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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney watches television coverage of the Republican National Convention with five of his grandchildren in Tampa on Aug. 29.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney will deliver the biggest speech of his political career on Thursday, when he faces an opportunity to reshape the arc of the presidential campaign on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
Romney will accept his party's nomination in a nationally televised address. It's a natural inflection point in this election cycle, and an opportunity to re-posture himself heading into November.
And Romney will look to accomplish just that by better familiarizing voters with his business career and personal life, while also making the case to eject President Barack Obama from office.
NBC's Tom Brokaw speaks with Brian Williams about Mitt Romney's upcoming RNC speech, which is expected to be a mix of personal, philosophical and policy questions.
Much of the convention so far has built toward this culminating moment, when Romney would formally become the GOP nominee.
This speech by the former Massachusetts governor will cap years of campaigning to secure the nomination, a goal that eluded Romney's father, a former governor of Michigan whose legacy has long colored his son's approach to politics.
Tonight's nationally televised address also concludes a three-day effort by Republicans -- shortened by a day due to Hurricane Isaac -- designed to paint Romney and the GOP as forward-looking and inclusive, if sharply different from Obama and his party.
Tim Pawlenty took to the podium Wednesday night to cheer on his former rival. Pawlenty joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to talk about the RNC thus far.
Among the most prominent and best-received speakers this week have been women, Latinos, African-Americans, and relatively younger figures in the party, like vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, who delivered a rousing, conservative speech on Thursday night.
"What’s missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old," Ryan said. "The man assumed office almost four years ago – isn’t it about time he assumed responsibility?"
Watch Wednesday night's speeches here
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in his keynote speech on Tuesday, also delivered stinging criticism of Obama in his trademark brash style of delivery.
But some of the convention's highest points have been softer moments, like Condoleezza Rice's reflection on Wednesday about overcoming Jim Crow laws to become secretary of state.
Would-be first lady Ann Romney's Tuesday night speech also attempted to cast a humanizing glow on her husband, portraying him as a dedicated husband and father who helped guide their family through adversity.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to deliver an optimistic message at the RNC, emphasizing America's ability to recover from its economic difficulties and highlighting his success at Bain Capital. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
"I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called 'MS' or 'Breast Cancer,'" she said.
"A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage," Mrs. Romney added.
Slideshow: The 2012 Republican National Convention
Whether Romney can capture a similar moment – akin to Bill Clinton's "I still believe in a place called Hope" speech in 1992 – is one of the major tests for the Republican nominee-in-waiting this evening.
Closing the gap with Latino voters and women is an undertaking for the Republican ticket this fall that might take a longer time to achieve. The more immediate task involves linking Romney's overall theme of leading an economic turnaround to a sense of empathy for millions of voters, many of them in swing states, who have been hardest-hit by the slow recovery.
NBC's Tom Brokaw talks about the Romney-Ryan ticket and Condoleezza Rice's future in politics.
Romney also faces a narrower task in appealing to swing voters here in Florida's I-4 corridor, prime battleground territory in the state stretching from Tampa and Orlando that could determine Florida's votes in the Electoral College.
Romney would face a difficult path getting to the 270 electoral votes he needs without Florida, requiring him to win every single one of the other states on NBC's battleground map.
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So far all we've heard is lies from Republicans at the convention. So, I'm betting it will be no different from Romney himself.
Romney will give an average speech tonight, which Republicans will blow up to be the best speech ever, and even better than Reagan.
I have to admit, I'm tired of popcorn, and look forward to a more truthful convention for the Democrats.
Do we want someone to push the red button at 3 a.m, who cannot remember what he said the other day, and if he still agrees with it?
Do we want a tax dodger with admitted secrets, even before the start gun goes off?
Do we want someone whose claim to fame is pioneering outsourcing, denies taking government money, thinks it is OK to American workers train their Chinese counterparts to take their jobs, or have workers build a stage for 3 days - only to announce that they're all fired - from that stage?
All of these things are just scratching the surface, and our media knows it.
Romney's speech will focus on "Why its important to continue the redistribution of wealth from the lower/middle class to the rich and corporations".
The Romneys.. Proof that cash does not turn trash into class.
The 'Business is my private business, so keep your nose out' response:
Will not wash, especially when you are applying to be President of the United States.
Releasing your tax returns are just baby first steps. It is an established US custom in a very serious process.
Don't try to re-write it.
Mitt Romney is rather lucky, given the current state of the Republican party and its message, the only thing he'll have to worry about is if his wife prefers to sleep with the horse on Nov. 7.
Ay yes.....obviously more personal than a womans vagina/uterus, which have been legislated to be anybodies business!
Stunning!
Truth be told Grover Mitt has paid more in taxes for the one year that he has released than you or I will for the entirety of our lives.... now stop whining! Financial Records are personal information, and are not for your or my viewing, I don't care what he does or does not do with his money... I do care what he will do with mine. I don't care for him personally...but it sure beats the hell out of the alternative!
The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney
Government documents prove the candidate's mythology is just that
No President in the modern era has ever been elected by showing only one year of tax returns. I see no reason to start now.
Can you imagine the Republicans saying to Obama, "Never mind, Mr. President, we don't need to see your tax returns." ?????
Romney's campaign slogan, "What you don't know can't hurt me!"
Dear Mitt,
Here are ten things I would like for you to address in your speech tonight.
1. What is "retroactive" retirement?
2. What is the real reason you won't release your tax returns?
3. How many American jobs did you outsource overseas?
4. How many Americans did you put out of work?
5. How many viable American companies did you destroy in the interest of quick profits?
6. What do you plan to do with Social Security?
7. What do you plan do to with Medicare/Medicaid?
8. What is your stance on abortion and abortion rights?
9. Do you really believe (per your religion) that when you die you will be given a planet to rule over as a god?
10. Did the LDS Church produce those "I'm a Mormon" ads to help your Presidential bid in violation of the Constitutional separation of Church and State?
I'll look forward to your response.
Obama/Biden 2012
The only thing that is even worth pointing out is that "dork" is an appropriate name for one sick son of a b!tch.
@Skippy -- I thought you were above question 9 & 10 -- 9 especially. Watch the ads for yourself and you will hear and/or see who produced them. Answer to question 1 is "leave of absence" which is common in the corporate world if you were half as smart as you think you are. Question 2 answer is -- I'll release what is required. I would also like to see Obama answer the rest of your questions and I could add a few more about his childhood, his marxist mentoring, his college application and transcripts, etc. etc.
How do you call a deep rut an arc??? Oh, that's GOP speak.
Justanotherveteran - EVERY Presidential candidate in modern time has released their tax returns. Why are you suddenly against it? Is it because you, like most of the country, suspect Romney is much less honest that he declares himself to be? All the more reason we should be seeing them - as we have EVERY other candidate. We don't change the rules just because Romney suddenly doesn't want to play by them.
Even Republicans are calling for him to release them.
Obama/Biden 2012
Hey Sanity... please post the link to the RULE.. or LAW that you speak of.... Ill wait.................
Romney! Release your tax records!
I don't believe a word this Romney character says !
Safe to assume there is an acknowledgment that R$mney's Bell Curve is pretty much in 'slide' mode, eh?
Or do you think they meant Arc of the Covenant?
Obama/Biden 2012
R$mney/Ryan 1040
I expect Mitt Robme to deliver yet another Republican "holy crap" moment.
Mitt will come off as a sheepish pansy with little itty bitty ballz.
Obama/Biden 2012
That's right Grover.... you left leaning F'tards can't provide plausible information to back up any of the sh*t you talk on the regular..... So you have now came full circle from the left and have started to attack me as a person.... Your a Genious....really... All I have done is point out painfully obvious points that are indisputable... IE.. there is no law or rule that you can stand on to prove your point.... so it is inevitable that you turn to schoolyard insults and name calling.....that's is the typical Left tard reaction now days ...FFS now I have definition for my FR handle....lol and now I am a racist to... Are you gonna pull a rabbit out of your hat for us next....LMAO!
Then why does this only apply to him?
Every other presidential candidate in the past thirty years has released multiple years of tax returns. It is, in fact, our business, especially when he's running based on his so-called business experience.
Read the Rolling Stone article about Mitt. It's very informative.
TO: Backhouse who wrote:
Republicans would push the button, deny they did it, and then try to blame the Democrats.
Obama/Biden 2012
Really Tim... so send me the last 10 years of your financial records.... better still scan them and post them right F'ing here for the entire world to see.... what a genius Idea... yes do it.. and do it now I demand it!
Now do you see how stupid you guys sound... because that is essentially what you are asking of Mittens.... and he has no obligation to do so, the same applies to you and I also, as well as for every other American....there is no "RULE" or "LAW"... so STFU about it!
obozo is liar, a distorter, and a divider........a vote for obozo is a vote for suicide as a nation........send barry packing....
JustanotherVeteran - let's see, you accuse us of calling names because you can't defend the weathervane that is Romney. Yet you call us lib tards... Hmmmmm Can we say Hypocrite??? But, don't worry that makes you a perfect supporter of Romney who is dishonest and a total hypocrite!
American Girl - Republicans would push the button and, as usual, Democrats would have to clean up the mess!
Obama/Biden 2012
I thought we went over this one already Grover.... Just replace "Romney" with "Obama" and your statement still stands.....hmmmmm isn't that interesting!
Eric, there will probably be another article at Fux news like the one they posted for ryan
"Paul ryans speech in 3 words".
dazzling.
deceiving .
distracting.
Much emphasis on the Deceiving. So i'll bet it's be just that.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz251rvLkSe
Still waiting for that Link to the Rule you brought up Sanity.......... go ahead now.. ill wait!
If Obama was a communist he wouldn't even have run for President of the US. Do you see any Republicans holding office in China?
What's in those tax returns Romney so adamantly don't want you to see, it's not good is it, no it is never good when somebody has to "take the fifth" now is it. Romney went from being phony, to now being shady to boot.
Hi I'm Mitt Romney I am phony, and I am shady, and there is no way I can reveal my taxes to you because then it would be impossible for you to continue to deny it.
This ought to be a laugh a minute. this moron cant even remember what he was for last week let alone tell us what he is for now. hurry up and get over with it.
TO: Mr. Binkie who wrote:
He can't, and he won't under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution!
(Law against self-incrimination.)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TO: Forrest Grump 2.0 who wrote:
May be a felony indictment.
Obama/Biden 2012
But he won't. He won't because at heart he is what he is -- a soulless, conscienseless representation of the Banksters who took down our economy in the Great Recession. His Vulture Capitalism bribes company officers to take golden parachutes so the vultures can load their companies up with debt and management fees. He represents a reality that discards building things of value as his father did in favor of looting and pillaging...Conservatives blithely refer to it as "creative destruction", but in reality it's only creative in the sense that it creates a bigger bank balance for me by destroying your future.
