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Subscribe to RSSThe focus remains on Ohio, but both candidates raced through battleground states in the final sprint to Election Day. Mitt Romney visited seven states where he conducted eight events. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The clock ticking down in this critical state, Mitt Romney spent his Sunday afternoon rally in Cleveland reaching out to the independent voters he'll need to claim victory on Tuesday, saying that President Barack Obama has refused to listen to voices like theirs.
“Four years ago, let’s look at the promises the president made. He promised to do so very much, but frankly he fell so very short. He promised to be a post-partisan president, but he’s been most partisan, he’s been divisive, blaming, attacking, dividing," Romney said. "And by the way, it’s not only Republicans that he refused to listen to; he also refused to listen to independent voices."
President Barack Obama is calling on his biggest supporters and surrogates in the final two days before Election Day. His focus remains on Ohio, which offers 18 electoral votes. NBC's Kristen Welker reports.
"You’ve watched what’s happened in this country over the last four years with an independent voice," Romney said. "You hoped that President Obama would live up to his promise to bring people together to solve big problems, but he hasn’t. And I will.”
The calculated appeal to independents, similar in every recitation of the Romney closing argument, takes on additional importance here in Ohio, where a poll out this morning conducted by The Columbus Dispatch newspaper shows President Obama ahead of Romney, 50 percent to 48 percent, in the Buckeye state overall, helped by winning unaffiliated voters by ten points.
Romney advisers say their polling shows the former Massachusetts governor winning independent voters, and they argue that whoever wins independent voters almost certainly wins Ohio.
A new NBC poll should give both presidential campaigns reason to hope. Obama comes in at 48 percent; Romney at 47 percent. Taking Sandy into account, 80 percent in the Northeast said they approved of the president's handling of Superstorm Sandy. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
With that mindset, closing argument promises to focus on economic issues and to work beyond partisan boundaries are designed to resonate.
"I won't spend any of my efforts trying to pass partisan legislation that won't help with economic growth," Romney told the roughly 6,000 supporters who gathered to hear his remarks on Sunday afternoon.
Democrats have scoffed at Romney's claim of a record of bipartisanship, or that he would be better than President Obama at reaching across aisle. They cite that Romney issued more than 800 vetoes during his time as governor in Massachusetts, where the state legislature was overwhelmingly Democratic.
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MITT ROMNEY PAID ZERO TAXES 1996 - 2009:
"Using a tax shelter called a CRUT (charitable remainder unitrust) that was held by the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Mitt Romney was able to pay zero taxes (legally) every single year from 1996 to 2009. Why did he stop in 2009? Because he would make public his 2010 tax return, that is why.This tax loophole was killed by Congress in 1997. However those including Romney that were already using it were allowed to continue it. The way it works, is that Romney makes a "charitable" contribution to the Church of Latter Day Saints and it goes into a trust. Since the trust is held by the church, the money is tax deferred. Any capital gains, are non taxed because of the charities status. Like an annuity, the donor gets a charitable tax deduction and an stream of cash payments. When Romney dies, the church accepts full ownership.."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/04/1155381/-Breaking-Romney-Paid-Zero-Taxes-From-1996-To-2009
Now we understand why Romney refused to show more than TWO Tax Returns.
And now we know Harry Reid was right, when he said Romney paid zero taxes for TEN years.
Romney paid ZERO taxes from 1996 until 2009. It is time for Americans to know the truth about Mitt Romney.
Backhouse,
We have a candidate who rakes in $57K per day for doing nothing and now we find out he has paid ZERO taxes on it!
And Willard has the balls to ask for the independent vote? lmao!
Pass the jam, even his top advisors know he's TOAST!
Feisty,
Speaker Harry Reid was CORRECT when he said Mitt Romney paid NO taxes for a decade. That's what Senator Reid said!
Hence, Romney only showed tax returns (divvied up) for the last two years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/romney-avoids-taxes-via-loophole-cutting-mormon-donations.html
Hey, I'm a Republican and an Independent and I Guarantee
that No Republican or Independent would ever want Mitt Romney,
that cowardly Liar, admitted Tax-Cheat, and probable Felon,
who only Avoided those Felony Charges by cowardly "Retiring Retro-Actively"
from Bain Capital, to ever get near our sacred White House.
No Independent or Republican for that matter, would want to ever go back to those
dark-dank Hideous, Horrific days of Dick (Darth Vader) Cheney, that "little-turd" Karl Rove,
Ann (the Man) Coulter, that wacko-cult-member-Mormon Glen Beck,
or the hideous and horrific Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage,
"Rape is ok" Todd Akin, or Richard Moudock, etc. etc. ad nauseum.
Can we all Agree to Finally sen Mitt Romney and the rest of the "Bush Gang"
"Back to the Political Dung Heap of History", where they all belong.
It will be Fun and it's the Right thing to do.
And remember, I'm a Republican
Romney's true master is the Tea Potty...that Indpendents have abhorred.
And speaking of the rich politicians who don't want to pay their fair share, equally important is today's media and all the money they make.
You put the two together and you understand why social media has become the lifeline for news and information for people in this country who know when they are being lied to and manipulated.
I saw this statement as well over @ DailyKos and boy did it explain to me so clearly my disappointment in today's media, as well as our politicians:
They get rich and **** the middle class.
The instant these media guys get rich, they forget what was unique about America circa 1932 to 1970s: good public education, strong voice for labor, equality of opportunity, and relatively honest politics that gave working class folks a voice.
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There are no working class folks on tv. I didn't watch MTP this morning, but from the names I saw on the panel, two of them are pathological liars. And both of them are Republicans.
That's what has become of today's media for the most part.
Please vote Democrat. Please vote for President Obama. It's the only way we can retain our democracy. By voting.
"ROMNEYISM"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/romneyism_b_2069095.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
The ten guiding principles of Romneyism are:
1. Corporations are the basic units of society. Corporations are people, and the overriding purpose of an economy is to maximize corporate profits. When profits are maximized, the economy grows fastest. This growth benefits everyone in the form greater output, better products and services, and higher share prices.
2. Workers are a means to the goal of maximizing corporate profits. If workers do not contribute to that goal, they should be fired. If they cannot then find other work that helps maximize profits in another company, their wages must be too high, and they must therefore accept steadily lower wages until they find a job.
3. All factors of production -- capital, physical plant and equipment, workers -- are fungible and should be treated the same. Any that fail to deliver high competitive returns should be replaced or discarded. This keeps an economy efficient. Fairness is and should be irrelevant.
4. Pollution, unsafe products, unsafe working conditions, financial fraud, and other negative side effects of the pursuit of profits are the price society pays for profit-driven growth. They should not be used as excuses to constrain the pursuit of profits through regulation.
5. Individual worth depends on net worth -- how much money one has made, and the value of the assets that money has been invested in. Any person with enough intelligence and ambition can make a fortune. Failure to do so is sign of moral and intellectual inferiority.
