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Updated 6:21 pm. - TAMPA, Fla. -- Republicans formally nominated Mitt Romney for president on Tuesday, minting the former Massachusetts governor as the party's official opponent this fall versus President Barack Obama.
Romney has been the presumptive Republican presidential nominee since late spring, when his major opponents ended their campaigns for president. But he will be able to shed the "presumptive" qualifier when he formally accepts the nomination during his Thursday night speech.
David Goldman / AP
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks as as Mitt Romney is nominated by the state delegates for the Office of the President of the United States at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.
Republicans held the roll call of state delegations late Tuesday afternoon, delayed from its initial scheduled vote during Monday's hurricane-canceled session. Convention Secretary Kim Reynolds presided over the vote.
"I am truly honored to annouce these votes for a man who happens to be my brother, and whom I love: Mitt Romney, the next president of the United States," said Scott Romney, the brother of Mitt Romney, in leading Michigan's delegation in casting its votes.
Shortly thereafter, Republicans nominated Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as their vice presidential candidate by acclimation.
Slideshow: The 2012 Republican National Convention
There were occasional outburts of cheers for Texas Rep. Ron Paul when some states' delegates voted for the retiring congressman. Some delegates abstained from voting in instances, suggesting their dissenting opinion from Romney.
NBC's Chuck Todd has the latest from the Republican National Convention; plus, Andrea Mitchell, John Yang and Luke Russert visit Romney supporters in New Hampshire, Maine and West Virginia.
The fanfare on Romney's behalf at the convention hall made the delegate math of the Republican primaries earlier this year almost seem like an afterthought. Romney's battles with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum had seemed, for a time, to threaten to transform the battle for the GOP nomination into a protracted delegate battle.
When Romney accepts the nomination, he'll be able to access and spend tens of millions of dollars he has raised in general election funds. This formal distinction will enable the former Massachusetts governor's campaign to spend millions more on organization and television ads heading into the height of the fall campaign.
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So?
Were we suppose to be expecting some other clown to snatch Willard's moment of glory?
He has only been running for 10 years or so...
As Queen Annie said herself, "It's THEIR turn"!
Thankfully, American's will show these two entitlement freaks the door once their 15 minutes are up! lol
I have plenty of *popcorn* for the
festivitiesfreak show this evening to go around!It's official......So, now his lies will be official!
*yawn*
Feisty
Wanta play a fun drinking game to go with the pop corn?
Any time the camera focuses on the same person of color ( a bla person as Santorum calls them) more than once take a sip of that favorite beverage
Hope you survive
lol Willard the mormon
You're ON! lol
May the best libby be left standing! ☺
I agree, we knew it was coming. Wait till you lefties nominate Obama as canidate. Oh the circle jerk that will ensue.
How do you type with lines across words and stuff? Me Want!
Where's my margarita Fiesty??? I may be a conservative, but I'm sure as hell up to a drinking game!!!
At least Romney has political experience, unlike the clown in chief we have now ruining our country!!
Feisty.....Can you sit your lard butt down long enough to pull the popcorn kernels from you a$$...????
You are the only freak on this vine
Admit it Feisty... your really fat Ed ( Dumkoff ) Schultz !! How else can your posts just about always be the first ? Either your a TOTAL loser,wetting your undies to be the first poster or you are really Sgt. Schultz -
whoever or whatever you are, one thing is certain - your a LOSER !!
In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!" - NOT.
Surprise! Surprise! Who else were they going to nominate? Alfred E. Neumann? I think everyone knew all along who they were going to nominate. Why is this breaking news?
Hey Jeepgal:
You might have noticed that PRESIDENT Obama has been running the country for the last 3+ years. He has real Presidential experience and your man Mittens has.... gubernatorial experience in Mass. I'm thinking the President has more real political experience. Just sayin'.
Mickey:
They could have gone w/Sarah Palin! At least Mittens is a step up.
So Willard won the Republican nomination! In other news, scientists discovered that water is wet.
Benjamin Carey
When you are typing a comment, there is a button on top marked
ABCclick on it.In other news,
Obama jumps to +9
during the middle of the GOP convention.
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Oh Feisty.....So do tell me what the Obamunist delegation will be offering us? More of the same LIES and EMPTY PROMISES?? He has done absolutely nothing and unless you have a job and a house to go home to at night, you must still have your head in the Kool Aid as he treats you like an idiot by talking down to you so you might feel he's your big pal and gonna do so much for you on his next term. Well if the Queen said it is THEIR TURN, she is spot on. Give the new man a turn when the other man has fooled people like you into believing his drivel. I would be ashamed and embarrassed to admit I ever voted for him if I were you.
In related news, Hurricane Isaac gains momentum from the hot air being expelled from the Tampa Bay area.... New Orleans to be devastated yet again.
President Obama's lead moves to +12 as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal tells residents of New Orleans to stay home or leave, but no shelters will be available.
How do you type with lines across words and stuff? Me Want!
When you type your comment go to the "abc with a line through it" on the upper left side of the toolbar (next to the "... highlight want you want to run the line through and VIOLA!
Hey Tex!
Long time NO see... of course you're invited! A drinking game just would't be the same without you! ☺
I see the night shift for the right wing trolls have checked in... let the collapsing games begin!
No, but it will be funny when he takes the reigns from your boy. Say goodnight red, you and your liberal desires has failed the country and the masses know it.
Only a complete loser would be afraid of losing to romney, and that is who you are backing.
"Big Deal" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just Wrong,
"They could have gone w/Sarah Palin! At least Mittens is a step up."
You think so? :)
I can't imagine how pathetic someone's life must be to sit around just waiting to be the first comment so often....my hunch is that popcorn is one of your major food groups.
Beginning of the end of an Error. Romney/Ryan 2012... before it's too late!
Carrot Top, I get counseling for all that 'popcorn' you're drinking! AA is in the phone book!
I find it pretty ironic that Republicans would steal a line from Democrat President Bill Clinton [We Can Do Better] that I bet President Clinton repeated 1,000 times or more when he ran for POTUS back in the 90s! If Republicans could have ever "done better" they didn't, the fact is they did the worse job possible when they were in control and used their power to crash the entire United States Economy!
Republicans had to copy words from the man who was the best President in modern history. What's "ironic" is, Republicans fought against Democrat Bill Clinton every step of the way, and they're still jealous of Bill Clinton!
Republicans = Not one single original thought of their own, because they don't mean a word they say!
Obama/Biden 2012
trudat6445,
"Say goodnight red, you and your liberal desires has (sic) failed the country and the masses know it."
And that is proof right there that the Republicans' educational policies have failed the country!
LOL, so true, but leave red alone, ok, dont, she's an idiot.
Name one repub that got BJ on the oval office desk.
LOL....Fisty, the only thing collapsing is
any chairyou sit in!! You and your village idiots watch and learn tonight and we'll meet back here and watch the strokefest you'll be having!! Unamerican girl, change your pic please, we know you look like Susan Boyle!Has your boy created any jobs yet?....still no!! Great Job Obama....at least we got to pay for Michelle & fams vacations.
Romney/Ryan 2012!!
2016 THE Movie is looking to be a great hit at the box offices! People are watching, people are learning what the old liberal media has been hiding for over 4 years now! Good for you America!
Mickey:
Yes, Romney is better than Palin. At least Pres. Obama will have a real opponent instead of a crack pot. Not worried that the smart guy (Pres. Obama) will win, but would rather not have the 'what newspapers do you read regularly' type of questions asked of any POTUS or VPOTUS candidate. Those type of questions simply show that no one takes the candidate seriously and for a job as serious as POTUS, we need candidates that are at least respectable. Think we can agree that Palin is/was a joke.
TO: Benjamin Carey who wrote:
Don't you mean "Willard the moron" aka THE JOBS CREMATOR?
LOL!
Obama/Biden 2012
I think RobMeMoney & RyRand are losers, end of my story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unoitall,
"You and your village idiots watch and learn tonight"
Learn what? The Republicans are saying the same old things now that they have been saying for the past 30 years. What is there to learn? If we don't know by now what they have to say, we will never know it.
I find it pretty ironic that Republicans would steal a line from Democrat President Bill Clinton [We Can Do Better] that I bet President Clinton repeated 1,000 times or more when he ran for POTUS back in the 90s! If Republicans could have ever "done better" they didn't, the fact is they did the worse job possible when they were in control and used their power to crash the entire United States Economy!
Republicans also could have "done better" than stall our Economic Recovery, but they chose not to.
Anything and everything that Republicans COULD HAVE done to make life a little easier for American Workers Republicans chose NOT to do.
It's a phoney line coming from a bunch copycat Republicans who have no ideas of their own!
I darn sure hope President Clinton brings this up during his speech at the Democratic Convention!
Obama/Biden 2012
Time to cleanse America!
B.O. has got to go!
Seriously? Your only retort is to call someone you can't even see fat? Are you eight?
Last I checked, Obama has created plenty of jobs, has turned the economy around, has reformed healthcare, has been a proponent of minorities and marriage rights, has killed Osama bin Laden, has ended the war in Iraq, has passed legislation that promotes clean energy and protects the environment, and much more.
What has your party done? Last I checked, they were caught up on issues like voter fraud, which has proven to be non-existent, redefining "rape" and spouting medieval and untrue medical claims, blocking women's access to health care and birth control, and utterly failing to come up with any plan that would improve the economy.
You do know Romney's plan to balance the budget won't be successful until 2030, in the best of scenarios, right? Yet you're bashing Obama for not making you gloriously wealthy in 3 1/2 years?
Face it pal, the economy is better than it was 3 1/2 years ago. It's not up to 1990s standards, but if you're not seeing improvements, maybe it's time to get off your ass and start contributing to society.
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL:
Mitt Romney wins the election with 318 Electoral College Votes. Go chew of that during your 'The Ed Show'...
Shouldn't the signs those people are holding up say, "Mutt!" It seems to me, to be way more appropriate. And to Fiesty, save me a big ole bowl of that popcorn will ya.....
Grover, do you have any links to back up your opinion?......Good Luck creating them!! GEEZ.....the kewl-aid has set in. And what does Romney being a Mormon have to do with anything. What's wrong with you Christian-hating Racist Dems....we know you afraid your checks will stop comming.
Romney/Ryan 2012
Badger1,
"Time to cleanse America!"
I just hope you are not referring to ethnic cleansing! That sounds like something Republicans might be interested in.
Patriotic American, my a$$. DumbFux or Carrot Top... surely you can do better than that! Your alter ego sucks and gets collapsed almost as much as you do....I suggest you s--t can that 'friend'! lol
Drink your popcorn all you want, but ROMNEY/RYAN will prevail!
The GOP nominates Romney - they had NO choice - weren't even allowed to say anything else. Wow! What outstanding leadership! NOT.
unoitall - and what "boy" would you be talking about? The MAN in the White House is ten times the man Mitt could ever hope to be. Mitt would have to reach up as high as possible just to touch the bottom of Obama's shoes. You? You still couldn't touch them!
Badger- you're a total moron!
Obama/Biden 2012
Bryan,
Butter or no butter? lol
Grab a cold one and join us in our drinking game this evening! ☺
Unonothing: And you're an idiot as well. Get your facts straight and stop drinking the Romney BS. Just Google your claim and the evidence is overwhelming - George Bush is the only President to have a net loss of jobs during their administration. I know you teabaggers would like us all to conveniently forget that the economy was in free fall along with massive layoffs BEFORE Obama even took office! Sorry, unonothing.
I find it absolutely AMAZING how the GOP disrespected Rep. Ron Paul this evening. Here they have one of the most truest, albeit bat @!$%# crazy, staunchest "Conservative" Republicans that they can always count on and they snub him by screwing his delegates he won fair and square for a flip-flopping quarter-Democrat, quarter-Independent, and half-whatever the soup of the day is candidate in Romney? At least show Ron Paul some respect GOP! Come on people, have you no shame?! And this is coming from an Independent who will definitely be voting for Obama again!
Obama/Biden 2012
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Does that excuse the Republicans from hosing the entire country during the Bush years?
What im finding particularly funny about these RWNJ clowns is that the theme of this hate fest is
I Built This...right up against the Debit Clock
God this is fun. Wish you guys would crawl out of your hole more often
Momus2009,
"I find it absolutely AMAZING how the GOP disrespected Rep. Ron Paul this evening. Here they have one of the most truest, albeit bat @!$%# crazy, staunchest "Conservative" Republican and they snub him for a flip-flopping quarter-Democrat, quarter-Independent, and half-whatever the soup of the day is candidate in Romney?"
You're right, but I'm thinking that may be a good thing. Maybe now Ron Paul's supporters won't be to eager to vote Republican since the Republicans have snubbed them. Ron Paul has already said he is reluctant to endorse Romney since he doesn't agree with him.
Enjoy this night, Romney. It's downhill from here. You will be hounded about your taxes, where your money is hidden (I mean, invested), your stand on women's rights, and what you really did at Bain. And, oh yeah, what is your plan to lead this country other than I'll do better than Obama. As in the words of the immortal Judge Elihu Smales, "well, we're waiting!"
B.O. has to go! Cleanse America from the dirty politics. Only the libetards would somehow bring race into this. That's all you got? No Record! No Budget! Just dirty bribes to push Obamacare through!
* The Cornhusker Kickback?
* $300,000,000 of bribes to Louisiana's Senator Mary Landrieu?
* A new hospital in Connecticut for morally challenged Senator Chris Dodd?
* Roughly ten billion in community health centers to buy off Vermont's Bernie Sanders?
Dirty, dirty, dirty!
B.O. has got to go and take your socialist agenda with you!
Grover
Thanks for the correction....We Built This
Its Feistys fault and all the "bla people" (its a Santuranism)
HaggisBingo - you ROCK!!!! How cool is that!!!!!
You can't see me but I'm doing a little bow to you!
Obama/Biden 2012
Grover -
This is standard fare for someone who doesn't have any credible evidence to support a claim. It takes all of 5 seconds to post a link. Instead, you feign taking the high road to avoid having to back up your statement. I might have even maintained an iota of respect if you had simply acknowledged that your statement was merely opinion rather than leaving such ambiguity about the factuality of your post.
Lots of tears are being shed tonight. They are wishing it was someone that could win:(
Feisty - The Daily Show is filming live tonight from Tampa. Should be hysterical.
