Apparently, Mitt Romney hasn’t hit rock bottom yet. Romney has gone from being one of only two men vying to be president to being named the least influential person of 2012 by GQ.
Mitt Romney beat out such luminaries as Amanda Bynes, Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Lance Armstrong, Madonna, and George Zimmerman to win the title of GQ’s Least Influential Person of 2012.
Here is how GQ described Romney, “Was anyone inspired by Mitt Romney? Did anyone vote enthusiastically for Mitt Romney? Of course not. Voting for Romney is like hooking up with the last single person at the bar at 4 a.m. The only successful thing he did this year was embody every black stand-up comedian’s impression of a white person. Thank God the election’s over. No more endless photos of Mitt staring winsomely off-camera with that attempted smile on his face. No more glaring campaign mishaps week after week after week. No more labored media efforts to make him look like anything other than Sheldon Adelson’s pampered money Dumpster.”
At first, I wasn’t sure if I agreed with this reasoning. I mean Romney did manage to become one of the two finalists to be the next President of the United States of America. That has to make him more influential than Amanda Bynes, right?
Not really. Mitt Romney spent six years of his life running for president. In those six years can you name one original idea or policy proposal that he came up with? Just one. You can’t, because Mitt Romney spent nearly a decade planning and running for president without adding a single new idea to our national discourse. Some people called Romney an empty suit, but his problem was an empty mind.
Then, there were the gaffes. Mitt Romney’s self inflicted wounds were so severe that he made Sarah Palin look like Stephen Hawking.
Romney spent the entire 2012 campaign being the least popular nominee in modern American political history. Not only was Romney completely devoid of ideas, but people felt historic levels of dislike for him. One of the great oddities of Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign was that the more voters saw of Romney, the less they liked him. (At this point Republicans will point to the October public opinion polls as proof that Romney was liked, but as we found out on Election Day, the national polls were overestimating the Republican makeup of the electorate.) The writing was on the wall in state polls of places like Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Romney remained more disliked than liked.
Mitt Romney was such a turn off to voters that his political convention actually gave his opponent a bounce in the polls.
Romney’s lasting legacy isn’t that he was at the helm when the Republican Party finally crashed and burned on a national scale. This honestly wasn’t Romney’s fault. It doesn’t matter who the Republicans might have nominated, they would have lost in 2012. (Having a party platform that alienates women, African-Americans, Latinos, and young voters tends to have that sort of impact on the electoral bottom line.)
Mitt Romney’s lasting legacy is that he confirmed to the rest of America what it had long suspected. Those old, rich, conservative white guys who are looking to buy elections view the rest of the country with contempt. When these men say they want their country back, they really mean that they think they are entitled to run the show. Women belong in the kitchen. Young people should stop being lazy and get a job. African Americans are invisible, and Latinos are criminals who should be prosecuted and/or (self) deported.
Naming Mitt Romney the least influential person of 2012 isn’t kicking a man when he is down. It is telling the truth about a presidential nominee who had done so little, yet felt entitled to so much.
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kkf
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
excellent article …. excellent assessment
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Bull
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
That’s not true.
He is responsible for the election of Obama, and that makes him very influential
http://mdatoz.com/how
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Nefer
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:10 am
I think plenty of people voted *for* Obama, and the principles and policies which he stands for. My vote was positive, for Obama, not against Romney. I despised everything about Romney, but I certainly didn’t vote “anybody but Romney.”
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Terri Little
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:34 am
That is absurb. I have utmost respect for him and truly believe he could have changed everything for us if only given the chance. The same four years that the president has had. And look at the results. He deserved that before anyone criticised him. I would vote for him again in a heart beat. I hope God blesses him and his family greatly. Only evil people vote for anyone to be the least influential person of the year. What kind of person does that? How rude and classless and it speaks for itself. And anyone who thinks it is okay to do that are equally bad.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:33 am
I guess you have to think that the president alone is responsible. No GOP house that controls spending even exists for you
But then again, Housing is up, record shopping for xmas, the list of positives goes on and on. Yet you are told only one thing, and thats that things are bad.
I assume you are woman, within 2 years under president Ryan you would not be liking what you saw as far as your rights go
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 9:35 am
And anyone who voted him as ‘least influential’ is EVIL?!?! What an incredibly judgmental, knee-jerk, morally bankrupt statement, based on nothing except the fact that YOU disagree with it. Look in the mirror, babe. THAT’S why you lost.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:02 am
From severe conservative to severe Obama tongue sucking liberal in 3/5 of a second. Only mittens could do it
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Terry
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:55 am
What the hell are you talking about?????
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Lisa
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
I accidentally clicked a thumbs down when I meant to click thumbs up! I agree with what you wrote!
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Althexia
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 5:03 am
Oh jeez, stop your damn yabbering about God/Gods, this is politics, not Religion. Keep the Church separate from the State. Republicans need to learn to not just vote for a guy because he’s republican and make themselves believe they like them. I’m not Republican nor a Democrat, but i still am completely for Obama. He keeps his believes out of his government. And the house has actually agreed to co-operate with him this time, so he might actually be able to do something, rather than being told NO every time he tried to change things.
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D. Lowrey
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:34 am
The only thing missing was the other tie-in with that other governor from Alaska who also left her post half way through their term. She was being indicted and Willard because he wanted to be President in 2008.
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Matt smith
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
The GOP could have had Ron Paul and brought in the youth, black, latino and white vote. Color matters not ideas do.
I was in tampa as a Delegate the RNC shoved mittens down our throat. It was terrible to watch, but they showed how clueless they are.
Go Liberty
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Ryan J
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
It’s quite evident by your post that you have absolutely no education whatsoever, therefore your views in your comment are completely disqualified. Try to take an English or grammar class so you would not embarrass yourself again.
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Gynnie Ann De Jesus
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
I could not have said it better. I’ll add the man is a goon, I mean what was the Republican Party thinking. The man believes God live on a planet, and that men, members of the religion he follow are either Saints or prophets. I asked and the answer did not come through; which of the two does Mitt Romney see himself as, and how does his denomination see him as? Well, all I have to say is good luck Mitt in your private life and good riddance. See ya it was not at all knowing ya!
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Katherine
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
If you want a real scare look up the White Horse Prophecy…
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Tiffany A.
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
You are right on Katherine! I believe that Mitt saw himself as the savior of the American constitution and that is one of the reasons why he still is having trouble believing that he lost the election. That and the fact that Karl Rove probably assured him that he could steal Ohio but Anonymous foiled that plan. Anyway, I am forever grateful that Willard Mitt Romney will never be President. No one whose religion teaches (to this day, it’s still in the book of Mormon) that people with dark skin are cursed and are evil should be the President of the United States. Period!
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Sandra
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Tiffancy, I agree with your post with the exception of Romney saving the Constitution. Romney’s wish to be POTUS was a personal, selfish notion of entitlement and ambition. The Constitution means nothing to him and his ilk. He would have continued Bush/Cheney policies and completed the destruction of the USA as it is. He doesn’t care about the country or her citizens besides those in his socio-economic class. His Mormon religion believe in ‘killing the beast’ ie Government and I think that’s why they let him loose on America to fulfill their dream, he was the ‘chosen’ one.
