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Subscribe to RSSKISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The approach of Hurricane Sandy along the East Coast forced Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to scrap a planned campaign swing Sunday in Virginia, rerouting the GOP contender to the battleground state of Ohio instead.
"I was looking forward to being in Virginia tomorrow but you know the hurricane is headed up there, and I just spoke with the governor, Governor [Bob] McDonnell, and the governor and I talked about that. He said, you know, the first responders really need to focus on preparation for the storm, so we’re not going to be able to be in Virginia tomorrow, we’re going to Ohio instead," Romney told some 4000 supporters at a rally here Saturday.
The Romney campaign had planned three stops in major markets on Sunday, with rallies in Sterling, Richmond and Virginia Beach, but after canceling the Virginia Beach rally on Friday, the campaign took what an aide said was a "precautionary measure" in cancelling the other two stops. Romney will join his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan for three stops in Ohio Sunday instead.
In Virginia, Romney-Ryan and Victory offices were accepting donations of bottled water and non-perishable food such as beef jerky, granola bars and peanut butter for distribution to relief centers.
A Romney aide said the campaign planned to reschedule the Old Dominion swing.
Romney urged his Florida supporters, who know something about major storms, to keep thinking about those in the Sandy's path.
"I hope you'll keep the folks in Virginia and New Jersey and New York and all along the coast in your minds and in your hearts," Romney said. "You know how tough these hurricanes can be and our hearts go out to them."
Vice President Joe Biden also canceled a planned rally on Saturday in Virginia Beach, and President Barack Obama changed his travel plans ahead of the storm, leaving for planned campaign events in Florida on Sunday night instead of Monday morning. The Obama campaign has canceled a rally with Michelle Obama in New Hampshire on Tuesday as well, anticipating the effects of the storm may continue even then.
Traveling with Romney on Saturday, Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said he wasn't concerned about the electoral effect of the storm on Florida or elsewhere, but was focused on people.
"Our first concern is with the people that are in the path of the storm. Obviously, that is the No. 1 concern," Rubiotold reporters on the Romney campaign plane between stops in Florida. "Beyond that, I haven’t had time to think about what impact it's going to have on the campaign. I think that’s like a secondary concern at this point."
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Stay safe, everyone in Sandy's path.
Stay safe, everyone in Sandy's path.
NorCal:
Agreed. Politics should take a back-seat to the safety of our fellow Americans.
The approach of Hurricane Sandy along the East Coast forced Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to scrap a planned campaign swing Sunday in Virginia, rerouting the GOP contender to the battleground state of Ohio instead.
That's all right. No offense to Virginia, but Ohio is actually more important now. Last week I said that Romney could only win enough electoral votes to win the Presidency if he takes Ohio. Enough has changed since then to where I now believe that he could also succeed if he wins the state of Wisconsin instead. Conversly, Obama can only win if he takes both Ohio and Wisconsin thereby blocking Romney from either of these paths.
Oh yea, think MYTH. Think about the aid your cohorts in Congress previously turned down in times of disaster. They'll probably do it again.
MYTH wants them believe he cares about the poor but his actions say the exact opposite.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Charity-150x150.jpg
4 more 4 44
Obama/Biden 2012
Especially that Weasel Cantor, Bev.
That idiot wanted to deny relief unless it was paid for..he very quickly reversed his stance.
Stay safe, everyone in the path of Sandy!
Good call Mitt
The last thing this storm needs is one more source of hot air... good luck to all my former neighbors...except you Joe, you were a... and I sure hope that sewer up in DC doesn't overflow
Hey Myth, why don't you just give everyone a break and go home . . . CA? UT ? MA? NH? who knows . . . . it doesn't matter.
Meanwhile, Nate Silver says . . .
Obama will win:
295 Electoral College votes, ~75% chance
in OH - 76%+
in VA - 54%+
in WI - 86%
in NV - 79%
in NH - 70%
in CO - 57%+
EAST-COASTERS - PLEASE VOTE EARLY, IF YOU CAN - AND STAY SAFE, Y'ALL!
O & JOE! 4 MORE!