I didn't say he should try to teach him. What I did imply was that it's remarkably easy to post a link, which is what was requested. Should I assume your reading comprehension skills are inadequate to understand that? Or would it be safer to assume that you saw my post as a defense for the other ignoramus and responded accordingly?
Ahhh, and the very second myth robme is nominated the entire gop convention will all hold hands chanting muslim. Then they all will ascend to their home planet of Kolab where good ole' willard will commence to be the grand master of a colossal Roman style orgy joined by his many wives. I'm not kidding..........
Hey y'all, cut Badger1 some slack. If he really is from Wisconsin he has reasons for his psychosis: the Koch brothers run the state, the college dropout governor, the home of Reince Priebus, the home of Paul Ryan, the Packers losing in the first round of the playoffs after a 15-1 record and those stupid cheesehead hats which obviously cut off the flow of oxygen to the brain.
I do enjoy a good chuckle, and your statement brought heavy laughter, so thank you.
I'm a huge advocate of learning the facts, but when I see something like this...
I've tried finding a credible source for this claim, but can't find one. You really think it's too much to ask for a link? No, methinks you realize that there are several things that are at best pure opinion, or at worst complete lies. Perhaps if you're in the know regarding the credible source for this one, you'd be more willing to provide it?
Hey Trashy & Grover, It's the job of the poster to add links to claims they spew....you must be new or just taking a page out of the "How to make people believe anything you say" obama book! Educate yourselves before trying to teach others because you end up making yourself look like a
Demfool! We all know your claims don't exist anyways. Go finish playing hungry hungry hippo with fisty boys!Romney/Ryan 2012
Old Mutt Head's a barking and Queen Ann is spewing the political vomit. What a crazy train!!!
Here you go..
dpc.senate.gov/dpcpdf.cfm?doc_name=fs-112-2-194
You're also sucking your Dad, but we didnt need to know about that either.
Republicans talk a good game about taking personal responsibility .....but when asked to actually do it themselves...NO DEAL!!
Thank you for the link. Did you notice the part near the end where they were accusing Romney of the same thing? I did, and I couldn't help but recall what the leftists' frequently touted Politifact.com had to say on the issue.
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jul/25/barack-obama/romney-abortion-rape-incest
Do you now see why I ask for a credible link?
All the easier it will be for President Obama to win my dear!
WHY DID REPUBS DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT THE START OF THEIR CONVENTION WHEN THEY PLEDGED TO KING NORQUIST ABOVE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE?
Almost every republicon took the pledge to King Norquist to not raise taxes , specifically the rich. Romney and Ryan plan raises taxes on the poor and middle class just to give themselves more tax breaks!
WHY DID THE REPUBS DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT THE START OF THE CONVENTION WHEN 15 REPUBS PLEDGED AGAINST THE RECOVERY AND SUCCESS OF AMERICA THE NIGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK OFFICE?
The night President Obama took office 15 repubs and Fox news member met at the Caucus Room restaurant. Paul Ryan and Newt Gingrich among them. They pledged to vote against every bill just to make president Obama a one term president. They took the pledge to vote against every bill that would help America, they pledged against America, to take the economy down just to make Obama a one term president. The same thing Bin Laden pledged, take the economy down to destroy the nation, like traitors.
These same republicons then stand before the country wrapped in the flag pledging Allegiance to America when they are actually obstructing and voting against America!
Vote Obama/Biden and team America 2012
senate.gov is not a credible source?
With all your whining, name calling, teeth gnashing and crying like a little baby........finally, somebody actually did something for you....
Is the source not good enough for you???
Or do you prefer to get your information and "facts" from the GOP Ministry of Propaganda (The FAUX NOIZE Network, Lush, Boortz, Fatbo and Beckerhead)???
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Looks like the limp-wristed Libbies had to bring the Barrack Hussein/Rahm Emanuel thugs in from Chicago to stalk the Newsvine.
Nice classy response there Spanky.
And you people wonder why you are so insignificant and no one takes you seriously.
You can't make this stuff up!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 for real Americans
President Obama's accomplishments:
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6 Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
7. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier's family
8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
10. Limits on lobbyist's access to the White House
11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration
12. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren't even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan
14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research
16. New federal funding for science and research labs
17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools
20. New funds for school construction
21 The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out
22. US Auto industry rescue plan
23. Housing rescue plan
24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying
26. US financial and banking rescue plan
27. The secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed
28. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with theGeneva Convention standards
29. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
30. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010
31. Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
32. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic
33. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions
34. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office
35. Successful release of US captain held bySomali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job
36. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast
37. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
38. Cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales
39. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government
40. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
41. Signed national service legislation; expandednational youth service program
42. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved ones
43. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions
44. Expanding vaccination programs
45. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters
46. Closed offshore tax safe havens
47. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
48. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back
49.. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry's predatory practices
50. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources
51. Lower drug costs for seniors
52. Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings
53. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel
54. Improved housing for military personnel
55. Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses
56. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals
57 Increasing student loans
58. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program
59. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy
60. Established a new cyber security office
61. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force; this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.
62. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts
63. Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness
64. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient
65. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced
66. Improving benefits for veterans
67. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration
68. Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud
69. The FDA is now regulating tobacco
70. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules
71. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports
72. Authorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres. Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons
73. Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive
74. Making more loans available to small businesses
75. Established independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare
76. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court
77. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans
78. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000
79. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel
80. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan
81. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan
82. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans
83. Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production
84. Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters
85. Paid for redecoration of White House living quarters out of his own pocket
86. Held first Seder in White House
87. Attempting to reform the nation's healthcare system which is the most expensive in the world yet leaves almost 50 million without health insurance and millions more under insured
88. Has put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reform
89. Has announced his intention to push for energy reform
90. Has announced his intention to push for education reform
Oh, and he built a swing set for the girls outside the Oval Office.
Did I mention he passed health care reform, the one Romney tried when he was governor, but now it's not good enough?
OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!
This is the GOP agenda of which they are so proud:
1. Tax Policy: Tax poor and working people but not the rich;
2. Wage Policy: Encourage wages in the U.S. to fall to third world levels;
3. Trade Policy: Pass trade laws that make it easy for companies to send jobs overseas;
4. Healthcare Policy: Pass laws that enable only insurance companies to control who gets health care (including seniors) and who doesn’t
5. Education Policy: Replace public education with out of pocket private schools and home schooling;
6. Infrastructure Policy: Refuse to invest in crumbling public infrastructure such as highways, bridges, and sewer systems;
7. Environmental Policy: Pass laws and weaken regulations that enable companies to pollute the environment;
8. Energy Policy: Pass laws that enable gas and oil production and prices to be controlled by a few large companies; Make sure that there is no longer any research or work on alternative energy sources; Keep defense spending high to protect non domestic oil production;
9. Civil Rights policy: Repress rights for women and minorities and repress voting participation;
10. Social Policy: Divide the American people on cultural issues (religion, sexual orientation, gun rights, etc);
11. Political Method: Instill fear in the American public through manufactured crises and created "boogeymen". Then attack political opponents by claiming to be more "patriotic" and the better keeper of "American Values" than they.
12. Voter Suppression: making it more difficult if not impossible for literally millions of ELIGIBLE voters to cast their ballots, which is flagrant vote tampering and corruption.
Why do you support the GOP?
If you point to the DPC's paper and it contains factually incorrect information (ignoring for now the obvious idealogical bias), do you really expect me to consider that credible? No rational person would. A PDF file being tied to senate.gov doesn't give it a free pass.
Backstabbing -
First off, I don't watch Fox News at all, with the exception of the clips that I catch in The Daily Show. Incidentally, I have no idea who "Lush, Boortz, Fatbo and Beckerhead" are, but can reasonably conclude they are the right wing equivalent of people like Bill Maher. At any rate, no, I don't get my facts from those sources. In fact, if you had bothered to look at the link I provided, you might have realized that.
Second, your attempt to disparage someone with whom you disagree is indicative of lacking self-esteem. Should you decide that you want to interject something of worth rather than such drivel, I'll gladly consider it. Until that time, however, I would cordially invite you to reconsider your approach to people with whom you disagree.
and for all of you teagag repturds who scream Obama should run on his record only and not attack poor little Mittens, remember that George Dubya Bush didn't run on his record in 2004 either. In fact, I recall a whole bunch of time spent on John Kerry's military record, even though he served his country proudly during a time of war. Something Dubya got out of. It's amazing how short the memories of the baggers are. Must be something in the tea they drink or they're just too damn old to remember. LOL. Obama wins easily.
There is no truth, no honesty, not even a sense of integrity in the Republican Party. None. In January of 2009, in response to the cataclysmic Democratic flood in 2006 and 2008, a group of Republican leaders created (and enacted) a massive nationwide campaign of deceit, hatred, divisiveness, and sabotage. On the legislative front, the surviving Republicans in Congress obstructed every piece of legislation that Democrats proposed, from the stimulus to the healthcare plan to the grand bargain of 2011. They pulled off this stunt successfully, whittling down crucial bills like Dodd-Frank to the core. This hurt the economy, leading to a slow recovery and (along with the lies about the Affordable Care Act) the Republican takeover of the House and the weakening of the Democrats' Senate majority. This led to further gridlock, culminating in the 2011 debt debacle and the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. However, all is not lost. An extremely lucky expiration of major fiscal bills (from the Bush tax cuts to the automatic sequester cuts) are due at the end of 2012, and Democrats for the most part are determined to stonewall the GOP. Republicans right now are desperate about that, and if the Democrats can stay firm, the GOP will have a nice taste of their own medicine.
On the media front, the Republicans have been particularly successful at turning signature policies of the Obama administration, including both the stimulus and the Affordable Care Act, into unpopular acts of political expedience. They turned the stimulus from a New Deal-like stimulus package into an example of crony capitalism and the long-needed healthcare reform law into a "government takeover" of people's healthcare. In addition, with much more affect, the Republicans have manipulated the President's role in the current fiscal crisis; they continue to castigate him for his "massive increase in government spending" that has bankrupted the country, even though the actual things that have pushed up the debt (the Bush tax cuts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Great Recession) were the by-product of Republican supply-side economics and deregulation. In fact, they are painting themselves as "fiscal conservatives," and are rallying behind the Paul Ryan budget (however discreetly), even though that doesn't balance the budget until at least 2030, does not deal with Medicare until 2023 (one year before it, like Social Security, will be unable to pay full benefits to Medicare beneficiaries), cuts heavily into the basic social safety, and reduces taxes by trillions of dollars for the wealthiest Americans.
Yet on the campaigning front, Republicans have been sidetracked and sabotaged by the very people that brought them to victory in 2010. In 2010, the American people elected a core group of Tea Party freshmen who had no idea how to legislate and govern effectively, no idea how government worked, and no interest in admitting that government can work. Those very Tea Party freshmen undermined the Republican argument for running America. In 2011, they threatened to throw the U.S. economy (and the global economy) off a cliff just so that they could blame it on Obama. In 2012, they brought up gaffes from idiots like Todd Akin, refused to pass the Violence Against Women Act, denounced over 75 Democrats as Communists, and have antagonized minorities and special voting groups that are critical to winning the election.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Republican Party has lied and manipulated its way to this moment. They have attacked this president without end, turned this Congress into the least productive one in decades, and have sabotaged this economic recovery. The Republicans were the party of deficits, tax cuts for the wealthy, and deregulation for the financial sector just 4 years ago. They doubled the debt (yet are erroneously condemning Obama for doing so), turned a surplus (and it was a real surplus) into a deficit, spent trillions on tax cuts for the rich and foreign military adventures, and wasted thousands of American and Iraqi and Afghan lives on two pointless and imperialistic wars. Now they are the party of "fiscal responsibility" (i.e tax cuts for the rich and spending cuts for the poor), of "pro-growth policies" (corporate welfare), and of "responsible leadership overseas)" (neoconservatism and imperialism). These are the worst group of bastards that ever got lucky enough to get into office. Do not buy into their lies and manipulations; all they will do is steal from the poor and give to the rich. All they will do is tear the social safety net apart and overturn Roe v. Wade. All they will do is destroy Social Security and Medicare, give CEOs and the 1% a pass, and destroy whatever remains of democracy and economic equality in America. They don't serve you; they serve the 1%. Please America, please, don't vote for these bastards.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Ann Romney
Mitt Romney
Ann Romney
Bold, and upper case I added above in the quotes, but, did that woman really say those things, "principle of sacrifice?" $200+million, their net worth, and she is sacrificing, and not being too tied to the things of the world?
Did Mitt and Ann Romney really say those things? Of course they did, it was in Sunday past Parade Magazine. Talk about being out of touch with reality.
OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!
Oops! It looks like this is where the old Republican collapseroo happened! They'll do anything to try to stop Feisty, but our Feisty will not be deterred! No number of collapsed comments will stop her. Keep up the good work, Feisty! All right thinking peoples are rooting for you!
Feisty is the best thing we have going for us on here, bar none. These hateful white ringers can't stop themselves from insulting her, thus taking their eyes off of the ball. It's the old game of making your enemy show his cards first. They're totally stupid and it shows, lol.
That was absolutely hilarious! Obviously you weren't going for the second interpretation.
To baliff man and chill yer dollar: If you 2 republicanCrimeCartelShills can leave feisty be; Shame! you two half grown men picking on the Lady. It could be that your mothers bottle fed you both as you secretly rub eachothers legs when you see Adolf in Chief MittTaxPittanceRommel at the republicanCrimeCartelMeet. If you two had completed primary school, then you would see Rommel giving more tax evasion breaks to the 1-10%ers and corporate rich which is what Feisty has been trying show you two rnc ushers.
Yea, and I bet your a real tough guy, Jim. Probably have one of them neck tattoo's and a rebel flag hanging from the front porch of your trailer.
moshuluu
OK moshy, now tell us exactly how much he has saved. Before you answer here’s a couple of those agencies recommendations.
~The federal government made at least $125 billion in improper payments in 2010. Hmmm, doesn’t seem like he did much in the way of cutting there.
~Washington spends $25 billion annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties. How many buildings has he sold?
~Government auditors spent the past five years examining all federal programs and found that 22 percent of them–costing taxpayers a total of $123 billion annually–fail to show any positive impact on the populations they serve. ROTFLMAO!!!! Yeah, like a Liberal will EVER cut anything from the federal programs which were all created by Democrats.