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amy
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
The Mormons did not say he was “the chosen one”. Where do people get this stuff?
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chesterm
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
I did some reading on Mormonism, and I’m surprised that the white horse didn’t make the media. But Romney really scared me because he was being “advised” by the same men who ran the Bush baby’s white house.
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Madison
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Ignorance about him and his religious background does not justify a “good riddance” to a man that has genuine concern for people, ALL people, and especially his country. “Saints” is a replacement word for “Mormons” or “Catholics” or “members”. It is not meant that every member has received sainthood in some way. In the LDS church there is only one prophet on the earth. If God spoke to prophets a long time ago on the earth and instructed them, why wouldn’t he want a way to provide instruction for a generation that is deteriorating so quickly. Mitt Romney is not a prophet. He is a member, a latter-day saint, a Mormon. His religious beliefs had nothing to do with his ability to balance a budget a restore a nation to balance, but I guarantee his respect for the family unit could only have benefitted this country.
This article is ridiculous. He may not have any influence now, but Obama didn’t win the election by a landslide. Millions of people supported Romney and continue to pray that Obama do something different than his last term.
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
This article is ridiculous. He may not have any influence now, but Obama didn’t win the election by a landslide.
I’m afraid Republicans don’t agree with you:
“I am now predicting a 330 vote Electoral landslide (for Mitt Romney)” — Larry Kudlow
“Electorally it won’t even be close … I predict a Romney victory by 100 to 120 Electoral votes” — Wayne Allen Root
“I’m projecting Minnesota to go for Romney in a 321-217 landslide” — George Will
“We’re going to win by a landslide … my own view is that Romney is going to carry 325 Electoral votes” — Dick Morris
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Althexia
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 5:12 am
basically, according to republicans, Obama won by a land slide http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
His religious beliefs had nothing to do with his ability to balance a budget . . .
His religious beliefs apparently also had nothing to do with his ability to create jobs — as Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation during his term as governor . . .
. . . but I guarantee his respect for the family unit could only have benefitted this country.
Hold on a sec: are you saying that, simply because Mitt had five kids, he would have made a great president?
By that logic, John Tyler — who had 15 kids — should be America’s greatest president . . . instead, he was referred to as “His Accidency” after taking office upon the death of W. H. Harrison, alienated both his political supporters and opponents, never won a term in his own right, and, towards the end of his life, supported the Confederacy in the Civil War . . .
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Nancy
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Best line EVER!!!
“Voting for Romney is like hooking up with the last single person at the bar at 4 a.m.”
Ty, I’m still laughing!!!!
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Dickster
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:41 am
Nancy I bet you know what it is like to be that last girl.
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cushi
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:11 am
Dickster – Your name is quite appropriate.
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Kimbutgar
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
And you probably are the guy who always goes home alone.
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BettyAnne Scherrman
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
I love the BALLS of the people that wrote this piece. Thanks.
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ed
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
poor draft dodging entitled rich frat brat iwent to vietnam and nhe ran and hid in vive la francias,he spent his time on the beach posing with heart shapes for ann while we posed for time life humping the p
addies looking for charlie vdc while mitt rode his ten speed and his greed and hate of the brown /black brothers ,did him in we been working for 45 years putting our 6.5 in to fica from our union jobs to survive on after we became crippled or disabled from working blue collar jobs mtt the same ones you out sourced to our former communist enemies you know giving comfort and aid to our enemies used to be treason now its shiej to sell out americans jobs for short term profitn guess your dad abused you as akid to hate america so much .
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colzanurse
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
You have stated exactly what Mitt is far better than anyone else I’ve ever heard or read!! I may have to use your quote, with full credit to you, in the near future!
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Deborah
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
What a fatuous, obvious, and vindictive arguement. then there is the offensive Palin/Hawking innuendo.. really, Dems, we shouldn’t gloat, there’s lots we have to be ashamed of.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Dont get invited to parties much do you?
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djchefron
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
I know.Its an insult to even mention the grifter in the same breath with Hawkins.Now the wasilla hillbilly to a bag of rocks now we can talk.
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Sandra
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Well I must say I took offence with the author of said blog comparing that bimbo from Alaska to the great Steven Hawking. Karl Rove or Newt Ginrich, both evil men would have been better comparisons but not Hawking who is highly intelligent and have contributed so much to the world.
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Eldoon Feeb
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
“Was anyone inspired by Mitt Romney? Did anyone vote enthusiastically for Mitt Romney?” Yes. Mormons were f-ing thrilled by the prospect of having one of their own in the White House. What sweet validation it would have been. Even so, only about 75% voted for him.
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Michael Wright
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:03 am
Sorry to burst your bubble, but he even lost the Mormon state of Utah (their headquarters) to President Obama!!! LOL!!!
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BillW
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Michael Wright and all those who liked his comment: Romney won in Utah.
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SFTom
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 5:19 am
Salt Lake City Tribune endorsed Obama. And the Mormons weren’t all that thrilled about Romney either. It seems that a higher percentage of Mormons voted for George W. Bush than Romney.
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Reynardine
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
It could not have happened to a more deserving Gish-galloping bully! Enjoy your Razzie, azzie!
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by your side
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
I don’t know what you have against gish, fish, wish or dish, but I think you should watch your language.
signed – a gish, fish, dish, wish lover.
just say dope – that’s the best word for him. he is just a dope. not smart, maybe not mean, just empty and clueless.
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Infidel753
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Yep….. A few percentage points short of being the most powerful man in the worls, and in a few months he’ll be a trivia question.
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Anne
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Willard Romney is a bona fide goofball without a clue how to do anything except get rich by bankrupting companies and throwing their employees under the bus. He is really a pitiful man who allowed himself to be used by the GOP in the worst way. They really didn’t like him at all, but they saw in him the best chance of beating the president. To that end, they merely tolerated him. He will certainly go down in history as having run one of the most inept, gaffe-prone, and tone-deaf presidential campaigns ever. He has to be feeling the sting of betrayal from those who threw him under the bus following his defeat.However, I don’t feel the slightest sympathy for him. He is a mean-spirited, petty, mendacious excuse for a man who deserved to lose. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that he’s so uninfluential. He has no core of beliefs and the only thing about him that’s consistent is his ambition to win at any cost.
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Terry
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:01 am
But he is honest and makes Anne laugh…yeah I’ll bet.
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Melani Gulley
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Mitt needs a one way ticket to the planet his God lives on and fast and he should take the rest of the Republican party with him.. cause Lord knows none of them is living in reality anyways
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Scott
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Not entirely.. If Ron Paul wouldn’t of been cheated (voter fraud,,, ironic hey GOP? ).. Anyway my point.. You wouldn’t of had a choice but to listen to Dr Paul. Mainstream would of had to of given him equal air time. And in a real debate. He would of made obummer like like mitt. What matters to us most is the economy. And Ron Paul had/ has the answer. The federal reserve (private corrupt bank) is at fault. But, so much for bringing American out of the hole. The obama administration is just going to make it worse. Good Luck..