This is represented in his proclivity for flip-flopping. Mitt the Human Weathervane doesn't do this because he doesn't know what he believes, he does it because his only belief is in WINNING, at whatever cost to others.
Is that the person we want to lead "We the People"?
Hi I am Mitt Romney and I want to tell you a lot of bad things about your president, but one good thing I must tell you about him is that he is an honest man, he showed all his tax returns when he ran for office as you have come to expect of people who ask you to trust them with the highest office in the land, I am not that honest a man and you have every right to not trust me because I will not show you my tax returns.
There is something forboding about Mitt Romney, like a dark cloud of unknown danger. Mr. Romney says I am what I am,...but really ... what is he?
He has to wow em tonight ... He needs the "Undecided" voter ... without a "Home Run" speech tonight .. his chances of winning in November... decrease by a large factor .. This is his night .. If he is a champion .. Hell throw a Knockout punch .. that will make this a real race to the finish!
You guys are a blast....Grover is now so upset that he probably really does resemble his avatar....and is reduced now to name calling and the likes...
And you know as well as I do... I'll be waiting for that Link from Sanity from now till forever cause it does not exist!
My work here is done! And it didn't even get out of the first thread before the lefties jumped off the deep end either..... you guys are Laughable!
I say GOOD DAY!
TO: JustanotherVeteran who wrote:
Whoa! Is Tim running for POTUS? I didn't think so.
Obama/Biden 2012
Dorkquist - What is wrong with having some money in offshore and swiss accounts? If I had Mitt's money, I would do the same. It's called diversification. Plus, your money is not that safe here in the states, (think Obama buddy John Corzine stealing 2 billion dollars of segregated customer funds and not even getting a slap on the wrist). Plus, there are plenty of democrats and democratic organizations that have offshore accounts, including DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz.
JustanotherVeteran - okay, no rule, it has been the STANDARD that ALL Presidential candidates have met - until Romney. His father released 12 years of tax returns and Mitt's won't. But then, Mitt isn't half the man his father was. And, since his honest father wasn't elected, why should we even consider electing someone who has demonstrated is lack of honesty? Remember, after John McCain saw Romney's tax returns - he chose Palin!
Seattle - none of those people are running for President. It is pitiable when a Presidential candidate shows he has so little faith in our country he puts his money - like the jobs he created - offshore!
Obama/Biden 2012
I'd be glad to. As soon as I'm nominated for President by either national party.
He's applying for the most important job on Earth. He owes us full disclosure, just like everyone before him. He's not above everyone else.
@ Just another veteran....I am disgusted with you. You keep attacking Grover with your uneducated opinions, and by that I mean you seem to refuse to do any research on your mormom god. Every word that Grover is saying here is proven fact, hence there can only be one reason for your hostility towards our President.....RACISM. There are million of people in the USA that feel the very same way....you can't handle an African-American man in the White House. It's pure and simple. I guess if you admitted to that your post would be deleted. As much as I want President Obama to win another term in the White house, I wish that Wrongme was elected and you would feel, see and suffer from your stupidity. It is so obvious that he is only working for the rich. He cannot identify with normal people, don't you get THAT? I am just an average person but had the privilege to work in a highly classified organization. I can reveal though, because it is not classified, how Haliburton, Bush and Chenney profited from the Iraq war. I saw the documentation. Tell me that this war was not about oil? Because I am just a regular person I also bought into this WMD story. I was just that gullable, just as you repucks are. I hope I get to say "I told you so".
THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT Romney TALKING IS THAT THE end OF THIS ASININE GOP CONVENTION IS COMING. We may FINALLY get some rest from all these liars, cheaters, and thieves for a while
Would they SHUT UP for a while to give We the People A REST?????
Most Republicans paint Romney as a Phony !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's what Us Gals would like to know:
What gives Mitzi and his pals the right to appoint themselves as Pudenda Police, with branch offices coming soon to a vagina near you?
Notice how at the RNC they mentioned as one of their goals "closing the gap on the 'likeability' of Obama". And you know why they have to go quite so negative along with the money the super PACs and the US Supreme Court's botched decision in Citizen's United allowed for? Because on a very basic, and very human level Romney has about the same "likeability" of a wet blanket. Romney's biggest problem here has nothing to do with Obama, and everything to do with Romney. And it's the same reason in primary after primary, voters kept trying to find an alternative to Romney to go up against Obama. People don't like him on the right, left, or center.
Romney in a nut shell is like that geeky and rather socially akward kid in school, who no one really wanted to hang out with, have lunch with, and somehow could just never "fit in". On issues such as abortion he's all over the map, and is of every persuasion on the issue (so long as it's politically convenient for him), and otherwise says the most akward things. This is worse then the mention of Bushisms and question if it's really smart to say things like "too many good docs are out of jobs...too many OBGYN's can't practice their lovin on women no more"; because at least in the case of Bush you got the sense that at heart he was a decent enough of a guy who you wouldn't mind having a beer with. Romney, if he even drinks (that Mormon thing of course, and keep in mind Utah passed that law against daily drink specials), it the sort of person you'd rather remain at that "other table" so you don't have to interact with him, much.
His time in the UK, where his comments about the British not being "passionate enough" about the Olympics, when what he's suggesting just might not fit British culture exactly as such, is an example. His time in Israel, where he made statements about Palastinians, the Israeli's themselves wouldn't even go around making, is another.... Rumors of him strapping his dog to the car, and putting the luggage inside fits exactly the impression people have. He's so socially akward, it isn't just a political matter; on a very human level, he just doesn't seem "quite human", he comes accross as being very strange. And this doesn't resonate with the voters all that well. Forget the Dems for a moment, even among the Republicans, we all sense it. Perhaps in the future the joke wrt Romney's candidacy will be "the day Pee Wee Herman sought the presidency". He's a very akward person, first, and foremost, that not only makes blunders, but makes them in a manner that could almost have people wondering if he's some sort of automaton standing up on the stage, speaking to us, while play acting at being as human as the rest of us....
Mitt Romney is a rich snob that's out of touch with the common American. Mitt Romney is a plastic man with strings to pull who sadly was born without a personality. Massachusetts Mitt Romney isn't fooling anyone. We know your a FAKE, ESTABLISHMENT, POSER an ELITIST, FLIP-FLOPPING PHONEY that stands for nothing. Romney's foreign policy begins with outsourcing our jobs to China, stashing cash in the Caymans and dodging the Vietnam draft!
Romney will get a temporary boost in the polls after this convention, but it will be followed by the Democratic convention after which Obama will get a temporary boost in the polls, and then the final poll will be taken in November and whoever gets the boost in that poll will become or remain President. That's usually the way things work.
Mitt Romney is going to fix Social Security for the elderly in America by taking the word Security out of it.
Mickey, I hope RobMoney gets a boost in the polls out the back door on his a$$ !!!!!!!!
TO: JustanotherVeteran who wrote:
So are birth certificates, and college transcripts.
Obama/Biden 2012
Bain Capital conference call with Mitt Romney.
Knock, knock!
Who's there?
Lookfer!
Lookfer who?
Lookfer another job loser. Yours is going to China!
Here is Barack Obama's Main Accomplishments
Barack Obama's Main Accomplishment:
Signed the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) Bill into Law allowing any US citizen to Be Detained WITHOUT trial (A federal Court Blocked it in May because it Violates the Constitution, but Obama is not trying to get it UNBLOCKED!).
He has Killed HUNDREDS of Innocent people (Including 3 American Citizens) in Pakistan and Yemen with Drone Strikes (He's Ordered even more drone strikes than Bush!).
The rate of National Debt under George Bush was Around $60 Billion a Month. Under Obama, it's been $190 Billion a Month, so that would be Nearly $600 Per US Citizen (Thanks Obama!)
Obama Care: Page 22. MANDATES, The Government will Audit Book of ALL Employers who Self Insure. Page 50, Section 152, Health Care WILL be Provided to ALL Non US Citizens, Illegal or otherwise. Page 126, Lines 22-25, Employers Must Pay for Their Part time Employees Health Care AND Their Families. Page 127, Lines 1-16, The Government WILL Tell you How much Money you can Make.
Obama has By-passed Congress to Enable the DREAM Act (Unconstitutional to By-Pass Congress, and the Illegals he allowed to become Legal Citizens has Committed over 19 Murders and Over 142 Sex crimes).
Obama Claims he Campaigned in 57 States (Maybe he wasn't Born in this Country?).
George Bush wasn't as Bad, Romney will Probably be about the Same. Both Parties have Done Enough, Lets Replace them with Third Parties like The Libertarian party and Green party.
No no, when you run for an elected public office, you no longer have any secrets, even more so in the financial department. And again even more so when you are running for the highest seat in an election.
Number one, above all else, it shows people you have nothing to hide. Someone who has nothing to hide can be trusted easier.
Annie said my man RobMoney was hiding in Socialist France from the Conservative Warmongers, my man is not a Coward !!!!!!!!!!!
Like I said elsewhere, that demonstrates a startlingly willful ignorance of the facts.
Thanks Obama for Taking Benefits away from the Army. Yes Obama, Don't allow people in the Army to vote, yes Obama, Please Label all Veterans as "Terrorists" since they're fully trained and Could cause Harm to Society. Obama must go! Anything is Better than Obama.
Americans are feeling worse about the economy and they are pointing the finger at the TeaWackos in Congress, kick the dirtbags out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He also makes more money in a year than you or I will for the entirety of our lives...Conservatives love to overlook that part of the equation. They'd prefer we in the middle class find it unfair that people who make more money pay more taxes.
Ben and other Conservatives on this Board use the art of deflection as most Politicians do. If you ask them what the time is, they say, "Couldn't you just look at the clock for yourself?"
When presented with a true statement to which they do not like brought to light, e.g. "Your shirt is on inside-out" they would respond, it is none of your business how I wear my clothes, or I am starting a new trend." Rather than admit it, thank you for bringing it to their attention.
You cannot reason with people such as this.
Patriotic American U.S.A.,
"Mickey, I hope RobMoney gets a boost in the polls out the back door on his a$$ !!!!!!!!"
So do I, but wouldn't it be something if neither candidate won the election? I think that would be highly irregular, but, then, my knowledge of American history may be deficient. I think one or the other usually wins.
Gwaddammit! When the republican "liar in chief" and his hoarse sidekick "Rowdy Yates" finally finish their bullsh^t tirade tonight will all the republicans get the hell out of Tampa? Talk about overdosing on political crackpotism! All of you go somewhere waaaay off, shut the hell up for awhile, and rest your tongues!
Worm Meat - that's really much too good a name for a damned liar like you. President Obama has had NO records sealed. Again, all college transcripts - mine included are sealed. When you have to lie to get your candidate some respect - it show you have a candidate NO ONE in their right mind WOULD respect.
The entire post of yours is lies!
Obama/Biden 2012
Quote of the day - "You won't find an Obama finger print on anything that ever turned a profit".
