Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:40 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,703 posts)
Comment from Freeper forum
Mitt has 19 years of running for political office.
Mitt has won a single election in his life and didn’t reach 50% of the vote, and left the single term with 34% approval. Mitt is not a great candidate by any measure, and he was even worse as an actual office holder. Nineteen years of campaigning, spending records broken in every campaign, 55 to 60 million of his own spent, and still no one has any idea why he wants to be president, or what his personal politics are, or what his interest in politics is.
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| Liberal_in_LA | Aug 2012 | OP | |
| toddwv | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| freshwest | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| Chiyo-chichi | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| byeya | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| siligut | Aug 2012 | #24 | |
| docgee | Aug 2012 | #25 | |
| freshwest | Aug 2012 | #28 | |
| Raster | Aug 2012 | #33 | |
| DeSwiss | Aug 2012 | #44 | |
| tavalon | Aug 2012 | #47 | |
| Grins | Aug 2012 | #59 | |
| airplaneman | Aug 2012 | #66 | |
| nichomachus | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| tex-wyo-dem | Aug 2012 | #43 | |
| Dustlawyer | Aug 2012 | #60 | |
| bluestateguy | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| Wait Wut | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| tanyev | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| rurallib | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| DFW | Aug 2012 | #8 | |
| freshwest | Aug 2012 | #11 | |
| DFW | Aug 2012 | #16 | |
| Ikonoklast | Aug 2012 | #39 | |
| tavalon | Aug 2012 | #48 | |
| tex-wyo-dem | Aug 2012 | #45 | |
| amuse bouche | Aug 2012 | #12 | |
| Smilo | Aug 2012 | #13 | |
| JHB | Aug 2012 | #19 | |
| Simo 1939_1940 | Aug 2012 | #14 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Aug 2012 | #15 | |
| TrollBuster9090 | Aug 2012 | #17 | |
| djean111 | Aug 2012 | #18 | |
| Vinca | Aug 2012 | #20 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Aug 2012 | #23 | |
| blkmusclmachine | Aug 2012 | #21 | |
| magical thyme | Aug 2012 | #56 | |
| DLine | Aug 2012 | #22 | |
| Raster | Aug 2012 | #29 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Aug 2012 | #31 | |
| MrMickeysMom | Aug 2012 | #42 | |
| appleannie1 | Aug 2012 | #26 | |
| rockingirl | Aug 2012 | #27 | |
| B Calm | Aug 2012 | #30 | |
| HeiressofBickworth | Aug 2012 | #32 | |
| LiberalAndProud | Aug 2012 | #35 | |
| 47of74 | Aug 2012 | #34 | |
| tavalon | Aug 2012 | #50 | |
| BeyondGeography | Aug 2012 | #36 | |
| mac56 | Aug 2012 | #61 | |
| BeyondGeography | Aug 2012 | #63 | |
| Monk06 | Aug 2012 | #37 | |
| Coyotl | Aug 2012 | #64 | |
| Canuckistanian | Aug 2012 | #38 | |
| Jamaal510 | Aug 2012 | #40 | |
| Curmudgeoness | Aug 2012 | #41 | |
| tavalon | Aug 2012 | #46 | |
| stockholmer | Aug 2012 | #54 | |
| alp227 | Aug 2012 | #49 | |
| LynneSin | Aug 2012 | #51 | |
| Blackhatjack | Aug 2012 | #52 | |
| upi402 | Aug 2012 | #57 | |
| RedSpartan | Aug 2012 | #53 | |
| liam_laddie | Aug 2012 | #55 | |
| tblue37 | Aug 2012 | #58 | |
| Ian_rd | Aug 2012 | #62 | |
| TrumanKilldPatton | Aug 2012 | #65 |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:45 PM
toddwv (2,054 posts)
1. I'm going to use that.
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Great information from a "freeper".
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:52 PM
freshwest (31,522 posts)
2. His interest in politics is clearly to add the resources of the USA to his assets. He's not American
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In any sense of the word anyone would commonly think of being an American. He's a globalist with no loyalty to this country, no more than his GOP pals, and would have everything in this country, people included, as tools for a larger game.
