Fri Nov 2, 2012, 02:32 PM

DonViejo (4,523 posts)

Romney: Elect Me Or House GOP Will Wreck Economy

Source: TPM

In what his campaign billed as his “closing argument,” Mitt Romney warned Americans that a second term for President Obama would have apocalyptic consequences for the economy in part because his own party would force a debt ceiling disaster.

“Unless we change course, we may well be looking at another recession,” Romney told a crowd in West Allis, Wisconsin.

Romney said that Obama “promised to be a post-partisan president, but he became the most partisan” and that his bitter relations with the House GOP could threaten the economy. As his chief example, he pointed to a crisis created entirely by his own party’s choice — Republican lawmakers’ ongoing threat to reject a debt ceiling increase. Economists warn that a failure to pass such a measure would have immediate and catastrophic consequences for the recovery.

“You know that if the President is re-elected, he will still be unable to work with the people in Congress,” Romney said. “He has ignored them, attacked them, blamed them. The debt ceiling will come up again, and shutdown and default will be threatened, chilling the economy.”

Despite the apocalyptic warnings on the economy, most of the Republican nominee’s speech focused on a more modest argument that as president he would work with both sides to build a stronger economy. He said that, like Obama, “I promise change, but I have a record of achieving it.”

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Romney: Elect Me Or House GOP Will Wreck Economy (Original post)	DonViejo	Nov 2012	OP
Sounds like cheney threatening to re-elect bush/cheney or people will die.	Dont call me Shirley	Nov 2012	#1
They need to be introduced to a lampost and lots of rope.	Katashi_itto	Nov 2012	#63
That's a very good reason...	C_U_L8R	Nov 2012	#2
I just posted that same sentiment to my FB wall! n/t	woodsprite	Nov 2012	#50
They have...	thc420	Nov 2012	#3
yes the pres has done a great job considering	questionseverything	Nov 2012	#109
Romney's desparation showing?	Tippy	Nov 2012	#4
So Mitt is running against Dems AND Repubs.	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#5
Sounds like a threat to me	formercia	Nov 2012	#59
Beat me to it! It is definitely a THREAT!	Auntie Bush	Nov 2012	#104
they already destroyed the us economy and labor	newspeak	Nov 2012	#111
Which is why people should send to Congress people Obama can work with	viguy007	Nov 2012	#6
+1	cui bono	Nov 2012	#107
His record includes bankrupting or shuttering 22% of the companies associated with Bain.	truthisfreedom	Nov 2012	#7
+1000 and don't forget his record at the Swiss bank accts, Caymans, Bermuda....	wordpix	Nov 2012	#97
republicans are a danger to this country and need to be exposed	ThomThom	Nov 2012	#105
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)	Dubster	Nov 2012	#8
Another BOO! message...	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#9
I love Reid's response: FUCK YOU & THE OBSTRUCTIONIST GOP ELEPHANT YOU RODE IN ON!!	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#72
More reason to vote for Obama. He has accomplished so much with so little cooperation from GOP it's	judesedit	Nov 2012	#10
yeah, i love how the repugs hold up job bills in congress	newspeak	Nov 2012	#112
Or Mr. Romney,	fifthoffive	Nov 2012	#11
He means continue to wreck it. nt	onehandle	Nov 2012	#12
Wow. Could be the biggest asshole that ever ran for President. So much for inspiration.	progressivebydesign	Nov 2012	#13
This!	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#17
I know!	Proud Liberal Dem	Nov 2012	#94
I think we can safely say that he IS the biggest asshole who ever ran for President.	smirkymonkey	Nov 2012	#73
It's a toss up between R$ & BushCheney for worst asshole	wordpix	Nov 2012	#88
Since Mitt is bad at Math..	cyclezealot	Nov 2012	#14
So what we have here	reflection	Nov 2012	#15
I can't help but utter a stream of curse words wehn reading this...	jimlup	Nov 2012	#16
Nothing like Blackmail to inspire voters...	noel711	Nov 2012	#18
A tape of this needs to be overlaid with the name of the dem running for congress	ItsTheMediaStupid	Nov 2012	#19
+ 1,000,000	winstars	Nov 2012	#23
Right--the solution is for voters to throw out the R obstructionists	spooky3	Nov 2012	#54
Of all the cynical....	NYtoBush-Drop Dead	Nov 2012	#20
Did he just diss members of his own party? OUCH!!!!!	kimbutgar	Nov 2012	#21
ELECT A DEM HOUSE WITH PBO SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT	Cha	Nov 2012	#22
This guy is nuts.	AnnieK401	Nov 2012	#24
I agree that the house would be willing to work with Robme, but not in our favor...	olddad56	Nov 2012	#25
BLACKMAIL?	copperearth	Nov 2012	#26
Yup, Romney's Blackmailing the electorate just like CEOs blackmail employees for their votes. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#75
