDT

    RagRug

    And the stand in for Obama to practise with ... you guessed it, Bernie Madoff. Silly is a two-way street Vampire Doll.

    • 6 votes
    #2.3 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:31 PM EDT

    hey Noid, thats funny you ask. But riddle me this, did you ever provide evidence that the GOP built the Taliban? i didnt think so. Avoid the Noid. sage old advice

    • 6 votes
    #2.4 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:33 PM EDT

    Buckwheat, maybe they can get Corzine! LMAO

    Libbys, so much fun to watch!

    • 6 votes
    #2.5 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:35 PM EDT

    But riddle me this, did you ever provide evidence that the GOP built the Taliban?

    Ever hear of Operation Cyclone?

    • 4 votes
    #2.6 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:42 PM EDT

    RagRug

    I thought the mantra was drill baby drill, and all you can do is skim the surface for a cheap shot like Chavez? You certainly are a product of the shallow end of the pool.

    • 5 votes
    #2.7 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:43 PM EDT

    Buckwheat, don't be so sensitive just because I made you look foolish. LMAO

    libbys, so much fun to watch!

    • 5 votes
    #2.8 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:51 PM EDT

    RagRug

    LMAO

    You shouldn't be so quick to do that, Caesar is coming up from the deep to kiss it.

    • 3 votes
    #2.9 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:55 PM EDT

    Hey Raab in mASS (redfuxlose)...hows those trips to the drugstore with your girlfriend coming?

    Find anyone scamming the Gubment?

    • 3 votes
    #2.10 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:05 PM EDT

    Well BCWC who would no better about something like that.

    Noid You mean how Carter authorized funding to arm the Mujahdeen? You mean how our government funded it. Poor Noid something tells me it would be far more telling if you had more proof than that. Here let me help, the Taliban started in the 90's during clinton's reign. You know there was a difference between the Taliban fighters and the Mujahdeen right?

    • 4 votes
    #2.11 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:12 PM EDT

    precisely. I was thinking more like Hadji from Jonny Quest

    Caesar-

    Their saving Hadj for Bobby Jindal!

    -

    O&Joe 2012

    • 4 votes
    #2.12 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:02 PM EDT

    Bobby Jindal has nothing to do with it AZZ. maybe Bobby Jindal can Play Obama. nah that would mean success. scratch that

    • 3 votes
    #2.13 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:12 PM EDT
    Reply

    RedSux

    They should have tried to get Hugo Chavez. He more closely resembles what Obama aspires to be.

    Hugo Chavez resembles R-money exactly; in that he is an oligarch and loves government by the few like the Koch bros.

    4 more years 4 Obama

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 9 votes
    Reply#3 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:26 PM EDT

    Beverly in Chicago

    Hugo Chavez resembles R-money exactly; in that he is an oligarch and loves government by the few like the Koch bros

    Hi Brverly, Hugo Chavez does not resemble Romney nor Obama. You have no idea who Chavez is, do You?

    There is a big surprize coming up in 3 weeks, please stay tune.

    Have you done any research on all the socialist/communist association that Presdent Obama has had. Please Google it but make sure is from a left source. Actually if you read Obama's book, there is a part where he said what his associations were.

    InsaneSanitation - The word id Blatiana used to describe a Black Latina (female), it is not Blatino. Blatina is also used for a Wine Label. Please take lessons and done Post the same bull follow by your silly commercial.

    • 5 votes
    #3.1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:29 PM EDT

    so·cial·ism [ sṓshÉ™ lìzÉ™m ]

    1. political system of communal ownership: a political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated according to equity and fairness rather than market principles

    2. movement based on socialism: a political movement based on principles of socialism, typically advocating an end to private property and to the exploitation of workers

    3. stage between capitalism and communism: in Marxist theory, the stage after the proletarian revolution when a society is changing from capitalism to communism, marked by pay distributed according to work done rather than need

    So, exactly when did all the socialism occur?...and if it did, some of the principals seem to benefit the middle and working class........

    • 5 votes
    #3.2 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:54 PM EDT

    Concern - you are nothing but a total idiotic liar. President Obama has had no Marxist or Socialist associations. You're beyond hopeless and you love being stupid. It's absolutely amazing!

    I really don't care about your heritage. You're incorrigible and beyond any educating.

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 4 votes
    #3.3 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:14 PM EDT

    chilled

    so·cial·ism [ sṓshÉ™ lìzÉ™m ]

    1. political system of communal ownership: a political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated according to equity and fairness rather than market principles 2. movement based on socialism: a political movement based on principles of socialism, typically advocating an end to private property and to the exploitation of workers 3. stage between capitalism and communism: in Marxist theory, the stage after the proletarian revolution when a society is changing from capitalism to communism, marked by pay distributed according to work done rather than need

    So, exactly when did all the socialism occur?...and if it did, some of the principals seem to benefit the middle and working class........

    Chilled, have you ever lived in any of the conditions above? If you did them you should know better than to Hope for this. If not then don't give me theories that have never worked. Please ask Cubans, Venezuela, France, Russia, should I go on?

