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Romney said in an interview with NBC: “Don’t forget -- I got everybody in my state insured. One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance. I don’t think there’s anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record.”
The Globe: “Romney made the comments just before going on stage in Toledo, for a rally in which Romney used President Obama’s health care law as a chief example of what’s wrong with the current administration. The dichotomy of his statements further illustrated the tightrope Romney has had to walk in pledging to repeal President Obama’s federal law, while simultaneously trying to take credit for the state-level plan he signed into law in Massachusetts.”
AP: “Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pointing to his Massachusetts health care law as evidence that he has empathy for ordinary Americans. Romney usually avoids talking about the health care law he championed as Massachusetts governor because President Barack Obama cites it as the basis of his own federal health care law. Republicans reject what they call ‘Obamacare’ as a costly government takeover.”
Bloomberg: “The sale of DoubleClick shares received before the company went public, detailed in previously unreported securities filings reviewed by Bloomberg News, sheds new light on Romney’s estate planning -- the art of leaving assets for heirs while avoiding taxes. The Republican presidential candidate used a trust considered one of the most effective techniques for the wealthy to bypass estate and gift taxes. The Obama administration proposed cracking down on the tax benefits in February. While Romney’s tax avoidance is both legal and common among high-net-worth individuals, it has become increasingly awkward for his candidacy since the disclosure of his remarks at a May fundraiser. He said that the nearly one-half of Americans who pay no income taxes are ‘dependent upon government’ and ‘believe that they are victims.’”
“Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race,” AP writes. “President Barack Obama has a clear lead in Iowa opinion polls, helped by the fact that the state's economy is far more robust than other battleground states. The president's polling edge is so wide it has prompted grumbling among Iowa Republicans who fault Romney for failing to take advantage of Obama's standing, which had been weakened in the four years since Iowa launched his bid for the White House in 2008.”
“New Republican-leaning independent groups entered the presidential advertising fray Wednesday as polling suggests Mitt Romney's campaign may be losing ground against President Obama in key swing states,” AP writes. “The commercials, aimed at voters who supported Obama in 2008 but are undecided now, join those from the campaigns and outside groups swamping a narrow map of competitive states in the presidential contest. Americans for Job Security launched an ad in six swing states as part of an $8.7 million ad buy disclosed last week. The group, which does not have to disclose its donors, has actively supported Republican congressional candidates but has stayed out of the presidential campaign until now. The Ending Spending Action Fund, a new conservative group bankrolled by billionaire Joe Ricketts, was set to debut a $10 million, four-state ad campaign beginning Thursday.”
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Just like Myth to flip
Uh Oh, Those job creators: Romney, Oops I mean "Gordon Gecko's", Success Story Staples to Close 60 Stores Worldwide!!!
Where did the employees go?
http://freakoutnation.com/2012/09/25/those-job-creators-romneys-success-story-staples-to-close-60-stores-worldwide/
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What say you about "MYTH's" job creation outside the USA? I'd say "MYTH's" Pants are on Fire!!!
4 more 4 44
Obama/Biden 2012
RIP Andy Williams.
Hi Bev,
FAKE empathy from the Willard Romney Camp.
This guy can't answer a yes or no question. Much less true or false. Does the US really want a guy like this to lead us?
Job1
Hi Bev,
FAKE empathy from the Willard Romney Camp.
Hi Job1, it's good to be out of the hole. I was on MSNBC's lockup.
Yup, MYTH is a weasel all right.
So a guy who left the company over a decade ago is held accountable for business decisions made today? It's a wonder people like you with such faulty logic are allowed to vote.
Businesses don't run in a vacuum. Technologies improve and Staples is taking advantages of the online world in which we are well entrenched.
Are you advocating keeping a store open solely to keep a store open? That's not a sound business practice by any stretch.
Empathy?
The very first thing Romney promises to do if elected president, is to repeal the "Affordable Health Care Act" Obama care... Give me a break, empathy...
Tax dodging is Romney's game...
Meanwhile, at RNC Headquarters, the GOP hierarchy did one giant collective face-palm!