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Ex-Dominionist
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:31 pm
“wouldn’t HAVE”, not “wouldn’t of.”
“Wouldn’t of” makes NO SENSE AT ALL. In that, it greatly resembles Libertarian “thought”, and Ron Paul’s campaign.
Sorry.
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Kate
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 9:13 am
I think you mean liberal thought. Libertarians have an average IQ over 125. It takes little intelligence to believe that controlling people by force is right. These methods have been tried for thousands of years and have led to all slavery and wars.
Respecting the individual rights of people requires a far greater intelligence, and results in all the prosperity the world has seen.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 9:17 am
Don’t kid yourself. Libertarians, just like religious freaks would still have to control you to maintain the fact that you are thinking the same way they do
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Dawn
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Kate,
What you have to realize is that there are those in America that will never, never go along with Libertarian, Uptopian ideals. There are many, mostly on the right, that feel that might is right and will never give that up. You speak of IQ’s so surely you know this is true. You can’t force someone to be kind.
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mjh
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Definition of Libertarian:
A rightwingnut who likes his drugs.
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EvilFerret
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 2:58 am
I *have* listened to Ron Paul. I’m not sure what alleged voter fraud you’re talking about (source please?), but it doesn’t take voter fraud to keep me from wanting to vote for Ron Paul. He’s a whackjob extremist in his own right, and I happen to disagree with him strongly on a number of issues. In short, I’m far more of. A federalist than he’ll ever be and also, his version of “liberatrianism” is far too tied to social conservativism for me.
Ron Paul’s problem isn’t so-called voter fraud. His problem is threefold. First off, he runs as a Republican when he really isn’t one, even though he is a conservative. So he can’t get their nomination. Secondly, the system is, right now, set up to favor two parties. Laws need to change before any third-party candidate will really have much chance. Lastly, Ron Paul really is an extremist, and as right as the Republican Party is drifting, they’re still not puttiing their most extreme up as candidates. Thank goodness.
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Secondly, the system is, right now, set up to favor two parties. Laws need to change before any third-party candidate will really have much chance.
Well, maybe — but what third parties need to do themselves is run for state/local offices EVERY year, rather than go for the one big national office every four years.
By doing that, they’d build a presence similar to the two main parties — and they might get taken more seriously . . .
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Matt smith
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Brother there was massive voter fraud. I was an elected delegate and went to the National Republican Convention. I have 108 signed affidavits outlining the fraud that occured at our State Convention. They are as corrupt as they come.
that said Ron did an amazing job in his 30 years. and he has inspired a R3VOLUTION. Last night I was elected as a vice chair in our District I now have oversight of 28,000 voters.
Go Liberty!
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Sandra
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Please, Ron Paul would not have won the Presidency, he’s racist, and most of his policies are 1950s driven. He’s way past him time and only his hubris and self importance kept him coming back time and again. Most Americans, once they really looked at his crazy ideas would have laughed him off the stage. He never had a hope in hell of winning the POTUS. Glad he’s retired and I hope we never hear of him again…silly little man that he is.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
All you have to do is throw out a few “Liberties” and “leave it to the states” and these people run wild
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Matt smith
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
I have to assume that you really have not studied the man much. Please do some homework. betyond the Main Stream media. He’s an example to the world of how to live a good life and a great role model for kids.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
She is right. Ron Paul never would have come close to winning.
Maybe you havent studied him. I sure dont want him as a role model. I am sure he is a nice man, but not a man you want in the whitehouse
http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/ron-pauls-racism-isnt-worst-thing
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Lori
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Stop it! It was hard!
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Reynardine
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:30 am
That sounds like an erotic utterance, but, I venture, not about Mitt.
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E_in_MD
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who dispises Romney more than me but Uh no, it’s still kicking him when he’s down.
But so what? Do you honestly think the other teanm woudln’t be doing the same thing if Obama had lost? They’ve made their platform how to best screw over the American people for the last decade at minimum. At this point they shoudl be kicked while they’re down and they should be thanking their lucky dollar signs that the American people don’t decide to roll out the damn guillotines. The Republican party in general has made its contempt for anyone who isn’t a rich white CEO perfectly clear to the point where I can’t fathom why idiots vote for them at all. Do they honestly think that the Republicans will make things better for them? Even the Douchebaggers have been discarded and minimalized when they were no longer of any further use.
So no, poke your fun. Take some cheap shots. After they’ve sucked the life out of us for all this time cheap is all we can afford. With luck Romney will disappear into the ether from wence he came never to outsource American jobs again.
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Nyasa
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Finally, someone tells it like it is! Republicans didn’t really believe in Romney, they just disliked Obama. Romney didn’t offer any real hope for change, he was just white and had a whole lot of wealthy white men backing him. Thank God, the Republican prayers were answered and God put the best man in the White House.
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Donna
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Everyone else likes him more than I do.
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thomas
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
This article reminded me of that video.
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Goddess1871
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Well, I’m sure that The Lady Ann will NOT be pleased with this!
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Kate
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
I disagree. Romney had a huge influence on me. He took my feminism and my desire to stand up for women’s rights to a whole new level!
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SyberCex
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Repubs should have went with Ron Paul. At least he was honest and passionate.
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djchefron
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:51 am
Maybe you should rethink that thought
Ron Paul’s Appalling World View
http://thedailybanter.com/2012/11/ron-pauls-appalling-world-view/
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SyberCex
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Unless you actually sat and listened to his farewell speech, Don’t try to post completely inaccurate information like that. Think for yourself please.
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Dolly
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Please….NEVER use should “have went”. Such terrible grammar!
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
And even to this day Mittens has no idea why he won this award AND lost the race.He went from a lying conservative to a lying liberal all in a few weeks.
And his followers STILL voted for him!
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Veronica
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Shiva,
He is so clueless! I can imagine him saying these words when he sees this award: “But wait a minute! The sky is blue, so why do we have snow? With the blue sky, surely we can still use the binders on women so that they can stay warm”!! LOL!!
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latenightlarry
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:14 am
Mitt Romney went from lying conservative to lying liberal and everything in between in as little as a couple of hours, and did it repeatedly day after day, and week after week… He couldn’t hold the same position for even 24 hours.
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Maria C. Mitchell
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
This is a pretty good article, and I agreed with most of it. I hated Mitt Romney – but not because I think Republicans hate women or minorities. Geeze, Obama has deported more illegals than Bush did in all eight years, stepped up the drug war, killed more brown people in the Middle East via drones and Blackhawks than Bush (therefore, making more widows and orphans in third world countries where there are no social safety nets), killed two American citizens in Yemen – one of which was a 16 y/o boy and his same-aged Yemeni cousin, and on and on. Romney would have done the same, adding waging war on Iran and maybe even Russia to the mix.
