I will accept it with grace.
TIA
Obama is Kenyan, and I thought he was Indonesian.
Pity Really
:shrug:
TIA
Obama is Kenyan, and I thought he was Indonesian.
Pity Really
:shrug:
A simple apology is welcomed
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'Born in Kenya': Obama's Literary Agent Misidentified His Birthplace in 1991
May 18, 2012
A possible source of the so-called "birther" issue--or at least a potential cause of the rumors that have dogged President Barack Obama--has been identified.
Obama's former literary agency misidentified his birthplace as Kenya while trying to promote the then-Harvard Law grad as an author in 1991.
:SIB
According to a promotional booklet produced by the agency, Acton & Dystel, to showcase its roster of writers, Obama was "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."
Miriam Goderich edited the text of the bio; she is now a partner at the Dystel & Goderich agency, which lists Obama as one of its current clients.
This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me--an agency assistant at the time," Goderich wrote in an emailed statement to Yahoo News. "There was never any information given to us by Obama in any of his correspondence or other communications suggesting in any way that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. I hope you can communicate to your readers that this was a simple mistake and nothing more."
A copy of the booklet was published on Breitbart.com, under the headline: " Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.' It was part of the "vetting" of the president the site's late founder, Andrew Breitbart, had promised.
Here's Obama's full bio from the 1991 brochure:
Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister, he attended Columbia University and worked as a financial journalist and editor for Business International Corporation. He served as project coordinator in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, and was Executive Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago's South Side. His commitment to social and racial issues will be evident in his first book, Journeys in Black and White.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Breitbart.com published a lengthy disclaimer with the brochure, saying it does not believe Obama was born outside of the United States:
Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.
Yet Andrew also believed that the complicit mainstream media had refused to examine President Obama's ideological past, or the carefully crafted persona he and his advisers had constructed for him.
It is for that reason that we launched "The Vetting," an ongoing series in which we explore the ideological background of President Obama (and other presidential candidates)--not to re-litigate 2008, but because ideas and actions have consequences.
It is also in that spirit that we discovered, and now present, the booklet described below--one that includes a marketing pitch for a forthcoming book by a then-young, otherwise unknown former president of the Harvard Law Review.
It is evidence--not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times.
Despite that rationale, the publication will no doubt fuel "birthers" who refuse to believe Obama was born in the United States.
In a follow-up post, Breitbart.com noted that Obama was listed as being born in Kenya on the Dyster & Goderich website until April 2007, "just two months after then-Senator Obama declared
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Nice try Ronnie
it was all a mistake
too bad you creamed in your pants for nothing.
Now will you please vet Rubio for us before its too late.
Rubio has no birth cert. He was born in Cuba
he will infiltrate the US and go marxist on America
May 18, 2012
A possible source of the so-called "birther" issue--or at least a potential cause of the rumors that have dogged President Barack Obama--has been identified.
Obama's former literary agency misidentified his birthplace as Kenya while trying to promote the then-Harvard Law grad as an author in 1991.
:SIB
According to a promotional booklet produced by the agency, Acton & Dystel, to showcase its roster of writers, Obama was "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."
Miriam Goderich edited the text of the bio; she is now a partner at the Dystel & Goderich agency, which lists Obama as one of its current clients.
This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me--an agency assistant at the time," Goderich wrote in an emailed statement to Yahoo News. "There was never any information given to us by Obama in any of his correspondence or other communications suggesting in any way that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. I hope you can communicate to your readers that this was a simple mistake and nothing more."
A copy of the booklet was published on Breitbart.com, under the headline: " Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.' It was part of the "vetting" of the president the site's late founder, Andrew Breitbart, had promised.
Here's Obama's full bio from the 1991 brochure:
Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister, he attended Columbia University and worked as a financial journalist and editor for Business International Corporation. He served as project coordinator in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, and was Executive Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago's South Side. His commitment to social and racial issues will be evident in his first book, Journeys in Black and White.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Breitbart.com published a lengthy disclaimer with the brochure, saying it does not believe Obama was born outside of the United States:
Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.
Yet Andrew also believed that the complicit mainstream media had refused to examine President Obama's ideological past, or the carefully crafted persona he and his advisers had constructed for him.