~Examples from multiple Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports of wasteful duplication include 342 economic development programs; 130 programs serving the disabled; 130 programs serving at-risk youth; 90 early childhood development programs; 75 programs funding international education, cultural, and training exchange activities; and 72 safe water programs. How many of all these redundant programs has he eliminated?
Now don’t give me some bobblehead answer that he hasn’t had time, he’s been in office for 4 years, give me some real numbers. This should be good
Hmmmm, really? You may want to check this link.
http://freebeacon.com/senate-dems-betray-lilly/
Nope. Sorry mushy. On Nov. 27, 2008, the Iraqi Parliament ratified a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States that set a course for an end to the United States’ role in the war and marks the beginning of a new relationship between the countries. The pact called for American troops to pull out of most Iraqi cities by the summer of 2009 and set the end of 2011 as the date by which the last American troops must leave the country.
Sorry mashy, Defense Secretary Gates made that decision in March, 2009 not Barrack Hussein. I doubt our military was a concern for Barrack his first month in office. It still isn’t.
You mean you don’t remember the daily running count of fatalities on CNN during the Bush presidency? The same running count that mysteriously stopped when Barrack Hussein came into office. Could it be because twice as many troops have died in Afghanistan under Barrack than Bush?
Nope, once again, that came from the Pentagon.
I can go on, but you know most of this list is bulls**t mushy. You can make all the promises and then list them but you have to actually accomplish something before you can take credit for it.
He might as well, he's made a playground out of our White House.
Nice try Spanky.
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 for real Americans
Republicans are dropping some knowledge on you stupid liberals. Listen and learn!!!
Save America and Vote for the Americans Romney/Ryan 2012!!!!!!!
99 Facts About Mitt Romney you don't know:
Mitt Romney supports privatizing Social Security.
Mitt Romney called for taxes on the poor, saying low-income Americans having no income tax liability is "a problem" that will "kill the country."
As governor, Mitt Romney vetoed a minimum wage increase to $8 an hour.
Mitt Romney has proposed tax cuts for the rich and corporations that would cost $7.8 trillion over 10 years.
The former Bain Capital managing director said of Mitt Romney's tenure: "We had a scheme where the rich got richer."
Mitt Romney's top economic adviser Greg Mankiw said the "offshoring" of American jobs was a good thing.
Mitt Romney boasts a record for creating private-sector jobs, but as governor, state employment grew twice as fast as the private sector.
Mitt Romney said he wants to "get the federal government out of education."
Mitt Romney signed a budget that cut K-12 spending by $181.6 million (4 percent) and higher education spending by $100 million (10 percent).
Mitt Romney, who lambasts the "failures" of government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, profits from investments in the firms.
Mitt Romney called the auto bailout "tragic." After it succeeded his campaign claimed he "had the idea first."
Mitt Romney says it was "entirely possible" that Saddam did have WMDs.
Mitt Romney opposes troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Mitt Romney wants to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
http://thinkprogress.org/romney-facts/?mobile=nc
about the same as someone who complains about it.
Late this afternoon Mrs. Mitt showed that she can flip-flop just as well as Mitt can.
In an article earlier today, here on NBCNEWS.com, Mrs. Mitt stated that she had had help with the speech she's giving tonight. Tonight, on the CBS Evening news, a female news anchor, in reporting on a discussion she had had shortly before, with Mrs. Mitt, stated that she, Mrs. Mitt, had wrote the speech herself.
Unfortunately, no surprise here!
It would be so nice if the blow hards here could make a flippin point without copy and pasting an entire book! Not everyone needs to see your copy skills- and it's difficult to comment and ask a question when you are so full of yourself that you feel we have the time to read your absurd rants- they are nothing but chain emails we have all deleted.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right - here I am stuck in the middle with......NOBODY!
I imagine an intelligent extraterrestrial reading this forum, and thinking how do these people manage to even agree what side of the street to drive on? Then this smart ET would look in on the politicians that everyone is fighting over, and noticing that they are getting the same money from the same lobbyists, and serving those same lobbyists. They serve the lobbyists and the almighty dollar...anything that is done for the American people is purely ancillary or coincidental.
I miss the days when only these kind of useless, heated discussions were centered on who has the better sports team.
Can it actually be true? I've been wondering what this republican slogan "we built that" is actually predicated on? Wellll, I just spoke to a half drunk Georgia republican convention delegate who swears It's based on the fact that the republicans are laying claim to building and programming the functionality of the human female vagina. Claims this gives them sole rights to the policing of It's use. Course I don't believe it, but as delusions go, this is a good one.
For Feisty and friends:
Jeepgal66 must not have known that Obama was state senator in 1997 and a US senator after that before becoming president. Romney tried for the Senate in 1994 but lost. He became governor in 2003. Let's see here, 1997 to 2012. That's 15 years. And let's see....2003 to 2007. That's 4 years. Yep. 4 years is greater than 15. You're right. Romney has more experience.
All the way down here before a mention of vaginas. Never has the female reproductive organs been so talked about. It would seem democrats are suddenly becoming gynecologists. They are even dressing as giant vaginas and then you wonder why people don't take you seriously? Sorry, it seems that the democrats have become the party of adolescents, which is sad. They coined the term Party of No, apparently because they don't like adult supervision.
Grover,
I'm having difficulty finding 30 months in a row of job growth. Could you please point it out? Yes, I'm using the far right-wing website bls.gov.
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And they all did a right fine job of reading from the teleprompter. It wasn't by the podium, it was a huge monitor hanging on the wall on the other side of the convention floor.
Thanks for the positive thoughts, Mickey & Tony!
I wear my shining Queen of Collapse Crown proudly! ☺
And in other news, as Isaac bears down on Louisiana, Rep. Gov. Jindahl is screaming for the federal gubmint to pay his state for any and all expenses related. Unfortunately for him, Cantor is screaming that not one dime be spent for any damage without cutting some other expense to pay for it. Just how long would that take to happen Rep. Cantor? The hypocrisy of it all! And what was with Christie's 'everyone paying their fair share' and feel the pain? Didnt he read Ryan's budget? Mitt gets a pass in it. And his rhetoric about this new-found GOP willingness to compromise? Give me a break.
It pisses me off when people collapse you Feisty, yes you can be extreme but you still have something to say, just like no joe or white collar it annoys me to have to click on the plus sign ;)
Thanks Fitz!
It doesn't bother me in the least, I'm used to it by now! lol
It is my understanding in the near future, the collapse cowards are going to be very disappointed when Newsvine takes away their their little "weapon"
All the best to you & the family!
PS: I think the treatment of Dr. Paul by the GNOP is reprehensible!
Feisty,
"It is my understanding in the near future, the collapse cowards are going to be very disappointed when Newsvine takes away their their little "weapon""
Are they really going to do that? I hope so! I have suggested that they remove that button with the exclamation mark on it several times in my posts. While I believe there are some comments such as extremely offensive racist ones that should be collapsed or deleted, too many people use it just to collapse any comment they don't like for whatever reason.
Romney in a BIG hurry to grab taxpayer's money, even though he refuses to be open and transparent about his own finances. But, perhaps Queen Ann can buy another therapy horse for half a million.
So Romney, when you go panting after that money, does that mean you didn't build it?
Romney is the least transparent and least experienced Republican candidate in decades.
Did you know that if you do the math at politifact.com that he only tells the truth 29% of the time.
You cannot seriously be bashing on one side for "panting for money" when the side you obviously support is doing and has been doing the exact same thing for the past 3 years!!!!
For a Democratic supporter to complain about Romney's experience to be President is on the verge of being an absolute joke. Romney has 1000% more experience in executive administration, economics, and leadership than Barack Obama when he was elected. This is because Obama had ZERO experience!!
bscol, our side has been occupying the White House and governing this country (in case you didn't notice). Your side has been doing NOTHING but campaigning for the past six years. Just a wee bit of a difference.
Ahhh, the libs out out in droves with all their little lies! What sheeps you guys all are! HAHAHA! Just wait! New president in 2013! And it ain't gonna be a LAWYER FROM CHI TOWN!
Layton....Your side has been governing WHAT????.......Bawhahahahaha
Ray
Romney STILL has more experience and SUCCESS than Obama in all those areas, that IS the point. The only experience Obama could claim over Romney is president, and since he never started being one he can not even claim that. The man, Obama, can not lead-it is beyound his skill set. Want to see a powerhouse. Ryan, after 8 years as VP and 4 years as President, his second term....wow. Yes Democrats we are in this for the long haul. America will NOT be a third world power.
Ray W...Romney has great experiance for sure...outsourcing jobs..finding loop holes in the tax laws...and sending his money to other country's..oh yea..he is so proud of the USA..he can not stand to keep his money here..it would be nice if for once he would stand up and actually tell us all exactly what his ideas are..not complain about what Obama has done with a congress that has the lowest rating ever. And it is congress that has that lowest rating...especially the republican party which has done nothing for the country...they have not passed one bi-partisen bill in three years.
Layton,
Its exactly the same thing except Obama has done it for over three years. To bad people are so narrow minded that they cant even see the similarities in both party's
Ivan,
Not only a bill but, a budget.
Ray W.,
"This is because Obama had ZERO experience!!"
It's a good thing you said "had" because Obama has had 4 years of experience now with actually being the President of the United States, a job at which Romney has had none. Romney can only dream.
Obama had and has no experience. A Comminity Organizer as President of the United States of America...well folks that go us nowhere but deeper in debt!!
double post
Yeah, and he sure has improved the economy! Everyone I know now has a job (NOT) and he's helped lower the deficit! And he's really doing what most Americans want him to do! Great job on enforcing immigration laws and we are now no longer dependant on foreign oil! :)
GOP convention was sold out of Fly Swatters, their BS is drawing Flies !!!!!!!!!!!!!
How anyone can afford to drive to work every day is a mystery to me. To think those that have a job aren't rising up and complaining about this, Liberals included, just blows me away. We have so much oil in this country and there it sits while the citizenry suffers for it. How can anyone who doesn't have a job afford to drive to look for one??? No wonder people have stopped looking for work as they simply can't afford to.
Erica, you have way to much time on your hands and it appears politifact.com is your only source for info. Get a job....oh wait, your messiah hasn't created any.
Mickey Mouse: Yes, obama has had 4 years experience with the label Prez but has done 0 positive presidential duties. He and his admin obviously are in WAY over they're heads!!
Romney/Ryan 2012 for a prosperous America!!
Enjoy your little convention GOP'rs .. .all we have to do is print out your platform and post it anywhere. In it, you're trying to take the United States back to the 1950s. You've suppressed pretty much everything and pissed off the majority of people in this country. No rights for women, so sex education for students, no gay marriage, Medicare and Medicaid to become voucher programs, the list just goes on and on! Read it and enjoy your party's stupidity.
Happy reading little ones ...
http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_We/#Item14
TO: Jeepgal66 who wrote:
Ok, heres a nice dose of truth for you to chew on:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/12/anti-romney_movie_by_pro-gingrich_pac_when_mitt_romney_came_to_town.html
Courtesy of Newt Gingrich.
The last businessman we had leading the country was George Bush and we all know how THAT worked for us!
Obama/Biden 2012
Life goes on without Romney & Ryan, I'm sorry to say this but I think R & R are dirtbags !!!!!
Patriotic - I think you're being very kind!
Obama/Biden 2012
unoitall,
"Mickey Mouse: Yes, obama has had 4 years experience with the label Prez but has done 0 positive presidential duties. He and his admin obviously are in WAY over they're heads!!"
If that is an attempt to insult me by calling me Mickey Mouse, it won't work. The fact is that I had Mickey Mouse in mind when I chose my screen name. Why do you think I created that little beauty of an avatar? I call him "Pink Mouse with Blue Eyes" and fully expect that picture to be right up there with Picasso, selling for millions a hundred years from now. Unfortunately, Mickey won't be around anymore to enjoy the profits.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releases a reportevery year on the “health” of the largest benefit programs in U.S.
In 2012, the CBO analyzed the impact of Obama’s massive deficit spending on Medicare and concluded that the programwould run out of money by no later than 2024 as a result! The report warns that Obama’s reckless spending and worsening the budget deficit is likely tomove up the doomsday timeline!
In 2012— the CBO report now says money for Social Security will run dry by 2035 – three years earlier due to Obama’s runaway budget deficit!
What could disrupt this projection completely is the budget deficit for the “disability program” within Social Security. In 2012, the CBO said it “Social Security disability” program is now is set to be bankrupt the by 2016!
Only a fool of the greatest magnitude could wish for 4 more years of this!
"Republicans formally nominated Mitt Romney for president on Tuesday...."
Wow, 2 years late? Even my couzin Bubba in rural Jessop county Mississippi was stunned, he had to put the corndog down to de-register as a republitard....him and his clan that consists of uncle Ernie, Grandma Ethel and Uncle Billy votin for Obama....how about that....if you woulda asked me, I would think them critters lost their minds...
Just watching Republican convention: John Boehner's story about throwing the guy out of his bar.... I didn't like the way he put it. Does it sound like saying: if that black guy came into my establidhment and wanted service... I'd through him out.... ???? Or did I misunderstand?
Oh yes, Romney's experience as being governor of a state that was 47th in job creation is so valuable. I love it how Republicans want to elect the person who wrote Obamacare.
What isn't discussed is how going back to Bush's idea of running goverment going to improve our job market?
Cutting taxes has FAILED - currently the wealthy has the lowest taxes in generations. Where are the jobs?
Cutting regulations for the "job creators" You mean Wall Street? Banks? Insurance Companies? Exactly which regulations are preventing companies from hiring? If these are new regulations, what caused 700,000 job losses a month during Bush's Presidency?
Bottom line. Going back to Bush's failed policies that obliterated our middle class, forced countless people to lose their homes, forced millions of people out of work. That's Romney's Plan?
If the economy is so bad, why has the Dow doubled? Not up 10% since DOUBLED. That means a LOT of Corporations are making a LOT OF MONEY.
The GOP Convention looks more like a Hospital for the insane, Bachmann, Santorum & Palin are the gold standard for the TeaWackos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Patriotic American, no need to say you're sorry you feel R/R are dirtbags. I feel Obama/Biden are douchebags and i'm not sorry i said it.
Men in White are looking for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't it just GRAND that the hurricane and the nomination of Romney happened AT THE SAME TIME?
HE IS NOTHING BUT bad news FOR THIS COUNTRY!!!!
So,the Greedy Old Perverts nominated Mittens.Wow,hardly anyone there and the ones who are there are enormous,looks like they have been eating up their frustrations under Obama.From the age of the people there it does look like a death camp..wonder how much the hookers and strippers are costing?
