snowshovel: "American human, how has this Obama economy affect your mental and physical facilities."

*snort*

JohnRanger: tenpoundsofcheese: stoli n coke:

He used to be the head writer for 1/2 Hour News Hour. Real rapist wit.

You are lying.
I never wrote for them.
Why do I keep catching you lying?

Try the truth for a change.

Sorry, sorry, maybe you missed it several posts ago, but I really am curious. Are you a liar or an idiot?

Neither.
Since we are asking meaningless questions: Are you left handed or do you like to swim?

0bama could have vetoed and shown some backbone and leadership. Either that or he believed in what he was signing.

JohnRanger: tenpoundsofcheese: stoli n coke:

He used to be the head writer for 1/2 Hour News Hour. Real rapist wit.

You are lying.
I never wrote for them.
Why do I keep catching you lying?

Try the truth for a change.

Sorry, sorry, maybe you missed it several posts ago, but I really am curious. Are you a liar or an idiot?

Missed what? Several posts ago you asked if I was a moron or an asshole. But it seems that you don't even know what you wrote since you are now asking if I am a liar or an idiot. Hmmm....you don't even know what you wrote. What does that say about you? (hint: not good).

tenpoundsofcheese: 0bama could have vetoed and shown some backbone and leadership. Either that or he believed in what he was signing.

How is that either backbone or leadership? Vetoing a bill because some of it is bad is idiotic, because the good parts had no chance in passing except as a compromise, and overall the good outweighed the bad in the bill.

If he waited for perfect legislation, it wouldn't be leadership, it would be total inaction. Barring a federal line item veto there's never going to be a better way to do things for a president except hold one's nose and sign every bill that offers at least a marginal improvement over not signing.

wedun: lennavan: Who cares if he won't name names, the bigger question is not who specifically do you talk to but rather "what issues do they bring up?" and "what policies do you have that address those issues?"

I don't actually care whether or not he meets with poor people ever, I care that he in some manner realizes the problems they face and I care what if anything he wants to do about it.

I'm an oklahoma democrat, pretty liberal, but I can't understand why anyone would criticize Romney for being rich. Our american capitialist system shouldn't punish men like romney just because they worked hard and are successful. Just because Romney has no connection to common people and can't even relate them them on a personal level, that doesn't mean we can't trust him to do what's best for the middle class. If we don't cut taxes you can kiss the jobs and investment goodbye.

This is just me, but I don't care one bit that the dude is rich. Good for him. It is, however, disengenuous for him to stand up and say,

"My father was a rich and powerful man. I have, since my birth, been fortunate to be blessed with the trappings that money and power can bring. Using that, I was able to springboard with a successful career and eventually become the governer of Massechusets.

I understand what it means to be poor"

Halli: Fart_Machine: LouDobbsAwaaaay: Mitt Romney and the Infinite Sadness, always good for a laugh.

I used to mock the people who believed in Reptilians until I saw that video.

"I love the constitution"

I honestly imagine Invader Zim would be like Mitt Romney if Zim ran for president of the USA.

Best response ever.

I cannot unsee.

"Hello you filthy human worm babies! I mean...hello fellow Con Stitch Eww Ents"

Lionel Mandrake: tenp0unds0fderp: 0bama could have vetoed and shown some backbone and leadership. Either that or he believed in what he was signing.

The reason he didn't has been covered incorrectly.



ftfy

tenpoundsofcheese: JohnRanger: tenpoundsofcheese: stoli n coke:

He used to be the head writer for 1/2 Hour News Hour. Real rapist wit.

You are lying.
I never wrote for them.
Why do I keep catching you lying?

Try the truth for a change.

Sorry, sorry, maybe you missed it several posts ago, but I really am curious. Are you a liar or an idiot?

Missed what? Several posts ago you asked if I was a moron or an asshole. But it seems that you don't even know what you wrote since you are now asking if I am a liar or an idiot. Hmmm....you don't even know what you wrote. What does that say about you? (hint: not good).