If you truly believed this, why didn't you stop there?
Odd... HuffPo has this story on their home-page!
So much for independent thinking on your part!
BAAAA says the sheep!
Scrapping this visit like closing down a 1000 worker plant to make a cool 100 million. Mitt, you did everyone a favor so don't feel bad not that you have a conscience.
Romney/Ryan refuse to give any TV interviews or answer any questions by reporters on the campaign trail. Now they have to eliminate several key states due to hurricane Sandy. How are they going to lie to the public now? Guess they will have to tell their fibs to the newspapers and hope they print it. LOL. What losers the Republicans are. They tried to suppress the vote, that didn't work. They tried to destroy Democratic voter registrations, they got caught. They must have prayed for a hurricane to end the early voting hours they tried to stop... ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... they just can't win! There's a chance that the Dems could take the House and will definitely keep the Senate. I see a landslide coming and its not due to Sandy
So much for keeping politics out of a personal safety issue. LIBERAL FOOLS!!
Odd... HuffPo has this story on their home-page!
Thanks for supporting my comment. I don't read the Huffington Post, so I wouldn't have known this...but it's good to know that my analysis has merit.
So much for independent thinking on your part!
You're the last person who can make this criticism, Lil' Miss Cut and Paste.
Not sure where you get "support" out of my rebuttal, only pointing out you read something and are now parroting it!
LOL!
Don't sprain anything patting yourself on the back little buddy! lmao
Whatever... *rolls eyes*
Keep grazing it will all be over soon for you! ☺
Keep grazing it will all be over soon for you! ☺
And I'm still waiting.
I can say without doubt that the redhead from IL does very little cutting and pasting and a whole lot of original posting....
She does cut and paste dummies comments to remind them and others of what they said...
And I am a republican...
Feisty------Bill Maher is one of the best voices of our time....
Like Carlin, Pryor or even Lenny Bruce.
Carry on little lamb... I concede the last word to YOU! lol
Philly,
His show last night was one of his finest! ROTFLMAO!
I have to offer confirmation of SW philly's ascertion...no way, has anyone ever thought what fiesty thinks
I am however a little surprized she has time for posting, early voting has just started and no way she has made it to all the polling places already
Mr Phea..
Ahhhhhhh SOOOOooo funny about feisty voting because Democrats vote early and often right ?
Feisty ...
You BILL junkie you! ;-)
He could hardly get through that line! I do love my Bill Maher and I respect him as he has both sides on. Ann Coulter last week! (she so wanted to raise her crazy stuff on the panel!) Barney Frank this week.. what a great guy who calls it as it is.
Back to topic ... Romney ... maybe you ought to look back at all of those crazy kids in Exodus and what happened to them.
Obama/Biden 2012
oh no, you misunderstood...I just meant she was probably helping the elderly, and disabled make it to the polling places (lol)
^ Why do people put images of their babies online ?
With all of the weirdos in the world ?
And A lot of them are Pro-Life but they don't think the same child has privacy rights.
I know if I was born today I would be po'ed in the future if someone plastered my pic on first read when I was little.
That is not a joke...
I do help those without a ride to vote.
Mitt scraps VA campaign...
why? the People need you in time of storm..you are a vulture soaring to the sky, doing a Brownie heckuva job - what a better way to impress others that you are a man on a mission to make the world safe for your VultureDom.
Just try to remeber where they live...so you can deliver all the boxes of tissues on Nov 7
I'm not sure why someone who would prefer to see kids stacked like cord wood in the dumpster behind the Abortion clinic would be concerned about a poster who is proud of there kids
Oh Mitt, after the Mourdock fiasco you didn't really want to be seen with Bob "Vaginal Probe" McDonnell anyway. Also Eric "Obstructionist" Cantor probably didn't want to be seen with you Mr. Romney --
And yes, per a post above, will Cantor demand an offset in spending upfront before providing any disaster assistance to the people of Virginia? These Teapublicans don't even pretend at "compassionate conservatism" anymore, whether the hardships women face or folks in the path of a hurricane.
