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Subscribe to RSSDuring an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, President Obama said it's necessary to "work for everybody" and not just for some, a reference to Mitt Romney's statements about the '47 percent' made during a fundraiser. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Being president involves representing all Americans and not just one's supporters, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday in response to Mitt Romney's secretly-recorded comments calling 47 percent of Americans "dependent" on government.
Asked about President Barack Obama’s reaction to Romney’s surreptitiously recorded comments that 47 percent of Americans “believe they are victims” and are “dependent upon government” and therefore will vote for the president (not Romney), Carney said Obama didn't view Americans who receive government support as victims.
Rather than criticize the Republican presidential nominee as pointedly as the Obama re-election campaign did, Carney said Obama believes that “when you're president of the United States, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you.”
Alluding to Romney’s remarks, Carney continued: “the president certainly doesn't think that men and women on Social Security are irresponsible or victims; that students aren't responsible or victims. He--certainly doesn't think that middle class families are paying too little in taxes.”
The liberal magazine Mother Jones published videos Monday in which Romney offers a blunt assessment of the political breakdown in America.
“My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives,” Romney says in the video, recorded at a private fundraiser in May.
Carney was also asked how Romney’s comments differ from ones Obama made as a candidate in 2008, when, during a secretly-recorded private fundraiser, he said that some people “cling to guns and religion” during difficult economic times -- a remark that was panned at the time and is still applied to Obama by critics looking to show that he is out of touch.
“I think that happened four years ago and was discussed in abundance at the time,” Carney said before insisting that Obama’s comments were actually meant to be inclusive, not exclusive.
“What the president said four years ago, what he said eight years ago, what he says today and what he said ever since he took office here is that he's fighting for every American, that he firmly believes that as a nation we're all in this together,” Carney said.
The White House spokesman also responded to Romney’s statement that the Israeli/Palestinian issue would “remain an unsolved problem.”
“The president believes and is committed to the principle that a two-state solution is the right solution for Middle East peace. That is a basic tenet that has been pursued by Democratic and Republican administrations prior to President Obama,” Carney said.
Responding to Carney's comments during the briefing, Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams said in a statement, "In the Obama economy, American families have suffered from chronic unemployment, increased poverty and falling incomes. At every turn, as the economic pain Americans feel increases, the President has proposed failed policies that have led to more and more government, and greater and greater debt. Mitt Romney's plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million new jobs and move Americans off of government dependency and into greater prosperity.”
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"MYTH" Romney has no respect for himself. How can he respect others in this country and the rest of the world? "MYTH" Romney is an absolute douche bag of obnoxious characteristics and his over-inflated sense of self worth. Couple all that and you get an old fool who just doesn't know win to quit. ie.
Romney isn't interested in representing All the people, or "We the People", or You People or 47% of the people. He is interested in representing himself and his fellow plutocrats. Romney has no business being president.
Not according to Romney. He'll only worry about those that vote for him.
The GOP is the party of exclusion, not inclusion, and Mitt Romney perfectly exemplifies that attitude through his words and actions. When he is defeated in November, it will be accomplished by the very people he and his blighted party have alienated: women, minorities, union workers, seniors, gays and lesbians, students, and moderates.
President Obama in November! He is clearly our only rational choice!
"Being president involves representing all Americans and not just one's supporters, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday"
Gee..... that lefty liberal fairy tale just sounds so nice when it's taken out of context.
It sure seems to me that there is a significantly large number of Americans, in the mid 40's percent range according to polls, who have decided that Barry doesn't at all represent their values, interests or goals in life. I guess the lefty liberals believe that's just "tough sh!t" for them.
Hypocrisy thy name is lefty liberal.
So when Comrade Obama said, "Elections have consequences and WE won", just exactly WHO was the WE noble leader was talking about? Doesn't sound very all inclusive to me.
Joe in Albany
It sure seems to me that there is a significantly large number of Americans, in the mid 40's percent range according to polls, who have decided that Barry doesn't at all represent their values, interests or goals in life. I guess the lefty liberals believe that's just "tough sh!t" for them.
Idiot in Albany,
Source please!!
FOX got punked; and Mitt thinks that 47 percent of Americans are leeches.