Romney/Ryan 2012
JustanotherVeteran
Bull@!$%#! Romney's tax and financial records are THE most important thing for us to know about him as a presidential candidate and you KNOW it! Republicans have become outrageously absurd in their rhetoric, legislation and ideology.
All of you who plan to vote, and certainly those who support Mitt Romney, owe it to yourselves to read this article written by Matt Taibbi of the Rolling Stone (who is NOT a big Obama supporter either). But he has done his homework on Romney:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829
Vote November 7...either educated or blindly, your choice
Ok F6zman, now you are making the argument that the terrorist in Pakistan are innocent? What? was Osama bin laden innocent? if you think that you are a traitor to America
Wow, imagine that. Another MSNBC article filled with hatred, intolerance and hatred from the Dems. How many does that make for today?
My conclusion is the Miss Mittsy will not release his tax returns because if the American public saw just how much money he ran off with while the economy tanked in 2008, he would lose all votes except the "I'm votin' fer thuh white guy" teabagger vote.
I do not think it is at all ridiculous to ask Miss Mittsy how much he made and by what means when the majority of Americans saw their life saving disappear over night.
Mitt Romney will take more in taxes from the middle class and put the poor on the street along with the elderly. Romney said, I'm not concerned with the very poor. Romney will take from the poor and give to the rich!
willard is so devoid of emotion and personality it will be like watching an android from the planet Kolab. But voucher boy ryan was a whole nother story. He seemed to leave out some important facts like the one where he used a socialist program like SS to put himself through college. Wow voucher boy is a socialist??? And now that same hypocrite wants to end Social Security for anyone under the age of 55?? And wants to give all of the money saved from that to his one percenter "job creator - wink, wink" buddies as more wealthy welfare tax break entitlements so they can hide it in Swiss and foreign tax havens so they do not have to pay taxes????? vulture and voucher are flippin delusional if they think any rational American would even entertain such folly. These jackazzes are raping middle class America and not even attempting to hide it.....good luck with that plan!!!!!!
Maybe you sooo concerned Libs should ask you god where he got all that money in 2008 to run his election campaign.
FOX NEWS!!!!!!!!
Deceiving
On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/?fb_action_ids=10151189044597182&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=timeline_og&action_object_map=%7B%2210151189044597182%22%3A430876850304107%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151189044597182%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=[]#ixzz254c4EVOK
Was Todd Akin & Rick Santorum at the Convention, two weird dudes !!!!!!!!!!
Grover did you skip your meds this morning? So much to say about Romney, if I didn't know better I'd say the left is a little worried ; ) Politicians are rich you silly misguided people- google Clinton, Obama....don't be hypocritical now....hate one hate them all- Clinton is worth nearly 100 million- yet you don't gripe? hmmmmmm.
If Obama was a baseball player, he would be hitting .120 now and blaming his lack of success on the opposing teams pitchers.
Srich,
"Politicians are rich you silly misguided people"
Politicians have to be rich to run for office in this country anymore with the cost of political campaigns these days. The any-man-can-become-president days of Abe Lincoln and his log cabin are long over. Now it's any-rich-man-can-become-president.
TO: Srich who wrote:
Republcians always say foolish stuff like that, they said we were "scared" of Sarah "The Bimbo" Palin because she was so dumb, and now claiming we're "a little worried" because Romney is a JOBS CREMATOR.
Here, watch this 30 minute program courtesy of Republican Newt Gingrich so you can know for yourself who Mitt Robme is!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/12/anti-romney_movie_by_pro-gingrich_pac_when_mitt_romney_came_to_town.html
Obama/Biden 2012
SeekingSanity, you should also be seeking your med's. obama can choose to make his college records available, like every other president in history has.
But he has opted to not only hide his but seal them by exe order. I wonder how many other presidents have an exe order to not disclose personal records, oh...um NONE. What's your man hiding??
Are you also saying that obama didnt hang out withknown communist frank marshall davis? He was on the FBI's watch list for years because of his association to communists.
Dispite all that, obama is a self confessed Marxist.
The question you should be asking is "do i really want to put the government in charge of most aspects of my life?" Remember the path to destruction is wide and smooth.
Republicon plan for their convention is simply this....say anything...lie about anything.......something may stick with some fool! To repubs this convention is not about FACT CHECKING.....IT IS ABOUT LYING>>>IN THE HOPE>>>SOME FOOL WILL BELIEVE IT! Repub posters bear this out. Republicons the party of liars.
Vote President Obama/Biden and Democtartic party.........keep Romney and Ryan the liars from any office!
THE GOP WANTS A SLAVE CLASS! THE 1% and everybody else
The Kind of Men who support Flip Flop Romney
1) William Koch, Runs Oxbow Carbon, worth $4 Billion, Donation $2 Million to Romney’s Super PAC,
What He Wants: To pollute for free, Koch’s fortune is tied to some of the nation’s dirtiest industries
2) Harold Simmons (a Swift Boater and corporate raider), Traffics in Toxic Chemicals, worth $9.8 Billion, Donation $800,000 to Romney total giving $16.7 Million, What He Wants: Plans to store radioactive waste in Texas
3) Bob Perry, Owner of Perry Homes, Worth $600 Million, Donation $4 Million to Romney’s Super PAC ,
What He Wants: Tort reform to limit jury awards on homebuilders who do shoddy work
4) Jim Davis, Chairman New Balance Shoes, worth $1.8 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC What He Wants: A lucrative Defense Contract
5) Richard & Bill Marriott, Heir to Marriott Hotel Fortune, Worth $3.3 Billion, Donation $2 Million
to Restore Our Future, What He Wants: A legal pool of foreign born workers to work in their hotels at slave labor rates Romney served twice on the Marriott Board
7) Edward Conard, Ex Managing Director of Bain Capital, Worth $250 Million, Donation $1 Million to
Restore Our Future, What He Wants: To screw taxpayers like Romney does with half the tax rates of others
8) Frank VanderSloot, CEO Melaeuca, Inc., Worth $1 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super
PAC , What He Wants: Less consumer protections
9) Steven Lund, Vice Chairman Nu Skin Enterprises, worth $31.9 Million, Donation $2 Million to Restore
Our Future, What He Wants: A world safe for false advertising & marketing scams
10) Julian Robertson Jr., Hedge Fund Titan, worth $2.5 Billion, Donation $1.25 Million to Restore Our
Future What He Wants: lower taxes for the Rich
11) John Paulson, Hedge Fund Titan, worth $12.5 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: No restrictions on Wall St. gambling
12) Paul Singer, Hedge Fund Titan, Worth $1 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC What He Wants: He Needs Fed backing in his lawsuit to collect $2 Billion from Argentina
13) Robert Mercer, CEO Renaissance Technologies, made $125 Million in 2011 alone, Donation $ 1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC ,What He Wants: To squelch a proposed tax on stock options
14) Kenneth Griffin, CEO Citadel LLC, worth $3 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Restore our Future What He Wants: To end Volcker Rule on Dodd-Frank Wall St excesses
15) L. Francis Rooney III, CEO Rooney Holdings, worth $40 Million, Donation $1 Million to Restore our
Future What He Wants: More building contract patronage
16) Steven Webster, CEO Avista Capital, worth $4 Billion, Donation $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC
What He Wants: To Drill baby drill first owner of Deep Sea Horizon the worst environmental disaster in the Nation’s history.
This is not a Democracy that’s a hoax it’s a Plutocracy
Paul Ryan...Boy Blunder....looked right into the camera and lied a number of times...looked right into the faces and lied....Did he not think he would be facts checked?......Mini Moneymate complained that President Obama did nothing with the Simpson Bowles study...while he himself voted against it, then walked away from the same study he WHINED about! HOW CRAZY IS THAT?
RYAN LIES ABOUT president Obama taking away 716 billion from health care.... President Obama received 716 billion from savings of waste and fraud and streamining health care,..... and the president applied all of that money right back into more and longer health care for elderly etc.
Weasel RYAN TAKES THAT SAME MONEY and removes it from health care and applies it to pay for tax breaks for the rich!!! What is wrong with you rt winger? How can you vote for some one that looks right at you and lies? RYAN PLAN STEALS MONEY FROM HEALTH CARE AND GIVES IT TO THE RICH!!!
Vote Obama/Biden 2012....fact check your weasel Ryan every time he looks into the camera and speaks....
Worm meat,
"Dispite all that, obama is a self confessed Marxist"
Aside from the fact that that is not true, there is nothing in our Constitution that says a man cannot be a Marxist or any other kind of socialist. In fact, there is nothing in our Constitution that establishes any economic system at all. The fact that we are a capitalist society is just an accident of history. Capitalism just happened to be all the rage at the time when this country was founded, and so here we are: capitalist.
Personally, I am tired of the United States of America being beholden to the interests of the 1%. It's been like this for 30 years, and if Romney wins it will be for 30 more. When this country was in the Depression, when 12 million Americans (or 25% of the working population) were unemployed and millions more in poverty, you were not considered unpatriotic to question why middle and working class were getting the brunt of the depression while fat cats got to live off their wealth. Farmers castigated the wealthy for buying up their farmland for just pennies per acre, while blue-collar factor workers gritted their teeth at prospects of more layoffs, longer hours, and pay cuts. In 1932, the American people flocked to a new and charismatic leader, Franklin D. Roosevelt, one who, while wealthy, was known to be a "traitor to his class," and he liked it. The New Deal, a stunning reversal of decades of laissez-faire economics even after the trust-busting days, led the way to a slow-but preferable recovery, and World War II provided the Keynesian stimulus needed to get the economy moving. But the New Deal set the groundwork for a generation of wealth, prosperity, and economic growth that not only enriched America, but also gave that wealth to the vast majority of Americans who were in the middle class.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the exact same rut that our grandparents were in decades ago. We live in a time of great disparity in wealth and income; a time of immense and visible poverty and economic decay; a time of prosperity for the few and destitution for the many. While we in America value success and merit highly, we also value something else, something far more important: equality. We have the right to protest in the streets, to voice our opinions on the inequity that is facing this country, and the transgressions on this nation that has been dealt upon us by the financial elite. In addition, we have the right to demand action. The reason hundreds of thousands of people descended the streets of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the streets of thousands of other cities both here and around the world was the fact that the wealthiest Americans now control the governments of the world, and they are using this power to further their own interests and abandoning everybody else. We are dealing with an enemy that is firmly entrenched in positions of power, and are currently fighting back with silence. Now, we must fight back with weapons instead of words; now, we must lead an uprising to take back our government from those "economic royalists" that FDR railed against. I do not say lead an armed insurrection; we did that during the Civil War and lost 2% of the population, which would equal roughly 6.3 million deaths today. We must respond via the voting booth; we must throw out our crony leaders and return common sense to Washington. While the Democratic Party has been corrupted by the specter of wealth and influence, they are salvageable and more trustworthy than the GOP, who have sold their soul and that of their posterity to the 1%. We must re-elect the President, take back the House and the Senate, and tell the Tea Party and the Republican Party to either compromise and moderate or go @!$%# themselves. That, my fellow Americans, is what our nation demands of us. Either we rise and restore our nation to the principles of fairness and equality, or we condemn our children and grandchildren to the slavery of toiling under wealthy masters, and we will be forever known to those children as those who had declined to act for our nation's interest and well-being. You will have this choice in November, and whether or not America will once again be a prosperous and egalitarian society will be up to your vote. Please, please, do not screw this up.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
AMERICA 2012
Oh..I worked at Bain, I worked so successfully at Bain, see my signature, so successful.....Oh wait, taxes...darn...ignore my signatures that are on a number of documents saying I was the head of Bain,...I retroactively lied, I really wasn't working at Bain when I told you I was working at Bain....