6. People who fail in the economy should not be coddled. They should not receive food stamps, Medicaid, or any other form of social subsidy. Coddling leads to a weaker society and a weaker economy.
7. Taxes are inherently bad because they constrain profit-making. It is the right and responsibility of individuals and corporations to exploit every tax loophole they (and their tax attorneys) can find in order to pay the lowest taxes possible.
8. Politics is a game whose only purpose is to win. Any means used to win the game is legitimate even if it involves lying and cheating, as long as it gains more supporters than it loses.
9. Democracy is dangerous because it is forever vulnerable to the votes of a majority intent on capturing the wealth of the successful minority, on whom the economy depends. The rich must therefore do whatever is necessary to prevent the majority from exercising its will, including spending large sums of money on lobbyists and political campaigns. The most virtuous among the rich will go a step further and run for president.
10. The three most important aspects of life are family, religion, and money. Patriotism is a matter of guarding our economy from unfair traders and undocumented immigrants, rather than joining together for the common good. We owe nothing to one another as citizens of the same society.
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On Tuesday we'll decide whether these should be the guiding principles of America.
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IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR AMERICA?
HECK NO, VOTE O & JOE! :-)
I've been saying it all along, it's 2004 redux...
As the incumbent gains in the RCP averages to move even closer to the 2004 parallel...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/election_2012_vs_election_2004_eight_years_ago_today.html
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It may actually be identical by Tuesday...
Both challengers are within 1/10 of one percent (Kerry 2004-Romney 2012)
and the challenger hasn't led in a single GE poll since Gallup stopped polling last week (10/28)
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Giants Football...can't beat it on a Sunday afternoon.
With Tea Party gripping the GOP, there are no true Independents among Republicans - remember Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana (2012) and former Sen. BOB Bennett of Utah (2010) - 2 victims of Pee Potty.
But the GOP is self-defeating with Tea Potty
Yes, I am voting a straight Democratic ticket this time, too, with the exception of a Republican or two who have a proven record of working for compromise to help our country.
My only advice to independents is: Vote every single Tea Party member out.
They have been treasonous and divided our great country.
Princeton reporting
Obama 318
Romney 220
BCWC 0 and probably much less.
TRANSLATED: I'm going to Triple Down on my Jeep Lies. :)
You betcha Romney wont try anything that won't enhance the bottom line of the 1%.
Even if it causes the collapse of the middle class.
Ferengi Economic Rule for America!
Drunk tweet of the campaign (He didn't even have to have someone hack his phone)
@rupertmurdoch Thanks Bloomberg right decision.@Now Christie, while thanking O, must re- declare for Romney, or take blame for next four dire years.
You can't make this stuff up...
Praise the Lord, Haleluliah, God Bless President Obama, Shout it from the Rooftops!
It's Official.
Mr. Obama will be the President of all us Freedom Loving Americans,
and the Ruler, Master, and Overlord of all you Republicans and Teabaggers for the next 4 very long years!
It's a God thing.
God does Not want Mitt Romney, that Liar, admitted Tax-Cheat and probable Felon to ever be our President.
God is no dummy!
Why would He want the likes of Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, that wacko-Mormon Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh,
the hideous and horrific Ann Coulter, or Michael Savage, or Sean Hannity, or "Rape is ok" Todd Akin,
or Richard Mourdock or any of those Nut-Jobs from ever being anywhere near the White House again?
HE doesn't.
So that's why this Christian and this Republican is Voting a straight Democratic ticket this Tuesday.
I want to be in "Accordance with the Will of God" and cast my Vote for Barack Obama,
the Kind, the Good, the Merciful.
Those with a "warped-mind and a Darkened heart" can vote for that Liar, Tax-Cheat and Pension Fund Thief, Mitt Romney.
So Romney give his church a ton of money in a charitable trust and gets income until his death , thent he church get it all.
Wasn't Romney a bishop in the church during this time?
As a bishop or priest in my church they have a different tax status, a clergy tax status that gives them all kinds of write offs, like housing, food, transportion etc.
Daniel - the point is - WE ALL HAVE TO PAY TAXES - except apparently Mitt Romney!
Obama/Biden 2012
"Like any liberal would pay taxes if he didn't have to... "
Straw Man...
Whatever you do, do Not vote for Mitt Romney this Tueday!
Why? I'll tell you why!
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the "Old Bush Gang"
You know it.
I know it.
And know your "Republican Mamma" knows it.
Do you really want to "Go Back" to those Dark-Dank days of the old "Bush Gang"?
That's why this Republican who is a Bible Believing Christian,
is Encouraging Everybody.and I mean Everybody,
to vote a straight Democratic ticket come this next Tuesday.
Another lie from someone who lies for a living. Mitt Romney lies so much, even he believes them. This isn't such a hard choice to make here folks. You have a sitting President that has taken a ship adrift and set it back on course again. And you have a guy who has consistently lied since the day he announced he was running for the office. We all know that Mitt Romney will not do all of those things he has promised. He wouldn't even get close if given the chance. Why take that chance. Send this liar home on Tuesday to his mansion with the car elevators.
VOTE BARACK OBAMA, JOE BIDEN AND A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET!
Don't let these corrupt morons buy and steal our election!
Ohioans don't want Romney in the State, they are sick of his lying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever you do, do Not vote for Mitt Romney this Tueday!
Why? I'll tell you why!
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the "Old Bush Gang"
You know it.
I know it.
And now your "Republican Mamma" knows it.
Do you really want to "Go Back" to those Dark-Dank days of the old "Bush Gang"?
That's why this Republican, who is a Bible Believing Christian by the way,
is Encouraging Everybody, and I mean Everybody,
to vote a straight Democratic ticket come this next Tuesday.
We don't want Dick (Darth Vader) Cheney, or the "little-turd" Karl Rove, or Ann (the Man) Coulter,
or Rush Limbaugh, or the Mormon cult "whack-job" Glenn Beck or "Rape is ok" Todd Akin,
or Richard Mourdock, or Sean Hannity, or the hideous Michael Savages of the Republican Teabagging Party,
to get anywhere near our sacred White House.
Vote all Democratics this Tuesday.
You'll be glad you did.
ok?
Feisty (Fishy) @ 1.1 as usual you have no idea what you are talking about, spreading propaganda and using your robo-voter.
I wish this election could go on for another six months as you VP candidate (and his buddy Harry Reid) display their senility day after day.
Feisty: I have been commenting a long time about Biden's senility. You are so bright, but have never denied it. Tell me how Biden is in Ohio when he is in Florida and in Florida when he is in Ohio or how we have troops fighting in Iran. Feisty are you as senile as Biden?
The question isn’t who is going to win on Tuesday. The outcome is a given. President Obama will be reelected and the Democrats will gain seats in the Senate and House. The real question is what’s next for the Republican Party? Will the crazies continue to run the show? Will Republican candidates still be forced to pledge their allegiance to Grover Norquist? Will they continue to be the party of fear, hate and religious intolerance? Will they be the anti-science and the make up the facts as you go party? Will they listen to Rush the junkie or come back to the ideals of Reagan? Will they become the party of Chris Christi or the stick with the tea baggers? If the tea baggers run the show, we just may have another President Clinton in 2016.