Obama has reached his 2012 goal................over 100 million americans on welfare!
If re-elected, Obama promises to at least double that number to 200 million!
Socialism working for you! Destroy the country from within.
B.O. has to go!
I AM SURE THAT THE WHOLE very large family of Mitt Romney are already thinking HOW RICH THEY WILL BE WHEN THE FLIP-FLOPPER BECOMES president.
And he is not thinking about all the stupid people that will gladly give him a vote to make him more rich. He and his family will laugh at you all the WAY TO THE BANK. THE "POOR RED NECK" REPUBLICANS WILL BE LEFT WITH NOTHING, BUT THEIR STUPIDITY.
MORE LIKE REFUGEES form the asylum. They need to be committed again. As long as they are out opening their mouths, they are POISONOUS.
Is that what Faux Noize, Beckerhead, Fatbo, Boortz and Lush is saying now??
Socialism....taking from the rich and give to the poor.
Whats it called when they take from the poor and give to the rich? Theft!
The Kind of Men who support Flip Flop Romney
1) William Koch, Runs Oxbow Carbon, worth $4 Billion, Donation $2 Million to Romney’s Super PAC,
What He Wants: To pollute for free, Koch’s fortune is tied to some of the
nation’s dirtiest industries
2) Harold Simmons (a Swift Boater and corporate raider), Traffics in Toxic Chemicals, worth $9.8 Billion, Donation $800,000 to Romney total giving $16.7 Million, What He Wants: Plans
to store radioactive waste in Texas
3) Bob Perry, Owner of Perry Homes, Worth $600 Million, Donation $4 Million to Romney’s Super PAC ,
What He Wants: Tort reform to limit jury awards on homebuilders who do shoddy
work
4) Jim Davis, Chairman New Balance Shoes, worth $1.8 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC What He Wants: A lucrative Defense Contract
5) Richard & Bill Marriott, Heir to Marriott Hotel Fortune, Worth $3.3 Billion, Donation $2 Million
to Restore Our Future, What He Wants: A legal pool of foreign born workers to work in their hotels at slave labor rates Romney served twice on the Marriott Board
7) Edward Conard, Ex Managing Director of Bain Capital, Worth $250 Million, Donation $1 Million to
Restore Our Future, What He Wants: To screw taxpayers like Romney does with half the tax rates of others
8) Frank VanderSloot, CEO Melaeuca, Inc., Worth $1 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super
PAC , What He Wants: Less consumer protections
9) Steven Lund, Vice Chairman Nu Skin Enterprises, worth $31.9 Million, Donation $2 Million to Restore
Our Future, What He Wants: A world safe for false advertising & marketing scams
10) Julian Robertson Jr., Hedge Fund Titan, worth $2.5 Billion, Donation $1.25 Million to Restore Our
Future What He Wants: lower taxes for the Rich
11) John Paulson, Hedge Fund Titan, worth $12.5 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: No restrictions on Wall St. gambling
12) Paul Singer, Hedge Fund Titan, Worth $1 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC What He Wants: He Needs Fed backing in his lawsuit to collect $2 Billion from Argentina
13) Robert Mercer, CEO Renaissance Technologies, made $125 Million in 2011 alone, Donation $ 1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC ,What He Wants: To squelch a proposed tax on stock options
14) Kenneth Griffin, CEO Citadel LLC, worth $3 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Restore our Future What He Wants: To end Volcker Rule on Dodd-Frank Wall St excesses
15) L. Francis Rooney III, CEO Rooney Holdings, worth $40 Million, Donation $1 Million to Restore our
Future What He Wants: More building contract patronage
16) Steven Webster, CEO Avista Capital, worth $4 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: To Drill baby drill first owner of Deep Sea Horizon the worst environmental disaster in the Nation’s history. This is not a Democracy that’s a hoax it’s a Plutocracy
Hey Badger
How much Karl Rove and the boys paying you? Would you guys consider giving me a job posting on these zines. Need to make some money - if Romney/Ryan take over, empoyment is going to double.
To all those who worship the Repubs. "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven" What was that about Christianity?
You reich wingers are so ant-socialism. Romney has money in Switzerland - a socialist country. Think he actually likes socialists - after all he passed health care in MA.
It only sounds like a BAD case of DIARRHEA to me: Dump a big one, just to KEEP ON DUMPING EVEN MORE!
RoMoney would be bad news for the World, this lowlife is a Crook - where is the IRS for this Empty Suit !!!!!!!!!!!
This is the biggest head-scratcher of the last 50 years.
We have 2 parties, with nominees that have shown the exact same policies during their time as public officials, yet the people within the parties are dead-set against the other party's nominee.
Just watching Bob Vagina-exam McDonnel at the convention. Somebody needs to ask this fathead how much VA got from the surplus?
Q - Why is this douche bag talking at the convention? Where are the A list Republicans?
OH really! So explain the eight years prior to that and why anyone would want to return to those policies that nearly bankrupted this country? Only an idiot would wish for that.
Actually, Romney knows NOTHING about economics. He has proposed nothing but tax cuts and deregulation for the very wealthy, something that we know has not worked. As for leadership, I doubt that he will EVER work with Democrats, unless the Democrats are chained and sitting inside a boiling pot. His ideas are pure red meat; at least Obama is a moderate on education reform. Romney is the real extremists; he may not believe in what he proposes (then again, how will we know?), but that doesn't give him the excuse to propose such smut.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
SactoJD,
"We have 2 parties, with nominees that have shown the exact same policies during their time as public officials, yet the people within the parties are dead-set against the other party's nominee."
Of course, what do you think we have political parties for? Parties are like football teams. Everyone roots for his/her favorite team.
Romney Ryan Fail!
I love it! I post a fact for the GOP posters which was nothing but THEIR platform and they all run away like scared little mice. The wonderful thing about those that post regularly here and are labeled "libtard," we're actually smart enough to look up a fact or two and back up our posts!
Carry on GOP - enjoy your "partay" it's the last one you'll be having for awhile . . .
4 more for 44
ALL RIGHT!
The single most important task of this FINALLY day is over!
And I had plenty of paper to wipe afterwards.
Now, what's all this about Whozit Romney?
Check this out!! This is really, really good!!! Love this show!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pzqq9sxKkY&feature=share
And proof that the ReTHUGS/Teabags are the American Taliban? Here yah go. The fact that they are shamelessly brazen and bullish to do this NOW - how much more IF the highschool bully lying hypocrite Willard actually make it to the W.H. !!! Yeah people, you all need to be scared. And that includes you all right wing lemmings because YOU ARE NOT in the 1% echelon!! You all are still part of the suppressed 99% !! Husted is just a ReTHUG lackey doing the orders of his Greedy Obstructionist Party bosses!!! At the end of the day he will still be subject to his party's destructive policies!!
In the coming weeks we will even see more bullying from the right, so calling to all SENSIBLE people to vote Democrat. Vote for your best interest and well being, because the Repuglicans have gone off the edge!!
This is voter suppression!
Ohio's Republican Secretary of State, Jon Husted, has been threatening to fire Tom Ritchie Sr. and Dennis Lieberman, two Democratic members of the Montgomery County board of elections.
And what is it, exactly, that Ritchie and Lieberman did to earn Husted's wrath. The Democratic officials committed the crime of voting to expand voting hours in their county.
Today, Husted followed through on his threat.
Right On Schedule: The
republicanCrimeCartel Created this disaster back in Reagan's time and Perfected
it with the Bushies, especially With KingGeorge the VaccumBrained during his
NOTORIOUSLY SHAMEFUL Shrubber Reign 2001 - 2008. THEY ARE Causing this
Depression we are back into to get people mad at Prez O and vote for Rommel and
Whomever his love mate is. YOU KNOW what Rommel's got in mind For US???: A HUGE
American military, OTHER PEOPLE's Sons fighting Newly thought up And VERY
PROFITABLE WARS for 1-5%ers Riches and Corporate Wealth, And NO American
Universal National healthCare System. Even Prez O was "forced" to cut a deal
with the powerful health insurance industry. Does ANYONE KNOW what the ceo of
United HealthCare took Home for 2008 Salary? Hold onto your hats: $128,000,000
*C A S H* WHILE, Mind You, their paid policyHolders were denied and DIED. The
FACT that America HAS NO Universal HealthCare System like THE OTHER COUNTRIES,
WHO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR CITIZENS who need medical attention and help instead
of fattening the wallets of the EVIL Rich and paying for Unending Wars, IS A
NATIONAL DISGRACE. FACE IT Sister and Bother American, Rommel IS ON THE SIDE OF
THE FAT INSURANCE COMPANIES And WILL MAKE SURE We Americans Are Denied A
Wonderful HealthCare System like in Germany or Israel, WHICH WE AMERICAN
TAXPAYERS PAY FOR TOTALLY FREE FOR ISRAELIS. YEAH, A LOT of US are mad at Prez
O; The Man Has ROYALLY SCREWED UP LATELY: He let the $4.00+Gas and oil go by
without a protest OR Complaint to the Justice Dept Going after the oil companies
for Price Fixing And PRICE GOUGING. AND that shaking hands with karzai of
afghan
after what he said????? "thanks sucker taxpayers..." NONEtheless HAS
ANYBODY got an idea what republicanCrimeCartelSoldierRommel will do to US and
ANY economic progress made?? He WILL GUT US LIKE A FLOPPIN' FISH ON THE
DOCK.....You're gonna' see Unemployment up to 40% and NO Social Security..Gotta
Pay for New Wars And NO MEDICAL CARE At All; republicanCromeCartelPanacea:
Sick??, No "health care insurance policy"? awww.. Sick?..Well, DIE
QUICK!!!!!
AS "healthcare" policies cost SKYROCKET out of control. And Rommel
and his LoveMate Rubio, Like Rommel and Goebbels, are gonna' give you the
republicanCrimeCartelPropaganda Lies; You Love Your Family? Don't Go for it. You
Don't care?? Go Ahead, vote for these two Politaphiles and see what
happens.........................
Here's the rundown on Mitt Romney's devastating record as
CEO of Bain Capital, a tenure marked by bankruptcies, bailouts, and mass layoffs
— all while Romney and his partners raked in Billions of Dollars in profits for
the firm and Romney himself amassed a Quarter-Billion Dollar
Fortune.
Romney's Bain Capital Caused Mass Layoffs, Sent Jobs
Overseas
Thousands of Americans were laid off by Bain Capital at companies it
purchased, managed, and, at least a quarter of the time, drove into bankruptcy,
ruining Lives, Destroying Careers and Families including Many Many Suicides
While stuffing his pockets, Keeping his Darling son OUT of service to his
country with the line "My son is Fulfilling his Patriotic Duty by helping me get
elected"...Got that one?? and, Of Course, installing the InHouse car elevator
for his "darling little boy's $180,000Ferrari....Listen Up People...This guy IS
Count Dracula In carnate. A vote for ANY Republican politico is a vote against
Yours and YOUR FAMILY'S Well Being. You can take that to the bank.
Right On Schedule: The
republicanCrimeCartel Created this disaster back in Reagan's time and Perfected
it with the Bushies, especially With KingGeorge the VaccumBrained during his
NOTORIOUSLY SHAMEFUL Shrubber Reign 2001 - 2008. THEY ARE Causing this
Depression we are back into to get people mad at Prez O and vote for Rommel and
Cryin'Ryan. YOU KNOW what Rommel's got in mind For US???: A HUGE
American military, OTHER PEOPLE's Sons fighting Newly thought up And VERY
PROFITABLE WARS for 1-5%ers Riches and Corporate Wealth, And NO American
Universal National healthCare System. Even Prez O was "forced" to cut a deal
with the powerful health insurance industry. Does ANYONE KNOW what the ceo of
United HealthCare took Home for 2008 Salary? Hold onto your hats: $128,000,000
*C A S H* WHILE, Mind You, their paid policyHolders were denied and DIED. The
FACT that America HAS NO Universal HealthCare System like THE OTHER COUNTRIES,
WHO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR CITIZENS who need medical attention and help instead
of fattening the wallets of the EVIL Rich and paying for Unending Wars, IS A
NATIONAL DISGRACE. FACE IT Sister and Bother American, Rommel IS ON THE SIDE OF
THE Ruthless Monied Rich And WILL MAKE SURE We Americans Are Denied A
Wonderful HealthCare System like in Germany or Israel, WHICH WE AMERICAN
TAXPAYERS PAY FOR TOTALLY FREE FOR ISRAELIS. YEAH, A LOT of US are mad at Prez
O; The Man Has ROYALLY SCREWED UP LATELY: He let the $4.00+Gas and oil go by
without a protest OR Complaint to the Justice Dept Going after the oil companies
for Price Fixing And PRICE GOUGING. AND that shaking hands with karzai of
afghan
after what he said????? "thanks sucker taxpayers..." NONEtheless HAS
ANYBODY got an idea what republicanCrimeCartelSoldierRommel will do to US and
ANY economic progress made?? He WILL GUT US LIKE A FLOPPIN' FISH ON THE
DOCK.....You're gonna' see Unemployment up to 40% and NO Social Security..Gotta
Pay for New Wars And NO MEDICAL CARE At All; republicanCrimeCartelPanacea:
Sick??, No "health care insurance policy"? awww.. Sick?..Well, DIE
QUICK!!!!!
AS "healthcare" policies cost SKYROCKET out of control. And Rommel
and his love mate, Like Rommel and Goebbels, are gonna' give you the
republicanCrimeCartelPropaganda Lies; You Love Your Family? Don't Go for it. You
Don't care?? Go Ahead, vote for these two Politaphiles and see what
happens.........................
Here's the rundown on Mitt Romney's devastating record as
CEO of Bain Capital, a tenure marked by bankruptcies, bailouts, and mass layoffs
— all while Romney and his partners raked in Billions of Dollars in profits for
the firm and Romney himself amassed a Quarter-Billion Dollar
Fortune.
Romney's Bain Capital Caused Mass Layoffs, Sent Jobs
Overseas
Thousands of Americans were laid off by Bain Capital at companies it
purchased, managed, and, at least a quarter of the time, drove into bankruptcy,
ruining Lives, Destroying Careers and Families including Many Many Suicides
While stuffing his pockets, Keeping his Darling Son OUT of service to his
country with the line "My son is Fulfilling his Patriotic Duty by helping me get
elected"...Got that one?!!? and, Of Course, installing the InHouse car elevator
for his "darling little boy's $180,000Ferrari....Listen Up People...This guy IS
Count Dracula In carnate. A vote for ANY Republican politico is a vote against
Yours and YOUR FAMILY'S Well Being. You can take that to the bank.