Throw in the fact that Romneycare was the blueprint for Obamacare, and Romney was just a whiter version of Obama (who is half white, and was raised by white grandparents, educated in private schools, attended ivy league university – how is he different than Romney?). There is very little difference between Romney and Obama. That’s why Romney lost. Obama is a terrible President. Romney would have been more of the same. :(
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Pediego
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
100,000 Iraqis and 4,000 Americans killed by Bush/GOP lies. Obama is NOT EVEN CLOSE!!
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Maria C. Mitchell
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Romney and Obama were/are backed by the same bailed out banks and companies – Goldman Sachs being the largest.
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Maria C. Mitchell
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
This is why Romney lost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD-uwTTP67s
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:22 am
You post this as ‘the answer to why Romney lost.’ And you would be oh, soooooo right, but not in the way you think. You can’t hear the narrator’s voice practically dripping with sanctimony? You can’t hear the resounding argument for ‘they weren’t conservative enough? You can’t hear the utterly BS statistics referral, saying that 51% of Americans are now ‘pro-life’? Oh, right, I forgot – the connection between your ears and your brain is permanently disabled. It’s a common Republican ailment.
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djchefron
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:56 am
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1631/mittromneylaughanimated.gif
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Rob Major
Nov. 27th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Mitt Romney? Who’s that? The name sort of rings a bell. – I’ve probably heard of him somewhere….. Oh yeah! Isn’t he the guy that ran for President, that Fox News predicted would win? those guys are such kidders! I love their motto: “We put the ‘con’ in ‘conservative!”
Watching his party feast on his carcass has been richly entertaining. More than that – one might call it Darwinian. How like natural selection is our national election!
I, meanwhile, am still dining on the delicious irony of the defeat of the uber-rich Republican, and all his obscenely wealthy, greedy, racist, homophobic, anti-science, anti-woman, anti-immigrant, sanctimonious, hypocritical religious nutbag supporters, by the unwashed masses of Latinos who decided to vote instead of self-deport!
Is this a great country, or what?
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by your side
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:36 am
Hi Rob,
I think I made up “CON in CONservative”, not FOX. They DID it, but I left that comment a few weeks ago. It was part of an idea I had to re-brand the Republican -oh no- RepubliCON party. (probably someone else might have thought of this too, but I doubt it)
Just sick of liberal being a bad word and wanted to change the landscape.
And CON is what RepubliCONs do best and keep doing and keep being so sucessful. Why do so many lower and middle class white voters think that this time the RepubliCONs are telling the truth? The RepubliCONs have said the same thing since Regan – trickle down or up or sideways, but just not close enough for poor dopes to get any. But keep holding your breath, this time might be the right time!
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D. W. Skinner
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:04 am
G.R.T.B.R. Good riddance To..
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Pab
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:45 am
Whatever a decisive, hateful article toward a good, decent man. Shameful! We will see what u have to say after the next four years.
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Zac
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 6:28 am
Believing Romney to be a good and decent man shows just how completely ignorant you are. You’re a brainwashed sheep with no original thought. The only thing good about Romney is that he lost. He’s a centerless empty suit sociopath that thought he deserved to be POTUS simply because he was white and rich.
You ask any of the people who’s lives he destroyed to make his millions, and they’ll tell you just how ‘good’ he is.
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Sandra
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Hey Pab, check your dictionary for the definitions of good and decent, you won’t find Willard Mitt Romney’s name beside either. The man is a selfish, greedy, soulless, narcissistic exploiter of his fellow humans. How can anyone admire a man who made his wealth creating misery and despair for his fellow man and showed no empathy, sympathy to their well being? You must be as sick as he is.
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Brian Kaye
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:39 am
Mitt Romney is like a bad case of food poisoning. Even after he’s gone, he still leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
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mark
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 4:14 am
Romney is not responsible for President Obama’s re-election…the evil and outright stupidity of the anti American republican party is, as well as the very moderately liberal policies Mr. Obama has been able to pass through extremist opposition. Get all republicans out of office.
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Stephen Ramsden
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:13 am
Mitt was clueless. By the way, Scott. I was a little more concerned about the hundreds of young people dying in Afghanistan than I was about paying a few more dollars in taxes.
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ThomasW
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:19 am
Nothing to see here folks…..lol…just keep moving. yep forward
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Rosemarie Benintend
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:21 am
C’mon, let the guy melt into the background.
I was an Obama campaigner. I was desperate that Romney, and the current variety of republicans, NOT gain more power.
It worked. It’s working.
NOW, it’s time to learn to live with the half of the voters with whom you disagree, and learn to work TOGETHER.
This country’s in a horrible state, because we won’t act as one people.
SAVE THESE UNITED STATES.
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IBT
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:22 am
GQ – least influential magazine ever. I thought they died in the 80′s.
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Kathleen
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:30 am
It’s rather ironic that Romney lost by 47% of the vote. That’s the exact number he said on the video that were losers and deadbeats.
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Alan
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:42 am
romney’s become old news, move on
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Diane Vincent
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:54 am
This article is simply not true, give it a few years and see what you think then, Obama is running real close to being the worst president ever, liar, cheater, and cover up master.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 9:52 am
Simply not true how? Rebuttal?
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Nefer
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:24 am
Actually, it is pretty obvious that history will view him as one of the best and most effective presidents and statesmen ever.
It helps if you spend time in reality land. Sorry, but one of the reasons republicans are flailing and making fools of themselves since the election is that this President has been more scandal free than any President has been in a long time.
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46A9MA
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Keep parroting the cover-up bullshit and embarrass yourself, just like how Fox News got pwned by an analyst they invited.
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:15 am
Seriously? We just escaped the 8-yr nightmare of Shrub, and you have the balls to call THIS president a “liar, cheater, and cover up master”??????
Project, much?
The ONLY places you’re gonna hear such utter nonsense is the extremist RW garbage outlets – FOX, Drudge, etc. Methinks you need to expand your listening horizons. You’ve been brainwashed, hoodwinked, bamboozled – you are clueless.
Here’s a hint – didn’t having that happy mask ripped off your face on November 6th wake you up, even a little?
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Diane Vincent
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Hidden because “you can’t handle the truth”. Funny how this works.
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Nefer
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
“Hidden because “you can’t handle the truth”. Funny how this works.”
Actually, that’s not how this works. Hidden due to low rating = not worth bothering with or wasting space on.
The low ratings are because the comment was bullshit and stupid: “…worst president ever, liar, cheater, and cover up master.”
You are on the wrong side of truth and history.
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46A9MA
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
The comments section on Youtube works like this too, you know? Besides, if you disagree with this site in general, why do you keep popping up here? That gives the impression of a troll or a masochist.
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djchefron
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Please explain what has President Obama lied, cheat or covered up.And if you say birth certificate I would beat you silly with the noodely appendages of the flying spaghetti monster
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Dawn
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
It’s funny that you mention “you can’t handle the truth” when Romney was the one that saw his hoping-to-be constituents as ignorant. He lied all the time and was believed. Yeah, real nice guy. He insulted you and you didn’t even know it.