Romney not only was against federal loans for the auto industry, but Bain Capital was among the private firms who refused to provide capital to the auto industry. Then there is the scandal about Romney/Bain making millions buying the auto parts division of General Motors on the cheap, and then using this leverage to blackmail GM. Mitt Romney is worse than Gordon Gekko.
President Obama, on the other hand, had the vision to understand the importance of the auto industry, and manufacturing and related jobs that extend into Ohio. President Obama did the unpopular thing at the time, putting his political career at risk for true conviction -- the president not only has a moral compass, he has true north.
And this lie about the president is more of the Joe Isuzu bullshifting from Romney:
Please Ohio, and voters across this great nation, do your homework and look at the only record there is for Mitt Romney -- His time as Governor of Massachusetts. Romney not only refused to work with Democrats, he was the Poster Boy for the elitism of the Robber Baron days -- He roped off the elevator and made it private.
Just as Romney is doing now with the Media Blackout, he would not allow the press to access him. He was more interested in running for POTUS and his own power and fame than he was the people of Massachusetts. There is a reason he is behind in Massachusetts -- and not just a little but by a lot.
Heck, Romney/Ryan aren't doing too well in Michigan, or New Hampshire, or Wisconsin either where voters know them well. But after a term as Governor in MA, ask yourselves why the voters there do NOT support Mitt Romney now. It's all you really need to know.
Romney & Ryan are Koch paid Bums, Throw them out to cleanse America !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A slip of the tongue is not a mark of senility, however, seeing that way is a mark of ....
Gil - considering the senility of your post, you probably shouldn't attack Feisty. Our VP is admired by both parties in Congress and the Senate. He's a good man with outstanding character - something neither Romney nor Ryan possess.
Obama/Biden 2012
Hey Pigotry, the Koch Boys started the Teabaggers, what is that telling you !!!!!!!!!!!!
America, don't let the 1% buy our Democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, IT IS TRUE!, MittTaxPittanceRommel has been using THE NOTORIUS MORMON CRUT to Evade Taxes For OVER 10 Years!! EGADZ!! How Surly and LowLife can Rommel Be?? And! AND!! AND!!!! We American Working Taxpayers have been Supporting this Vampire aka CountDracula, his family and his snooty sons "who are fulfilling their Patriotic Duties" by working with this gonif(CROOK). Does that mean that We American Working Taxpayers have been Rommel's Creditors and Welfare Payers....?!!...And some Very Naive Voters still want to vote for TheCount and his MindlessServantLyin'Ryan?!!!??!!!Here is a helpful treatise And For the Very Few NAIVE American voters who are thinking of voting for Mitt
Tax Pittance Rommel and Lyin'Ryan out of desperation and hope that THESE
TWO
MONSTERS will rescue your life, Better look AT THE FACTS. CountDracula and
EdddiMunster are going to keep the bush TAX EVASION BONUSES FOR THE EVIL
RICH In Effect: with TheCount's Crappy excuse? "I won't LOWER the taxes on
the Rich!!!!" Well, Thanks Count, as you 1-10% and Corporate
rich
already pay the Lowest taxes in American History and taxes are
REALLY on
the Backs of Working Americans @37%. AND!!! WE DO NOT Even Get A
Universal
HealthCare System Like THE SANE Countries Have; Instead We GOT SCREWED By
KingGeorge THE VacuumBrained and his republicanCrimeCartel "WMD" Wars. Gas and
Oil Prices????,
What a Sucker Punch AT Voters!! The Count and EddiMunster
PERSONALLY Dreamed
up the $4.00p/g at the pump to blame it on Prez O, Like
their pals in the
House Of Reptiles STALLING Prez O Legislation to Create
Meaningful Jobs and
Careers. AND! AND!! AND!!! JUST WHO do you voters think
sets Gas& Oil prices, "Healthcare" policy prices, Hiring, Job/Career
Outsourcing,
Burger Flipping pay for NET $4.50p/hr while TheCount and HIS
republicanCrimecartel Soldiers are SUCKING YOU DRY for
$4.00p/gal gas
and oil,
$1100.00p/m for "healthinsurance",
while mind you!, Rommel's
FRIEND, the ceoVampire
at united healthcare, took home
$128,000,000
*CASH* for salary year 2008!!!!!!!!!, PLEASE Research This FACT So
YOU KNOW
PhantomBeast IS NOT
BSing You, While the Crook Paid No taxes with capital
Gains
LoopHoles, Thanks to The republicanCrimeCartel which Perverted the tax
laws FOR
THE EVIL RICH, LEAVING
WE American TaxPayers to Pay HIS Taxes.
These Clowns are
aristocrat decendents of the Plantation and Slave Owners
who were the ruling
idiots who
started the civil war and ran the south
into ruination; SOUND
FAMILIAR? AND
in 2010?, These
republicanCrimeCartel gonifs (CROOKS) convinced NAIVE voters to
vote them
into controlling the House Of Representatives, PROMISING Renewed
republicanCrimeCartel power to be used to
Create jobs and Government
services. What A Cruel Laugh!, FOOLED YOU AGAIN!! These
republicanCrimeCartelPoliticos have
used the House of Reptiles to BLOCK
EVERY
HELPFUL Bill and Law Prez O has created and backed Creating Meaningful
jobs and helping WE
AMERICANS. And Some of
you are STILL considering
voting for THIS EVIL And VILE GROUP?, Who will use
your vote to Hurt YOU And
Your Family AND
give it ALL AWAY to themselves and the 1-10% and Evil
Corporate Rich While THEY RAPE America AS THEY DID during The King's NOTORIOUSLY
SHAMEFUL Shrubber Reign 2001-2008.
Here Is a
Very VERY Helpful Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og35U0d6WKY&feature=player_detailpage
OBAMA: Selling millions of American jobs to Mexican illegals!
OBAMA: Dumbing down America's schools with third world foreigners.
OBAMA: Filling the streets of America with activists/gang bangers/drug pushers.
Nate silver's prediction record is spotty at best - just gander at his'10 numbers.
Whereas, the Washington football redskins as a predictor have a much higher percent.
Ain't this fun?
You bet.
In the bag. And sure Silver's rep will take a huge hit, but you libbies love him even after he pooched the last election. Whereas Axe is going to lose that fantastic 'stache.
That makes him the big loser.
Finally, the Big "OCTOBER SURPRISE"
MITT ROMNEY paid NO TAXES for TEN (yes! 10 ) YEARS.
What a COWARDLY and "little-man" MITT ROMNEY is.
His CHARACTER FLAWS and his blatant SHORTCOMINGS are NOW on DISPLAY for ALL to SEE.