It is for that reason that we launched "The Vetting," an ongoing series in which we explore the ideological background of President Obama (and other presidential candidates)--not to re-litigate 2008, but because ideas and actions have consequences.
It is also in that spirit that we discovered, and now present, the booklet described below--one that includes a marketing pitch for a forthcoming book by a then-young, otherwise unknown former president of the Harvard Law Review.
It is evidence--not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times.
Despite that rationale, the publication will no doubt fuel "birthers" who refuse to believe Obama was born in the United States.
In a follow-up post, Breitbart.com noted that Obama was listed as being born in Kenya on the Dyster & Goderich website until April 2007, "just two months after then-Senator Obama declared
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Nice try Ronnie
it was all a mistake
too bad you creamed in your pants for nothing.
Now will you please vet Rubio for us before its too late.
Rubio has no birth cert. He was born in Cuba
he will infiltrate the US and go marxist on America
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Ronnie
I am waiting for my apology
damn yu thought you had something .....
again, and again and again....
neocons are pathetic I am sorry to say
they want to believe so bad that if it were Santa Claus they would walk to the north pole
Keep him from running for President Neo cons
or shut up already
pity really
I am waiting for my apology
damn yu thought you had something .....
again, and again and again....
neocons are pathetic I am sorry to say
they want to believe so bad that if it were Santa Claus they would walk to the north pole
Keep him from running for President Neo cons
or shut up already
pity really
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Ronnie
and your part eggplant
The reality is that most challengers will be defeated ? and in some cases crushed ? by incumbent lawmakers.
As of the end of March, lawmakers who are expected to run for re-election this year and their caucus political action committees had almost $9 million in campaign funds. Some top lawmakers have hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars banked for a job that pays $17,342 a year.
Election history favors incumbents, too. More than 100 of the state?s 236 lawmakers won re-election in 2010 without opposition, and only eight lost their seats. In 2006, 98 percent of Georgia lawmakers who spent more than their opponents won re-election, and incumbents typically raise more than their opponents.
That hasn?t stopped a host of challengers from hoping that this year will be different, that tea party grass-roots activism, newly redrawn district lines or just plain hard work will let them pull the upset.
?It?s a daunting task,? said Brandon Beach, a member of the state transportation board who is taking on Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers in a North Fulton and Cherokee County district. ?He has $307,000 in the bank; I have $3,000. It?s an uphill battle.?
How uphill?
Rogers, who already holds a 100-to-1 money advantage, has a fundraiser the day before qualifying begins Wednesday ? hosted by Gov. Nathan Deal, U.S. Reps. Tom Price and Rob Woodall, House Speaker Pro-Tem Jan Jones and Senate President Pro-Tem Tommie Williams.
Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University political scientist who has studied elections for decades, said the odds of a challenger beating a state lawmaker ?are very long.?
While incumbents usually have better name recognition and can brag about what they?ve done in office, the money advantage is a huge reason for their success.
Stacks and stacks of cash
Rogers, who had $307,543 in his campaign account as of March 31 and has raised more since then, isn?t the only top lawmaker with a bulging bank account.
Senate Rules Chairman Don Balfour, R-Snellville, who has run unopposed in all but two of his previous nine re-election bids, had $740,513 in his account, the most of any incumbent, the AJC?s review of campaign reports shows.
Senate Regulated Industries Chairman David Shafer, R-Duluth, who hasn?t faced opposition since winning his seat in 2002, has $515,841 in the bank.
The House member with the biggest bankroll, House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, had $317,897 cash on hand. He also has had limited opposition since winning his seat.
Balfour said with reapportionment last year, 25 percent of the people in his district are new to him. While he hasn?t always had opposition, Balfour said he can?t count on a free ride.
?You have got to assume somebody is going to run,? Balfour said. ?There are 150,000 people in the district. You need to have the money to get your message out.?
Records showed some lawmakers didn?t have enough in their accounts at the end of March to pay the $400 qualifying fee, but most had between $10,000 and $100,000 banked. And most have been raising money since then.