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James
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 9:07 am
It’ easy to beat a dead snake!
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Jim Pfrommer
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:56 am
One area where Mitt was extremely influential was in getting a huge group of conservatives extremely disgusted with the GOP!
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Bruce
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:05 am
OK people it’s over and the best man got back in time to let it go and get on with life.
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Scott
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:46 am
I quote from above…”Those old, rich, conservative white guys who are looking to buy elections view the rest of the country with contempt.” Its not “comtempt” it’s concern…and what about Obama buying votes with tax payers money…(i.e. Obamacare paid for by higher taxes and medicare)this single new legislation bought the winning number of votes for Obama, at least Romney used his own money not yours and mine. The concern vs. “contempt” I’m talking about is seeing our country go from a strong, responsible, free people to a weaker, dependant, and less free people. Why can’t we feed the bears in Yellowstone but we can feed, give cell phones, supply healthcare, housing, & unemployment checks, to those who “qualify” by government mandate?? Society will engage in charity through the goodness and free will of their own hearts… Governmental “charity” mandations in history have always lead to starvation, power hunger, and corruption. Have you noticed the drop in neighborly charity in the last 50 years? The more government intervenes the less society will give on their own. Many Americans don’t see it this way and that is what scares many of us into great concern!
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Neighborhood charity has absolutely nothing to do with gov’t charity. Obama is not buying votes with taxpayers’ money. To think that he is trying to buy votes using Obamacare is absolutely hilarious. I’m sorry, but the mitt Romney theory that Obama is buying votes with gifts is beyond the pale
It’s time for you to get off the silly talking points. The 1% now control almost 70% of the wealth of this country. If there’s a decline in and charity, it’s because they’re not giving any out. To think that the poor in this country could be taken care simply by charity is a pipe dream that comes from people who don’t care about people
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Scott
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Look at history, how many millions starved after Mau tze tung took over captitalism and “spread the wealth.”? Same thing in Russia??? Look at the early Americans before the welfare program started its progressive momentum. You can call it “talking points” but it is also history, name one civilazation that has ever succeded in socialism? Europe? Look at their troubles now…All you have is your word against mine and vise versa…I believe in 4 years from now we will be implimenting more government mandated social programs, and so on…when does it end?? God gives us the freedom to choose right or wrong and suffer the conciquences why can’t our government do the same…Oh yeah, maybe that is what the founding fathers meant by “one nation under God”…Coincidental…No, I think not.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Trying to compare China and Russia to anything here in the United States is absolutely ridiculous. And neither of those countries was wealth meant to be spread out, it simply went to the top which is exactly what is happening here today.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the term one nation under god was put in by the Congress 50 years ago because of the communists scare. You know the government told us that the comedies are here to get us?
God also tells you to take care of your brother. But I’m sure that’s the part of religion that you like to run from.
We are not a socialist country however there’s a tremendous amount of socialism within our country. Our military, our roads, our schools, our libraries, you name it they’re all socialist. Just because a country takes care of its people does not make it a socialist nation. I think you should do some reading
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Scott
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
I belive that helping our brother is the most important part of religion or life in general and I don’t run from it in fact I donate a lot of my time and money for this cause.
I’m sorry for being a little overbearing, my point is that we live in very troubled times…people are not what they used to be, including republican & democrats, with a great loss of morales and ethics in this country it is really hard to say what side will best suit the country and its people. I just belive that our freedom and liberty should never be jepordized, and that it is a God given right that should be preserved and protected. I guess the big question is if government assistance and entitlement programs harm our liberty or not, I think it is starting to, and will progressivly worsen, Hopefully I am wrong! Hopefully you are right…I wish you well and hope this all turns out for the better
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
And I on the other hand do not believe that our rights have anything to do with a god or any other deity. Most are the same rights that go back long before this country was created in England and Europe. Almost every country in Europe has the same rights we do. Australia, New Zealand, you name them.
Trying to insert god into those rights means the church wants to be involved in your life in a ruling manner. Think about it
I do not buy into the thing where government takes our liberty away with social services. That is nothing more than a ruse to keep our money at the top and not in our hands. Yes we live in troubled times but taking the liberty from the poor by starving them to death is not what our country is about. Basically what social services taking away opur libertyy means is screw the poor, screw the babys in need and screw anyone that cannot contribute to the wealthy getting wealthier
Just my opinion
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djchefron
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
In a way you can compare Russia and the US.Here me out.Pre 1917 Russia’s wealth and power was concentrated in the hands of the czars and the noble class everyone else was a serf.Fast foward to the US of today.Wealth and power is concentrated to those that the village calls the makers but like czarist Russia they are takers while with the economic policies of the day they’re trying to reduce all the rest of us to serfdom.There not there yet but its not for lack of trying.The only difference is Russia had a revolution and took away the wealth of the nobles,we havent cross that rubicon yet.But make enough people hungry then its off with their heads
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djchefron
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I’m somewhat confused.What rights did god give us.I kow the rights of slaves to obey threir masters,the right to stone our children when they disobey,the right to shun women when its that time of the month and his “holiness”forbid that I have a saturday night fever flashback and I wear silk with polyester.But I didnt read anything about our rightn to vote our right to assemble or free speech.BTW I think the one jesus did say render unto ceaser what is ceaser.So help me out.I need to know
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Mike
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Coming from a Liberal. And Our President is the most incompetent man of 2012! He knows how to run a dirty campaign which he despised 4 years ago. But he knows NOTHING about Leading!
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Exactly HOW did President Obama run a “dirty campaign”?
By telling the truth?
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djchefron
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
30 months of positve economic growth
housing prices are rising
Ended an illegal war in Iraq
Start treaty with Russia sign sealed and delivered
2 Women who are liberals appointed to the SCOTUS
Remember bin ladin?If not he’s bin gotton
The stimulus worked
And the biggie that no President has ever achieved.Ding Ding Ding.Health care reform
Now you may be a liberal in the firebagging definition but guess what know cares what you believe so come with us .You can join us to lead,you can follow but if npt then get the hell out of the way
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Scott
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
I resptect your oppinion but do not agree with it. Only time will tell…and even then I’m sure both sides will still be blaming each other. The contention in this country between the two sides might be our greatest downfall…Nice talking with you and I wish you the very best…I will keep hoping that you are right, really I would love to see the whole social system work out, but in this world with corporate greed and laziness, along with corruption and dependancy it would only work in a world were these evils don’t exist.
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Carl
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Just goes to show how stupid GQ readers and staff are. Romney is very presidential and I would say that Obama is going to continue to destroy our country. I guess influential is the word.
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Romney is very presidential
EARTH TO CARL:
Simply running for president for six years does not make one “presidential” . . .
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46A9MA
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
“Presidential”, in the corporate sense of meaning.
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Nice one Carl. Just spewing nonsense verbiage – typical.
Romney presidential? HOW? By changing his positions repeatedly – sometimes the same day? By alienating foreign powers across the globe? By disavowing ‘Obamacare’ (you know, the identical twin of ‘Romneycare’…)?
