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Mitt Romney talks to a technician during a sound check session at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Thursday ahead of his speech at the Republican National Convention.
TAMPA, Fla. -- For a candidate seeking to unseat an incumbent commander in chief, there are few opportunities more important than that first nationally televised speech as a presidential nominee; a unique opportunity to speak not just to the core of the party, but to voters all across the country.
When Mitt Romney delivers his acceptance speech Thursday night in Tampa, he’ll be following the footsteps of previous presidential challengers, who either inspired or alienated voters with their convention addresses.
For the many Americans who pay only occasional attention to the presidential campaign, Romney will have the chance to demonstrate who he is, what he believes, and where he hopes to lead the nation.
Previous candidates who, like Romney, were trying to defeat an incumbent have delivered acceptance speeches which fall into several types; some of which Romney will surely avoid.
Unapologetic and defiant
When Sen. Barry Goldwater, R- Ariz., won the Republican nomination in 1964, he refused to camouflage or retreat from his conservative beliefs. His speech to the convention in San Francisco was perhaps the most uncompromising in American political history.
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A grim-looking Goldwater told the crowd, “The good Lord raised this mighty Republic to be a home for the brave and to flourish as the land of the free, not to stagnate in the swampland of collectivism, not to cringe before the bully of communism.”
For Republican moderates who were alarmed by Goldwater’s threats of using nuclear weapons and his musings about ending Social Security, he had a message: go elsewhere. “Those who do not care for our cause, we don't expect to enter our ranks in any case,” he said.
The convention had been roiled by a party platform fight over condemning the John Birch Society and other groups called “extremist” by the media. Goldwater took on the controversy directly with his famous lines: “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
Romney's RNC speech: A chance to reshape campaign arc
None of this helped Goldwater in his uphill battle against President Lyndon Johnson, but in all likelihood Goldwater was going to lose the election anyway. Goldwater’s speech did at least provide one model of how to go down to defeat in the most defiant way.
Although not quite as hard-edged as Goldwater’s speech, 1996 Republican nominee Bob Dole’s acceptance speech also had a stern tone. Dole denounced officials in President Bill Clinton’s administration as "a corps of elite who never grew up, never did anything real, never sacrificed, never suffered, and never learned ... ."
He promised to be the nation’s toughest cop: "If I win, the lives of violent criminals are going to be hell,” he vowed to pursue terrorists “to the ends of the earth" and he said, “We should not have here a single illegal immigrant … .”
Candid, sincere, populist ... and ill-timed
In 1984, by the time Democratic challenger Walter Mondale spoke to his party’s convention in San Francisco, the signs were clear that the economy had recovered from its worst recession since World War II and that incumbent President Ronald Reagan would be hard to beat.
Mondale -- the leader of a party that had never made fiscal austerity its central creed -- chose to offer himself as a truth teller and fiscal hawk, pledging to reduce the budget deficit by two-thirds.
“Here's the truth about the future: We are living on borrowed money and borrowed time,” he warned. “These deficits hike interest rates, clobber exports, stunt investment, kill jobs, undermine growth, cheat our kids, and shrink our future.”
He predicted that “Whoever is inaugurated in January,” the tax burden would go up. “Anyone who says they won't is not telling the truth to the American people.” He added, “Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.”
Mondale also mixed in a dose of typical Democratic populism of the kind still heard today: “To the corporations and the freeloaders who play the loopholes and pay no taxes, my message is: Your free ride is over.”
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This did not prove to be an inspiring message to the voters: Mondale lost every state but his own, Minnesota.
Also falling into the category of candid, sincere, and populist -- but even worse timed -- was the 1972 speech of Democratic candidate George McGovern.
Bad convention management and fractious delegates meant that McGovern did not get to deliver his speech until 2:45 a.m. ET -- unthinkable, even suicidal, by today’s TV standards.
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Republicans gather in Tampa, Florida to officially nominate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
For those who couldn’t stay awake, Chalmers Roberts of The Washington Post summed it up: “A rousing speech, delivered with fervor as well as verve.” To Democrats angry about President Richard Nixon continuing the war in Vietnam, McGovern pledged, “I will halt the senseless bombing of Indochina on Inauguration Day.” He never got the chance, going down in a landslide defeat that November.