MITT ROMNEY represents the PARTY of CORPORATIVE WELFARE and WHITE COLLAR CRIME.
This CREEP is SICK.
EVERYBODY, and I mean EVERYBODY, Vote a straight DEMOCRATIC ticket come this TUESDAY.
Let's FINALLY send MITT ROMNEY and the REST of the "BUSH GANG"
"BACK to the POLITICAL DUNG HEAP of HISTORY",
where they rightfully belong.
it will be FUN and it's the RIGHT THING to do.
All Hail Obama.
Ruler, Master, and Overlord of all you crazy-wacko Teabaggers and you hideous-horrific Republicans.
ps. Is this a Great post, or what?
Charlie: That is cool with me. But, I hope the baggers are run out of town. Two is better than one!☺
After 4 more 4 44
The only drug pusher I see here is in your head, Flying Hi or what ????????
Hey AM.Vet, "When Pigs Fly" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT DESPERATE FOOLS YOU LIBS ARE...
THE SHIP IS SINKING...BYE BYE OBAMA!
Headline November 7th 2012
ROMNEY WINS!!!...RECORD REPUBLICAN VOTER TURNOUT!!!
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Like there isn't enough rightwing crap in here, Stinky shows up?
Charlie-1915998 -- Also, the question is, will the Dems get to work to fix our broken election process? The Republicans can't win on merit and know demographics are against them. So they were busy with their "strategery" to gain power at the state level.
By getting Republican majorities in so many states, especially swing states (Dems only control about three of these), they have had Governors like Rick Scott in Florida, Kasich/Husted in Ohio, etc. who have been very busy finding ways to tip the election in Romney's favor.
What Dems need to do is think like criminals in order to combat these criminals, but it is not natural to the progressive profile to think or behave like this. But there MUST be changes made, preferably removing elections from the states and making it a federal, standardized and regulated process. We the American people must have faith in our institutions, most of all our election system.
If we are to be a beacon of democracy to the rest of the world, the rightwing shenanigans must end NOW.
RepublicansForObama-6186389 -- Romney not paying taxes reminds me how we barely missed the bullet with Ross Perot and finding out who he really was. Mitt Romney is a fraud, and worse, he is an unpatriotic creep who has NO right to be any where near the White House.
A vote for Romney is a vote for more war, even bigger deficits and another recession.
republicansforobama dot org
2004, when George W. Bush secured re-election after the Redskins lost to the Packers -- because Al Gore had won the popular vote in 2000.
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That's pretty lame unless I missed President Gore somehow...
It's 2004 all over AGAIN Spanky...The incumbent wins anyway, you know like when the dems were stuck with the charismatic Senator Kerry. Heck, they even both claim Massachusetts as their home, or one of them.
How soon they forget...
What Mitt did with the LDS donation is done by many millionaires. I had a great Aunt that set one of these up. The money or stock given to the charitable organization is a charitable deduction and fully permissible. Depending upon the circumstances the resulting annuity is either paritally or wholly tax free.
What Mitt received from this fund may be tax free, but the rest of his money is in a blind trust, which he pays taxes on
I.E. Mitt has paid taxes all those years on everything except the portion he donated to his church that is sent to him as an annuity.
Saying Mitt paid no taxes IS A LIE
We know Romney has NOT paid his fair share in taxes prior to 2010 because:
1) Romney wouldn't release his tax returns prior to 2010, and even the 2010 was not release in full, nor 2011. If there was nothing questionable, he would not have taken the on-going hits for it.
2) An investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, David Kay Johnston (who I believe is also Mormon), knew Romney was using loopholes of ALL kinds, and possibly even benefited from the IRS amnesty for using gray tax shelters to evade repatriating taxes. Mormons will understand Johnston's comment that Romney fails to Choose the Right.
3) In follow up to Johnston, other Mormons like Reid was a whistle blower, and even the Huntsmans have distanced themselves from Romney. Mitt Romney is an embarrassment to the LDS church. But most of all he is an unpatriotic American.
If Romney manages to squeak into the White House with his lies, the Republican Party will rue the day -- He makes Nixon, Dubya, and any other administration look preferable.
A vote for Obama is a vote for Biden, 70 years and senile.
The Libby spin machine just never ends. I know Demonrats won't win the election. There are more registered Republicans then there are registered Demorats. Independent voters will decide who is the victor. They were smart enough to see through the spin and come to a thought provoked vote. It's up to you Independents.
OBAMA 2012 Because it takes more than 4 years to unBushwack an economy!
When President Barack Hussein Obama's single campaign plank is denigrating the opposition... one knows that he is running scared...
I read the President's economic plan for the next four years. The Plan is devoid of detail to include budget. It appears to be primarily a wish list. It seems that the President wants the federal government to spend a lot of money that it does not have to train math and science teacher's to teach vocational classes at the JC level for jobs that do not really exist in this country. Foreign manufacturers are paying their workers roughly a tenth of the minimum that our workers require and that is why they can always beat domestic manufactures on price. Neither candidate seems to have a solution for this problem. It is our huge trade deficit that is degrading efforts to revive the economy by injecting more money.
In many states, state colleges and universities are having to raise tuition to make ends meet because of tighter state budgets. The President wants to withdrew federal funding from these schools so that they either have to raise tuition even more or close down facilities. The President thinks that this effort will help improve the quality of education in America.
The President is expecting to pass his increased taxes on the "Rich". He has been trying to do that for the past four years but he somehow thinks the can prevail in the next 4 years. This tax will at best take 100 billion dollars per year from the private sector and put it into the public sector. The President promised that the 2012 federal deficit would not exceed 229.27 billion dollars yet the actual deficit exceeded 1.1 trillion dollars so his efforts to date to cut the deficit have been less than successful. He is proposing more spending and unspecified cuts and which has been provided it is impossible that any actually deficit reduction will take place. So I am looking at a nominal annual deficit of 1 trillion dollars assuming the increased taxes on the "rich" passes.
At the heart of the President's plan is the idea of bringing the troops home in 2014 and with the savings use half of it to start paying down our debt and use the other half for infrastructure improvements. To start paying down the debt the federal government has to run a surplus. To run a surplus with half of the piece dividend, the federal government will have to realize a savings of more than 2 trillion dollars per year from bringing the troops home. That amount is more than twice a s much as we are paying for defense including all overseas operations. The President's plan is mathematically impossible. Mathematically impossible plans are at the least less than viable. The President's plan is an example of fantasy economics.
My biggest concern is all the debt that our federal government has been accumulating. With a debt or more than 16 trillion dollars and huge deficits predicted for at least another decade, I estimate that the money that the federal government is borrowing today will end up costing the tax payers more than 10 times the amount borrowed to repay over the next 180 years. Paying 10 times the going rate for goods and services is not good management. The President has yet to present a detailed plan for repaying the debt. The tax payers have a right to know how much all of this federal borrowing to going to end up costing them.
Backhouse
First of all this has been public for over 5 days and it has no traction. It’s a non-issue.