My Luxembourg accounts.?...Oh Geez! So I said I was working at Bain....then I said I retroactively said I retroactively wasn't working at Bain....what should I say now? These show I was working at Bain, when I retroactively aid something or other....
http://gawker.com/5937299/inside-mitt-romneys-tax+dodging-cayman-schemes
Hi Mickey, Do you remember the conversation obama had with Joe the plumber, your man stated that he will raise his taxes so he could give that money to others. That is one of the major precepts to Marxism.
And your that you can be anything you want to be in this county, i just dont want to live under Marxist rule.
Also so you know, capitalism is the ONLY economic system that has elevated people out of poverty. All others only serve to oppress their people.
Putting government in control of more of our lives is a really bad idea.
WHY WASN"T ROMNEY ARRESTED?
Just wondering.....Is a pair of scissors considered an assault weapon? You know...the ones Romney used back in school when his gang of thugs assaulted that student and held him down while Romney assaulted the guy by cutting off his hair? ....Yeah....that pair of scissors...assault weapon or not?...Why didn't Romney get put in jail for that? Riding daddy's coat tails? ROMNEY THE ASSAULTER!
In Ohio ex Amish attacked other Amish people and forcibly cut their hair off. Now it is a hate crime. Some may do 20 yrs for the hate crime. What about Romney?.......Fake apology not accepted........Because he is rich he didn't go to jail!
Vote President Obama/Biden 2012
I beg you folks no matter which side you are on to please make statements and references brief and to the point. Nobody reads rants and frankly it's frustrating for all of us to skim down far enough to try and make a comment. I'm speaking to one one in particular and I respect everyone's views- even the ones that don't align with my own as long as it's not rude. We are all passionate about this and let's face it- it's what makes America great- because we have the choice and can say it out loud.
A chance to what??? He will continue to spew his lies and refuse to answer questions! WTF is your headline supposed to mean??
SRICH....Voter supppression laws and now CENSORSHIP! Typical republican viewpoint.
GOING TO BE FUNNY WHEN EX REPUB CANDIDATES START CHANTING TO MITT, SHOW US YOUR TAXES!
ROMNEY EVEN LIES TO HIS OWN PARTY! TOP REPUB LEADERS SAY SHOW YOUR TAXES!!
During repub debates, they all asked to see his taxes, Romney said he would show them. So he lied once he got the top spot on the manure pile and Ann says they won't release them. Ann says Mitt cannot do this with out her! Mittster says he won't release his taxes ...why?
All the repub leaders tell Mittster to release them. Mitt is hiding his money offshore and is not paying his fair share of taxes. Now Paul Ryan and Romney want to eliminate capital gains taxes so they pay NO taxes! Ryan Romney plan raises taxes on middle class and poor to make up for the taxes they won't be paying! Vote no to tax dodgers Romney and Ryan.
Vote President Obama/Biden and Team America 2012, Vote for making Romney pay his fair share of taxes.
Worm meat . . . you have no clue as to what you are saying!
[which was found in the words of Welcome to Free Republic! The Premier Conservative Site on the Net!]
Read the following VERY CAREFULLY. . . . especially the third paragraph.
"On Nov. 1, 2001, Bush issued Executive Order 13233, which revoked a prior order issued by President Reagan. In doing so, Bush gave himself and former presidents the right to withhold records or delay their release indefinitely. A license to re-write history via incomplete records? You bet. But there's hope yet.
"The Senate is currently looking at The Presidential Records Act (H.R. 1255), which seeks to rescind Executive Order 13233," the Editorial Board of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer opined April 6, 2007.
On Jan. 21, 2009, President Barack Obama rescinded Bush's Executive Order 13233 to restore a measure of transparency to the actions of past administrations and to end this license to rewrite history or to hide evidence of malfeasance in office from investigation."
THEN you came up with THIS ridiculous assertion:
[ "like every other president in history has." is in bold type to emphasize your lack of knowledge] Now, see paragraph #1.
Worm meat,
"And your that you can be anything you want to be in this county, i just dont want to live under Marxist rule."
And we don't live under Marxist rule or Romney and his supporters would not be millionaires. But your attitude seems to be, "You can be a Marxist if you want, but get out of my country." Well, guess what? It isn't your country. It belongs to you and some 300 million other Americans as well. We kind of all have to share it.
Hi Lush, When someone says 'self confessed' that usually means the person we are talking about, in this case obama, said it. and he said it while campaigning in 2008.
you also stated
this makes no sense. Small government means getting government out of our lives. obama is the one who wants to control your life, the choices you have. example, health care is not really a choice, if i dont choose to get it from the government i get charged a penalty, oh wait or is that a tax...
This will open the door for the government to force you to buy anything they deem you must buy.
It's nice that you have to resort to insults and name calling, that really gives you more credibility.
Look at the photo of Ol Granpa Mittster on top of page story.. sitting on the couch with the kiddies....and now look at the faces of the kids...This is the first time the Mittster EVER sat on the couch with these kids! Note how he sits like he is sitting among the unwashed on a subway? DUDE IS A COMPLETE STRANGER TO THESE KIDS!
Romney's speech at the convention...., here is a copy of it.
I said what I meant, when I said what I said, I meant what I said 100 per cent.
I meant what I said when I said what I meant, except now what I said when I said what I said.
Retroactively I said, not what I said, what I retroactively meant what I retroactively said.
Fox News had this to say about Paul Ryan's convention speech on August 29th, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz254a2euWo
Whenever we catch a GOP/Republican/Conservative/TeaBagger in a LIE we can post:
(This should become even more popular than "Bend it like Beckham", given how man more GOP/Republican/Conservative/TeaBagger LIARS there are versus soccer players world-wide. Can't throw a dead cat without hittin' a Lyin Ryan!)
Worm meat,
"Small government means getting government out of our lives."
How would you feel if you had no trash collection, no roads to drive on, no electricity or water, no sewers, no police, no firemen, no schools, no military for self defense etc. I think government has an important role to play in our lives. Yes, we can argue about how much of a role it should have in our lives, but it is obvious that we cannot do without it.
JustanotherVeteran
Come on man, nothing is private when you run for President of the United States. I've been asked more questions for an entry level job than Mitt has answered for the Presidency.
Um, whatever "medication" you're taking, please pass it along. Obama has NOT taken benefits away from the Army ... in fact he has fought to make sure our Veterans KEEP their benefits. If you're referring to the Ohio thing - it's not to prevent our military from voting ... it's to open the early voting to EVERYBODY.
The stuff you're peddling isn't fit to line the bottom of a bird cage and wherever you're getting your info from, I'd ask them why they are LYING to you. ALL of those things you mentioned have been proven to be LIES. But hey ... don't let the TRUTH get in your way of making an UNINFORMED opinion.
The race is a dead heat and the Democrats are skeeered.... so much mud slinging so little time.
Avenger,
"skeeered...."
Which dialect is that? Is it English? What does it mean?
Starsailing- typical democrat viewpoint- oppression, "oh poor me" name caller- zero manners......I see this is your soapbox, your therapy, your "attentive audience". Enjoy the forum...... I vote democrat, I vote republican, believe it or not I vote for whomever I feel is the best candidate. Your so busy typing at the speed of light you can't bother to view it in a neutral way. Stop whining!! It gets old.
I see your avatar and I'm not taking the bait. I see so much hate and nonsense here half the time I think most of you morons have one hand down your pants while you type your nastiness with the other. It's who you are.
I've never been so decisive on my vote in my life and I' turning 61 soon. I don't understand the people in the South being so solid Romney. He's an elitist that was the Governor of Mass, probably the 2nd most Liberal state, passing the template that was use for Health Care Reform Act that President Obama signed into law. He's a normal every day American, but has some honest earned money. He wrote books. He taught Constitutional Law at a prominent university. He didn't make money off the backs of other people and wasn't responsible for job loss. When Romney was Governor, his state ranked 47th in job creation. He said that he would create 10 Million jobs. What? Are the $.51/hour jobs being moved back to the US from China.
The President has his money in US Treasury Bonds--almost all of it. Romney will take more out of this economy and I guarantee you that our standards of living will decline, while his fortunes amass. If that prick wins, I'm moving to Guatemala or Costa. At least I won't have to watch this nation become any more of a class system than it is now.
I note that they are using the equivalent of debtors prisons in some states now. A person should pay their obligation, but I know people that simply scrape by. Long ago they bought chickens, planted a large family garden and tightened their belts. A couple that we know were both teachers in public schools--and they were passionate about it. They closed the school because the GOP slashed education dollars and fed the war machine and bussed the children to a neighboring town and they were the newest--so they were screwed. There are no jobs. Now, he loads lumber and stocks shelves for minimum wage. His wife works for a non-profit and makes very little. They shop for used clothing at thrift shops and walk as opposed to wasting gas, when at all possible. They are happy, considering their change in circumstances and they aren't a burden to society. One major health problem with either of them or their 2 children will result in bankruptcy.
The industrialists moved the jobs and they aren't bringing them back until they have the working person strapped so badly that we'll all work for @!$%#. President Obama is the only chance for the Middle Class and the working poor live a decent life. The President's wealth hasn't increased during this fiasco. Mr Romney has profited on misery his entire private life.
For over 3 1/2 years it's been about "He's a Muslim, Socialists, Facistists, show us your grades, he ate dog"--any distraction and lie that Rupert and Limbo rattle off---and some people bought into the lies.
I'm proud to be voting for President Obama. If you're a man or woman, an evangelical, Jewish, Latino, black, gay, straight or anywhere between---or even an older guy like me--think harder about this one than you ever have. He should win 99% of the vote, because he represents the 99%.
This site is just too funny. Glad to see this does not represent the vast majority of Americans who don't subscribe to the same ole liberal nonsense. Obama has been a disaster for this country. By his own words on unemployment he should not be reelected. Not to mention record unemployment, record debt, record homelessness, record poverty levels, record amounts of people on welfare.....and people want to reelect this guy.
Four more years of this guy and we will be Greece. Wake up America, Obama is over his head.