Fox & Friends Gets Trolled Hard by a ‘Former’ Obama Supporter Pretending to Be for Romney [UPDATE]
Max Rice [interview] tells Raw Story he did the Fox & Friends interview in an effort to shame Fox News for being "stupid."
http://gawker.com/5943815/fox--friends-gets-trolled-hard-by-former-obama-supporter-pretending-to-be-for-romney?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
BTW; MYTH is a vulture
Beverly, I'm not very fond of Romney either, but let's not assume that any politician isn't going to play favorities and represent some of his constituency a little more deliberately than others.
It's a good zinger line by the president, and one that dumbass GOP nominee deserves for leaving an opening like this (worst major party nominee I can remember), but when all is said and done Obama will have shown his share of political favoritism, too.
Source please!!
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Bev: Are you really that stupid??
Nevermind. I just answered my own question, you're Bev.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beverly, why don't you have a job?
(worst major party nominee I can remember),
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Apparently you don't rmember such Dem shining stars as Kerry, Gore, Dukakis, Mondale, McGovern and Humphrey.
Beverly, you are one of the 47% President Romney was speaking about. You are a mooching democrat slug that believes you are entitled to a free ride. You are on here 16 hours a day moaning about your plight. Get a job. Do something with your pathetic, miserable life.
GOP government is for the privileged. GOP as a party does not believe in "WE". It's simple. They believe this economy is for the privileged who must have tax cuts/breaks/loopholes. What the rest get is upon the privileged discretion which means nothing for the rest 99%.
Joe in Albany - yeah, I do remember them.
Any of them, if running against an incumbent in this kind of economic environment, would now be called Mr. President. Romney? Maybe not.
(Well, okay, I don't really remember Humphrey's campaign.)
Just24, just get a job. WE THE PEOPLE are tired of carrying you.
gop, party of us and them. speaking from experience romney religion is the church of us and them.
Joe Thomas-6624551
retirees?
soldiers in combat?
disabled?
or millionaires like Romney?
Who was he talking about?
Well, look who's back, Sister Mary Elephant. I guess this is proof that prolonged exposure to 2nd hand MJ can cause PNS - permanent nag syndrome.
"Being president means representing 'all people'"
If he was representing "all the people" in the first place then why does he have to mention it now??
Does representing "all the people" mean the 1%ers too??
Because we know he hates 1%ers... you know the Mitt Romney types!!
So he isn't being truthful with the American people when he says he represents "all the people"!!
It's time to turn the page on this failed presidency...
The middle class and your grandchildren can't afford 4 more...
16 TRILLION and counting...tick tick tick
Joe Thomas-6624551
does that mean you are here 16 hours a day? Because how else would you know how much time someone else spends here?
There is a NOTICEABLE decline in RWNJ rants here in the last 3 days, in numbers and quality of position,
it seems that there is a RUSH AWAY from not only Bishop Willard but also FOX NEWS is under attack by Savage, Ingram, Kristol & the usual suspects, even Beck has ridiculed the RNC & Mitt's decision to have Clint cover for his lack of verbiage to speak to the convention .
To put it simply, the rats are scurrying to bail & cover their tiny butts.... their reputations are slipping away !
We are now at the point where the wave crashes into the GOP-RNC-TP sand castle, everybody smart has begun to scramble away from the sucking sound emanating from the ROMNEY for PRESIDENT excuse for a presidential campagin.
The damage to the reputation to the Church of Later Day Saints will set their cause back 50 years, the lies, heartlessness & presumption has taken it's toll on the appearance the church has fought so hard to repudiate .
Herman Cain had more potential .....
and Jon Huntsman WOULD have won !
Joe Thomas-6624551
Beverly, why don't you have a job?
So Joe, by you spending time here on this blog you must not have a job or you are retired and said no thank you when offered Social Security Insurance payments. You must be independantly wealthy or could you be at work wasting time you could spend increasing your business or if someone else employs you wasting the time your employer is paying you to be working for him/her.
So a disabled person or someone who has been working longer than you have been alive and has been putting into Social Security Insurance should't get anything out of it because YOU have to be inconvenienced and money has to come from your greedy little hand to help someone else should get a job? Doing what? For whom? (With Romney and his ilk sending American jobs off shore)
President Obama went from a left leaning Senator representing a very blue state to a President who has moved toward the center and who has extended his hand to the far right only to have it bitten by the rabid dogs who are the right wing nutjob Fascist wannabes. Yet, he still tries to be President of ALL the people. Unfortunately not everyone sees it that way. Romney clearly has shown his contempt for the 99% and how out of touch he really is. I really doubt he could represent anyone but himself. He's a sociopath who will say and do anything it takes to get what he wants and he doesn't care who gets hurt in the process.