your typo is funny: R$ is a "payhological liar"---he pays himself through his tax avoidance schemes	wordpix	Nov 2012	#95
Curious choice in the final days of the campaign:	mac56	Nov 2012	#27
Hindenberg into the Titanic...I love it!	uwbadgerdem	Nov 2012	#30
Can't take credit for that one	mac56	Nov 2012	#57
Every time he opens his mouth, he further disqualifies himself.	uwbadgerdem	Nov 2012	#28
disaster politics. nt	Javaman	Nov 2012	#29
sounds ike a good reason not to have a R. House. nt	Deep13	Nov 2012	#31
Yep.	Andy823	Nov 2012	#44
Yeah, and House seats. nt	Deep13	Nov 2012	#56
I hope everyone on MSNBC picks up this theme.	spooky3	Nov 2012	#55
Romney: “I promise change, but I have a record of achieving it.”	yonder	Nov 2012	#32
Desperation does have a certain stink about it, doesn't it.	marble falls	Nov 2012	#33
Solution	strange7	Nov 2012	#34
A bully resorting to extortion	liberal N proud	Nov 2012	#35
Elect Obama - GOP congress will wreck economy	tularetom	Nov 2012	#36
Nope...GOP will get voted out if they don't work with the President...GOP has not compromised.	Evasporque	Nov 2012	#37
Every day, he becomes more and more like Mony Burns.	cemaphonic	Nov 2012	#38
fuck willard	argiel1234	Nov 2012	#39
They would do that anyway.	santamargarita	Nov 2012	#40
"Vote for me OR ELSE!" is hardly a winning strategery	NICO9000	Nov 2012	#41
Will work with both sides	jaxind	Nov 2012	#42
So Romney Is Claiming To Be A Firewall With The GOP House	DallasNE	Nov 2012	#43
Time to play the Mitch McConnell recording	SCVDem	Nov 2012	#45
yes, one last great ad with Mitch - R$ giving their "best" performances	wordpix	Nov 2012	#96
Fuck Romney and republicans	abelenkpe	Nov 2012	#46
This Dummy Doesn't Realize	Caeser67	Nov 2012	#47
“I promise change, but I have a record of achieving it.” HA! WE KNOW THE CHANGE YOU ...	YOHABLO	Nov 2012	#48
Whata Patriot	marias23	Nov 2012	#49
Bully	HockeyMom	Nov 2012	#51
true ....what would happen to the economy if consumers stop spending	ThomThom	Nov 2012	#106
Romney does have a record of change and achieving it.	mwooldri	Nov 2012	#52
Threats	California Expat	Nov 2012	#53
Well, his best buddy is Donald Trump	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#58
No they were the ones that threatened shutdowns	treestar	Nov 2012	#60
There's a word for that --- EXTORTION.	AtomicKitten	Nov 2012	#61
I expect the GOP to take revenge on America for re-electing this President.	Turbineguy	Nov 2012	#62
Keep talking Mitt .... help elect more D congresscritters	Botany	Nov 2012	#64
It already has/tried already, dipshit	sakabatou	Nov 2012	#65
Big Time Ugliness	elbloggoZY27	Nov 2012	#66
Republicans are the biggest sore losers in history.	Courtesy Flush	Nov 2012	#67
Right... if you can't win on	littlemissmartypants	Nov 2012	#68
Seriously? Elect Romney or?	LovingA2andMI	Nov 2012	#69
ha, ha, ha... you sociopathic, sick freak	fascisthunter	Nov 2012	#70
Oh shut up and crawl back into the hole you came out of.	spiderpig	Nov 2012	#71
This message was self-deleted by its author	msu2ba	Nov 2012	#74
Reminds me of National Lampoon	msu2ba	Nov 2012	#76
Exactly	stuffmatters	Nov 2012	#86
So why shouldnt we get a working congress by electing more dems into office instead?	cstanleytech	Nov 2012	#77
GOP: Economic Terrorists.	blkmusclmachine	Nov 2012	#78
Or, economic Mafia.	maddogesq	Nov 2012	#83
A 65 year old thug.	ywcachieve	Nov 2012	#79
Sedition	libodem	Nov 2012	#80
Seems like plenty of reason to vote out every Rethug who is up for re-election.	Flatpicker	Nov 2012	#81
This is why	DonCoquixote	Nov 2012	#82
Mitt is trying to Blackmail America	sellitman	Nov 2012	#84
What is Romney's record	Rosa Luxemburg	Nov 2012	#85
Sounds more like a case for throwing out the House GOP...	lastlib	Nov 2012	#87
"I have a record of achieving change" like shutting down US companies & sending jobs to China, #1	wordpix	Nov 2012	#89
"Do what I say or my friends will burn down your house."	0rganism	Nov 2012	#90
"I Have A Record Of Achieving It"	DallasNE	Nov 2012	#91
So now he's Don Romney, huh?	Zoeisright	Nov 2012	#92
“I promise change, but I have a record of achieving it.”	Proud Liberal Dem	Nov 2012	#93
Because repubLIEcons are nothing but ECONOMIC TERRORISTS.	penndragon69	Nov 2012	#98
"Do as we say, and nobody gets hurt."	Wednesdays	Nov 2012	#99
Cynicism from a sinister soul, further proof his style would be ruling rather than governing. nt	inamatteroftime	Nov 2012	#100
Romney has finally played the "elephant in the room black mail card". He and the Republicans	ladjf	Nov 2012	#101
The old wannabe threatener in chief, unitary executive ownership bullshit. FUCK YOU MITTWITT!	lonestarnot	Nov 2012	#102
Hey, Romney! F.U.D.S.	DinahMoeHum	Nov 2012	#103
In the words of your party's infamous Sith Lord Darth Cheney	rbrnmw	Nov 2012	#108
robme,the more he talks the better obama does,has offended everyone,even meatloaf n\t	-LOKI -BAD FOR YA	Nov 2012	#110