The Republican chamber caucuses had about $800,000 by March 31 to dole out to their candidates. And many of the big-money special interest contributions to House and Senate leaders are funneled to incumbents in need of financial help.
Money from lobbyists
Incumbents win even though voters often gripe about their performance. Various polls this year have put Congress? approval rating in the 10 to 19 percent range, and fewer than four in 10 Georgians polled by the AJC in mid-2010 gave the General Assembly positive marks.
Nonetheless, voters tend to choose the politicians they?ve got, in part because they know them. And getting voters to know you takes money.
Former state Rep. ?Able? Mable Thomas of Atlanta, who has both beaten incumbents and failed to unseat them in past races, said the financial disadvantage that challengers often face is huge.
?The system rewards incumbency with money and influence,? said Thomas, who is running to return to the General Assembly. ?What is happening with politics now, with the price to run for elected office, a lot of people who have good ideas ... are discouraged from running.?
Most of the money top lawmakers raise comes from statehouse lobbyists and the people they represent. And much of it comes in the week before the session, when lawmakers raise about $1 million.
Lawmakers in top party positions or those who chair key committees rake in huge special interest contributions. Balfour?s rules committee, for instance, decides which bills make it to the Senate floor for a vote, so it has enormous influence.
Balfour?s House counterpart, John Meadows, R-Calhoun, took in $1,550 in contributions the week before the session in 2010, when he wasn?t House Rules chairman. This year, he raised $40,900 that week.
Like other incumbents, Rogers said the people of his district aren?t supporting him simply because he has a lot of money in his campaign account.
?The citizens in our district consider the record of the candidate and the candidates? stances on the issues,? Rogers said. ?No amount of money can change those things.?
?A grass-roots army?
Not every incumbent will have a big financial advantage. At the end of March, former Paulding County Commission Chairman Bill Carruth reported having $240,000 in his campaign account, about twice as much as the man he is challenging, Sen. Bill Heath, R-Bremen.
Almost half of Carruth?s money, $110,000, came in the form of a loan. As a longtime Paulding County official and businessman and a member of the Department of Natural Resources board, Carruth has been able to call on a lot of local contacts and friends for help. Another candidate who filed to raise money for the seat, Jason Rogers, listed having $1 on hand as of March 31.
Redistricting may help some challengers and makes it likely that most of the action will be in the July 31 primaries. Republican leaders drew district lines that all but guarantee that Republicans will win certain districts while Democrats win others. Most Republican lawmakers were given safe seats, while a few Democrats were drawn into GOP districts and face tough re-election battles, such as Sen. Doug Stoner, D-Smyrna.
?There are probably a handful of districts in each chamber that are marginal, that would be competitive,? Abramowitz said.
Tea party activists and others argue that a grass-roots campaign ? old-fashioned door-knocking, mail and social media ? can overcome the money disadvantage in the primaries.
They cite the recent primary loss of longtime Indiana U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar to a tea party-fueled opponent, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, as a sign of what?s ahead.
?If you have a grass-roots army, you don?t need as much money,? said Debbie Dooley, a co-organizer of the Atlanta Tea Party Patriots, which has helped recruit candidates to challenge GOP incumbents.
Beach said voters are in the mood to throw out big-money lawmakers.
?I think the citizens are tired of politicians that have these war chests that are funded by lobbyists and special interest groups,? he said.
Rogers said, ?The amount of resources I have raised is because citizens, business owners and employers recognize me as a champion of free markets. I sincerely appreciate the faith they have put in me through their investment.?
?A darn good job?
Lobbyists, big businesses and unions have filled the campaign coffers of incumbents for generations despite criticism against special interest fundraising politicians, and the legislators still usually cruise to re-election.
During debate on a bill this year, Balfour pointed out that lawmakers have found ways to circumvent the intent of some laws they pass, with no electoral consequences.
?We have been doing this for 20 years, and I still keep getting re-elected,? he said.
Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, treasurer of the House Republican campaign fund, said he expects more challenges to incumbents this year, in part because of the growing tea party movement, and in part because the district lines of all 236 seats were re-jiggered last year.
But he also argues that Republicans have pushed popular legislation, such as the bill that will phase out property taxes on cars, that bodes well for incumbents at election time.