This election is not about Republican vs Democrat or even Romney vs Obama. It is about America herself. If Obama is re-elected, America will no longer be the best country in the world...and we may never again be. For America to remain (or perhaps regain) top status, we must elect Mitt Romney!
The Republican party has adopted the agenda of the billionaires and nominated Romney who himself is at least a half a billionaire. He's got their back. Go Mitt! Stick it to the rest of us. We like it!
King Mitt/Queen Ann 2012
Romney = A tax plan that adds 5 trillion to the deficit
No abortion in instances of rape or incest (Republican platform)
A Medicare plan that bankrupts Medicare by 2016
Obama/Biden 2012
Boss Hogg 2012
I'll take a Mormon over a moron anyday !!
And, I suppose Obama is poor? Please.
Eric, Romney has stated on several occasions that 'abortions in the case of incest, rape and danger to the mother'. Said that today and many other times...wake up, listen up and grow up. O, O is killing this country for everyone. He needs to go and the signs are obvious, he will. Thank goodness.
Eric
That is all bald faced lies. You are about 2 months back on information and interviews-but since you have only been listening to the author of lies we all understand.
GOP convention in Florida is like a Death Camp to Cleanse the Middle Class !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yet with Romney you can have both.
Eric: so are you saying it's a bad thing to add to the deficit???? Like President Obama has done? I agree with you...It's a really bad job!!! And that is a direct reflection of this entire administration
TO: JERSY GIRL 1 who wrote:
Compared to Mitt Romney, you're darn tootin! For starters, President Obama only owns one (1) house, to Mitt's, what 10 houses?
Republicans don't know a darn thing about Mitt Romney! Well, here's a dose of knowledge about your guy:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/12/anti-romney_movie_by_pro-gingrich_pac_when_mitt_romney_came_to_town.html
When are you Republicans going to vet your own freaking candidate!
Oh right, Mitt won't let you!
This is really one of those times when it can truthfully be said that Republicans "Don't know who they're fooling with!"
Obama/Biden 2012
Pointing out comments Romney made several months ago doesn't mean he never made them. Anyone who accepts a total change in positions when faced with losing votes makes no sense. Are you voting for this man based on what he believes or what he says's his position is?
Romney supported Ryans plan that made all abortion illegal including in case of rape or incest and would class killing a fertile egg as murder. His current position altered to reduce damage and would allow abortions as a result of rape or incest.
Romney supported Ryans plan to convert Medicare to a voucher system for all those receiving benefits in 10 years. After senior outrage began when the CBO estimated the average senior would have to make up $6400 a year to receive any benefits Romney changed it to include a regular medicare option. This made no sense as the purpose of the vouchers was to save money and a medicare option saved nothing.
Romney by his own estimates stated his tax cut plan would cost 5 trillion over 10 years but pay for it by eliminating unnamed loopholes. President Obama accused him of planning to pay for his tax cut on the rich by raising taxes on the middle class based on comments by Ryan that perhaps eliminating the home mortgage deduction and taxing employer health plans should be considered. Romney called him a liar but still refused to state where he's cut.
When you think about it most of Romneys campaign is based on Ryan programs and positions. Which one's running for President again?
The first graph shows the difference between budget projections and budget reality. In 2001, President George W. Bush inherited a surplus, with projections by the Congressional Budget Office for ever-increasing surpluses, assuming continuation of the good economy and President Bill Clinton’s policies. But every year starting in 2002, the budget fell into deficit. In January 2009, just before President Obama took office, the budget office projected a $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009 and deficits in subsequent years, based on continuing Mr. Bush’s policies and the effects of recession. Mr. Obama’s policies in 2009 and 2010, including the stimulus package, added to the deficits in those years but are largely temporary.
The second graph shows that under Mr. Bush, tax cuts and war spending were the biggest policy drivers of the swing from projected surpluses to deficits from 2002 to 2009. Budget estimates that didn’t foresee the recessions in 2001 and in 2008 and 2009 also contributed to deficits. Mr. Obama’s policies, taken out to 2017, add to deficits, but not by nearly as much.
Patriotic American U.S.A. @ 3.7: "GOP convention in Florida is like a Death Camp to Cleanse the Middle Class !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
You liberal are such sweet, loving, and tolerant people.
Eric, I just have to know, when you get your daily "talking points" call from Debbie Was-a-man Schultz is it a conference call with Larry, or does she call you each individually?
Obama's moral corruption is destined to create friction in the mind of any principled American. Interestingly, just when I personally thought Obama could not become any more morally corrupt, I recently learned he has made yet another Faustian deal with the devil. In this case, he has appointed the "King Of Gay Pornography" to his campaign finance committee, patted him on the back and told him to keep up the good work. How much more sicking , desperate and perverted can Obama get. This man does not deserve to serve in this hallowed role!
Barack Obama has made it clear he plans to continue with his war on America, the Catholic Church, US Christians, success, small business and American socioeconomic thinking!
As a result, this is creating backlash, even from within his own party. Conservatives like to complain that Barack Obama is the most liberal president we've ever had, a closet Marxist who's determined to turn America into a socialist hell and that his despotic socialist agenda is the big lie of the twentieth century.
Historians realize world history provides compelling proof that Obama's brand of socialism promised prosperity, equality, and security, but has only delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Historically, equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery!
Those historic facts aside, Obama has crafted a shrewd campaign from a worldly perspective. Of note is the fact a significant portion of his campaign strategy was based on development of strategic alliances with many of the most godless and morally debased segments of our society in a thinly veiled effort to secure votes from those "the Obama administration believes" to be one dimensional, intellectually compromised, single issue constituencies.
Many in this group had the misfortune of growing up in a broken home. The resulting dysfunction in these homes leads to emotional instability, mental illness and severe narcissism producing a common thread and liberal bias.
OldDog47: What you call talking points educated people call facts. You might try continuing education classes and perhaps you'd be able to explain why people should vote for your candidate instead of one liners. If any of my posts are inaccurate explain why and provide links.
GOP formally nominated RobMoney for President, what a joke !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RobAll & RyRand "When Pigs Fly"
Larry, I know all you libs think you're smarter and better educated than everyone else, but that's often the result many common mental illnesses. I think you need professional help more than this retired college instructor needs continuing education!
IN OTHER WORDS, HE IS PLANNING TO really badmouth the President now. He could use that money instead to create some jobs. NOT IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!!!!!
The flip-flopper will do ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO BE THE PRESIDENT, AND REMOVE THE BARRIERS OF THE EPA AND WALL STREET, to give the country to thieves and vulture capitalists, just LIKE HIM
WOW! So let me get this straight. The VULTURE CAPITALIST Romney, that outsourced jobs, wants to cut Medicare and Social Security, is ready to START A WAR WITH IRAN, even whe he left the country when the Vietnam war was recrutiting him. He will send your sons and daughters instead, the man that won't send his sons to war "because God has a plan for them, and the plan is to help him with the Presidency"
You guys either are on drugs 24/7 or are stupidier than I thought.,
Is Annie's therapy horse at the Convention ..................... PS
Draft Dodgers don't become President !!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's up with RobMoney's tax returns, what is this dude hiding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The GOP national convention...
a toxic dump full of low class bigots, pill freaks, vagina haters, Poorly Educated Imbeciles, racist and morons.......all of them Goose Stepping in Lock Step to every Sound Byte their 'Private Sector' Ministry of Propaganda (The FAUX NOIZE Network, Lush, Boortz, Fatbo and Beckerhead) spews out.....
The only "jobs" that the job creator" Mitt Romney will give the Republicans is SLAVES. THAT'S RIGHT!!! He is saying that unions are Socialism, and the stupid, ignorant Republican base believes him. He will dismantle the Unions, like Walker in Wisconsin, THAT WAY HE CAN PAY YOU $1.00 an hour, just like he pays in china.
Without having to go to China, all of you will be very "happy"working for YOUR MASTER, for a bowl of BEANS, instead of a BOWL OF RICE.
Kinda like......the GOP/Tea Tard lunatics, freaks, paranoids, gun-nuts, militia members, and other Tea Wacko's whose mental problems are expressed in their political attitudes??
We all know the Tea Tards are fanatical about their particular political fetish: guns, militias, conspiracy theories, the birthplace of the President, Death Panels, Deather conspiracy theories, the federal reserve, and the gold standard.
Hey- where are all the posters who told us the GOP had a substitute candidate revved up and waiting? That Romney would not get the nomination?
Where's Amy, who breathlessly told us that the Paul delegates would deny Romney the nomination?
Where is the nut who said Rubio- who is going to introduce Romney- would not get a prime time speaking spot?
Ah, well- you can all meet in the treehouse, and plan the spontaneous gushing over Obama's acceptance speech.
Then plan to get seriously drunk on imaginary drinks when Obama loses.
What Amazes Phantom Beast is the effective numbers of Americans who have been Conned/Fooled by the
republicanCrimeCartelPropagandaMachine. Think about it... These Very Well monied, SnakeOil SalesPeople Have turned your minds in their favor and ready to vote/elect and put MittTaxPittanceRommel in the White House. this IS effectively a Vote against Yours and Your Own Family's Well Being. Amazing that they HAVE
YOU. HERE, Try this one on for size: President Harry Truman in 1948: "The Republicans … will try to make people believe that everything the Government has done for the country is socialism. They will go to the people and say: "Did you see that social security check you received the other day—you thought that was good for you, didn't you? That's just too bad! That's nothing in the world but socialism. Did
you see that new flood control dam the Government is building over there for the protection of your property? Sorry—that's awful socialism! That new hospital that they are building is socialism. Price supports, more socialism for the farmers! Minimum wage laws? Socialism for labor! Socialism is bad for you, my friend. Everybody knows that. And here you are, with your new car, and your home, and better opportunities for the kids, and a television set—you are just surrounded by socialism! Now the
Republicans say, 'That's a terrible thing, my friend, and the only way out of
this sinkhole of socialism is to vote for the Republican ticket.'" And, AND!, AND!!! that was 64 Years Ago!!!. The republicanCrimeCartel is still doing the same exploitation of people THEY ARE NOTORIUS FOR. BUT, according to KingGeorgeTheVacuumBrained, it is called "free market" capitalism; with families in the streets and 21% Unemployment.......
Remember Fellow and Sister Americans: A vote for ANY republicanCrimeCartelSoldier, Rommel, is a
vote Against YOURS and YOUR Family's. You Can Take That To The Bank.
Here's what you aren't reading or hearing about at both conventions:
Corporate bribery and political corruption on display at Republican, Democratic conventions
By Barry Grey
28 August 2012
The world was spared one day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida thanks to the arrival of Hurricane Isaac, which forced the organizers to delay the proceedings until Tuesday. For the next three days, however, the degradation and corruption of the American political system will be on full display.
There is in this year's quadrennial conventions an unabashed flaunting of the role of corporate money in what passes for American democracy that goes beyond even the debased levels of previous presidential elections. The Republicans go out of their way to present themselves as the paid stooges of corporate America. The Democrats are a bit more devious—but only a bit.
Away from the minutely scripted and orchestrated proceedings in the convention hall—with all their hokum and stupidity—the serious business of peddling influence and selling votes will take place in what the New York Timeson Sunday called a "parallel convention." The newspaper's front-page article on the Republican meeting, in a tone closer to admiration than revulsion, begins as follows:
"The railway giant CSX, which has spent $2 million this year lobbying on issues like greenhouse gas regulation and hazardous waste transportation rules, will park special train cars near the Tampa Bay Times Forum to host parties and meetings."
It goes on to list various parties and events at exclusive venues, including a yacht, for convention delegates, office-holders and Republican Party officials that are being hosted by super PACs such as Americans for Prosperity (co-founded by the oil billionaire and Tea Party sugar daddy David Koch), trade groups such as the American Petroleum Institute, lobbying firms, corporations, and multimillionaire fundraisers.
The Republican host committee has a $55 million budget and is sponsored by such corporations as Target, Chevron and Microsoft.
"Lobbyists and trade groups, virtually all with business before Congress and federal agencies, are paying for a nonstop schedule of beach parties, concerts and cocktail hours," the Times writes. "Each party's quadrennial conventions," it declares is "a gathering of money and influence unrivaled in politics."
What goes on at these events, however, is only a more concentrated and extravagant version of politics as usual. "What happens day to day in Washington—fundraising, lobbying, dining and entertainment—expands to a gigantic scale around the conventions."
It has been decades since the nominees for president and vice president of the two big business party were actually selected at the national conventions. As the Wall Street Journal noted in its August 24 article, headlined "Red Carpet for Republican Donors:"
"The official function of a political convention—the selection of a nominee—is now fulfilled long beforehand. Its events serve two other important purposes: introducing a candidate to a prime-time audience for one hour each evening; and, during the rest of the time, showing love and appreciation to donors."
In the case of the Republicans, this means 1,500 top fundraisers with whom Romney will meet in a series of exclusive events reserved for "Stars," who have raised at least $250,000, and "Stripes," who have gathered at least $500,000. "This will be a flagship taking-care-of donors convention," Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets and head of Mr. Romney's fundraising in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, told the Journal.
The other side of this orgy of official venality is a massive security operation to intimidate and marginalize political protest. The City of Tampa is, according to The Hill web site, "on virtual lockdown this week." Thousands of protesters will be penned into a "designated free speech zone" away from the convention hall. In other words, they will be denied the right to effectively exercise their free speech rights while being set up for police provocations and large-scale arrests.
The massive security operation, headed up by the Secret Service, involves the FBI, the Coast Guard and the military. Thousands of police from surrounding cities are expected to be deployed to bolster the local police. Federal officials have closed a major highway and placed floating barriers in the harbor. Air and water security zones have been set up and traffic restrictions imposed.
The Hill reported Saturday that the FBI and Homeland Security Department issued a joint intelligence bulletin last week declaring their "high confidence" that anarchist groups are "preparing to use violence and criminal tactics in an attempt to disrupt the Republican National Convention."
The level of repression is in inverse relation to the level of public enthusiasm for the elections and the two major candidates. Last week, a joint USA Today/Gallup poll was published showing that for the first time at this point in at least six elections, voters view both the Republican and Democratic parties unfavorably.