Romney, Bush, 99%, Tax Returns, Blah, Blah, Blah.
President Obama has shown himself to be a lousy leader...our debt is now over $16 trillion...the economy sucks big time...the job market is a joke...gas is $4 per gallon...we were supposed to have this new kissy-face lovefest with the Middle East and they hate our guts...Mr. Obama plays mindgames with a huge ally (Israel) and they'll start a war with Iran on their own...China is eating our lunch in trade...women want the same government to stay out of their bedrooms while fully paying for whatever results from the time spent there...and America has come to the point where the three most important things are the latest Apple trinket, the Kardashians, and trying to drag anyone and everyyone into a voting booth whether they have any idea of what is going on in the world or not. The numbskull vote. Elections are won on the virtue of the votes of folks who would not be able to correctly spell the names of the candidates on the ballot and the folks who either do not pay income taxes or those that feed their families off the government nipple....and the Democrat Party claims those votes as the votes of the virtuous.
Yup....Obama-Fluke 2012 !
LoL Talk about leaving an opening big enough to drive a bus through.
I am already seeing the upcoming ads in my mind's eye.
Seriously. I'd take Hubert Humphrey in a New York minute over Tricky Dick Nixon. Vietnam couldn't have come out any worse. And I wonder how different the world looks today if SCOTUS had permitted the duly elected President to serve after the 2000 election.
No war in Iraq, that's for sure. Gore had no personal ax to grind with Saddam Hussein, nor did he have the weak head that permitted Dick Cheney to gull George W. Bush into war. Four thousand five hundred Americans would still be alive, and none of the trillion dollars of debt that is attributable to that. Gore might have heeded the warnings about Al Qaeda. And it also would have made the war in Afghanistan a LOT shorter because Gore would have had no need to divert troops to Iraq. More troops would have been saved, and fewer dollars wasted.
Osama bin Laden would probably never have left Tora Bora.
And could have spent all that money a lot more wisely trying to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, rather than re-fueling Halliburton's gas tank. Where exactly did that get us, Joe?
And don't even get me started on tax cuts or the financial meltdown.
I think the GOP should just keep Romney hidden away til election day, he has a much better change if he does not speak.
ok when the hell you going to wake up and DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS YOU PUT IN THE POOR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!EVER THING COST 2X AS MUCH AS IT DID 3,5 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I WILL NOT VOTE FOR YOU AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that just takes the fun out of it for Romney. You mean he actually has to represent "those people" that Annie just can't tolerate? Not happening. Uh uh! No way!
Obama/Biden 2012
Really, no one is being political here? I will believe that, when our own President does not make references to color on issues like the one with the Cop and with the incident in Florida.
Give me a brake the Divisor in Chief himself. The war on woman, gay marriage, religion, latinos. Did I miss anything.
You certainly have. You've missed the boat. All of your cut and paste FOX Fun Facts have done nothing to change people's minds. The vote in 2008 was not "an experiment" as you baggers like to refer to it as. We, the majority, voted in the person we thought best qualified to lead this country out of the worst economic crisis since 1929. He has at least stopped the bleeding caused by the wounds of the previous administration. But has had to do so with absolutely no help from the other political party in congress. Makes you guys look kind of stupid. Now that the election is getting closer and Romney's tanking, your complaints make you look like what you really are. Nothing but a bunch of sore losers and whiners. I love it.
tonybeeerm
Who are the sore losers? Did we have the election already? Did any one lose? TB, don't count your chickens yet!
Concern Citizen-856329
I will believe that, when our own President does not make references to color on issues like the one with the Cop and with the incident in Florida.
Give me a brake the Divisor in Chief himself. The war on woman, gay marriage, religion, latinos. Did I miss anything.