?I think we have done a pretty good job of pushing good legislation and initiatives,? Peake said.
?I don?t think people are as angry at the state level as they are at the national level. I don?t think there is a groundswell of negativity toward the General Assembly because we have done a darn good job.?
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and we wonder why we have problems in
America.
A job that pays 17 k a year and they will pay millions to win .
talked about fawked up
America the Stupid
As of the end of March, lawmakers who are expected to run for re-election this year and their caucus political action committees had almost $9 million in campaign funds. Some top lawmakers have hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars banked for a job that pays $17,342 a year.
Election history favors incumbents, too. More than 100 of the state?s 236 lawmakers won re-election in 2010 without opposition, and only eight lost their seats. In 2006, 98 percent of Georgia lawmakers who spent more than their opponents won re-election, and incumbents typically raise more than their opponents.
That hasn?t stopped a host of challengers from hoping that this year will be different, that tea party grass-roots activism, newly redrawn district lines or just plain hard work will let them pull the upset.
?It?s a daunting task,? said Brandon Beach, a member of the state transportation board who is taking on Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers in a North Fulton and Cherokee County district. ?He has $307,000 in the bank; I have $3,000. It?s an uphill battle.?
How uphill?
Rogers, who already holds a 100-to-1 money advantage, has a fundraiser the day before qualifying begins Wednesday ? hosted by Gov. Nathan Deal, U.S. Reps. Tom Price and Rob Woodall, House Speaker Pro-Tem Jan Jones and Senate President Pro-Tem Tommie Williams.
Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University political scientist who has studied elections for decades, said the odds of a challenger beating a state lawmaker ?are very long.?
While incumbents usually have better name recognition and can brag about what they?ve done in office, the money advantage is a huge reason for their success.
Stacks and stacks of cash
Rogers, who had $307,543 in his campaign account as of March 31 and has raised more since then, isn?t the only top lawmaker with a bulging bank account.
Senate Rules Chairman Don Balfour, R-Snellville, who has run unopposed in all but two of his previous nine re-election bids, had $740,513 in his account, the most of any incumbent, the AJC?s review of campaign reports shows.
Senate Regulated Industries Chairman David Shafer, R-Duluth, who hasn?t faced opposition since winning his seat in 2002, has $515,841 in the bank.
The House member with the biggest bankroll, House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, had $317,897 cash on hand. He also has had limited opposition since winning his seat.
Balfour said with reapportionment last year, 25 percent of the people in his district are new to him. While he hasn?t always had opposition, Balfour said he can?t count on a free ride.
?You have got to assume somebody is going to run,? Balfour said. ?There are 150,000 people in the district. You need to have the money to get your message out.?
Records showed some lawmakers didn?t have enough in their accounts at the end of March to pay the $400 qualifying fee, but most had between $10,000 and $100,000 banked. And most have been raising money since then.
The Republican chamber caucuses had about $800,000 by March 31 to dole out to their candidates. And many of the big-money special interest contributions to House and Senate leaders are funneled to incumbents in need of financial help.
Money from lobbyists
Incumbents win even though voters often gripe about their performance. Various polls this year have put Congress? approval rating in the 10 to 19 percent range, and fewer than four in 10 Georgians polled by the AJC in mid-2010 gave the General Assembly positive marks.
Nonetheless, voters tend to choose the politicians they?ve got, in part because they know them. And getting voters to know you takes money.
Former state Rep. ?Able? Mable Thomas of Atlanta, who has both beaten incumbents and failed to unseat them in past races, said the financial disadvantage that challengers often face is huge.
?The system rewards incumbency with money and influence,? said Thomas, who is running to return to the General Assembly. ?What is happening with politics now, with the price to run for elected office, a lot of people who have good ideas ... are discouraged from running.?
Most of the money top lawmakers raise comes from statehouse lobbyists and the people they represent. And much of it comes in the week before the session, when lawmakers raise about $1 million.
Lawmakers in top party positions or those who chair key committees rake in huge special interest contributions. Balfour?s rules committee, for instance, decides which bills make it to the Senate floor for a vote, so it has enormous influence.