So the all people of Massachusetts are worthy of having health insurance but the rest of the people of our country are not? And this shows Mr. Romney is "severely" empathetic? Haranguing the masses about how empathetic he is just demonstrates the exact opposite!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
So the all people of Massachusetts are worthy of having health insurance but the rest of the people of our country are not? And this shows Mr. Romney is "severely" empathetic? Haranguing the masses about how empathetic he is just demonstrates the exact opposite!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
oops--Bubblegum! Sorry about the double post!
oops--Bubblegum! Sorry about the double post!
The Romney campaign now claims Dunkin' Donuts is a health food center.
Only if it will get him a vote.
Mitt Romney brags he shepherded Massachusett's healthcare law, the one that contains a mandate that everyone must buy health insurance, through the Massachusetts's legislature, which is about 86% Democratic? How in the world did Mitt win the Republican primary, when the Republican platform is to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act because of the same mandate, anyway?
Picking myself up off the floor.
If empathy is passing the Mass. health care law, what is vowing to repeal the ACA if elected? It would have to be the opposite of empathy to my mind...
Seems pretty pathetic when Romney feels he needs to prove "empathy" by touting his Massachusetts health care plan but ignores he plans to REPEAL the national version of it commonly called Obama-Care. Empathy? No, the real Romney was seen in the secretly taped video!
With Romney's candid comment, not only was his opinion exposed, the mind-set of the entire Republican Party's platform was also revealed.
Willard's realizing just how popular Obamacare is. So now he wants credit for it. It won't be long till the rest of the republicans try to take credit for Obamacare. That's what they do, they were for it before they were against it. When they think somethings unpopular they want to kill it, do away with it, repeal it, then when they see how popular it is, they flip and say it was their idea and they supported it all a long.
Tea baggers, the news isn't all bad.
Looks like Mitt-Wit will win Utah.
does he think hes a comedian? he would do better in silent movies.
Perhaps Mittens should have heeded from the adage remain silent and have others think you to be a fool then to speak and remove all doubt...
Mittens cites Romneycare (upon which Obamacare is based) in Massachussets as proof of empathy, but declares he will repeal Obamacare as soon as he takes office. Yeah, that sounds really empathetic to me - NOT! Let me remind all of you, that Romney's perceived lack of empathy is not just restricted to him, but is the foundation upon which the entire Republican platform is based.
CURRENT POLL RESULTS Thursday 9-27-2012
Rasmussen: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows President Obama attracting support from 51% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns 44% of the vote.
>>>> GALLOP POLL 9-27-2012 <<<<
Obama 50 Romney 44
CNN Election Board: Obama 53 Romney 46
Michigan Obama 52 Romney 38
Iowa Obama 51 Romney 44
New York Obama 62 Romney 34
Wisconsin Obama 54 Romney 40
Ohio Obama 53 Romney 43
Pennsylvania Obama 53 Romney 42
Virginia Obama 52 Romney 44
Florida Obama 53 Romney 44
Colorado Obama 50 Romney 44
Nevada Obama 51 Romney 44
CNN Question: Who would have the economy in better shape one year from now?
Obama 67% Romney 33%
CNN Question: Who will fare better in the debates? <===========
Obama 59 Romney 34
538blog:
Electoral Votes: Obama 315.4 Romney 222.1
Chance of Winning Obama 81.9 Romney 18.1
Popular Vote: Obama 51.3 Romney 47.6
For more details:
http: //fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
538blog includes Gallup and Rasmussen polls, plus others <======================
Haven't you heard Say What? All the republicans have declared all these polls wrong. They have their internal polls which shows Romney either leading or tied, but they can't tell us what polls their referring to. I guess it's more of the republican imaginary polls, kind of like their imaginary supporters. I wonder if their going to have an imaginary election in November where they win.
Yes, they even deny Gallup and Rasmussen!
I think Romney's team uses the 'IWANNAWIN" poll, run by Ann for the benefit of all YOU PEOPLE.
Romney's campaign staff is looking more and more incompetant each day! Who in the heck wrote that speech?
So Romneycare is great for Mass....but Obamacare is bad for the nation??? That is such backassward logic!!
Governor Romney has a poor grasp of physics. He has yet to realize that an object simply cannot exist in two different places at the same time. His "position" on healthcare reform has gone from incoherent to insane.
