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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:31 PM Original message |
Mitt Romney Heckled, Says Corporations 'Are People, My Friend' |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Soylent green is people, my friend! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. And Ronald Reagan Is Reincarnated |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
86. But there ain't no corporate Soylent Green. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:36 PM Original message |
He is technically correct, in a sense |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. he's not correct... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And DIE |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Mwahahaha, preach it brother. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Solution--Let's ALL incorporate ourselves |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Welcome to DU, Muskypundit! |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Or be killed... with a machete or poison or... duck hunting with dick cheney |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
77. Oh hell yea... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Corporations don't die eom |
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targetpractice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. ..or sit in jail when when they harm actual people. n/t |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. And go to jail. n/t |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. I thought the sarcasm |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. no this is a RAW NERVE... only black humor will soothe the fury |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Even same sex corporations? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Only if they remain celibate and never have subsidiaries. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. thread win. nt |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
78. .......... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. corporations should be able to marry... |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. And have to get colonsocopies |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
73. Can't speak for income taxes, but |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. No more than a House is a Family... |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
80. Really???? |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama's fault |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. He really doesn't get it |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. My impression has always been that he is stupid. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. He did help straighten out the finances of one Utah Winter Olympics one year. No big whup. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Thanks for the correction. I don't have too change my opion of him, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. My pleasure. Least I could do for my former lying Governor. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
70. no, he was just the face that got the credit... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Um, imm, I believe that was Peter Ueberroth |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Whoops - thanks for the correction. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
69. oh he gets it. he honestly believes corps are people |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. heard this sound bite on Thom Hartmann today...telling when even REPUBLICANS know |
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nykym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Whose pockets? |
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adhd_what_huh (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Mit meet fork..or goose meet oven....or bag meet hammers... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was a flub... he meant to say "Corporations are my friends, people" |
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targetpractice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thanks for the giggle! n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
67. Nicely done. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Corporations were designed to PROTECT people. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Corporations were designed to protect their owners FROM other people. |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
79. Bingo. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. He's such a middle aged white man. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mittens would say this, afterall Mattel, Inc created Ken Mittens |
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Fantastic Anarchist (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fuck that prick. n/t |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. I keep telling you people... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fatcat Republicons crapping on American citizens. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well the Supreme Court certainly agrees... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sounds like Andrew Ryan's "Great Chain of Industry?" |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. "And Everyone has a Share", |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
87. And isn't interesting that that creep Repuke Jon Voight |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. If not Mitt; |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. He SO wrong! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Add another: To protect their owners from liability. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Bye Mitt... |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Corporations aren't people, |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. Corporations are NOT people and neither are Republicans! |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. Meet my friend, Corporation. I call him 'Corp' for short. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. what`s the problem with him stating the truth? |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Ohhhh...I feel SO sorry for The Mittens. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Didn't the GOP already try the "my friend" schtick with McCain? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #44 |
64. To be fair to McInsane, Gramm advised him on economic issues. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
89. "my friend" schtick |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. He's right it goes to the people. His people the Ultra Rich! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. Careful what we wish for. Romney is less of a threat than Perry. |
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Badsam (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. "The comment was immediately pounced on by Democrats," |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. Well, I Guess When They Say They Are For The People... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. eat the corporations - soylent blue! |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. "Corporations are people, my friend..." |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. By this logic, all Americans are Chinese. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Or, all Chinese are Waltons. Take your pick. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. The article in the Mpls Star Tribune had another line worth noting |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
76. To be accurate |
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Gin Blossom (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
91. Good catch. "There was a time..." |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
59. "my friend"???? |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
75. That was the first thing that I thought, too. McCain 2.0? |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. Corporations aren't people. |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
62. The only "people" he cares about, I'm sure. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
66. If corporations are people, why did Mitt buy them, break them up and sell their assets? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
68. he done. nt |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
71. Let's re-write that Streisand song |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. Can you say "Makaka ?" |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
74. "Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? ..." |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
81. Yes, and the earth is flat |
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recoveringdittohed (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. Potential Romney cabinet appointees |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
83. Excellent accidental truth telling, Mitt. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. The old guy in the video handed Romney an early defeat. |
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NAZLib (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
85. Not a "flub" |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
88. Didn't wait long to show his true colors |
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november3rd (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
90. Somebody please tell him money isn't everything |
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ATLdemocrat (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
92. "People, my friend" or "People. My friend." |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
93. If they are people, they should pay income tax |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
94. sounds like the opening to a folk song |
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