Balfour?s House counterpart, John Meadows, R-Calhoun, took in $1,550 in contributions the week before the session in 2010, when he wasn?t House Rules chairman. This year, he raised $40,900 that week.
Like other incumbents, Rogers said the people of his district aren?t supporting him simply because he has a lot of money in his campaign account.
?The citizens in our district consider the record of the candidate and the candidates? stances on the issues,? Rogers said. ?No amount of money can change those things.?
?A grass-roots army?
Not every incumbent will have a big financial advantage. At the end of March, former Paulding County Commission Chairman Bill Carruth reported having $240,000 in his campaign account, about twice as much as the man he is challenging, Sen. Bill Heath, R-Bremen.
Almost half of Carruth?s money, $110,000, came in the form of a loan. As a longtime Paulding County official and businessman and a member of the Department of Natural Resources board, Carruth has been able to call on a lot of local contacts and friends for help. Another candidate who filed to raise money for the seat, Jason Rogers, listed having $1 on hand as of March 31.
Redistricting may help some challengers and makes it likely that most of the action will be in the July 31 primaries. Republican leaders drew district lines that all but guarantee that Republicans will win certain districts while Democrats win others. Most Republican lawmakers were given safe seats, while a few Democrats were drawn into GOP districts and face tough re-election battles, such as Sen. Doug Stoner, D-Smyrna.
?There are probably a handful of districts in each chamber that are marginal, that would be competitive,? Abramowitz said.
Tea party activists and others argue that a grass-roots campaign ? old-fashioned door-knocking, mail and social media ? can overcome the money disadvantage in the primaries.
They cite the recent primary loss of longtime Indiana U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar to a tea party-fueled opponent, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, as a sign of what?s ahead.
?If you have a grass-roots army, you don?t need as much money,? said Debbie Dooley, a co-organizer of the Atlanta Tea Party Patriots, which has helped recruit candidates to challenge GOP incumbents.
Beach said voters are in the mood to throw out big-money lawmakers.
?I think the citizens are tired of politicians that have these war chests that are funded by lobbyists and special interest groups,? he said.
Rogers said, ?The amount of resources I have raised is because citizens, business owners and employers recognize me as a champion of free markets. I sincerely appreciate the faith they have put in me through their investment.?
?A darn good job?
Lobbyists, big businesses and unions have filled the campaign coffers of incumbents for generations despite criticism against special interest fundraising politicians, and the legislators still usually cruise to re-election.
During debate on a bill this year, Balfour pointed out that lawmakers have found ways to circumvent the intent of some laws they pass, with no electoral consequences.
?We have been doing this for 20 years, and I still keep getting re-elected,? he said.
Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, treasurer of the House Republican campaign fund, said he expects more challenges to incumbents this year, in part because of the growing tea party movement, and in part because the district lines of all 236 seats were re-jiggered last year.
But he also argues that Republicans have pushed popular legislation, such as the bill that will phase out property taxes on cars, that bodes well for incumbents at election time.
?I think we have done a pretty good job of pushing good legislation and initiatives,? Peake said.
?I don?t think people are as angry at the state level as they are at the national level. I don?t think there is a groundswell of negativity toward the General Assembly because we have done a darn good job.?
..............................................................
and we wonder why we have problems in
America.
A job that pays 17 k a year and they will pay millions to win .
talked about fawked up
America the Stupid
Tea party activists and others argue that a grass-roots campaign ? old-fashioned door-knocking, mail and social media ? can overcome the money disadvantage in the primaries.
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:142smilie :142smilie
what a joke
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:142smilie :142smilie
what a joke
Great, he'll sign whatever legislation's sent his way by Congress.
1) What if the legislation is moderate/bipartisan, signed by GOP and Dems?
2) What if bipartisan legislation includes tax increases?
3) Who will make tough calls when international affairs erupt and he must lead.
4) Will he repeal/replace Obamacare? With what?
5) Will his grown sons reside at White House and begin cementing the Romney dynasty? They will run for President for decades to come if Mitt wins. They can afford to achieve nothing, rely on family name, and continue as tools of Rove/Norquist machine.
Romney espouses a "position" on issues, but not policy.
Will he..
- re-implement DADT?