I can't believe how ignorant the majority of these comments are! Especially the ones about it being about race. Wow. We're really still on this? Isn't this record about broken by now? It isn't about race. It's about which candidate will be best for our country! Let's just look at the state of decline under our current President's reign, shall we? Gas prices are higher than they have ever been (with no sign of going lower), the nation is in more debt than it could possibly ever dig out of (thanks to the trillions of dollars Obama gave as "stimulus" to the car companies with..oh my gosh..millionaires running them), taxes have soared for everyone (including me, a full time student of 4 small children, living on 30,000 a year), unemployment is UP, and Obamacare is threatening to reduce us to all that it ensues (not only is it terrifying for all of us patients, but also for the medical workers who will suffer-not doctors, all the rest of us). It's simple. Obama has made things worse. He's had 4 years to turn this country around and he hasn't done it. He squandered money that could have been put back into the economy (like into the hands of the American public), and placed it in companies that will no doubt be back in debt, threatened to go under again because of their financial workings! He's had his chance. Now it's time to elect someone else to try to turn things around.
Romney will not be able to resist his pathological propensity to lie. The fact checkers will have to work overtime tonight.
It will be the same old lies, lies and more lies....tax cuts for the 1% - tax increase for the middle class - shred the safety net for those less well off.
Trickle down theory by the GNOP - Tax cuts for the rich....raise leg....trickle down.....
GNOP can't face the facts. THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
C'mon Mythe - show us the 1040's...What ARE YOU hiding@?
FORWARD.
To more debt, less jobs, higher taxes, less freedom, and America leading from behind.
It's critical that Romney limit the number of lies he tells tonight - his base needs repetition for retention... and to know when to applaud. He just can't afford to confuse his followers this late in the game!
There is a sign at the convention that says "Everyone who applauds on que will get a $5 gift card to Chik Fil A". Courtesy of the Romneys.
Get real ursula and paul. Obama has ran this country into the ground. You buy gas lately? or do you have a windmill coming out your pieholes to push your car to work. Fact is, 4% increase in taxes on the wealthy is not gonna raise you a trillion dollar a year to get our deficit down. 50 billion at best....Nor is mitt showing his taxes gonna help you get a job. Wow he made 250 million ....... BIG friggn deal. He is already rich and I am sure his CPAs did one hellava job ensuring he didn't overpay. Just like obama's cpa's did with his book deal. Where is obama's college transcripts ? Oh, I guess that man couldn't pass college! I bet he went to college as a foreign exchange student! HMM. A little fraud maybe. SHow us your transcripts! What you have to hide. !90% of blacks will vote for obama versus 50% of whites even though unemployment for blacks is the highest in decades!. Republicans passed the civil rights act. DEMS didn't want it back then. ..... THat' means all blacks are racist and dems hate blacks. OBama your a racist and your crowd is to. Lets play real politics! See did that get you anywhere?
Brent,
You really got your Fox talking points down, don't you?
Yeah, have you bought gas lately.... Seems to me, gas prices DOUBLED during Bush's years, and never came back down did they.
P.S. Can you show us ANY other President IN US history that release their college transcripts.. oh wait, no need.. the answer is NO ONE. However, even Romney's Daddy released 10 years of his taxes when he ran for Pres.. mmm the double standard of the righties..
http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/03/14/charting-the-dramatic-gas-price-rise-of-the-last-decade/
CLINTON YEARS
1998 — $1.03
1999 — $1.14
2000 — $1.49
BUSH YEARS
2001 — $1.43
2002 — $1.34
2003 — $1.56
2004 — $1.85
2005 — $2.27
2006 — $2.58
2007 — $2.81
2008 — $3.26
OBAMA YEARS
2009 — $2.35
2010 — $2.78
2011 — $3.53
It's About Time,
You are putting down to many facts and displaying way to much logic. Please slow it down for the Brents out there....
Hell Obama created jobs everytime he opens his mouth. Fact checkers have to hire a new employee ever minute just to see how much what Obama says is true...
ItsaboutTime - Actually, if you check, President Obama has released his tax returns for 2000 through 2011.
meetooboo - and yet Romney lies 10 time more than President Obama. It's actually considered a banner day when anything Romney says is true!
Obama/Biden 2012
Yes, doubling the stock market, lowering unemployment, killing BL, enacting real financial reform, saving the auto industry, getting us out of Iraq and ensuring every American has access to quality healthcare.
What a huge disappointment.
Grover, I like it when dem's like you have to argue with logic. You can't win! So, you throw the race card. I just reversed on you, that's all. And you didn't like. Show us your transcripts obama? Why are 90% of blacks voting for obama and only 50% of whites? Must be racist. That's what you dems do? Let worry about a rich guys' taxes when you have a guy in the white house doing book deals left and right while campaigning every dang day. In fact, I want obama to win so we can send this economy completely in the tank come january. I got some stock buying opportunties when this dow takes a beating.
jolly - you might want to catch up. President Obama's book deals were before he took office - all the books were written BEFORE! No doubt he'll have other book deals in 2017 when he leaves office.
Your rantings are off the chart and make no sense. You probably need a little (or a lot) professional help!
Obama/Biden 2012
Nice, WilliamofRites. If only The White House was able to say these things so succinctly...
Romney lies too easily for a man who was a bishop of his church.. It makes me wonder. Maybe his tax returns would reveal that he was stiffing them out of the full percentage of tithes too.
Annie says my man uses Vaseline on the IRS, GOP family Values !!!!!!!!
Yes, D goes into the Future of a New World Order where your Government can do what ever the Hell they want. R Goes back into the Past where they somewhat Follow the Constitution and Give people some Rights.
L (Libertarian) Goes into a Nice future where people Have Rights (Internet Freedoms, Abortion rights, Gary Rights, lots more), they Follow the Constitution. Vote Libertarian! Gary Johnson 2012!
METHANE can be obtained from the crap of pigs. The Republican National Convention should ELIMINATE OUR DEPENDENCY OF OIL FOR YEARS TO COME.
America can blame the TeaTards in Congress for the 8.3% unemployment rate, throw them all in jail for Sabotaging our Nation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In business, Mitt Romney's firms shipped jobs to Mexico, and China. (SEC 3/26/1993, 3/29/2002, Los Angeles Times 6/2/2000)
As Governor, Romney outsourced jobs to India. (The Boston Globe 5/1/2012)
He had millions in a Swiss bank account (abc News 1/26/2012) in tax havens in Bermuda (Vanity Fair, August 2012) and in the Cayman Islands (abc News 1/18/2012).
So when we say "we want to see Romney's tax returns", the right says "show us Obama's college transcripts"?
What the Hades do college grades have to do with being President?
Now, who you get your money from, where you keep it and whether you pay taxes like the rest of us - YES, that's relevant!
TO: jolly joker who wrote:
That's a lie and you know it.
Republicans ran this country into the ground, and that fact helped President Obama get elected!
Obama/Biden 2012
Can Romney & Ryan do dog tricks ???????????????
How does LDS, mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney expect to win the Soccer mom vote? By marrying all of them! Ha, ha, ha!
jolly joker and for anyone else looking at the price of gas as an indicator of Obama's track record....
Gas goes up when the value of the dollar goes down. The US dollar has lost nearly ten percent of its value against other currencies in the last two months. Why? The federal reserve REPO program (a hidden stimulus for banks). As soon as the REPO program began, the market jumped 700 points and the value of the dollar went down significantly.
This is what causes the gas price to rise, jumps in the price of gold, jumps in commodities. The Fed is outright lying about inflation and who benefits from these programs? People like Romney.
Believe me, if you understand the reality of American economics, you'll see that the whole system is built to benefit the Romneys of the world. Do we really need him to be in the white house too?
Actually, according to the site listed below, raising tax rates on the rich would increase tax revenue by $336 billion over the next decade, six times what you stated. And that is only for the top tax rate. If we were to increase it for the top two rates, you would net in a haul of $460 billion, and $552 billion for the top three tax rates. Repealing the Bush tax cuts on the top 2% would net an additional $850 billion to $1 trillion over the next decade. And considering that the deficit is $7 trillion over the next decade, doing the things listed above would cut the deficit by $1.4 trillion, or 20%. That is a lot.
(http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12085/03-10-reducingthedeficit.pdf)
Just because he's wealthy doesn't mean that he gets to slip by presidential precedents. Every other president has released at least 5 years of tax returns; Mitt should comply. For God's sake, if he wants to run for office, he has to open up his private life to public scrutiny. And Obama already released his @!$%#ing birth certificate; I think that is enough. That means Romney ought to either release his tax returns or drop the campaign.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
That's all you need to know about the Romney/Ryan Campaign!
Hahaha, all those grandchildren on the couch with grampa are the boys, none of the granddaughters. Must stink to be female in that family. Just about fell off the couch when Ann Romney said in her convention speech that she was glad she had boys because boys are more honest and open. (And more often in prison or starting wars and creating financial havoc in the world with all that openness and honesty). I realize that to Mormons females are just baby factories but these people seriously live in another century.
she said that with no sense of irony and then followed it with
"Trust me"
again, no irony. I am still laughing.
No. She didn't actually say that, did she? I didn't have the stomach to watch the speech, but given the Republican Party's problems with women voters, for her to say something like that is just astonishing.
Ann Romney said in her convention speech that she was glad she had boys because boys are more honest and open.
I'm sorry, I listened to the speech, looked at the transcript and I did not find where she said that.
But she did say this And let's be honest. If the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on Mitt Romney's success?
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ann-romney-republican-national-convention-speech-2012-8#ixzz254MQc1D8
millerz,____Apparently a large branch of Mitt Romney's family still lives in Mexico... His Grandfather in the late 1800's moved his whole family to Mexico to avoid being prosecuted for POLYGAMY! Romney's grandfather believed that marriage should be between one man and five women! Ha, ha, ha! That's why Romney wants states to have power, so Utah can legalize POLYGAMY!
This is a little off point but...when I think of Ann and her 5 boys I think of the scene in "Brides Maids" when one of the women is discussing how disgusting her 4 boys are and "how she broke a blanket in half". I thought I was going to die choking from laughing at that image. I wonder how many blankets she broke.
If he uses his time to show that he is really a likable guy it will be consistent with his other speeches....a lie.
He doesn't have enough time to accomplish that. At least, not enough between now and the election.
tim - There isn't enough time left for any of us for Mitt to show he is a really likable guy! Just sayin....
Obama/Biden 2012
R&R for the R&R
(Romney & Ryan for the Rich & Richer!)
Republican & Rotten
Repugnant & Repulsive
After his speech last night the new meme is "Lyin' Ryan"
Charlie890,
"If he uses his time to show that he is really a likable guy"
Likable guy? Where in the world did you ever get such an idea? But as for the rest, I agree with you.
If elected Mitt Romney will be the multimillionaire white guy who will fight for all millionairs!