You sure did miss lots of things UN-Concern Citizen
Newt Gingrich refers to 2012 as "the most important election since 1860," which set the stage for the Civil War.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/newt-gingrich-calls-2012-election-most-important-lifetime
Rick Santorum I don't want to give other people's money to Black People
ww.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57350990-503544/santorum-targets-blacks-
in-entitlement-reform/
Donald Chump's coded racist statements
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/27/135777342/the-nation-confronting-trumps-coded-racism
Effigies of President Obama' particularity nut job Terry Jones, although there are others but especially Quran-Burning Pastor, Hangs Barack Obama Effigy Outside Florida Church (PHOTO)
See other outrageous statements made by Pastors and right-wing pundits in the slideshow below:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/obama-effigy-hanged-outside-church_n_1581272.html
Then there are a flurry of racists pictures the racists, xenophobic tout including likenig our President to monkey in a zoo.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z152/UCLABruinKid/ProtestSigns.jpg
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They have one for First Lady Michelle Obama too
Thank you Obama - for representing all of us. Romney, the MOST divisive presidential wannabe in history with his 53% Elite Club and 47% Leech Club, will quickly learn that most of the 53% Club are probably one paycheck away from falling into the 47% Club and are not interested in being reclassified as a Leech due to a mishap, like being shot in the head at a movie theater. Likewise, the 47% that Romney calls the Leech Club aren't going to be very forgiving when they finally move to the safer zone of the 53% Elite Club.
I suspect Romney has lost the votes of the 47% Leech club, as well as 25-30% of the 53% Elite Club. But hey Romney, thanks for trying to draw a line in sand to divide America into your two groups. Come election time, I suspect you will find it was an epic fail.
@Concerned - I want a count of ignorant Blatinas in Casablanca, Morocco, STAT.
@Concerned ... did you still want to hire me so you can be my superior?????
RedDevPS
Hey Red, there are lots of Blatinas in this Country. You talk just like one of those KKK folks. Just like a little boy that just found a pendejito in his bolitas. You crack me up, and now go please follow your marching orders before your progressive friends get mad.
Ginger, I know about everything that you sited on your email and as sick as that might be, it is just as sick when it comes from our race also.
Racism is bad from any side. However it is worse when it comes from those that claim not to be racist.
@Layton - Concerned is gasping for breath, because her idol-icious Romney just relegated her to the 47% club based upon her continued use of the victim card.
Concern -
If President Obama is so divisive, why does he continue to lead Mitt Romney in almost every demographic group - except for old white men? There is a major difference between being concerned about the problems facing the different segments of our society and being divisive.
Sounds to me like Obama has been a pretty inclusive president, while Republicans still try to pit us against each other - religious versus gays, poor working whites versus minorities, private sector workers versus public sector, non-union versus union...the list goes on and on.
Add to that Romney's latest comments and it is obvious which party is trying to "divide and conquer".
Paul Ryan - The Deficit? I Built That!
even the small-minded ones who want to see their taxes?
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everytime I read the rhetoric that the left spews out, my IQ goes down a notch...
I suppose that eventually I will turn in to a Democrat if that keeps up!
;~)
Love your post sirie.
I don't pay attention to these liberal leeches. Judging from the way that they respond, they must still be in high school or living with their parents.
But don't despair for they are wondering how I new about this surprise. There is a bigger one waiting to come out but this one is from the Obama side.
Libs, I have a misspelled word. See if you can find it.
Sorry Concerned - 'lot's is not an accurate number. You are the WEAKEST LINK!! You are dismissed.
Concerned,
If you only had 1 misspelled word, that would be a big improvement...... You must have slept through english class.
Sueb1
How about if we get a petition started demanding that Obama reveals his REAL birth certificate, school records, the passport he used when he came to OUR country from Indonesia and a Social Security card that isn't a fake? Your boy turned out to be transparent alright, the Republicans and Independents (like myself) are able to see right through his shield of smoke and see him for the dangerous psychopath he really is.
He is doing his best to flush us and our country down the toilet and fools like you are reaching up to help him pull the handle, too dumb to realize that you will be going to the sewer too.
The rest of you libnuts ask yourself what did President Bush ever do to you? He was a very good president but you are either too stupid or have your head so far up Obama's -ss to realize it. If Obama is re-elected, (which I truly doubt) there will come a day you will be wishing for Mr. Bush as your leader and chief-in-commander. You will either be taking orders from Russia or China and it will serve you right.
Obama continues to provide the Muslim terrorist with money, weapons and ammunition that they are using against OUR military. He continues leaking top security secrets to them and is allowing them to enter our country daily. While our soldiers are fighting and losing their lives in foreign countries the terrorist will be destroying us on our own land. All with Obama's consent and apologies because some of us will not give up without a battle. The rest of you will go down with us if it comes to that.