- Roll back federal benefits for LGBTs?
- Rescind Lily Ledbetter Act
- Which executive departments will he eliminate/combine/fund/defund? Education? HHS? Treasury? Labor? Energy? Housing and Urban Development?
- He supports Ryan's budget and proposes additional tax cuts for upper incomes and increased military spending! Ryan's budget guts safety net/social programs/medicare..what else is Romney cutting beyond what he's mentioned?
Calling Romney an empty suit is a compliment in light of the havok he plans. The GOP/Romney may be deserving of the label "morally bankrupt."
With majority contingent of advisors from Bush administration, following precepts of Cheney/Rove/Norquist..he puts us back on Bush' sinking-ship.
Mitt is the incidental candidate...any jobs, progress, good will coming from his candidacy/administration would be incidental as well.
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As Romney himself told us, "If I told you what I'd do if elected, I wouldn't get elected."
People need to take him at his word. If he's elected, we will have gotten what we deserved.
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I hope to be the conservative that my dog thinks I am. Only thing is we barbecued that dog and ate him on vacation. yummers
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This explains everything. The GOP goal is just to have a body in the White House...a body that they own in full. The purpose of said body is to enact the rules of the Plutocrats that are the GOP without regard for well being or consideration of the needs of the majority.
Finally. A simple description of the reason for Mitt.
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Why would the voters want to vote for MYTH when he has all those millions hidden in offshore accounts? He is either a tax cheat..or so un-patriotic that he prefers to invest his millions outside America. Who wants a guy like THAT as POTUS??
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"I'm Mitt Romney and I'm kind of certain that I approve of this message."
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Or "I'm Mitt Romney and I was told to say I approve this message, whatever it was."
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:0corn
1) What if the legislation is moderate/bipartisan, signed by GOP and Dems?
2) What if bipartisan legislation includes tax increases?
3) Who will make tough calls when international affairs erupt and he must lead.
4) Will he repeal/replace Obamacare? With what?
5) Will his grown sons reside at White House and begin cementing the Romney dynasty? They will run for President for decades to come if Mitt wins. They can afford to achieve nothing, rely on family name, and continue as tools of Rove/Norquist machine.
Romney espouses a "position" on issues, but not policy.
Will he..
- re-implement DADT?
- Roll back federal benefits for LGBTs?
- Rescind Lily Ledbetter Act
- Which executive departments will he eliminate/combine/fund/defund? Education? HHS? Treasury? Labor? Energy? Housing and Urban Development?
- He supports Ryan's budget and proposes additional tax cuts for upper incomes and increased military spending! Ryan's budget guts safety net/social programs/medicare..what else is Romney cutting beyond what he's mentioned?
Calling Romney an empty suit is a compliment in light of the havok he plans. The GOP/Romney may be deserving of the label "morally bankrupt."
With majority contingent of advisors from Bush administration, following precepts of Cheney/Rove/Norquist..he puts us back on Bush' sinking-ship.
Mitt is the incidental candidate...any jobs, progress, good will coming from his candidacy/administration would be incidental as well.
.............................................................
As Romney himself told us, "If I told you what I'd do if elected, I wouldn't get elected."
People need to take him at his word. If he's elected, we will have gotten what we deserved.
.................................................................
I hope to be the conservative that my dog thinks I am. Only thing is we barbecued that dog and ate him on vacation. yummers
.............................................................
This explains everything. The GOP goal is just to have a body in the White House...a body that they own in full. The purpose of said body is to enact the rules of the Plutocrats that are the GOP without regard for well being or consideration of the needs of the majority.
Finally. A simple description of the reason for Mitt.
...............................................................
Why would the voters want to vote for MYTH when he has all those millions hidden in offshore accounts? He is either a tax cheat..or so un-patriotic that he prefers to invest his millions outside America. Who wants a guy like THAT as POTUS??
............................................................
"I'm Mitt Romney and I'm kind of certain that I approve of this message."
...............................................................
Or "I'm Mitt Romney and I was told to say I approve this message, whatever it was."
.............................................................
:0corn
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NOTE - Romney will from here on out be referred to as Williard.