There is one thing I can guarantee you, Lawrence O'fungal and Chris Matthews will call Romney a racist, no matter what he says.
Chris needs to calm down
Mitt Romney will create jobs in Singapore, China and India. And in all the places he has a hidden offshore bank account.
I see NBCNEWS.KKK.com is trying to recover from exposing itself for what it is on Tuesday night when they cut out all the speeches by minorities.
they didnt cut Condi lol
It looks like MSNBC gets to Brentaz, but he must enjoy it despite his whines, he's on here everyday. Right Brent???
Same time everyday, the clowns show up, must have got another email from Drudge or the RNC
Democrat Economics = Bring everybody down to the same crappy level, except those who are distributing the funds.
Republican economics = Make the middle class pay the rich more money so they can hide it offshore.
Republican health care = "Americans have health care, just go to the emergency room" (Bush).
Brent,
I don't think it's crazy or radical to say that we need to raise taxes and cut spending to address the deficit, do you?
It will take more than spending cuts to seriously address our debts and deficits and it will take more than tax increases. But make no mistake....it will take BOTH.
The problem is is that many of you on the other side take liberals pleas to increase taxes as a way of "distributing funds" only. The reason that I'm so vocal about it is that Republicans only want to cut spending while disproportionately reducing taxes for the wealthy. Even a dipsh!t can understand how unfair that is. The Republicans have to understand that you have to take a look at the revenue side of the ledger as well.
VIPP, the problem is and always has been Romney, Bush, Murdoch, and other rich cronies have never paid their fair share in taxes. They all pay a lower rate than 99% of the rest of us. Take this for an example: the Romney's got a $77,000.00 tax write off on only one of their many show horses. So they got a tax refund bigger than the average American earns in a year. I know people will claim the horse is a business investment but so are the kids of America. They are our future and we should be investing in them not some future glue pot. I mean they get a write off for their hoses so can I get a refund for my Burmese cate. Nope that is not allowed but the rich can get a tax break on a horse that should be considered a pet just like my cat. If the rich and huge corporations like GE, Exxon, and more would pay their fair share of taxes the problem would go away. The Republicans can only promise lower taxes for the rich and screw the average struggling Americans.
VIPP, the problem is and always has been Romney, Bush, Murdoch, and other rich cronies have never paid their fair share in taxes. They all pay a lower rate than 99% of the rest of us
Jim.... Sorry but your lie!! Bush, Romney, Murdoch do not pay a lower tax rate that 99% of the rest of us. This as of 2009, according to the IRS, the average middle class american making the median income of about $50,000/year paid an effective federal tax rate of 5.6%. Romey's effective tax rate was 14%. The marginal tax rate for a family making $50k/year is 25%, Romey's marginal tax rate is 35%. In fact, the average effective tax rate for all Americans is just over 11%. And, out of Romey's income how much is dollars did in pay at his 14%? That would be over $3 million based on his income of $21.7 million. 5.6% of $50,000 is $2800. So, Romeny paid taxes in one year what the average American family would take 1071 years to pay in actual dollars.
Additionally, per IRS data in 2009, tax payers making more than $1 million/year paid an average effective tax rate of 24.6%.
So, stop with your whining that the rich don't pay their fair share. The majority of them, including Romeny do and more.
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2012/04/18/the-real-tax-rates-of-the-rich/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-releases-tax-returns/2012/01/23/gIQAj5bUMQ_story.html
http://taxes.about.com/od/Federal-Income-Taxes/qt/Tax-Rates-For-The-2011-Tax-Year.htm
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3151
Romney is hiding his money offshore so that he doesn't have to tithe so much of it to the LDS. They are very strict when it comes to receiving their share of their members' money. There are no loopholes in tithing like there are in federal taxes. Chances are that a larger percentage of Romney's wealth would go to the church instead of the IRS.
BrentAZ - I don't know about you but I am not at a "crappy level." But, you're a Republican - 'nuff said!
STL Mike - you have NO idea what Mitt pays. He refuses to let anyone see.
Obama/Biden 2012
Isn't it a miracle!!! The teabaggers say that Miss Mittsy "don't need tuh show no taxes and stuff" and then suddenly, like a gift from Jee-zuhs, STL comes up with all sorts of numbers that haven't been released!
Liars supporting a big liar. Please brent and STL...please keep exposing yourselves for what you are....it only helps the Democratic Party.
In a landmark decision the Supreme Court has ruled President Obama's healthcare mandate as constitutional. This is a set back for Mitt Romney who spent three years creating Obamacare.
my guess it will 20 minutes of obama bashing and 40 minutes of zero detail except on how he is not going to cut the military or anything else driving the deficit. It will be a strong america but empty wind coming out of his piehole. Vote for me, I promise I will give you everything and make america strong bla bla bla but not tell you anything.
The grandkids really are adorable, and every one of them is looking at the camera and hoping we won't notice.
I'll be watching college football on ESPN. The college season starts tonight. Thank goodness there's a decent alternative to watching Mitt. I'll get all the rehashes tomorrow. I wonder if Mitt will tell as many lies as Ryan did.
This may be the first time I've ever wished I was a football fan.
Enjoy.
tim - it's not too late - you can still become a football fan! My guess is you'll like it MUCH more than the speech by Romney. I'd actually feel comfortable betting on that!
Obama/Biden 2012
No, mercy.
Romney is the only one who can derail this election. my money says tonight he will do just that
For a guy who has made as much money as this dude, he has no feel for what america wants and needs in a president candidate. We have a guy in office that would scr ew up a lemonaide stand and this guy can't seem to do anything except blather about nothing. Its horrible. If he gives one more empty speach, obama will win in a landslide cause there is no reason to vote for an empty suit.
It's all scripted. He's just gonna mail it in, and they'll love it.
tim - it would probably sound better if he just mailed it in!
Obama/Biden 2012
He will have a telepromter this time. Karl Rove can't take a chance that he may put his foot in his mouth AGAIN
IF Clint Eastwood said to the crowd,
I'm taking over this election! It's now Eastwood/Ryan 2012, and Mitt is OUT!
Bruce - probably not much. Most of that crowd is about Eastwood's age. They need younger voters to help get him in and, let's face it, they barely know who Clint Eastwood is!
Obama/Biden 2012
Is Buster Keaton still alive?
If Reagan could change the economy, Mitt can do it also. Don't forget that Mitt will inherit a $16 trillion dollar debt from Owebama. Like Carter , Owebama is damaging the US economy, like Reagam, Mitt will turn it around.
"We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers."
--- Willard Mitt Romney
Every now and then he screws up and accidentally tells the truth.
tim, That's when he Flip-Flops.
I bet he will not talk about the $77,000.00 tax write off he received for just one of his show horses while a struggling American working 2 or 3 jobs can only receive a maximum of $1,000.00 tax credit per child. He keeps claiming that Obama took $217 billion out of Medicare which is not true. Obama had his people sit down with the medical field and discussed problems and they discussed where smaller payments in certain areas can be accepted as full payment. They all agreed and now certain costs by doctors, hospitals, and nursing home are smaller and saved Medicare $217 billion. The money stayed with Medicare and is being used at a slower rate making Medicare more viable for many more years. So Romney is actually telling another lie trying to make us think Obama is bad when it is actually him. He and Ryan want to take over $1billion away from the PELL program which will make it more difficult for kids and veterans to get a college education, the same veterans that Bush sent over to Iraq for his false war. Romney and Ryan also want to take womens rights away from them. No one has the right to tell what a woman can and can't do to her body. That is a personal choice that she has to live with and NO ONE has the right to make that decision for her. I can go on and on but hopefully this will be enough to get some Republicans, Independents and undecided voters to vote for the right man who happens to NOT BE Romney with his $77,000.00 tax break on one horse and there are a lot more horses he owns. So vote for investment for our kids future and not for a future glue pot.
I hope he ends with his singing of America the Beautiful
So that is going to get you a job and pay your gas bills? Worry about someone elses tax writeoff? I could be so lucky that I have a cpa to do my taxes.....ALso, You state that no one has the right to tell women what to do, but you feel it is your right to tell hospitals run by clergy to go against their religeon? That's what obama care did. Ended the freedom of religeon and the ability to practice principles.
There is no cost savings in obama care, you add in all the freebies and everything else given to hospitals ......baby bar the door. Rates are going up. Cause you know why? Its called a monopoly! Its something hospitals and doctors have over you and I via the FDA, AMA and half of the rich congressmen living at the trough.
You liberal whiners dont like the tax code, change it.. do you pay more taxes than you lawfully owe?
If not, then stop with the pathetic childish class envy
Bob, you notice how obama prances out the "oracle of omaha" about how he pays less taxes than his secretary..But guess what, that sob starts a charity and donates it all so he can avoid taxes even in death versus the standard estate! that tells you that no one even on obama's team like taxes.
He can hire some lucky American to pick up after his horse. Then he can find 12 million more jobs he promised us.
jolly joker and bob invirginia, you pay a higher tax rate than Romney does. that is not fgair. Obama care is saving money and it is proven. The two of you better research things beforte you tell lies like romney is doing.
How naive.
The reason the tax code is so enormously complicated is that the wealthy can afford to hire lobbyists who write the laws for the lawmakers. The only ones with the power to 'Change it' as you so glibly put it are those who only want to make things worse.
Pay attention.
Romney paid individual taxes of the standard rates that you and I pay. On capital gains, he paid the standard 15%. What wouild people like that rate to be? that should be the discussion. But its not. THat's why I don't give a rat' s behind who wins. Cause it doesnt matter. Its empty suit 1 versus empty suit 2. Anyone with money invest in abroad because when you have an idiot in the white house, you never know when they are gonna come after you. It has nothing to do with the tax breaks. It has to do with risk. Romney donate more than 30% of his income and still made a bundle. Very few of any of your race baiting charlitans called dems give even half that much.
jolly - you're making that up since Mitt has yet to release even one full year of tax returns. No one knows what he paid! IF he donated what you say - he donated to the Mormon church to spread their beliefs - hardly what most consider a charity!
Obama/Biden 2012
"What’s missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old," Ryan said. "The man assumed office almost four years ago – isn’t it about time he assumed responsibility?" Has anybody told Ryan that the GOP has stood in the way of EVERY move that the current administration has put forward to turn the economy around?
Wouldn't it be nice, jolly joker, if the teabaggers would actually shut up and form their own party instead of leaching the life out of the once respectable Republican Party? Instead of crying like spoiled little evangelical girls, they would actually have to SELL their crap instead of slipping it through the back door while whining that both parties suck. Wouldn't that be nice, jolly? Teabaggers actually growing a pair....can you imagine that, jolly?....Of course...y'all would have to find that one teabagger that actually has a brain cell to organize the whole thing...Hmmm...much easier to be a whining little leach, isn't it jolly...
Mitt needs to show us how much money he made and how he made that money when the rest of the country lost their shirts.