You must have ordered a double scoop of crazy today, Rangewolf. You seem to be ready to fall off your tricycle any minute now.
Rangewolf,
You remind me of Daffy Duck !!! just daffy...
“when you're president of the United States, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you.”
President Obama has demonstrated this during his Presidency over, and over again.
We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back." …
Amy look, I'm willing to say that Mitt makes mistakes.
The way that you talk about President Obama, you would think that he is the Messiah or the Cristus. Please lets agree in not Idolizing any Political person or for that matter anyone.
We already know that Mitt is not perfect but neither is Obama. Open your eyes just a bit, please.
thetotas--better than on the roof of the car.
Is that the best you got? :)
thetotas -
Why not include the entire quote, for context? President Obama was clearly talking about the economy.
TNS is right, it clearly demonstrates Obama believes his Party should rule the nation and the Republicans should have no say in legislating. WTG TNS.
Tell me TNS how much of a uniter he is.
Obama 'Peace? Peace? I hate the word, as I hate success, all republicans and thee'
Whats your point, its insulting one line or the complete paragraph.
my point is TNS has poor reading comp. His point is you suck since you don't rah rah sis boom bah.
No he hasn't realized that he is supposed to represent everyone and he has demonstrated his lack of understanding in what a President should do since day one.
Middle class income has gone down. I wonder where the POTUS is driving this metaphorical bus?
Additionally, this President is not trying to get my vote. He's blamed me for most ills in the world, it seems. I am conservative, a Christian raised in PA, own guns, get up every day to go to work for more hours than I'm paid, would like to benefit from the effort and time I put into my work, and I would like the President to defend the Constitution and govern within its confines. I don't want a "leader." I don't need to be lead nor depend on the good will of an impersonal politician to hand me a big bucket of happiness. I am an individual with unique talent, passion and desires. I want to be free to exploit myself, not subjugated for others' exploitation.
Can someone enlighten me how this President is trying to get my vote?
“when you're president of the United States, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you.”
President Obama has demonstrated this during his Presidency over, and over again.
Concern Citizen-856329
Amy look, I'm willing to say that Mitt makes mistakes.
The way that you talk about President Obama, you would think that he is the Messiah or the Cristus. Please lets agree in not Idolizing any Political person or for that matter anyone.
We already know that Mitt is not perfect but neither is Obama. Open your eyes just a bit, please.
Oh has he, you mean when he says bc i dont vote for your causes that i dont like woman or im racist or onon and on..he has not represented me one bit. I approached his presidency with an open mind and figured he should have a fair crack at it..he failed and dont give me this house controlled shat..he had majority for half of his term and we are no better than we were 4 yrs ago time for a change, and if that change doesnt change squat in 4 yrs change again
We are better off. An objective minded person who follows daily events could see that.
I am objective minded about most things..we are not better off. Maybe you should evaluate your objectiveness
Which is surprising from the president, given the heavily populist "I'm the president of the middle class" tone of the DNC. Um... what about representing the 1% you are so eager to malign?
There is a difference between disagreeing with someone and giving up on them and dismissing them entirely. As CEO of Bain Capital, Mr. Romney can fire those with whom he disagrees...they mean nothing to him. As President of the United States you don't have that option.
President Obama also talked about how looking out for the middle class and expanding the tax base leads to demand for products and growth for businesses - all of which favorably impact the 1%.
Obama is not ignoring them, or saying they are the problem, he is just not putting their interests ahead of everyone else's.
Paul Ryan - The Deficit? I Built That!
How about cleaning up all govt waste before raising taxes? why did we collect more tax $ under bush than under clinton?
Obama does NOT hate the one percenters. In case you haven't noticed, Obama is wealthy himself. Asking someone who is well off to pay his fair share of taxes is not hating. It is an attempt to be fair....
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Can I say it again OUCH!! Romney's in meltdown!!
President Obama 2012
Botom line, the truth hurts. As a people, Americans would really rather hear a lie, a fantasy story about how everything is going to be rosy, printing trillions of worthless paper money will somehow make everything alright, entitlements for everyone and the gravy train will never come to an end. Ah, life is good. Until it's not. I hope there's a democrat on the White house when it all turns to crap.