Obama is destroying the country HOW???? You don’t have a frigging clue. You’re simply an embarrassment to yourself. Go get educated, troll.
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Reynardine
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
By that measure, Harold Stassen was the most presidential of all.
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Lynda Harrison
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
I don’t know whether he is the least influential person of 2012. I just think it is sad that a once-proud Republican Party could find no-one better to be their standard-bearer in the recent election. For me, he made me cringe every time he appeared on my television screen with that inane grin on his face.
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
I just think it is sad that a once-proud Republican Party could find no-one better to be their standard-bearer in the recent election.
There were two reasons it was Mittens:
1. Who else were they gonna use?
Michele Bachmann? She was too crazy for even the teabaggers.
Herman Cain? A black man with no officeholding experience who got caught diddling white women? Yeah right.
Newt Gingrich? Who got voted out as House speaker by his own party?
Rick Santorum? This was a presidential election — not the next papal enclave.
Jon Huntsman? Who?
Donald Trump and/or Sarah Palin? They both teased candidacies, but simple fact is neither one would ever accept the pay cut to be president.
2. The Kochsucker brothers
As the ones bankrolling this election for the GOP, the white, wealthy, legacy Kochs weren’t going to back someone who didn’t remind them of themselves . . . like Mitt.
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T.D
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Romney lost the election by 2% of the electoral vote. I’d say that made him a pretty influential people of 2012…morons!
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
He was so influential he went from severely conservative to severely liberal in 3/5 of a second
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Romney lost the election by 2% of the electoral vote. I’d say that made him a pretty influential people of 2012…morons!
The total Electoral vote is 538.
Two percent of that total is 10.76 (rounded up to 11.)
President Obama won the Electoral vote by a count of 332-206.
This is a difference of 126 Electoral votes — which is 11 percent, not two.
The only morons are the ones who still don’t get basic math — like you.
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rsdtigger
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Yeah he is a millionaire still and we are all poor. I am so sure this rates in his life from a biased media outlet. He’s laughing all the way to the bank and we all get to be poor still. I’d guess anyone of us would be less influential in 2012 then him. Idiots.
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alice
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Mitt who?
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iliveinacountryofidiots
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Unbelievable…Obama won already, leave Mitt Romney alone. He is probably one of the most charitable and selfless politicians in the past few decades and people are giving him grief for being “arrogant”, “out of touch”, UN-INFLUENTIAL. If you actually do your own research, on other sites than PolitusUSA and Obama commercials, than you will realize that Romney is a really good person who has done countless good acts for many other people. After the election, he promised to help around 400 of his campaign members find a job. He didn’t need to do that but he did. Combine that quality with his successful finance background, I think he would have made a great president. Instead, Our country votes back in a President with arguably the WORST record in history. Unbelievable. We are looking at a fiscal cliff and very likely another recession. Oh, boy…so glad that boring, out of touch Mormon who made all that money being successful (b/c that’s a crime) didn’t get voted in. Romney may have his share of haters, but guess who is turning to him for ideas? Wow, OBAMA! Not so influential huh?. Leave Mitt Romney alone. 5 of my friends and family were laid off this month. Romney is not the problem. Time to write about something different Mr.Easley.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Really?
Yeah he did a lot for those he ripped a job out from under. Im sure he is a nice man to his family, but lets face it, he was utterly clueless when it came to being Mitt Romney.
BTW, your cliche that Obama has the worst record on record is hilarious. But we know you were told to say it.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Great cliche speach
Romney lied from day to day. Not even you two could have missed that. Good financially? He was good at making money for himself, not good for others.
How does Obama lack morals? I know you wont be back to answer
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
You sound more than a bit unhinged – did you miss your meds today? You might want to brush up on some actual facts at some point, too, because most of what you just spewed was simple FOX swill. Your brainwashing is showing, dear.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Obama is allowing Abortion? Pssst….the Supreme court is allowing abortions, not Obama.
I should stop right there becuase you jsut proved you know nothing about our government.
Obama isnt the one who determines embassy safety. The state department and the House do that. And the House just cut in 2 years well over 500 million for just that purpose.Thats the GOP house BTW
But then again the 38 killed in embassy attacks from 2000-2009 are totally meaningless to you arnt they?
Your last 2 sentences are hilarious. Name one socialist thing the president has done. Please?
Romney. Ash yes the lies. Romney didnt show his taxes becuase they would have shown that since 1996 he didnt p[ay ONE RED CENT in taxes. He used his churches exemption. Not charities.
Romney was also willing to pass the personhood amendment for Ryan to take away your rights as a woman. Of course thats meaningless to you.
You are the one living on false impressions and lies
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mjh
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 12:19 am
He also tries to take away religious freedom, which makes me believe he is ANTI religion which generally implies, lack of morals. That is how.
Yeah — ’cause nothing says “ANTI-religion” better than celebrating a religious holiday [Passover] in the White House:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/267179/thumbs/s-OBAMA-PASSOVER-SEDER-large300.jpg
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 12:22 am
That one was hilarious. Wants to take religious freedoms away. Thats a sure sign of a total lack of independent thinking while under the influence of Fox Snooze
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by your side
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Jewly,
I think you drank the Koolaid. The history you quote about Romney is PR. He never gave away his inheritance, he never cared about other people, he was a missionary to make his “bones”, gain his seat at the table of his peers. His goal has been power – first he collected wealth, then he wanted the power that is greater than money. The power that can effect hundreds of thousands of lives, the power of governing. He has never demonstrated an ethical core while in public life.
He is not evil, he is empty. He is lost, twisting himself into nothing, trying to be everything.
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mjh
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
If you actually do your own research, on other sites than PolitusUSA and Obama commercials, than you will realize that Romney is a really good person who has done countless good acts for many other people.
Yeah, ‘ol Mittens did “countless good acts” for people — like
- writing a column titled “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt”
- sending jobs overseas as a venture capitalist
- and describing 47% of the country as “moochers”
BTW, I can see why you think you “liveinacountryof idiots”; if all you ever do is watch Fox News and listen to Rush Limpballs on the radio . . .
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Everyone has read the article. And everyone knows the banks would not have helped Detroit.
We have the real story in people like you. And thats why Obama is still in office
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Hmmm, lemme get this straight…as a…ahem…rational person you think:
(a) Mitt only advocated Detroit going bankrupt because it would have been better for the country??
(b) that Obama would have sent jobs overseas if he’d had the chance???
(c) a big part of the country is moochers and Obama is promoting it???
(d) that you don’t watch FOX News at ALL?????
BUT that…
(e) all of us need to turn ON FOX News to get some real news.
Phewwwww…I was right the first time.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Of course you dont care what happened in the past. You just want top get Obama. Sorry, is hypocrisy weighting you down?
The Supreme Court has determined that as an American you have the right to choose an Abortion. I fiond it hilarious you are trying everything you can to get that back to Obama. As if Abortion was the only issue in our lives.