The only thing Mitt will do tonight is criticize the President and tell us how he's going to fix things, the only truth he will tell tonight is that he is honored to be there nominee.
Many of your foreign policy advisors are the same crowd as Bush used. Are we looking at another debacle in foreign affairs as we had in 2000-2008? You know, the one where we "won" the war and "lost" the peace because Bush and his cronies thought the Iraq War would be a simple affair. Turns out we did not have the forces in place to control the bedlam that resulted in the loss of many of our best people and the death of thousands of innocents. Not real smart planning from many of the same advisors Romney employs.
My bet is he will disparage Obama 10 times for every 1 thing he says he will ACTUALLY do.
And then not even do them.
I.E. --Roe v.Wade, overturn of AHCA, balance the budget............
I don't believe that Romney nor anyone from the other side can reshape the arc. It is clear that conservatives believe that what they call "entitlements" (which is actually a trust fund) has to be reshaped or they will bring us under, they believe in enforcement of immigration laws and punishment for those who violate them. They believe in an agressive "defense structure" and they believe that all life is sacred before birth and therefore will not tolerate a woman doing anything about it. They believe fixing the economy will be painful but not for them. They are not speaking to the fact that fighting two unfunded wars by lowering taxes drove up the deficit. They and the democrats are not admitting that deregulating the financial sector broke the economy. Nothing they say can change it. They would be better off just to admit they believe in tax cuts, no trust funds and unborn rights for children. I don't know why they don't just own it. They believe that will fix all of our problems. I do not and will not be watching. While I certainly am in sympathy and agreement with some of their positions I am unwilling to accept the whole package, not that they care. It's ok, I don't care if they care or not.
All I see on here from you liberals is just hateful words and no plan to crate jobs. Were Obama plan besides wind mills? Lets don't be innovated lets dumb down on energy issues. WERE THE JOB PLAN?....Were the budget? Lets just throw hateful speech with no solutions, no plans. Oue children deserve better.
meetooboo- perhaps you missed it- just check your 180+ and counting filibusters(highest total in US History) and you will see the jobs bill. After the first budget Dems and Obama recognized it was a political game on your side.
meetooboo - had the Republicans in Congress not tabled President Obama's job bill not once but at least 4 times - the last being in July, we would be on our way to more jobs.
Put the blame where it belongs - on the do nothing Republicans!
Obama/Biden 2012
Ryan's budget cuts education spending by 1/3.
If I were you I would seriously consider not voting for that.
Obama has tried to create jobs and has done so even with the Republicans blocking him with everything he tries. it is the ?Republicans who created this mess and will not let a good man fix their creation. George Bush should be is jail for treason and putting our country in this mess.
lol Obama hasnt created 1 net job not one.... Obama only net job is his but 2012 nov 6th he be unemployed living off our dime....If Harry boy Reid would put any house bills up for vote we be way on our way to recovery...
*breaks out the red pen* *cough*
create* Where's* Obama's* Let's not be innovative* down energy (no need for 'on')* Where's* (also, no need for caps) Where's (my, a favorite tonight)* Let's* Our*
You, sir or ma'am, deserve a better education.
Cheers!
Oh wait, another post! Glee~
hasn't* created* job. Not one. (Ellipses are three periods)* Obama's* butt.* Nov. 6th (Grammar)* he will be* we would be well on our way*
meetooboo...
ECONOMY:
Obama: Term marked by high unemployment, a deep recession that began in previous administration and officially ended within six months, and gradual recovery with persistently high jobless rates. Unemployment rate jumped to 8.3 percent from 7.8 percent in February 2009, Obama's first full month in office, and has stayed above 8 percent ever since. The rate hit a high water mark of 10 percent in October 2009 and has dropped to 8.2 percent. Businesses have added jobs for more than two years straight. Obama responded to the recession with a roughly $800 billion stimulus plan that nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated cut the unemployment rate by up to 1.8 percentage points. Continued implementation of Wall Street and auto industry bailouts begun under George W. Bush.Proposes tax breaks for U.S. manufacturers producing domestically or repatriating jobs from abroad, and tax penalties for U.S. companies outsourcing jobs. Won approval of South Korea, Panama and Colombia free-trade pacts begun under previous administration, completing the biggest round of trade liberalization since the North American Free Trade Agreement and other pacts of that era.
Romney: Lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budget, more trade deals to spur growth. Replace jobless benefits with unemployment savings accounts. Proposes repeal of the (Dodd-Frank) law toughening financial-industry regulations after the meltdown in that sector. Proposes changing, but not repealing, the (Sarbanes-Oxley) law tightening accounting regulations in response to corporate scandals, to ease the accountability burden on smaller businesses. "We don't want to tell the world that Republicans are against all regulation. No, regulation is necessary to make a free market work. But it has to be updated and modern."
(Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues, By CALVIN WOODWARD | Associated Press • Published August 01, 2012)
Please! Do your own research. Read! Start thinking for yourself. Do NOT let Fox & Friends program you with more bullschMITT!
Owebama is an utter failure. Romney will turn the economy around, Owebama will prolong the mysery.
Sure Mitt Witt will turn it around. For the rich and make them even more well off.
Romney has proved himself to be the worst candidate with Ryan a close second. They both seem to enjoy lying about absolutely everything. They have lied about the Welfare, Medi Care, Womens Rights, Abortions, and to the seniors ; trying to frighten them off Obama Care.
Their close association with the NRA scares me to death. We have enough people killed every year or month to begin telling the NRA to butt out from politics. Instead Ryan brags about killing deer etc. and making his own sausages from the meat !!! He even says that he enjoys the "killing". Clint Eastwood is a NRA lover so yes he would be just overjoyed to be with the GOP convention.
There is an old proverb which says "show me the man's friends and I will show you the man" Looking at he friends of the GOP including Trump, Limbaugh and Knoch brothers I have a good idea of the men.
The Congress have proved themselves to be the most coniving and useless one ever !!!!! Well, does this not tell you something.
There is no politician who is 100 per cent perfect but in my book Obama has proved himself to be far above any of the GOP contenders; especially above Romney and Ryan.
great post
The funny part is if you really know food you would know venison is way too lean to make good sausage.
If Owebam's so great, why are we in a Recession?
We are in the Recession because Bush put us here. But, Obama hasn't done a great job at getting us out yet. It will take more than 4 years for that to happen. Both candidates aren't good. But I will take the lesser of the 2 evils. At least Obama doesn't have a problem paying his fair share in taxes. Unlike Mitt Witt. Hiding money overseas and keeping it out of America. Not very patriotic if you ask me. Mitt is about money and that's all. He's proven that. Look at Bain Capitol. Lots of jobs outsourced. What do you think he will do in office? Definitely won't help the middle or lower class. Will give tax breaks to the 1% so they can hoard it like they do. Without the middle and lower class. The 1%'ers won't have sh*t! I just can't trust a man who won't pay his FAIR SHARE in taxes. Yes he pays more than most. But he makes more than most and should pay. If I pay 25% of my check in taxes, that leaves me with not a whole lot to support my family. If he pays 25%, he still has more than enough.
Wow you pay 25% in taxes? Is this based on your taxable income after all your deductions, exemptions, credits,etc are applied? If so, then you are in this salary range:25% Bracket $70,700 – $142,700 for married filing jointly. You are not poor and can support your family just as I do. If you are earning less than the range and paid 25%, you are certainly receiving a pretty refund from the IRS. Get ready for it to get worse after the Bush era tax cuts go away.
cal20
The BUSH Recession is officially over. We are now in The OBAMA Recovery. It takes time to fix all the things that BUSH and his pals ruined.
Do some reading and research. You don't have a clue what's going on right now. You're ignorant.
With Romney speaking tonight, I wonder who will win the "I Can Lie More Than You" contest. They sure have told some doozies and with no sense of shame doing it. What does that say about someone’s integrity who will lie just to win? Not much in my opinion.
It just sends the message that morals and integrity are no longer signs of character. No wonder everyone else from Wall Street to College students cheat and lie and steal too. Are these the lessons we teach our children. Is that your message Mr. Ryan to your children? It’s okay to lie and malign people because you want to win?
How about you Mr. Romney? You want your kids and grandkids to know you would do any and every deceitful, unethical thing to win? What a fine leader you would make with those lack of morals. I guess your God and Ryan’s God doesn’t care that you are lying to people who have everything at stake. How do you sleep at night? Oh that's right you think lying is just fine if the end justifies the means.
and you think Obama has been truthful, open and honest?? yeah.......right!
See they hate the Fox News so much because they have both Liberials and Consertives on debating each other to get both sides of the issues. Liberials do not like choice, (just look at their stance on school choice (for pairents), retirement choice (opting out of SS and go privite). Choose their own doctor and insurance instead of Obamacare. Letting people opt out of Unions. They just want the Liberials to be the only ones with their message going out, and they want only their people to be incontrol of the People and the Government. Obama, (in the liberial mind) doen't lie, because they want to believe him and they can not accept that he would do anything to hurt them. The same way Party membrs believe that Putin has their best intrests at heart, and he does, as long as they obey him and do everything he says. if not, they disapear.
Liberial want the Money the rich have but don't want to work for it, or take the risk and time it takes to make a business work. They don't realize that if companies leave their jobs leave with them.
Good Lord. Is it possible to find one, JUST ONE, foxy-notsy worshiping teabagger that DIDN"T flunk third grade English?!?!?!?
I'm going to start a new charity and call it "Palin's Kids"....the main goal being to teach the teabaggers not to look up at the rain and drown.
Pastor65,
Obama has been more honest than Mitt Witt!
Shockedanddisgusted;
I think that the lunatic right has produced an entire generation of poorly homeschooled, barely literate ideologues. When these people hit the real world, it must be devastating for them-all those crazy junk science ideas and lack of real skills make for a tough go.
Thier parents should be ashamed.
I am not naive. I don't believe everything I hear from politicians. My main point is if they have a plan to get this country on the path to prosperity then what is that plan? They are just telling lies and not their plan. They are doing that because they have no plan. It is the same policies of Bush and company. Deregulate, cut taxes.....blah blah blah B.S.
They also are coming off as God fearing God loving and just good Christians and good Mormons. He is an elder of his church and he is outright LYING. Why does he need to do that? It's because he has nothing else to offer. He is another empty suit and it shows. He has been running for President for at least the last six years. He should have a comprehensive plan by now wouldn't you think? But all he can do is lie about his opponent instead of telling us in detail and not platitudes, what his plan is.
London - I've often wondered about the effects of home-schooling. The children I have witnessed that have been victims of home "schooling" are completely socially inept - more so even than the children that get sent to the evangelical cult schools (they just go to college, get knocked up and come back home wondering how it all happened). I think their parents should be more ashamed of the inbreeding that occurred before they denied their children an education...