Populist and homey
In New York in 1992, Bill Clinton delivered his acceptance speech just hours after Ross Perot said he was withdrawing from the presidential race, a decision Perot later reversed. Clinton appealed to Perot voters to join the Democrats and then uncorked a smoothly delivered populist appeal with themes much like those of Mondale in 1984.
"I was raised to believe that the American Dream was built on rewarding hard work," he said. "But folks in Washington have turned that American ethic on its head. For too long, those who play by the rules and keep the faith have gotten the shaft. And those who cut corners and cut deals have been rewarded."
Clinton said of his opponent George H.W. Bush, "He raised taxes on the people who drive pick-up trucks and lowered taxes on people who ride in limousines."
He concluded with a personal touch about the Arkansas town where he grew up -- and the line most people today remember: "I end tonight where it all began for me," he said. "I still believe in a place called Hope."
The gesture, more than the words
You may not remember many of the phrases in 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry’s convention speech, but you probably do recall how he began that speech -- coming out, saluting to the crowd, and declaring, “I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty.”
The theme of Kerry’s campaign against President George W. Bush was that Kerry’s national security credentials were impeccable because he’d served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. As a combat veteran he would cede nothing to Bush on patriotism.
“As president, I will wage this war with the lessons I learned in war,” he said, as he pledged to “bring our allies to our side and share the burden” and “reduce the risk to American soldiers. That's the right way to get the job done and bring our troops home.”
Not memorable but no matter …
Then there are those acceptance speeches which in the end aren’t that memorable -- but don’t matter because the challenger scores his rhetorical victory in a fall debate.
Reagan’s acceptance speech at the 1980 GOP convention isn’t remembered today as one of his greatest. It did what you’d expect -- it challenged the incumbent president Jimmy Carter and his record.
He asked, ''Can anyone compare the state of our economy when the Carter administration took office with where we are today and say, 'Keep up the good work?' Can anyone look at our reduced standing in the world today and say, 'Let's have four more years of this?' ''
More decisive was the side-by-side comparison of the self-assured Reagan with his dour opponent in the sole debate the two men had one week before the election.
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I am not fazed by "forgetable" speeches, appearances, side kicks or other distractions from the real issues. I am waiting for Obama to talk about and defend his record of hope and change. In absence of that, I am looking for a change. Can't fool me the second time.
Or correct spelling.
AND ALL full of LIES and DEFAMATION to our President.
Romney will deliver a forceful speech to remind the american people that the last four years were
"backward" years by an inept president.
He will look "presidential" in doing so!
He will "lead" this country back to greatness!
R&R2012
the sad thing about Romney. he looks terrified of the fact he might be elected. the king of fools.
trapp211 - Romney couldn't look presidential if he had Kennedy's head superimposed with his! The man is NOT presidential and no amount of work will make him look or appear Presidential.
Luckily we have President Obama for another 4 years!
Obama/Biden 2012
OK farideh. So in YOUR mind, it's perfectly OK for a group of Conservative Republicans to conspire against our President from the day of his inauguration with the stated goal of blocking evey initiative he proposes? You want to reward the same people who collapsed the US economy and nearly collapsed the world economy and give them back power OVER you? Just think of where our economy would be if the Conservatives had put half as much energy into economic recovery and JOBS as they have invested into blocking our President. GOD FORBID President Obama actually got any credit for his accomplishments. We can't have THAT now, can we.
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?).
Oh my G.d..JT-456250 You sure said it... If congress has enacted just a bit of what Obama tried to accomplish for this country..all would in fact be back to work..However the GOP wanted to prove that a man of color could not get the job done, and they made sure of it...shame on the GOP.... I will again vote for Obama because I do believe that he can lead this nation back down the path of honesty and transparency. p
If you want hope and change don't vote for the obstructionist republicans. Give Obama the congress he needs (super majority these days) to make the changes he promised. Two jobs bills everyone wanted and the republicans blocked just to make sure Obama fails.
Obama Really just picked up Where Bush left off, Romney won't be Much Different from Obama. Both Parties have done enough, Lets replace them with Third Parties like the Libertarian party and Green Party.
Yeah! SURE! I wonder FROM WHAT PLANET Mitt Romney came from:
Corporations are people, myfriend… of course they are.
I like being able to fire people who provide services to me."
"I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there."
"He [Obama] says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of
Wisconsin? The American people did. It's time for us to cut back on government
and help the American people."
