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Subscribe to RSSRomney spoke the most extensively so far last night at a Univision forum about his 47% comments and instead said his campaign was about 100%, NBC’s Garrett Haake reports: "First of all, this is a campaign about the 100 percent. And over the last several years, you’ve seen greater and greater divisiveness in this country. We had hoped to come back together but instead you've seen us pulled apart. I am concerned about the fact that over the past four years, life has become harder for Americans."
He also laughed at his joke that he’d have an easier time winning if he were actually Latino: "I think for political purposes that might have helped me here at the University of Miami today.”
He also tried to explain his “self-deportation” comments from a GOP primary debate: "I said I'm not in favor of a deportation, a mass deportation effort rounding up 12 million people and kicking them out of the country. I believe people make their own choices as to whether they want to go home and that's what I mean by self-deportation. People decide if they want to go back to the country of their origin and get in line legally to be able to come to this country."
And he softened his tone and support for the controversial Arizona immigration law: "One aspect of the Arizona law which I think is worthwhile to consider and be part of a federal solution is this idea of an employment verification system. The reason there is an Arizona law is because the federal government and specifically President Obama didn't solve the immigration problem when he came into office.”
But during a Republican primary debate, Romney said he would push to drop lawsuits against Arizona’s law: “[T]he right course for America is to drop these lawsuits against Arizona and other states that are trying to do the job Barack Obama isn't doing. And I will drop those lawsuits on day one.”
(By the way, as Politifact pointed out, Romney didn’t called SB 1070 a “model” for the nation, but an earlier 2007 E-Verify law. But he did refer to both in the same paragraph.)
The Wall Street Journal: “Romney Softens Tone at Univision Forum.”
After Romney’s 47% “victims” comments, the Boston Globe points out that Romney’s father received public assistance: “Mitt Romney had harsh words for welfare recipients in a hidden-camera videotape from a May fundraiser that was leaked this week. But his own father was once among public aid recipients. As the Globe has previously reported, George Romney’s family fled from Mexico in 1912 to escape a revolution there, and benefited from a $100,000 fund established by Congress to help refugees who had lost their homes and most of their belongings. That fund may have been what Lenore Romney, George Romney’s wife and Mitt Romney’s mother, was referring to in a video that was posted online earlier this month but has received renewed attention in the wake of Mitt Romney’s comments.”
Romney has a new ad featuring Marco Rubio talking about Medicare.
The New York Times fact checks Romney’s “Dear Daughter” ad: “It is true, as the ad points out, that the poverty level among women, at 16.3 percent, is the highest in 17 years, according to the Census Bureau. But the unemployment rate for men is 8.3 percent; for women it is 7.8 percent. The ad also notes that more than 5.5 million women are unemployed, about a half-million more than when Mr. Obama took office. But the ad does not say that the number of unemployed women started to rise sharply in 2008, before he took office, and has come down from a peak of 6.4 million in 2010.”
The Romney campaign announced a three-day Ohio bus tour beginning Monday.
The Romney campaign is once again trying to reframe the presidential race. Now, it’s “opportunity society” vs. government dependency.
After all that… “A Georgia-based restaurant chain that drew national attention when its owner reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage says it's leaving the debate to politicians in the future,” AP writes. “Chick-fil-A issued a statement to that effect Wednesday when asked to comment on a claim earlier in the day that the company had stopped funding organizations that oppose same-sex marriage.”
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Mittenman,
you CAN be Latino. Just remind everyone that your dad was from Mexico and that your family was on public assistance when they came to this country. That should seal the deal, or maybe not.
The independents that talk to are not as worried about Romney as Romney. That is not his big issue. His issue is that he has to get very specific about how he will implement his plans or they will not vote for him.
I heard Romney speak about a month ago and he flatly stated that he would have a lot of trouble getting elected if folks knew the details of his and Ryan's plan. I'm guessing (contrary to the Right's claims that if people knew the plans all would be well ) that Romney's polling shows that he will lose some Republican voters and independents if he gets into the specifics. Strangely enough, Ryan only makes this situation worse.
This is kinda like the right wing social conservatives in Miss. thinking that they could win a personhood amendment. When folks understood the fine print, the voters said no.
With Romney and Ryan hold your wallets and read the fine print. That should be the take away from Romney's Bain experience.
Mitt needs to get honest. Its the dishonesty, stupid!
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13017922-its-the-dishonesty-stupid
I agree Paul Stewart II. The problem is Romney and Ryan have told some many lies they don't know what the truth is. It's like a maze to them, they keep trying to get to the truth, but they keep running into the lying wall.
