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FSogol

(45,360 posts)
19. You must be really upset with Romney's dishonest political ads.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 12:05 PM
Aug 2012

You're been here 4 days and are encouraging us to be fair to Romney?

Whatever.

Your concern is noted Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #1
Duly noted. Horse with no Name Aug 2012 #8
That's the bad thing about the internet. fainaent Aug 2012 #12
Whatever you are smoking is probably illegal. russspeakeasy Aug 2012 #21
The internet is chock-a-block full of primary sources cali Aug 2012 #25
So NoPasaran Aug 2012 #27
I apologize for not including the links. fainaent Aug 2012 #32
Thanks for all the GOP links NoPasaran Aug 2012 #39
No kidding. nt nc4bo Aug 2012 #49
you're kidding about your links, right? cali Aug 2012 #50
What would you propose fainaent Aug 2012 #64
first of all, I would expect some analysis cali Aug 2012 #84
You're right, it doesn't matter what he says .... oldhippie Aug 2012 #169
Romney is a documented prevaricator. Quantess Aug 2012 #178
Am I missing something? oldhippie Aug 2012 #198
here read this maddezmom Aug 2012 #34
Right, I am specifically fainaent Aug 2012 #38
His plan to destroy Medicare, drastically reduce Medicaid and slash the hell out of food stamps cali Aug 2012 #55
Rather than relying on the Republican House and mittromney.com sites Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #81
and you are clueless on how 'private accounts' defund and destroy social security. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #75
Yet, 2 of the sources you provided above would be primary sources obxhead Aug 2012 #86
I'm not sure those count as primary sources. The Ryan budget legislation cali Aug 2012 #109
I agree. obxhead Aug 2012 #113
"lipstick on this PICK?" Quantess Aug 2012 #172
I know, he's so very concerned! n/t backscatter712 Aug 2012 #76
Yes. One should never get their information from suspect sources. Zorra Aug 2012 #125
And DU can be a suspect source if claims are not linked to reliable sites. Kablooie Aug 2012 #168
They are going to destroy it same as they are destroying the USPS. I have NO doubt and nc4bo Aug 2012 #2
Don't forget public education and state-operated prisons. eom Frustratedlady Aug 2012 #123
Links to these supposed "facts"? n/t livetohike Aug 2012 #3
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #30
So...THOSE are the sources you trust? Horse with no Name Aug 2012 #42
Where should we go? fainaent Aug 2012 #68
Maybe your next post can consider the merits of the birthers. JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #135
another analysis: maddezmom Aug 2012 #51
Why don't they just raise the fucking age to 90 and quit pretending? catbyte Aug 2012 #103
Ryan's 2005 SS Privatization act was so odious that even the Bush Admin Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #4
Are you toying with this poster like a cat plays with a mouse? UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #95
Just trying to add some facts, sir. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #107
Well we wouldn't want to run around willy-nilly without the facts. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #146
Sorry, but that's pulling the rug out from under the program cali Aug 2012 #5
What is so wrong fainaent Aug 2012 #40
nothing wrong with discussing them. A lot wrong with what you're doing cali Aug 2012 #143
They are Repub plans and thus all lies .... oldhippie Aug 2012 #175
Who cares. Quantess Aug 2012 #194
I would suggest checking your meds. nt oldhippie Aug 2012 #199
Live long and Prosper.... catnhatnh Aug 2012 #6
You don't need strawman arguments sharp_stick Aug 2012 #7
Care to back that up with some reality-based facts? greatauntoftriplets Aug 2012 #9
I updated the OP fainaent Aug 2012 #46
Do you have a link ProSense Aug 2012 #52
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahaha malaise Aug 2012 #65
Lol, no. fainaent Aug 2012 #72
ROFL! pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #73
!! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #89
mittromney.com? greatauntoftriplets Aug 2012 #145
"WE?" Mz Pip Aug 2012 #10
My hope would be fainaent Aug 2012 #47
Neither does downright lying and obsfucating Horse with no Name Aug 2012 #70
Rmoney and Ryan can certainly be trusted to protect these critical programs. Yeah, that's it. Scuba Aug 2012 #11
"Liquidate" or even "Liquify". nc4bo Aug 2012 #14
VULTURE / VOUCHER - 2012 Scuba Aug 2012 #17
Excellente! nt nc4bo Aug 2012 #23
Good one! Strega Ribiera Aug 2012 #93
Help yourself, and welcome to DU. Scuba Aug 2012 #101
Thanks! Strega Ribiera Aug 2012 #195
you need to look again at the Ryan plan, and what it will mean to the future of SSA and Medicare- Bluerthanblue Aug 2012 #13
Scarecrows without a brain. ananda Aug 2012 #22
they have a brain Bluerthanblue Aug 2012 #41
Ryan wants to privatize Medicare,... Deep13 Aug 2012 #15
So what do you think of his plan to drastically cut the food stamp program cali Aug 2012 #16
I don't like cuts fainaent Aug 2012 #54