I hesitate to assume you don't know the meaning of the word "synonym," but okay. If you're a liar you're an asshole, and if you're a moron you're an idiot. Not all assholes are liars, but all liars are assholes. You're definitely one of the two sets, given your disingenuous positions and refusal to engage the facts, which in this case are that if Democrats had voted against extending the Bush tax cuts, or if Obama had vetoed the extension of the Bush tax cuts, the Republicans would've refused to pass unemployment benefit extensions, forcing millions of Americans to go hungry.

tenpoundsofcheese: Lionel Mandrake: tenp0unds0fderp: 0bama could have vetoed and shown some backbone and leadership. Either that or he believed in what he was signing.

The reason he didn't has been covered incorrectly.



ftfy

You make me so proud to live in this day and age. It's amazing that nowadays, "special people" have their own olympics, their own television programs and even come here to Fark to share political opinions! I'm so proud of you. You have overcome so much to be here with us.

I for one am privileged to have met you.

I'm beginning to suspect that Romneybot is getting his campaign advice on the humans from Kang.

Although, in truth, "Abortions for some and miniature American flags for others" is actually a far more progressive policy than Romney, what the Personhood Pledge and all.

Rmoney of Hair, the Job Killer

quatchi: the Personhood Pledge and all.

Oh, did they finally come out with a new smell? Because I'm tired of my furniture smelling like a central Florida strip club.

Gee, I wonder why tenpoundsofsh*t doesn't get banned for such blatant threadjacking?

Wtf do tax cuts have to do with Romney being an out of touch liar?

Nothing, but sh*tforbrains can't actually defend Romney, so he has to troll and jack the thread.

Dan the Schman: Gee, I wonder why tenpoundsofsh*t doesn't get banned for such blatant threadjacking?

Wtf do tax cuts have to do with Romney being an out of touch liar?

Nothing, but sh*tforbrains can't actually defend Romney, so he has to troll and jack the thread.

My guess is s/he's a modmin. You have to admit, these threads wouldn't take off like they do without it. I'm still astounded by the number of people who haven't put him on ignore and/or stopped responding.

Salt Lick Steady: quatchi: the Personhood Pledge and all.

Oh, did they finally come out with a new smell? Because I'm tired of my furniture smelling like a central Florida strip club.



Si.

Salt Lick Steady: Dan the Schman: Gee, I wonder why tenpoundsofsh*t doesn't get banned for such blatant threadjacking?

Wtf do tax cuts have to do with Romney being an out of touch liar?

Nothing, but sh*tforbrains can't actually defend Romney, so he has to troll and jack the thread.

My guess is s/he's a modmin. You have to admit, these threads wouldn't take off like they do without it. I'm still astounded by the number of people who haven't put him on ignore and/or stopped responding.

More likely just protected by modmins.

On topic, imagine if Romney isn't lying... he's been speaking to hundreds of poor and struggling families, and he STILL can't control gaffes like "I'm unemployed too!", "I like being able to fire people", "I've been afraid of getting a pink slip", "I'm not concerned about the very poor", etc.

Pandering lie or honest revelation, both reflect horribly on him.

Sum Dum Gai: tenpoundsofcheese: 0bama could have vetoed and shown some backbone and leadership. Either that or he believed in what he was signing.

How is that either backbone or leadership? Vetoing a bill because some of it is bad is idiotic, because the good parts had no chance in passing except as a compromise, and overall the good outweighed the bad in the bill.

If he waited for perfect legislation, it wouldn't be leadership, it would be total inaction. Barring a federal line item veto there's never going to be a better way to do things for a president except hold one's nose and sign every bill that offers at least a marginal improvement over not signing.

As a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, I agree with ten pounds of fail... I would very much have preferred that Obama stood up to the Republicans on this... they wanted to slash revenues without adding any offsets, and they've created the single largest budget problem our country is facing... yet they get to tag him with it now. Even if he lost the battle, at least he could have pointed to the fact he fought it.