Mo there you go claiming something you haven't backed with any examples of numerous times they've lied. Now Ol' Paul's picked up your rant. You can put a label on anyone you wish, and with no facts and examples don't you think it's just a little bit disingenuous ? Maybe I think you're a liar. I have no facts, got no examples, hell, I don't even know you, but maybe I don't like you because we don't agree on some topic. How's it feel ? Do us all a favor and add examples that are factual or don't post anymore. People may just think that you're full of hot air.
... mitt-da-twit needs to stand on what he believes ... and inform us if and when he figures that out ... flip flop flip flop
Answer these very easy questions Romney supporters:
1) Tell me why do you far right Taliban Christians think you are entitled to get into my bedroom?
2) Tell why to you far right Taliban Christians think every Muslin is out to get you?
3) Tell me why you far right Taliban Christians think you are entitled to say what is a marriage?
4) Tell me why does the far right Taliban Christians think you are entitled to say whether my wife or daughters get a vaginal probe?
5) Tell me why the far right Taliban Christians hasn’t explain exactly what is a legitimate rape?
6) Tell me why the far right Taliban Christians seem entitled to ship our jobs overseas and then it says it sucks to be you fend for yourself?
7) Tell me why the far right Taliban Christians thinks they are entitled to put the elderly, disabled, and Military Vets out on the street to fend for themselves?
And as far as the nation debt goes,
Since ole George did not have a way to pay for these 2 unfunded wars he started, what was President Obama suppose to do?
Tell the companies that supported these wars, hey I did not start these, so I am not going to pay you?
Tell the military, hey I did not send you over there so I am not going to pay you?
Hey go see George, he started this so he will pay you.
4 more 4 44
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
With all due respect Msgt....you lost all credibility when you started your questions with that "Taliban Christian" remark. See here is how I see it, you are part of the majority problems with the Military....given your rank you more than likely entered military service right out of highschool....never knowing what it is to have a real job in the civilian world. Never knowing any real responsibility as a man in a traditional workforce. Your experience and knowledge consist of what the military has told you and taught you, and while that is an honorable profession....your views have been tainted and your individual thoughts have been suppressed by a corrupt system. The military is full of senior NCO's that have no idea how to live outside the system and have no real life experience because they entered the military system at a young age and know not what it takes to make it on the outside. I myself was subject to the rule of a senior NCO my last deployment to the land of sand and sun...this senior NCO had spent 17 years in TRADOC and had never once been down range...but in turn wanted to make the crucial decisions of life and death for my soldiers! In my short 6 years of service at this point I had been down range several times already, in fact more than half of my military career I had spent in a combat zone.... and knew the lay of the land and knew what was to be expected when we rolled out....Let me tell you what....I was lucky to get back home with my life and my rank, because we butted heads on a daily basis due to the lack of real world knowledge and decision making ability. I am glad to say that senior NCO has since been retired from service and many young soldiers lives will have been saved by that retirement! So Msgt... it is evident in the wording of your questions that you are a product of the system and have been on the Government coat tails for the majority of your adult life....and yes Msgt....that system is broken and riddled with ignorance of senior leadership.
Although they may be zealots, the use of the word "Taliban" is strictly to incite
Excuse me? I suppose having the lives of the men under you isn't a "real responsibility"?
AT EASE!, Both of you...
To JustanotherVeteran:
First no I did not join right out of high school. Second I had been employed since the age of 14. Third since retiring I have had a full time job, with people under me and building a 401K for another retirement nest egg.
But mostly importantly, I had been down range. And even though it is not a pleasant responsibility or duty, I have escort one of my fallen comrade and personal friend home to his family.
I used Taliban because as I see it both are the same. Both are trying to use their religious beliefs to control my life. I have no ill will towards anyone's faith and beliefs. I have a big problem with wanting to force their beliefs on me.
Last but not least, which one of the questions I ask did you answer? None because as always the Romney supporters cannot deal with the facts.
I have to agree with a CNN commentator this morning (Robin Navarette), even though I'll have to adjust it slightly - the message is still the same, I'd gladly switch being a white female with Mitt's status and worth of $250 million!
Big question here, is the reason Mitt's dad was never able to effectively run for President because he was actually born in Mexico? Was that disclosed before or after he tried to run? I'm not being snotty, I really just am curious about it - seems to me that would be a no brainer, we have no military bases in Mexico to my knowledge, so his father could not have been born on one - yes Senator McCain is an American Citizen as he was born on a military base in a military hospital. Mr. Romney, Sr. - not so much, I'm thinking.