Next, and one you really dont get, under the personhood bill you(women) would lose birth control period. Right now in at least 2 states you can be arrested for having a miscarriage. Do you care? Nope. This has nothing to do with handing out birth control, this has to do with something around 85% of the women in this country use at one time or another. You have the RIGHT to choose to take birth control. You have the right to choose what happens to your body
Obamacare is not socialist. It totally relys on private and public healthcare providers. You are dead wrong on that. There is nothing socialist about it.
Next the vast number of people this country are against the very rich, who have sucked up 80% of the wealth in this country paying less than 15& tax rates while the middle and lower income classes pay a much higher percent.
You are very misinformed. The Foix News Syndrome.
Its not that Romney donates to his church, that is fine. Its that he USED the churches tax exemption so he didnt have to pay a penny in taxes. And you love it simply beucase you dont know any different
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
The government wasnt paying for the birth control. That came out of the premiums that everyone paid.
You never had one single valid honest issue to bring up.
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Reynardine
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 5:05 am
Jewly, you have never been a liberal, or you would not be frothing at the mouth at the idea that women are having sex without being forced to have babies.
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Reynardine
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Thousands of words and phrases, and not one is original. We could have predicted every one of them. God, you’re a dreary brach.
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Oh, how sweet, a personal attack based on… nothing.
But, hey, it’s just so nice that you get your news from our “liberal crap.” Uh huh. You do realize that you give yourself away practically every other sentence as an ardent and diehard proponent and participant in ‘epistemic closure.’
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Reynardine
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 5:13 am
Jewly, it is the right for anyone under the flag to worship God, the Devil, Isis, a volcano, a doorknob, cats, or none of the above. So long as there is a First Amendment, we can have no Inquisition, and you have not been appointed Inquisitor. You have no right to demand anyone tell you their beliefs. Now, shut your arrogant little yap.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Now we know your values. A man who lied to his followers day after day was the most morally decent man. A man whose wife along with himself looked down on you. Romney couldnt maintain one position over night let alone through out his campaign.
A man who ruined lives by harvesting companys after sucking millions out of them and who really had no morals at all.
A man who coudnt relate to a single person he was running for. Unreal
It tells us a lot about you.
Its really funny how you get “atheist extreme liberal” out of what he said. Truely epic
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fedded-up
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Wow – Intellectually, I am well aware that there are an awful lot of idiots in this country, but WOW – fess up now, you’re bucking for the top slot, aren’t you?
You have somehow convinced yourself that your poor widdle boy was “one of the most charitable and selfless politicians in the past few decades”…huh? Psssst, if I were you, I’d look under the hood on all those claimed ‘charitable donations’ stuff. In particular, I’d be looking to see how much of it is all wrapped in Mormon underoos.
“After the election, he promised to help around 400 of his campaign members find a job.” I truly loved this one – a polished gem of bovine BS. Did he make that promise before or after he cancelled all their campaign credit cards the night of Nov 6th, leaving them with nothing to pay for their motel rooms????? Well, I guess they’re gonna need jobs to pay for those rooms somehow….
Ahhh, the worn-out joker card, the one he tried to pull out of his nether regions during EVERY campaign speech, his “successful finance background”…Oh, yes, it was blazingly successful…FOR HIM. Not so much for all the companies that went tits up from the corporate raiding engineered by your darlin Mitt. You know, measuring ‘success’ by how many pension funds are raided, by how many millions in debt you can amass on the company’s back, by how many millions you can charge for “management fees.” That always works out well, doesn’t it?
“We are looking at a fiscal cliff and very likely another recession.” Yes, indeed we are, brought to you in toto by your bosom buddies, the GOTP House Republicans. Oh, but we can’t actually talk about reality here, can we? So sorry.
All in all, your little diatribe was about 180 degrees wrong, just about every single bit of it. Get your head out of FOX News. Flip your radio dial away from Rush. Read the REAL news once in a while. You might be shocked and surprised just how unbelievably awful your mainstays have been, for a very long…
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sidneyselt
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Great commentaries and I really like this site. I shall return.
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darth's daughter
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Mitt try not to give ck aka big rat, a hand, this is what you get in return!
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John
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
I guess this article is tongue and cheek, otherwise it’s the dumbest article ever.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 7:55 pm
No, I think there have been dumber things, like write ups on the GOP primaries. Now that was some dumb stuff to write about
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Pab
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Hmmm. I get how this site works. Unless you spew hate and divisiveness towards moderates and conservatives, comments are poorly rated and hidden. I stumbled onto this site but will not visit anymore. No time for this biased garbage. Wish you all well in the next 4 years.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Or you could go to a conservative site and get exactly the same thing. Best of luck to you too
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mjh
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 12:26 am
I stumbled onto this site but will not visit anymore. No time for this biased garbage.
Feel free to visit TheFoxNation.com.
There, not only will you get a lot of biased garbage and hatred spewed towards liberals and progressives, you’ll even get the occasional death threat directed at the President.
Enjoy!
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iliveinacountryofidiots
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
fedded-up…The Obama campaign focused on tearing apart Mitt Romney’s character. The election is over, let’s leave him alone. I never comment, but had to in response to this article because I am sick of the lack of class shown by many recognizable Obama supporters. I am an Independent and have done my research from a number of political resources, including this website. My political view is well rounded and thought out, can you say the same yourself? For a minute, let’s forget about Romney and talk about Obama. Sure, he took on a tremendous debt from the Bush administration, but did he do anything to fix it? Nope, just about tripled it. Who can he blame that on? Most Obama supporters can talk all night about how crappy Mitt Romney is but when it comes to listing all the things Obama accomplished during his last 4 years in term, not as much to say. That is where I ultimately based my vote. Not on heresays about the candidates, or gaffes they made, or one article here or there, but on the facts. Want realty? I live in Florida among tons of foreclosed homes,the homeless rate rising, and more and more people are losing jobs. Obama spent money so foolishly. I don’t have time to list the ways. For that reason alone I would have voted for anyone other than Obama. However, I truly believed in Mitt Romney’s experience and character to be a wonderful president. But he lost and I feel that we should move on…and gear up for the next four years. Rather, brace ourselves for the next four years.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 28th, 2012 at 11:58 pm
No lets talk about Romney. For almost 2 years he cut down, slammed and libeled Obama. then when Obama said anything about him, he cried like a little blubber whale saying Obama was picking on him. Get over it. Romney has no morality at all. ANd you swallowed it.
Obama has tripled the debt? Thats a chuckle.
Look at the characteristics we base the performance of the economy on. All are trending up. You just have to get over the fact that your whining about stuff your told to whine about
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mjh
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 12:36 am
The Obama campaign focused on tearing apart Mitt Romney’s character.
When a man who has spent six years doing nothing but running for president says things like, “I stand by what I said, whatever it was” . . . that’s an indication that there’s very little character there to tear up.
Most Obama supporters can talk all night about how crappy Mitt Romney is but when it comes to listing all the things Obama accomplished during his last 4 years in term, not as much to say.