"I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back." –Mitt Romney, –Mitt Romney,
on the American auto industry, despite having written a New York Times op-ed in
2008 titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,"
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/mittromney/a/Mitt-Romney-Quotes.htm
Mitt takes a stand on both sides of every issue...examples:
"The Arizona immigration policy is a good model" – Mitt Romney.
"I didn't really support the Arizona immigration policy" – Mitt Romney.
“The Massachusetts healthcare plan should be a model for the nation” – Mitt Romney.
“Healthcare reform should be left to the states” – Mitt Romney.
"Let Detroit go bankrupt" -Mitt Romney.
"I'll take a lot of credit for saving the auto industry" -Mitt Romney.
“I believe Roe v Wade has gone too far.” – Mitt Romney.
“Roe v Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”– Mitt Romney.
“I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.” – Mitt Romney.
“I never really called myself pro-choice.” – Mitt Romney.
“It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.” – Mitt Romney.
“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and represent our country there.” – Mitt Romney.
“I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.” – Mitt Romney.
“Ronald Reagan is… my hero.” – Mitt Romney.
“I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.” – Mitt Romney.
"There’s no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.”– Mitt Romney.
“I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.” – Mitt Romney.
“I did not see it with my own eyes.” – Mitt Romney.
“I would like to have campaign spending limits.” – Mitt Romney.
“The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates without burdensome limitations.” – Mitt Romney.
“I supported the assault weapon ban.” – Mitt Romney
"I don’t support any gun control legislation.” – Mitt Romney.
“The stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the recovery…” –Mitt Romney.
“The stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure.” – Mitt Romney.
The worst thing that happened to the Republicans was the "INTERNET". Now that people can reaearch statements and discern the truth for themselves at the blink of an eye, they cannot spoon feed the bull@!$%# as they used to.
The best defense against Tyranny is an educated electorate.
For my Democratic pundits out there. Please find your copy of the DNC Convention Schedule. I would not want you to miss a thing.
2012 Democrat National Convention Schedule Charlotte,
N.C.
4:00 PM - Opening Flag Burning Ceremony - sponsored by CNN
4:05 PM - Singing of "God Damn America" led by Reverend Jeremiah Wright
4:10 PM - Pledge of Allegiance to Obama
4:15 PM – Ceremonial “I hate America” led by
Michelle Obama.
4:30 PM - Tips on "How to keep your man trustworthy &
true to you while you travel the world" - Hillary Clinton
4:45 PM - Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson seminar "How to have a successful career without
having a job"
5:00 PM - "Great Vacations I've Taken on the Taxpayer's Dime Travel Log" - Michelle Obama
5:30 PM - Eliot Spitzer Speaks on "Family Values" via Satellite
5:45 PM - Tribute to All 57 States - Nancy Pelosi
6:00 PM - Senator Harry Reid - 90-minute speech expressing the
Democrat's appreciation of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and George Soros for
sparing no expense, for all that they have accomplished to unify the country, improve employment and to boost the economy
8:30 PM - Airing of Grievances by both Clintons
9:00 PM - "Bias in Media - How we can make it work for you" Tutorial - sponsored by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times
9:15 PM - Tribute Film to Brave Freedom Fighters incarcerated at GITMO - Michael Moore
9:45 PM - Personal Finance Seminar - Charlie Rangle
10:00 PM - Denunciation of Bitter Gun Owners and Bible readers
10:30 PM - Ceremonial Waving of White Flag for IRAQ & Afghanistan
11:00 PM - Obama Energy Plan Symposium / Tire Gauge Demonstration / You too can get rich with
Green Investment bankruptcies
11:15 PM - Free Governor Blagovich rally
11:30 PM - Obama Accepts Oscar, Tony and Latin Grammy Awards
11:45 PM - Feeding of the Delegates with 5 Loaves and 2 Fish… Obama Presiding
12:00 AM - Official Nomination of Obama by Bill Maher and Chris "He sends a thrill up
my leg" Matthews
12:01 AM - Obama Accepts Nomination as Lord and Savior
12:05 AM - Celestial Choirs Sing
3:00 AM - Biden Delivers Acceptance Speech
We all came here to hear the troops offer what they are going to do for us and our country. To this point i really don't know anymore today than last week.
Why?
Because they still have no plan, no direction,and no leadership.