The reason Mitt Romney will lose the election
Mitt Romney doesn't hold true to himself as shown by the fact he really does believe in health care for all - he allowed himself to be used by the GOP to support their idea to abolish Obamacare.
He may have had a chance if he stuck by what he believes in.
One thing is for certain - We cannot allow or afford to have a puppet in the Whitehouse and that's all Mitt will be.
Pretty sad really. What kind of man are you if you don't believe in yourself, your idea's and what's right for the Majority of America and allow yourself to be influenced by outside forces.
This is nothing but a precusor to what his whole Administration would be like.
I should add that I kinda feel sorry for him - He abondoned his principles and for what?
A legacy that will be a failed Presidential bid and be labeled a liar for life.
The only thing Willard is influenced by is greed.
Empathy !?! really;empathy. this man doesn't have an empathetic bone in his body. As a matter, I believe he's a sociopath. He has all the symptoms of anti-Social Personality Disorder- a sense of entitlment, a belief that the rules don't pertain to him, and an unutterable ability to not tell the truth. this man is dangerous !!
You might be a Republican if you believe that there is a difference between
legitimate and illegitimate rape.
Why is Mittens always seen with Ann?
Because all of his other wives support Obama!
I'm sure Romney thinks his falling polls are just a left-wing conspiracy....NOT the sad facts that the GOP is waging a war on women, wants to cut SS, Medicare, Medicaid (nursing homes, remember!), SSI, student loans, Pell grants, and will work at getting us into another war that we cannot afford while choosing not to fix road/bridges, create jobs, support education or healthcare and destroy unions. No...it's NOT the MESSAGE, is it!!?? Duh....
Romney can't even give stump speeches without Paul Ryan bringing in the only excitement in that dog & pony show.
Mitt Romney can go to hell with his empathy for 53% of the American people......We the other 47% (moochers) will vote with a vengeance on Nov. 6th 2012.....making sure that the Romney/Ryan ticket do not come as close as 47% of the electoral votes.
47%
Obama/Biden 2012
Forward
WIN OR LOSE-BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY THIS ELECTION!
Listened to some of the entralled Obama votes celebrating the 2008 victory, "We gonna get that Obama Money NOW:" Where is going to come from? "From Obama's stash!"
Whether it is deceiving the most ignorant of the electorate or frightening our vulnerable Seniors with mediscare, Democrats never debate the issues: merely deal in deception, fear mongering, and character assassination. To be associated with this party is to hang with the lowest of the low. By thy friends n associates be known.
Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear are echoes of some idiot, named Hot Daddy yelling nonsense down a hole.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Republicans may soon lose a key talking point. According to data released Thursday, President Obama may now be a net job creator.
In the year following Obama's inauguration, the U.S. economy lost about 4.3 million jobs. But new figures released Thursday show 4.4 million jobs have been added back since then.
Here's how it happened: Since early 2010, jobs have slowly been trickling back, particularly in professional services, health care and manufacturing. As of August, the Labor Department had indicated about 4 million jobs had been recovered overall.
Those figures get revised frequently though, as the Labor Department gets more complete data over time. On Thursday, the Labor Department released a statement, saying it crunched the numbers again, using unemployment insurance records that employers are required to file.
Based on that data, the government now believes it under-counted jobs created in much of 2011 by around 386,000. That's according to preliminary figures that the government could still tweak slightly in February.
If true, those figures mean the economy has recovered 4.4 million jobs since early 2010 -- enough to fully account for the jobs lost in Obama's first term. In fact, Obama would be ahead by exactly 125,000 jobs.
Pathetic! Empathy is perceived by the receiver, not sold to him. Oh well, there just aren't many ways to polish a turd.
The GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" has NO 'Empathy' for the Middle Class, the Working Poor, the elderly, and the disabed. The GOP/RNC "Romulian" has NO 'Empathy' for injured military personnel coming back from the Two "Bush Wars." This GOP/RNC "Flip-Flopper" has NO 'Empathy' for those who are politically honest, and economically fair.The GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" made it clear. He has NO 'Empathy' for 47% of Americans, and he will NOT waste his time representing them. What a joke!