IXLR8 -- Another example would be when Romney made those coal miners take a day off without pay to pose on a stage with him. What a piece of...work Mitt is.
I think Maher was on to something when he said to Michael Steele that there was a "big opening" for a moderate Republican to come in an get a lot of attention.
Of course, that's what Mitt is doing. He's acting like a person Americans might like. That's the reason for the bounce. Too bad he's just blowing in the wind.
Republicans are really setting themselves up for some big losses as demgraphics change. They really need to jettison the teawackos instead of snuggling up to them. Youth and color are going to kill them 10-20 years from now.
Romney is collecting donations to help those who are hit, and where is our President? MTV? Or is it some other late night talk show?
The President would care more about Virginia if he didn't see it swinging Romney's way.
@Magic
The have not grown, they have only improved the packaging
* abortion rights...yeah....targeted at poor and minorities...ohhhh
* social safety net....yeah...designed as a socioeconomic trap...ohhhh
* C.R.A. ...yeah...buy on credit, and lose your investment...ohhh
* Legalize Drugs or eliminate enforcement...what is the worst that could happen...ohhh
* Border enforcement...dilute job opportunities of the poor and minorities...ohhh
* Green Energy...yeah...raise the cost of energy for those who can least afford it...ohhh
* Minimum and Living wages...yeah...drive more industries overseas...ohhh
* Increase Regulation....yeah...make it impossible to start new businesses...ohhh
* Obama Care...yeah...Secretary of HHS sets policy on what coverage will be provided, especially to subsidized policies offered on "exchanges"...Rich gets health-care that they can afford...ohhh
and the list goes on and on...and on...
a while back, an African American co-worker/friend of mine directed me to a web-site about Slavery, because I was asking questions, he didn't want to discuss (understood)...on this web-site was a how-to Circa 1700 pamphlet designed to "tame your slave"....Step 1...Break up the families
Translated into today's policies...make disciplining your children illegal...tell parents, we will raise your children (it takes a village not a family)...tell children, we will take care of your parents...turn marriage into a pact between two people who want to file joint taxes...(equal rights aren't enough, we have to call it marriage)
Government's role in dealing with natural disasters? Politics and personal safety? My, my...what short attention spans the righties have! Just two words to jog your hazy memory:
HURRICANE KATRINA
It's going to be interesting to see how well the Prince of Whales/ Gov'nor of Snookieland handles the storm in the Garden State. One thing we know for sure: he'll float like a cork.
If you want an interesting look at priorities - Mitt Romney has posted on his Virginia site emergency info connected to staying safe and his centers in the state are taking donations of water and supplies. On the other hand, O has posted on his facebook page that residents may be eligible for absentee voting. As someone who is on the outside looking in, I know which one I think cares about the individuals more and it's not O.
Yep, it had to happen, sooner or later. Pseudo-intellectual, anti-science, right-wing nuts blaming President Obama for the bad weather.
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Hurricane Sandy: It's Obama's Fault, Say the Theorists
I knew as soon as they said Hurricane Sandy would be a very huge, very weird, very destructive storm for the U.S. that the conspiracies would start flying immediately.
And they have.
<As this comic from Infowars shows, a number of [right-wing] people think Obama is controlling the
weather for his political gain>
The inevitable theory is this: U.S. military intelligence has figured out how to control the weather. Obama has ordered a massive storm so that it causes widespread chaos, and now right before the election he can grandstand and say what a great job he does marshalling FEMA and other forces to help our citizens.
Then he would be a shoo-in for reelection.
Yeah.
http://mattalltrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/sandy-its-obamas-fault-say-theorists.html
justicenonexistent
If you want an interesting look at priorities - Mitt Romney has posted on his Virginia site emergency info connected to staying safe and his centers in the state are taking donations of water and supplies. On the other hand, O has posted on his facebook page that residents may be eligible for absentee voting. As someone who is on the outside looking in, I know which one I think cares about the individuals more and it's not O.
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justicenonexistent
You said: "I know which one I think cares about the individuals more and it's not O."
Just because you say it, doesn't make it true.