We want specifics not rhetoric and half truth's
We want to hear policy prescriptions not hot empty rhetoric.
Pandering, and shamelessly shameful. Is that the intelligence level of today's republican voter? It was very easy to read between the lines of that speach. I am embarrassed to call myself an American if this is the best we have to offer.
Anyone else noticing that the worst it looks for Obama's reelection the more rude and vicious the liberals become.....
That's all you need to know about the Romney/Ryan Campaign!
Republicans have wasted unfathomable amounts of blood, treasure and time this last ENTIRE decade.
The disgust people are feeling with this new so called GOP is unbelievable. Believe rational thinking people will give the democrats their votes at ALL levels of govt. Hopefully. SIMPLY to teach the repugs a lesson about honor. Obvious to most that the repugs have lost theirs.
What is unforgettable about this creep is his repeated lies. He used the closing of a GM plant during Dubbies reign to attack Obama! To the Republican base he looks intelligent and to the rest of us he looks like a stupid liar. LOL
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!)
2 things that have decided my vote and BTW I haven't voted for either R or D since 2000.
1) In Romney's own company Bain they call themselves "One stop job outsourcing".
2) In Ryan's budget proposal he calls for a 1/3 reduction in education spending. Our kids are scoring in the 20th and 30th percentiles in standardized testing against other G20 nations. We have to spend MORE not less on our children's future.
The media already have their stories ready before Romney gives his speech and I'm sure they will all be horrific. The liberal media has certainly shown their ugly heads during this campaign and I for one am sick of it. I am discussed with NBC and have given up watching The Today Show, Brian Williams and Jay Leno...some of my all-time favorite shows. They are NOT professionals...they are supposed to give a non-biased report.
If you are that sick, please use one of your Walmart bags and avoid flushing it down the toilet. We already have enough Tpublican crap going down the toilets clogging up our "socialist" public water treatment plants. Thanks.
Oh, also, please explain what 'professional entertainer' means. Have you also given up on FAUX NEWZ and Rush, the drug addict?
PS, there is no such thing as a non-biased report ever since the Retardican Propaganda Committee started making up lies.
Where are the tax returns?
Oh PLEASE!!!! Where have you been all this time since the REPUBLICANS STARTED LOOKING FOR A "Presidential Hopeful"???? Isn't it enough of BS, lies, rudness, malice and racists comments that the GOP has dais about the President ENOUGH FOR YOU?
And NOW you are feeling SORRY for Romney????
Diane - you DO know Jay Leno is not a journalist, right????? He's a comedian and Romney is just plain funny!
Obama/Biden 2012
You mean after 4 years of a do nothing GOP congress all of a sudden they are promising to fix all the problems in the country for the middle class and unemployed. What a disengenuous bunch of crap. These people open thier mouths and the lies just come out as sweet as honey. We know thier agenda and it's not for the 99%. Why is poltical season such a season of lies? It's because money and power for the wealthy is at stake. It's nothing more simple than that.
I guess this is "modern day politics" or maybe its been this way! however in the last 50 years going back to JFK i don't remember either party telling this many " LIES and DISTORTIONS " as the GOP has done this cycle and keep getting away with it!
Are the american people that "stupid" ???
Yes. The American people are that stupid. And brainwashed. And bigoted.
Yes, the hate filled, right wing, ignorant actually are that stupid. Remember, they voted for Dubbie twice! LOL
if its like Ryan's speech, it came from principles right out of mein kampf. the bigger the lie and one that is told more often is easier to sell to the gullible masses than little lies.
In other words, we've been throwing the same accusations at each other for decades.
We do not need above 8% unemployment..
We do not need another 6 trillion dollars added dept...
we do not need more 23 million unemployed..
We do not need 4 more years of a rudderless ship..
We do not need community organizing liars in the wh..
We need leadership..
ABO2012
Any one knows the GOP accomplishments of the past 40 years?
We know what oblahblah has accomplished the past 4years..
NADA!
Really?
I searched Obama's accomplishments and got 3 pages of accomplishments.
I searched for the GOP accomplishments and got NOTHING.
No one should vote for the GOP.
They don't have a good record.
Yes,
Nixon ends the war in Vietnam.
Nixon re-opens the door to relations with China
Ronald Reagan - Iranian Hostages are released after 444 days of captivity as Reagan is sworn in.