Actually, there’s quite a lot to say, as this list of 206 accomplishments of President Obama’s first term attests — if you’re only willing to step outside of your Fox-induced bubble:
http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html
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fedded-up
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 10:42 am
They didn’t have to focus very hard, y’know. It was right there in gorgeous technicolor every single danged day. And I’m supposed to ‘leave him alone’ why? Is there some unwritten code, credo, whatever that I am violating by being happy and utterly unwilling to put up with any more crap from Republicans? Whateverrrrrr…. If I were you, I’d be much more concerned as to how and why a lying, sneering plutocrat got anywhere near the Republican nomination or anywhere near the WH. THAT scares the bejebus out of ME.
Lack of class???? Are you kidding me????? Have you checked out anything posted by ‘Jewly’? The non-FOX-watching FOX-spewer? Yuck. Have you seen any other postings that stooped to that level? I haven’t.
I have watched Obama struggle monumentally for four years through some of the worst mud-slinging since FDR. Always with a smile, always trying to get to a better level, a better place, a better budget, etc., etc. He’s been vilified with increasing ugliness day after day, 99.9% based on nothing more than lies, innuendo, and twisting of everything. How in the world is this one man supposed to fix the housing crisis? How is this one man supposed to fix everything that Bush Co. destroyed? Simple answer – he can’t. Not by himself. He needs Congress – hasn’t had it. Since 2010 everything has been blocked, for the most nefarious of reasons – to make him a one-term president. They should be so proud. Throwing 300+ million people under the bus in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Depression – quite an accomplishment.
Oh, I could go on forever. What’s the point? You’re not gonna change your mind. And neither am I. Good day.
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Reynardine
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 11:53 am
For the Obama campaign to have torn up Mittney’s character, they’d first have to have been able to find one.
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Bandaloop
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 1:12 am
I agree with the points made in the article, but it brings up a question. If Romney was such an empty suit, why wan’t Obama’s margin of victory greater? 3% of the popular vote is too close a win over a candidate void of ideas and who vilified large sections of the electorate. What other factors convinced 47% of the nation to vote for someone that would not represent their economic interest? Had reversed himself on nearly every position and therefore had no clear position? Had insulted allies and demonstrated a lack of respect towards the people he was to represent? What led 47% of the people to choose that man over someone who demonstrably labored to improve economic conditions and achieved some notable successes in his first term? Based on the qualities and platforms of the contenders, this should have been more like a Nixon-McGovern blowout. Are right and left so divided now, that Republicans can run actual monsters and Democrats can run actual saints and still have the results come out in a dead heat?
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Vee
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 8:11 am
I can’t wait until the Obama supporters finally have to wake up and smell the reality. And doesn’t it make you sick and tired to continue posting lies about a good man like Mitt Romney. The world and especially the US has free agency to vote. The people said they didn’t care about the things Mitt and I do. Now they must lie in that bed. Good luck!
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Cincinnatus in Atlanta
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 8:26 am
About 400,000 cast differnently in 4 states and we’d be talking about President Elect Romney. The “Landslide” was in the Electoral College, and reflects the Constitution working as it was designed…to create a clear political outcome. Obama demonstrated that he is a great politician once again…he did a better job in the 11 battleground states of getting his message and people out.
Here’s a thought for all of you that think Romney was such a bad candidate…despite being such a bad candidate, he did have Obama “on the ropes”, and did almost pull it off despite a weaker campaign and a party that struggled to unite behind him.
Obama and the Democrats acted liked they believed that the country had actually voted “For” their agenda after 2008, and ignored their mandate for the sake of a porkbarrel appoach to solving the economic crisis and ideaology for their first 2 years. The result was the Republicans taking the House away from them. The Republicans had a couple of screw ups running for the Senate, and that cost them taking that away from the Democrats.
I truly hope that Obama actually “got” the message this time, and will start doing what needs to be done to move the country along…and it’s NOT demonizing Republicans, or “presiding” over the country.
And for those of you who still insist on “blaming Bush” for everything…what would you have said about a Bush Presidency that went like the first 4 years of Obama’s, or a reelection campaign run like Obama’s…and what would you have wanted of him for a second term.
Here’s $0.25…go buy yourselves a clue…
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 9:15 am
I think it’s you that needs to buy the clue. Obama won by three million votes.
Mr. Romney was a terrible candidate. He had a horrible history of killing jobs and sending jobs overseas. He personally did not relate to any one that was not on his level and his 47% statement proves that as well as statements that he made after the election. You could not pin him down on one subject two days in a row and get the same answer. He went from severely conservative too severely liberal. Members of the Republican Party are admitting that.
The republicans lost the senate by over six people. Not a couple.
Our economy has been moving along. You have been trained to say everything is going badly. Stocks are up, housing starts are up, housing values are up, job creation is up. We are producing more oil than ever. Almost every characteristic that we judge our economy by is up.
We are not blaming bush for everything, but bush’s the one who got this all started. This really hit its crescendo at the end of bush’s term. Obama has done a remarkable job of bringing this country back despite the fact that the republicans have done everything to stop him that they could. They have even failed it that. The actions that Mr. Bush took are not actions that can be turned around overnight. The deregulation of the bank’s, his housing ownership program is in part what killed so many people losing their homes.
A bush presidency was worse for its first four years that Obama’s was. And there was nothing wrong with Obama’s election campaign. It was extremely well run. What you did was fall into the trap of allowing Mr. Romney to bash Obama for two years running And then cry foul whenever Obama said anything about him. There was nothing dirty about the reelection campaign. The fact was Romney was dirty By continuously lying about Obama.
How did you like voting for a guy who was supposedly severely conservative at the beginning, and then as one republican put it ended up French kissing Obama at the last debate? How did you like voting for a person who could not stay on his own platform for more than a day? I would take all Obama over Romney any day of the week
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mjh
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
I truly hope that Obama actually “got” the message this time, and will start doing what needs to be done to move the country along…and it’s NOT demonizing Republicans, or “presiding” over the country.
You truly hope Obama doesn’t “preside” over the country??
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT, DIPWAD — that’s his JOB.
It was the Republicans who did the demonizing — by referring to him as “an incompetent man-child” [Rush Limpballs], interrupting his speech with “you lie!” [Joe Wilson], and openly stating their primary objective of making him a “one-term president” [Mitch McConnell]
And for those of you who still insist on “blaming Bush” for everything…
To quote Nancy Pelosi: “We’ll stop blaming Bush
when the problems he created go away.”
Here’s $.10 — buy a brain . . .
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iliveinacountryofidiots
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Maybe they will now that someone is handing it out to them.
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Reynardine
Nov. 29th, 2012 at 10:22 am
I see that, now that attention is elsewhere, the Gish-galloping Rombots are rushing in so they can tell themselves they have put us to route. Guess what? You lost, losers. Take your insipid little whines elsewhere.
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Scotty
Nov. 30th, 2012 at 3:31 am
I would have to say that I am probably the least influential person of 2012…
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