    1. Government has half of the stake and not the people.

    2. End of private property. That means your Homes also. Government intrution.

    3. Marxist Theory. The end as we know it.

    • 6 votes
    #3.4 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:21 PM EDT

    I really don't care about your heritage. You're incorrigible and beyond any educating.

    GF,

    I thought we had come to an agreement that we would IGNORE the ignorant Blatina?

    All she is looking for is attention, and we need to stop feeding the whore!

    This dingbat makes Edith Bunker look like a member of Mensa!

    • 5 votes
    #3.5 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:21 PM EDT

    Feisty - I lost my mind for a moment and went there. You're right - so not worth the effort!

    Have a great evening!

    Check you email!

    • 4 votes
    #3.6 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:34 PM EDT

    Feisty writes and shows her real selfe. Nothing but racism. What a fake.

    I thought we had come to an agreement that we would IGNORE the ignorant Blatina?

    All she is looking for is attention, and we need to stop feeding the whore!

    This dingbat makes Edith Bunker look like a member of Mensa!

    So Feisty, I'm an ignorant black latina? Which one is it that you don't like? Ignorant Black or Ignorant Latina? Maybe a whore.

    Please ignore me. I think we all know who in here is looking for attention.

    You have said it all and you have prove what kind of a person you are. Centerd ego and very angry at the World.

    And you Insane Sanitation go wipe your B!@#$ A$$. BFUA

    • 5 votes
    #3.7 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:39 PM EDT

    Check you email!

    Roger that!

    I'm grilling dinner right now but will check... ;o)

    • 1 vote
    #3.8 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:44 PM EDT

    Speaking of uneducated, incorrigible barbarians. Do you primitive screwheads ever see what you write? The fumes from your flatulence get you high.

    • 3 votes
    #3.9 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:44 PM EDT

    Dear lord why do we have so many ignorant people, you must love them so much. Please people will you stop feeding the ignorant people who are so proud of their lack of knowledge. They can't spell to save their lives no more than they can debate the finer points of democracy. Please, in the best interest of those who are schooled in the finer points of democracy please ignore those willfully ignorant to even know if there is a difference, they are only playing the percentages and are not worth your time.

    • 2 votes
    #3.10 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:37 PM EDT

    #3.9 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:44 PM EDT

    Gingerbread Mamma

    Dear lord why do we have so many ignorant people, you must love them so much. Please people will you stop feeding the ignorant people who are so proud of their lack of knowledge. They can't spell to save their lives no more than they can debate the finer points of democracy. Please, in the best interest of those who are schooled in the finer points of democracy please ignore those willfully ignorant to even know if there is a difference, they are only playing the percentages and are not worth your time.

    Amen. Gingerbread Mamma. But even the ignorant and animals belong to God. Do let's not be so judgeamental.

    Do not look upon yourself as perfect, for I made you only in my image and not as perfect. I wonder if you know what book this came from. No it was not the Bible.

    • 4 votes
    #3.11 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:08 PM EDT
    Reply

    no he doesnt idiot. Chavez is a socialist like Obama. Chavez loves Obama. Bev, you need to stay away from the crack

    • 4 votes
    Reply#4 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:39 PM EDT

    They don't really have anyone who could play President Obama. So good luck with that one Rethugs.

    • 6 votes
    Reply#5 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:00 PM EDT

    No one that resides in the US. Plenty of those in Europe would make a good Obama though. French pres for starters.

    • 3 votes
    #5.1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:14 PM EDT

    Talking - you're right. They don't have anyone who is intelligent enough to play our President.

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 4 votes
    #5.2 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:15 PM EDT

    seeking youre the last person on the face of the earth to even talk about intelligence. you're a Royal fool like the redheaded clown you idolize.

    • 4 votes
    #5.3 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:46 PM EDT
    Reply

    Where's Chuck Todd with his latest Gloomy state by state analysis of the swing states, predicting a tough task for Romney, to take ALL the swing states...Virginia, Ohio, Florida...

    Romney has to take them all, sez Chuck...

    Well, the trouble with Todd's analysis is that, more and more Obama states are now swing states!!

    Iowa...Wisconsin..now , amazingly, Michigan, which Obama won by 16% in 2008..is a dead heat!

    Prediction: Pennsylvania is next to become a swing state....and Karl Rove is eyeing Oregon...

    The national polls impact the state polls...since it is a dead heat nationwide, so many safe Obama states are no longer safe...

    • 6 votes
    Reply#6 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:00 PM EDT
    • 4 votes
    #6.1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:08 PM EDT

    Bob in VA: "Prediction: Pennsylvania is next to become a swing state"

    Hope you didn't buy a lottery ticket tonight, Bob:

    "Ten weeks before the election, a voter poll commissioned by The Inquirer finds President Obama leading Republican rival Mitt Romney by a significant margin in Pennsylvania, raising the question of whether the Keystone State is up for grabs on Nov. 6.

    The Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll, led by a bipartisan team of top political analysts, concluded that if the election were held now, Obama would win the state by nine percentage points - 51-42 - with 7 percent of voters undecided."