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 02:35 PM

Dont call me Shirley (1,395 posts)

1. Sounds like cheney threatening to re-elect bush/cheney or people will die.

What a-holes!

We need to pen up these societal criminals before it's too late.

Romney: Elect Me Or House GOP Will Wreck Economy

1. Sounds like cheney threatening to re-elect bush/cheney or people will die.

63. They need to be introduced to a lampost and lots of rope.

2. That's a very good reason...

50. I just posted that same sentiment to my FB wall! n/t

3. They have...

109. yes the pres has done a great job considering

4. Romney's desparation showing?

5. So Mitt is running against Dems AND Repubs.

59. Sounds like a threat to me

104. Beat me to it! It is definitely a THREAT!

111. they already destroyed the us economy and labor

6. Which is why people should send to Congress people Obama can work with

107. +1

7. His record includes bankrupting or shuttering 22% of the companies associated with Bain.

97. +1000 and don't forget his record at the Swiss bank accts, Caymans, Bermuda....

105. republicans are a danger to this country and need to be exposed

8. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

9. Another BOO! message...

72. I love Reid's response: FUCK YOU & THE OBSTRUCTIONIST GOP ELEPHANT YOU RODE IN ON!!

10. More reason to vote for Obama. He has accomplished so much with so little cooperation from GOP it's

112. yeah, i love how the repugs hold up job bills in congress

11. Or Mr. Romney,

12. He means continue to wreck it. nt

13. Wow. Could be the biggest asshole that ever ran for President. So much for inspiration.

17. This!

94. I know!

73. I think we can safely say that he IS the biggest asshole who ever ran for President.

88. It's a toss up between R$ & BushCheney for worst asshole

14. Since Mitt is bad at Math..

15. So what we have here

16. I can't help but utter a stream of curse words wehn reading this...

18. Nothing like Blackmail to inspire voters...

19. A tape of this needs to be overlaid with the name of the dem running for congress

23. + 1,000,000

54. Right--the solution is for voters to throw out the R obstructionists

20. Of all the cynical....

21. Did he just diss members of his own party? OUCH!!!!!

22. ELECT A DEM HOUSE WITH PBO SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT

24. This guy is nuts.

25. I agree that the house would be willing to work with Robme, but not in our favor...

26. BLACKMAIL?

75. Yup, Romney's Blackmailing the electorate just like CEOs blackmail employees for their votes. nt

95. your typo is funny: R$ is a "payhological liar"---he pays himself through his tax avoidance schemes

27. Curious choice in the final days of the campaign:

30. Hindenberg into the Titanic...I love it!

57. Can't take credit for that one

28. Every time he opens his mouth, he further disqualifies himself.

29. disaster politics. nt

31. sounds ike a good reason not to have a R. House. nt

44. Yep.

56. Yeah, and House seats. nt

55. I hope everyone on MSNBC picks up this theme.

32. Romney: “I promise change, but I have a record of achieving it.”

33. Desperation does have a certain stink about it, doesn't it.

34. Solution

35. A bully resorting to extortion

36. Elect Obama - GOP congress will wreck economy

37. Nope...GOP will get voted out if they don't work with the President...GOP has not compromised.

38. Every day, he becomes more and more like Mony Burns.

39. fuck willard

40. They would do that anyway.

41. "Vote for me OR ELSE!" is hardly a winning strategery

42. Will work with both sides

43. So Romney Is Claiming To Be A Firewall With The GOP House

45. Time to play the Mitch McConnell recording

96. yes, one last great ad with Mitch - R$ giving their "best" performances

46. Fuck Romney and republicans

47. This Dummy Doesn't Realize

48. “I promise change, but I have a record of achieving it.” HA! WE KNOW THE CHANGE YOU ...

49. Whata Patriot

51. Bully

106. true ....what would happen to the economy if consumers stop spending

52. Romney does have a record of change and achieving it.

53. Threats

58. Well, his best buddy is Donald Trump

60. No they were the ones that threatened shutdowns

61. There's a word for that --- EXTORTION.

62. I expect the GOP to take revenge on America for re-electing this President.

64. Keep talking Mitt .... help elect more D congresscritters