Ronald Reagan - Polices reversed double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, and double digit interest rates
Ronald Reagan - Reagan polices cause the collapse of the Communist hold on power in the Soviet Union.
Ronald Reagan - Tells Gorbachev to "tear down this wall". The wall separating East and West Germany and segregating Berlin eventually was torn down.
George H.W. Bush reacts to Saddam Hussein invading defenseless Kuait. Mobilizes the armed forces adn forces Iraqi forces out of Kuait and back to the outskirts of Baghdad in 100 days.
George H.W. Bush and democrats outlawed new pension plans after the Keating 5 scandal caused the collapse of several S & L's that were holding pensions. To replace pension plans they rework 401K's to the extremely successful system of today. That system is probably responsible for the stock market gains of the last 2 years.
Newt Gingrich. Put together a coalition of republicans with the Contract with America that not only swept them to control of both houses of congress, but, lead to the first balanced federal budgets since the 1950's.
George W Bush also reversed a recession, but had to do so while preparing an army and begin chasing down terrorists who attacked the US on 911.
There are more than this, would you like some of the Republican failures? How about a list of Democrat successes and failures?
Bo, I suggest you try a different search engine. Apparently yours is broken.
40 years? What have they done since 2010 when they ran and won on jobs, jobs, jobs. They have doubled down on social issues like the right to choose, and same-sex marriage.
BO .. is that you barry?
"If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove that you are not racist, please vote for someone else to prove that you are not stupid."
Quoted from a billboard.
I voted for the man's empathy. I would never vote for a person who lacks this basic human trait.
What we don't need is a bunch of uneducated rednecks going to the polls in november. Stay home with your guns. And if you happen to "accidentally" shoot each other, well that will help the unemployment rate.
Only shootings I have seen lately have been from the liberal Obama boys side.
Heck Obama even helped buy the weapons for the Batman shooting. Through a grant....
I think I fell asleep reading this article.
To American Veterans
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/08/obama-honored-fallen-seals-by-sending-their-parents-a-form-letter-signed-by-electric-pen/
All the form letters were also signed by a robo- pin. I wish to remind all those who have served this great nation that George Bush Jr. sent a personal message to the families of all who fell in the Iraq war and Afghan conflict. Obama was much to busy running his campaign or playing golf....
This is an example of the man that is in the office of the president.
Even Fox says Paul Ryan was lying in his speech. To quote the article --
"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."
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz253mGnvEq
I have to agree with you. These speaker at the convention wants us Americans to be an ungrateful set of people. The Republicans is who got us in this mess in the first place. Now they want to dig the hole deeper through being elected again. There convention looks like an Evangelical crusade with a bunch of rich people romanticizing there pass when people in this country is still poor.
Willie will lead 313 million of white , black , yellow, brown , red , rainbow color american to greatness ????? !!
let me tell you all muticolor americans.. this country is not fundamentally sound anymore ..
it's inching towards nowhere land.
millioms of illegal pouring into this country, millions of high school drop outs, millions of bastards , millions of well treated jailed criminal s.. and one do nothing congress .. you know what you can forget about willie !!!!!!!!!
Mitt, about those tax returns....an honest man would have no problem showing what he has been up to with regard to his taxes, investments, and deductions. If there's nothing there there...then what's the problem? Hiding behind the curtain will only invite more and more questions and scrutiny. How can the electorate have confidence in you if you insist on stonewalling virtually every inquiry you find uncomfortable? Secrecy and stonewalling has doomed many a politician. Time to stop hiding behind phony, disingenuous excuses and double talk.
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
AN OPiNION. Of a left wing pundant... Wow You guys are really into the lie thing.
3 and 1/2 years of lies...
Link is to an Opinion.... DUH
How stupid do you think Americans are lefty.....
www.theblaze.com/stories/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers-heres-a-break-down-of-the-claims-bashing-paul-ryans-speech/
Above is the real facts behind the speech that the left is in a panic about..
HTTP removed due to censorship of this blog....
Wow the enchanting roudy yates, the abuser of women. How does his forcing Ms Locke to have two (2)abortions go along with the Republican platform? These Gaseous Old Pharts just keep getting better and better.
Abort all the future Democrats you want. Each abortion equals one less vote.....
The politicians would be thrilled to know that you all are as divided and polarized as ever. You honestly think your guy is going to make your life any better? The status quo is a trip to extinction or worse yet perpetually falling further and further back.