Far from the Wall Street debacle four years ago abashing the corporate-financial elite and its political parties, the domination of corporate money over the political system has become even more naked. Since the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case removing all legal restrictions on corporate funding of election campaigns, it seems, both the bribers and the bribed have concluded they have a green light.
At the Republican gathering, for example, the Financial Services Roundtable, Wall Street's leading trade group, will host an invitation only luncheon for members of Congress and financial regulators, followed by a panel on how federal policy affects its members' retirement and annuity products.
Some 27 corporations and industry trade groups are known to be sponsoring the Republican convention, including the American Petroleum Institute, the American Natural Gas Alliance, Chevron, Coca-Cola, CSX, Ford, Google, Microsoft, UPS, Walmart, Wells Fargo and Xerox.
The Democrats, who meet next week in Charlotte, North Carolina to officially nominate Barack Obama, have made much of their decision to bar corporate donations to their convention host committee. This is cynical ruse.
They have set up a related entity, New American City Inc., which is accepting money from such firms as Bank of America, Duke Energy, AT&T, Coca-Cola and Wells Fargo. Between the $36 million being raised by the official host committee and the $10 million to $15 million goal of New American City, the Democrats expect to collect nearly as much as their Republican opponents.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/conv-a28.shtml
So, Arch, what do you propose as an alternative? How do you expect us to get there? Any suggestions?
Both parties and candidates pander to their sponsors. We knew that. Both candidates will change positions or make decisions to increase votes. Romney changed from a voucher only to a voucher/medicare option and banning all abortion to allowing it to save the mother or in case of rape. Obama made his declaration to allow Hispanic children temporary residency and the gay marriage thing merely to garner votes.
American Girl When are you Republicans going to vet your own freaking candidate!
When are you going to VET YOUR candidate? How many times has O locked evidence to protect himself and his cronies in just the last year alone? Huh? How about Fast and Furious? Huh?
Give me a break.
Boy, if Romney is the best the Rebubs can come up with, they should just go back to McCain and Palin. They had a better chance than Mr. Magic Underwear and the Boy Wonder. These jokers are true criminals, unlike Bush who was just plain stupid. These guys will destroy this country, and the economy in one year or less if they make it in. The only way they will win is if the people of this country vote party lines rather than vote for what is good for this country. Now I can't say that I agree 100% with what Obama has done, but how can he get anything accomplished when the Repubs fight against everything that he tries to do. I am sick and tired of the fighting between parties just for the sake of fighting against whatever the other party wants at the moment, even if it is the same thing they want. Our government has become a broken machine. I truly wish there was a reset button that would fire everyone and start over with some fresh uncorrupted blood. Only then would we ever have a chance of fixing this country and economy. I fear that we are soon to follow the path of all great civilizations like Rome and others. We have a great country, its just too bad the true criminals have taken it over. Maybe next time we can keep the lawyers out.
Sorry no joe no bo, you don't get to blame us we're the only smart ones y'all just haven't caught up yet.
Romney/Obama two sides of the same coin.
Mitt is the Anti-Christ. He fled to France in order to dodge the draft. He is a flip-flopper and job outsourcer. Paul Ryan might be a little better but he is flaky still. Even though Paul Ryan has a black sister-in-law and had only dated black women in his college days, this team cannot be as good as Obama. The Republicans will lead us to war again. Thousands of our young men and women died in Iraq and Afghanistan for a worthless cause. Romney and the Republicans will get us into a war with Syria and Iran by February 2013, if the Republicans have their way. Let Obama continue to clean up the horrendous Republican mess. His policies are better than a draft-dodger and polygamist.
TAMPA -- The details of Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention are still secret, but when the candidate takes the stage on Thursday night, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe wants to hear one thing: Policy details.
"We're trying to figure out what he's for," Kibbe told Yahoo News in an interview here on Tuesday. "There's a lot of talk about Romney's need to connect with people, but what we're looking for is substance. This isn't a beauty contest. We're looking for someone that actually stands for something, and we're hoping to see some substantial policy in the speech as well as an ability to connect with people."
Kibbe said that Romney should make it clear how he would differentiate himself from President Barack Obama, particularly on financial regulation.
"I'd like to hear some specifics," he said.
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Us, too.
Gaia,
"Mitt is the Anti-Christ."
I was watching the Republican National Convention on TV last night up to the part where they started trying to pass Romney off as a "man of the common people". At that point I was suddenly seized by a violent bout of nausea and had to turn the TV off so I could run to the bathroom to puke. I wonder what could have caused such extreme nausea. I don't think it was from anything I had eaten.
The Mormom religion is a cult. I quote: "The Mormon book, The Pearl of Great Price, claims that all other Christian groups are "corrupt" and are an "abomination" in God's sight (Joseph Smith, 2:19)." Romney is set to lead mankind into the final and greatest war. Our nation will not survive the onslaught of both China and Russia. Wake up and stop Armageddon (World War III). This might occur in 2013. Your children will be drafted as we are dragged into yet another senseless war. Obama fights wars from a distance- successfully- as he did in the case of Ghadaffi. Let us continue in this manner. Let draft-dodging Romney go back to Mexico or France. No Mormon will serve in the war that the Republicans start. Your children will. Be warned!
Gaia,
"The Mormom religion is a cult. I quote: "The Mormon book, The Pearl of Great Price, claims that all other Christian groups are "corrupt" and are an "abomination" in God's sight (Joseph Smith, 2:19)." "
I have actually read a large part of the Book of Mormon, and, while I am not in the habit of finding fault with other people's religions, I have to admit that the Book of Mormon comes across as a big forgery. The reason I'm convinced that it is a forgery is just that the language alone gives it away as being a forgery. It is written entirely in an imitation of the Elizabethan English of the King James Bible which was the common language of the English people at the time of King James. But Joseph Smith lived in the early 19th. century; not the 16th. century. If he supposedly translated the Book of Mormon from golden tablets, as he claimed, why did he translate it into an antiquated form of English instead of the English that was actually spoken in his day? The answer, I think, is obvious. People had great respect for the King James Bible, even though the Elizabethan English of it was antiquated, and Joseph Smith was trying to capitalize on that fact to give the same "authoritative" sound to his new forgery so people would accept it as genuine. People just did not talk that way in Joseph Smith's day. As for your belief that Romney would lead us into war, I'm afraid I agree. He seems to be intent on "out machoing" Obama to show that he is tougher on foreign policy than Obama is. That's not a good sign.
Mother of 2+1,
It's all those Republican lies that make us irritable and angry. Perhaps, you should encourage your buds to try telling the truth for a change.
The rich own the largest share of our national wealth since the 1932 and they are paying their lowest tax rate since 1932. According to economic experts, this excessive wealth in the hands of the rich took oodles of spending out of the economy and greatly contributed to the great depression. A bigger share of the wealth in the hands of the middle class increases consumer spending which then allows the rich to profitably invest more of their wealth in more production capacity.
Our economy now is also suffering from this problem. The rich have oodles of money, but are not investing it because current production capacity exceeds the demand for goods from the middle class. The middle class is buried in debt (loaned to them to buy goods by the rich). Tax cuts for the rich have only aggravated this basic economic problem. Yet, Romney wants to continue down this path promising even more tax cuts for the rich.
He does not understand how to fix this economy. What he does understand is how to make money and how to minimizes the taxes he pays on it.
Rep. Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, you know - the 250,000 jobs guy, slammed the administration for last months jobs numbers yet Wisconsin was the worst state for job loss last month and had the highest unemployment increase. How's that new GOP math working out for you governor? Go figure.
Oh the hypocrisy of it all!
shaak,
"The rich own the largest share of our national wealth since the 1932 and they are paying their lowest tax rate since 1932."
I agree. It looks to me like we may be returning to the Middle Ages when society was divided between the wealthy lords who inhabited their castles atop hills and the lowly serfs who worked their fields for them in exchange for protection from their enemies. The only difference I can see is that it is now the serfs who are protecting the lords. At least in the Middle Ages it was the lords who went to war; now it is the serfs.
mygirl1
So, Arch, what do you propose as an alternative? How do you expect us to get there? Any suggestions?
Here's a start: End corporate "personhood". Take the rights, granted under the constitution to natural persons, away from corporations.
Then they would have no right to bankroll political parties, etc.
Also publicly funded elections would help.
There is no one magic bullet. It takes a variety of actions and laws and a national media that tries to inform people rather than hypnotize them.
So where were all the Rep. Ron Paul folks that threatened to make a ruckus?
They're looking for Congressman Todd Akin. They want to know if what just happened to them on the Convention floor constitutes "Legitimate Rape".
We're still here making a ruckus on Newsvine.
Well, Matt...the RNC did their darndest to strip as many Ron Paul delegates of their duly elected positions before they even got to Tampa. Main example...well, the entire delegation of Maine. They were all stripped of their credentials by the RNC. Even the Gov. of Maine (Paul LePage), who happened to be a Romney supporter, did not go to Tampa for the convention in protest of the way that the other Maine delegates were treated by the RNC.
Check out Ben Swann's Reality Check segments on YouTube. He's a local Fox News reporter...who actually conducts real journalism. MSN likes to send out half-truths...half-truths might as well be called what they really are…lies.
Kind Regards,
Trevor
Sorry to see that it came down to this. It definitely is not the end, that's for sure!
Which Romney was at the Convention ?????????????????????
TO: Matthew-2771918 who wrote:
The RNC quickly changed the rules to keep them quiet, then the RNC put one of those Hawaiian reefs around Ron Pauls' neck with Hawaiian looking flowers, and threw Ron Paul out on the Convention floor so he could play with his supporters.
Thank you, American Girl and woodtrevor.
So let's see . . . the Republicans changed the rules and "disenfranchised and voter supressed" the Ron Paul delegates. Why does this not surprise me? Isn't that normal behaviour lately?
Not that I am or was a Ron Paul backer, but I still felt that he was entitled to his legally acquired voter representation and opportunity to make an impact at the convention. Of course, if I was a Ron Paul backer, what incentive would I now have to back Gov. Romney after the other Republicans crapped on him?
Anti-war. anti-empire, anti-Oligarchy I'm sorry those are the first three things that disqualify Ron Paul from being a part of the "republicans of today".
What's sad is Ron Paul is the only real Republican left, the rest are just so many gangsters, looking to expand the blood thirsty criminal Military Industrial Complex, loot Medicare and Social Security and call it "privatization" (it goes into their private pockets) and p+ss on the disappearing middle class and expanding poorer classes and tell them it's "trickle down economics".
And half the country buys this? WOW! As George Carlin said "these are the people that vote, no wonder the country is so screwed up."
Annie Romney said only the little people pay taxes !!!!!!!!!!!
Obama has stones the size of baseballs...Mitt's are somewhere in Ann's purse.
Wow that was mature.
Not much coverage on the Ron Paul folks walking out and threatening to start a new party except from PBS.
Let's hope that group gets some momentum going to give Romney a boost you know where.
And exactly how are we going to give Mitt a "boost"?
lol. Of course they did. After all, it's his turn.
"Either we run Chris Christie or Romney will be the nominee and we'll lose."
I have never seen a fatter person than Christy anywhere. He looks like 4 fat people glued together!
Benjamin, That is mean! Funny as hell though!
Evidently you haven't seen Feisty yet... she (he...it...??) gives Jupiter a run for it's money !!
baliman....That's what happens when Feisty sits on her couch all day eating buttered popcorn.
Pardon me.....sometimes Feisty gets off the couch to go to mailbox for the unemployment check
Hey, Feisty, look! Another troll thoroughly obsessed with all things Feisty!
Where or where do they come from?
The sewer!!!
They sure got themselves a chronic case of the Feisty Fever! ;o)
Can't talk about the
toolfool they just nominated... so they talk about me instead! lolSad when you think about it...
newday... your a TOTAL LOSER like Feisty ( fat Ed Schultz ) !!
Feisty....Don't worry.....We will have plenty to say when the DNC convention comes around.......You will be second fiddle then on this vine and I know it will be difficult for you to accept. You want some popcorn sent to your house with tissues on the eve of Election day when your hero loses? You are the one who should crawl back into your Chi town sewer
Ben
You old enough to know of two men...Winston Churchill and FDR? They were both pretty large and the world owes them EVERYTHING!
Across the country, budget cuts like Republican Gov. Chris Christie have nailed local police forces, causing the layoffs of more than 56,000 cops since 2009. And in many states, like Wisconsin , Michigan , Maine, Ohio, and New Jersey, those budget cuts have been coupled with attacks on public sector unions, as the GOP attempts to use fiscal distress as an excuse to advance its anti-labor agenda. What do these states have in common, JOB CREATORS as governors. Sad when you govern a state that has to lay-off an entire police force, instead of yourself taking a paycut. The last remaining 170 will be laid off by the end of the year.
Was Bonehead Crying at the Convention ????????????
Nice name-calling Patrioti@!$%#American.....what, are you 8?
Romney/Ryan 2012
Has anyone notified the Roselle authoritys yet that when ground shakes after Obama loses it won't be an earthquake, just Feisty jumping off the roof?
That's a old dogs joke !!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY DON'T YOU TURN ON YOUR TV AND LISTEN TO THE REPUBLICANS???? ARE YOU DEAF????
We can not afford the Romney/Ryan budget! We can't have two elitists, who see no end to the war run this country! Romney has been outsourcing jobs and his money for years. That's why there are no jobs in the US. President Obama raised the unemployment since he took office. But with congress voting against his jobs act and most of everything else he wanted to pass, they have made it almost impossible for him!
Move forward----vote Obama/Biden
Hey! Ballis Man and Trollin'Codger: Feisty has got your sychophant numbers: Lickit Good 1- Balls less man and Lickit 2 - Trollin'Codger; you two clowns At the rnc and Boot Lickin' up a Storm???? Rommel was nominated for fools like you two who cannot And Will NOT see the True Picture. Your Mental equal, aka, KingGeorgeThe Vacuum Brained, durubg his Notoriously Shameful "Shrubber Reign" was the republicanCrimeCartelTool of opportunity, which ALSO created this terrible Mess America is in And they want more!!! fools like you vote for them? They don't care about You two garanteed. Think About It guys..............
Yawn! Can we hurry this election process along? I'm so ready to vote and hint, hint........it's not for the person who was formally nominated in Tampa today.
:))))))))))))))))
this process really does take too long...especially with the technology today
They should have threw him a curve and nominated Sarah Palin. Then when he stops screaming they can say "Just Kidding".
