With this latest crap, why do people want to vote for this guy? Of course, you could say that about Obama, too…
The latest defense seems to be that Romney is not responsible for anything that happened in Bain because he “retroactively retired.” However, many voters might have a problem with Romney excusing himself from Bain’s actions through a legal technicality like retroactive retirement. If he is elected president, Romney will not have the option of “retroactive retirement” to take away any of the bad effects from his presidency.
“If you’re signing an SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] document with your own signature that you’re the president, C.E.O., chairman of the board and 100 percent owner of a company, in what world are you living in that you’re not in charge?” Cutter said Sunday on “Face the Nation.”
“If he wasn’t the head of it, who was?” she asked.
“The latest defense seems to be that Romney is not responsible for anything that happened in Bain because he “retroactively retired.” /// Yeap. I suppose in the best case we could assume just what is stated: Romney had no active management role at Bain after he left. but what did he “leave?” Romney selected all the top employees and developed the corporate culture. Romney has never stated whether or not outsourcing is good or bad. He always dodges the question trying to have it both ways.
I say we should give it to him both ways. I think its called double penetration.
I was walking through the woods with my dog the other day when I came across an angel blocking my path and he was pointing to a hollow log beside the trail so I went to investigate and discovered gold plates inscribed with strange heirogliphic writings.
I asked the angel what was up and he explained that God chose me to translate the writings so the human race would finally know the truth of all things. I am curious about such things myself, so I was pleased that God chose me.
To make a long story short, I translated the writings on the gold plates with the help of an angel and discovered to my surprise that I would be the leader of a religion. As it turns out, according to my translations, Jesus is actually from Missouri and God expects me to marry 12 wives and move to Arizona where I won’t be persecuted by heathens that think I am insane.
The angel prophesied that one of these days a member of my church will be the President of the United States and people will stop making fun of me.
How is this any different than the Constantine and Council of Nicea , the ramblings of Muhammad or Hubbard’s stories?
Sheep will believe what they want to Mitt’s religion is no more or less relevant than than anyone else the only difference is it’s more recent and easily shown to be completely off the mark with the actual history of the early peoples of the Americas.
Lots-O-Good reasons not to Vote for Mitt but religion ant one of em.
I’m from Missouri…………….
You’re right Uncle. I’d much rather vote for a guy who said to those private companies that nothing they’ve made was made by them but by the government. Nothing more democratic & capitalist than that statement
“Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar. . . . .He’s one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.”
Harry S Truman
Romney reminds me of this..cant stand him.
I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social – or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.
– Willard Romoney
Is this what you mean by “talking out of both sides of his mouth?”
Or how about this:
I know what it’s like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time-to-time.
– Willard Romoney
Not taking sides here. Let me make that clear. I am neither for Obama, or Romney, But it is the same rhetoric coming from Romney’s mouth. Obama did this, Obama is at fault for that. Obama did this, that and the other thing etc. Romney is good at saying he needs to be our next president, however he lags sorely on content. I have not heard one thing Solid on what it is he plans to do if elected to President, to better this country, or otherwise turn this horrible economy around. I know lets outsource our workforce? Not the answer I believe. Not to mention his Bain & company tenure. Maybe it is perhaps the years his father, George W. Romney spent in the Nixon administration as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, just plain fear of bad vibes emanating from him? not sure, but there is something there, other than the obvious grab for votes made clear by your statements above.
Or Perhaps..it resides in the following:
“Sometimes the medicine is a little bitter but it is necessary to save the life of the patient. My job was to try and make the enterprise successful, and in my view the best security a family can have is that the business they work for is strong.”
—Mitt Romney in 2007, commenting on job losses at companies that Bain Capital executed leveraged buyouts
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.
– Willard Romoney
It is comforting to know that a candidate for President is aware that the great majority of Americans are as confused as he is.
What a load of crap. A. Obama isn’t black, he’s mulatto. B. If he (Obama) were running against a cold hard turd I’d vote for the turd just to keep from hearing that lying liberal/socialist/communist talk.
Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.
President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.
Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.
The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it’s by making it more like a consumer-driven market.
We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.
– Willard Romoney
A lot of good talk, but not one single word about HOW all of these things will be accomplished.
I believe this, I believe that, but no specific plan.
All rhetoric and no substance.
How do you propose to provide every American with affordable, portable insurance and make it more like a consumer-driven market, Mr. Romoney?
Do you have a plan?
He may have a plan similar to 999 or rather since it’s Mitt 9999999999 (- 0% tax)
If I am elected, I promise to put a chicken in every pot and a new car in every garage.
I believe in the Constitution and individual initiative.
I believe every American should have access to a good education and affordable health care without raising taxes or regulating businesses.
I believe Joseph Smith is a prophet sent from God and magic underwear protects me from spiritual attacks and physical harm.
Every American deserves to have a job. Without a job, Americans get bored and start throwing things. Therefore, I will create jobs.
I believe America is the land of the free and the home of the brave.
If I am elected, America will have a President with strong beliefs. Very strong beliefs. Rock hard beliefs.
However, I don’t have any specific plans I can mention except I plan to be a good President.
America needs a good President. A President with beliefs.
I don’t know how I will keep all my promises, but I can assure you I am not a socialist or a communist.
I am sure I will have a plan after I am elected. Right now I must keep everything a secret because my opponent might gain an advantage if I reveal my plan for America.
Believe in me.
Vote for me.
Lol. One more…
As president, I will give you the top two things you want, so help me God. And then, I will work to get you the third one. This goes to everyone who votes for me and the others too.
Not sure which is worse however, a candidate who promises nothing, has no plan, delivers nothing…..or one who promises everything, has a plan, and delivers nothing.