Obama: Hurricane Sandy Is A 'Serious And Big Storm'
Reuters | Posted: 10/28/2012 2:16 pm EDT Updated: 10/28/2012 3:11 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned on Sunday that Hurricane Sandy was a "serious and big storm" and called on East Coast residents to heed the orders of state and local officials to protect themselves from its onslaught.
Obama, speaking after a briefing at the federal government's storm response center in Washington, said officials had assured him that they had all the resources they needed in place, and he stressed that "it is important for us to respond big and to respond fast" to the hurricane's onslaught.
"We're going to cut through red tape and we're not going to get bogged down in a lot of rules," said Obama, who was having to juggle both is re-election bid and his efforts to stay on top of the storm's impact
Magic Tonic Kills Brain Cells
The next time any Democrat claims they've been supportive of civil rights in America (and been so all along), ask them to explain their past.
"We've grown" is not gonna cut it, considering they continue to lie about their past to this day, and only someone lacking in common sense would believe two distinct political parties could juxtaposition their stances on civil rights seemingly overnight.
I'm tired of the recitation that Southern Democrats became racist Republicans and took those tendencies with them. Even today, it never takes long for a Democrat to play the race card purely for political advantage.
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Magic Tonic,
I see that you're sold on the revisionism messages of the right-wing. Here's an explanation of both the Dems and the GOP's past, when it comes to both their records on Civil Rights and how the Republicans in the 20th century tried to misleadingly spin this issue on civil rights and racism.
The Conservative Fantasy History of Civil Rights
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/conservative-fantasy-history-of-civil-rights.html
GOP not racist, but #1 with racists
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/14/1144560/-GOP-not-racist-but-1-with-racists
Romney is afraid of a real challenge. If he went to VA he would have shown some balls... but they are missing...
The movie "the Hope and the Change" is now playing on Hulu and it's free! You don't have to be a member of Hulu or anything, just click the link and watch it for free! If you miss the presidents campaign due to the storm, you can watch him here on Hulu.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/409925
Batten down the hatches. It's a gonna be a bad one folks. Stay safe and vote. :)
... oh, and for Obama. *wink*
Where all in for it and for the same for hurricane Sandy
Damn... was so hoping to witness Romney's political prowess at negotiating with foreign winds.
Stay safe out there folks!!
So Empty Suit is leaving Virginia and taking his Magical Travelling Carnival of Lies and Impossible Promises to Ohio!... again.
My Dog, I don't know which state is getting the worst of that deal. Haven't those poor Buckeyes suffered enough?
Mitt exclaimed "I hate to cancel, because as you know.....I like storms".
To be fair, the eyewall was just the right height. :)
What else would you expect from a draft-dodging pussy? Romney men are cowards, pure and simple.
Strange that Willard won't take advantage of a photo-op.
Oh, well, maybe he'll double back to Virginia to survey any damage...then get the pics!
I guess Mitt-Witt decided to pull out of Virgina because of the hurricane. To bad Mitt-Witt's Dad didn't pull out of his mother 57 years ago.
Virgina has enough hot air to deal with a CAT-1 storm in it's path anyway, Mitt would just make it worse.
Another storm puts the halt to GOP campaigning. Maybe a higher power is sending a message.
The nation will scrap Romney on Nov. 6th and send him C.O.D. back to Bain Criminals. At least Romney is out east today and out of Iowa. He really stunk up the state yesterday. Iowa doesn't need that jerk in our state but unfortinately he's coming back next week.
Think of it as a gift from God.
He needs to scrap his whole campaign because Hurricane Barack is moving FORWARD not back to the 50's for women the 80's for foreign policy the 20's for economic policy and the 13th century for science(Even the 1200's would probably be more enlightened than these jokers) and general knowledge...
Scrap...just like our government did in...Benghazi.
When you vote remember the AMERICAN lives lost in...Bengahazi.
Is this the leadership the AMERICAN people want for another four years.
Move forward...Romney/Ryan 2012
Too bad, my friends and I were planning to attend the Romney rally in person.
Just as well, since Virginia is clearly in the Romney/Ryan column. Go win Ohio, Mitt!