I'm sure that he does and has often talked to poor people. He was a bishop in his church and that involved a lot of counseling. He just comes off very stiff in public. He seems uncomfortable in his own skin. I'm sure he's much better in private and in one to one talks.
Just because I disagree with his policies, life choices, the direction of his campaign, the idea that he be put in any sort of position of power whatsoever does not blind me to the obvious fact that he is a human being. The sort of human being that you could sit down and enjoy owning a brewery with.

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FTFM

Goddamnitall...fark it. Should just say "DUDE."

Yet, F.D. Roosevelt was also wealthy - and he was revered for the connection he showed with the common folks. Moreover, he actually did something to help them.

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Pathetic....

Anyone notice this at the bottom? It's almost like Fox is deliberately trying to make the world scarier than it is. But no respectable news organization would do something like that, would they?

Huck And Molly Ziegler: Yet, F.D. Roosevelt was also wealthy - and he was revered for the connection he showed with the common folks. Moreover, he actually did something to help them.

FDR was big into Noblesse oblige.

It's gone out of style lately.

thamike: Salt Lick Steady: PirateFreedom: thamike: PirateFreedom: vernonFL: WE GET IT, HE'S WEALTHY

At least he isn't pretending to be anything else, like the way Obama was all "I once had some Noxzema on my face so I totally understand the struggles of the downtrodden white man"

Even worse was his "I've been in a cold swimming pool, too" line.

I forgot about that, now I hate him all over again for thinking he could pander directly to me.

RIght, right, it's just shrinkage.

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"Shrinkage is it? Now watch me f*ck your wife."

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"Yours too."


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Is it me or are you SMOKING HOT?!

Anyway, Romney is the pinnacle of the American politician. Hundreds of years of political wheeling and dealing has resulted in this stunted, integrity-devoid, moral paraplegic. He could give a shiat less what people "think" of him. He just does everything in the book, kisses enough screaming babies to make up for it and knows that he can go home and roll in piles of money no matter what happens. It seems like he's just running for president just to see if he can actually accomplish it with ZERO political background except for his store-bought governorship. This campaign is for sport and sport alone.

The Madd Mann: Of course he talks to poor people.

Poor people carefully chosen by his handlers so their filthy poorness doesn't rub off on him by accident.

That is important when "He hears from them about the Obama economy"...

KrispyKritter: farkityfarker: Is it just me, or does the typical US presidential candidate who has a chance of winning seem to be pretty crappy?

pretty crappy is a very kind and polite phrase.

the players of the power game come from a world most cannot fathom. the finest and the best available on the planet from birth, as it was for their father, grandfather etcetera. raised with a mindset only found among their ranks, where entitlement dances with privilege. they have the finest tutors and attended the best private academies. their classmates are the sons and daughters of extreme wealth and power.

few family lines attain such status by being kind to others. they are taught to be merciless, backstabbing, willing to do whatever they deem necessary to add to the family wealth. while you and i may struggle and hope to one day buy a house or condo, those families have lived in enormous mansions for generations. they buy multi-story structures or build skyscrapers that will reap rental profits for years to come.

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I just kinda skimmed after this part, but uhm, you realize than none of this schlock applies at all to the current president of the united states, right? He grew up poor, his family situation is anything but traditional rich-family forever, etc. Hell, that crap doesn't even fit Romney that well. I think his family has only been rich and out-of-it since his father.

So, in short...wtf are you on about?

tenpoundsofcheese: WhyteRaven74: tenpoundsofcheese: Gore and Kerry never needed to worry about either, so farken what?

Gore and Kerry both get that for most people the comfort of their own lives is unimaginable except as some completely abstract notion. And they don't put their own economic needs ahead of those who stand to benefit a lot more from even modest gains.

now that is funny! were you really able to type that with a straight face?

Deeds, not words. Romney has done nothing in his career to suggest that he has any real empathy for the common working person. With the exception of working on Romneycare which he now rejects for the shallowest of political reasons.