I listened to a few minutes of the RNC and it's the same old stuff dredged up every four years by both parties. The system needs to be shaken up somehow to allow outsiders in, not these career idiots. I don't know who is the best person for president but I'm not encouraged by these two. And all of you going at it endlessly just keeps putting these twits back into office. It's game over unless things change and fast.
You know what Obama brings. What he offers. If you want 4 more of that go for it. High unemployment, Medicare failure by 2014. Vote for the big Zero....
Anna, thanks, but I am not voting for the big Zero. Because that's how much truth Romney and Ryan and their gang are telling. ZERO. The man can't be HONEST with us to save his life - but he sure is interested in saving more on HIS taxes on the backs of the middle class and making sure the poor just DIE because they don't have health care, assistance with food and have plenty of children because after all ... according to your friendly neighborhood Tea Party SOCIOPATH - "Rape is just another form of conception".
Nope. I prefer to vote for a man who has TRIED to get our country moving, who STOPPED the slide into depression, who has TRIED to get the Tea Party IDIOTS to understand simple Economics - when your outlay exceeds your income you do NOT simultaneously cut your expenditures AND YOUR INCOME (TAXES). If you want to vote for someone who lies, thinks he's better than everyone else, thinks that fact checking doesn't apply to HIM (but boy - if anything said by anybody on behalf of trying to get Obama elected is distorted he DEMANDS a retraction) since he keeps airing a commercial that has been fact checked to be a BLATANT LIE and REFUSES to even stop airing it (and it's HIS COMMERCIAL - not a SUPERPAC!) you go right ahead and show a seeming lack of intelligence. I personally prefer to vote for someone with INTEGRITY and HONESTY and EMPATHY.
Barack Obama:
Alias Barry Soetoro pawns himself as Barack Obama, the humanitarian, the POTUS, the campaign for hope and change. But we know better. Barry is a radical Marxist who was raised by Communist parents and Communist grandparents. His mentors were known Communists, his contacts in college were strictly Marxists supporters, Marxist professors and a group of Pakistani activists as stated in his book, “Dreams From My Father”.
Barack Obama, tell us about Frank Marshall Davis or Bill Ayers. Surely you remember Mr. Davis. After all, your mother knew him all too well. Mr. Ayers, a known terrorist, responsible for at least a dozen bombings, helped your early Illinois campaign by raising money, thru his organization Underground Weather. Tell us about your trip to Pakistan (’81) with Pakistani Wahid Hamid.
Share with us your ideals of socialism, after all you’re a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), referred as the “New Party”. Please tell us why you have been influenced by the writings of Karl Marx, the prelude to Communism. Share with us your association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Do you justify this man’s message by condemning our country by saying, “God bless America? No, God Damn America”? Was this a forethought supporting your belief in Marxism?
Are these the individuals who have inspired you to public office? Are these the individuals who have inspired you to plot against the United States? Are they the people for whom you’ve entrusted your Muslim faith?
Please tell us why you mocked the Holy Bible and Jesus’ sermon on the mount, calling the sermon a radical message. You have mocked Christianity and this country. Barack Obama, you have betrayed this nation and all its’ people. Your skin is dark because of your race, but your soul is darker because of your deception.
United States of America………………YOU didn’t build it Barack Obama.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/occidental.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
Romney still hasn't produce his taxes for the past several years and here he is trying to run for president. Bush made a U-turn in fight a war that cause the country to almost go bankrupt. I meant instead of fighting in Afghanistan Bush move the war to Iraq. The people that attack us on 9-11. were Saudis operating out of Afghanistan, but we were fighting in Iraq. Romney will do the same for this country if elected. He will make a U-turn and we will be right back where we are working so hard to get out of the mess the Republicans put us into.
Bill Bob -
Now that's funny!
Mitt just said in his acceptance speech that he has a plan. He wouldn't tell us what that plan was - I guess we should just trust him.
Mitt - Show us your tax returns.
Mitt has no plan and not going to show any of his tax returns. Mitt is incapable of handling more than one issues at a time where Obama is a genius at working at all aspect of of Americans well being. This statement is to let folks know that Mitt tends to sway us away from his declaring of his tax return by telling us its about the economy. Bull @!$%#!
All the speaker in the RNC reminds me of the snake that tempted Eve.