I've been asking for the same explanation Union Baby. How could George Romney rum for President if he was borne in Mexico? Was Willard borne in Mexico? We haven't seen his birth-certificate. Just saying.
Mo, Romney pointed out that he and Anne were born in Michigan but no one ever asked to see HIS birth certificate. (A not-so-subtle nod to the birthers.)
That question was raised during his (George Romney's) bid for the nomination. It was never investigated fully because he withdrew his nomination, but public opinion at the time was that he was indeed a citizen.
Guess this apple didn't fall too far from the tree...
Romney's changing his tone again? This rube say ANYTHING just to get elected.
He and "Privatize-Social-Security" Ryan can try to avoid them all they want, but nice talk can't erase the mean-spirited, anti-middle class positions they've taken. These 1%'ers are getting desperate, and we the people are not fooled - we know who these two really are (and their billionaire handlers as well) - and that is why they are going down, down, down in the polls...
Sociopath Mitt Romney will say and do whatever it takes to get what he wants and he doesn't care who he hurts in the process. Ideal for a vulture capitalist. Mr. weathervane will continue to turn whatever direction he thinks he needs to turn in order to get what he wants. Maybe we can just erase the etch-a-sketch and start over.
The 47% remarks evidence the vision Romney has of America. It is of a land of makers and takers, just as Paul Ryan explained. The makers are, I suppose, the 1% or 2% at the top of the economic ladder. They have made theirs. And the takers are the rest of us. The rest of us would like to get our hands on what the makers have put in the bank. The Romney/Ryan vision for the future of America is to get to a rtime and place where the makers get to keep theirs, safe and secure. A time and place where the takers have no teeth and do not threaten.
Trouble is, that vision does not square with reality. It is bent, bordering on paranoia. It is not a world of makers v. takers. Notice the word "givers" is not mentioned. There is no place for opportunity. There is no place for a level playing field. The word "giver", rather, pertains to this monstrous bloated government Romney/Ryan see as the arch-enemy of America that the makers simply cannot afford. It is a dark picture, indeed.
I do not share that vision of America. Do you?
The other vision of America today is the one Obama espouses. That is a vision of an America of opportunity. And, yes redistribution is a partof that America. For example, there are wealthy school districts in America where the children want for nothing, and school districts in America where the only meal a kid gets all day is the school lunch, and teachers have to buy supplies for them. The wealthy districts pay some of their tax receipts into a fund that helps the poor ones so that the poor kids can have a reasonable opportunity for a better life.
This is an optomistic vision of America. The future America which holds promise for most everyone. More folks are qualified for good jobs, more folks work their way out of poverty, more folks get basic medical treatment. The vision is of an America that is healthier, more competent, and more productive. The vision includes a vibrant middle class and better wages. We are not talking about taking wealth away from the 1% or the 2% in any kind of communist sense, we are talking about paying a little more in income taxes. We are talking about community.
If that kind of redistribution offends you, you probably need to vote for Romney/Ryan.
In a fair world you raise the tax rate it applies to everyone not just the rich. I wish I had some of that money myself but not to take it away and then give it out that is wrong. Public schools are funded by the government private schools are funded by parents and donations. Private school parents still pay taxes so they still fund public schools also. What we need in this country is a well organized lottery run by people whoare not out fill their pockets. Too many programs are eat up by greed. Both democrats and republicans.The lottery would be for education and free lunch and breakfast programs.
Who is playing Romney in this episode. We have already seen the real Romney, backstage with no script. Mel Gibson could play him in character.
Man I'm so sick to death of the whiners in this world...You know the ones who are always complaining of "leveled playing fields" and "Man if we just change the rules of the game I could finally win." I call Bullsh*t on the whole lot of you, and I hope one day that natural selection takes over and rids the world of all these punks who think they are owed something for nothing! There is no such thing as free....there are always rules in the world...do yourself a favor and LEARN THEM! Yes sir....natural selection would be a nice thing in todays world....it is however the rule of nature, and one day... from where we came, so shall we return!
Si vis pacem, para bellum!
I do believe you smoked 'em JustAnother. From one vet to another I enjoyed it and thanks.
I'm not wealthy, but I don't begrudge nor expect a handout from anyone that I can't provide for myself.
I am a Free Born American and I don't much care for the way our country is going under this Administration, nor do I care for the loss of my freedoms which I see evaporating daily.
Name one freedom you have lost, Be specific...
"Flip.
Flop."