I know, I know, it’s an issue to you Libbies because you look at taxes as a punishment and reward system for redistribution of wealth. This is where you are wrong.
Taxes should simply be used to fund our governments function. No more, no less.
As you stated Romney was able to pay zero taxes on his CRUT.
LEGALLY!!!!!!!!!
So, why all the whining? If it’s legal, it’s not his fault for using it. If anything we should be happy he gets to keep more of his own money rather than keep feeding the bottomless pit known as our government.
Actually, you Liberals should be angry at yourselves for allowing this. You’re the one’s constantly advocating your sacrosanct “progressive” tax system. You claim it’s the only “fair” tax system yet we’ve been using it for a 100 years and we still can’t get it right.
Why?
Once again, because you look at it as a social/moral/ethical issue rather than a fiscal issue.
Our tax code is over 72,000 pages long and it changes DAILY. There are over 1,100 different forms. Between 1986 and 2005 Congress passed over 14,400 amendments to the tax code, this equates to almost 3 changes every day for 19 straight years. There have been about 4,430 tax code changes in the last 10 years. There were approximately 580 changes in 2010 alone.
We have manipulated the tax brackets from 1% for the poor to as high as 94% in the upper brackets. Historically despite all these manipulations our tax revenue, as a percentage of GDP, has been relatively constant at approximately 18%. This happens because of the machinations available in the tax code.
Our tax code has become so convoluted that in the past two years the IRS has had over 110 million inquiries each year regarding our massive tax code, over 25% of the questions couldn't be answered by the agents. The Government Accountability Office publicly released a study showing that, as of the end of fiscal year 2010, roughly $330 billion in federal taxes had never been paid.
More government waste, fraud, abuse and corruption, yet you Liberals keep asking for more.
No government agency should instill the fear in the American people that the IRS does. Remember, the government works for us, not vice versa. Governments goal must be to work as efficiently and cost effectively as possible.
There are hundreds of LEGAL tax deductions, withholds, transfers and other manipulations. Lobbyists, special interest groups and other influential people determine our tax code. How many of you were aware of the 580 amendments that were added to the tax code in 2010?
Why do you Libbies persist in embracing this criminal theft of our hard earned money by our own government?
Why do you Liberals believe that raising taxes on cigarettes, energy consumption, carbon production and other bogeymen will affect changes to decrease those activities but you don’t believe the same will happen when personal and corporate taxes are increased on investment, savings or other growth behaviors?
Does Mitt Romneys tax avoidance, NOT EVASION, bother me? Not at all. It’s legal. It’s none of my, or your, business what he does with his own money, just like it’s none of my business what you do with your money.
Taxes are not a moral or ethical issue, they’re a legal or illegal issue. Pay what is legally due and go about your business. If someone else legally uses the dysfunctional mess called our tax code the only person you can blame is yourself. You allow this monstrosity.
It’s time to get rid on this absolute failure of taxation.
It’s time for either a Constitutionally mandated Flat Tax or Fair Tax. Constitutionally mandate it so that only 2/3rds majority and state ratification can change it. That way every American will know exactly what the tax rate is.
Double taxation in any form is wrong.
We are victims of “taxation without representation”. When the IRS can’t answer 25% of the questions about taxes, something is horribly wrong with our tax system.
Greed isn’t someone wanting to keep more of what they earn, its people demanding a greater share of money that someone else has earned.
I'll vote for anyone who will try to improve my standard of living ...without destroying someone else’s!
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 FOR REAL AMERICANS©
NOTE: Liberals/Progressives remember to vote on November 7th.
I just want to add that concerning the economy we need not worry because our "eye candy" President has this all well in hand. The "rich" will gladly pay for everything. There is now total transparency in the federal government and the nation has been brought together through hope and change. Our President has no problems in getting things done in congress because of the success of his reaching across the isle. GITMO is still closed and the stimulus has completely solved all of our unemployment problems. The 2012 federal deficit was less than 229.27 billion dollars as promised. We are now at peace with everyone in the world and all or our troops will be home before the end of 2014 and by 2015 we will start paying off the national debt. I am sure that everyone has figured out what they are going to do with all that money they have been saving on health care costs. We can all go on vacations using the new green energy, high speed rail system that was built via those stimulus funded shovel ready jobs. I am sure that everyone is looking forward to watching the President and my congressman go over the health care bill, "line by line", on C-SPAN as the President has promised. All hail the Chief!
The Tea Party has become to extreme and racist for many Republicans in my area. My wife and I voted staight Dem this year thanks to the Tea Party and a broken congress.
The true definition of 'Independents' is -
this group's political tendency to 'drift away from the extreme Tea Partisan' of Romnesia
The real racist is obama and dems ( former KKK ).
I wonder who the former KKK are voting for?
Obama: The leader of the crushing of the middle class.
For the sake of the middle class, they better hope Romney wins. Obama's policies simply will not work in a democratic and capitalistic society. He is selling as if they will, but deep down we know better....ALL of us know better.
If you are in the middle class, good luck holding onto your job if Obama is our next POTUS.
Independents are former moderates of both parties. The disgraceful way the Democrats pushed the healthcare bill through Congress via the back door and didn't even read it before voting makes them grossly partisan. Add to that the scientifically backward GOP who think putting their heads in the sand will make global warming and evolution go away are downright scary. And neither party is even willing to think about budget reform, just continue spending our way into oblivion.
Independents reject both extremes, but there is no candidate for us put forth by either party.
ROMNEY 1040's?
Romney tax returns look great. In addition to making a lot of money and sheltering significant income in accordance with the laws, he has donated 30% of his income to charity.
How much has Biden and Obama donated to charity. And where are Obamas college transcripts. I am sure he had a D or F (or two or three). He is the POTUS, we deserve to see them.
Put a fork in him hes done. The good thing about a well done halibut is it doesnt flip flop. Same thing with Mittens.
Well there you have it libs. The Redskins lost today, so, as the "Redskin Rule" goes, the incumbent party is "outta here".
I THINK MAYBE NATE SILVER DOES A BETTER JOB OF PREDICTING ELECTIONS THAN FOOTBALL GAMES DO - LOL! :-)
For Romney to Win, State Polls Must Be Statistically Biased
THE. BEST. POLLING. DATA. EVER.!
Nate predicts on Nov. 6,
President Obama is 85.1% likely to win 307 Electoral College votes!
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President Obama chances of winning: the popular vote - 80.5%
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President Obama chances of winning: *OHIO* - 85%
President Obama chances of winning: IOWA - 83%
President Obama chances of winning: WISC - 94%
President Obama chances of winning: PA - 97.1%
President Obama chances of winning: VA - 71.%
President Obama chances of winning: NH - 79.4%
President Obama chances of winning: NV - 89.5%
President Obama chances of winning: CO - 68.1%
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of the last 21 polls, Obama is ahead in . . . . 17, 2 ties, Myth ahead in NC & FL :-)
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O & JOE . . . VOTE! :-)
Nate Silver Who?