But your op lacks the very thing you claim to want. cali Aug 2012 #106
sounds like you are an advocate for their plans maddezmom Aug 2012 #18
LOL malaise Aug 2012 #26
No, I just have this weird thing fainaent Aug 2012 #56
So you are linking to mittromney.com? Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #92
Yeah, if I want to know fainaent Aug 2012 #99
wrong. one doesn't go to a campaign site. One looks at the legislation cali Aug 2012 #131
Robme is not an effective "primary source", his position may flip back and forth during a statement TheKentuckian Aug 2012 #179
A lot of new DUers supporting the Ryan/Romney ticket today! Democat Aug 2012 #149
You must be really upset with Romney's dishonest political ads. FSogol Aug 2012 #19
I try to encourage fainaent Aug 2012 #57
lol you have links to show how you have shared your concern elesewhere? grantcart Aug 2012 #115
Whew! Thanks for clearing that up for me. Avalux Aug 2012 #20
Whatever malaise Aug 2012 #24
where's unrec when you really need it? cali Aug 2012 #28
Amen to that! NoPasaran Aug 2012 #44
My husband and I attended University at Buffalo. Between the old-style Regent's Scholarship, hedgehog Aug 2012 #29
just for the record: Paul Ryan’s Original Medicare Plan Ends Medicare, Period maddezmom Aug 2012 #31
That simple malaise Aug 2012 #35
Isn't ProSense Aug 2012 #33
Can we also avoid verbing? Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #36
LOL - Don't you mean 'verb-izing'? The one that I always get a hoot out of coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #53
Peyton Manning has a half-brother named Straw Manning NoPasaran Aug 2012 #62
I suppose that joke was unavoidable. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #71
Wait, . . . wutt?? Verb -ing??? uh, okay . . . he, he. patrice Aug 2012 #138
At work, some of the bigwigs use "office" as a verb...as in "he offices at...." greatauntoftriplets Aug 2012 #155
Then there's "hotel-ing," for roatating workers who temporarily occupy office space. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #163
There's that, too. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2012 #164
Is that like voguing? UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #159
oops n/t 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #37
You are the one creating the straw man by mischaracterizing our opposition to coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #43
I'm not pointing fingers at anybody. fainaent Aug 2012 #78
I understand what you are saying to a point, but I have to defend DU... Frustratedlady Aug 2012 #151
Fair enough, except your OP insinuated that there was strawmanning going on here but you coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #190
yes, we should definitely believe all their lies Enrique Aug 2012 #45
Question: Why the fuck are you here schilling for the Teapublicans? 99Forever Aug 2012 #48
I'm not. fainaent Aug 2012 #82
Give up, fainaent. kurtzapril4 Aug 2012 #157
Sure you aren't. 99Forever Aug 2012 #181
Hey now! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #98
Is your name suppose to imply that the dems 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #58
No, it's just a name fainaent Aug 2012 #87
You chose a username without knowing what it meant? RedStateLiberal Aug 2012 #128
Oh right, just like you imagine your alternate liberal self would be... Quantess Aug 2012 #192
Thanks for sharing your perceptive insight. lpbk2713 Aug 2012 #59
Did anyone alert on this yet and did some jury let this actually stand? Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #60
I just did that. don't know the results yet. cali Aug 2012 #66
I did too. Wouldn't mind if the entire thread were removed permanently. nc4bo Aug 2012 #85
I smell something GObamaGO Aug 2012 #94
This OP smelled from the get go. I'm surprised some folks fell for it. n/t Peregrine Took Aug 2012 #144
Yep GObamaGO Aug 2012 #197
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #96
This is DEMOCRATIC UNDERGOUND. Check your map, wrong place. nt nc4bo Aug 2012 #100
What is undemocratic fainaent Aug 2012 #105
Your links for one. Have you actually read the rules here? We actually have those you know. nc4bo Aug 2012 #118
Hey Pal.. sendero Aug 2012 #174
+1 Quantess Aug 2012 #187
the people you support (romney and fuck) have no integrity datasuspect Aug 2012 #185
. Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2012 #110
The problem is you're spreading republican lies and cali Aug 2012 #137
basically we think you are a troll here to push republican bullshit Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #139
A jury of morons voted 4-2 to keep. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2012 #119
unfuckingbelivably stupid. cali Aug 2012 #148
we have a lot of people here who will hide naughty-bits words but not gop bullshit. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #150
One thing I've noticed with the new system. I've been here since 2001 and have had what could be Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2012 #166
Hmm.. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #61