    And.....

    "The results, which include firmly committed supporters and those leaning toward one candidate or the other, are comparable to those of other recent polls, including one released Thursday by Muhlenberg College, which also had Obama leading by nine points in the state.'

    http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-26/news/33403560_1_republican-rival-mitt-romney-voter-poll-poll-respondents

    • 6 votes
    #6.2 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:10 PM EDT

    He says "cough it up".

    When it comes to Probe-Boy he means... spit it out!

    • 3 votes
    #6.3 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:28 PM EDT
    Reply

    "Romulian Romney" is not Presidential at all! President Obama is intellectually superior to the "Romulian." President Obama is able to speak clearly, think clearly, and is able to be honest at all times. President Obama is the greatest President since FDR, and is alot smarter than JFK. That is fact! President Obama is a true American of what it takes to work hard, listen to all citizens, and have a clear economic agenda. President Obama is up against the racial hatred of the GOP/RNC in the House. President Ohama is tolerant of all citizens, and is out to protect 99% of Americans from the "Economics Evil" of the Tea Beggers. President Obama will destroy "Romulian Romney" in all the debates, and President Obama has called out "Richie Rich" Ryan as the lack of brains in the GOP/RNC "House Of Hoodlum's."

    • 3 votes
    Reply#7 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:24 PM EDT

    I didn't realize that farmers, defense contractors and oil companies were part of Obama's base. Those are the biggest welfare queens out there.

    The average farm family has a net income of $80,000 and the federal government pays direct subsidies averaging $25,000 per farm. A farm can get this every year.

    The average federal welfare (TANF) subsidy is less than $1,000 per covered family and it is temporary assistance.

    But Mr. Romney targets the working poor on welfare.

    In fact, Romney was one of 29 Republican governors who signed a letter to HHS in 2005 asking Congress for even more expansive waivers to the work requirement.

    • 3 votes
    Reply#8 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:27 PM EDT

    And the GOP'ers all shout "Give us Barabbas".

    • 1 vote
    Reply#9 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:18 PM EDT

    WIllard the Rat said, "I am who I am, and that's all that I am".

    • 1 vote
    Reply#10 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:20 PM EDT

    Republicans you had better check with Donald Trump first to see if Mr. Portman has A. Produced a Legitimate Birth Certificate B. All of us want to see his Grades to see if he is intelligent enough. So. Wait for Donald's Investigation into his Birth and State First.

    • 1 vote
    Reply#11 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:50 PM EDT

    And I thought it was going to be Natalie Portman which seemed strange but all preachers have a little pervert in them so at least he had good taste

      Reply#12 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:06 PM EDT

      What is Mitt's position on ...

      hunger in America? Starve!

      minimum wage? Lower it!

      abortion in case of rape? There is no "legitmate" rape!

      undocumented immigrants? Self deportation!

      health care reform? Stop calling it Romneycare and kill it!

      top income level tax rates? Eliminate them entirely!

      middle class tax rates? Raise them throught the roof!

      education? Privatize the whole thing and make it more profitable for investors!

      military budget? Increase it and make it more profitable for investors!

      Wall Street regulation? For Pete's sake, deregulate!

      gay marriage equality? Gays have always been able to marry....women!

      campaign finance reforms? I like the "reforms" just fine the way they are now!

      voter fraud? We definitely need more of that, our ID initiatives will help us a lot!

      best ways to fool voters into voting Republican this November? Gee, didn't we just cover that?

      Yeah, I guess we did. So why exactly did you NOT contribute 40 million dollars of your OWN money to your 2012 campaign (like you did in '08?)

      Must be the savy businessman...never bet your own money on a losing game!

      • 1 vote
      Reply#13 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:22 PM EDT

      Only a liberal would call someone a "freak" regarding having family values... WOW!! Someone PLEASE tell me given your vast knowledge on history what is so "NEW and INNOVATIVE" in the liberal philosophy. Their ideals are actually very outdated and have been tried many times throughout the course of history. I would say that the conservative ideology of personal freedom, small limited government, moral welfare of the country and free enterprise is a fairly new concept in the bigger scheme of things. That concept has only first been tried in the U.S. which is very young by comparison. Re-distribution, immorality in government and in the people and socialism is a very tired idea that through the history of time has failed anytime it has been tried. Which makes all the more ironic that you people call conservatives idiots. You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about and if you had any intelligence would understand the history and results of your belief system. AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me about the republican war on women when your modern liberal idol is a man who once shoved a cigar in an interns snatch while he basically took advantage of her with his position of authority, all the while having a freaking WIFE!! I love you libs

      • 1 vote
      Reply#14 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:43 AM EDT

      This will be difficult as Portman is too nice a guy to play a gay, Marxist, Muslim total ass-hole.

        Reply#15 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:29 AM EDT

        ROMNEY DIDN'T WANT ANY BLACK MAN NEAR HIM. THEY couldn't even find one black man to play Obama--not even turncoat Artur Davis? Interesting!

          Reply#16 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:35 PM EDT
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