He is simply running for the job of CEO of what they see as a fully owned and sold out USA. His foreign holdings, his donations from foreign banks and individuals, is who he plans to send all the profits that can be squeezed through sweat and blood to him. He is the most anti-American candidate of my lifetime, wants to subjugate us. He has no intention of working as a POTUS, but will merely do what Nordquist said they want in office, just 'a man with enough digits on his hand' to sign on the dotted line for what they say. And what they say is the Paul Ryan budget, a plan for the extermination of the American government. And the Constitution? It's just a piece of paper! Vote for treason, elect Mitt Romney! |
Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:59 PM
Chiyo-chichi (2,202 posts)
9. Nicely put.
Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:01 PM
byeya (1,999 posts)
10. His loyalty is to lucre, moolah, long green - wherever he can get his lunch hooks
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on to it and salt it away for his selfish purposes.
He's a corporatist who is also a coprophage. |
Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:28 PM
siligut (11,135 posts)
24. This is it
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"He's a globalist with no loyalty to this country, no more than his GOP pals, and would have everything in this country, people included, as tools for a larger game." Kings of the world.
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Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:29 PM
docgee (161 posts)
25. well said... can I plagiarize it? lol. nt
Response to docgee (Reply #25)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:39 PM
freshwest (31,522 posts)
28. Every thought is free. Take it all, anything I write here for progressives.
Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:29 PM
Raster (12,615 posts)
33. Well put! It is quite telling that the very same con men and ne'er-do-wells that populated the....
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....cheney*/bush* pResidency are just waiting in the wings for Rmoney/Whomever to ascend to the Presidency. And you are so right: Lord Mittens has no real intention of working as a POTUS. He will just be a stand-and-model version thereof. All the style and substance of an oversized geriatric KEN doll, leaving the actual governing to the same miscreants that brought us eight long years of cheney*/bush* hell.
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Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:38 AM
tavalon (25,696 posts)
47. Looks like his running mate will be Ryan
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Manna from heaven, I tell ya!
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Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 11:43 AM
Grins (695 posts)
59. Yup! He's the front man..
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He's there to keep Rmoney on the straight and conservative because "the base" doesn't trust Romney at all. Pick is the red meat for the Reich-wingers.
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Response to freshwest (Reply #2)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 03:00 PM
airplaneman (222 posts)
66. K&R - I'm voting for freshwest - please run for office! Excellently written thanks!
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:53 PM
nichomachus (10,085 posts)
3. Couldn't have said it better myself
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If there was one person in the GOP primary race who wasn't a rank amateur or crazier than a shithouse rat, Mitt wouldn't be the "presumptive" nominee today.
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Response to nichomachus (Reply #3)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 11:49 PM
tex-wyo-dem (2,106 posts)
43. gawd, ain't that the truth...
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Watching the GOP primary was like watching some sort of surrealistic dark comedy where all the candidates were all bazaar and crazy in their own special ways. Says something when you can say mittens was probably the most "normal" out of all the front-runners. Of course the moderate reasonable ones like Huntsman couldn't even buy a percentage point.
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Response to tex-wyo-dem (Reply #43)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 12:00 PM
Dustlawyer (1,325 posts)
60. That is because the Corporate media wanted him to fail. The powers that be mis-calculated
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and took the rank and file Republicans too far to fast! In the quest to grab more ratings by being ever more outlandish, they lost control of the message. A more gradual movement to the right would keep everyone asleep until it was too late. As it is, they are forced to attack Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid now! They had their plants in SCOTUS go out of their way (damned activist Judges) to give them Citizens United to open the flood gates of money to try to force through their agenda and try to keep the wheels from coming off. Rush, Hannity and their ilk are merely tools (boy are they) to shape the opinions of low information voters. They are drastically cutting education to increase the percentage of the low info voters. They offshore our jobs to lower wages here and bust the Unions so that when they bring them back, we are desperate enough to work for subsistence money with NO safety net and no safety. Tort reform was a ruse to kill Plaintiff firms so there will be no redress and no penalty. When Stella Liebeck sued McDonalds for the Hot Coffee, the media made it seem like our Court system had run amuck. The reality was that she almost died and had to have her clitorus and labia removed. The jury awarded around 2 million in light of the damages to her and the fact that they learned that McDonalds had superheated their coffee world wide to make fresh longer and get more coffee per bean. Our media lied about it (check this out if you do not believe the FACTS)! After BP blew up their plant in Texas City in 2005, they had the Texas legislature and Court system make it impossible to sue an oil company in Texas if they blew up their plant in the future. This has been a 30 year plan with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at it's center. They are not true Americans, only greedy, power mad, entitled assholes! We need our own plan to fight to take the power back! They are prepared to get physical (Cops on OWS) to keep their hard earned power, we must be even more committed. Sounds like a crazy rant I know, but check it out if you do not believe. This has been planned for a long time!