Fuck
Outsourcing of jobs is just a boogeyman. The truth is that the United States manufactures twice today what it did in the 70′s but with significantly fewer people due to capital investment in automation. Most of those “outsourced” jobs were lost anyway, and as the cost of labor increases in China, they too will replace workers with machines, and the cycle will continue.
Can you give me a breakdown of what is actually made here in the USA?
You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.
– Willard Romoney
How do you propose to accomplish these goals, Willard?
When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.
– Willard Romoney
Don’t worry too much about my job. Worry about telling me what you will do to keep your job.
We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.
– Willard Romoney
That’s nice. I believe Martha Stewart had a boob job. Explain how you will create opportunites and challenge each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves. I am all ears.
We have serious enemies and growing threats around the world. Unfortunately, we have an administration whose idea of a rogue state is Arizona.
– Willard Romoney
What is your idea of a rogue state, Willard? Do you have any ideas, any plans, any strategies to resolve specific problems?
Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.
– Willard Romoney
Wow. That was a clever play on words. Speaking of words, do you have any words to describe your clever plan to create new jobs?
Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.
– Willard Romoney
Okay. So please explain what will work. Inquiring minds need to know.
Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.
– Willard Romoney
Okay. I’ve got the blueprint in my hand, but I seem to be missing your plans. Could you send me your plans?
orchidcup asks:
“You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.
– Willard Romoney
How do you propose to accomplish these goals, Willard?”
My guess is that the plan is something like this:
* Close Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, US Postal Service and Amtrak and raid their trust funds
* Close the SEC, the Consumer Protection Agency, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Energy, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, the mission to the United Nations
* Repeal all income taxes and institute a flat tax of, say, $20 000 per year on all citizens of all ages — anyone who can’t pay the tax will either have to leave the country or enter into service to a feudal lord who will pay their tax and thereby own all their physical and intellectual assets
Something like that.
Willard has a number of “plans” on his web site.
He proposes a number of things, including “streamlining regulations” for example.
He does not say HOW he will streamline regulations.
This is an example of a classic political ploy.
The phrase “streamlining regulations” produces joy in the Republican heart and they immediately start applauding before the words are out of his mouth.
When you get down to the nuts and bolts of his “plans” there are many details left to work out. The main detail is HOW.
Oddly enough, it appears he won’t have all the nagging details worked out until after he is elected.
This is similar to the ploy of retroactive retirement.
He is saying “Let me have the Presidency based on a number of vague catch phrases that appeal to conservatives, and then I will reveal my specific plans with charts, numbers, and specific details.”
I plan to get a date with Mick Jagger’s playmate Jerry Hall, a former schoolmate of mine. Right at the moment, I don’t know HOW I will do it. But I am making plans.
Maybe we can streamline laws against murder so murderers can kill more efficiently without nuisance regulations against killing.
A regulation is a LAW, lets treat them as such.
By ANDY KESSLER
Did Mitt Romney and Bain Capital help office-supply retailer Staples create 88,000 jobs? 43,000? 252? Actually, Staples probably destroyed 100,000 jobs while creating millions of new ones.
Since 1986, Staples has opened 2,000 stores, eliminating the jobs of distributors and brokers who charged nasty markups for paper and office supplies. But it enabled hundreds of thousands of small (and not so small) businesses to stock themselves cheaply and conveniently and expand their operations.
It’s the same story elsewhere. Apple employs just 47,000 people, and Google under 25,000. Like Staples, they have destroyed many old jobs, like making paper maps and pink “While You Were Out” notepads. But by lowering the cost of doing business they’ve enabled innumerable entrepreneurs to start new businesses and employ hundreds of thousands, even millions, of workers world-wide—all while capital gets redeployed more effectively.
This process happens during every business cycle and always, always creates jobs. Yet is ignored by policy mavens.
It is now four years after the wheels fell off our financial system. The government has tried every gimmick to revive the economy: fiscal stimulus, monetary easing, loan write-downs, foreclosure modifications—all duds. It seems like no one remembers how an economy creates jobs anymore. The right answer, in fact the only answer, for jobs and better living standards, is productivity. -Wall Street Journal, July 16th, 2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2w7iXazNso&feature=plcp
What a crock. All we have now is the silent destruction of our domestic production. We don’t even make basic office supplies anymore domestically, which is pathetically sad.
Haven’t you noticed the slow yet consistent degradation of the quality of basic items like office supplies? Things used to last virtually forever, now they’re throwaway items because they break in your hand. I’ve had chinese made pens literally snap in half while I was using them, and good luck having them write consistently.
WSJ is nothing more than a Rupert Murdoch screed publication that carries water for the ultra rich and their mad outsourcing. No sense even reading it after he bought it.
So does this mean that Romney owns a time machine? I’m glad that the Democrats FINALLY stop being pussies and push back. It’s pretty funny to watch the bully after those that are bullied hit back a few times. The only way that I could be more proud of the Obama campaign for pushing back is to release some “Romney is a racist that hates Jesus” commercials.
Romney has struck a fatal blow to capitalism.
Obviously, Bain enjoyed success despite the complete absense of the owner/CEO. The workers managed to ship American jobs offshore & probably their own in a most efficient manner.
http://news.yahoo.com/arpaio-obama-birth-record-definitely-fraudulent-010211250.html?_esi=1
Vote for Mr. Whitebread squeaky clean Romney, or the Kenyan who trucked with felons in Chicago…
Hard choice.
Weell then, I’m going for the ninja negro assassin. He’s street smart and it’s a tough world out there.
That howdy doody looking mofo that runs a cult is the last thing we need.