Attended a Ryan rally on Thursday, clearly the GOP has the massive momentum in Virginia.
I'm convinced that Bob is from Baghdad....
Real Clear Politics has Virginia dead even as of 5pm Saturday.
First post as have been lurking for years (waves at Feisty) I'm here to eat at the door steps at repblicons
for the next one hundred years.
Is Romney concerned he's would be blown away? He should have thought about that before he started running to France, I mean running for President. France is where he goes to dodge wars not storms!
40 Republican US Senators betrayed US veterans by killing legislation to create jobs for troops returning home from foreign wars and help stimulate the US economy.
The Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 would have funded $1 billion over a 5 year period to help put veterans to work here at home maintaining federal lands and serving in our nation's police and fire departments. The bill was sponsored by Democratic Senator Patricia Murray (D-WA) and was modeled after Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps Act which put 2.5 million Americans back to work during Roosevelt's presidency...
Republican Senators Coburn and Sessions helped to defeat passage of legislation to put Americans (who fought for our nation's freedoms overseas) back to work here in the USA. Just as Romney refused to stand alongside America's autoworkers, Coburn and Sessions did the exact same to America's veterans returning home from the Middle East...Now Romney is using those same autoworkers as background for his photo-ops. Pathetic...
Vote out obstructionist Republican House and Senate candidates who support their GOP party's failed economic policies which only hurt the American people and our economy...Time to vote out these career making politicians who only serve themselves...
Support President Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden on Election Day 2012!!!
This hurricane is Obummers fault.
Mitt should simply call it a day and come back for another beat-down in 2016, this time at the hands of Hillary.
Timeout: Romney to Answer Interview Questions?
No, take Romney no questions?
Mitt Mutt Muzzle
When the lark makes a bark, that's a muzzle.
When a misspoke was joke, that’s a muzzle.
Muzza Muzza Me, Muzza Muzza Me, a Momma.
When this lie, hits your eye, vote for me.
When I lie, it's denied, that's a muzzle.
When the truth slips its noose, that's a muzzle.
When we say, what's coo coo, that's a muzzle.
Muzza Muzza Me, Muzza Muzza Me, that's no trouble.
When I sigh it's a lie, no need for truth, that's a muzzle.
So don't speak, Muzza Muzza Me, that's a muzzle.
When we win, it’s a sin, and new muzza sketch.
Pray that people in that areas find the safety and secure shelters with sufficient food, water, personal hygiene, and beds/bedding, with electricity and security guards/police in place.
Go Obama/Biden 2012.
Is Willard planning to sit out the hurricane in France?
It seems the cowardly draft-dodger is also a storm-dodger.
what do you expect from a coward conservative, why do people vote for cowards?
Liar Romney should just scrap the whole election. What a worthless piece of dog poop he is. I was trying to be nice, you all actually know what I meant to say. It is fun though waiting to see what Romney and Ryan are going to LIE about next. My guess is he did't really strap his dog to the top of his car. I just wonder how he has the balls to walk into his church after all of the lies he has told. Maybe his church will let him in just because of the money he gives them, that would be my guess.
O&Joe 2012 ****LiarROmney 1040****
I'am wondering if the Village Idiot Romney has had Boeing built him a jet yet, where the windows roll down. He is a real winner, don't know how he even won the republican candidacy for president. Oh I forgot, he was up against some of the lousiest candidates in the history of politics. I also wonder if the trees are still the right height in Michigan, do you think he still likes teachers and american cars. When he talks, he sounds just like a Village Idiot. Yet you republicans, think he can actually run our country. Good thing the majority of us Americans aren't going to give him that opportunity. Apparently Romney is going to SWERVE hurricane Sandy, just like he did Viet Nam, what a coward draft dodger that horses a$$ is. Romney how can you live with yourself you coward? If I were you, I wouldn't look in the mirror either.
O&Joe 2012 ****Liar Romney 1040****
Chicken$hit Willard. He should go to France until the threat is over.