What truth was that? The false equivalency that the 47% of people who support President Obama are the same 47% who don't pay income tax?
Or the completely outrageous claim that the 47% of people who don't pay federal income tax are all dependent on the government, and have no personal responsibility?
There were no facts in Romney's statement, just divisive unAmerican rhetoric.
Paul Ryan - The Deficit? I Built That!
Romney only respects 1% of Americans, and sorts those by their net assets (net worth).
Success is based on what you contribute and leave behind, not what you accumulate and leave behind
So are you saying that the people that live off of welfare soc sec disability and food stamps are unsuccessful? Bc based on your observvation we are lacking a lot of success in this country and need to turn it around
Wheres my respect than instead of race baiting and bashing on succesful people. Its a two way street.
Bain Capital is an investment company, whose procedure is to use seed money to reap maximum profits for the management and shareholders. Bain does not manage businesses, it lends to them with strict conditions. There are three types of investment opportunities:
But without Bain and companies like them, they were going to lose their job anyway. ANd all that sounds nice what companies did bain do that to? What do you think the investors that made money did with their profits? oh reinvest huh what a novel concept
Are the people who lost their jobs due to Romney's and corporate outsourcing to enhance personal wealth make up part of the worthless 47%? Are the teachers , office workers, firemen and police fired by all those republican governors part of the worthless 47%? Are the people forced to use unemployment insurance due to the layoffs part of the worthless 47%. Are the people who go bankrupt due to lack of health insurance part of the worthless 47%. Answer these questions Mitt.
Hey buddy, its more expensive to have insurance than to cash pay, and you cant be denied care and can pay $10 a month on your bills so get real. Are the people who lost jobs and dont find them making excuses and blaming others or is it that obama has failed and they cant find work and all you want to do is critisize the very people who can provide that work but wont bc of current admin
Before Romney makes a yet bigger ass of himself on foreign policy maybe he ought to think about what could happen over in the Middle East and to us if there IS NOT peace. He also ought to stop agitiating Israel. They have very few world allies and we cannot save them alone; hence, every President since Carter has pushed both sides for peace talks and agreements. It is NOT all on sided and we ought to be peacemakres instead of war mongers .Romney does not get that. He also ought to have to spend a few days in Palestine before he continues to run his mouth. He has no idea what current conditions are there. Without some peace progress, there is no hope there and we, the USA, should understand diplomacy enough to know that we never give up hope! Some President Romney would make. So ignorant and uneducated in foreign matters and affairs.
Holy crap. Romney said that the 47% of people who don't pay taxes aren't going to get excited about tax cuts because they don't pay any. Whoop-die Doo. He tells it like it is and gets crucified. Obama lies and the media doesn't report it. Sounds about right.
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Obama's Classmate tells The truth!
The Perfect Marxist scheme using the Cloward and Piven Plan
www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/overwhelm.asp
you get your news from snopes-- God help us??
So ml5657 your quoting wayne allen root opinion page as fact?
lvrj.com/opinion/obama-s-agenda--overwhelm-the-system-95716764.html
if that's the case, then limpbaug and hennaty surly give you all the information you need.
...........A vote for Romney/Ryan is just as bad as a vote for Todd Akin............
...............................................Mr. Legitimate Rape.........................................
Romney isn't backing down on his 47% statement.. He is not concerned about "those people".... his wife calls us "you people"---OK America wake up-- I thought when you become president- you are in this for your country- your people.. We the people.. as the first line in the Declaration of Independence written by our forefathers-
It just shows how "out of touch with reality" Romney and wife are...
Rep Paul Ryan complimented a crowd in IOWA by calling them "cheap"...
...................................................YOU'RE FRUGAL...............................................
Gov. Romney stated .............in an off cuff , atrocious statement in FLORIDA...
............................I DO NOT CARE ABOUT 47% AMERICANS..........................
...................................................ENOUGH SAID.......................................................
.........................................................VOTE...................................................................
......................FOR SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR ALL AMERICANS......................
..................................................OBAMA/BIDEN 2012..............................................
This from the most divisive President of all time. Except those who have more than we do. Sound familiar?
Mr. Obama is FULL OF IT!
President of ALL Americans, eh? Even those that he called "enemies" (i.e. the GOP) in his interview with Univision?