Great lines from Greg Gutfeld on Fox: Saying you want 4 more years of Obama to fix the economy is like saying you want 4 more years of the flu to feel healthy
Fox. You need to change the channel and get some facts. The Republicans hide Pres. Bush (don't even mention his name). Why? Because he and his republican friends BUILT this economic mess. When the economy went into recession in January 2008, Obama was campaigning in New Hampshire. By the time he became President we were losing 800,000 jobs per month with many more job losses on the horizon (GE, GM, Chrysler and countless other smaller businesses). The stock market was plummeting to a low of 6500. Experts were talking about another Great depression. Republicans twiddled their thumbs and Democrats passed the Stimulus bill which worked to stop the recession from deepening and spiraling downward. The recession was over by July 2009, yet the recovery has been slow because Bush's leadership created such a COLOSSAL and widespread economic mess. The banking industry on the ropes, the housing industry near collapse, housing values plummeting, foreclosures way up.
So change the channel from the republican PROPOGANDA station and I promise you, you will be much better informed.
This is bad news, they should have picked Ron Paul. Or maybe even a rock. A rock or a snake would be better then Romney or Oblama.
Now that Romney is the official Presidential nominee of the Republican Party, someone ought to go out and shoot the son of a bitch.
Rofl, be careful man they will come get you in the middle of the night and nobody will ever here from you again.
Wow...poor form...enjoy that visit from the Secret Service.
That should be his last post for a few years !!!
Ah Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe ......................
It is so nice to see the evidence that your comment brings forth that folks who call themselves Liberals/Progressives/Democrats continue to embrace tolerance and compassion for those who do not share their world view.
I am sure that you are proud of yourself.
LOL
To say you are an idiot would be the understatement of the century !!
Well if someone does take your advice Joe, you know that person is going to jail don't you?
I agree. We can't have democrats acting like republicans. And besides, we have any guns. Maybe he was talking about with a paint ball gun. Mess up his clothes. With all the white supremacists groups plotting against Obama, we don’t need that kind of talk.
Joe: Nice job exposing your parties true feelings....finally an honest Dem!! Okay, put your sheets back on Libs!!
Romney/Ryan 2012
Joe Dorchack @ 10: Now that Romney is the official Presidential nominee of the Republican Party, someone ought to go out and shoot the son of a bitch."
I hope this gets reported to the Secret Service. I don't think they'd think your statement to be very funny. You're sick.
Enjoy your visit from the Feds idiot!!!!!
Don't fall for it. Joe Dorchack is a plant, plain and simple.
All I know is Bill Clinton said vote Obama, and republicans hated Bill Clinton because he did a good job, so I'm all Obama!
Hey Ben, The big Bill knew how to work with both sides of the isle after he lost the house at least. O,O doesn't know how to work with anyone, even in his own party. Time for that nut job to take a vacation.
Romney/Ryan
He's called "slick Willie" for a lot of reasons. Don't for one moment be fooled into thinking he has Obama's interest at heart. He's got a a wee bit of a grudge leftover from 2008. If anyone, besides Obama and the left haters here, sinks him it's going to be MR Clinton. Obama and Clinton is kinda like the frog and the scorpion.
OMG, how I love redheads!!!
You are spot on darlin'. Bill wants his third and forth terms as POTUS through Hillary, but he knows Obama needs help. Willie's love for Democrat control overshadows his personal passion, so he will grudingly campaign for and support a man he thinks is an amateur.
But, it is really not so clear as to which one is the frog and which one is the scorpion.
GOP TeaReTardWackos look at Women as second class Citizens !!!!!!
He calls them as he sees them!
Bill Clinton??????? He screws them as he see them you mean...
Don't be deceived by the Halo effect...
Bill did a lot of good things for the US despite what demonizers think. He improved our economy, healthcare, jobs, and other facits of our great government.
However, Obama clearly didn't carry himself well through his four year plan. He simply strutted through the door on day one, tripped, fell down several flights of stairs, and then slide on his face to the finish line.
I support Bill, but simply because Bill says "yea, go for this guy again!" doesn't mean Bill truly feels he's competent. Honestly, if you lead a successful campaign, performed excellent in office, then a predecessor in your own party years down the road came in, spent TRILLIONS of dollars and did very little improvement...would you really want to back him up other than for "party" sakes?
No.
Would you do it simply to keep your party in check and in the white house?
Yes.
I'm betting that Bill's running on the experience of Biden. Its the only conceivable logic that keeps me slightly tuned to voting for them, and I mean slightly while grinding my teeth at the thought of voting for them.
Personally, you may hate Mitts, or Mitties or Mittwiser, the repubs, or whatever silly name you wish to use for them, but I won't have another term of Obama's america...
Yea he did,,he directly influenced me being able to stay home to take care of my newborn and wife for three weeks after my son was born without being in fear of losing my job.Barack is no Bill thats for sure,but for what he has to work with he is doing as well as he can.Bill wife is making Barack look good,she has done more as Secretary of State than Condy ever did under Bill.
Sadly I never voted for Clinton but I believe he was a good one. Many past presidents were womanizers and considered great. Honestly if he could run again I'd vote for him over either candidate running today. I'm not really an Obama fan I just despise Romney and think he'd make Bush jr. look like a good president.
I am all for Barack. Romney is using his wife for sympathy votes. Taking away women's rights!! That's why Obama has the majority vote for women. How dare he take something that is rightfully mine. Obama is what this country needs and wants. Romney cares I am not denying that but he cares for his family, and the the future of his family. He doesn't give a rats ass about the struggling, the jobless, or the elderly. His wife stands and says Mitt Romney is caring and kind hearted, and a good man....(she's married to him!!!! duhhhhh of course she is going to say those things!!) What she says doesn't mean he will be caring, kind hearted, or a good leader to this country. Open your eyes people, and VOTE OBAMA.
Time for new residents in the white house !!!
ROMNEY 2012 !!!
You poor pathetic, angry couch potato damacrats. Maybe when Romney/Ryan fix the economy, you will have to get up and go get a job, instead of spending all your time complaining on forums and blogs. This Nov. is going to be sweet...for everyone, the minority just doesn't know it yet.
Romney/Ryan!!
Funny thing is I am rich and have a great job, and I know Romney is full of crap!
Just wait till romney out soarces government jobs and takes away benifits that were given to all who need them.When the cuts affect you then we will see if that changes your toon.
Why is it when the "teabaggers" come here to denigrate other Americans that they can neither spell nor write a sentence correctly?
And they vomit the Faux News/ Limbaugh talking points endlessly, since they do not have a thought of their own reverberating in their tiny little brains?
Ben......Funny thing is....Just because you have money doesn't mean your are intelligent.
newday DAWNING.....Why is it when libtards like yourself come on this vine all you can spew is crap that Bill Maher and Jon Stewart say?
Come on guys and gals, you listen too much to the network news. Let's think with some common sense..Romney wants to save the Nation, not run it into the ground as O has. Romney wants a 2nd term, so do you really think he is going to try and do anything that would hurt the economy or the Nation as a whole. Ad, the word is tune, not toon..
Bobman, I must say I agree. I was one of those caught up in the "Obama fever" back in 2008, but I must admit that I'm disappointed. I have family members who are getting so much "free stuff" living off government programs, that they no longer feel the need to look for jobs. Where is the accountability? Now Obama wants new government programs to help the immigrants get "free stuff" who were able to hide long enough without having to show documentation. More Obama=no accountability and I see it for myself everyday. Maybe I should vote Obama again so that my relatives can keep getting a free ride from the government.
Suuuuuurrrreee you do Shayla, and good for you for putting your family down. I well imagine the one getting taxpayer support is YOU!
Yes, of course, I breathlessly quote Maher and Stewart. Calling you out trilly, what quote have I used that is from either.
Gosh, you "teabaggers" make it WAY too easy.
Sorry newdayDawning, not a "teabagger" and I not don't get any government aid. I don't even need ObamaCare, just telling like it is. My eyes are wide open.
Bobman: You sound angry.
newday......when you stop categorizing everyone who disagrees with you as a "teabagger" or watching Fox News, then I will stop calling you a libtard and stop aligning your thought processes with Maher and Stewart..
Bantering with libtards like you newday is like playing checkers.....It's boring and YOU will never win
Bobman:
Pretty sad that your only claim to support Romney is that as a 1st time President he wouldn't be likely to screw up too bad so he can get elected again.
Evem with a 16 trillion deficit Romney proposes a 5 trillion tax cut with 90% going to the top. The only proposal i've heard to make up the shortfall will force the middle class to pay for it by eliminating popular middle class breaks.
He proposes allowing 1,250,000 high tech workers be granted citizenship claiming a shortage even though unemployment rates in those sectors are double what they were prior to the recession. He claims these new immigrants would create support jobs for Americans, like selling them Big Macs.
Romney makes you feel good by declaring he'll cut back on those nasty social program giveaways but tell me how will we be better off cutting 120 billion from social programs when he intends to increase military spending 260 billion a year.
How about coming up with some actual proposals Romneys made that would be good for the country other than, He's got to be better than Obama.
To both the "teabaggers" responding:
You tell us who you are each and every time you come here and posit that EVERYONE who disagrees with you is on some form of govt. assistance. That makes you a "teabagger".
Shayla, I do hope someone in your family sees what you wrote and recognizes that you wrote it. The truism is that those who post things like that are the ones sitting in their basement, too inept to take on education and a job.
trilly, you have no idea what you are talking about, the only thing YOU offer is hatred for a President who has a foreign sounding name, is a Democrat and a black man. So tell us, which of those things annoy you the most?
Like I always say: "scratch a teabagger, find a bigot."
Romoney attended three Hampton's fundraisers with the Koch Baggers, what is that telling you. The 1% want to rule America with the help of the GOP TeaBaggers !!!!!!!!!
Larry, I get what you are saying and I thank you for giving us some useful information that is actually worth contemplating, whether we agree or not. I don't claim to be an expert on political issues, but there does not seem to be much substance on either side. From my own experiences, Obama has not lived up to the promises he made and I don't feel that the situation of those that I care for the most has improved. I'm just not comfortable with Romney. I don't believe we have much to choose from. Maybe 2016 will bring a better selection of canidates.
newdayDawning, my family knows how I feel because I let them know everytime I buy my granchildren school clothes or help out with some other bill while my sons-in-laws pick up their unemployment. Gosh, someone needs a nappy.
Oh, by the way, I'm black.
newday......Like I always said.....Look under a libtards work boots and you will find his welfare check. You are nothing but a leftard bigot who hates anybody that is successful and you are full of envy and jealousy. If you could actually carry on an intelligent conversation without bringing racism and and foreign names into the vine then I MIGHT take you seriously, but I doubt there's any hope on your part. You might as well "die on the vine"
BTW...Voting for yourself doesn't count.....but I didn't need to tell you libtards that with all your voter fraud issues.
Shayla: Thanks and I agree. Out of 313 million people It's truly a shame we have to settle for the lesser of two evils instead of the best candidate.
Gee....frustrated, constipated??
Things arent working out for you here at nbcnews.com.....maybe its time for your evening jack off session with Faux Noize, Beckerhead, Fatbo, Boortz and Lush.
Absolutely, Trashy Redneck for Romney!
Oh God, Shayla, you're black? Do you think that changes anything that I have said? Nice to know that someone like you resents helping their grandchildren. That is the saddest thing I think I have read on FR to date.
Ah, trilly, a re reg, are we?
The GOP God....Dick "The Water-boarder" Cheney....famously said "Deficits Don't Matter"!
Now, all of a sudden, every Republican/Tea Tool has awoken from their slumber to scream, "Deficits DO MATTER!! OMG lower the deficit, lower the deficit!!!!". LOL!!!
But lets remember this:
It takes alot of time repair the damage from Bush and his gang of neo-con nation wreckers and con-men.
George W. Bush inherited a strong economy, a budget surplus, and a nation at peace....
Eight years later the GOP destroyed the country through their malfeasance and naked greed through the Bush Administration debacle... the worst President in history.
Bush left Obama with a shattered economy, a trillion dollar deficit, Medicare Part D (unfunded), Bush tax cuts (unfunded) and two useless wars (unfunded).
ALSO....the GOP/Tea Tards have filibustered Obama more in the past 4 years than all of the past 50 years combined!!
The first 6 years under Bush, the Republicans controlled all three branches of government.
They did NOTHING to fix the immigration mess.
They did nothing to stop the bubble. The did nothing to improve education. They did nothing to fix the healthcare crisis. They did nothing but run up debt for bridges to nowhere and two useless wars. In other words, they left a HUGE mess to clean up and a HUGE unpaid bill.
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FYI:
Obama has deported more illegals than any other President in history....at the rate of 900 to 1,000 a day....everyday for 4 years!! What did Bush do?? NOTHING!!!
Backstabbing....Maybe you should go back to your bedroom where you have a poster of Obama on the wall next to your bed. Have a nice wet dream.
newdayDawning, you are a joke, plain just off your rockers. Why don't you post something useful and informative like Larry and Backstabbing Teaparty and try to earn a vote for your boy from an undecided. Instead you just spew out things you know nothing about. Just because I'm black doesn't mean I have to automatically vote for a canidate I have lost faith in because he is black.
Sure, whatever you say…now go iron your sheets, and check the tire pressure on your house.
Backstabbing......Voting for yourself doesn't make you look more intelligent, but you already knew that with your libtard voter fraud issues.
Tire pressure on my house? Not too original, but I suspect you probably just offended a large part of the voting base in your party. Just shows everyone on the vine how desperate you really are.
Ann leads off as the woman of the repub party...the woman of what they want in a woman, .................there she is baking cookies and passing them out like Mrs. Cleaver did for Ward and the Beaver......,.Little Betty Crocker....projecting the woman they appeal to......What's for dinner little woman? I'm bringing the boss home for dinner tonight!
As if Ann baked cookies in the last century when they have a gazllion homes and maids and butlers and staff up the wazoo!
Oh for God sakes your old Republican lies of New Day Dawning are'nt working anymore..let it GOOOO will ya.No one's listening can't you see that?Oh man half of them look like they're on uppers the other half looks like they're ready for the grave...C'maaawn
Then, Shayla: YOU are the one that needs to educate yourself. Your President (boy, REALLY?) was handed a country on the verge of a complete financial meltdown WORSE than that of the '30's? You hear of the Great Depression? You hear of one Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Well, guess what honey, he didn't help the country dig completely out in his first term either!