More money spent in Ohio by the Romney campaign while 170+ people in Wisconsin prepare to leave their job thanks to a company Romney created Bain Capital. Now he says he will create 12 million new jobs but he won't say where or how. He says he promises to work across the table but what he doesn't tell you is the people on the other side of the table are from China! He says he wants to be the President for 100% of the Americans but he also says that doesn't include 47% of you that live off of government hand outs. He claims since President Obama has taken office millions have lost their jobs but what he doesn't tell you is that on the day the President was voted into office the Republicans decided as they are doing now to lay off as many as possible and cut hours for those you can't lay off. He has made Staples and Sports Authority the model for his America, part time workers at minimum wage and his new plan is to lower minimum wage and give those that hire more part time workers a tax break. You sheep are now having your brains removed and most of you can't feel a thing! What should be happening is Romney being run out of the country along with his family for the simple fact his Grandfather left America running from a Polygamy charge. It seems Romney has also been on the run, during the Vietnam War Romney ran to France to avoid the draft. Now Romney's children are also avoiding what most of us feel is a duty and that is serving our country in it's time of need. Where would they be if a draft had been enacted during the last 10 years? I bet you $10k not in this country! I am proud to say, I am a white male age 54 and not a racist bone in my body. I voted for Obama 4 years ago and again 3 days ago! Shame on you that vote for a do nothing party of no, Republican! A party that has done nothing to help the economy or Americans and is now resorting to blame the one man that has tried and succeeded in accomplishing more than we thought was possible. Colon Powell said it all just 2 days ago don't you think you should listen or are you the reason racism exist in the United States to this day? Some of you truly make me ashamed of my race.
I'm afraid I don't understand why some people are calling Obama the "My way or the highway" President, when so many of the right winger Republicans have signed that Norquist pledge and say absolutely NO TAXES. Now that is a "My way or the highway" statement if I've ever heard one. Obama is willing to compromise, but compromise doesn't mean caving in completely. It means both sides give up something. These right wingers are not willing to compromise, period. Thus the problem really lies in getting the extremists of both parties OUT OF CONGRESS. Anyone who doesn't understand this, doesn't understand how politics and life in general works.
This is not to mean the Demoncrats don't need to cut back on their silly spending. They do. However, the right winger Repubs also need to buck up and suck it up and be ok with paying a little more taxes to save America's butt! The debt is simply too big to not do this. Anyone who thinks otherwise also doesn't understand math. We can't both stimulate our economy and pay off the debt without paying more taxes. I'm ok with it even though it will significantly screw up my retirement. However, I like to think I'm doing the patriotic thing in that I'm willing to sacrifice to help America through this tough spot. But I'm not willing to waste my hard earned money on stupid wasteful things like more dam wars!!! Spend it on America
You do not seem to understand that Obama has failed and it is time for a change. Promised to cut the deficit in half, instead raised it by half. Unemployment, who knows where it really is, but Obama failed in getting the economy going to bring down unemployment.
CKSM, the error in thinking is yours, I'm afraid. Let talk about Myth Robme's failure:
After one term with Romney at the helm, the people of Massachusetts elected Deval Patrick, the first Democratic governor in 17 years. Mitt Romney campaigned like the slick salesman he is, but once in office, the real Romney emerged. Romney raised every fee in Massachusetts, including certificates for the blind, TB tests, even tripling the cost of a gun license. He was responsible for the 2nd largest per pupil education budget cut in history. He gutted funding for social services, assistance for poor children in Massachusetts. Romney left the state of Massachusetts with one of the lowest approval ratings in the nation, in the low 30's. #48 of 50 Governors!
Our analysis reveals a weak comparative economic performance of the state over the Romney years, one of the worst in the country.”-Andrew Sum and Joseph McLaughlin, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston Globe, 7.29.07
During Governor Romney’s term, Massachusetts fell from 36th to 47th out of 50 states in job creation, while the overall U.S. economy grew. By the end of Governor Romney’s term, Massachusetts had lost more than 40,000 manufacturing jobs—a rate twice the national average.
Myth Robme and Lyin Ryan .... not a whit's regard for the truth, unfit to serve!