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:56 PM
bluestateguy (40,060 posts)
4. Did he outspend Ted Kennedy in 1994?
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I don't know. Maybe someone can fill in. The Kennedys have plenty of money too, of course.
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Response to bluestateguy (Reply #4)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:20 PM
Wait Wut (6,179 posts)
5. "The Kennedys have plenty of money too, of course."
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Yes, they do. And that's where the similarities end.
To answer your question, I don't know. If I had to guess, I'd say no. Teddy was more popular among Dems/Indies than Romney is with the GOP/TP/Indies. Romney is doing everything possible to actually buy the Oval Office. Teddy, though terribly misguided, had his heart in the right place and honestly thought he was doing the right thing. It was one of the few enormous mistakes he made in his life. Romney doesn't give a damn if he's right for the job, he just wants it. He's not running to lead America, he's running to sell her to the highest bidder, pad his resume and make his buddies rich(er). |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:32 PM
tanyev (22,102 posts)
6. And he was still the best choice they had this year.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:48 PM
rurallib (31,155 posts)
7. you know we must steal this and spread it around
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too good not to share.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:55 PM
DFW (13,354 posts)
8. Factual posts by freepers?
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They are seen only slightly more often than Leprechauns.
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Response to DFW (Reply #8)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:05 PM
freshwest (31,522 posts)
11. There may be hope for them yet, DFW.
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Nah, just kidding!!
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Response to freshwest (Reply #11)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:38 PM
DFW (13,354 posts)
16. Don't scare me like that! n/t
Response to DFW (Reply #8)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 10:46 PM
Ikonoklast (21,639 posts)
39. Not every Freeper is what he appears to be,
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Unless they appear to be Fifth Columnists, that is.
The you just might be correct. |
Response to Ikonoklast (Reply #39)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:39 AM
tavalon (25,696 posts)
48. True dat
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We have plenty of them here with us, why wouldn't a number of us be over there with them. I have a life, so I'm not, but I'm sure some of you guys are.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:09 PM
amuse bouche (1,709 posts)
12. That
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about sums it up
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:22 PM
Smilo (1,886 posts)
13. The rats are realizing what they have and are trying to jump ship n/t
Response to Smilo (Reply #13)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:01 PM
JHB (17,810 posts)
19. To be more fair than they deserve, they were never on his ship
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Until relatively recently, Rimjob "zotted" (banned) anyone with insufficiently anti-Romney views.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:31 PM
Simo 1939_1940 (768 posts)
14. Post #12 from this thread:
Response to Simo 1939_1940 (Reply #14)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:35 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,703 posts)
15. you have good search capabilities. lol
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:39 PM
TrollBuster9090 (1,604 posts)
17. Heheheh! All true, but did this FreePer say who he thought was a BETTER candidate?
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That's the bottom line.
Romney is a PATHETIC candidate, but he was the best candidate that the current party of crackpots, nutcases, and spoiled brats could come up with. Who would that Freeper have preferred? Newt "Moonbeam" Gingrich? Governor OOPS? Bat-shit-crazy Bachmann? This is too funny. The only thing that could make it better is if they have a horrible, bloody, chaotic fight on the Convention floor as they try to replace Mitt at the last minute in desperation. Hopefully with Ron Paul, and when the attempted delegate coup fails, all the Paulbots stomp off in disgust to vote for Gary Johnson. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:42 PM
djean111 (951 posts)
18. But - they will still vote for him.
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And therein lies the rub.