Add to it the Republicans in Congress have obstructed EVERY bill that your President has supported to pull this country out of the current malaise. They said they were going to do that, McConnell announced it as soon as your President took office that their goal was to make your President a one termer. This is UNHEARD of in the current history, both sides generally joining together to address an emergency, like the Democratic Party did with Bush after 9/11.
Add to it that the Republicans have been feeding this country the "trickle down" crap since Reagan was in office in 1980's. Guess what? You can't cut taxes during a time of war, you can't cut taxes during a financial meltdown, and you sure as HELL can't cut taxes for the top 1%, trying to get everyone else to pick up the slack, including YOUR family that you allude is suffering.
You say you have grandchildren? I have a little granddaughter expected in just a few months. And here is what I know for sure. It was the Republicans in Congress that try to cut programs for women and children in crisis, including schips, that program to help needy children to access health insurance. Your President, through the ACA, has made it possible for your grandchildren to get health care, even with preexisting medical conditions, something the Republicans have fought for years.
Now, I tell you true, I would do anything I had to do to make sure my granddaughter is safe and well cared for. Well with the exception of buying a pony, since we just don't need a pony around, she can ride the horses here. But I would suggest to you that your family MIGHT JUST BE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN A BAD SITUATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE REPUBLICANS.
It was the Republicans that refused to extend unemployment for Americans without jobs, and it was MItt Romney that was selling those jobs out as he went around this nation buying and gutting companies and sending jobs overseas.
You want to help your family? You vote for President Obama, and every other Democrat that you can.
Love, a historian.
dave where did you EVER get the idea that I am a Republican?
newdayDawning, I'm in no way saying that all government programs should be cut. I think there should be some accountability when those that are on government programs are not actively trying to find work. I have been an enabler for about 3 years because my sons-in-laws won't go out and look for jobs because they are getting by just fine with their food stamps (card) and subsidized apartments. Hell, they can even sell the free food they get from the government to support drug habits. Don't tell me I don't want to help my grands when I have supported them through the times social services took them from their parents. They are back now and parents doing better, but still can collect government subsidies without any accountability or proof that they are even trying to find jobs, which they are not. I love my grands, but I want their parents to raise them and give them everything they deserve. That means setting a good example and working so that the cycle is not repeated. Social programs are good for the short term, but one should not be able to sit back and not try, then at the same time recieve benifits. There should have to be some way of pursuding people that to keep getting government assistance, they must prove they are actively searching for employment. You put words in my mouth without knowing my situation and my frustration.
Oh, newday, you said that I should vote for Obama again if I want to help my family. That's what I said in an earlier post. Maybe I should vote that way once again to keep the free ride going because my pocket can't take it.
If you are looking for a candidate to vote for that will cut benefits for your family, then Romney is absolutely your guy.
History: The work to welfare benefit was pushed by the DEMOCRATS, President Bill Clinton. That is just a fact.
There is also a lifetime cap of people seeking assistance, if you want to force your son in laws to look for work, their time is coming.
I am out here in the middle of flyover country, and I want to make something clear. If my tax dollars are going to help your grandchildren access food, preschool through Headstart, and medical care, I thank God for it. I want YOUR grandchildren to have the things they need so that they can learn, play and grow. That is what will make them successful in life, and they may do such things that you cannot dream of at this moment. My tax dollars going to help that happen? Pennies on the dollar and I don't resent that in the least.
But, you have this exactly backward Shayla, the people you should be angry with are the Republicans, not your President.
" corporations are people too "
what part of the constitution or bill of rights mentions corporations?
Ask the supreme court. Apparently they found enough evidence to support the notion.
After administering CPR they were able to get a corporate pulse. If corporations are indeed people every part of the constitution would apply to them.
Learn the truth, "2016" you really don't know him! Set the koolaid down if you dare!
Corporations are not people to,they are blood sucking leaches that deserve to be smashed or burned off.Because they bleed the companies dry then when they are in trouble they can fall back on government bailouts(republicans) to get them out of trouble.But then lay off people because they say they have to because of money but yet take HUGE bonuses for the fat cats.Big business and corporation suck for the little guy cause they can dictate wages and benifits and keep rising prices.
Obama/Biden
Your American People are BLED DRY FOLKS.Start paying your workers about $2/hour MORE and you just might get more work out of them and get them to spend a little more...Try that for an economic stimulus before the government makes you do that
Viva Mitt Romney!! YEAH
Everyone here should know that no matter who you choose, Obama and Romney are two sides of the same coin. One guy wants a little more healthcare, the other a little less taxes. But both are doing the best they can to avoid having to tell us the truth that this country is headed towards bankruptcy.
amen two sides of the same trough is my version since they are both pigs
Agreed that they are trying to avoid telling us but that's only because we don't want to know.
Are you related to Feisty Redhead, you seem nicer.
Indeed, both the same, but Obama will steam roll right over Romney this election. I suppose I would rather have 4 years of Obama compared to 8 possible years of Romney though.
Too bad they tried so hard to get rid of the one guy who could have defeated Obama.
Well all i know is im in the lower class of people as far as the dollar amount,but when this country is sucked into bacrupcy the rich who did it will suffer the most,lol.I already dont have anything so it will be normal or at least easier to get use too,lol.Did you ever see someone who has it all broke down to nothing,its a funny site to see the look on there faces,lol.
Brace yourselves, here comes the barrage of TV ads brought to you by billionaires intent on buying the White House.
Mittens, where are the tax returns?
You should be less concerned with what Romney did with his money and more concerned about what Obama did with yours.
he should release them as soon as the loser in the White House releases the Fast & Furious documents.
Let's see the college records too for this Kenyan exchange student !!
You birthers are village idiots. Who cares about fast and furious or college records other than you tea baggers. Jerks. RADICALS. EXTREMISTS. ANTI-AMERICAN IS WHAT YOU ARE. Get Real! And Romney's father was a polygamist living in Mexico (not born in the USA and therefore disqualified to run for POTUS) but who the hell cares?
Ask Romney what he's hiding - the freakin' snake! Release your tax returns from 2009! (You'll find he was involved in illegal tax schemes and applied for amnesty)
OBAMA / BIDEN 2012
murph: I think we all should care about "fast & furious". We lost an American (Border Patrol Officer Brian Terry) over it. Or has this community organ-grinder have you so hipnotized with his greatness that you and your white-hooded Dems have been desensitized?!
Romney/Ryan 2012
The republicans will go to war killing hundreds of thousands to find the mythical WMD yet cry over one border patrol agent..Rolls eyes.
Get ready to turn the USof A over to the Mormon(moron)Church...everyboby get their tithes ready $100/week to the Church and you're guaranteed a place in heaven....roflmao!!
Owen, exactly who do you think is supporting Obama? Where do you think he is getting his money from? Poor people?
blah blah blah same crap different article , the haters are out early tonight
Whats the matter, they could not find anyone better?
This is News?? Who else would they pick? Jack the Ripper?
Jack the Ripper would probably get more women's votes than than Romney/Ryan.
whats wrong with Jack the Ripper he would slash our debt in half.
Obama/Biden
Who here is voting for Romney? Seriously are there any Romney supporters? I see about 1000 Obama bumper stickers for every Romney one.
I saw a NOBAMA sticker today! It was pretty smart actually, but the guy driving was clearly dillusional!
guess that depends on where you live, its the opposite here I think Im gonna vote for whoever the constitutionalist party nominee is this year
Where am I? Boston the worldwide center of Obama love and worshipping headquarters.
lol im sorry to hear that Im in sw Va alot of repubs here but most of them lean more in the true conservative direction than romney......its obvious that by the way the obama folks use the term conservative and romney together they dont know what conservative means or who romney is lol
1000 Obama stickers... ???.... isn't it a little early for the welfare checks to be sent out ?
I'm in MN and don't see any bumper stickers for Obama 2012. I see a lot of left over ones from 2008 but they look as if they have tried to peel them off. I don't see any for Romney either but I wouldn't expect people who support him to put a bumper sticker on their car. Plus this is a really liberal state and people get beat up or spit on if they show support for anyone but Obama.
We lived in MN for many years and you are correct in all that you say. However, those who really do their homework will quietly go to the polls and vote their pocketbook....even our daughter who was a real diehard supporter of Obama has switched. That told me a lot! From what she tells us all of her friends and neighbors in Wayzata feel as she does. So, maybe there is hope!
Well, Alan, if you live in Boston then that's why you aren't seeing many Romney supporters. Southern Virginians have been planting dozens of signs and banners around my campus already. (Northern VA, not so much. Pretty even split there.)
Really, 1000 obama bumper stickers. You must hang out at the welfare check pickup center!
Romney/Ryan 2012!!
If he did hang out by the welfare check pickup center at least he's doing something for the money and probably would be cheaper to hire them for odd jobs rather than doing nothing.I think thatsvery smart.The republicans would have just writen another big check to one of there so called business smart friends and have a big party.YOU GO MR.PRESIDENT.
Right! And nothing like a KKK meeting to see trucks with bumper stickers for Romney/Ryan
And the KKK cheered and the Ron Paul Republicans were told to sit down because they were rocking the nosebleed deck! And believe me, Women Are Meat Republicans are not two sides of the same coin as Democrats!
What?
Women’s rights? I agree with republicans that god made that little unit for our amusement and enjoyment and we must stay in complete control of it’s use.
@ Owen....
Mitt Romney has shown all he has to show as required by OUR laws !!!
Why does he hide his money overseas? Obviously he doesn't think America is good enough for his money, even though he made it here.
CROOK
Owen, if you believed you could make more money investing overseas, YOU WOULDN'T ??
If you decided you would lose money by investing in something else and you went ahead and did so, then you need your head examined !!
Making a statement Romney is merely investing over seas is absurd. He's created shell companies to avoid taxes and brought in foreign investors with promises they can invest in the US and pay no US taxes. Hardly simply investing over seas.
HEY BALIMAN,nobody is saying dont go out of the country to make more money but why hide it and be staight up with his background right,and yah it is our business cause if he wants to make dessisions for our well being then yes we are intitled to know.Just like athletes and actors who are in the spotlght and have to make so many appearences and interviews.If he's hiding his own affaires i could amagine what he will hide with ours.
Larry, you're full of crap. I dought you ever ran a business or invested overseas. Calm down the first of the month is almost here. Soon you will get your check and food stamps. Harry Ried told me you are on public assistance that's how i know.
Frank: I did indeed own a company. An oil tool service company when Reagan was president. Unfortunately I was never wealthy enough to benefit from trickle down. My taxes went up $5,000 a year under Reagan while those making over 1 million saved $350,000 per year for every million. I've never received welfare, food stamps or even unemployment. Since I had a 6 figure income in the 70's I'm sure I've contributed far more than you. I post facts and all you do is trash talk. Don't blame others because you aren't smart enough to defend your boy.
BTW it's spelled doubt.
finally someone with a business sense. best of luck.
I have known plenty of businessmen/women who have made lousy decisions!!----so that is no guarantee!!
You must really hate America if you want to unleash this CROOK on her. The guy made his millions by wrecking productive companies and throwing American workers out of their jobs, then hiding the cash overseas.
You want Gordon Gekko in the White House.
Owencoffin....you have no idea what you are talking about. It is documented that Obama has sent many jobs overseas. You are not doing your homework. You need to pay attention to more than the Democratic spin that is out there. You obviously have a degree in social work and not in business and finance.
Companies have been going overseas WAY before Obama,my friend,(Fitzi).A nd it was your buddy(Bush) who started the nose dive of this country.Republicans are for the rich and the demactrats for the lower an middle class,so since i only make 5 figures Obama is my man,bottom line.And yah,Romney does have more of a business sense,which that is why i dont want him in there.Dont need him giving big businesses breaks and getting richer.Maybe someone a little nieve to the game and someone with just plain comman sense is what we need,and yah Obama has common sense.
MEDICAL CARE FOR THE NEEDY
KILLED THAT BASTARD IN AFGANISTAN
TAX THE RICH/TAX BREAKS FOR THE LOWER/MIDDLE CLASS
Fitzi, I do believe owen collects a check as well as many Libs on this site!!
Romney/Ryan 2012
Finally someone who understands the downside of spending more than you take in.
As an independent (having voted both party in the past)---if they had managed to elect a candidate of substance they would have gotten my vote--------the way it is, I'll wait to see what surfaces in four years--------the talent pool of both parties is nothing to "write home about!!"--------it is a sad commentary that this great country can't do better!!!
That's why you vote to remove the present idiot, then its only 4 years of a campaigner that you get to remove next time (assuming he fails as the present pres did)
Why remove one failure and replace him with a bigger one?
Our economy isn't great, but it is showing signs of growth.
Big business was willing to gamble for 4 years, but regardless of who is elected the money will be put back into circulation.
The reason they keep replacing them is because congress has to have someone to be the fall guy for there greediness,but Obama has the balls to tell them to go F..K themselves to a point and doing what he thinks is right for this counrty and not being a puppet for the behide the scene rich polititians(congree/house).YOU GO MR. PRESIDENT.
Learn the truth, "2016" you really don't know him! Set the koolaid down if you dare!
Ready, Set, LOSE
From the article above:
After millions, apon millions, apon millions of wasted dollars and thousands of Conservative Media lies, The Tea Party has their nominee, Govenor Mitt Romney.
Congrats, Governor. This BUDs for YOU!!!
Now, the MAJORITY of GOOD, DESCENT, HONEST, HARD-WORKING AMERICANS, will patiently wait until November 6th to Re-ELECT PRESIDENT OBAMA for a 2nd term.
And, we will also take back the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES so we can move this GREAT COUNTRY FORWARD for the POOR, and MIDDLE CLASS!
Salud.
Tomas, and remember, in Democrat parlance "moving the country forward for the middle class" means making them poorer...
Average Person's income fell more since the "recovery" under Obama began, than they did during the recession!
"Median household income fell 4.8 percent on an inflation- adjusted basis since the recession ended in June 2009, more than the 2.6 percent drop during the 18-month contraction, the research firm’s Gordon Green and John Coder wrote in a report today. Household income is 7.2 percent below the December 2007 level, the former Census Bureau economic statisticians wrote."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-23/u-s-incomes-feel-more-in-recovery-sentier-says.html
Heaveto, Thank You. Agreed!! Maybe 2016 will bring a better selection of canidates.