:142smilie
President Willard
:142smilie
NOTE - Romney will from here on out be referred to as Williard.
:142smilie
President Willard
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Ronnie
you really cant be serious.
you seen the play that got. Its over now just like it was over for the last 4 yrs of birthers.
its a joke
the lady admits she made a mistake.
big whoop
you need to apologize to me and the President.
I am waiting
opcorn2
It's really amazing how people can expect praise when their own evidence disputes the point they are trying to make:
This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me--an agency assistant at the time," Goderich wrote in an emailed statement to Yahoo News. "There was never any information given to us by Obama in any of his correspondence or other communications suggesting in any way that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. I hope you can communicate to your readers that this was a simple mistake and nothing more."
You post this, and then want an apology because you are right, because you post something proving you are not right with your evidence?
I swear, you just can't make this kind of thing up... except of course when you just make something up, I guess. :shrug:
This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me--an agency assistant at the time," Goderich wrote in an emailed statement to Yahoo News. "There was never any information given to us by Obama in any of his correspondence or other communications suggesting in any way that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. I hope you can communicate to your readers that this was a simple mistake and nothing more."
You post this, and then want an apology because you are right, because you post something proving you are not right with your evidence?
I swear, you just can't make this kind of thing up... except of course when you just make something up, I guess. :shrug:
actually I posted the article in this thread that was disputing the one he was referring to.
but the issue is the same
Ronnie cannot let it go. He wants to believe it so bad that he cannot see the forest for the trees
it must be sad to live like that
its like fighting a battle that is unwinnalble day after day.... hoping beyond hope that Obama is going to be humiliated , when the only humiliation falls on Ronnies own shoulders again and again.
:shrug: :SIB
but the issue is the same
Ronnie cannot let it go. He wants to believe it so bad that he cannot see the forest for the trees
it must be sad to live like that
its like fighting a battle that is unwinnalble day after day.... hoping beyond hope that Obama is going to be humiliated , when the only humiliation falls on Ronnies own shoulders again and again.
:shrug: :SIB
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or in this case a neo con birther 911 conspiracy
Then how come Chad's the one that seems to be pointing out facts and you're the one trying to push misinformation as fact? :shrug:
The Vetting - Exclusive - Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii'
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In 1991, Obama wan't thinking about being POTUS, his background didn't matter, now it does and you people want to say it was JUST AN ERROR. :mj07:
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PHOENIX -- The state of Hawaii has responded to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett?s request for proof that President Barack Obama was in fact born in the Aloha State.
The Hawaii attorney general?s office has reportedly told Bennett that there are steps he needs to take in order to confirm President Obama?s birth records.
Those steps include Bennett proving that he legitimately needs confirmation in order to update the records at his office.
Bennett recently said in an interview with KFYI that he had asked Hawaii to further verify the President?s birth.
Bennett said he would consider removing President Obama?s name from the ballot during this year?s presidential election if Hawaii didn?t fulfill his request.
Bennett stated that he is not a ?birther,? and believes that President Obama was born in the United States.
He went on to explain that he had received about 1,200 emails from Arizona voters who are concerned about President Obama?s birth records, and felt it was his duty to follow up.
President Obama released his birth certificate last year after some people questioned whether he was actually born in Hawaii.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been investigating the President?s birth certificate since last August. Arpaio has said that his investigation is still ongoing.
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The Hawaii attorney general?s office has reportedly told Bennett that there are steps he needs to take in order to confirm President Obama?s birth records.
Those steps include Bennett proving that he legitimately needs confirmation in order to update the records at his office.
Bennett recently said in an interview with KFYI that he had asked Hawaii to further verify the President?s birth.
Bennett said he would consider removing President Obama?s name from the ballot during this year?s presidential election if Hawaii didn?t fulfill his request.
Bennett stated that he is not a ?birther,? and believes that President Obama was born in the United States.
He went on to explain that he had received about 1,200 emails from Arizona voters who are concerned about President Obama?s birth records, and felt it was his duty to follow up.
President Obama released his birth certificate last year after some people questioned whether he was actually born in Hawaii.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been investigating the President?s birth certificate since last August. Arpaio has said that his investigation is still ongoing.
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