Mitt doesn't care if every vote is given grudgingly. In fact, I would bet he doesn't see the need for actual voting. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:03 PM
Vinca (22,005 posts)
20. Are you sure that came from a freeper forum? It makes way too much sense.
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:10 PM
blkmusclmachine (2,870 posts)
21. Way too rational for freeperland. Must be a du mole.
Response to blkmusclmachine (Reply #21)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:08 AM
magical thyme (4,101 posts)
56. not to mention articulate and can spell.
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my first thoughts.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:17 PM
DLine (397 posts)
22. My theory about Mitt Romney
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Born into a rich family, the man has never had to worry about money a day in his life. So money and acquiring the things one does over a lifetime has never been a goal of his. What Mitt wants is power and prestige. He wants the most powerful job in the world just for the sake of having it. He wants to do something his daddy couldn't.
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Response to DLine (Reply #22)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:45 PM
Raster (12,615 posts)
29. Why do rethuglican pretenders to the throne all have "daddy issues"?
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Lord Mittens and the Lady Ann want to be able to wave to the serfs and other common folk from the highest balcony of The White Palace.
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Response to Raster (Reply #29)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:28 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (7,142 posts)
31. Right. W wanted to one-up his pappy by getting Saddam and a second term. nt
Response to DLine (Reply #22)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 11:06 PM
MrMickeysMom (10,686 posts)
42. Sounds pretty solid to me
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Therefore, when you're in denial about why you're such a dunce, you'll do anything to disprove it.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:31 PM
appleannie1 (2,988 posts)
26. His interest in politics is to get his greedy paws on the US Treasury.
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:36 PM
rockingirl (39 posts)
27. but they did have ONE halfway reasonable candidate
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and of all the presidential wannabes he actually had some sense and even some integrity and he was always an also ran or long shot at best and there was never any way that he would withstand the barrage of shit so they canned him early with no donations and no support. Granted he was a repug like the rest of course but he was the only one of them that was even close to being even half way reasonable.
They choose this path because willard mittens is their perfect convenient idiot once again, just like W was. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:27 PM
B Calm (17,281 posts)
30. Who chose Mitt to be the GOP candidate?
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:37 PM
HeiressofBickworth (1,230 posts)
32. It is my opinion
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Romney and his superiors in the mormon church decided that Romney was the fulfillment of the White Horse prophesy. I saw an interview the other day with Gingrich. He was asked why Romney was running for President. Gingrich said it was because Romney believes the country is in trouble and he wants to help. That is the basis of the prophesy -- that the country would be in trouble and a mormon would "save" it, causing the country to become mormon and run by the church. Yes, Romney is a rich guy and this could be his biggest purchase - power and position. But as for his FEELINGS, I think he is driven by his belief in his church.
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Response to HeiressofBickworth (Reply #32)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:42 PM
LiberalAndProud (9,901 posts)
35. You may be right. Frightening if true.
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I can think of nothing quite so destructive as the End of Days mindset, especially in the hands of power. If the end is preordained, we can guiltlessly abdicate our responsibility to create a sustainable future. I can't think of a more damaging self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:31 PM
47of74 (6,661 posts)
34. Why'd you make your computer go to RimJob land?
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Don't you like your computer?
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Response to 47of74 (Reply #34)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:00 AM
tavalon (25,696 posts)
50. I was thinking the exact same thing!
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:51 PM
BeyondGeography (21,321 posts)
36. But Biff Squarejaw LOOKS like a President
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Nimrods.
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Response to BeyondGeography (Reply #36)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:08 PM
mac56 (13,652 posts)
61. Biff Squarejaw! Perfect!
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Stealing that.