Talk to the Hand
I like your RULE... with an exception!
Romney/Bush Not Now/Never Again
Talk to the Hand - the Bears ANNIHILATED Tennessee today - and President Obama will be re-elected. We're not into past history - we're on current events!
Obama/Biden 2012
It is a re-do of 2004 in many other ways, but I suppose the football game clinches it
Naw Danger - Nate's proclamations 'clinch' it.
As Mr. Silver so accurately said just 4 short years ago, you cannot win without independents.
And O is terrible with them.
Besides libbies are a scared lot. Superstition is huge with them.
The most important predictor of U.S. presidential election results is the price of Tibetan Imperial Yaks leading up to election day. If these yaks are rising in price, the victory goes to the incumbent. If they are falling, it goes to the challenger.
Check the global spot price tomorrow & Tuesday on Tibetan Imperial Yaks and you will know.
BTW, they are awfully cute. Curly black hair like Labradoodles :)
Independent voters in Ohio (and elsewhere) will follow the lead of Independent NYC mayor Bloomberg and throw their support behind Obama and the Democrats, especially in the Buckeye State where the Republicans tried to throw SB 5 (the abolition of unions for public employees) down our throats. We will not forget that anti-democratic thrust from the Right (i.e. Romney's ilk), ever. The Right woke up a sleeping giant in Ohio, and it will make it presence known loud and clear on Election Day.
Spirit of America
Kasich has a 53% approval rate
As for SB5. The Union promised more jobs for teachers, fire, and police by dumping SB-5. Well It was dumped and now all three are experiencing layoff because the municpalities and schools have already undergone one round of layoffs and closing of facilites. After November, more will be layed off because there are lots of levies in Ohio to raise funds for the schools. When those fail, hundreds of more teachers will lose thier jobs and extra cushy pensions.
Good work Backhouse to get out the message. This is a huge mess America! Hey Ohio! The story is true! The IRS is still launching an investigation/audit on the GOP/RNC "Tax Cheat." Did he pay his State Income Taxes? Did he pay his Federal Income Taxes? How much of his profits did he hide in his Offshore Accounts? Who did his Tax Returns during these 14 Years? They obviously used unsound methods of completing "Romulian Romney's" Tax Returns. The IRS and the American People need to see his Tax Returns from 1996 to 2009. The GOP/RNC "Tax Manipulator" needs to be brought in for questioning. He can try too "Flip-Flop" in front of an IRS investigation/audit. Start asking questions America, and demand complete answers. Let your representatives know how you feel America! Is this the GOP/RNC "Tax Cheaters" idea of a fair tax code??
yeah Mitt, I'm sure independents are going to vote for someone who doesn't know what they stand for and changes his mind everyday it seems. Your against gays, women, legalized abortions, and healthcare. Your for....going to war and giving more money to big corporations, so they can park it offshore.....you know like you did for the eight years you won't allow us to see of your taxes. Come Tuesday, you can go back to counting your money and not paying taxes. Talk about someone leaching off of society....that would be you.
Romney is NOT what he tries to appear to be!
Romney's Position on Abortion Comes Directly from the Mormon Church
There are some serious issues evangelicals must consider when it comes to Mitt Romney. One is the fact that he WILL take marching orders directly from the Mormon Church's "prophets, seers, and revelators".
This is not mere biased opinion. It is already happening!
In the VP debate, Paul Ryan, a Catholic, told the country what the Romney administration's position on abortion would be:
— "the policy of a Romney administration will be to oppose abortions with the exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother"--
This is NOT the position of most evangelicals. It is NOT the position of the Catholic Chirch. It is NOT the position of the Republican Party. So, where does it come from?
It IS the OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE MORMON CHURCH! Verbatim!
You want to be in subjection to the Mormon theocracy? Then vote for Mitt Romney.
Your choice.
Thank you for an honest post about the Mormon Church issue. I think because The Mitt is not open and honest and discuss his strong relationship with the church it makes people think he is not huge follower of the cult, it will be a factor in all of his policies as President. I have been writing about this for a long time and have been very concerned about his relationship with the Mormon Church. It is the big elephant in the corner that no one talks about. His not paying taxes is part of the mystery behind the guy, I think he would have used the tax records to show how much he paid and been proud of it, but he couldn't because he does not want us to see how he has used the system. As Ann said " we stayed within the law", what does that mean, whos law? This guy is not to be trusted!
EXACTLY! So mind boggling that the right wing lemmings will vote for Weasel RobMe. A CONman with NO MORAL COMPASS. A cold, callous, conniving man who is in this presidential race for his OWN SELFISH reasons. He has HAVE everything he wants, he just want to add the POTUS title to his massive portfolio AND to protect his massive wealth.
What the right wing lemmings here do NOT UNDERSTAND is that RobMe has cut a deal with his massive donors, such as Adelson. IT'S NOT EXACTLY A DONATION - IT IS AN INVESTMENT, PEOPLE!! The greedy rich do not like parting with their money UNLESS there is something in return!!!
God help us if Weasel RobMe makes it to the W.H. You all will be in for a RUDE AWAKENING for voting against your best interest, because we will end up with an Oligarchy of the Plutocrats!!
mgm-459334--- Mitt Romney's relationship with the Mormon Church goes deeper, and is even more disturbing than you may realize. The main reason that he does'nt "talk about his faith?" When he went through the temple, to be "consecrated" as a missionary, he took a BLOOD OATH to never reveal anything that took place in that temple, when he and Ann were married in the temple, the same oath, again! Of course it is fairly common knowledge, that they do Baptisms in the temples, but do you know who they do them FOR??? They perform Baptisims for DEAD NON-MORMON ANSESTORS, to "bring them into the Mormon faith!" How sick is that?!! You are also correct about the Church being a factor, when it comes to his policies as President (if he is elected), he will walk in lockstep with "Church" policies or face damnation!! It won't make one bit of difference, to whom he may "owe" favors, when it comes to politics,the Church will just, "pay them off" to shut them up!! Or make them disappear!! The Mormon Church has had it's fingers in the political pie for some time now. Do you remember a candidate for President, oh a few years back now named, Bo Gritz? He was a Mormon too, but never made it into the National spotlight. So you see the Mormon Church, has been trying to get one of it's own into the White House for some time. Oh! And let's not forget Mitt's daddy, he ran for President too. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!
Myth Romney - TAX CHEAT Extraordinaire
Mitt Romney - LIAR
Lying for the Lord refers to the practice of lying to protect the image of and belief in the Mormon religion, a practice which Mormonism itself fosters in various ways. From Joseph Smith's denial of having more than one wife, to polygamous Mormon missionaries telling European investigators that reports about polygamy in Utah were lies put out by "anti-Mormons" and disgruntled ex-members, to Gordon B. Hinckley's dishonest equivocation on national television over Mormon doctrine, Mormonism's history seems replete with examples of lying. Common members see such examples as situations where lying is justified. For the Mormon, loyalty and the welfare of the church are more important than the principle of honesty, and plausible denials and deception by omission are warranted by an opportunity to have the Mormon organization seen in the best possible light. This is part of the larger package of things that lead many to describe Mormonism as a cult. "Lying for the lord" is part of Mormonism's larger deceptive mainstreaming tactics, and conversion numbers would drastically lower if important Mormon beliefs were fully disclosed to investigators.