It is really creepy what evangelicals do to their poor children. Children from Catholic or Greek schools seem to turn out OK - but those poor evangelical kids...it's like looking at the kids of the living dead. It's so sad that the brainwashed "parents" are so insecure in their beliefs that they have to hide their children from humanity. It borders on abuse.
This essay essentially sums up why I have no respect for Romney/Ryan or most other Republicans, especially when they claim to be Christians:
(somehow the link didn't get posted - sorry). It still isn't getting posted, so I'll just type it out.
The inordinate amount of time spent trying to recast Mitt Romney as a likable, empathetic man of the people has been quite telling. He obviously lacks these qualities as so much effort has been expended to tell a better story than the one which is already written by his deeds.
As far as forward-looking is concerned, it seems like all he and his manifold surrogates can do is look backwards and only 3 years at that. The hindsight takes a vacation during the Bush presidency and the very fact that neither George of the Bushes is at the convention speaks volumes about what Republicans want to forget about their past mis-deeds.
To be sure, Mitt Romney is a slightly shinier and perhaps more pragmatic version of the former recent Republican presidents. He is probably more intelligent as well, yet we can clearly see from his deportment overseas and his personal finances, which include a no-confidence vote in on-shore banks, that he is more of the same, tutored and advised by the same and sadly lacking vision and grace.
One speech tonight can not recast his life and beliefs.
What is even more telling is that almost all of the ancillary speakers who are supposedly supporting Mitt seem to be trying to avoid talking about him at all in their speeches. Hmm...
The GOP's speakers talked about Romney , but also ideas and policies...
Wait till the Dem convention, it will be all airhead hero worship of their idol Obama...talking about the last 4 years of failure ? Nope.
The GOP speakers are full of lies. The fact checkers have been working overtime. Especially Ryan, who can read a teleprompter well, but repeated lie and after lie.
We need voters to try a little critical thinking.
Bob in VA - no dahlin - the airheads were at the GOP convention. Please, try to keep up!
Obama/Biden 2012
But it will give him some time to undo the Lies the Democrats, and the Media (but I repeat myself). Romney and Ryan have given and helped more people (with their time, and money) then Obama and Biden have with the taxpayers money. There is no question that Romney and Ryan have more values, that match the majority of the people in this country. It is just the biggots, and the hypocrates that don''t want to hear the truth.
@300michael
Did you even check to see if your bald-faced lies have any substance? Romney and Ryan DO NOT HOLD VIEWS that the majority of Americans have on major issues.
1. Abortion - less than 20% of Americans believe abortion should always be illegal (http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm ). Ryan believes all abortions should be illegal. He even wants to make birth control illegal. Why is it that he has ONLY three children after 12 years of marriage? Hypocrite?
2. Taxing the rich more fairly - A majority of Americans say, make it so. http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/04/13/americans-to-very-rich-pay-your-taxes-poll/
3. Bigots and hypocrites - yes the Republican party does have a majority here. Only 2% of the delegates were non-latino, non-white.( http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-convention-diversity-20120831,0,3808085.story ) Defacto discrimination is based primarily upon party platform. And bigotry doesn't just occur based on skin color. The bigotry of Republican tenets which devalue women is legion. You should know the name, Todd Akin, by now (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html ) and the weak initial milquetoast Romney repudiation of that idiot.
If there's one thing that marks conservative followers of the party, it is a determined reluctance to research the story and facts behind an issue. Bold talk and tough positions taken with little consideration to reality is the hallmark of the modern conservative movement. Take the convention theme, "We built that," a theme constructed solely on a willful misreading of an Obama speech. Pretty pathetic.
I'm sure you listened to the Republican Convention. It left me with a feeling that it was a bunch of gossiping high school students that couldn't diss the class president enough. So little substance and so much bitching. Not the sort of leadership that deserves the public vote.
How many of you out there know that George Bush failed his Political Science class three time and barely passed it on his fourth attempt with a grade of D? He rented a home from a family friend while in college. When he supposedly graduated from college the woman who owned the home went in after he moved out and was shocked. The interior of the house was destroyed, holes in the walls, blood and feces on the floors and walls, needles, pot pipes, used condoms and many more surprises were found laying around. She asked for compensation to make repairs and Bush never paid up so she took him to court and won the case and he was ordered by the court to pay for all repairs and extra for grief and legal costs. To this day this woman has not recieved a penny and she is no longer friends with the Bush family.This was documented in several magazines and is not a made up story. Romeny thinks Bush was a good leader so that means romney has no common sense Also just wanted you to know that Romney got a $77,000.00 tax write off on only one of his many show horses while stuggling Americans can only get a maximum of $1,000.00 child care credit. Whis is more important the kids who are our future or a horse that will end up being a glue pot.
How did Obama do in college? Oops, that is right, this information is classified...
Top 5% of his Harvard Law School class, President and editor of the Harvard Law Review.
How did Romney do in college?
Jim - and George Bush bankrupted not one but two businesses before going into politics. And, this is the man the GOP selected to head our country!
Bob in VA - as you've been told over and over and over again - everyone's college transcripts are sealed - even mine, yours (if you went to college). Now get over the stupidity. It just makes you look so Republican (NOT A GOOD THING)!
Obama/Biden 2012
Obama Showed his Business skills, by taking a bad situation and manageing to make it twice as bad. Now he wants another chance to make it four times worse. All he is good at is growing the Debt, He lied about not taxing the under $250K workers. He has is chance to do anything he wanted, with Pelosi, and Reid, helping him. Now he thinks he can do something with a possible Majority Republican Congress? The man needs to get some help. We went from a ditch to a cliff.
Beloved President Barack Obama: 1. Prevented the USA and the nations from sinking into a great depression.
2. He brought Justice to the evil terrorist Bin Laddin. 3. He held BP accountable for the Gulf Oil Spill.
4. He has helped bring into reality the Arab Spring...bringing to Justice the Lybian leader that killed
SU students in Scotland. 5. Federal Student Loans are structured in such a way that no matter who you are
repayment is possible due to President Barack Oboma. 6. The Affordable Health Care Law which the
American people expected of the prez and congress ended medical insurance descrimination.
7. Unlike the gop medicare and social security will never be at risk. 8. The Buffit rule will bring
fairness to the tax code. 9. Our prez has created jobs in this envirnment and will create more.
10. Ryan austerity will bring us backward to the effects of a 1930 level depression..for sure.
11. The recession was the Bush recession. 12. 9/11 was the GOP Bush failure to defend the homeland.
13. Liberty. It is the Gop that threatens the liberty of women to act in conscience concerning their
reproductive rights. It is the gop that threatens the freedom of gay and lesbian men women and childdren.
14. The audit of the last decade could not account for the more than 57 billion tax payer dollars.
Now we watched bricks of cash handed out on the streets of Bagdad. We all know where our cash went.
Since I know the Repugs love to discredit any news source that is NOT originating from Faux News, here is a link they might find useful:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz252kUjkES
Ryans speech is described with 3 words, and at least one of those words FROM FOX NEWS is
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz254a2euWo
Actually Ryan was Correct. The 714 billion dollars was removed and put into Obama care. That Medicare money was in the Medicare Trust Fund. The fund is not a bank account for Obama to remove funds from, for other pet projects. The money should have stayed in the fund which is already paying out more then it takes in. ObamaCare is susposed to be self funding and shouldn't need to be taking any money from other Trust Funds. It was the same Obama Policys Pushed by Reid and Pelosi that helped close that plant. The EPA restrictions, and the extral government regulation is why the plant closed. It was unable to show any profit. Fox has Liberial writers, that are given time,and space in their new. Unlike other so called news media. it is that writers openion, and I weight it accordingly, as I did listened to the speach myself. I also take the writers political stance so that I know which "slant" they put on their stories. (liberial and concertive).
Let’s look at what Obama promised then has done in the years he has had in office:
These are simple facts. We ARE in Iraq, Afghanistan AT war, Guantanamo OPEN, Obama DOES still suck cigarettes, Obama has NOT contacted C-Span, we have NOT seen a real birth certificate, Obama has spent more than ALL previous presidents combined, unemployment IS out of control, Simple Facts. Why on heaven, earth or Mars would anybody even remotely begin to think Obama has done anything worth repeating?! We can’t afford more debt, more lies, more Obama! How can anybody get excited about this dead duo?
I enjoy reading so much about how Romney lies...yet everyone seems blind to these top 16 facts about Obama.
Lastly... and the most important lie ever told to us Americans, was actually said by Obama himself. He told the American people that if his actions didn't improve the United States at the end of his four year term, he would step down and not run.
...hmm...
I have to keep reminding myself you people live in a world where Climate Change is a myth and cognitive dissonance is a way of life.
Sure has addressed each of the promises noted in a balanced, mature and responsible manner.
Yes sir, our beloved prez is as sincere and honest as the day is long. When all americans were
in shock for 8 years that the USA failed to get Bin Laddin...Obama had the courage and brains
to get the job done. As a bonus we got the leader of Lybia too..you know he killed our SU kids
in Scotland. Our President Barack Oboma is a hero to my father, myself and my four adult children.
He is God's annointed leader for this particular time. I am grateful from the depths of my soul
for this our beloved commander in chief. yes. Iraq is behind us and Afganistan will be soon, but
the war on domestic and foreign terrorist is on going. Obama is the leader and vistor is this all important war of our generation. WOW... no one else in his class.
I was hoping that Mitt would show us something .... Regretfully ... he didn't! .. It was the worst acceptance speech in my over fifty years of watching political conventions .. He created no energy .... and seems (if you believe his words) to be out of touch with reality ...
If he was a used car sales man and had the look he showed tonight ... I wouldn't trust him & wouldn't buy a car from him... Mitt Romney looks like he's lying to you ... not good for a presidential candidate As a fan of Clint Eastwood .... I was embarrassed for him ... his act was not helpful ...
For the undecided voter that watched the Romney speech ... I would expect that he lost about 10% of them ... based on believability alone ... and pushed another 5% into leaning to his opponent...
All in all this was a bad night for the Republican hopes of gaining the White House ... they keep shooting themselves in the foot ...
Anyone that votes for this pair is truly NOT in their right minds !! First off their so called Medicare plan affects me directly and no one is going to put me on a voucher system that may or may not cover my expenses.Secondly,it doesn't take place for 10 years,hell neither of them will be in office then and Medicare will be broke because as their plan states it does nothing to seniors now.Their budget plan also does not begin to deal with the deficit for 10 years.How is that a solution ?? They will,however extend those Bush tax cuts for the wealthy right away and cut corporate taxes.Can anyone here tell me how their plans do anything except make the rich richer ???
Disgusted:Just read it and that's hilarious !!
"Their budget plan also does not begin to deal with the deficit for 10 years.How is that a solution ??"
Yet your hero Obama has no budget plan, just giveaways to bribe voters like you, until we go broke...
Bob he does have a budget plan but it is congress that has not passed it!