Yes Mom .... Trajan Aug 2012 #63
You seem to have more faith in these greedy right wing bigots than most of us. Hoyt Aug 2012 #67
Seems gullible Lex Aug 2012 #74
Yes - that does seem to be the case. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #102
It's their first step toward killing off Social Security and it's dead obvious to EVERYone Lex Aug 2012 #69
Romney has an official stance on an issue? obxhead Aug 2012 #77
Paul Ryan Wants to Destroy Social Security & Medicare Smilo Aug 2012 #79
Gee thanks for all those links to Mitt's website and GOP talking points. TeamPooka Aug 2012 #80
We have avoided strawmanning, cqan you? Progressive dog Aug 2012 #83
You must really get tired jberryhill Aug 2012 #88
Why are you linking us to Repub websites? Alduin Aug 2012 #90
No DJ13 Aug 2012 #91
Coincidence that "faineant" was FR's word of the day just 8 days ago? Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #97
Ahahaha! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #114
Nice catch! pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #116
nice find. cali Aug 2012 #120
They think that we're idiots over here.... Scuba Aug 2012 #142
Romey wants retirees to pay for "optional" Medicare with vouchers. LiberalAndProud Aug 2012 #104
I got it now, you can choose to participate, like Rmoney chooses not to participate in paying taxes. Thinkingabout Aug 2012 #108
It's as true now as it was eight years ago rocktivity Aug 2012 #111
and Medicare? Forget SS it is Medicare where the raping will occur, and I think you know that. grantcart Aug 2012 #112
OP has 'concerns' about that as well: Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #130
Tu es vraiment fainéant ! Yeah Its Spin Aug 2012 #117
Gradually, the pot comes to a boil. No, thanks. he might be fooling some frogs but, not this one Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2012 #121
his plan allows the top 10% to opt out and destroys the program. they *are* advocating that. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #122
no ibegurpard Aug 2012 #124
It seems we can't even avoid trollspamming. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2012 #126
was going to say, concernspamming maddezmom Aug 2012 #129
Hey if the Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2012 #136
Boom! Nailed it! valerief Aug 2012 #140
It's lovely that you're polite at least - TBF Aug 2012 #127
I bet that he/she won't be polite about us when he goes back cali Aug 2012 #134
You don't recognize that your describing gutting SS and Medicare? Did your phakts come from phokz? Zen Democrat Aug 2012 #132
Lmao @ phakts and phokz!!!! darkangel218 Aug 2012 #154
I don't see any freakin' details at Mittfalca's bullshit site. valerief Aug 2012 #133
Fuck this OP JaneyVee Aug 2012 #141
Your sources are suspect and so is your post. Clean up on aisle 5!!! AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #147
agree and AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #152
DU voted 2-4 to keep it. LOL. AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #156
Please help yourself!! AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #161
Arigato! AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #162
dou itashimashite AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #167
MIRT prevails! AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #180
Yoshi! iine! AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #183
A more interesting question is, "is MIRT asleep at the wheel"? Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #153
Promoting the GOP ticket on DemocraticUnderground and couching it in a concern for 'facts'. Solly Mack Aug 2012 #158
Concern isn't always only what some people want us to think it is, i.e. it CAN be authentic. patrice Aug 2012 #165
Of course concern can be honest. Solly Mack Aug 2012 #171
Absolutely agree. This is an anonymous board. This issue will help or hurt billions of people ... patrice Aug 2012 #176
More political positioning prioritized ahead of the most good for the most people: patrice Aug 2012 #160
This place hates the profit motive supposedly but watch it scream bloody murder when PROFIT enabled, patrice Aug 2012 #170
I hope you're happy with yourselves. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #173
OP AUTHOR HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #177
HEH! AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #186
GET LOST TROLL !!!! RagAss Aug 2012 #182
What's your real point, Ye of Few Posts? That you're a gull who believes Republican websites? WinkyDink Aug 2012 #184
I see that you've got the Munster family's back. You ARE aware that this is kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #188
Translation: I know SS issue will make Repubs lose votes, so please stop talking about it. gollygee Aug 2012 #189
ESADT NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #191
where are your tax returns mitty...what are you afraid of? what are you hiding? spanone Aug 2012 #193
"We" marmar Aug 2012 #196
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