Source: www.mormonwiki.org/Lying_for_the _lord
I heard where they're going to make birth control pills currency, because more and more women are out of work and 3.5 million more in pverty under obama...disturbing to think rational women will vote for him.
right, Harry Reid must have hiden all Romney's tax files to claim that he hasn't paid any tax in 10 years.
you must be just as low as Reid.
RP - as a working woman I find your post to be as ignorant as your candidate - Mitt Romney!
Obama/Biden 2012 for ALL Americans
If you were as astute as you think...you'd know these facts...who's the ignorant one now?
RP - your ignorance knows no bounds. President Obama is NOT responsible for those out of work. That is directly attributable to the Republican do nothing party! If you had ANY intelligence, you'd know that!
Obama/Biden 2012
If former Governor Romney is elected, "they're" likely to do just that.
In what light do you suppose the Mormon God sees "venture capitalists"? Find a vulnerable company or corporation, get your investors to buy said business for pennies on the dollar, close the doors and sell off the assets. Pocket the bulk of the net profits, and reward your investors with a relative pittance. How else does a devoutly non-productive member of our society become a millionaire two hundred times over?
Seeking - he IS responsible if when his policies cause delays in growth or stop it all together.
I heard this term"Lying for the Lord" for the first time at a dinner party last weekend. The person telling us about it was a past member of the church and tried to explain why the Mitt is very comfortable lying. It is OK and kind of like, the end jusifies the means.
This election is clearer than any I can remember.
Do we want as President a 1% poster boy like Romney. Who would take our country back to the failed policies of the Bush years.Policies that brought America to the economic collapse that we are just now overcoming.
Do we want to support a Republican candidate whose party is suppressing the rights of Americans to vote in Florida and Ohio. No other party in America is using dirty tricks to try an steal an election.
Do we want as President a Romney that won't even say he supports equal pay for equal work for women. Whose party wants to abolish the minimum wage which helps the poorest of our citizens survive. Whose party wants to abolish a women's right to control their own reproductive rights.And would return women to back alley abortions. Whose party wants to turn Medicare into a voucher/coupon system,harming America's senior citizens. A man whose party wants to strip the safety net from the poor,whose party denies science in 2012,and is infamous for demeaning education for our children.And can we trust a man with secret foreign bank accounts,who is afraid for the American people to see his tax returns.
This election will define whether the American voters will accept a man,Romney,that disdains us by openly lying to our face. Thinking we aren't decent enough to care if we're lied to. Who in private,to his mega-rich backers insults almost half of the Americans people as moochers and said he wasn't going to worry about them.
We need to vote tomorrow,and let Romney and his 1% masters know they can't steal or buy our freedom in this country.
Vote Obama/Biden for a Real Americans. Get out and vote.
If you can't get past the challenges of spelling "you are", "you're", or "coming", how do you go about assembling a compelling critical argument? Might want to have a closer look at your math and statistical skills as well.
Romney ahead in 12 of the last 21 polls, tied in 6, and obama leads in 3.
Not bad considering 6-10% democrat weighted polling.
I think if they keep the dem voter fraud down, it's going to be a shocker.
The last 6 elections, the incumbant only averaged 1% increase in polling percentage on election day...so with obama polling at 47%, he can't get to 50%.
Independants (like myself) are breaking for Romney by 10% margin.
RP,,Another one had been saying that for over 3 months also. He must have been banned fron this website for telling the truth! I agree!!!
RP ---- B.S.
I can only question the wisdom of voting for anyone aligned with a party that has recently featured such intellectual, moral and ethical luminaries such as Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Michele Bachmann et al. Strikes me as a failure of critical thinking skills, or something just a bit more dated and sinister. If you vote for or against anyone because of the color of their skin, their gender or their ethnic background, you disgrace yourself, your community, your nation and your species.
It would be a sad day in America, if Mitt is the best we have. The rich will only get richer, while the rest of us get poorer. Im scared to death of the thought.
old man
Good retort...speechless in obamaville.
Sorry to read this and sorry you have such a short memory you do not remember which party got us into the mess we are in. The same people that damn near destroyed our country are behind the Mitt. I remember 2008 like it was yesterday, we were all scared out of mines when we realized what the Repubs had done. You want to go back for more?
I can only question the wisdom of a party aligned with John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Bob " hookers in the Dominican Republic" Menendez, Al Gore, and the king of plagarism Joe Biden.
I remember 2008 also... Tarp bailout, fannie and freddie and 5.7% unemployment.
Selling President Barack Hussein Obama to a gullible public reminds me of the "pet rock" craze that once swept the US. Millions of people who didn't have the knowledge to recognize a pet rock as an oxymoronic concept bought a pet rock.
Once these people received their pet rock; they named, petted, clothed and walked their pet rock. In the end even the dimmest of these people figured out it was just a rock and threw it out.
Independent won't listen to party talking points but will vote for the love of this country and a better future for this country.
Independents will give Romney the victory. Nate Silver doesn't take them into account in his BS numbers. Romney will get 300 electoral votes. Obama and wifey will have to sponge off somebody else and Nate Silver will remain in his parents basement.
Redskins lose. Obama's toast.
Please check Webster's definition of "deduction".
Listen up all of you undecided voters, awhile back an Ayn Rand Worshiper happened to disclosed just what the Ayn Rand worshiper’s who happens to dominate today's GOP has been up to throughout their previous three administrations, and if ever fully successful will spell nothing, but doom and gloom for the majority in this country!
Read it below to understand just how delusional and ludicrous the GOP has become!
“You're right. We began a plan to unwind the decades of Marxist totalitarianism that the Democrat left aided and abetted by liberal Republicans foisted upon our country.
We face a stark choice this November, and it’s either liberty and the Constitution (Romney), or totalitarianism and enslavement to a Marxist state under Obama.
In a coup begun under Wilson and rapidly expanded by Hoover and FDR, we lost our status as free citizens under a Constitutional Republic. Since then, we have been relegated to the status of subjects rather than free people. We are at the mercy of Govt. who determines how much we are allowed to keep of what we earn, what to plant, when to plant it, control over all of business with a Dept. of Labor, minimum wages, OSHA, EPA, and a Commerce Dept. that ignores the Constitution;
The American people were lulled into this enslavement to the state by a planned brainwashing through a public education system devised by the Communist John Dewey who modeled after the Soviet system. His specific goal was to replace home and church in developing the minds of those being educated.