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Response to mac56 (Reply #61)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:20 PM
BeyondGeography (21,321 posts)
63. Feel free
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A college buddy came up with that one over beers about 30 years ago re. a preppy we couldn't stand. It deserves immortality.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:57 PM
Monk06 (5,606 posts)
37. Mitt thinks of America as a publicly traded company. He wants to be the CEO
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so that he can strip the country of it's assets, sell them to China then chapter seven the national debt. It's the Bain way doncha know. |
Response to Monk06 (Reply #37)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:37 PM
Coyotl (5,159 posts)
64. Break up the country and steal the minerals for yourselves, that's the plan of this cabal
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of Cheney's
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 10:25 PM
Canuckistanian (42,204 posts)
38. Truer words have never been spoken
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Bravo, unknown Freeper!
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 10:46 PM
Jamaal510 (3,172 posts)
40. I'm shocked that post didn't get hidden over there.
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They must hate R0bme's guts at FreeRepublic, too.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 10:48 PM
Curmudgeoness (10,502 posts)
41. Not all the Freepers feel this way.
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I am surrounded by them, and they are circling the wagons around Mittens. They may not like him, but they are working hard to find reasons to vote for him.
And I have an idea why he wants to be president....Power. He has more money than he knows what to do with, but he wants to add another notch, along with a place in history. In 100 years, his name will not be known. Well, unless he has this. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:36 AM
tavalon (25,696 posts)
46. Any chance for an attribution on that comment?
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Screen name is fine, just something.
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Response to tavalon (Reply #46)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:18 AM
stockholmer (3,751 posts)
54. here you go
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To: SeekAndFind
Mitt has 19 years of running for political office. Mitt has won a single election in his life and didn’t reach 50% of the vote, and left the single term with 34% approval. Mitt is not a great candidate by any measure, and he was even worse as an actual office holder. Nineteen years of campaigning, spending records broken in every campaign, 55 to 60 million of his own spent, and still no one has any idea why he wants to be president, or what his personal politics are, or what his interest in politics is. 12 posted on Friday, August 10, 2012 8:06:34 PM by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors,,, where the GOP goes for it's "conservative" Presidential candidates.) Post Reply Private Reply To 1 View Replies Report Abuse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2916962/posts |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:55 AM
alp227 (20,487 posts)
49. but now that Ryan is the pick, Freepers now feel a little more optimistic.
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 03:37 AM
LynneSin (89,793 posts)
51. I know why Mitt wants to be president
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Because his daddy never got that job.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 03:52 AM
Blackhatjack (11,057 posts)
52. The Big Targets Romney & His Backers Will Focus On is ...
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Extinguish corporate taxes and drive down taxes exponentially for the richest 1%, and push to eliminate all entitlement programs and simultaneously privatize social security benefits for Wall Street.
That about sums it up. Of course a side issue will be to allow tax amnesty for all US citizens and businesses that have $$ held in oversea bank accounts to be brought home to the US. |
Response to Blackhatjack (Reply #52)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:17 AM
upi402 (16,588 posts)
57. But the propaganda will be about "help the job creators"
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Praise the hard working corporations trying to scrape by on mere million$
ugh I can't wait for the TV news to repeat their BS back to us ad infinitum. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 08:10 AM
RedSpartan (1,133 posts)
53. Preach!
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:47 AM
liam_laddie (1,262 posts)
55. Something about manifest destiny?
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Maybe an LDS dream to turn the US into a Utah clone? God forbid!!
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:57 AM
tblue37 (11,700 posts)
58. He just wants to wear the biggest "Prom King" crown
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of all, and he is quite sure that he is entitled to it.
It's just a big ol' ego trip. |
Response to tblue37 (Reply #58)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:20 PM
Ian_rd (2,028 posts)
62. +1 It's just seems like a personal goal for him to be elected president, then the day after ...
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... he'll let his handlers run the country. And his handlers are true believers in turning the USA into a third world country where 99% of the wealth in the hands of 1%, hiding behind their barbed wire topped walls, and the only purpose of the national government is to make sure that it stays that way.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:42 PM
TrumanKilldPatton (13 posts)
65. Bill Maher nailed it here
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