This is the same Mr. Obama who called for civility yet refuses to condemn his own side for cross the line of civility.
Obama will say ANYTHING in front of the media, but his actions do not follow his words.
I was not surprised by that Willard Mitt Romney said about the 47% of Americans who are slackers and moochers to the folks who paid $50,000 a plate to have a little breakfast with Mittens. I was however, totally amazed by something he did say about the Middle East and the Israeli Palestine conflict Go to the2:38 mark on this Youtube video:watch?v=ukhFBJgrZxM First he says: You hope for some degree of stability but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem. * * * All right, we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it . . . and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it” I guess you could call that Mitt’s Hope and Change Mideast foreign policy. But what he says next is beyond belief. “ On the other hand, I got a call from a former secretary of state. I won’t mention which one it was, but this individual said to me,
you know, I think there’s a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestine elections. I said, “Really?” And you know, his answer was, “Yes, I think there’s some prospect.” AND I DID NOT DELVE INTO IT.” This boggles my mind. The Mittster has no foreign policy experience whatsoever. He just said that “this is going to remain and unsolved problem.” And a former secretary of state, who does have foreign policy experience, training, specialized knowledge and life wisdom about foreign policy, while Mittster does not, up and tells Mittster that there is a prospect for settlement. And what does Mittster, who wants to be president and set foreign policy do with this information? Nothing. Nada. Zilch! Upon being told there may be a settlement he says “AND I DID NOT DELVE INTO IT.” Don’t you think that any reasonable man running for President would want to know the details of the facts and reasoning a former secretary of state has for believing there is a prospect for a settlement of this conflict? Not your boy Mittster. This leads me to conclude that he is either so arrogant or so unconcerned with an actual real life solution to the Israeli Palestinian problem that he is perfectly OK with remaining ignorant of the thinking of a former US Secretary of State on how the problem might be settled. I just can’t wrap my mind around that. This dude wants to be president? Holy smokes.
I don't know how old you are but I've been seeing the same thing for almost 50 years. So your amazement that Mitt would say "this is going to remain an unsolved problem" is humorous. It will probably not be resolved anytime soon.
Especially when one considers that the Palestinians will not recognize Israel as the Jewish state.
But, pray tell, what, in your expertise, is an actual real life solution to the Israeli Palestinian problem?
Sadly there is no solution available because the basis of the dispute is driven by blind allegiance to faith over all.
Except the white blue collar workers and successful people.
Oh yeah, and those he considers "enemies" of the latino Americans.The Republicans, roughly half the population who he told to sit down and shut up.
Oh yeah, the "house @!$%#s", can't forget about those people.
But everyone else he represents, which leaves roughly 45% of the country.
I don't think there is anything funny about what's going on in this world today or with the media trying to run this election. Are we really so stupid that we cannot see radical muslims hate us and want us dead. China owns us. The jobs Obama claims to be producing are fast food pt jobs. He doesn't know what he is doing regarding foreign politics. He recently proclaimed aliens can walk into our country freely without question, he wants voters to vote without ID, he's telling Russia not to worry about anything because after he's reelected they can get what they want. They want Iran to get nuclear weapons and I think our "King" is working against us. All the freedom and way of life we have fought for us in danger now. Our military is being cut, our debt is something our children will never be able to pay down. All the government benefits you are getting now, including medical and social security can easily disappear. Don't let the stupid minor misquotes of months ago sway you from what is going on here. Please vote Obama out in November and put an end to this misery.....
Actually you will recall that it was Mr. Obama who referred to the GOP as "enemies" in the UNivision interview that he did.
Represent ALL Americans....HA!
Mr. Obama is a liar.
Yes America! The President Of The United States regardless of their Poltical Party. Are responible to work hard in the Office Of The Presidency for every citizen. The President will represent every citizen fairly, honestly, and competently. The President will be Presidential at all times, and will ethically treat all citizens with respect, and dignity. The President Of The United States will never divide our citizens into percentages of those who do belong, and those who do not belong. The President wiil connect with all citizens on all levels at all times. The President Of The United States will never put the United States in dangerous situations. President Obama understands these concepts in full. The GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" has NO Clue of what these concepts even mean. "Romulian Romney" will end up "Flip-Flopping" all over these concepts with no regrets, and no apology to the Citizens Of The United States Of America. That is fact!
Deluded.