Now we appear to be headed toward our own Greek moment. Unless we reverse the course and repudiate the totalitarians like Obama and restore ourselves to following the Constitution and upholding individual liberty over collectivism, the great American experiment in freedom is close to ending.
I'm an old man and won't have to endure too many more years of this totalitarianism, but I weep for my children, grandchildren, and my grandchildren's children who will never know what America was designed to be; a land of individual liberty where govt. is restrained from intruding on our lives. Instead they will live in a land where the govt. dictates and the sheep meekly follow.”
And, then he goes on to quote Samuel Adam’s “The Natural Rights of the Colonists as Men, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting,” Nov. 20, 1772
The above response clearly indicates that today’s Ayn Rand Worshiping dominated GOP has been purposely sabotaging our economy, and lives in the same delusional world that their hero Ayn Rand lived in. A world devoid of any social structure, whereas businesses are free of regulations, and able to wreak havoc on our citizens and the environment. Where survival of the fittest is the rule, a totally antisocial world where only misfits live! And, that is the type of country we’ll end up living in if we allow the Ayn Rand Worshiping GOP to complete their goals by electing Romney/Ryan, which will eventually lead to the total demise of our country!
willsinkus.........Very good artical. The only thing I see wrong with your post is your warped conclusion of the articals intention
"Stand Down" soldier
Then you should vote for Romney.
Backhouse and Feisty, don't you think that wealthy Liberals take advantage of all the tax loopholes they can, if you don't think they do then you are dumber than I thought you were.
itsnotatax - taking advantage of a tax loophole is not the same as paying no taxes and hiding your money in a church tax shelter while cheating the country. If you don't know the difference then no one is as dumb as you!
Obama/Biden 2012
Read the article it was a tax loophole. Don't you think there are wealthy Liberals who don't pay any taxes because of tax loopholes.
Thats not the point, The Mitt is running for President, I want to see his records of HOW he took advantage of the loopholes. Make them public, everyone takes advantage of the tax system, lets see how he does. I would say the same thing for a Democrate running. Why does he not show us?
I think the independent voters who don't depend on Comedy Central or MSNBC for their news source have figured out Obama. Even if they were on the fence his comment asking Ohio voters to vote for revenge pretty much confirmed all the claims about his dislike/hatred for much of America. He's a great speaker but made the mistake of mentioning one of his core feelings.
Yeah, Fisher, except the independents that don't watch comedy central for news and lived in Massachusetts. Those independents are experienced with Romney's track record when it comes to jobs. This one isn't buying your theory.
Oh, please. What do you have to say about Mitt who's been caught in so many lies it's not even funny. Even after having been fact-checked by those not on MSNBC, he lies to cover up a lie. You conservatives are loyal, I give you that. Why don't you hold Mitt accountable for many of the switch-a-roo's he's pulled. I don't know how anyone supporting Mitt Romney has any idea who they're even voting for. Better hope he doesn't win or his so-called base will be in for a BIG surprise when they find out he can't do 1/4 of the things he's promising (particularly those 12M jobs in 4 years fantasy) and it's his rich corporate friends' and those tax increases (oil & banks and Wall Street) he and they're more worried about than the rest of the 99%. He's been playing a dangerous game called punk'd. He thinks he has outsmarted everybody because he thinks he's smarter than the folks who have been fooled. But not all of us.
So the 47% that Mitt despises, he now loves? Yeah, whatever!
Thank-you President Obama for protecting my Family and the Families of all you Florida and Ohio Senior Citizens,
all you Policemen, Firemen, and Teacher Unions, all you sane Independent Women, all you of the Latino and Gay Community, and all you People of Color, and of course all Independents, and still Undecided Voters,
A Big Thank-you again to you President Obama, for Protecting all of us for the Last Four years, and for the Next Four years
from all Domestic and Foreign Terrorists and especially from those crazy-wacko Teabaggers and those hideous Repuplicans.
Thank-you God.
Thank-you Lord.
Thank-you President Obama.
Nobody, and I mean Nobody, wants Karl Rove or Dick Cheney or Glenn Beck, or Ann Coulter, or Todd Akin, or Richard Mourdock, or Rush Limbaugh anywhere near President Obama's White House.
Now, do we?
You are NOT a Rpublican...You're a FOOL!
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WHAT DESPERATE FOOLS YOU LIBS ARE...
THE SHIP IS SINKING...BYE BYE OBAMA!
Headline November 7th 2012
ROMNEY WINS!!!...RECORD REPUBLICAN VOTER TURNOUT!!!
From my observation: if your are filthy rich republican then your are stupid racist tea bagger don't care for the poor, the elders, same sex marriage and so on. But it is very OK if you filthy rich democrat who profitting from green environment, indirectly pocketing money from the poor, the elders, buying votes from fault promises, giving fault hopes, and so on. Republican or Democrat is all the same. Only the followers are fooly blinded or having some kind of personal gain leading to blaming games that my ears sick and tired to hear. FOX and NBC news have the same trait: narrow mind and one side stories. May be we need a third party, Communist so we all can learn the same lesson: corruption in high places and the rest are equally poor.
Do we really want a sociopath for President?
cut and paste,cut and paste
To me outcome of this election has more important ramifications than the economy. It is the voting rights I am more concerned with. I do not want Republicans to be able to continue their attack on the voting rights of Americans by enacting more legislation to suppress voter turnout or allow a few of the very rich to buy an election. As seen in many States, Republicans have tried everything they could to stop certain sectors of the population from voting. Also with Citizens United, we have no idea who is funding the campaigns. Is it just the super rich or also from non-Americans. Voting and being able to ensure your voice is heard is the foundation which allows our Constitution to stand. So I feel it is more important to the future of this country to not allow the tactics employed in this election to be allowed to stand.
"Requiring a picture I.D. to vote is not too much to ask."
I agree. But an ID that is acceptable at a bank, at a utility, at a library, an ID that will allow you to purchase a gun, alcohol, get on a plane, or attend a state university as an in state resident should be acceptable for voting. In states like Texas and Pennsylvania, that wasn't enough. Fortunately those laws were overturned.
Romney is going to need more than the independent voters to win the white house.
Most people can go to someplace. Say good thing. Touch people.
Hug people and give out tax money. But only a few people can make the country stronger.
Please America take another look at Mitt, is this really what you want?
Please dont vote for a man who cant tell the truth, even if his life depended on it.
Mitt tells you what he thinks you want to hear, the experts are saying our country is on the right
track and things will get better.
"Please America take another look at Mitt, is this really what you want?"
How do you know what he is or what he stands for? He takes 5 different positions on a two position issue. The clown if for, against, for, for, against, against, for, against, against, for and kind of for but kind of against and I'll get back to you on that and trust me depending on who he's talking to, the time of day, the phase of the moon -- you name it. I remember every presidential election since 1952 and Romney is the biggest fraud of any candidate in those 60 years.
Republicans are codependent on Mitt Romney's lies. Independents would rather vote on issues, facts, and character. That is why they are independent in the first place