Summer Glau's Love Slave: the Mormon Mammon

I like this. a lot.

He knows what it's like to be Sarah Jessica Parker, he watched the Kentucky Derby yesterday.

Mrtraveler01: PirateFreedom: Man On A Mission: vernonFL: Everyone Romney talks to is poor, in comparison.

True. Unless he's talking to Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, that is.

or John Kerry, another candidate known for projecting that down home, everyman vibe that the proles eat up.

Sad thing is I think Kerry seems even more charismatic than Romney.

And I didn't think that was even possible.

It must be something in the water in Massachusetts because I think Romney is having the same problems Kerry did when he was running. Kerry's whole platform seemed to be "We need to do what we've been doing but do it better." When asked how he would do it better, he'd reply with either nothing or, "We just need to do this better."

Romney is giving the same type of responses. "We need to do a better job of protecting freedom!" Well, how would you do that, Mitt? "We need to protect freedom better!"

That was the most fair and balanced article I've ever seen. They asked all the hard questions, and are now leaving it up to us to decide.

Under his fiscal Republican leadership, Romney has made more poor people than he could ever meet in one lifetime.

Dog Welder: It must be something in the water in Massachusetts because I think Romney is having the same problems Kerry did when he was running. Kerry's whole platform seemed to be "We need to do what we've been doing but do it better." When asked how he would do it better, he'd reply with either nothing or, "We just need to do this better."

Romney is giving the same type of responses. "We need to do a better job of protecting freedom!" Well, how would you do that, Mitt? "We need to protect freedom better!"

eh, kind of. Romney has the same problems as Kerry, but Romney's bigger issue is that he's trying to pander to people who want the exact opposite of Obama for purely partisans reason; so he's stuck trying to shill for platforms that just don't work and have shown as such in very recent history.

I do think it's interesting that Romney was trying to make the case that he's the best adversary to Obama... yet he can't really cite why that is.

tenpoundsofcheese: Lionel Mandrake: tenp0unds0fderp: 0bama could have vetoed and shown some backbone and leadership. Either that or he believed in what he was signing.

The reason he didn't has been covered incorrectly.

ftfy

Why don't you stop lying?

If the best response you can muster to someone pointing out your errors is to change what they wrote, then that's scraping the bottom of the barrel even for you. Unfortunately for you, someone can just scroll upwards and see the actual post.

Unless your rationale is (as it usually is) "because the other side does it." That's an argument I really don't want to have with anyone over 8 years old.

wedun: lennavan: Who cares if he won't name names, the bigger question is not who specifically do you talk to but rather "what issues do they bring up?" and "what policies do you have that address those issues?"

I don't actually care whether or not he meets with poor people ever, I care that he in some manner realizes the problems they face and I care what if anything he wants to do about it.

I'm an oklahoma democrat, pretty liberal, but I can't understand why anyone would criticize Romney for being rich. Our american capitialist system shouldn't punish men like romney just because they worked hard and are successful. Just because Romney has no connection to common people and can't even relate them them on a personal level, that doesn't mean we can't trust him to do what's best for the middle class. If we don't cut taxes you can kiss the jobs and investment goodbye.

You're not really a Democrat, nor are you liberal. Why did you feel the need to lie?

No one is attacking Romney for being rich. They are attacking him for not giving a shiat about the middle class and the poor. There are many ways to absolutely know he could give a fark about the middle class and the poor, including how he has never been middle class or poor himself.

If we don't cut taxes you can kiss jobs goodbye? You think the only thing holding Mitt Romney back from hiring people is his 15% tax rate, that is a higher tax rate than I pay?

Do you even give a shiat about the debt?

"She lives in Canada, I met her at Niagara Falls. You wouldn't know her."

Say, you know what I just noticed? Now that Mitt Romney looks to have the GOP nomination wrapped up, nobody is saying "no more political dynasties!" anymore.